??:.-? The source of this uncorrected OCR text may be viewed as a digital facsimile at: http://fax.libs.uga.edu/ ?.--?-. ?- ^'^IW^ii^ .?? .-^y"'' '??" ' > " x; ^7i." -. .. - ?? \ ::.....I.- .,.?.. -.-? -.-- ? ~...:;iix ,?.,';.-;,'..'.: '? .,.,...._.., mm:-- - .L.;. .'.. - -?'" ?? - ..-..-'..; -??- -' - -- ?? ? - ??? ?- '..;.,"T ?"..'?" ? ,'.;'.,".,.,\ .". .", , " "..V-";*-'*-'-'-" .. . ...... -i .-, ,-.,.! ..-.". - ??.,.-?.-.>! .,......:,....-.._. _ ,. . .?-".;,-.r--.:v:-.- -..-v.^.' ?-.-.-.? THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA '?/VI *R, h CL- LITERATURE ^-v oU f VOL. I. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1890. No. i. be"e"rT'a- -T>IGI The subject of the picture we pre sent with our first number of SOCIETY is Miss Carrolyn Clayton Crane, one of the acknowledged beauties of At lanta. Miss Crane is a daughter of the late Benjamin Crane, and she has reigning belle since her formal en trance in the gay world. Tall of stature, she is exquisitely rounded in figure and has that piquan cy of manner that makes a woman charming at all times. _Miss Crane has received the hom- ^e due a beautiful and intelligent woman, and is said by many to be the handsomest young girl in the South. On the evening of the 31st Mrs. Henry Porter gives to her nieces, Miss Virginia Arnold amOliss Julia Lowry Clarke, one of the most ele gant entertainments ever given in Atlanta. The guests have been invited to go at 8 o'clock and remain until day light, during which time the old year will be danced out. Miss Arnold is the eldest daughter ,of Col. Reuben Arnold, and she is a very beautiful and queenly looking .girl. This New Year's ball will not be the occasion of the formal entrance of Miss Arnold in society, for she will not be "out" for several months yet to come. Miss Clarke is one of last year's buds, and it would be difficult to find any one who is her rival to the claims of belleship. Both young ladies are beautiful and popular, and as Mrs. Porter entertains so roy ally at all times, it is presumed that her reception will be the leading so- .ciety event of the season. Mrs. J. S. Gregory, of this city, ,says, of the late Princess Murat, of Tallahassee, Florida: "I remember the last time I saw her at a ball, she chaperoned me. The princess was a very old princess, and yet she looked as fresh and was as vivacious as a young woman. On the occa sion I speak of. Princess'Murat, al though seventy years old; wore a .decollette gown of blact mile span- lllgiQd with tiny silver stars. Her Aface was enameled twice every year in Paris, where she spent six months of every year.'' Miss Brock has returned to Vir ginia. It said that Mary Queen of Scots felt that an indignity had been put upon her when she was limited to sixty pairs of linen sheets while in prison, and felt most keenly the insult that had been put upon her. rarely use linen sheets now- adays; first, f"3tcause they are expen sive, and the cold. A charming little housewife on Ivy street, however, has just finished hemstitching with elaborate Spanish embroidery several pairs of sheets Mrs. William Green Stokes, who lias been visiting Mrs. Jol Clarke, has returned to her ho;»j-i in Vir ginia after a pleasant visit, to Atlan ta. Mrs. Stokes is one of the hand somest and most distinguished look ing woman who has visited the city this winter, and she is a fascinating woman, too, with a magnetism of marlrtei-ihat makes her many friends. Mrs. Stokes appeared in tj^i exquisite ly dainty gown at one OL .mi recap tions given here, that was of a pale nile green silk. Around the bottoni^ MISS CARRIE CRANE. that would do credit to the origina tor of this art work. With the sheets there are old-fashioned slips, as the sham is a thing of the past, and there are towels and scarfs, all fin ished in the same way. Some time ago the fad for black silk sheets was almost a craze with fashionable women, but now to be as dainty as a flower one must re pose between linen embroidery and rest on eider, down faintly sugges tive of the sachet sifted in the down. Dr. Lyman W. Denton, of Minne apolis, is in the city and contributes to SOCIETY the charming little poem, "Life,' which appears this week. Dr. Denton is a poet who has re ceived $1,000 for three poems from the Atlantic, and he is a writer of high standing in the West. of the skirt was a chicoree ruffle, and the corsage was trimmed with laces. With her blonde beauty Mrs. Stokes looked very handsome in this gown. Master Marion Smith will enter tain his little friends at a Christinas party on the afternoon of tne 24t/ ; at 5 o'clock. On that occasion old Santa Claus will be present to assist the little folks in their inerry-mak- ine. outlined features will make a beau tiful subject for a sculptor. Recently this lady appeared at a reception given by Mrs. McBurney, dressed in a Redfern gown of nastur tium red, trimmed with gold and tan colored passementerie. The hat was made of tan colored silk fur and was trimmed with plums and velvet. A walking jacket of cloth trimmed with costly fur completed the toilet, which is very chic. The marriage of Miss Clara Frei- and Mr. Schlessinger will occur ffxFebruary. Miss Freitag is the nieceXpf Col. Weil and she is a re markably, distinguished looking young girl a~nd very beautiful. Her marriage with Mr. Schlessinger will unite her to one of the most promi nent young men in One of the most famous sculptors in Canada has written to Atlanta for a portrait of Mrs. Lochraiie-Austell, after which he is going to model his ''Sweet Canada," an exquisite bust upon which ne is now engaged. Mrs. Lochra ue-Austell is a very beau tiful woman and having perfectly ???????????????9????????????????\^^ The marriage of Mr. A. Ivf!" IIuJLV"" and Miss Hattie Hoke, of South Carolina, is announced to take place on the 23d inst. at Seneca, S. C. Mr. Hoke is a young man of high social and business standing and is very popular with all who know him. Miss Hoke is a pretty and bright young lady and is the daughter, of Mr. Charlie Hoke, formerly of At lanta. The marriage of Miss Madaline Cerf and Mr. Cann will occur early in January. This wedding will be a most elegant affair, as the bride elect is one of the most beautiful and charming young ladies in the He brew circles. Mr. Cann is a promi nent merchant and a young man esteemed by all who know him. A lady prominent in the city has just composed an exquisitely dainty nocturn, which she has narried "So ciety's Dream Waltz," in compli ment to SOCIETY. The music is thoroughly original and dreamfully sweet. Mr. Hugh Angii/r will go to Eu rope next year and go on the stage in open;. My- Angler will take the leading rcl-3 in all * e most difficult and heaviest opera:-;, and he is sure to become famous as a singer, for his voice is now magnificent. The handsomest umbrella stand imaginable has just been painted by Miss Haniiie Frazier of West End. It is made of terra-cotta, and is col ored a pretty shade of gray. On the outside is painted a pair of rougish looking urchins under an umbrella. SOCIETY. Society \ \ \ A more elegant gown it would be difficult to find than one in which Mrs. William Dickson recently ap peared at a reception. The material was of dark green velvet, and the vest andjpart of the] sleeves were of white silk elaborately wrought with gold and jewels. Holding the laces together on the bosom was a lizzard about four inches^ in length, which was made of diamonds, graduating to the end. These brilliant stones were edged with bright rubies. The; party given by Mrs. Henry Cranston at her beautiful new home on Capitol avenue, complimentary to her little brother and sisters, on Saturday afternoon, was a delightful affair. The pretty parlor was rilled with lovely little folks who were dressed in their party-gowns, and each one seemed to enjoy the games most thoroughly. Valeria Rankin, one of the three children to whom the party was given, wore a beauti ful yellow silk Greenaway gown trimmed with black lace and velvet. Alberta, the youngest child of Dr. Jesse Rankin, wore a sweet little dress of flowered India silk trimmed with plaid-pink ribbons, and Master Lamar, whose ninth birthday it was, was conspicuously handsome in a crimson tie and stylish cloth suit. The table was very decorated with roses and thyj were favors of cupid's bows f^^he bovs and fancy baskets o/^nd for the girls. There wa^gf course, the birthday cake wit^^c white candles burn ing from white, open roses, and each guest was given a large slice of the cake to carry home. There were present about forty girls and boys. Miss Ella Powell appeared before the public for the first time since her return from New York, on Sat urday night at the parlor concert given for the benefit of the Osgood Sanders Mission. Miss Powell sang "Gocd-bye" and several other sweet songs so delightfully that she made a very favorable impression in the music world. Miss Julia Griggs' rending of "An gels' Serenade," with violin obligate, is very artistic. Miss Griggs is a pupil of Mrs. Emma Clarke, and she reflects great credit upon her in structor. Mr. I. W. Mayor has resigned his position as organist at the syna gogue, and in losing him the He brew congregation loses a very fine member of their choir. Mr. Mayer is a musician of soul, and his com positions ? "Consent," "Lullaby," and others?will rank with Chopan, or any of the finer composers. The music, recitals held by Mrs. Hugh Angier at her home in the Angier Terrace every Thursday evening are pleasant diversions in the monotony of each week. Mrs. Angier entertains at these recitals many of the most distinguished musical composers and authors 01 the day, and her evenings "at home" are always delightful on account of their artistic programs. At the last meeting of the Au thors' Club Mrs. Will I. Evans sang "Spirit Eyes." The song is one of those delicious compositions where the melody and words seem to be married, and Mrs. Evans, who has naturally a very sweet voice, sang it with deep feeling. Mrs. Rhode Hill and Mrs. J. Car- roll Fayne have adopted Wednesday afternoon for their reception day. Mrs. Livingston Minis, Mrs. Har- wood and Mrs. Thornton are at home on Tuesday afternoons. Mrs. C. H. Strong is at home Fri day evenings to her friends. Mrs. Hugh Angier is at home on Thursday evenings, at which time she holds delightful music recitals. Mrs. John Graham is at home to her friends on Thursdays. Mrs. Underwood is at home at Brookhaven on Thursday afternoons. Mr. Richard Condon made a very favorable impression on the public in his first appearance as a solo singer. Mr. Condon sang at the reception of the Northern Society, and he has a, voice of which any man should be ^ proud. A beautiful gown j bride elect isjaf-^^ke colored silk I JT^'V^nskirt has three fAtcoree s around the demi train, and the corslet is made of gray velvet with cut steel passementarie. High puffed sleeves, and medici collor lined with steel beads complete a dainty?ex quisite gown. Mrs. J. K. Ohl and little Miss Joan will go to Florida immediately after Christmas, for a visit of a few weeks. Miss Hallie Wimberly will spend a few weeks with Miss Carrie Crane. Miss McDougal is the guest of Mrs. John Fitten. Miss Susie Bighy will give a party at Christmas tide, that will be an elegant affair. Miss Rebie Lowe has returned home from New York, and is at'the home of her father for the holidays. Mrs. P. H. Snook and Miss Lulu Snook have returned home from New York. Mrs. Julia Grady and Miss Gussie Grady will return home after Christ mas. Mrs. Dr. Wm. King is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Julia Grady, in New York. Miss Nellie Van Winkle will give a Christmas party next week. Miss Van Winkle is a charming young girl and entertains delightfully. Mrs. Wm. B. Lowe is arranging to give a " Mother Goose Symposium," which will he a very amusing enter tainment. Every one who attends will represent some character in that book of famous songs, and the ques tions asked will be chosen from fa miliar verses. Miss Fannie Harwood will spend the month of January with her friend Miss Mary Branch, at Augusta. In olden times we never had such costly trifles as the bouquets theyoung men send to the society girls nowa days. A single rose was worn in the hair or on the bosom, but now?our belles would turn up their noses and sco6 at the beau who offered so simple a floral tribute. \ Bouquets for a swell germ an cost $25 and $80 each. Now whose fault is this? The fault of the over anx ious young man who wishes to impress the girl?or the fault of the girl, who allows the gift to be made ? Bouquets of this kind are "lovely," but it does not seem quite right that a young man, working for a small salary, should allow himself or be allowed to pay such an exorbitant sum?a half month's salary perhaps? for a trifle that will fade in a few hours. He does not make any better im pression on the young lady by his extravagance, and the young lady who would accept so costly a bouquet from a poor young man would hard ly be expected to make him a suitable wife. Flowers are given nowadays and accepted without one bit of sentiment, while years ago a bunch of violets or a simple rose was shyly given and carefully kept, holding forever on their fragrant petals a hundred ten der words. Recently a young lady appeared, at a party in this c} ^y^Q bmdeaed with large " ^«gtly bouquets that &ploy two young men to help her manage her fortune of flow- T8. And again large bouquets are not the style. A florist at the Capitol told me that the small bunch of flow ers was much more fashionable, and I am sure they are more convenient. A young lady, Miss Grant, when she made her formal entrance in society, received so many large bou quets, that it Was impossible to carry' them, so with the gracious tact that characterizes her she had them woven I into a lovely arch, beneath which she stood to receive her guests. That always seemed to me such a sweet thought, and of course her ad mirers were honored alike. The prettiest bouquet I have ever seen in this city, or any other city, was carried by one of the visiting young ladies, at Mrs. Jackson's Cin- darella party. The centre of the bou quet was made entirely of rose color ed carnation pinks, and these were fringed with white carnation pinks and ferns. Bouquets that are costly are suita ble for those who wear the "purple and fine linen," but I do protest against a young man of limited means spending his little "all" for perishable things. Invitations are out announcing a fancy dress party to be given at the residence of Mr. W. H. Frizzll, on Fair street, on the evening of the 2Sd. Every one who attends is re quested to be in costume. Mrs. Burton Smith has issued in vitations for a demonstration of the Swedish System of Physical Culture to be given at her home on Howard street, on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Last year Mrs. Smith gave a Health Culture Symposium at the executive mansion which was one of the most charming entertainments of the season. Miss Willie Peck will visit Macon next week. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wyly, jr. have returned home from Cincinnati, where they have been spending a week. 7 Mrs. Hoke Smith has returned, home from Athens. Mrs. W. H. Smythe has returned from New York. Mrs. Sam Stocking, after a pleas ant visit to New York, has returned home. Miss Kathleen Jones is expected home from New York immediately after the holidays. Miss Jones re-- cently appeared at a reception in New York dressed in a lovely gown of silver-blue crepe de Chine trimmed with silver. Miss Jones is a hand some girl?a recent debutant, and she has a coloring as fresh as a rose. Tuesday afternoon at six o'clock, Mr. Charles Bunch and Miss Annie Tally were united in marriage at the Walker Street Methodist Church.. The marriage was a pretty affair and united two young people whom every one esteems. SOCIETY wishes them a prosperous and happy jour ney through life. The ladies of St. Luke's Cathedral gave a charming reception in the parlors of the St. Andrew's Brother hood on Tuesday afternoon and evening. This week a very interesting Dolls' Levee has been going on at the Sur prise Store. Mr. Regensteiii offered a prize of $2O for the best dressed doll and $10 for the second. And such lovely dolls were entered. as contestants for the prize! The winner of the prize, however,, was an infant, whose garments were elaborate with briar stitching, feather stitches and rolled and whippedjrills. The outfit of the doll was coiriplete- and artistic, and the lady who dressed it was Mrs. W. H. Stockdale, a resi dent of Crew street. The second prize was divided be tween a little baby doll dressed by Mrs. T. B. Ferris and a young lady doll dressed by Miss West, 109 West Harris street. Special mention should be made of the sweetly costumed dolls of Mrs. C. P. Byrd and Mrs. Alien, each one being exceedingly artistic. The judges were Mrs. Haskill, Mrs. Park Woodward, Mrf. Albert Howell and Mrs. W. S. Williams. The prizes were delivered immedi ately. Not long since there was a doll fes tival held in Montgomery for the benefit of a church, and the dolls which took the first prize were dressed by an Atlanta lady, who resided on Peachtree street. They were a Span-- ish lady and a Spanish nobleman. Monday evening the Leyden was the scene of a delightful Bean Bag Party given by the ladies of the house to the gentlemen of the house. Refreshments were served and every one present spent a delightful e.veii- ing. The first prizes were won by Mrs. Joseph Moody, and Mr. Avery, of Richmond. The booby prizes were won by Mrs. Prindiville, of Boston, and Mr. Tom Peoples. Among the most careful and ac-- curate painters in the world of ama- teurart is Mrs. Alfred Wurm. She is-"" now engaged on a delightfully lucious- looking fruit piece. SOCIETY "They appointed to meet in the parlor When all of the guests were asleep ; And they parted with sweet protestations That each the appointment would keep. "They were punctual, just to the second; Their greetings were soft as a breath ; And they sat on a lounge in the parlor Where all was as silent as death. And they spooned in that fashion peculiar To Verdency under love's charm ; -She resting her head on his shoulder ; He circling her waist with his arm. Soon their eyes to the dark grew accus tomed, And then they in terror took wing : For they saw in that parlor four others Engaged in the verv same thing." A prominent society lady of North Atlanta was looking over a package of old letters, a few days ago, and among the number she found the fol lowing one, received from her hus band in his halcyon days: * * * " Dearest idol of my heart, I am so lonely without you; if you will only put your little dimpled hand in mine and say, 'I will be thy bride,' we will fly to sunny France, and beneath the azure skies of that lovely land we will bask in. the sun shine of loYeTTTcr^riapprnefeBj--art sing and talk of nothing but love, sweet love. Soft strains of music shall still thee at eventide, and the warbling of birds shall awake thec from thy morning slumber. Will you accept me ? Say yes, and fly with me, oh dearest, fly with me." "I flew of course;" said the lady, "but if I had been as 'fly' as I am now, I would never have flown." * * -'f -1< * s|; s,k A young lady on Capitol avenue was sitting with her beau in the front parlor, when he arose and observed, ''that he really ought to be going as it was getting quite late." "Oh no," said the young lady; "stay a few minutes longer, I want you to see the funny little boy who brings us the morning paper." The young man does not visit the house now, and a coldness has sprung up between two hearts that used to "beat as one." * *>!<>!< * * * A society girl in the fifth ward ob jects to being embraced by a young man named Ivy, because she said she had heard that ivy was poison ous, and she did not want any cling ing around her. * >!< >!< * * * * A young lady on Fair street was engaged to be married to a widower with several children,and was advised by an old lady friend not marry him; never marry a widower, "a ready made family is like a plate of cold potatoes." "Oh; I'll soon warm them over," replied the damsel, and report says she did. * * * * * * >l< The Rev, Sam Small, in his lecture on the "Social Thug," has this to say of society : " Society has been devel oped by the wisest philosophers, adopted by the acutest statesmen and refined by the most gifted artists and poets. It is the capitalization of all the best and noblest qualities in hu man character. It has been so, and might be so now and here, but for usurpation of modern Goths, and Vandals. * * * * * * * A London paper gives this defini tion of a society dude. "The dude is the connecting link between man and puppy." This strikes us is an intimation that he is a Bologna sau sage. >K >K * ^ ^ * * Two society young men on Peach- tree were discussing the merits of a certain young lady. One was highly pleased with her; the other could find no especial attraction and wound up the argument by saying: ''Well what is it you like about her, Joe ?" "My arm," was the quiet rejoinder. * * * # ? # * * FLIP. H OQ H P ^ O « O ill ^ < £ 3 I v> l- u 111 £C CO m a z (C a tc u z K O O ,s s w § ' ° o. ri a 3 Q> Tfi CJ '? 73 ^ bfl M S 03 ^ H -rH a -2 5 -£ s a, o < 9 £ c S $. Miss Cla^a Loyd, the talented young daujiter of Mr. John Loyd, has a marked degree of art talent, and has done some pretty work in the studio. Mr. Lycett has recently painted a most beautiful mirror for Mrs. Tom Meador. The frame is of delicate gray with pale brown and gray leaves, and pink cupids, sporting about on. the limbs of the tree. The mirror is .et in the wall between the front windows. i. The number of pictures on exhi bition in C. W. Motes' gallery of photography is surprising, especially so, as all are the standard of excel lence. While some subjects naturally make better pictures than others, it would be difficult to classify them in the order of their merit, yet we cannot refrain from saying that there are a few that deserve special mention as being par excellence and characteristic. Among these is the photo of Mrs. Dr. Ridley, taken in Galatea costume. The front and bodice of this handsome toilette is of the finest brocaded satin, with orange-colored sprays and vines twining gracefully over a ground of pale blue. The side drapery and back eii-traine is of rich orange-colored satin-de-leoii, which falls in graceful folds. Real lace is quilled at the top of the nicely fitting bodice and exposes an exquisitely formed neck, around which is a string of gold beads and diamond pendant, and all so nicely blended, lends enchant ment to her well-shapen figure. This picture was colored by Miss Hurt, who has been connected with Mr. Motes' gallery for several years, and she is certainly an adept in her pro fession. In a frame" of~>4».lt5_pnaniel and silver is the bust of Miss EuTa TJel- ner, over whose shoulders is fastened a fancy cape, and upon whose well- poised head rests a delicate toque, trimmed in forget-me-nots. This brief description gives an idea of the simplicity of this excellent photo graph, which is certainly one of the masterpieces of photography. In the midst of a daisy field stands the life-size figure of a beautiful young lady, Miss Carrie Crane, who is tastefully dressed in some soft, white material, made after the fash ion of our low-cut baby-waist and plainly draped skirts. With her calm profile turned toward the spec tator, not one of her lovely features, nor her snow-white neck, nor the delicate lines of her perfect arms and hands, can pass unobserved. In its frame of gold is the bust of Mr. George Adair in pastel. There is nothing more intensely living? more true to nature, or more com manding in appearance than this. Another of these is the bust of Capt. Harry Jackson. It is not pos sible to paint flesh more natural, or make expression more perfect than is done in pastel. The credit of the above two pictures is due to Mr. Branson, who is also connected with the gallery, and does all Mr. Motes' fine pastel work. Mr. Motes is a natural artist in the fullest sense of the term, and by ex perience and education his suscepti bility to all artistic manifestations is quick. He has won a medal of merit at every exhibition in which he has had an exhibit, and this of itself is a sufficient recommendation of his artistic work. Little Jeanette Bain, as Grand mother, has also attracted much at tention and admiration. With us the Cloak battle has been reduced to a duel between Time and Stock, and thus far Prices have received all the cuts. No mercy shown to Profits and little consideration for Costs. Prices have been deeply and re peatedly slashed to make sales close out the Cloak stock before Boreas goes. All former if22M Cloaks are now $15.00. All former $20.00 Cloak are now #12.00. All former $18.00 Cloaks are now $10.00. All former $15.00 Cloaks are now $ 7.50. All former $12.00 Cloaks are now $ 6.00. All former $10.00 Cloaks are now * 5.50. Concerning prices. Under the writer's eye is a bold advertise ment in the Boston Herald of certain Cloaks for which extra- ? GT-ClISflTJf.,..cheapness is claimed. Doubtless the ^cultured public is responding to that announce ment, and yet the several items may be bought here at.-^O, 25 or 30 per cent. less. As w^ess to the fact we again remind yiju of a handsome variety of P]?*ii- Checked and Striped Coats, New markets, Raglans and Ulsters at $8.90 that would be considered sensationally low elsewhere for $7.50, $8.00 and $10.00. Another notable instance in volves very rich Seal Plush Gar ments. They are reputed to have cost a la,rge sum to import, but you can duplicate them here at one-tliird the alleged price of importation. It will pay you and us if you scrutinize prices and statements closely, for what has been no ticed of the two examples quoted is true in scores of others. A massacre of merchandise ! That's it. We own the Wraps and they must be sold. The su periority of the styles and their novelty and quantity and vari ety, and the way they are handled and presented will in fuse fresh vitality and new in spiration into the department. Anyone who is " cutting down expenses" will thank us for as sistance in the hundreds of op portunities offered by our rea sonable prices for sterling things. Just now the Store is cheerier than you ever saw, especially the "Christmas Counter." Every stock is wide awake and keenly alert to the quick pulse- beats that throb for gift-time. We are continuing daily to render the place so pleasant that, finding something more agreea ble at each visit, you'll come more and more. KEELY COMPANY. /i SOGISJT'Y". \ Managing Editor, T.OLLIB BELLE WYLIE. Associate Editor, MKS. W. S. WILLIAMS. Subscription, $2.00 per annum in advance. Entered through the Atlanta Post-office as second-class mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1890. SALUTATORY. In fulfilling a task so difficult and so important as that of asking an iiitro- tion to the public, we feel it our duty to state the causes and prin ciples which have guided us in making our advent into the social world, and the motive and spirit with which wo venture to be present each week at the firesides of our At lanta friends. We hope to add sunlight to day light by making the happy hap pier?the merry merrier?encourage the toiler and comfort the sorrowful. Public opinion is one of the most powerful forces of the day. It is the torrent that sweeps away obstructing evils. The cleansing tide is com posed of many little streams and rivulets, and it is our aim to add to that which is at last irresistible; but it is neither our intention, nor is it within our gifts, to solve the political problems of the day. We will leave all that to our bierrftYoT:Qerg_of the press. A oeP^^om the public, but as "there of many minds," he indeed, who hopes to all or even a majority. The final test of literary work is an intelligent public and time. We may hope, dream and even claim that we please, but these two tribu nals will settle all value; therefore, what we expect to do is to express our individuality clearly and honest ly, and submit patiently and defer entially to the test. In nature the lichen as truly as the great oak has its place, so too does SOCIETY ask a place even if it be at the lowest round among our con temporaries. One task alone re mains?the pleasant task of thank ing our friends, to whose ready aid and encouragement we owe so much. First and foremost have our sincer- est thanks been due to the merchants and business men, who have so lib erally advertised in our columns, and now we send our pages forth not knowing what fate will befall them. We only trust that they will fulfill the objects for which they were de signed, and believing that they who do the best they can, cannot finally and wholly fail, SOCIETY is here to stay! ^ ANNOUNCEMENT. We have been compelled, owing to the rush of advertising matter, to is sue a twelve page paper this week, instead of eight pages, the contem plated size. This being our holiday edition, however, we are consoled for the extra trouble and expense by the increased amount of good things that we are able to serve as a Christmas treat to our readers. Whether we get out a paper of the same size for our New Year's edition will depend upon the demand on our space, It is our intention to make the permanent size of the paper eight pages, but we shall not sacrifice the literary features of SOCIETY for the business public, and when necessary we shall increase the size to suit the occasions. A CHRISTMAS GREETING. With the brightness of this joyous season we come to contribute our mite of good cheer. Our mission is to brighten and to make better, and as the days go by we hope to increase from week to week our capacitv in that direction, until our desire may be amply fulfilled. It is mete that we should eat, drink and be merry around the bedside of the dying year, for the year has been a hopeful, mirthful, beneficent year; and, as in all things else, his death but makes way for the birth of a new year more hopeful still; fuller of fond anticipations; more radiant with promiseful dreams. So we wish you a merry, merry Christmas, and may no shadow dark en a single threshold during these days of feasting and rejoicings. After all,' grief is not an abiding evil. Darkest and deepest sorrows become hallowed and glorified as the rp^e'TT ° _*~- 'O.lioLb U_L vista of the past; and the golden glo ries of the future gladden and beautify these sacred spots, even as God's good sunshine sanctifies the lone liest graves where our best beloved lie buried. To the right minded man or woman the shadows of life are cheerfully en dured in the. thankfulness that is felt for the light that grows brighter and brighter as we approach the con fines of that land of everlasting day. In memory of Him who was the Exalted Personification of all that is most lovable 011 earth and in the re gions beyond, this time-endeared and memory-hallowed anniversary has been handed down to us as a sweet and sanctified legacy; and for that reason it should be observed as a festival of love, charity and good deeds. '? On earth peace and good will to men," was the burden of the won drous song that was chanted when the beams of the Star of Bethlehem illuminated the universe, and that same sweet refrain has been ringing down the ages for near two hundred centuries. Let it ring a more joyous peal in the sound of childish laughter in every household in the land; in the songs of thanksgiving that tremble on the lips of the aged in every walk of life; in'the chime of all the joy bells that welcome this Christmas tide. It is the sincerest wish of our hearts as we extend this salutation, that not a line of SOCIETY shall be read through eyes dimmed by other than happy tears, and may another Christ mas find us still happier and still more appreciative of all that is pur est, truest and best in this beautiful world. Miss Cornelia Jackson will spend the Christmas holidays with her aunt, Mrs. Hull, at Athens. A RAMBLE WITH AUTHORS. Porf. W. S. Currell, of the David- son College, North Carolina, says of the realistic school of writers: When one has the capability of writing what is good and true, an awful re sponsibility rests on one of never writing what is bad and false. Now, many of the intensely realistic books published these days may be true to life?but what a life! I am aware that I am in a hopeless minority when I beat my brains against the apparently solid wall of intense real ism which is encompassing all of our latter-day novelists. But I do protest against the emptying of one's evil thoughts, or of somebody else's evil thoughts into the already devil- bestirred brains of the mass of novel readers. And he is right. When one closes a book the first thought should be, What is there good in the book?" If the answer comes "nothing," we feel that we have lost a golden hour in, the dust of literature. And how quickly we are soiled in that du*t! *** There seems to be a morbid desire among the writers of to-day to reveal the not-to-be-revealed, and thereji've many books^xt^rTirito^rie"world whgs£-?pSges exhale a poison as permeating as the odor of the night shade. Such books are given the public with a gusto and a flourish, and many people clamor for them and feast on their poisonous sweets until their brain digestion is ruined, and only such sweets will satisfy them. It is true that Daudet, Tolstoi, Dumas, Gautier, Zolo, Bashkertseff and others are on the side of intense realism, but is that side right? No! I cannot believe so. Like Professor Currell, whom many Atlantians remember as professor of literature at Chautauqua, for the pass two years, I believe that, " apart from the moral side, unreserve is an evidence of weakness, and every genuinely great intellect is like a deep crystalline pool rather than a gushing brook striving momently to empty itself." simplest words that I can. use.'' That is the charm of her literary work, and if young writers would be advised by this suggestion there would be many articles accepted which are now "declined with thanks." *** One of the sweetest little story books that I have ever read is " Sarah Crew," by Francis Hodgson Burnett, and now that Christmas is here,, there could be given no story book to a child that would be more ac ceptable. "The Pretty Sister of Jos6," by the same author, is an other exquisitely told tale of Madrid, written for the little folks?L. B. W. " A Russian Country House," by Carl Detlef, has recently been trans lated by Mrs. J. W. Davis, and pub lished by the Rose Library. It is an interesting love story, full of tragic incidents and thrilling situations, and is well calculated to afford an hour or two of pleasant pastime. " Asbien" is another Russian love story, published by the same com pany, which is full pathos and ten derness. "A Fellow of Trinity" is a colab- orated story by Allan St. Aubyn and Walt Wheeler, published by Rand & McNally. The story is strongly told, and the characters stand out clear cut on the mind when the book is closed. "Lal" is a Western tale of dramatic situations, and is one of the most popular books that has been printed this winter. Mrs. Mary E. Bryan has written a play which is said to be one of the best efforts of her life. Not long since Mrs. Bryan visited Atlanta, and said to me about book- writing : "I first get a thrilling plot, and then write the story with the Written for SOCIETY.] CHRISTMAS. Spring may come with flowers of beauty, Blossoming on vale and hill, Summer vie with autumn roses, There's a time more lovely still. When the year is old an.d faded, And without is bleak and drear, Christmas comes as one bright jewel For the crowning ->f the year. But a form that drew a shadow On the he? th one year ago, May not come within the glimmer,. ., Of tbs .nidds-Clfflste-aB-giow. But I know without she's watching, Breathing on us all good cheer, Brushing from our hearts the sorrow. That has filled them all the year, Changing tears to smiles of pleasure Changing sighs to songs of mirth, Whispering that with Christmas dawning,. Comes a day of Heaven on earth Since the morn the angels shouted God had given his Son to men. Blessings crown the act of giving. Making old hearts yonng"again. Give from out your store of plenfry. Give of love, of joy, of mirth ; Let the echo rise to heaven. From the grateful hearts on earth Make it rise in one great chorus. To accord with angels' song, And a dream of bliss will wrap yon That will hear your soul along. Give of love to brighten others, And your heart will know no guile "Peace on earth" will be your portion. Glorious visions on you smile. MAEGIE K. BELL. Christmas, 1890. Written, for SOCIETY.] LIFE. To live is joyful, noble strive? A goodly land, indeed is ours, And all the tireless days are rife With blessing? from earth's richest bowers. "Hope, love and faith?these things are real, More sweet and precious than we know," In the light of truth they still reveal A Christlike sympathy below. A touch that makes divinely fair,? Binds all to each and each to all, For life is triumph, not despair, Responsive to a deathless call. "There is no hand nor will to stay" The purpose of creative power That leads us gently on life's wav Through each replete, surprising hour., "That purpose which exalts a soul" In sweet humanitarian giace, "Which sinks the atom in the whole, The individual in the race." LYMAN W. DBNTON. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29, 1890. Miss Frazier has also j ust completed a delightful study, representing a street Arab in flesh tints, painted on a white background. A:young lady .in this city, recent ly "returned from South America, says that one of , the. most .inter esting sights she ever saw was a mi gration of butterflies in mid-summer. For several days the insects began to go out to sea in small numbers, and then they gathered in one dense cloud that made a deep shadow and flew away over the water with the sunlight changing to a thousand gorgeous hues their lovely wings. From whence they come or whither they go, no one knows. A few days ago I met a lady on Peachtree street and I believe she must know where some of them have gone, for her hat had no less than twenty lovely little butterflies on it. *** Everything that is useful, woman with her inherent love for the beau tiful has turned into the ornamental, and there is nothing she hesitates to do, that will give her some whimsi cal decoration. The birds she util izes for her hat, and many of our society belles adorn the"ir party gowns with canaries or red birds. We all know that the astrachan which is a favorite trimming this season for street dresses, and for shoulder capes is the skin of the newly born sheep, and a lady in this city has an exquisitely beautiful muff made of a day-old fawn. It is dappled with white and mauve. The peacock eyes make a bordering for dresses, and a maltise cat fur-: nishes the fur for a pretty muffler. Lizzards make costly purses and porte-monnaie, and a serpent skin, properly cured, coils gracefully about a bonnet crown. Years ago the plain pin was intro duced as a wonderful convenience, and now women are not satisfied unless their pins are jeweled or richly wrought in gold. *** The human eyes have become popular decorations for women of fashion, and as they are as full of fire as the opal, and as deeply yellow as the clearest amber, of course they are very beautiful. But what an uncanny feeling it-must give one to know that the eyes of a dead man are upon him ! *** It must be a very heartless woman who plays cards upon a table made of petrified human ears and noses, but the woman who does it lives in South America and is a descendant of the royal Incas. There is a young lady in this city who has seen the table, and she says it is a very pretty piece of furniture. ***. A year ago, I visited a friend. "Come into my company room," she said, and I was led into a lovely little room all white and gold, with the daintiest hangings of pink and white flowered mouslaine. The room was charming, and I was surprised when she told me that the effect was the effort of her -own skill and inge nuity. There was a white matting laid on the floor and a large white fur rug. The bed was an old fash ioned pine frame enameled white, and there was an occasional touch of gold paint that relieved the dead- ness. The dresser was simply a frame over which a mirror hung, and the draperies were of pink and white thin silk, tied with rosettes of pink ribbons. A few old willow chairs were similarly treated, and two "splits" were cushioned with pink silk arid a pine table, enameled white, was covered with a pink and white scarf. The curtains were white and pijik dotted mouslaine and a few water color prints in white frames hung on the plain white walls. A few days ago, I called on the same little housewife and she was busily engaged fitting up a very tiny little room for her one child, with small articles of furniture en ameled blue. The enamel used for this purpose which has proven most satisfactory is the Foo Chow, which is a fine preparation made by an English firm in Manchester. . A fashionable dress-maker in this city says that half of the ladies who come to her to be fitted wear no petticoat at all. Nor do they wear; the bifurcated garment, but genuine trousers of the heaviest woolen goods. There is some sense in this mode of clothing the nether limbs, for it is at once convenient and comfortable. The divided skirt is not quite satis factory, for thej- flop about the ankles and cling so much that it is impos sible to walk well in them, and then it is almost impossible ? to wear two skirts when this style is adopted. The trousers are what we need; they give the gown a clinging effect,; too, that is picturesque and pretty. *** There seems to be a revolution going on in the matter of women's apparel, and one's first thought now is comfort, which is subservient to fashion. No longer do our women rattle stiffly starched frills over the pavement, nor do they burden, their spines with steels. They wear in stead woolen tights, fitting the body tightly, or soft clinging silken things that makes no rustle when they move about. Neither do they wear their hair in heavy braids or a lifeless bang, but do up whatever .nature has given them simply and without combs. Not long ago Miss Joan Clarke ap peared at a reception given by Mrs. John Clarke and so quaint and original was her costume that it was discussed by many admiring women long afterwards. The gown itself was such a simple affair too! It was made of cream white crepe de chine with slightly rounded neck and long sleeves. Around the neck there was a frill of white crepe de chine scolloped in long round points with olive green silk. A frill of the same sim ple embroidery was set on the bottom of the demi trained skirt, and a sash of olive satin ribbon eight inches wide was twisted about the waist, and fell to the bottom of the skirt at the back. In the coils of her beauti ful golden hair Miss Clarke wore a bandeau of white velvet tightly twisted and rising to a point in the front of the bang with a few white heron plumes. ; *** Bandeaux are quite fashionable now, and many are made of small flowers. A pretty girl always looks prettier with flowers in .her hair, but a homely face always looks better if imply framed with coils of hair. "- ; *** ' "' ??'' The long dress has made its ap pearance once more in the. world of fashion, and if properly managed it is the most graceful style in the world. Not the long sweeping skirt ;hat is trailed along the dusty stones of the street, but the demi train that is lifted just enough to give tanta- dzing glimpses of the well fitting boots is what one likes, and la mode predicts that in a few months the short dress will be only a memory. The long dress is graceful if under stood, but it is anything but conven ient to wear. *** A few days ago I talked with a fashionable woman from London. Do you know," she said, " the women of Atlanta dress more elegant ly than they do in London or New York? They dress better than they do anywhere I have visited," and she must be right. I visited Washing ton at the time of Harrison's inaugu ration, and I had many fine opportu nities to see the society women at the capitol, but never did I see dres sing more elegant or exquisitely tasteful than I saw at the anniver sary reception of Mr. and Mrs. J. Carroll Payne's wedding a few weeks ago. The gowns of many of the ladies on that occasion were suitable for the ladies of a royal household, and the jewels which were displayed o,n necks and hands would, if bunched together and sold, buy?oh! millions and millions of loaves of bread. *** The evening slippers that are ex hibited by the ball room habitues are many of them very valuable. One young lady on Peachtree street wears a pair of white undressed kids that are wrought with silver and Rhine stones. They cost $40, and a pair oi red satin boots are buttoned with Rhine stones. The daintiest pair o: feet that I have seen were encased in pearl gray silk hose and gray un dressed slippers embroidered with steel. They were worn with a pear gray and white crepe de chine lounging gown, and the half invalid who wore them reclined in a crimson plush chair, and rested her feet on a crim son footstool. Of course she made an interesting picture and she knew it, and her feet?they Were her pride *** There is a lady in this city who can draw her wedding gown througl her bracelet. It was worn forty-five years ago, and is made of pine apple cloth richly embroidered. The color is a deep cream, and the texture is as fine as the veil woven by Arachne. There are eleven widths in the skirt. Think of that! eleven widths of 40- inch wide goods and it can pass through a bracelet. What a treasure it is for her granddaughter who will wear it at her debut party! *** The time honored night-dress oi white cambric, whose sleeves have held us tightly folded to the loving breast of our dear mother, is now a thing of the past, and if our little ones wish to shed their infantile tear: upon our breast they must let them fall on the smooth surface of a black silk or dark woolen gown instead of dampening,the cotton fabric, once ;he pride of woman, with its dainty 'rills of lace. A black silk gown has a becoming Dlaiting,.of blue silk and white lace, and a very pretty yoke is made of slack beading and pale, baby green ribbons with innumerable rosettes. A bride recently wedded inJVIacon, it is said had no less than one dozen of the finest night robes, ;ach one rivaling the other in beauty and elegance, and the other under garments were of silk, corresponding ji color. A white India silk robe de ?iuit was cascaded down the front ivith real Valenciennes lace costing ive dollars a yard, and there were dainty little bows of pale pink rib- son peeping out from the gathers wherever they could peep.?L. B. W. A STRANGE MISTAKE. L An interesting anecdote is told on an Atlanta lady who does not reside in the city now. In fact the lady tells the story herself so that it is authentic. "I was making my bridal tour," she said to me, "and we were stopping at one of the fashionable hotels in New York City. In the night my husband was taken suddenly and violently ill with a cramp in his shoulder. I had no mustard with me, and finally decided to go to the kitchen and mix up a plaster for his relief. I found the kitchen, succeed ed in spreading the mustard careful ly and smoothly on my pocket hand kerchief and started back to my room." "I found the location and without looking at the number entered easily." "The light had been lowered, I sup posed because it hurt my husband's eyes." <-?' _ "Now dear," I saT37Tr^wiTrsoarL- have the pain gone,"and I proceeded to apply the plaster." "Poor fellow he has gone to sleep! I murmured, and turning his collar back I slipped the plaster on his neck and shoulder." "Great God! What's that !" a strange voice shrieked, and I shrieked in fright and fled. "At last breathless and in tears I found my room exactly above the one I had just left, and my husband still suffering the tortures of cramp." The next day my husband and self were introduced to a charming old gentleman and his niece, and in the course of the week were invited to his elegant country home up the Hudson." "When the day came for our de parture the dear old gentleman gave me a mysterious package and bade me not to open it until I was fairly on my way home. AVhen I did so I found the handkerchief upon which was written my name, and a beautiful bracelet, with a funny little note ac companying it. From that time until now we have always been good friend, and the joke has ceased to be a joke with us." Miss Julia Baggett has painted un der Hal Morrison a study, represent ing an Italian flower girl. The pict ure she exhibited at one of the stores on Whitehall street, and last week received one hundred dollars for it. This is a remarkable price for the work of an amateur to bring. 6 JW.i'4'-. 1 fried to loin! Soinefcg About a Delightful Rein ed) That Has Been a Blessing to so Many Ladies. Spread the lews! Every lady wants to be in good health. Health brings beauty, and no woman can be said to be truly beautiful who does not enjoy good health. 'Tis true that no man can paint the lily or gild refined gold, but sometimes when these blessings to man?lovely women?get out of repair, when the beautiful eyes dim, the fair face becomes pale and the step less elastic, we can often ward off disease and bring back the effulgence ot good health and beauty. There is a remedy that has dis played its shield before the public and its record is that it cures when all else fails, is delightful to take and always insures health. We refer to Dr. King's Royal Germe- tuer, whose certificates of cures would fill many numbers of this paper. To instance but a few : Rev, J. B. Hawthorne, after heing cured of catarrh, says : " I feel it to be my duty to say, also, that the effects of thj^-rcuiedy upon my wife ha\^eb^*iT_eyeirinore signal aTid wonderful. ,_SJl men havegU'.,,' ,;owi. tothe grave to teach ytfi the folly of spending all that wp. -Frrn in the days of prosperity? ?.. ?;? -o isand men win a competency b: quietly saving their spare money were one gets rich by crazy spec- nation. A saver by habit steadily grows more industrious, more tem perate, more honest.more /oil tented. "TAKE CARE of the pennies and the .jollars will take care of themselves,'' is a mottc. which crowns a life of labor with a life of ease. The Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association, of Atlanta, offers to all a feasible so lution of this inspired desire. Call at once at the office of 1,' -is Asso ciation, rooms No". 1, 2 a:. a '' in the Gould Building, tak^ ten '.'Inves of stock, and by saving ""ft per month in about 84 months you wiR have $1,000 in Cash. DON'T Put this matter off longer, as the 20cts per day, the amount this $1,000 stock would cost you, is an amount you would not otherwise save. Come at once, take out your stock and start in with the January Series. Office, Rooms Hos. 1, 2 and 3 Gould Building. Standard Wagon Company, T. M. BARNA, Manager. FINE Carriages, Buggies, 2-Wheelers, Etc., For Holiday Presents. Special Prices. J. Patterson, J. B. Caldwell. Patterson & Caldwell, CLOTHIERS -AND- URNISHERS, No 9 Whitehall St., ATLANTA, - GA. SINGER 63 PEACHTREE STREET, Opposite Junction 01 Broad St. THE IMPROVED SING ER IS THE MOST DE LIGHTFUL MACHINE IN THE WORLD TO SEW WITH. Lightest Running. Most Simple. Bes* At tachments. Latest Improvements. A most complete Christ. mas Gift. A small cash payment will get it. Baiance on easy; terms. Agents for the celebrated Standard Paper Patterns. Monthly Fashion Gazette free. Singer Supplies and Needles for all makes of Machines. Pure Sperm Oil. CO, JOHN Y. DIXON, Manag.p. Telephone 1064. JOHN J, WOODSIDE, RENTING AGENT Entire Time Given to Renting Houses and Collecting Rent-;. 2Q N. Broad St., Cor. Walton. ATLANTA, . - GEORGIA. Notary Public. Telephone Connection, to Banks and Merchants of Our City. Horse Apparel Forlnclemen Weather LAP ROBES, II <* :- -',^ * <*! J J ^' * For Carriage Comfort. ATLANTA, : GEORGIA. Photographs of Every Svyle and Size at Reason ahle Prices. Why Suffer or let Your Animals Suf fer, when at PEACHTREE ST, he One and Only Place to Obtain EXAMINATION SOLICITED-** all r<-sirable Styles. 10 SOCIETY. Mrs. Tom Meador gave one of the loveliest dinner parties given this season on last Wednesday evening, complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Will Montgomery and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swift. The table was strewn with sweet violets, and a ball of fragrant violets swung from the chandelier over the center of the table. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Will Mont gomery, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swift Dr. and Mrs. Elkin, Miss Addie Maude and Mr. Tom Erwin. Miss Grace Folger, of Maine, is in the city for the winter. She is a guest at the Leyden House. OPERA HOUSE! MONDAY and TUESDAY, 1 TUESDAY AT 2. DECEMBER 22 and DAY, 1 23. ; MATINEE The Season's Only Big Success! Bronson Howard's Greatest Triumph, SHENANDOAH America's Latest Craze. 'Better than the Henrietta.'-N. Y. Herald. SHENANDOAH is A GARDEN O ? MAKING AND BRAVE DEEDS. The Scene of Shenandoah Valley *is Beau tiful . A COMPLETE CAST OF PLAYERS. Presented in the same manner as seen 'for over 300 Nights in New York City. 300 ??Usual Prices. Eeserved Seats.at Miller's.? Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats Hats J. REGENSTEIN&CO. n~he Surprise Store; The Lareest Milli o Six floors, each 30x165 feet, given up entirely to Hats and all that appertains thereto, with two of the shrewdest buy er?, resident of New York; also an agent in Paris to send us the latest "dots" by mail or cable. Buying in much larger quantities direct from the factories, we can undersell all would-be competitors. In the season we spare nothing to get the finest Trimmed Hats that are to be found in Paris, We are importers of Millinery. Our Trimmed Hats are always marvels of esquis- ite workmanship r,nd good taste. We Handle More Millinery than any Three Houses in the South. We would invite the ladies of Atlanta and district to inspect our establishment and to see for themselves the facilities we have for handling a large and high class trade of Millinery. If you are a customer of ours, we are anxious to increase our business with you; if you are not, we hope you soon will be, as no honorable means will be spared to attain this end. We will treat you as nicely as we know how, and will not insist on selling you against your inclination. We want your trade, and when you come to see us we will make your visit at least a pleasant one. The Surprise Store, lloaks loaks 'loaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks OAK SUITS, $20.00 AND UP. PLUSH SUITS, $30.00 AND UP. All other Grades at Lowest Prices. 68 Peachtree Street THE CODNTRY IS SAFE STEVENS, The Cash Grocer, 83 Peachtree Street,! Will make your Bank account fat, if yo deal with him. Don't forget the number 83 Peachtree Street. The Most Profitable Investment For a Few Collars per Month: Stock in the Southern B. & L. Association of ^ Thomas Gaflnev, of Philadelphia, the great B. A t Expert. 8 ,000 Shares sold. B U HABDEUAH, Prest. H. H. CABAHISJ, Secj Office Ulllyer B-va.liaiaa.er- 40 Whltahall Street, - - Atlanta, Georgia. -G RESS- Lumber Company Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber Of all Diminsions, also 5, Shingles Bridge, Building and Car Tim bers Cut to Order. Flooringand Ceiling A SPECIALTY. General Offices 38 1-2 S. Broad St. ATLANTA, CA. ills at Goodman, Ga. R. A. JOHNSON. W. A. JOHNSON. Plow M'f'r. Formerly, Shropshire, Johnson &. Co. JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Real Estate Rent indents No, 1 KIMBULL HDITSB, WALL STREET. Your Patronage Solicited for business in or out of the State, which shall have our best attention and prompt returns. References: Bank* & Wholevsle Merchants ot the City H.H.C.MICIEIBEIII, J.T.H'CIEIDDI, LDOUIl.tWIIlU,,_?,?, j. j. rrami, 1.1. p""1" f&peciiu- MICKELBERY & McCLENDON, WHOLESALE GROCERS, PRODUCE, Cloaks Cloaks No. 15 S. Broad Street, ATLANTA , -TEC El- Hay, Oats, Corn, Meal, Bran, Stook Feed, Onions, Feathers, Game, Irish Potatoes, Dressed and Live Poultry, Meat, Lard, Flour, N. O. Syrup, Fruits and all kinds of Provisions and Country Produce. JW Consignments solicited. Quick sales and prompt remi lances. Good, dry, rat-proof storage. Excellent facilities for the care of perishable goods. References: Gate City National Bank, and Mer chants and Bankers of Atlanta, generally. ATLANTA PHOTOGRAPH CO,, 40 1-2 Whitehall Streets J. C. DANIEL, Who Makes a Specialty of PAPER HANGING, Decorating, Graining & Painting "FTAS just received new designs in handsome SJL Wall Papers in Ingrains, Flitter.', t-f 1 J s and Brilliant-. He al«o carries nice 'urniture and Wiudow Shades. Call and examine his stock 42 Marietta St. Telephone 77. Call and See us, Whether You Want Pictures or Not. In conclusion we will say, we are Determined to make the best work in the city for the price, nd will not be undersold by any Whitehall street gallery. We do not propose to cut prices, but our motto will be to work as low as the lowest and guarantee better work. Our price at present is $3.00 Per Dozen For Cabinets! OTHER SIZES LOW IN PROPORTION. The Finest Gents' Furnishing Store in Atlanta. Fire Works of all Kinds at Lowest Prices at Breeman & Silverman's COR. WHITEHALL'AND DECATUR STREETS'11 13 PEACHTBEE ST. Ladies and Gents will please call and inspect his latest stvles in neckwear for the Holiday trade. Also manufactures to measure shirts for Ladies and Gentlemen. Please Call and Get Prices. J. FULD, Manager. H. L. DRKYFUS, Superintendent. Itlaata Suspender MANUFACTURING CO., SUSPENDERS 22 E. Mitchell St., Cor. S. Pryor. Atlanta, - - Georgia. f SOCIETY. ©A nqorj The " Fair," although a new enter prise here, has fair prospects, and when the people become acquainted with their fair dealings and fair prices, the fair girls and madams will frequent the " Fair " for beauti ful goods to make them the fairest of the fair. High, you know, will not let any of his competitors get any higher than himself, and although his name is High, and his aim is higher still, his prices are low, and during the holidays he expects to make them still lower. Another most attractive place along Whitehall is Nunnally's. Not only at Xmas times is this an attrac tive place, but is so all the year round. If you wish for candies, be sure to stop at Nunnally's, for he keeps none but the best. Rich will be still richer before the holidays are. over, for his store is a paradise to the children, and many of them will leave there all the pen nies and dollars that their papa and mamma will give them. Young, old, and middle aged cannot leave his .store without seeing something to please their fancy and suit their purse. If you have read Keely Co.'s ad vertisements you know how they stand. Mr. O'Donally has seen Santa Claus, and has burdened the clever little man with a big order from that firm. Mr. O'Donally has had such careful thought for every one, that old Santa Claus will have a hard time in getting everything ordered, but Santa has to get it if it can be had, and Keely Co.'s Xmas stock already contains all the heart could desire in the way of handsome pres ents. Santa evidently has his hands full aj; Keely Co.'s. The " Surprise Store " will no doubt surprise you with its surprising little fairyland?birds of paradise that would warble if they could the Xmas carols?fairies, some with wings, some without?blue eyed, golden eyed fairies?harps, flowers?every thing to make a perfect fairyland. How surprised we will be if you do not go to the Surprise Store, and how joyfully surprised you will be when you get there. Now go and surprise your friends with a gift from the Surprise Store. IMPAIRED vision is something to 1 be deplored, but in this scientific a«ge there is relief for nearly every thing, and a pair of Hawkes' Crys- talized Lenses will certainly benefit you. Do not take our word for this, but call and see him in the Kimball House blo'ck, Decatur street, and be convinced. He carries a large line of all kinds of Spectacles and Eye glasses, and a pair of either set in gold frames would be a very useful and elegant Xmas present for a friend who may need them. No charge for changing lenses. rpHOMAS F. ASHWORTH, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Practices in the State Courts. Commercial Law and Collections a Specialty. 27 1-2 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga. Landscape Photography. EDWARDS & SON ARE NOW PREPARED TO MAKE PHOTO- graphs of residences. Mr. Edwards has recently returned from Marietta, where he made a very fine Photograph of the beautiful home of Mr. Joe Brown, Jr. It is a n istake that houses or landscapes are photographed better in the summer season. When the foliage is off the trees, the scenes are more easily pictured. There is no Photographer In the City who does more satisfactory work than Edwards & Son. .e^ts SOUTHERN SCHOOL 3K^ o KI:- 18 East Hunter Street, ATLANTA, GA. We have a special teacher for our Typewriting Department. Our system ^Graham's) is taught in more scuools and colleges than all other systems combined. Our graduates (over 40U in numbur) are employed in all parts of the United States, Mexico ana Canada. Demand for shorthand writers greater ihan thesupply. Ourschool rooms are elegant and commodious, and on the ground floor. Enter now and be prepared lor fall positions. Catalogue free. A, C. BRIiCOE, Manager. L. W. ARNOLD, Assistant Manager HISS ALI5E TULLE!!, Principal Typewriting Department l845. 1890. The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. Of NEWARK, N. J. ASSETS OVER FORTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. The best Life Policy issued. Large dividends annually, to reduce premiums. No " Tontine" estimates or delusions! CLARENCE ANGIER, State Agent, 23^ Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga. J. H. Ketner. Amos Fox. KETNER & FOX, Fire Insurance, REAL ESTATE ??AND? RENTING AGENTS, 12 E. Alabama St., Atlanta Ga. If you wish to Insure, Rent, Sell or Buy Property give us a Call. C. K. BUSBEE W'ILL HAVE FIFTY BOXES FINE FLORIDA Oranges for his Christmas trade. Fine Tur keys, Cranberries, Thurber's Fine Sliced Peaches, ready for Cream. My stock is c< mp] te, and I can please any one. C. K. BUSBEE 102 Peach tree Street. RS' FfflEND ?jss&spw. TENDING ff- *»>? ® WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN COLD. If a price can be placed on pain, " Mother's Friend " is worth its weight in gold. My wife suffered more in ten minutes Trith either of her other two children than she did altogetner with her last, having previously used four bottles of "Mother's Friend." It is a blessing to any, one expecting to become a mother, says a customer. HENDEKSON DALE, Druggist, Carmi, 111. Write THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga., for further particulars. Sold by druggists. Sent by express on receipt of price, $1.50 per bottle. DE - LEO - TA- LAVE For Cleansing and Preseiving the Teeth and Perfuming the Breath. MY DEAR SIR: It affords me pleas ure, after a careful ex amination of the for mula, of your Delec- talave, to bear testimony to its value, and to state that its curative qualities are beyond question. I regard it, as the name implies, a delightful wash, and can recommend it to the public. Yours truly, A. W. CALHOUN, M. D. DE-LEC-TA-LAVE Will whiten the teeth, cleanse the mouth, harden and beautify the gums, prevent for mation ot tartar, neutralize acidity of saliva, cure tender and bleeding gums. Fifty cents a bottle. For sale by all drug gists, or sent by mail on receipt of price. THE WONDERFUL NERVE AND BRAIN TONIC . AND REMARKABLE THERA PEUTIC AGENT, A delightful summer or winter drink. For he.idache or tired feeling. Relieves mental and physical exhaustion Dispensed at the principal soda fonts at 5 cen'.s per glass, and sold by druggists and grocers, in bottles, at 25 cents per bottle. Address 47 PEACHTREE STREET. ASA G. CA^DLER & co., DON'T FAIL, TO SEB THE LEADERS IN CARRIAGES BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. J. L. SHUFF & CO., 29 WEST ALABAMA STREET, Are Headquarters for Fine Vehicles, Harness, Lap Robes, Whips and Wagons of every description. They all make acceptable Christmas presents. Glad to show goods at all times. K. Lee Miller & Co. Agents for Huyler's Candy and Cocoa. Go to K. Lee Miller & Co. for your Christmas Confectioneries and Fruits. Always fresh. 55 S. PRYOR STREET, Flowering Bulbs. Flower Seeds. Asparagus Roots. Strawberry Plants, Garden Seeds. Guano, Ground Oyster Shells, Land Plaster, etc. PETZER'S CLOTHING STORE 37 Whitehall Street, All Children's Suits 25 per cent discount. A nt. > -i. r,r (One-fourth off.) All boys' suits 25 per cent discount. ..,_,.,, , _ (One fourth off.) All Children's Overcoats »ne-fourth off. ... ,, , (25 per cent discount). All Boys oTercoats one-fourth off. (25 per cent discount.) Now is the Time for Bargains. \ 12 Over Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand (85O,OOO) bottles of Swift's Specific have been sold since January 1st, 189O, and the WOMEN AND CHILDREN Of America and England have been the largest con sumers. There is nothing equal to Swift's Specific as a builder up of weak women and children, It is a simple vegetable compound, and assists nature by cleansing the blood of impurities and stimulating the skin to healthy action. Do not be deceived by any of the imi tations. There is only one Swift's Specific, and there is nothing like it. If your druggist tries to put off some thing else on you for the purpose of making a few cents more, do not be imposed on5 out jnsist on getting the genuine. Send for Treatise on the Blood and Skin, which we will mail free. ATI ANT A, GA, A GENERAL BREAKING DOWN. After suffering for years from a general breaking down of the system, and after trying various proprietary medicines with out receiving any benefit, I commenced taking Swift's Specific (S. 8. S.) by the ad vice of my physician. The medicine ben- efitted me in every way. I increased in flesh, my appetite improved, and my gen eral health was better in every particular. I do not hesitate to say that it is the best medicine I have ever tried. MAHALY TDBPEN, Oakland City, Ind. INDUCED BY EMENDS. For twenty-five years I suffered from boils, erysipelas and other blood affections, taking during that time great quanties of different medicines without giving me any perceptible relief. Friends induced me to try S. S. S. It improved me from the start, suid after taking several bottles restored my health as far as I could hope for at my .age, which is now seventy-five years. MBS. S. M. LUCAS, Bowling Green, Ky. GAINED 67 POUNDS. 1 have tried all patent medicines, but never found one like the 8. S. S. I was troubled with weakness incident to women, pain in the back and chest. When I be gan taking your medicine I weighed only 84 pounds. To-day I weigh 151, and feel well and hearty. MES. LYDIA JONES, 412 E. 4th St., Kansas City, Mo. DEAF. I was the victim of the worst case of ca tarrh that I ever heard of. I was entirely deaf in one ear, aud all the inside of my nose, including part of the bone, sloughed off. No treatment benefited me, and physicians said I would never be any better. I took 8. S. S. as a last resort, and it has entirely cured me. I have been well four years and no sign of a return of the dreadful disease. MRS. JOSEPHINE POLHILL, Due West, S. C. ANNOYED FOR A YEAR. I was annoyed for a year with pimples and blotches on the face. I consulted prominent physicians, and used different kinds nf advertised medicines without benefit. Finally I tried Swift's Specific, and the smoothness of my skin was com pletely restored by the use of a few bot tles. CHAHLOTTE RANDOW, Thalia Theatre, New York City. HIS CHILDREN CURED. Mr. J. R. Grinstead, Senora, Ky., gays: " My children have sometimes had boils and other signs of blood impurities, with loss of appetite, etc., at which times I have found Swift's Specific a most successful remedy, in no instance failing to effect a speedy and permanent cure." NO TRACE LEFT. Mr. and Mrs. Litell, of Huntingburg, Ind., say that about one year ago their lit tle girl was entirely cured of an annoying eruption of the skin and a local blood dis order, by the use of three bottles of S. S. S. There is no trace of the skin disease left, and the blood has been in perfect order ever since, and the general health of the child was never as good as now. They will take pleasure in answering any letters regarding the child's case. NOT ABLE TO WALK. I was confined to my bed for six months with rheumatism, not able to walk a step. All of the other remedies usually pre scribed for this disease having been em ployed to no effect, I commenced taking 8. S. S. I have now taken eleven bottles of this excellent medicine and am on my feet, attending to all my household work as of yore. I feel that I cannot sufficiently ex press my thanks for the benefit I have re ceived from the use of this medicine. MKS. M. A. WOODWABD, Webb City, Mo. ? A COMPLETE CURE. I had a sore on my upper lip for eight years, and seven different doctors attempt ed to heal it. No good was done. I then began to take a course of Swift's Specific, and it resulted in a complete cure. From that day I have been in excellent health, the Specific having purified my blood thor oughly. In a word, I feel like anew woman. MRS. W. P. CANNON, Trenton, Todd County, Ky. CANCER OF THE BREAST CURED. The following is an extract from a letter written by Mrs. S. E. McDougald, a highly esteemed Christian lady of Greenville, Ala., under date of February 23, 1889 : " About two years ago a cancerous tumor made its appearance on my breast and grew rapidly. I became alarmed, and consulted the best local physician, and was given the usual remedies, which I continued to take for upwards of six months, but without deriv ing any benefit, for the cancer continued to grow worse. I then went to the drug store of Dr. C. B. Herbert & Son, of this place, and purchased a few bottles of Swift's Specific (S. S. S.), and commenced taking it, and in a short time I was permanently cured, and have no symptoms of return yet. CATARRH IN CHILDREN. Our little boy, Stokes, now eleven years old, had catarrh from the time he was three until he was seven years of age. Sometimes his breathing was heavy, with constant discharge from the nose. He had more or less treatment for four years, but without any benefit. We gave him Swift's Specific, and it soon cured him sound and well. This was four years ago, and there has been no return of .the disease. MBS. W. P. KENNON, Salem, Ala. TWELVE PIECES OF BONE. I had catarrh twenty-five years. Twelve pieces of bone, two of them over an inch long, caine from my nose. My front teeth dropped out while perfectly sound, and my dreadful suffering need not be told. Two years ago I took four bottles of S. S. S., and I improved from the start. It made me well, and I have been well ever^ince. MES. M. J. BOST, Statesville, N. C. My mother, who is a very old lady, was physically broken down. The use of Swift's Specific (S. S. 8.) has entirely re stored her to health. R. B. DILWOBTH, Greenville, S. C. WELL AND HAPPY. I take pleasure in submitting the follow ing statement of facts, that you may know the great benefit that has resulted from the use of your Specific in the case of my lit tle daughter, now ten years of age. The child, when two years of age, had a severe attack of scarlet fever, which left her with a shattered constitution. Among other evidences of impaired witrition was what the doctors called softening of the bones. In her fifth year she happened to a slight accident, which resulted in the dislocation of the hip joint, and, from the irritation thus set up, terrible abscesses of the hip ensued. The abscesses, despite the best medical treatment that could be obtained, remained for three years, discharging con tinuously. At this time, through the in fluence of friends, I put her on your S. S. S. When this treament was commenced the abscess was very large, having six per forations, pus discharging through them all. During this treatment several spiculse of bone came out, and by the time she had finished her fifth bottle the abscess hajj| entirely healed, her appetite and general health had been restored; in short, she was well and happy, and so continues. MKS. J. A. WIEGNEK, Lower Main St., Slatington, Pa. LITERATURE ^ . cA c _ VOL. I. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1890. No. 2. )o@iety Miss Mary Blanche Munroe, of Washington, D. C., is in the city at .the Johnson House. >,< 'i- The children of the Home for the Friendless were dined on Christmas day by the good ladies of the city. * * Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mortem, of Athens, have been spending some time with the family of Captain J . R, Wylie. ?> * * Mrs. Caldwell, of Humiicutville, Missouri, has been very ill at the home of her father, Mr. John Glenn, at Kirkwood. >!< ^ Hal. Morrison's art students pre sented him at Christmas with a very handsome painting jacket of blue cloth and gold cords. Mrs. Donald Bain has returned to Atlanta from Columbus, and has moved into her handsome new home on Peachtree street. * * Mrs. Marie Wri^^'oF'tTreHlre^ York World is-'in. the city. Mrs. W right is one of the few Southern women" who work. is well paid for her Wednesday afternoon little Em mie Hemphill entertained her friends at a Christmas party. The occasion was a happy one and the favors very pretty. * -f The Nabobs were at DeGives last night, this afternoon and will appear again to-night. This play is full of laughable situations, and is well worth seeing. * * The picture which graces the front page of SOCIETY this week is that of Miss Ruby Scruggs, the youngest daughter of Hon. Wm. L. Scruggs, the American minister to Venezuela. .She is a strikingly handsome young lady of that rare type of beauty one .seldom sees ? brown eyes and golden hair. Miss Scruggs is one of this winter's debutantes, and not only has her beauty made her a belle, but her bright intellect and piquancy of manner has won her admiration as well. Miss Scruggs has but recently returned from Caracas, South Amer ica, but will reside permanently in Atlanta, in which city she has spent her earliest childhood. Miss Eva Chamberlin is spending the holidays with her parents, on Whitehall street. Miss Chamberlin is one of the pupils of Wesleyan Female College at Macon. * * Miss Mary Lewis, of St. Louis, is a guest of Mrs. James Jackson, on West Peachtree street. Miss Lewis is a very pretty and attractive young lady, and during her residence in Atlanta will be entertained by Miss Cornelia Jackson and Mrs. Hoke Smith at charming teas. Friday afternoon Miss Louise Cole entertained her little friends at a beautiful Christmas party. There was a Christmas tree, and each child received a handsome gift. * * A delightful entertainment was given by the little folks of the kin dergarten in Miss Beck's school on Christmas eve day. The programme was an. unusually interesting one and the exercises were very much enjoyed by the little ones and the visitors. MISS RUBY ERSKINE SCRUGGS. The death of Mrs. Maddox was very deeply regretted by her friends. She was a womanly woman, and had a deep hold .on the affections of all who knew her. * * The children of St. Luke's Sunday- school had the pleasure of enjoying a real English Stocking Hanging. Mr. Nixon, one of the shining lights in the church, acted as Santa Clans, and filled the stockings which were hung by a patriarchal chimney in the lecture room of the church. The fire-place was very large and was made for the occasion. A pair of silver lorgnettes that can be carried in the vest pocket is one of the novelties in silver goods this season. They can be bought for $10, and have very fine lenses. * * * Wednesday evening a merry party of little people were entertained by Master Marion and little Miss Mary Brent Smith at the residence of Mr. Hoke Smith. The entertainment was a Christmas festival, and, as old Santa Clans was present to distribute the gifts from his generous pack, of course the children enjoyed it very much, and each one had a most de lightful time. Mrs. W. L. Redding is spending some time with Miss Carrie Butt, of Macon. . Mrs. Frank Stewart is also visiting the Central City, as a guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Hines. * * The marriage of Mr. Gus Hoke and Miss Hattie Hoke was a brill iant affair. The ceremony occurred in Seneca on the evening of the 23d. Mr. and Mrs. Hoke will reside in Atlanta, * * The appearance last week of " Shen- andoah" was the occasion of filling the opera house to its utmost, and as the play was exceedingly well staged, it was enjoyed and favorably com mented on. * * Miss Dougherty, a daughter of Mr. David Dougherty, is spending the holidays with her parents on Peach- tree street. Miss Dougherty will re turn to the LaGrange College early in January. * * " On the 29th of this month an in teresting meeting will foe held at Nashville, Tenn., at which time a society will be formed for the purpose of bringing the^Ssathern writers into prominence and a closer companion ship. The move is a good one and SOCIETY favors it heartily. * * . .. One of the most talented girls in. society is Miss Dora Raine, one of this season's debutantes. Miss Raine has recently made a very fine Ham: mered brass screen, and a table hand somely carved is another piece of creditable work done by her fingers. It is quite a fad with girls nowadays to do these sort of things, and some very handsome and ornamental pieces of work have been done by Miss Dora Raine. * * The wooden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Richards, which recently occurred, was one of the most ele gant entertainments of the season. The invitations were unique. They were printed on slips of thin wood and enfolded in envelopes of wood. Mr. and Mrs. Richards are one of the most popular young married couples in the city and all their friends join in wishing them the pleasure of celebrating many anni versaries. ? - . - -, ,.-. 2 SOCTEST'Z'. Mr. Alex. Bealer is spending the holidays at Darien. * * Last evening the home of Mrs. Kate Cox, on Ivy street, was the scene of a delightful dance, given by the T. D. Cs. The house was beau tifully decorated and the hours passed swiftly to the dancers. * * Among the many bright and in teresting young ladies visiting the city there is none more charming than Miss Minnie Schlessinger, who is a guest of her brother, Mr. Harry Schlessinger. Miss Schlessinger is from New York. * * An ingenious little needlewoman is Mrs. Joseph Moody. One of the most original specimens of her art work is a table cover of chamois skin, on which is painted a convential de sign of tulips in blue and pink. These are outlined with fine gold cord, and the edge of the cloth is left ragged. * * A lady on Peachtree street has painted a beautiful pair of black satin suspenders, with violet design, for a young man, soon to be married. " Of course, she says naively, " the bride will hold the reins, but I wish to see him harnessed up in good shape." *- ful1 n trousers of The pupils of Mrs. Bay lor Stewart's school gave a Christmas tree this week to the children of the Home for the Friendless, which was a most enjoyable affair. The tree was hung with many serviceable and appro priate gifts, which were distributed to the little ones of the Home. * * Apropos of the masque ball to be -ftiven by Mrs. Porter, it would not ,-? *oiss~to suggest that a ." candle moth " gotn would be very Pre fer a young V'1' The gown is made of white hefinetta' trimmed with dainty pmkVibbons> panels over white henrietta, is girded in with pink and a peaked white hat is worn on the head. Another effective dress is that of Tin- tanabula, which is a creation of tulle and ribbons and bells innumerable. A square piece of satin, fringed with bells, is set on a bandeau of satin, and makes a becoming head-gear. * * The marriage of Miss Eva Winter to Dr. W. S. Nash, of Knoxville, Term., is announced to take place on the 28th of January. This mar riage will occur in the First Meth odist churce at mid-day, and will be a stylish affair. Dr. Nash is one of the wealthiest and most influential physicians of Knoxville, and will carry his bride to a handsome home which he has already prepared for her. Miss Winter is a daughter of Mr. J. L. Winter, and is one of the most accomplished and brightest girls in the social world in which she is very popular. In anticipa tion of the wedding, SOCIETY wishes the bride and groom-elect every pos sible joy. * * Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Win. Lee Ellis, of Macon, gave an elegant Christmas party to their three nieces, Miss Wellie Peck and Miss Augusta Wylie, of Atlanta, and Mis lola Munroe, of Washington, D. C. The home was prettily decorated with bamboo and roses and illuminated with wax tapers in handsome can delabra. Miss Peck, who is a petite brunette, looked very charming in red India silk gown. Miss Munroe, another brunette, was unusually handsome in a pale blue China silk dress and carried a white leather fan. Little Miss Wylie wore a pale rose colored henrietta, trimmed with thread lace. There were present about seventy-five young ladies and gentlemen. Refreshments were serv ed and dancing was kept up until late hour. Misses Peck and Wylie will remain in Macon until after the New Year. * * Friday evening the charming little home of Mrs. W. S. Williams, on Poplar street, was the scene of a delightful " violet tea," given com plimentary to Mrs. K. E. Wagrton, of New York, who is visiting her daughter, Mrs. AVilliams, during the holidays. The house was appropriately dec orated with flowers and ferns and the table was strewn with violets and artistically set with cut glass and dainty bowls of violets. Mrs. Wagnon, who is a handsome bru- nett, wore a black silk, trimmed with silk velvet and jet, and wore diamonds. Mrs. Williams wore a beautiful black silk and lace. The guests invited were Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Howell, Hon. and Mrs. Clarke Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Park Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Howell, jr., Miss Effie Howell,, Mrs. Augusta Moore, Mr. Clarence Moore, Mr. M. M. Folsom, Dr. and Mrs. Robinson and others. * * The most fascinating woman in Atlanta is a lady who has passed the age of thirty-five, and. is a wife, and mother of several children. This is not remarkable, for history, and my personal experience, has. ^temonstrated the fact thatth£-f " working girl" ; since she begins at fifteen and drops out at twenty- five she passes through her girlhood a wage-earner. Marriage is the prin- ipal thing that depletes the number of women in industry, and so it is as a factor or class in the business world she will remain, her place being filled by younger women who fall in the positions made thus vacant. Of course l^lnj^jia^is^r-born take the _&U^??T5acy7but the Irish d-vjerman are in large numbers. A generation ago women were al lowed to enter but few occupations, while now her sphere for work cov ers 343 industries where she can be actively engaged. Her wages are small, averaging $5.25 per week, but there are many who only make per week $2 or $3. The wages do not vary to any marked degree, some of the Southern.cities falling below the general average, while the Western cities rise above it, the difference in the cost of living making it propor tionate. The greater number of the working women are single, working not only for their own support, but oftener helping in the care of those at home. Nearly eighty-five per cent, of the working women live at home and are under the home influence, be that lax or strict, and in many cases, be it said with sorrow, that the home restraint is more lax than the air that pervades the w7ork-shop. The great problem to these women is the inevitable future of hard times and small pay, only two working and maintaining a family of six. Men employ them because they are generally faithful and honest; sel dom do you hear of a woman forger or defaulter, and yet when responsi bilities cannot be met by the wages can we wonder if their morals do become corrupt. She has supplanted the man in the lighter vocations, being willing to work for less. That she is responsible for low wages is beyond doubt, and yet unavoidably so is it true, since forced to a main tenance. The evils that surround this class of the world are manifold, men often thinking their virtue and conscience cheap commodities, but to-day the field is full of chaste and modest women who defy the prophecies of the old and wise heads who pictured dire calamity when the women should hold business positions. 'Tis true the evil of unchastity is found among the working girls, and . the solution of the problem of how to elevate and make easier the sphere of the working woman is puzzling philanthropists, but not until the " barriers " of social inequality " are burned away " can this take upward , steps; not until the grand madame of the avenue looks upon the wage- earner as a human with a soul to save, vested with pride and other sensibilities. Our good ladies think, they are conferring a great charity and an act of kindness to advertise the fact, " They will hold a reception at such and such a church or hall and receive the working girl." Such acts will never reach the heart of the toiling girl, not that they are ashamed of their honest labor, but they do not care to go branded "the working girl partaking of the charity lunch." One invitation to a private dinner would do more toward con vincing her of her social position than all the public lunches that could be given in a season. The employers of girls can rectify some of the evils by increasing wages and being more considerate of his women clerks that have a mile to walk after dark. They are not herejroni chaiee, being forced to the -front from indigent surroundings, and incapable or unenergetic fathers or brothers. Few women wish other spheres than the home, arid seldom make coming in contact with the business circles a voluntary choice. That she is an important feature in this great work-shop, the world, is a paramount fact, and as " we are each other's keepers," cannot some one suggest and execute a move in this great question. E. P. The Capitol City Club will give an elegant reception the first of Jan uary. *** Mr. Kuyler Smith will give an elegant party on the evening of January 2d. *** Master Henry Kuhrt, jr., gave a beautiful Christmas party on Friday afternoon. Invitations are out for a New Year's party to be given by Miss Willie Franc Redd, on the evening of the 3d. There will be dancing. *** Miss Jermette Halford leaves on Monday, for Washington, D. C., to receive New Year's callers with the President's party at the White House. Miss Halford, who is gifted with a rare contralto voice, will re turn to Atlanta January the 20th,; to continue her musical studies with Mrs. Hugh Angier, Capitol Square.. -ART, - r Art has recently received a stimulu in Atlanta by the arrival from Pari -of the first instalment of work, done by our talented townsman, Mr. J. P Field, who left for that delightful art centre in April last. Mr/ Lycett has just opened and mounted the first oJ his efforts done abroad, and strikingly different are these specimens from the usual hackneyed copies one sees nowadays. Mr. Field has caught the sentiment and innermost feeling in tended to be portrayed by the original artists, especially true is this of a copy made from a painting in the Luxemburg Palace, Shepherdess and Sheep by Henry Lerolle. The scene is a woodland, a peasent woman mind ing sheep; the sheep browse on in droves, and one can almost see them moving step by step, nibbling the tender grass, while a man can be seen in the distance plowing. The one intended as a mate for this is a copy of Smith Hald's Mending the Net, also in the Luxemburg. The atmosphere in this one is remarkably well done, and the old fisherwoman patiently mends the broken net, mak ing use of the fast-fading day to be ready ere the sun rises of the morrow. These pictures are for the art gallery of Dr. J. I). Turner of this city. A smaller canvas on the same order is a copy of Emile Adams' Ferry man's Daughter. Several of this fa mous Parisian's Originals grace the walls of some of our rich American, prominent among them is Marguerite at the Shrine, owned by D. W. Powers, of Rochester, N. Y., who has done so much for art in that city. This is to go in the beautiful home of Mrs. R. ?. Clarke. A large box of most lovely flow ers, plucked from the White House conservatory, Washington, D. C., were sent to Mrs. Hugh Angier as a ?Christmas present. H THINK OF THIS! OW MANY BROKEN-HEARTED men have gone down to the grave to teach us the folly of spending all that we earn in the days of prosperity? A thousand men win a competency by quietly saving their spare money where one gets rich by crazy spec ulation. A saver by habit steadily grows more industrious, more tem perate, more honest,more contented. "TAKE CARE of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves," is a motto which crowns a life of labor with a life of ease. The Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association, of Atlanta, offers to all a feasible so lution of this inspired desire. Call at once at the office of this Asso ciation, rooms No. 1, 2 and 3 in the Gould Building, take ten shares of stock, and by saving $6 per month in about 84 months you will have $1,000 in Cash. DON'T Put this matter off longer, as the 20cts per day, the amount this $1,000 stock would cost you, is an amount you would not otherwise save. Come at once, take out your stock and start in with the January Series. Office, Rooms Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Gould Building. DR. M. Z. CRI8T, D3EKTTIST, Office 64% Whitehall Street, OVER K'EELY co. GA. E V E N I N G D R E S E S If you want'to get up a a party dress of any nature? a wedding outfit, either sim ple or elaborate?you will have no trouble in securing what you want of J. M. High & Co. The very latest and choicest fabrics always in stock at prices not to be equaled in the Southern States. Just now, the brocaded Chinas, in all the delicate tints, have a decided lead. We can show you numberless designs in all the latest tints at $1.25 a yard. French Faille, with fine brocades to match, make the most elegant cos tumes, and we furnish them from $25 to $50.00. Plain Chinas are extreme- y good at all times, and we offer a matchless assortment of shades. A superb quality, 23 inches wide, all tints, 6gc. a yard. Best Grade Chinas, 25 nches wide, $1.00 a yard. Light shades Surahs at 5oc. and 75c. a yard. All the light shades in Hen riettas, Serges and Albatross. If interested, call and let us make estimates on what you want. J. M. HIGH & CO. J. W. English, Pres. Edwd. S. Pratt, Cash. W. J. VanDyke, V. Pres. Jno. K. Ottley, A. Cash. AMERICAN TBUSI UNO BANKING ATLANTA, GEORGIA. CAPITA!,, $5OO,OOO. DIRECTORS : James W. English, W. P. Inman, M. C. Kiser, George W. Blaboro, Philadelphia; E. C. Peters, 8. C. Dunlap, Gainesville; P. H. Sarralson, J. H. Gray, R. J. Lowry. Authorized to do a general hanking and exchange husiness, solicits accounts with hanks, husiness firms and ndividuals. This corporation is also especially authorized to act as trustee for corporations and ndividuals, to countersign and register honds, certificates of stock and other securities. . Patterson, J. B. Caldwell. Patterson & Caldwell CLOTHIERS -AND- FURNISHERS No. 9 Whitehall St., ATLANTA, - GA. O'NEILL & FRRZER, ctt WHITEHALL ST., Atlanta, Ga. DR. EDWIRDG. THOMAS, SURGEON DENTIST, Rooms Whitehall St., ATLANTA, GA. STILSON, JEWELER, 55 Whitehall St. Reliable . .Goods, Fair Dealing-, BOTTOM PRICES. T.M. CLARKE & Co. HARDWARE, Keep on hand a Fine Assort ment of Rogers Pocket Knives and Scissors. Sole Agent P. & F. Corbin's Fine Bronze, Silver and Copper Builders' Hardware; also a Stock of Breech-Loading Guns and Rifles. It has been said, and is proba bly true, that no city of its size in the United States can show as many handsome turnouts as are owned by the people of Atlanta. They are shown in every variety, from the " four in hand " English mail coach to the simple village cart driven by the children. THE ATWATER BUGGY COMPANY has furnished many of these equipages to the wealthiest citi zens of Atlanta, and a first-class Landeau that they have recently brought out for an Atlanta cus tomer will make a beautiful show when it is drawn along our streets. Something new and stylish at the Atwater Buggy Company, is a "Kensington," handsomely upholstered with drab leather. An elegant Victoria is cushioned with blue cloth, and there are in numerable Oak Carts that are not only beautiful, but exceeding ly comfortable. Winter is the time to buy cheap ly, and a carriage or vehicle pur chased now will save the purchaser many dollars that he would lose in the Spring and Summer season. Before buying anything in which to ride, it would be of profit to ex amine the equipages at the estab lishment of Mr. Atwater, on West Alabama Street. 55 S. PRYOR STREET, Flowering Bulbs. Flower Seeds. Asparagus Roots. Strawberry Plants, Garden Seeds. Guano, Ground Oyster Shells, Land Plaster, etc. With us the Cloak battle has been reduced to a duel between Time and Stock, and thus far Prices have received all the cuts. No mercy shown to Profits and little consideration for Costs. Prices have been deeply and re peatedly slashed to make sales close out the Cloak stock before Boreas goes. All former $22.00 Cloaks are now $15.00. All former $20.00 Cloaks are now $12.00. All former $18.00 Cloaks are now $10.00. All former 115.00 Cloaks are now $ 7.50. All former $12.00 Cloaks are now $ 6.00. All former $10.00 Cloaks are now $ 5.50. Concerning prices. Under the writer's eye is a bold advertise ment in the Boston Herald of certain Cloaks for which extra ordinary cheapness is claimed. Doubtless the cultured public is responding to that announce ment, and yet the several items may be bought here at 20, 25 or 30 per cent. less. As witness to the fact we again remind you of a handsome variety of Plaid, Checked and Striped Coats, New markets, Raglans and Ulsters at $3.90 that would be considered sensationally low elsewhere for $7.50, $8.00 and $10.00. Another notable instance in volves very rich Seal Plush Gar ments. They are reputed to have cost a large sum to import, but you can duplicate them here at one-third the alleged price of importation. It will pay you and, us if you scrutinize prices and statements closely, for what has been no ticed of the two examples quoted is true in scores of others. A massacre of merchandise ! That's it. We own the Wraps and they must be sold. The su periority of the styles and their novelty and quantity and vari ety, and the way they are handled and presented will in fuse fresh vitality and new in spiration into the department. Anyone who is " cutting down expenses" will thank us for as sistance in the hundreds of op portunities offered by our rea sonable prices for sterling things. Just now the Store is cheerier than you ever saw, especially the "Christmas Counter." Every stock is wide awake and keenly alert to the quick pulse- beats that throb for gift-time. We are continuing daily to render the place so pleasant that, finding something more agreea ble at each visit, you'll come more and more. KEELY COMPANY. J Managing Kditor, LOM/IE BELLE WYLIE. Associate Editor, MBS. W. S. WILLIAMS. Subscription, $2.00 per annum in advance. Entered through the Atlanti Post-office as second-class mail. Published by Jas. P. Harrison & Co., (Franklin Publishing Company.) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1890. WITH OPEN HANDS. Christmas has passed. God's chil dren, have- not heen forgotten, and many a life has been made brighter by the flow of good feeling that has prompted the hand to give gener ously to His poor. At all times Atlanta is responsive to the call for aid, and this Christmas her people's hearts have beat in love and charity with their neighbors, and not a little child has been forgotten on the day which commemorates the birth of our blessed Saviour. It is this very generous spirit, this fellow- feeling with all God's creatures, that has made Atlanta what she is, and from the humblest to the highest so cial circle there have been unusually happy hearts during the holidays. AVE ATQUE VALE. In a few days more the wise and successful administration of Hon. John T. Glenn as mayor of Atlanta comes to a close. Mayor Glenn re tires from office with the hearty in dorsement of the people as to his offi cial career. Hon. W. A. Hemphill assumes the responsibilities of government with an unimpeachable record as a busi ness man and public official, and with the fullest confidence of the people as to his ability and integrity. Having prospered under the one, Atlanta will continue to prosper under the other, and the interests of the commonwealth would be safe in the hands of either of these gentle men. The same hand that is extended with a cordial adieu to Mr. Glenn may be given with an equally hearty greeting to Mr. Hemphill. The famous Russian author, Count Tolstoi, has a great many followers in the town of Nihnesolotiki who have become converts to his social ideas. They have surrendered all private property rights, rich and poor alike, and have consented to till the ground for the common good. SOCIETY'S reception was a warm one, and, after the many beauti ful compliments bestowed upon us, the public will pardon our Mushes. The demand for SOCIETY was so unexpectedly large that the issue was exhausted before the public was nearly supplied, and we will increase the number this week so that all may have a chance to secure a copy. Make your communication brief and bright. The demand for our space is such that we can only af ford to use first class matter in our columns. - ?-??? THE DAWNING YEAR. Beyond the Alps there are other Alps. Beyond the planets there are stars of equal magnitude. So it is with the passing years. The new years come and the old years go. Eternity is Now and the present is Infinity. These lives of ours are such won derful conditions. Each a separate rainbow, with either end melting away into the mist and mystery of the Unknown. Faint at first, but growing clearer and fairer with the varying lines of chance or destiny up to the summit of the shining arch, then fading away, little by little, until lost in the shadows of Oblivion. But for the rain, there could be no rainbow. But for the the tears, the rays of God's promises would never bring out the more per fect dyes that add renewed splendor to the glory of an immortal exist ence. The year is dying, slowly, but none the less surely passing away. Every fitful gust that sweeps the brown fields reminds us that the end is near, even as the last gasps of some strong man in pain indicate ap proaching dissolution. The hammer strokes of time are rapidly forging another link of the lengthening chain of the unending ages. Unhappy the mortal that has no regret for the past or no. hope for the future. For such as those life is a meaningless condition, a living non-existence, and, compared to one with a living heart, susceptible to all the varying emotions that God has implanted in the human bosom, it is as the dead white pane of glass to the crystalline prism with all its angles searching out the beauteous tints that are blended in the sun beams. So, around the bier of the dying year let us assemble, and, reviewing the past, endeavor, with charitable eyes, to seek out the fault or error that led to every grief, and over every sorrow that arose from some cause beyond our ken draw the veil of submission, thus turning our griefs to good account. Looking forward with resolute hearts, let us nerve ourselves to meet similar and even greater trials. If out of the experience of the past we may so profit as to cultivate forbear ance and consideration to a greater degree, we shall indeed be blessed, and as the poignancy of the pangs of disappointment are dulled, the finer instincts of the soul will be able to enjoy more exquisitely the pleasures that await us. The happiest condition of exist ence that can come to a mortal is that in which practicability and senti mentality are so happily blended that it requires no effort to give ex ? pression to the finer feelings or to do the commonest act of duty or courtesy. An,allwise Providence rules over us all, and if. during the unvevealed days of the coming year, we follow His guidance, all will be well, and we shall have grown truer and better when next we gather about the death bed of a dying year to reflect on the past and dream of the future. MUSIC. Professor Alfredo Barili has been very ill at his home on Juniper street. Mrs. Belle Dykeman has gone to Savannah for a visit to her mother, Mrs. Constantine. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Smith have been engaged to sing in the choir of the First Methodist church for next year. It is suggested by a number of leading musicians that a society of young people be formed where they can be drilled to sing concerted mu sic. There are many fine voices in Atlanta among the young people, and a society for chorus singing would be a good move in the music world. The choir singing in St. Philip's church at Christmas tide was very fine. The sopranos were Miss Clossen and Mrs. Will King ; the contraltos, Mrs. Charles Sheridan and Mrs. C. H. Chase; the tenors, Messrs. Lively and Hugh Angier; and the basses. Bischoff and Barnes. The Church of the Immaculate Conception has given the Pitcher Organ Co. an order for a new organ, which will be the finest in the South. The organ will be in position for the Easter services. Mr. Joe Hart Denck is preparing to give a series of music recitals in Cincinnati. Trinity church will have a quar tette choir next year. EDITORIAL COMMENT. The Atlanta Constitution has the following words of praise for SOCIETY : " A handsome twelve-page weekly, SO CIETY, is Atlanta's, latest venture. It is devoted to the social world, art, dramatic, literary news, fashion and gossip. It is a woman's enterprise, under the manage ment of those two bright writers, Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie and Mrs. W. S.Williams, whose work is well known to the public. Mrs. Wylie is managing editor, and Mrs. Williams is associate editor and has charge of the business management. The paper is full of good things and bids fair to make a hit in the journalistic world. The Macon Newt has this to say : Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie, of Atlanta, the well known and brilliant society editress, is in the city to-day. This talented writer is now the manag ing editor of THE SOCIETY, a splendidly edited and very entertaining paper, de voted to society, art, literature and fash ion. Mrs. W. S. Williams, a very aocom plished lady, is associate editor. THE SOCIETY is having phenominal success. The first number was only issued last Sat urday, but great patronage is flowing to the journal, and its future will, doubtless, be one of unbounded popularity and pros perity. The Boys' We' My says: A new society paper made its first ap pearance to the public on last Saturday. It is edited by Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie and Mrs. W. S. Williams. It is a splendid paper and deserves the praise and.support of all. From the Brunswick Times we clip the following : SOCIETY, which made its bow in Atlanta last Saturday, has been received. It is a bright twelve-page journal, neatly printed on pink book paper, and is ably edited by Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie. It is the object of this society journal to add sunlight to daylight by making the happy happier? the merry merrier - encourage the toiler and comfort the sorrowful. Mrs. Wylie is a gifted writer, having been society editor of the Atlanta Journal for the past three years, .and having done a great deal of literary work for other papers. The arti cles in the first issue of THE SOCIETY show the best of talent, and variety of matter makes the journal more interesting. If Mrs. Wylie makes her first issue her standard, SOCIETY will be a grand success. ENID. A CHRISTMAS STORY. Written for SOCIETY. It was Christmas Eve. The ground was covered with snow, and the air- rang with the musical jingle of sleigh- bells. The shop windows were ablaze^ with light, and the shops were crowded with eager customers, who had delayed their Christmas shop ping until the eleventh hour. Two figures in great coats and fur caps,, looking very like Laplanders, paused in front of the window of a very pre tentious establishment, attracted thither by the ungraceful movements of a stage full of mechanical dolls. " A veritable social parody, Hal," said the taller of the two; "they are soulless," pointing to the smirking,, bowing crowd on the mimic stage. "Faith, and would you burden their small existence with a soul?" replied Hal, in a tone at once care less and good-natured. "Burden, no," said the other,, thoughtfully. "Come, Philip," exclaimed Hal,. hitching his arm into his com panion's, "let the puppets be. I see- you are on the point of moralizing, and I will have none of it." Just at this moment a small, half- clad figure thrust itself before him, and a strangely pathetic voice begged: "Please, sir, will you buy nay matches? This is the last box, and I am so cold." " Hullo!" exclaimed Hal, stooping down and peering into the little face pinched with cold and hunger.. "Where's your mother, little one, that she lets you wander on the streets so late?" The child's lips quivered pitifully, and her eyes filled with tears as she- answered : "Mamma doesn't know; she is dead." " You poor little beggar!" said Hal, and though the words may have been ill-chosen, the tone in which they were uttered was so tender and sympathetic that one would scarcely have noticed their bluntness. At this juncture Philip Dalton drew a purse of silver from his pocket, and slipping it into the child's hand, said: "There, midget, keep your matches;, we do not want them." At sight of the silver the little one's eyes gleamed hungrily, even as a starving man's might at sight of a feast, but instead of hurrying home as might have been expected, she pressed close to Philip and said: "Please take the matches; she will beat me if I carry them home." "Beat you!" ejaculated Hal. "What, is there offence in such a tiny scrap of humanity ? Whom do you belong to, child?" "No one," she answered, shaking her head mournfully. "'I just stay about, since mamma died." "Faith 'tis a hull-gull living. Philip, cigars are an injurious lux ury. I renounce them for one week in the name of humanity, and de vote the amount expended thereon to this atom." He unbuttoned the cape of his coat, and stooping, en veloped the child _iii it; then taking her in his arms, said: "Come girlie, if you aren't in your crib before -the clock strikes ten, old SantaClaos will not be able to find you." Philip laid a detaining hand upon his friend's arm. "What are you going to do with the child?" he asked with quiet deliberation. "Take her home with me; give her a jolly Christmas, then let her plume her wings and fly away." " A very generous impulse, my dear fellow, but are you sure it is a wise one?" " Ah, leave that to me. Come Philip. This is a whim I will not be reasoned out of, "and hugging the child close in his strong arms, to which she was but a feather's weight he strode toward his lodgings, only a block distant. Philip, recognizing the futility of further protest against this audacious freak of his friend followed him silently. The child, instead of raising a cry against this open abduction, nestled in the snug comfort of Hal's protective arms. "Turn the light high, Philip, I want to see what manner of child I have kidnapped," said Hal in a tone of gay humor, as he deposited his small burden in the soft depths of a large leather chair, which was one of the evidences of ease that adorned their joint sitting-room. " Ye gods! What a little beauty," he exclaimed, as his eyes rested full upon the face that was as fair and delicate as a snowdrop, with eyes of the tenderest blue, and mouth so sweet, yet so pathetic, that one knew without being told, that fierce storm clouds had already swept over her young life. Hal bent forward and untied her faded red hood, and as he removed it a wealth of tawny curl tumbled over her shoulders. "Now, little witch, tell us your name !'said he, "and count us the number of years you have been straj ing from the angels." " My name is Enid," said the child, "but I am not straying from the angels." " No? Then how old are you?" " Eight." "And you don't belong to anyone?" "No." "Just live about?" "Yes." "Very well; you will spend Christ mas with us. Let me introduce your hosts to you. This tall, dark gentle man, with the air of an owl, is Sir Philip Dalton; you must call him Sir Philip, understand?" Enid nodded her head with child like credulity. " I am a harmless giant, Hal Court- ney by name, whose chief delight is to coddle small children, and eat mince pie and Christmas turkey. When you wish to address me call ' me Hal, understand?" Again the child nodded, but there was a different expression on the small, delicate face. "Do you always eat mince pie and Christmas turkey?" she asked,eager ly, hungrily. "Oh yes, all the year round," he answered gaily?not noting the changed expression. -??^Bal, fte-dri-rd- is hungry,"' said Philip, his dark earnest eye's bent critically upon her. "Ah a thousand pardons Miss Enid," exclaimed young Courtney, "supper will be ready in. a triee " and as he proceeds to heap a plate with such cold relishes as young students are wont to kwp "on hand," we will give the reader a brief sketch of him and his companion, Philip Dalton. They are friends, in obedience to that strange law of attraction which binds, with magnetic cords, natures diametrically opposite. They are both young, moderately circum stanced, as far as the material com forts of this world go, but rich in health, capacity and energy. Hal is tall and athletic, with muscles 01 iron, his countenance is fair and ruddy, and full of manly strength his smile is radiant, his impulse gen erous, his sympathy genuine, his manner frank, gay and irresitible Philip is a trifle taller than his friend slender and sinewy, his eyes are dark thoughtful and penetrating, his man ner serious, and rather reserved, yel when he speaks, you marvel at the subtle charm of his voice. There was -a marked difference in Eiiid's manner toward these two friends. To Hal, she gave her child ish confidence, meeting his questions with the frankest answers, but she became shy the moment Philip spoke to her, and would raise her eyes to his so timidly, that Hal laughed 'outright, and assured her that how ever stern Sir Philip looked, he was very fond of little girls. Enid was no longer hungry or cold, but the drooping lids said plainly that she was very sleepy. It was not long before the little head fell to one side?she slept. "Good!" exclaimed Hal. "Now I'll step out and get a Jack-in-the-box,and a cornucopia of sugar-plums, for her. It will be awful jolly to see her open her eyes to-morrow morning, poor little heathen?ten tp one she doesn't know what Christmas means." He drew on his coat and snatching up his hat hurried out. Left alone with the child, Philip gazed thoughtfully at her for a moment, then with that quiet deliberation that characterized him, he removed her shoes and stock ings, took off her woolen sacque, and wrapping a slumber robe about her laid her tenderly upon the lounge. Enid sighed peacefully, and Philip with a smile that transformed his face for the moment, stooped and kissed her, then following Hal's ex ample he donned his coat, and taking up his hat, went quietly out. When Hal returned, Philip was sitting be fore the fire, looking with thoughtful eyes into the glowing coals. What a Christmas for little Enid. There was a doll, and a picture book, jack-in-the-box, and lots of candy. Nor was this all. There was a new pair of shoes, and a warm cloak and hood, which Philip said Santa Claus had brought her. As the young men watched the child revel ling in innocent pleasure, tbeir in- terqst deepened in her, and before the clay was over, they had learned from those who knew, the history of her young life. Learned that she was an orphan, that'her parents had died paupers, that she was a child of charity, and learning all this, they took her to a home for friendless children and?left her. Ten years have come and gone. It is Christmas eve again. Two men whom the world has come to know and-Beeognize-sat before.a cheery fire in a plain but comfortable sitting room. "Ah Philip, your skepticism wil. die when you see her." It is not be cause of her ideal beauty, that I ad mire her so extravagantly, but for her sweet simplicity of manner, abso lutely free from affectation, haughti ness or undue pride," said Hal Court- ney, the artist. "Do not let your enthusiam leac you astray," replied Dr. Dalton, with a grave smile. "Will she carry this lovable nature into the home of the poor, and suffering? Are you sure that riches do not impede her steps and turn them aside from errands of charity, nay humanity ?" " I will leave you to judge for your self," answered Hal. "Miss Vande mar can best refute these charges." "Alas my dear fellow, our path suffer such wide divergence that . fear we shall never meet. The do minion of a social queen does nol extend as far as I am wont to travel.' Hal said no more concerning the beautiful heiress, but fell into a son of reverie, from which he startec with the words, "Philip, do you re- memberthe little waif we played Cin- derilla with, ten years ago?" "Yes." "I wonder what became of her? She is grown now." "Yes, if she is living." "I would like to know what man ner of woman she has made." "A very different type from your ideal, I imagine," replied the doctor. "Enid is doubtless a nursery gov erness, or"?but the doctor did not finish for a low ring at the telephone cut him short. It was a call from patient, and as he was summoned, he lost no time in going. Christmas morning in a great city A glad, beautiful Christmas to the children of wealth; but oh, what seeming mockery to the miserable offspring of poverty and degradation High up in a cold, bare attic £ mother lay dying of exposure anc starvation, while two hungry-eyed pale-faced children shivered over a sickly fire. Dr. Dalton, on his charity rounds, chanced upon this picture of want, and his great heart swelled within him. As he bent over the poor wo man some one entered the room, and his quick ear caught the sound of a low, cultured voice, saying: "This way, Adams; bring it in here. Philip turned quickly, and saw a tall, sylph-like girl, with a face as beautiful as a dream, and great, soul ful eyes, standing in the middle of the room, while just behind her a liveried footman was depositing a large basket. "Mamma, mamma, the teacher's come," cried the children, as they rushed forward, and clung to thfe small gloved . hands extended to them. "Oh, Miss Vandemar, we thought you would forget us, we live so far from the mission," said the Ider girl. " I could not forget you," replied he siveet voice. " But you oiil^'saw us once," said the younger sister, woiideringly 'Never mind; I have your pie ces, answered Miss Vandemar, smiling. "-I keep them safe, here " and she tapped her forehead lightly Philip felt an electric thrill. Here, before him, stood the subject of last : night's discussion?the girl who, had stormed the citadel of Hal 'Courte- ney's heart, and could count her Romeos by.the dozen. Had his self- possession left him, that he stood gazing at her like a school boy? With a sudden movement he straight ened himself, and, going forward, in troduced himself with that easy grace of manner that is an unmis takable mark of high-breeding. " You come at the opportune moment," he said gravely. " Christmas roses rarely bloom in attic chambers." Miss Vandemar started at the sound of his voice, and a soft flush mantled her delicate cheek, while a look, half shy, half questioning, came into her eyes. " Have we ever met before, Dr. Dalton ?" she asked. Was it intuition or recollection ? The doctor looked at her earnestly for a mement, then the queenly girl before him slowly faded from his sight, and a child stood shivering in the snowy twilight, and he heard again the plaintive voice say: " Please, sir, will you buy my matches?" "Enid!" he exclaimed; "can it be ?" and with a strange, dazed feel ing he brushed his hand across his brow. % %i ^ >^ ^ ^ ^ " Rivals! no, no; I must, I will kill this love that would rob Hal of the crowning joy of his life ; but, can I ? Oh, Enid, would to heaven that we had never met again'." and Philip Dalton dropped his head in his hands and heaved a deep sigh. Six months had passed since the events just recorded, and this is the sequence: Hal and Philip love the same girl, the adopted daughter of the wealthy and aristocratic Vandemars. The world knows that young Courteney, the famous American artist, adores the heiress, but no one suspects that Philip Dalton, the celebrated physician, loves her with all the intensity of his grand and noble nature. And Philip determines that no one, not even Enid herself, shall know. As he sits, lost in sad thought, Hal comes in, and, pale and haggard, drops into the chair nearest his friend. "Phillip," he says, and there is a dull, hopeless ring An his voice, " it is all over; she loves another." " No, no, Hal, it cannot be!" cried Phillip, almost starting from his chair. " It is true. I heard it from her own lips." " And that oth^?"" " She \vo.\iid not tell, but in deep confusion left me when I asked her." "'So ends your dream of happi ness. Wed your art now, Hal, eyen: as I shall wed my profession," *** Heavy hangs the cloud over the home of the Vandemars, for Enid, the idol of their hearts, is ill, and the family doctor shakes his head in silence. There comes a day when a consultation is called, :' and Philip Dalton finds himself bending over ;he unconscious form of the one be ing for whom he would give his life's blood. At last he speaks, and the 6 SOOTJEJnr. K 1 ri sufferer's head pauses in its delirious to'ssings and her eyes rest bewildered upon his face. He sits beside her, takes her burning head between his hands, so cool and steady, -and talks in a low voice to the family doctor. Lulled by that voice, as though it were angelic music, Enid sleeps, and Philip says there is hope. *** Christmas Eve again. All is warmth and brightness in .the Van- demar mansion, for it is the eve of Enid's wedding morn. Ah, yes! it is no secret now; "that other" is Philip, and'no one doubts it, least of ail Philip himself; for though the rose deepens in her cheeks and a shy, tender look comes into her eyes at his approach, she nestles trustingly in the shelter of his arms, and mur murs, " Do you remember this night eleven years ago ? " " Can I ever forget it ? " he asks, caressingly. '' Isn't it strange that it is you whom I love, and not Hal ? " " Yes. Poor Hal; he is the one shadow over my great happiness." '' Not a shadow, only a regret that will be forgotten in time?even as Hal will forget. Life is a sparkling fountain, a gushing spring to him, full of sunlight and starlight. Al ready he begins to look gay. He will make merry all his life?the happy slave of impulse?adoring the beautiful. But you; oh, you know what one wants most. I shall never forget your words that night?'Hal, the child is hungry.' And so I was, and so I have been many times since ?heart-hungry." " But now, my darling?" " I am satisfied, and I hope that every little girl who is hungry will have ' mince pie and Christmas tur key ' to-morrow, and when she grows up have a lover like Sir Philip." TRENE FAEEAK. Monday and Tuesday nights and at Tuesday matinee that most charm- ng of all plays, Little Lord Faunt- eroy, will be played at DeGives. ^ast season at each performance the aouse was filled to overflowing, and 10 one was disappointed who follow- d little Cedric's career. * * Friday and Saturday, with Satur day matinee, Alexander Salvini vill appear before an Atlanta audi ence. This talented actor is a son of Tomaso Salvini, and his intense -talian nature makes him one of the most forceful and realistic actors of the day. In Don Caesar de Bazan, Salvini is strong and shows careful study and inherent love for his art. A rare treat is in store for Atlanta's iheatre goers this week, both in the jerformances of Little Lord Faunt- eroy, and in the three plays, "A Child of Naples," " The Three Guards men " and Don Caesar de Bazan " by Alexander Salvini. BEAUTIFUL THINGS. One never tires of new and beauti ful things, and when they are intro duced to our notice in such charm ing effects as are produced by that most wonderful of magicians?elec tricity, they oannot do otherwise than charm. J. P. Stevens & Co. have recently brought out a number of electro-de posit ornaments which are very beautiful. "Do you know," said a society lady a few days ago, " the handsom est gems I have ever seen are at Mr. Stevens'-jewelry store on Whitehall street?" and she is right. The exhibit in this establishment exceeds in beauty any other store in the South. The Parian marble statuary to seen in his windows are wonder- ti-t??u_l> and the diamonds in the show cases sSB?& dazzling. Mr. Stevens says t&S preference this season is for hearts, aiftd.^e ha in stock many that are handstf:-1116 Kosaline and coral are among the1" favored settings for jewelry now, and as the former is to the clam what the pearl is to the oyster, it is, of course, very pretty. Another thing worthy of mention at Mr. Stevens' is the clocks which he is selling now, that do not stop running, no matter whether you lay them down or stand them up. There is nothing in the way of jewelry, bric-a-brac or silverware that this firm does not handle. AT THE OPERA HOUSE. THE GREAT Atlantic 1 Pacific TEA COHPAHY. The Only Importers Dealing Direct With Consumers. WE SELL NOTHING BUT TEA, COFFEE, BAKING POWDER, JUY THESE GOODS FROM RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS ONLY. ATLANTA BRANCH, ?5 WMUW1 St. PIERRE M, BEALER, Manager. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 29 and 30. ( Matinee \ Tuesday at 2 Engagement Extraordinary, Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett's Dramatic Version of her beautiful story, LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY The Greatest Success of Modern Times Under the Management of T. H. FRENCH, of the BROADWAY THEATRE, GRAND OPEHA HOUSE and MADISON SQUARE THEATRE, N. Y. "Everybody, young and old, grave and gay, should see and enjoy this charming performance, now the admiring talk of the work." No increase in prices. Reserved seats at Miller's. FKIDAY & SATURDAY,) (MATINEE JAN. 2 & 3. j "[ SATUKDAY AT 2 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE BRILLIANT, YOUNG, ROMANTIC ACTOR, ALEXANDER SALVINI, IN FINE REPORTOIRE: " The Child of Naples," "TheThrre Guardsmen," "Don CaesaF de Bazan." SUPPORTED BY A NUMEROUS COMPANY OF FIRST CLASS ARTISTS. No increase in prices. Reserved seats at Miller'i Max Kutz, j-v. r Headquarters For FINE MEO IMPORTED MILLLNERY, '\ 52 WHITEHALL ST. ;ONDENSBD MILK, CHOCOLATES, AND SUGARS. ACO.B ElSEMAN. SlGMUND WEIL. ElSEMAN & WEIL AND GENTS' FURNISHERS, 3 WhitehallStrret, Centennial Building, ATLANTA, GA. SINGER OFFICE, 63 PEACHTREE STREET Opposite Junction of Broad St. THE IMPROVED SING ER IS THE MOST DE LIGHTFUL MACHINE IN THE WORLD TO SEW WITH. Lightest Running. Most Simple. Besf At tachments. Latest Improvements. A most complete Christ. mas Gift. A small cash payment will get it. Balance on easy terms. Agents for the celebrated Standard Paper Patterns. Monthly Fashion Gazette free. Singer Supplies and Needles for all makes ef Machines. Pure Sperm Oil. THE SIGNGER MANUFACTURING CO, JOHN Y. DIXON, Manager. Telephone 1064. VV. S. McNEAL, I 14 Whitehali St., ?DEALER IN? 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PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER 13 Marietta St., Atlanta, Ga. ??LOOK OUT FOB THE?? CHEAPEST FIREWORKS, Candies, Fruits, Tobabco and Cigars. Also Fine Soda at No. 5 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. SOCIETY. TO SEND OCR BOYS AFTER THE HOLIDAYS From Atlanta Journal. THE CORDON SCHOOL. A MODEL BUILDING ? A COM PLETE EQUIPMENT ? EXCEL LENT ADVISORY BOARD - A STRONG FACULTY, AND THAT MAKES A VERY FINE SCHOOL. Looking down Edgewood avenue from the artesian well one can plainly read the words " The Gordon School,' on the side of the new hrick building opposite the office of the East At lanta Land Company, corner Ivy street. There is little doubt bul that this is as handsome and com plete a school building as can be found in the South, and Atlanta is justly proud of it. On near approach the gracefxi~ tower and front windows attract the eye of the passer-by. The interior is also pleasing. A drill room occupie the entire basement; a pleasanl office, advisory room and Kinder garten cover the first floor; a large hall and class room the second; the upper school laboratory and recita tion room the- third. All is we! adapted to its purpose. The standarc of the school is well presented by the following extracts from the 1890 catalogue: " It shall be our constant aim to make the character of the Gordon School such that any boy will feel i1 an honor to have his name placed upon her roll; and such that her Certificate of Graduation shall be passport to any college or university, or a sufficient recommendation to any one desiring to engage in a busi ness career. " To this end all candidates for ad mission will be required to give satis factory proof of previous good behav ior; and if, after admission, their con duct is not in accordance therewith, or if they become persistently idle and neglectful of their work, they will not be retained. " Every effort will be made to make the boys' school days pleasant as well as profitable, and to so interest them in their work that they will es teem it a privilege and not a drudgery to pursue the course of study laid down in our catalogue." The school is divided into the Low er, Middle, and Upper Schools; and the work done in them corresponds to that of the primary, grammar and high school courses, respectively. In the Upper School three distinct courses of study appear; the classical or college preparatory, the scientific and the English; and each student is restricted to one of these courses unless his standing justifies his tak ing additional work. The classical, or college prepara tory, covers all the work necessary for admission to the freshmen class of any representative American Col lege: The school is unsectarian in its views, and unprejudiced toward any particular college. The building is always open to in spection. The principles of management are: Thorough discipline, prompt obedi ence, punctuality, courteous man ners and strict attention to school work. ADVISORY BODY OF THE GORDON SCHOOL Hoke Smith, Ex-Gov. A. H. Colquitt, Hon. Robt. U. Hardeman, Robert S. Barrett, Dean, Ex-Gov. Rufus B. Bullock, Henry C. Morrison, D. D., Major John A. Pitten, Givens B. Strickler, D. D., John W. Grant, Robert Pitch Shedden. The children of the Kindergarten of the Gordon School had a iaos enjoyable Christmas entertainmeiY on Tuesday afternoon last. The room was darkened, and the large Christmas tree illuminated. With the sound of sleigh bells and a song Santa Claus came in through the fireplace and distributed gifts to al" the little ones. Santa Claus tolc little Livingston Minis Thompson Hal Morrison, Charlie Kingsbur} and several others that he had re ceived their letters, and would be around to their houses Christmae Eve. THE LADIES ALWAYS LEAD. Something of Interest to All, Both Old and Young. The advent of this paper is not significant of the above fact, as some of our " big brothers " are as yet a little in advance of us, but not withstanding woman will continue, as she has always done, to " Rock the cradle And rule the world." To woman is due all that makes man noble and invincible ; it is for her he works, toils ? and to her is due the most wonderful reputation of many things that bless our world, among which is that great health giving elixir, Dr. King's Royal Ger- metuer, which without doubt has cured more women of their ailments than all other proprietary medicines put together. The women have, in turn, heralded its virtues and sound ed its praise, and as a consequence the stronger sex has been induced to try it with remarkable success. The ladies have done many noble deeds, and a lady was primarily the cause of the writing of the following certificate from one of the most cele brated pulpit orators in the world : Rev. P. S. Henson, D. D., Pastor Baptist Church, Chicago, says : "An almost fatal attack of La Grippe last winter left me with nasal catarrh and such iiusceptibility to bronchial irritation that ;he slightest exposure would develop it, and a very little effort in public speaking would result in a distressing hoarseness, so that I had serious fears of permanent disability. "Besides I suffered with dyspeptic trou- jles ? notably what is popularly known as heart burn,' from which I found it diffi cult to obtain relief. I was induced by a riend to try King's Eoyal Germetuer, and t gives me great pleasure to say that its iffect has been as magical as 'Koch's Lymph' is reported to be, which is also a germ destroyer,' though taken in a differ ent way. "Catarrh, bronchial irritation and dys pepsia have all disappeared before one bot- le of the Germetuer has been used. "One of my sons, who had long been a sufferer from catarrh, has received like sig nal relief from his old enemy." P. S. HENSON. 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If you are a customer of ours, we are anxious to increase our business with you; if you are not, we hope you soon will be, as no honorable means will be spared to attain this end. We will treat you as nicely as we know how, and will not insist on selling you against your inclination. We want your trade, and when you come to see us we will make your visit at least a pleasant one. The Surprise Store, 4O Whiiahali Street, - - Atlanta, Georgia. Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks lloaks loaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks. Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks NEW pALLERY,»»i ATLANTA PHOTOGRAPH CO,, 4O 1-2 Whitehall Street. It is located in the fitth story, above "Founding buildings; has, there- orej direct, unoosiructea jigni anu pure air. j.ne uesii ui *tji, IUL the comtort of our customers, it s reached by a fine passenger elevator, thereby avoiding the fatigue of climbing stairs. Call and See us, Whether You Want Pictures or Not. In conclusion we will say, we are Determined to make the best work in the city forthe price, and will not be undersold by any Whitehall street gallery. We do not propose to cut prices, but our motto will be to work as low as thelowest and guarantee better work. Our price at present is $3.OO Per Dozen For Cabinets! OTHER SIZES LOW IN PROPORTION. Fire Works of all Kinds at Lowest Prices at Breeman & Silverman's COR.;WHITEHALL!AND DECATURlSTREETSl II 1." M SOOTHESTTT. " What Have You Dene CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT. N. B. Changeable weather always affects the lungs. If you are wise you will always be prepared. For COUGHS, COLDS, CROUP, La- GRIPPE, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, &c. CERTIFICATES. DEAR SIR?Your Cheney's Expectorant is the best remedy of its kind I ever knew. I have used it in my own family and sold it to a large trade in my county. From a per sonal test and a thorough outside observation, 1 have ever found it infalliabie I believe it is cer tain, in no great while, to become recog nized as peerless among all medicines of its kind. Truly yours. REV. HENRY BUCHANAN. Col. T C. Howard :?'' I consider it a su perb remedy." A. G. Candier : ?" I always keep a bot tle on the mantlepiece. 25 & 5O Cents a Bottle. "by JKO. B. DAHIEL, 30 Wall St., ATLANTA, GA. BEWJ\RE OF Cheap imitations should be avoided. They never cure and are often dangerous. S. S. S. W LL CUBE. There is only one S. S. S. Take no other. My daughter had a case of chronic Eczem i, which for over five years had bafF.elthe skill of the best physicians. As she wa^ daily growing wois_>, 1 quit all other treatment and com menced using S. S. S. Cefo e finish ing the second bottle the scaly incrus tations had marly disappeared. I continued using g. S. S. until she was entirely cured. I waite I before reporting the case to see if the erne was permrneul. Being satisfied that she is freed from the annoying disease for all time to come, I send you this. V. Vaujhn, Sandy Bottom, Va. SO OKS Ofl BLOOD A/iD SK/fJ D ISEASES fKEE. T/Jf SWIfT SfECIflC CO. ATLANTA, GA. MOTHERS' FRIEND ESSENS WHY TMINISHESA Ciiai WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN COLD. If a price can be placed on pain, " Mother's Friend " is worth its weight in gold. My wife suffered more in ten minutes Ti'ith either of her other two children than she did altogetner with her last, having previously used four bottles of " Mother's Friend." It is a blessing to any one expecting to become a mother, says a customer. HENUEESON DALE," Druggist, Carmi, 111. Write THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga., for further particulars, y .druggists. Sent by express on receipt of price, si.50 per bottle. Look at Our Handsome Exhibits, Indoors and Outdoors. The Finest Gents' Fuinishing Lumber Company i Store in Atlanta. Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in Long Lsaf Y oil owTft eTffimli er Of all Diminsions, also 13 PEACHTBEE ST. Ladies and Gents will please call and inspect his latest stvles in neckwear for _______ _the Holiday trade. Also manufactures to measure shirts for Ladies and Gentlemen. Fit rise Call and Oet Prices. Bridge, Building and Car Tim bers Cut to Order. Flooringand Ceiling . A SPECIALTY. General Offices 38 1-2 S. Broad St. ATLANTA, CA. 56g=-Muls at Goodman, Ga. R. A. JOHNSON. W. A. JOHNSON. Plow M-'f'r* Formerly, Shropshire, Johnson & Co Real EstatfRenting Aunts No, 1 KIMHALL HDUSE, WALL STREET. Your Patronage Solicited for business in o out of the State, which shall have our best attention and prompt > eturns. References: Banks & Wholesale Merchants o«he Cii THE * FAIR 74, 76 & 78 Whitehall Stree', Extends to All a Christmas Greeting. For the Million at Attractively Low Prices OPEN TILL NINE O'CLOCK EACH NIGHT UNTIL JANUARY 1st. THE FAIR 74, 76 AND 78 WHITEHALL STREET. FURNITURE! OAK SUITS, $20.00 AND UP. PLUSH SUITS, $30.00 AND up. All other Grades at Lowest H.W.TOOMAS. 68 Peachiree Street The Most Profitable Investment Fora Few Dollars per Month: Stock in the Southern B. & L. Association of At lanta, Ga. 181/.! per cent, the first year, i-'o says Thomas GafEney, of Philadelphia, the great B. & L. Expert. 8 ,000 Shares sold. B. U HABD8MAN, Pre:t. H. H. CABA1TI38, Secy. C££Ice Slilljrer B-vo.ild.izig-. , UBLIII.EIIHIN,lst>e(,ial . J. M'GIENDON, HI. 1. tORDIB (P l' MICKELBERRY & McCLENDON, WHOLESALE GROCERS, PRODUCE, And Commission Merchants, No. 15 S. Broad Street, - ATLANTA, G&. -SOP Consignments solicited. Quick sales and >rompt remi ttmces. Good, dry, rat-proof storage. Excellent facilities for the care of perishable goods. References: Gate City National Bank, and Mer chants and Bankers of Atlanta, generally. Piain and Fancy. "PR.TJITS, Domestic and Tropical; Nuts, Raisins, everything that constitutes a complete stock of Confectionery, to be had at R. S. BRAMLETT'S, No. 5 WHEAT ST. We Handle Moore's Water Ground Meal Exclusively- Spencer & Hancock, Ajad Wholesale Dealers in Flour, Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran and Meal. TELEPHONE 816. 32 and 34 N. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. J. H. Ketner. Amos Fox. IMPAIRED vision is something to 1 be deplored, hut in this scientific ge there is relief for nearly every thing, and a pair of Hawkes' Crys- talized Lenses will certainly benefit you. Do not take our word for this, liut call and see him in the Kimbwll House block, Decatur street, and be convinced. He carries a large line of all kinds of Spectacles and Eye glasses, and a pair of either set in gold frames would be a very useful and el' gant Xmas present ror aliiend who ncuy need them. No charge for changing lenses. KETNER & FOX, Fire Insurance, REAL ESTATE ??AND-? RENTING AGENTS, 12 E. Alabama St., Atlanta Ga. If you wish to Insure, Kent, Sell or Buy Property give us a Call. DEVOTfiD VOL. I. SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1891. No. 3. The masquerade is ended and fashionable Atlanta was merry while it lasted. The dignified were priv ileged to unbend behind their masks and the light-hearted were silenl and sober in the demurest of quaker gowns or nun's veils. Mrs. Henry Porter has never given an entertain ment that has not been character ized by an originality of thoughl and effect that is most pleasing, anc the many pretty features that were introduced in the evening's enter tainment will never be forgotten by the guests who were present. The. house was decorated entirely with holly, and in the large bough of mistletoe that swung from the chandlier in the reception hall little wild-wood bird had built nest and lined it with the down from its own breast. The rooms which have been re cently decorated and frescoed were thronged all the evening with gay maskers who were so admirably gotten up as to defy recognition. Mrs. Porter wore a very costlv gown of ruby velvet, with pink brocade and ostrich feathers, and with her hair powdered and orna mented with fine diamonds, she looked unusually beautiful. After the guests had all arrived, Mrs. Porter retired and donned a domino of yellow silk, in which she moved among the maskers enjoying their pleasures. A very pretty costume yaw that worn by Miss Eula Ketner, who personated a Water Lily. The gown was a princess of white silk with watteau back, and shoulder frills of silk, a number of water lilies orna mented the gown, and a hat made to represent an open lily fitted her head. Mrs. Howell Jackson carried out her character perfectly. She was a " Little Fisher Maiden," and wore a dress of pink silk, over which was a seine of cords hung with small fishes. Suddenly, as if by magic, there appeared in the front parlor three ancient witches. They looked ashen and gray . and showed the most wrinkled of faces under their long gray locks. These witches were Misses Crane, Harwood and Adair, three of the most beautiful girls in the city, whose identity was lost beneath their hideous attire. Miss Annie Inman, a pure faced, gentle girl, looked like a wraith of mist as she appeared in a white tulle gown with many crescent sil ver moons bordering the hems. Mrs. H. H. Smith wore a costume of red satin, and looked an ideal "Swiss Peasant Girl," with her fresh blooming face and her beautiful strong figure. Mrs. Joe Thompson, as "Dorothea," was a demure little maiden, in gray, with a lily-white face showing like a flower underneath her silk shaker. Mrs. Julia Knight, as a sister of charity, and Mrs. Horn, as a weeping widow, were among the maskers who were never recognized until the masks were removed. Mrs. Louis Beck, as a Greek maid en, wore to the masquerade a white crepe gown, trimmed with gold, that was among the handsomest gowns seen in the rooms. Mrs. Burton Smith, as a "Silly Ghost," was one of the best disguised of all the guests. Miss Arnold, one of the youn6 ladies in whose honor the hall was given, wore a beautiful black tulle with innumerable silver bells, and made a " Folly " as captivating as one can imagine. Miss Julia Clarke, the other young lady to whom the party was given, wore a white tulle gown trimmed with waves of white ribbon and fringes of lillies. Miss Corrinne Stocker was a "sun beam," and it was she who recited " Ring out wild bells" on the land ing of the stairs when the midnight hour tolled the death of the old year. As the new year was born Mrs. Dow sang with sweet expresssion the "Ave Maria." The lights were lowered at the time of these ceremonies, and the scene was solemn and beautiful. There were too many costumes to mention individually. Each one was beautiful and costly, and there was such a pleasing variety that they were bewildering. Mr. Peter Grant was never so hand some as when he appeared in white satin pants that revealed the shape liest of limbs. A coat befrilled with costly lace completed his toilet. Mr. Morris Brandon, Mr. Joe Ed- dleinan and several others wore Louis XVI costumes, and, of course, they looked very handsome. Mr. Thomas Meador, as a " crazy poet," was perhaps one of the best- disguises, and Mr. Welborn Hill hanged every hour his mask- and costume, and completely mystified the maskers. Every one present looked well, and every one present had a happy time, :o happy, indeed, that when the :louds fall heaviest in the year to come, the picture of the beautiful iome, the brilliant throng, the lovely woman of the house and the sweetly solemn midnight scene will be a memory as welcome as the sun light. * * Miss Bertha Leibman ap peared at the New Year's ball, on Wednesday evening, dressed in a dainty corn-colored silk gown trimmed elaborately with Duchess lace. Miss Leibman is a very hand some brunette and looked unusually pretty on that occasion. * * Miss Jennie Echols has gone to Nashville to spend a few weeks visiting friends. * * Mr. Fred Cook, who has boen spending a few days in the city, has returned to New York City. * * Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Ridley leave the city to night for New York, where they go to spend a few weeks. * * Mrs. Oscar Vaughn and little ?Cobbie, have returned to their home in Beuna Vista, Virginia, after a visit to Mrs. Ridley. * * Friday evening the home oi Mrs. Oliver, on the corner of Grant and Jones streets, was the scene of a New Year's party. w * * The young ladies of the Tuesday Evening Club, will give a delightful New Year's German on Tuesday evening of next week. * * Mrs. Hester, of Munroe, formerly Miss Ola Abbott, of this city, has returned home after a pleasant visit ? to her parents on Washington street. * * Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Taylor, of Colorado, are guests at the Kim- ball House. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have traveled all over the world and are a very interesting couple. * * One of the daintiest gowns worn this winter was the lemon- colored silk lisee in which Mrs. B. F. Wyly, Jr., appeared at the debut re ception given this week hy Col. John Wyly, of Montgomery, to his daughter, Miss Sadie. The dress was richly embroidered with eglan tine roses and trimmed with gold passementerie. * * Last night the beautiful parlors of Mrs. G. W. Byington were thronged with a galaxy of beautiful girls and handsome boys, who where invited by the F. N. Club to celebrate the dawning of a new year. The house was decorated with rare flowers and there were re freshments and dancing enjoyed during the evening. * * Tuesday evening the home of Col. Nat. Hammond was the scene of an elegant dinner party. The house was tastefully decorated with roses and ferns, and the table was adorned with cut glass and, flowers. The Misses Hammond are in the most exclusive set of society girls, and their entertainments are always of a charming character. There were present about thirty guests. * * The New Year's ball given at Concordia Hall on Wednesday evening was a most elaborate affair. The hall was handsomely decorated and there was dancing and merry conversation with which to while away the hours until the supper hour arrived. The supper was set in the dining hall and the tables were artistically ornamented with fruits and flowers. * * One of the most artistic evening gowns ever seen in this city was worn at the Hebrew New Year's ball on Wednesday evening by Miss Blanche Haas. The dress was cut al a Princess, and was made of white crepe de chine with demi train. The side panels were made of white crepe _ de, chine richly embroidered with silver forget-me-nots. A draped flounce of white finished the bot tom of the skirt and a boa, of white ostrich plumes reached from the Medici collar to the hem in the front of the dress. >;- * jn the fashionable world of this city, a series of tableaux are spoken of which will illustrate the marriage ceremony of each century since the beginning of time. Noth ing of the kind has ever been given in the South, and the affair' is sure to be a grand success. The proceeds will be devoted to the Kings Daugh ters' ward in the Grady hopital. An entertainment of this nature is capa ble of much splendor of scenic effect, and the costumes will be very elegant. There is always something interesting in a marriage ceremony, and to see the different changes and modifications represented there will be really delightful. * * One always feels an inter est in a "bud," and especially when she is rich, beautiful and piquant. At the Christmas dance given by the N. S. club, at the home of Mr. W. B. Lowe, Miss Rebie Lowe, his only daughter, who is visiting her home for the holidays, attracted a great deal of admiration on this account. She wore a white silk gown over which was laid a skirt of fine valencieniies. The bodice was of white and was edged at the neck and arms with delicate pink ostrich plumes, which were the color of her fresh pink cheeks. Miss Lowe is a pretty girl, and more?she is amiable and bright, which signifies much for her future success as a belle, for without these gifts from her fairy godmother no girl need hope to ever become the favorite she dreams of being in her girlish fancy. Acting as hostess with Miss Lowe on the occasion referred to was an other young girl whose formal en trance in. the gay world is looked for with interest, since she is a strik ing, aristocratic looking girl, and one with many lovable traits of character. To Miss Josie Inman do I refer, who is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Inman. Miss Inman wore a girlish gown of white lace and silk, and looked as fair as the Lily Maid of Astolat. The dance given by the N. S. club was one of the brilliant events of the week, and as every one present was in full dress and the home was decorated with a profusion of fine flowers, the scene was a pretty one. Misses Willie Peck and Augusta Wylie have returned home. I u , ' j 1 SOCIETY. t i i * * Mrs. C. DeWitt Bacon .gave an elegant reception yesterday after noon. * * Miss Ellen Hunter, of Sav annah, is visiting Mrs. S. N. Dyke- man, on Fairlie street. * -i- The North Atlanta Mission gave a Christmas " Stocking Hang ing" Thursday night. * * Miss Marie Rile, of Opelika has returned home after a visit to Miss Maine Leonard. * * Master Winship Numially gave a Christmas party on Thursday evening, at which he had a Punch and Judy show. Miss Norrell, of Staten Island, who has been the guest of Mrs. C. DeWitt Bacon, returns home on Monday. * * This afternoon Mrs. J. W. Rankin gives a cream and pink tea to Misses Gussie and Julia Rankin, who are home for the holidays. The Misses Colquitt have returned home from Washington, where they have been spending the winter with their father, Senator Colquitt. Colonel and Mrs. I. W. Avery have been spending the holidays at their home on Juniper street. They go to Washington on Monday. The dinner party given by Mrs. Minis to Col. John Calhoun and Mrs. Calhoun, on Thursday night, was a pink and opal affair. The glass used in the decorations were entirely of opal tint and the flowers were of pink carnations and Let, France roses. The guests were Col. and Mrs. Calhoun, of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Calhoun, Dr. and Mrs. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thompson, and others. * * The holidays are ended, and a right merry time have the people of Atlanta had during the past two weeks. There have been a number of delightful small parties, which have been participated in by young and old alike, and every church and Sunday-school in the city has celebrated" the birth of Christ by giving a festival of some kind. Christmas trees have been a popular way of celebrating the day, and it surely must have left the in fantine brain considerably puzzled over the identity of the true Santa Claus, since at least a dozen differ ently gotten up as to costume and effect, have made their appearance to the credulous eye. All of the arrangements, even to the details, oi the reception given by Mrs. C. DeWitt Bacon, at her little nest of a home on Ivy street last evening, were in perfect good taste, which is characteristic of the lovely little hostess. The entertainment was given in compliment to Miss Norrell, of Staten Island, and Miss Holcombe, of Albany, two very interesting and really pretty young women. Miss Holcombe is a sister of Mrs. Bacon, and dresses to per fection. Her gown of white bro caded silk, with rich laces and pearls, was very stylish and becoming to her slim, trim figure, and Miss Norrell, who is wonderfully quick witted and piquant, wore a pretty gown of old rose and white lace. Mrs. Bacon in a terra cotta silk, looked well and received her guests most gracefully. The floral decora tions, by Glazier, were unique and all in all the affair_was elegant. * * One of the most original Christmas entertainments that has occurred was that gotten up by Mr. Thomas Day for the Ira Street Mis sion. The church was illuminated with religious texts, and brightly lighted on Tuesday evening. Of course the building was crowded, for a visit was expected from the queer, good little man who lives beyond the mountains in the moon. Prompt ly at the appointed hour he did ar rive in a sleigh drawn by very rest less, belled deer, and appeared sud deiily on the top of a house that was suddenly revealed with the drawing aside of a pair of curtains. Mr. Cole personated Santa Claus, and when he was introduced to the happy lit tle folks by Mr. Day, he proceeded to distribute the gifts with which his pack was laden, to the chil dren of the Mission. A pleasing fea ture of this entertainment was the programme, rendered before the dis tribution of presents. The singing was good, especially the songs of the little girls. Margaret Shaw, Annie McNew, Katie McKebbon and Cora Whitniire, gave very creditable reci tations, and the recitation of Miss Lula Taylor was unusually fine. In giving a book to a child care should be taken to give one which will end happily, for it is cruelty to hildren to touch their feelings deep ly and leave the tears to flow un checked. ________ AT THE OPERA HOUSE. JAMES O'NEILL IN THE "DEAD HEART." Our citizens will have a great treat n the production of Henry Irviiig's :loyal Theater version of that ro mantic play of the French revolu: ;ion, " The Dead Heart." Mr. James O'Neill, who will make his appear ance here, is one of the foremost actors 011 the American stage, and is nest known by his impersonation of Mniond Dantes in " Monte Cristo," a part which he has played in the States over 2,000 times and by which le has amassed great fame and a large 'ortune. Mr. O'Neill was fortunate mough to make successful iiegotia- ions with Mr. Irviiig for the Ameri can rights to " The Dead Heart." .t will be presented here Monday and Tuesday, and the event is expected o be a remarkable one in our theat rical season. THE IVY LEAF. Friday and Saturday, with mati- lee, this charming Irish play will je given with a carload of scenery ind scenic effects, well-known to our heater-goers. This play is as inter esting as it is pure and elevating, ind its great success during the past wo seasons is a sufficient proof of its excellence. THE OLD HOMESTEAD. "The Old Homestead," Deiiman Thompson's celebrated play, will be ;een at the opera house Wednesday md Thursday at night, and at mati- lee. Deiiman Thompson was a success oefore he ever thought of ''The Old Homestead," but there are degrees of success, and he never found it in its leight until he presented this play. Mr. Thompson brought the smell of :he sweet clover into the native dra- na, and set up there the New Eng- and home with all its precious mem ories. He might have ransacked the vorld and he could not have chosen theme that would touch so many American hearts as he does in his story of "The Old Homestead." * * * Suppose an American au thor writes a novel and arranges with a publisher to bring it out at the price of $1.00 a volume, or 50 cents paper. If he had confidence-in the book, the first edition will be 1,000 copies; the author's share of the pro ceeds, 011 the ordinary 10 per cent, basis, is $100, payable at the end of the year. If he had lived by his pen, he must subsist during the year 011 nothing at all, and when he receives his hundred dollars he must pay out of it his debts for the past year, and probably his present funeral ex penses, for who can live on 35 cents a day, even if he were not obliged to starve to death before he could enter upon the enjoyment of that princely income ? But let us be extravagant?let us say that his edition is 5,000 copies. In that case his reward amounts to the sum of no less than 8500?assuming, of course, what is never the fact, that all the copies sold are in the dollar form and none in the fifty cents paper. Five hun dred a year for a successful novel! This is American literature without the periodicals and magazines, but with them it is quite a different thing. It would be difficult now to find a writer who makes any pretense what- ver to living by his pen who does not earn in a year a thousand dol lars, and there are those who make twelve times that much, and two or ;hree who do better still. They put their books through a mag azine or weekly paper, and they also write numerous other articles from which they get anywhere from ten to ive hundred dollars, and when a story las run its course in a periodical, it is put into book form, and a profit is also realized in this way; b,ut if there were no periodicals, any of our At lanta ladies could safely pledge them selves to entertain at a dinner all the American novelists who would make more than $1,000 a year, and give them plenty to eat and all they wanted to drink. * * In some of our illustrated papers two-thirds of the pages are illustrated. Leave out the illus- ratioiis and more literary matter ;ould be added to the paper. And he good effects would not stop here. The illustrations of a paper form one of its largest items of expense. The elimination of this expense would enable the proprietors to diminish ,he price of the subscription, or aug ment the payment to authors, or both. Either would be a benefit to iterature. Again, under the present sys- ;em, a large number of the ar- icles are written to serve as a ve hicle for the illustrations. Without ,he illustrations they would not be tforth printing, and if there were none of those, their places would be supplied with better matter. A well llustrated article is very seldom read it all. A few look at the pictures, ind perhaps examine so much of the ;ext as to enable them to form some .dea what the picture represents. They say to themselves they will read ,he article some other day, but before ,he day comes another issue of the paper is out. It might be objected, however, Jiat whatever our literature may be vorth, our art is worth something, ,00, and that we cannot afford to lestroy the latter for the sake_of the 'ormer. The answer to this is, that llustratiiig is not a high form of art; t is too often a degraded form of it. Very few of our magazine illustra- ions have any value as original creative designs. Both our art and our literature will be the healthier 'rom being restrained from their ex- :essive intimacy. Though it would be .omewhat of a shock to the magazine public to open the Century and Har pers and find no pictures in them, yet, if all the magazines follow their (proposed) example, the public would have no choice but to submit, and would speedily discover that they had lost nothing but had gained much. * * * It is interesting to note the various changes and modifications that have come over society and fash ions since the inaugural ball of one hundred years ago. Full dress for gentlemen in those days consisted of silk coat, knee breeches and embroidered waist coat, sometimes white satin pants. It has been recorded that a man would appear one evening in white broadcloth, the next in blue and gold, and a third in peach bloom and pearl buttons. Most men wore powder and wigs. Many of them sat from thirty to forty minutes every day to have their hair waved, suffering no inconsiderable amount of pain from the hot curling-tongs. Thanks to the mother of fashion that this style is not resurrected. I don't know which would be the most pitied, the dudes or the barbers. The women generally appeared in satins, brocades, or sheer white mug- lin fashioned after the style of our grandmothers. Some of them had full skirts ruffled at the hem. Even with this addition to its length it barely reached .the top of the high heeled satin shoes which were worn with it. The waists were made up after the style of our now-known baby waists. It was low neck and cut straight across the bosom, and drawn with inen bobin, which was tied in the 3ack. These "drawings" allowed much latitude to taste and inclina tion. The head dress consisted of a .arge quantity of wool, laid on top of ;he head and the hair lapped faiici- :ully over it. These were styled ' cushions," and were generally six inches high'. Sometimes ladies were dressed a day before the party and slept in easy chairs to keep their hair 'n prim for the following night. Dinings were never later than 2 o'clock, but some of the extremely 'ashionable would drink tea together, out never stay*till "candle light." Tea gowns, I suppose, were some- ;hing of the " unknown," as well as all of our highly colored glasswrare and decorated china with its after- iinner coffee-sets. Plain, handsome hiiia and solid silver were novelties vhich wore sparingly used except on ;rand occasions. It doesn't appear that our great ;randmothers had " chefs" glace or ?ucre. Apples and oranges were con spicuously to the fore at both dinner and supper parties with them. There is one curious thing, that ,he Jeffersonian simplicity of which we hear so much about had no part in Washington's administra- ion. It is true that there were no such places like Wm. K. Vaiider- )ilts of New York; but we read of Chancellor Livingston's house being lung with goblin tapestry, bought 'rom the royal factory in France at ;he most enormous expense, and of ihe beautiful paintings of the old masters which adorned his walls. In matters of costumes, society one lundred years ago was hardly more coiiomical than it is now. Washing ton himself set the example of the utmost elegance in dress. The ladies :ostumes will compare favorally with those of the present time in richness f not in " make up. " As for jewels, we had very little of them in the early days, and it is hardly probable ;hat the belles and beaux of Washing ton's time posessed jewels to com pare with the elegant diamonds of Mrs. W. B. Lowe, Miss Grant's pearls or Mrs. Julius Brown's opals. E. E. WILLIAMS. Subscribe for SOCIETY. LA. MODE. Murray Hill's Hints to Women. OUR MEW YORK CORRE SPONDENT'S CHAT. Interesting Gossip About the Latest Stylo ?Night Caps Again in Favor- Consideration for Slim Necks. NEW YOHK, Dec. 31, 1890. Long skirts will in all probability continue in vogue for many months to come. Fashion does not consider the needs of the working bees, and the queeens and the princesses of the hive may wear their gowns trailing behind as long as they please, for unless these favored ones wish to, they need never lift their dainty, slippered feet from the rich carpets of their drawing-rooms. But the atoms of the world, the working women, must adapt their garments to their profession, or else be vexed with burdensome folds that must be lifted out the slush and mud as they wade through puddledom. A few days ago I was shown a gown, imported from Germany, that is to be worn at a new year's recep tion by one of the ladies of the Four Hundred set. The material was an exquisite transparent stuff of glass that had all the luster of the snow in its folds. The buckles on this gar ment are of Rhinestones, and there is a fringe of small cut-glass pendants on the transparent over-dress that gives a most enchanting effect. For afternoon receptions and small evening parties I have seen nothing so popular as the faintly tinted Hen rietta gowns with sleeve and rouch- ings of chiffon muslin. In these combinations some really beautiful effects are had. For instance, a gray Henrietta gown has a corselet of gray velvet with pale pink chiffon muslin sleeves, and chimesette. A plaiting o! the finest muslin is set on the bottom of the skirt, and over this is set a scant frill of black thread lace Black moire ribbon bows ornamem the shoulders effectively. A pale green woolen dress treated with lemon chiffon and silver lace if equally as original. At last, the. woman whose neck has faded earlier than her face is to be congratulated, for the velvet dog col lar, fitted to her throat, is quite the rage now, and as it is .admissable to fringe them either with diamond or pearl pendants, they can be made tc cover a multitude of defects. It is whispered among the ultra fashionable that my lady mus' hide her pretty tresses in a nigh cap, since it keeps the hair from breaking?and gives our women another fad. These caps are made either of silk or thread cambric, and in them are possibilities of the daint lest needlework. The " Beau Brummel" dress is al. the rage, and with its long, narrow skirt no petticoat is worn. The American women who injed sweet scents into their skins are no1 as wise as the women of Paris, foi the latter use instead deliciously per fumed tablets for tracing their eye brows and scenting their hair which is known as Oriza, a smal. pencil of which will perfume the whole person if kept hidden in the pocket. MURRAY HILL. A NOBBY TURNOUT. McKenzie & Riley, one of the mos popular shoe houses in the city, have put upon the streets a unique turnout It is a shoe pulled along by a beau tiful little white and black pony In the shoe, upon which is the name of the firm, sits the driver who de livers the goods. The vehicle is "i dandy," and just as "swell" as swel can be, Mrs. J, H, Porter i^to liave the gem f Mr. Fields collection of pictures in VIr. Lycetts studio, an excellent y of Jean Baptiste Greuze's famous minting entitled The Broken Pitcher. This picture was purchased by the French Government in 1785, at the Marquis de Verri sale, and placed in ouvre. It is a portrait of a young ;irl in white, who stands holding a ap full of 'flowers and a broken jug >n her arm, no doubt accidentally jroken in her search for the precious olossom, while the original mission of the inaid (going to the well) has ntirely escaped her. This is to be landsomely framed, and will add greatly to Mrs. Porter's collection. Mrs. Welch, of Athens, is the lucky owner of two, one, " The Guardian Angels," after E. Miunier ; the other, 'Saint Cecilia," after Mijnard. Both of these have a religious spirit, which is well handled, and make one think of the cathedral windows of our 7amous churches. Another " Saint 'ecilia, " painted for Capt. W. W. Boytl, is after the famous picture by Zampieri. This artist is ranked sec ond only to Raphael. Pope Gregory XV. appointed him painter and ar- hitect of the Apostolic Chamber, and his frescos grace the walls of the Va tican. For richness in color and mel lowness of tints this is truly a won derful composition. The colors seem to be as melted jewels, so luminous do they become in certain lights. Mr. Field is happy in the atmos phere of art that he is enjoying, and his little family, with him, are all well. _____ A MODEL SCHOOL. Under the management of Mrs. Baylor Stewart the Washington Sem inary has prospered until it stands foremost of all the Southern schools in this State. The names of Mrs. Stewart, Professor Barili, Mrs. Mallon and others who are teachers in the school are enough to show the char acter of the school. There are de partments for all the different branches of art and literature, and each department is in the care of most competent iiistuctors. Mrs. Stewart has devoted her life to the work of education, and she has made of her school a home where the girl who enter will be perfectly happy. With the present term the Washing ton Seminary opens with a larger number of pupils than ever before, and the outlook for the year is most flattering. ________ MESDAMES BAILEY AND ADAMS, of Chicago, are doing a good work for the ladies of Atlanta. They are teaching the useful art oJ cutting their own garments to fit perfectly without refitting. The ladie: call and investigate the seamless waist, Louis XIV coat and French bias basque. They cut test linings free charging only for lining. JACKSON'S MILLINERY STORE, 43 Peachtree street. A FINE STOCK. It is no wonder that women as well as men patronize J. S. Northrop our leading haberdasher, as his afn- bility never fails to impress his pa tron. He is always ready to aid any good enterprise, and it affords u; pleasure to state that he was among the first to give SOCIETY a standing advertisement. He carries a nice stock of gents' underwear and neck wear, and makes to order shirts thai far surpass any others that can be bought for the same money. Lasi summer he made a specialty of manu facturing ladies' shirt waists, aiic gave such general satisfaction tha' the ladis never fail to patronize him and ladies who relieve their bettei halves of the responsibility of select ing their neck ornamentation anc underwear should make him a visit BEWARE OF 77/f; Cheap cure and are often dangerous. .8. S. S. W LL My daughter had a case of chronic Eczem i, which for over five years had baffled the skill of the bestphysicirns. As slie wa> daily growing ?woisa, I qui t all other treatment and com menced ui ing S..S. £. Eefo e finish ing the second bottle the fcaly incrus tations had IK arly disappeared. I continued using g. S. S- until she was entirely cured. I waife 1 before reporting the case to see if the cure was permanent. 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The accounts of Ladies are solicited, and their business will receive every at tention. Safety Deposit Boxes furnished to cus tomers. Liability of Stockholders same as in Na tional Banks. Always Lead on Low Prices of HARDWARE, STOVES, CUTLEKY, TINWARE, &c., &c. We especially ask the Ladies for their patronage. King Hardware Co, Cor. Peachtree and Wheat. f. W.English, Pres. Edwd. S.'Pratt, Cash. W. ,T. VanDyke, V. Pres. Jno. K. Ottley, A. Cash. CHAS. A. SMITH & CO., PHARMACISTS, 168 WHITEHALL STREET. Pure Drugs and Medicines, Soaps, Combs and Brushes. Finest assortment of Per fumery in the city. Night calls answered promptly. 'Phone 852. J.J.BARNES&CO. Wholesale and Commission Merchants, 18 S. Forgyth Street, Are now making special sales of their large stock'of Oranges. Merchants should call and see them before buying elsewhere. This space is taken for on? year by MOUNTAIN & WOODWARD, The best Real Estate Dealers in the City. The best, if for no other reason than they appreciate women's enterprise, and we wish them luck for the New Year, and hope that our friends will bear them in mind when renting and buying their homes. THE FINEST GENTS'* FURNISHING* STORE I.V ATLANTA! J. V. ISTOKTHROP, 13 Peachtree Street. Ladies' and Gents' wi 1 please call and in spect his latest styles in Neck-Wear, for he makes a specially of Fine Linen nnd Silk Neck-Wear, in all Patterns and Styles. Also Manufac tires to measure, Shirts for Gent lemen which t>ive Perfect Satisfaation as to Fit and Qua liy. PLEASE CALL AND GET PRICES. AMERICAN TRUST AND BANKING ATLANTA, GEORGIA. CAPITA!,, $5OO,OOO. DIRECTORS : James W. English, W. P. Inman, M. C. Riser, George W. Biaboro, Philadelphia; E. C. Peters, S. C. Dunlap, G-ainesville; P. H. Harralson, J. R. Gray, R. J. Lowry. Authorized to do a general banking and exchamj e business, solicits accounts with banks, business firms and individuals. This corporation is also especially authorized to act as trustee for corporations and individuals, to countersign and register bonds, certificates of stock and other securities. CRfCHTO*-''S SHORTHAND SCHOOL, 49 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. If you are thinking of studying shorthand, would it not pay you to send for my catalogue? It will cost you nothing. Special rates to Ladies. THE CELEBRATED "HILL'S PATENT" BLINDS, Lime, Cement, &c., ??AT?? 3T. C. ^Il^B.A.IliXyS, TELEPHONE 791. y N. BROAD ST. o o Managing Editor, LOLLIE BELLE WYLIE. Associate Editor, MRS. W. S. WILLIAMS. Subscription, $2.00 per annum in advance. Entered through the Atlanti Post-office as second-class mail. Published by Jas. P. Harrison & Co., (Franklin Publishing Company.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1891. We do not wish to encourage women to unsex themselves by don ning male attire, hut we do most earnestly desire to see the day when the women of this country shall rise from the folly and frivolity of help less dependency to the honorable and worthy dignity of a self-sup porting independence. The dew drops that fall upon the drooping flowers, revivifying them and freshening their fading tints, are but the tears of night; even so the tears of sympathy wrung from faithful hearts in our darkest hours, fall upon our souls, comforting and strengthening them in the midst of the gloom of adversity. The reception given on New Year's day by the ladies of the aux iliary, of the Y. M. C. A., was an elegant affair. The halls and parlors werf decorated tasteful!}' with fresh flowers, and the ladies dressed in their evening gowns looked unusu ally handsome. There was an abund ance of well-prepared viands and every young man who called was cordially welcomed. While the people of Atlanta have cause to regret the fact that after his wise administration of the impor tant office of President of the Board of Education, Hon. W. A. Hemphill has been constrained to resign the trust to assume the higher duties of the mayoralty, there is cause for congratulation in the selection of Hon. Hoke Smith to fill the vacan cy. Mr. Smith is a man who is not only thoroughly capable, but his zeal and earnestness in the cause of education can but be of incalculable benefit to the schools of the city. Mrs. Mel Colquitt writing up the the literary women of the south, says: Among the women in active news paper work in the south, no one has made a finer record than Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie. She writes on every topic of interest that presents itself to a wide-awake newspaper woman. Being of gentle birth and formerly much in society, she is perfectly at home in chronicling social event: and private entertainments?the mother of two sweet children, she knows just how to write the inno cent, -fanciful articles that delight the little ones. A lover of books she makes a clear and discriminating critic. A woman who has loved and lost, she feels to her inmost heart the minor-chord poems that come from her pen. A quick, appreciative ob server, she is a born reporter and is particularly effective in her corres pondence from carnivals, expositions and all public celebrations. WOMEN PHYSICIANS. The establishment of a woman's medical college in the city of At lanta is a move in the right direc tion, and out of this will doubtless row a great amount of good. The college is still in its infancy, and yet a number of the leading ladies of Atlanta are students of that institution. Good wholesome instruction in the science of healing can but prove a great boon to those who acquire it, as well as to the sufferers among their own sex who receive the benefits of their skill and knowledge. There is a peculiar fitness in call ing into service the soothing touch of soft-handed women in min istering to the sick and afflicted. Heretofore, in a great measure, they have been restricted to the simple duty of nursing the patient and giv- ng the 'medicine that the man-doc tor has prescribed, yet to them has been due, in thousands of cases, the ?ecovery of the patient, rather than ;.o the pills and potions of the phy sician. But this is a progressive age, and the coming generations of American women would be all the better quipped for the sacred duties of wife-hood and mother-hood were they informed in medical science rather than embarrassed with the useless accomplishments of two or three dead languages. How often is it the case that a mother, through ignorance of the laturc and power of drugs, doses her little children to death in her fforts to relieve them of physical suffering. In cases like these a inowledge ' of medicine and its effects would be worth more to the mother than anything else on earth. Then women, above all beings, best understand the ailments of women, and many a poor sufferer might be better treated by one skilled practi tioner of her own sex than half a dozen masculine doctors. Among all the wise reform move- nents of the present age this is one of the most important, as the future will inevitably prove when women reach that position that will entitle them to equal rank with men in the profession. Women have, after many efforts, succeeded in gaining entrance to the exclusive lecture rooms of John Hopkins University, and an ample sum has been added to the endow ment fund for that purpose. Some of the highest scientific au thorities have decided that the brain of woman is susceptible of finer and higher cultivation than that of man, as has been proven in numberless instances. Some of the greatest in ventions of the world have been made by women, and the invisible hand of a brainy woman is often the most potent factor in those achievements that brighten the fair est pages of the history of mankind. There is a good deal of complaint at overcharges among hackmen. They often charge fifty cents to any part of the city, before 8 o'clock, and $1.00 after 10 o'clock. If one want' a cab sent out to a reception or a ball at a late hour, some of them charge as high as $2.50. Liebesliedchen. The waning waves of sunshine wash The radiant shores of day, Sweetheart, The music of their rythmic plash Low murmuring far away. Soft twilg'ht steals with timorous tread, To close the ebon bars, Sweetheart, And in the darkling deeps o'erhead Forth flash the kindling stars. But fairer far those eyes of thine Whose depths reflect the light, Sweetheart, That fills my life with dreams divine And guides my heart aright, In each desire and fond design? Good night, sweetheart, good nigh);! The dusk hath deepened and the wind Breathes soft seolian sighs, Bear love, Among the shadows half denned Along the western skies. Now while thine eyes in sweet eclipse Are closed ic slumber there, Dear love, And sleep hath sealed thy rosy lips I'll breathe thy name in prayer. May sweet voiced seraphs gently wroo Thy soul with visions bright, Dear love, In blissful dreams and guide thee through The Inezes of the night, Still whispering this my fond adieu, Good night, dear love,good night! ?MONTGOMERY M. FOLSOM. Beyond the Stars. Sooner or later, dear, all will seem well'. though when or why Godknoweth. God, not I, Nor you, sweetheart. So passion blind How can you judge aright V In his clear sight A reason there must seem, just, wise and kind, Why we must meet at all, or meeting?ha.pless fate! Meet all too late. Sooner or later, dear, all will be wrell; though when or how, We guess not now. 'aith mounting high?darling, what do I say 'i Faith droops her wing, A broken thing. ? My heart break, that alone I hear to-day, I love you, love you nowr, and you not by To hear my cry. Sooner or later, dear, ail must be well ; so when or where Why need we care V ? Two graves will sleep beneath the summer sky Together or apart, It matters not sweetheart; Nor whether droning bee or dreaming butterfly Float over us. Flowers bloom, or storm beat out our heart at our breast We two shall rest. Sooner or later, dear, all ma.y be well; not now or here, But afterwards?up there Beyond the circling splendor of the stars ; There it may be For you and me God keeps a new life with no prison bars Dividing- soul from soul. Perhaps, we cannot tell, There all may yet be well. The Augusta Evening News says: "SOCIETY is the name of a new journal just issued in Atlanta and devoted to society, art, literature and fashion. Lollie Belle Wylie, a popular and brilliant society editor, and Mrs. W. S. Williams is her associate. Their names are sufficient guarantee of a bright and breezy fashion paper, and the first number is a sparkling success. It is brimming over with fresh society news, the latest fash ions, original poetry and sensible ed itorial writing. It is well patronized too, and we wish SOCIETY and its fair editors the success which is richly de served." _______ * * A neat and simple evening- gown is to be -worn by a pretty young married woman on Peachtree St. The dress is of white silk, over which is draped a white lisse embroider ed with pink rose buds, and olive leaves. Three being bias frills edge the hem of the front and side widths, one is of olive, the next of white and the top ruffle is of pale pink silk. Sprigs of pink roses cross on the bos om to the right side and continue to the hem in a panel of larger roses FLASH AND FLY. "A pretty girl, A little whirl, By Jove, the show was great; A little cry, A downcast eye? It was the roller skate." A Dudine is the companion- piece to that creature, lately created by Fashion, called the Dude. The Dudine is a living protest against American women of the over intellectual type. She clings, weeps, sighs, and giggles on every occasion. She is pinched,laced and compressed, and has reduced the problem of xistence to a flirtation with a fan. She eats caramels, and reads Zola and Gautier, and is a sort of bow of promise in the social sky that the continent upon which she lives will not be over-populated. -X-" -X- Some women never faint in the proper manner, nor at the right time or place. I once heard of a woman who fainted in the gal lery of a church. She was on he front seat and slid forward on to the floor, thrusting her un conscious ? feet right through the gallery rail. It was a start ling pair of feet to view, and many of the congregation Jiought the gallery was giving way, mistaking the swaying limbs for the bracket braces of the gallery. There came very near being a panic. # - ? -X- -X- " I don't think I shall go row ing with yon again, George." "Why, Lillie, dear?" "Because you only hugged the shore." *" # The prettier the feet and an kles, the easier they get up stairs. FLIP. A KIND ACT. A few days ago an unusual sight was witnessed on Peachtree street. The street car was driven by Mr. M. C. Kiser, one of the wealthiest and most influential citizens of Atlanta. " It came about in this way," says a lady who was a passenger on the car. "Mr. Kiser got on the car. The driver complained that his hands were so cold he could scarcely handle the, money to make the change. Then,' said Mr. Kiser,' get offand run awhile and warm up.' A passenger hailed the car, and I was amused to see our new driver try to stop the mules. He didn't understand the brakes, and when he turned the lines over to the driver I was glad, for I didn't know at what moment the electric car would whizz around the corner and crush us. But I did ap preciate the motive which prompted. Mr. Kiser to consider the feelings and comfort of the driver." The cachet of true nobleness is the imprint of God's finger on the heart, and just such deeds of kindly con sideration to those less happily con ditioned is what makes a man a prince among men. SOOIE3TY. BY BELLE K. ABBOTT. Written for SOCIETY. Dick was asleep on the sidewalk in front of the Kimball House. He held an idle shoe-brush in his listless hand and slept as soundly in the burning sun as though stretched upon a bed of down. The screaming and puffing of the incoming and outgoing trains, the jibes and comments of the pedes trians, the pitying glances of those rushing past in vehicles, all fell alike unheeded on the slumberer. From the crown of his battered beaver to the end of his worn wooden leg, Dick was a living allegory of poverty. His faded, soiled checked shirt, was sewed together low at the throat, and his other dilapidated garments, grown green from exposure, hung loosely on him. A ragged, sockless shoe partially covered his left and only foot. So humble and lowly was Dick in the scale of being that he did not suffer for the tear of rude com ment on criticism. He looked out from his station in life upon the up per classes of humanity with about the same indifference with which a blind man surveys the sun; but no feeling of pride or sensibility, had Dick possessed it, could have kept him awake at this hour. He was tired and sick, too. Since early morning he had stumped about on his wooden leg, seeking " a shine " in every possibly quarter and with fif teen cents in his vest pocket has sunk down to rest on the sidewalk by the Kimball, and then fell asleep. It was near time for the Air-Line train to come in, and on this train the big hearted Pryor street drummer was expected. Dick was sure of an other shine if he arrived. Dick lived with his granny in Squalor Row, not far from the Roll ing mill, where they occupied one small room, the half of a poor shanty. Squalor Row, never too healthy a lo cality, had been more sickly than usual through the rainy fall months. The damp weather, the scarcity of sunshine and proper food had gone hard with most of its inhabitants. Granny and Dick did not escape. Granny was taken sick first. It was a close fight for her life for a month, but she rallied and slowly conva lesced. Then Dick was stricken. "Dar' no coal, no wood, Granny, and no nothing feat in the house, en I mus: try to work one mo day, sick as I is and Christmas mos' here, too, you know," in answer to the old woman's persuasions to stay at home and take care of himself. " Ef hits gwine ter he warm," he continued " we kin do 'dout de coal, but you mus' eat ter git strenk.' And so saying, he shouldered his shoe-box and disappeared with his usual limping footstep. "God knows w'at I'd done 'dout dat boy seiice all dese freedom years come out," said Granny to herself, crying and wiping her eyes with the frayed corner of the old quilt which covered her ema ciated body. "Ise er po' 'skuse, but er po' fren's better'n none. He teks keer er me, en I teks keer er him, en Ise gwine ter do hit long ez de good Lawd gimme bref. But he's too sick eer be outen de bed dis day, much less trampin' roun' in de sun liuntin' wuk, en dat, too, all on my 'count. I mus' git outen dis bed sho'?dis woan' never do," and the old woman lifted her weak and trembling body into an upright position and sought to dry the tears which would come afresh. Sure enough, at the right hour the Air-Line train came in, and it brought the expected drummer. " Hello! Dick. Wake up here and give me a ' shine.' Be ashamed of yourself, to be asleep here on the side walk in broad daylight!" said the drummer, good naturedly, pushing Dick roughly with his foot. Dick seemed hard to arouse, but opening his eyes, he looked up smil ing. " I wuz des waitin' fer you, Mass Tom. Ise sorter po'ly ter day, an I sot down here ter res' er little fore de train got in, en somehow I drap of ter sleep," said Dick, getting himself into position to put his best polish on the drummer's boots. With his usual gratitude, Dick re- 3eived the additional nickel, and felt really quite rich as the jingle of twenty cents fell upon his ear. This was his last customer for the day. At an earlier hour than usual he turned his face toward Squalor Row. In Brooklyn he stopped and invested five cents in a loaf of bread, five cents in a quart of kerosene oil, and five cents in a pint of sweet milk, the only beverage which Granny seemed to relish. These last two articles were deposited in two black bottles which he had left at the shop . the morning. " Dis las' nickel I'll keep fer seed," he said, wrapping it in a rag and placing it in his vest pocket. " Hit not cole, en we kin do 'dout fire, thank de Lawd! dis night." But the skies had grown gray since high noon, and the usual murky look, as though the sun was ashamed to shine in Squalor Row, hung over the cabin as Dick reached home. Granny had scrambled out of bed, sure enough, and was waiting for his coming, seated in a low chair by the empty fire-place. Her eyes were sunken and her face thin, but she greeted Dick with the brightest pos. sible smile as he stepped upon the threshold. " Brung you some milk, Granny," said Dick, producing one of the bottles. " We'll have er light t'night, too; I got a nickel'swutherkarosene oil. Whar's delamp?" " Dar at de eend er de ches'." And Dick, depositing his shoe-box and bottles, sought for the lamp to put it in burning order. Bread and milk and a lighted lamp made a royal night in that rude hovel. 0! ye children of affluence, what think ye of this? The next morning it was raining, and Dick was sick?too sick to attempt the task of bread- winning for himself and companion. He was very sick, indeed, for dysentery, with its raging fever, had laid him low. Nerved by the emer gency and strengthened by the milk Granny was able to creep about as Dick lay groaning on his bed. " Take dat nickel in my ves pocket, en buy er stick er wood from de iiex' do neighbor," said Dick, "en kin'le er litte fire, fer hits cole in here to me, Granny." Granny did so. Indeed, she got two sticks. The next door neighbor too, sent for the ward doctor, but he did not come till the next day. In deed, he put two days between each of his professional visits from some cause which he failed to explain to the humble sufferer. And if this case of destitution was reported to the city officials (as the doctor said it should be) there was no recognition made of the fact in the way of a re lief supply. Dick grewr worse and worse under the delayed treatment of a malady which should have had prompt and stringent attention. It took but a week of illness to consume the fire of life which poverty and hard ship had done so much to extiiiquish Granny saw that the end was nigh, though Dick, with gasping breath assured her that he might yet be able to "shine" for her sake again. " Hits better, chile, fer you to go fus' fer den I'll res' easy, knowin dat youse safe wid de good Lawd, en He wont keep me waitin' down here much longer w'en he done tuck you.' " Ever since I'se been sick, Gran ny," whispered Dick, " I has seed ole mistus's spirit swingin' over my bed like a angel, and she done say to me, come up to glory, Dick, come home.' Bless God, I'se reddy?yes, reddy, reddy! To-morrow's Christmas, Gran ny, an' though I won't live to see de 5iin rise agin, deGood Lord will be des asiiighto you, ef not nigher, dan ef I was liviii'. An' hit will be .de bes' Christmas day to me of all my life." Granny did not cry, as she and Dick looked bravely in each other's yes, in the presence of that dreadful guest, which they could feel', but could not see. She held his cold band in her's, and wiped the death damp from his brow, and cheered him lovingly as he was passing through the dark and chilling waters of death. Before midnight the struggle was over. Then she closed the sunken eyes and folded the quiet hands over the faithful bosom, and drew up the ragged covering on the motionless form. In the corner of the room stood the wooden leg where Dick last placed it. Taking it up tenderly Granny hugged it to her bosom, then laid it away in the chest as carefully as though it had been a warm, pul sating, immortal body. Overcome by this miniature burial she sank down a chair and gave way to such heartbroken wailing that all Squalor Row was aroused and at once dis solved in sympathy and mourning. The clean suit which her provi dent nature had always kept in re- erve, in case of a "burryiii," was at last brought forth and 110 coat com pleted the pauper outfit. Dick look- el clean and decent in his rude cof fin. A pauper coffin and hearse, a hack, which the pride and chairty of Squalor Row vouchsafed to Gran ny and the preacher with a few foot mourners, was all that was accorded to Dick on his funeral occasion. His soul was at rest after life's struggle. The mortuary record of that week stood, whites, six; blacks, seventeen. There was no more specific record of Dick's death ever made, and though some missed him from the streets, no one could ever answer Tom D.'s inquiry, as to why he had disappear ed. Dick was a hero. Life had gone hard with him, but he had fought the battle bravely.. When a four- year-old child, hie; leg was carelessly caught and rnr.ngled in the machine ry of the old plantation gin. From that unfortunate day, he became the pet and favorite of his master's house hold. "I b'loiig to Mas Ellick," he said "When he come home from de war he gwine to shoot dem niggers fur let- tin' my leg git cut off," was the threat constantly falling from the child's lips, as he rallied from the long con finement of amputation. By reason of his "b'longin' to Mas Ellick," the only son, then in the Confederate army, .and of his sad misfortune Dick was allowed every liberty and every childish caprice was gratified If he chose to go and play on the "piaiicr" in the parlor, neither Mist Mary or Miss Ann need say no Old master would take him and sit him on the stool and say, "now fire away Dick, and play Dixie." And Granny was released from every duty and burden except that of taking care of Dick. Every letter from "Mass Aleck" brought some new commission respecting the wounded little child, and some brought promise of pleasure for the time when he should come home. By and by 110 more letters came from the army, for poor " Mass Aleck' filled a soldier's grave. Then, if pos sible, the family interest in the crip ple deepened. Their sympathy and love flowed toward the child in a re flex flood. With the close of the war, and the grand upheaval of emancipation came changes never dreamed of by the most far-seeing and wisest of the and. Instead of peace and prosperity came chaos and poverty to the South. Old plantation life and routine were destroyed in a day. Bitterness and misapprehensions took the place of love and confidence, which has bound families together for generations. In this wide-spread demolition Dick's old master's affairs went to pieces too. Stunned by the unexpected revolu tion in slavery, and being unable to accept the situation till it was too "ate for his own good and that of his 'ormer slaves, he awoke, as one :'rom a horrible dream, to find him- .elf entirely deserted by those who [iad once been his faithful vassals. In this hour of hopeless confusion Sranny and Dick turning tearfully away from the old homestead, drifted on a tide of emigration into Atlanta M struggle and die, or struggle and ive, as fate should decree. Industri ous as a child, Dick soon discovered his possible occupation and faithfully he followed it, and honorably up to manhood and even till death released him from earth's bondage, and gave ":iim in return Heaven's glorious freedom. SHOULD WOMEN WOO? The subject in dicated in our caption has re cently been much \written about in journals devoted \to feminine mat- It goes with out saying that our men would interpose few objec tions to a change in the time-honored procedure. However, in the discus sions which have been going on, only a small number of the ladies have supported the affirmative side of the question, and the majority de nounce with disdain the proposed in novation. It really makes very little differ ence which side the wooing conies from, so long as the party making the advances has at command the elements of success for carrying on the good work. Women who would be successful in the new departure should profit by the experience of men who have demonstrated their ability in this line. The man who starts out "a-woo- ing," and who really means business, never fails before doing so to provide himself with a handsome diamond* ring from 3. P. Stevens & Bro., the jewelers, for he knows that therein lies the success of his mission. Ladies should take the hint and possess themselves with one of these rings whether they contemplate woo ing or not, for the low prices at which 3. P. Stevens & Bro. are sell ing diamonds make them a good in vestment. Call and see them about it, at any rate. Make a memoran dum of the place?No. 47 Whitehall street. JACOB EISEMAX. SIGMUND WEIL. EISEMAN & WEIL, AND GENTS' FURNISHERS, 3 Whitehall Street, Centennial Building, ATLANTA, GA. DR. EDWARD G.THONiaS, SURGEON DENTIST, Rooms 56^ Whitehall St., ATLANTA. GA. SOCIETY". I said then, dearest, since 'tis so, Since now, at length, my fate 1 know, Since nothing all my care avails, Since all my life seemed meant for fails. Since this was written and needs must be, My whole life rises up to bless, Your name is pride and thankfulness ! Take back the hope you gave?I claim Only a memory of the same, And this beside, if you will not blame, Your leave for one more last ride. " What, you here, Miss Vane ? This is such a pleasant surprise." " Thank you, I am glad to see you. I have not seen you since?I am glad to see you." That was our greeting?simple, friendly, commonplace enough, to be sure. But ah, how fondly 1 gazed in those dark eyes, the light of which rekindled the smouldering embers on that altar in my heart where love had been consumed, a bleeding sac rifice. Those soulful eyes, in whose slum brous depths were reflected the wonder and- glory of that lost Eden that I could never regain. Had I not lived a season?loved for ages? lost for all eternity ? And that was our greeting. But now, for one in stant, my whole being was thrilled with happiness?joy so exquisite as to partake more of pain than pleas ure. Happiness does not always bring calm. The sunniest day has the deepest shadows. Ofttim.es the waves break on the shore beneath a cloudless sky with a restlessness far greater than when the heavens are shrouded. But there is a calm that is born of desperation. A brooding stillness that forebodes the storm. An apa thetic indifference that follows the first wild burst of grief; and that was why I was so calm. Once we had been all in all to each other. That was past. I knew that she could never be mine?all mine? heart and soul, as in the delirium of earlier days I had so madly dreamed she might be. Rich were the golden fancies in which her being was interwoven. With a warp of sunbeams and the woof of her nut-brown hair, I had framed a crown of hallowed glory for the pre cious head of my beloved, and my heart was her throne. But the crown had vanished and the throne changed to a sacrificial altar. She could never be mine! Oh, no! I could not hope for that. We had come to a tacit understanding of the case, and resigned ourselves to the inexorable decree of fate. We were long waiting for each other, Isabel Vane and I. We had loved each other unconsciously, long before we met, yet, it was just as natural that our souls should some day come together, as it is that the wandering wind of the mountain must some day kiss the cheek of the rose in the valley. Perhaps in the forgotten eons of infinity, 'ere our spirits were caught and caged in these unsubstantial bodies, we had met and loved-, and been separated to meet again here in the confines of time. Dare I dream that we shall meet and be made one inseparable in some blest region beyond the vasty deeps of yon mysterious heavens? In some land of sun and song? When first we beheld each other, the flush of joyous recognition was too much for our weak eyes, and for a short, sweet, season we groped around in the blind infatuation of a love that was too much like a deli cious dream to last. Often when day was young we would sit and listen to the glad notes of singing birds, and our eyes were bright with the wonder of love. Often when the sun was .high in the heavens, we would wander by green banks and flashing waters, absorbed in the languor of love. And at eventide we would sit with clasped hands; in the golden dusk, while beamed in the purpling depths above the blessed stars, and our theme was love?but love ! It was then that the flowers bloomed for us alone in the selfish ness of our devotion. The birds sang lullabies to inspire our passion, and the waters murmured softly to re mind us that there were depths still unexplored in the region of love. But that time had passed. A chill wind of doubt swept fiercely across the flowery way we were wandering. A mortal coldness, like death itself, came over us. The chords of life were rudely jarred. We parted sor- rowingly, and in the apathetic in difference of our despair, new ties were formed, binding us apart for ever. But after long separation, during which the lines of our lives had been involved in new relationships, we were unexpectedly brought face to face in this distant city, where naught of our little romance was known. A smile that to me was like a sun burst wreathed her soul illumined face at our first greeting, but it was but momentary and she resumed the calm dignity that but added to the loveliness of this woman, to me the only woman on earth. As for myself, I cannot describe the emotions that I felt, as all the cherished of dream that sweet, pa thetic, past overwhelmed my soul. "I am becoming a philosopher," she said, after our first greeting. "Do you find comfort in your phi losophy?" I asked. "Oh, yes! You ought to make it a study." "Then, I, too, will become a phi losopher, if you will teach me." "I cannot promise you that, for I am only a student myself." "Then, shall we go for a ride?" I asked. "One last ride together?" "Yes, I will go with you." My mistress bent that brow of hers, Those deep, dark eyes where pride de murs, When pity would be softening through, Fixed me a breathing spell or two With life and death in the balance; right! The blood replenished me again, My last thought was at least not vain : I and my mistress, side by side, Shall we" together breathe and ride ? So once more am I deified ! Who knows but the world may end to night? .-__:.;; "This is a happiness I had not ex pected," I said, as I took a seat be side her and we went bounding away. "Are you glad to see me again?" "Yes, I am glad to see you; al ways glad to see you," she replied, and over her countenance there passed a shadowy look of melan choly musing which I had seen in olden days. Ah ! those olden clays, those golden days, when she and I were all to each other. Those days in the beau tiful long ago when life was a cher ished dream. "Do you know I have looked for ward to this hour with the most joyous anticipations ?" I said, "and now my fairest hopes are about to be realized; so unreal in their blessed reality." "You had not forgotten me then." "Forget you?" "I didn't know." "I had hoped to hear you tell me once more that you love me. Life is so short, and nothing save love survives the tomb." "Had you been a few minutes earlier I would have told you that I loved you." "Wfiynotnow?" "My mood has changed. Had you been a few minutes later I would not have gone with you. I had almost made up my mind?but this?" she paused. "May be our last ride?" "It must be. We must not in dulge in idle ' fancies, or resurrect dead memories, if we would realize the benefits of true philosophy, and we are students, you know." As she turned her eyes full upon me her face appeared almost trans figured. Had it been the darkest night in midwinter I felt that I could have discovered the sheen of the light of those starry eyes. Down the plashy street we drove, past the stores; past the great hotel, where the loungers gazed idly after us; and on to the black wooden bridge that spanned the yellow river?the turbid stream,that like,.some great un couth reptile stole out of a fog bank, dragged its tortuous length along the valley, disappearing in a murky swamp in the distance. Its dark waters muttered a menace as we passed. Beyond were the hills?the dreary hills?browned by the first breath of Autumn, draped in a mournful fringe of rain. And yet, amid the monotonous desolation of the sombre scene I moved exultingly and felt? oh ! indescribable emotion?I was, indeed, once more " deified." No victor of a hundred battles, revelling amid his triumphs, lauded by the loudest salvos and crowned with the greenest laurels, felt ever so proudly happy as I. " Now that we are again alone in the world, just we two," I pleaded, " let us loose these fretful fetters that keep us apart, and for one more day be happy." " Why should we ? Does not rea son argue most convincingly that we can never be more to each other than we now are ? It was ordained that we two should walk in separate ways. Why, why raise our weak voices against the inevitable?" " It is not inevitable. Away with your sophistry. See how the sun bursts through those leaden clouds that seemed but a moment ago im penetrable, and smiles on hill and field and river, till the earth looks up and laughing back, dries her tears. It is thus that we may laugh at destiny." As I spoke, the clouds parted like a veil, revealing the azure skv in which the light of summer lingered. The mists rolled away and sunshine brightened the royal lining of crim son and gold of the Autumn woods, and I felt that it was an omen of joy. " It is grandly beautiful! Like a life from which the burden of regret and sorrow has been lifted," she mur mured, and her eyes grew strangely luminous with the kindling glories of the scene, "Ah, me ! "she sighed, " had you been a little earlier I might have told you??'." She checked herself. " Go on, pray, if you can only tell me of what I have missed. It is sweet to know that I might have heard those words." " No, it is useless. We are become philosophers, remember, and we must not allow our hearts to beat so fast that we lose our heads." "My head is lost already." " And my heart??" " Then you love me ?" I asked eagerly. " Yes?I?I dare not say I do not." Hush! If you saw some western cloud, All billowy-bosomed, over-bowed By many benedictions?suns And moons and evening stars at once? And so, you, looking, loving best, Conscious grew, your passion drew Cloud, sunset, moonrise, starshine, too, Down on you near, and yet more near, Till flesh must fade, for heaven were here! Thus leant she and lingered?joy and fear. Thus lay she a moment on my breast. These lines I scarce can pen, be cause they are so feebly expressive of the exquisite pleasure of those few bright hours. Some men give way to an inordi nate passion and in the midst of the delirium of bliss rush madly beyond the true bounds and the angel of gladness takes his flight on bleeding wings. Lust sits, a leprous beggar without the barred gates of true love., and when the guardian angel takes his flight, the leper hobbles in and the ghosts of regret and the hobgob lins of remorse haunt "his footsteps. Then there are those whose desire is ambition rather than love. Once they have conquered they turn away from the captive with cold indif ference, and trampling down all that is pure and holy hasten onward in search of new fields. Insatiate glut tons these who know naught of the purest passion that ever brought man up nearer to the likeness of his Maker. Not so with others on a higher plane, whose elyseum is nearer the skies. For such the least earth odor in the perfume of that sacred censer would drive away the song birds of joy, dry up the crystalline fountains, wither the blossoms, and doom their Eden to be the lurking place of all the loathsome reptiles that breed under the fostering in fluence of sin. Men and women like these are to each other all that the ancients dreamed that woman, in all the majesty and purity of her virtues, should be to man, and that man, in his highest nobility, should be to woman. Let all those realists, of the earth earthy, who prate of commonplace desire awakened by form or feature ?all those sensualists who gloat over such sickly sentiments as never stirred a pure bosom?let them have their ways. They who ne'r beheld a star save through a blur of mist, who never inhaled the fragrance of a flower except through a murky at mosphere; they who never caught the richer melody of a bird note but it was mingled with the discordant croak of a toad. Then we began to ride. My soul Smoothed itself out, a crumpled scroll, Freshening and fattening in the wind, Past hopes already lay behind. What need to strive with a life awry ? Had I said that, had I done this, So might I gain, so might I miss. Might she have loved me? Just as well She may have hated. Who can tell! Where had I been now if the worst befell? And here we are riding, she and I." Our souls were so happy on that day. Happy, oh, so happy! It needed not words to interpret our feelings, The sweet silence was too sacred to be rudely broken. And thus we rode together. Once more, once more ! Regardless of the world and the ways of men, our spirits soared aloft and communed together, Was she not mine again a brief hour? I could almost feel the answer in the beating of her heart, there so close beside me, even as I felt the wild throbbing of my own. All around us glowed a wealth of golden blossoms, and as her eyes fell upon them, she said: "Do you remember one day in May?" "Am I ever likely to forget one hour with you ?" I replied. "Let us drive to those flower gar dens you spoke of," she said, chang ing the conversation abruptly. In my heart there camera great over-mastering desire to claim her as rny own, at once and forever. "Do you know," I said, "that sometimes I feel an almost uncon trollable impulse to clasp you in my arms, and call you mine?mine- forever mine ?" "Such thoughts as those are im prudent for a philosopher. Dismiss them and remember?" "What else have I to remember but you, and all that you have been to me?" I exclaimed. A sigh was her only answer, and we drove on across the river?the bright river that now murmured a welcome instead of muttering a complaint. We came to the gardens at last, and as we strolled around amid the SOCIETY. plumed heads were waving in the wind. ' She paused and listened to the whispering of the breeze as it dal lied among them. "It sounds like a song," she said. "A song of hope?" "Like a song from some far off land. A song of life, with, all its changing tints and varying moods of humanity. A song of longing and wistfillness. Let us go now, for the air is growing chilly." So I assisted her to her seat, she buried her face in a nosegay of bios, soms that I had plucked for her and on her bosom bloomed twin frail white roses on one slender stem. "May I have one of those as a sweet memento of this day ?" She plucked one of them and handed it to me. Our hands met and then a long, delicious clasp. "Others love me, why not you ?" I said, as I pressed the delicate white hand to my lips. "Love you ? They do not know how to love you," and the brown head rested for a moment on my shoulder. "My love ! my life! Will you miss me when I am away ?" "Do the flowers and the birds miss the sunshine ?" "Tell me, then, before I go, that you love?" "Do you know what you ask of me?" "I do not care. I am desperate. Would to heaven I had never known you?" "Do not say that. You under stand." "And then may I feel that you?" "Good-bye!" With a pressure of my hand that thrilled my very soul, she left me, and as the door closed behind her I thought that I saw something like a tear in the swift glance of her dark eyes as I sat gazing after her. But she was gone?gone like the irrecov erable memory of a vanished dream. Was she gone ? Perhaps! Cer tainly in flesh?but in spirit was she not still beside me ? Could I not still hear the melody of her musical voice in my ear? Was it not her sweet breath that still fanned my cheek ? And did I not still feel the clasp of that tender hand in mine ? Had she passed out of my life and closed the pearly portals of joy behind her? Who dare deny that she is mine, and will be mine forever and forever ? And yet?she has not spoke so long ! What if heaven be that, fair and strong At life's best, with our eyes upturned Whither life's flower is first discerned, We fixed so ever should abide ? What if we still ride on, we two, Changed not in kind but in degree The instant made eternity And heaven just please that I and she Ride, ride, together, forever ride. MONTGOMERY M. FOLSOM. Mrs. Hester, of Elberton, has been visiting Mrs. Howard, on Fair street, during the holildays. Mrs. Hester was tendered a pleasant entertainment by Mrs. Howard on Saturday even ing. SOCIETY is the name of a new weekly in Atlanta. As its name in dicates it deals with social topics and the light gossip of the day. Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie is the editor and she has many friends all over the State who are glad to know that her paper starts with a good subscription list. One of the handsomest Christmas presents that I have seen this year was a beautiful gold watch given to Mrs. Dr. Vassar Wooly by her hus band. The face of the watch is set with jewels, and on the outside' of the case is a dove made of diamonds, bearing a wreath of olive leaves made of sapphires and rubies. A BRAVE BREADWINNER. A denmre little figure can be seen every day, seated in the reading room at the Kimball House. Busily the slim, white fingers play over the keys of the typewriter before which ?the breadwinner sits, and but for the click of the machine one would never know of her pesence in the room. For several weeks Miss Minnie Bellamy has her headquarters in the reading room, and her business is to wrrite letters or any other kind of papers for traveling men or men who are too busy to write their business letters. Besides her typewriter, Miss Bellamy has a manifold press in the room. " At first I demurred about locat ing in so public a place, for only men ever go there," said Miss Bel lamy to me, "but I was advised by many frends that it would be proper, and it is. I said to several well- known gentlemen: ' I am willing to do anything to earn a livelihood, but I do not wish to do this if it will compromise me, and as they said it would not, I decided to go there. I find the place extremely quiet, and the gentlemen exceedingly courte ous who visit the room." Miss Bellamy is a brave, industri ous little woman, and merits the success with which she is being paid for her battle in the great war for in dependence of women. 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PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER 13 Marietta St., Atlanta, Ga. FOR FIRST-CLASS Steam and Gas Fitting, And prompt attention, call on or telephone No. 469. GUIMARIN, ENGLES & STOCKTON. Makes Picture Frames, \.=3Yz=zzs^£gz£^?1ri3>ssi^$$§$;&g$^ VOL. I. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1891. No. 4. I @)oeiety ©Notes;. * * SOCIETY is graced to-day with a beautiful picture of Mrs. Hagan, wife of Dr. Hugh Hagan, of this city. As Miss Sallie Johnson, Mrs. Hagan reigned a belle in the south without a rival. Beautiful, brilliant, highborn and womanly, she lias made many friends among her own sex, as well as won the homage due a charming woman from every one. Mrs. Hagan is the youngest daughter of the late Dr. J. M. Johnson, who was a brilliant writer and a prominent physician. She is also a niece of General Thomas R. R. Cobb and General Howell Cobb. Mrs. Hagan has re cently returned from abroad, where she spent a year at the Capital of Austria, where her beauty and charm of manner was noticeable among the beautiful and charming women of that country. * * Mrs. Tanner, the wife of Judge G. H. Tanner, has gone with her son to Florida for the winter. Mrs. Tanner is one of the few women who look well in corn color. Re cently she appeared at a reception in a gown of this color, which was made of the heaviest French faille silk. The corsage was sparkling with silver passeinenterie, and fine duchess lace fell around the shoulders in a graceful cascade. Mrs. Tanner is tall and handsome, with bright hut gentle eyes, and has that rarest of all gifts?magnetism. * * The reception given by Mrs. J. W. Rankiii to her two daughters, Miss Gussie and Miss Julia, was one of the handsomest events in the social ?world last week. The reception was held on Saturday evening and was a pink and cream affair;" the decora tions being entirely of the two colors. Mrs. Rankin, who is one of the beau- beautiful women of Atlanta,wore asea green silk, brocaded with pink eglan tine roses. Miss Gussie Rankin wore a pink silk and Miss Julia wore a cream silk. These three ladies made a graceful group in the front parlors where they received the guests. Mrs. J. Emmet Blackshear,who assisted in receiving the guests,wore a handsome black silk trimmed with Duchess lace, and pink carnations, and dia monds were hep ornaments. Mrs. Rankin is the daughter of a house that is noted for its royal manner of entertaining, and what she does is sure to be done charmingly, and one feels it always a privilege to attend any of her receptions. Miss Gussie and Miss Julia Rankin have returned to school at Athens. * * Saturday evening the beau tiful parlors of Mrs. W. B. Lowe were the scene of a dancing party giv.en complimentary to Miss Rebie Lowe, who left the city on the fol lowing Monday for New York. * * The handsomest favors SO CIETY has seen this season were brought home from Macon. They were the programmes given by the Thalians at their theatre party to the Old Homestead. The favors were exquisitely illuminated booklets, tied with silken cords. The C. H. club also had lovely booklets of pressed flowers from famous places, as favors for their Christmas dance. The books were illuminated with hand painted monograms. * * Miss De Jarnette has return ed home from Columbus where she has been visiting friends. * * Mrs. Dr. R. D. Spalding opened her beautiful home to a company of invited guests on Wednesday even ing at which time she gave a charm ing dinner party. The table was dazzling with its service of silver and cut class, and there were just such sweet and dainty blossoms used in the decorations as were characteristic of the gentlewoman who entertained her friends. * * Mr. John W. A very, of Alexandria, Va., has recently re moved to Atlanta, and has engaged in the law practice in the office of Mr. Morris Brandon. MRS. DE. HUGH HAGAN. * * 0n dit that the next bril liant social event will be the mar riage of Miss Eddie Hunnicutt and Dr. 0. S. Tyner. This marriage will be an event of great social impor tance, as the bride elect is the daugh ter of Mr. C.W. Hunnicutt, one of Atlanta's wealthiest and most highly esteemed citizens. Miss Hunnicutt is considered by many to he the handsomest young woman in Geor-. gia, and one of the most lovable and attractive. Dr. Tyner is a prominent druggist and an elegant gentleman. This union will be a most happy one. * * Miss Sartorious, of Vicksburg, Miss., is in the city, stopping with the family of Mr. J. Sartorious. * * The marriage of Miss Ida Freitag and Mr. Schlesiiiger, will unite two distinguisshed young per sons in the Jewish world. The mar riage will occur early in February and will be performed at the resi dence of Hon. Samuel Well, on Mer- ritt's avenue. Both of the contract ing parties are - wonderfully hand some and popular and have many friends to wish them a long and happy life. * * Friday evening the home of Mrs. Judge Strong, in the Baltimore Block, was the scene of an interesting company of young people, the oc casion being Mrs. Strong's regular reception evening. There was dan cing * * Miss Hattie Inmaii has gone to Philadelphia for a visit of several weeks. Miss Inman is one of the beautiful girls of Atlanta. " I will remember her always," says an ad mirer, " as I saw her at St. Simons one afternoon last summer. The ray sea was a back-ground for her 'eautiful figure. She stood before me fresh and sweet, with her hands full of pink oleander blooms and her lace straw hat wreathed with the same fragrant flowers. Around rns;v_ shoulders fell a tangle of silver moss that she had pulled from some over hanging bough, and in the fading light of the sweet summer day, she made a rare fine picture of innocent, happy girlhood. " * * This month the social event will be the parlor tableaux, dramatic performance that will be given in the parlors of Mrs. Harwood, on Peach- tree street, for the benefit of St. Philips church. The best amateur talent in the city will appear, and the tableaux will be made up of the prettiest ladies and handsomest voung men in the town. * * Saturday evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Redd was the scene of a most brilliant gathering of little folks, the occasion being the birthday party of Miss AVillie Franc Redd. "The little hostess looked un usually pretty in the simple evening gown of soft silk, and she was the re cipient of many handsome gifts from the guests. Sallie Jim Carter, her little cousin, assisted AVillie Franc in re ceiving the guests, which numbered over two hundred. There was dancing and games, and the young people had a most happy time. * * The pleasant home of Mrs. Oliver, on Grant street, presented a charming scene last Friday evenng, the occasion being a New Year party given by her daughter, Miss Lillie Oliver. The house was thrown open, and brilliantly illuminated. The artistic and graceful decorations of holly and mistletoe were arranged in all the rooms. Refreshments were served in the dining room and. the table was beautifully adorned with cut-glass bowls of roses and hya cinths. * * Mrs. AVyant, of El Paso, formerly Miss Maggie Nunan, of this city, is visiting her parents on Simpson street. Mrs. Wyant has recently returned from Mexico, where she spent several months trav eling through the various Mexican towns. * * One of the most creditable pieces of art work done in this city by a girl is a beautiful landscape that Miss Daisy Jordan, the youngest daughter of Mr. Robert Jordan, has just finished under the instructions __" Miss Hattie Ellis, who is a most gifted artist. Miss Jordan has dis played a great deal of art talent for one so young. I \ r \ * * Miss Grace D'Alvigny is spending sometime with, her sister, Mrs. McCullough, of Greenville, S. C. * * Miss Hammet has completed a beautiful oil portrait of Miss An nie Wilson upon which she has been engaged for some time. The picture is taken life size, and represents Miss Wilson in a white Gainesboro hat and pale green silk opera gown. Over the shoulders is thrown a grace ful gray circular cloak, and in the gloved hands are a few American beauty roses. The picture is a fine piece of work and reflects credit upon the artist. * * Mrs. M. G. Ames and her daughter are in the city stopping with Mrs. Willey, 011 Wheat street. Mrs. Ames is pleasantly remembered as having spent last winter in At lanta. Miss Ames has but just re turned from Germany where she has been spending the past four years studying music. Mrs. Ames and her daughter are charming additions to the most cultivated circles of so ciety here. * * Mrs. Henry Baylor has left the city for Charleston, West Vir ginia, where she goes to attend the wedding of her sister, Miss Claire Shirley and Mr. Armistead, which occurs on the 5th of February, at Cedar Hill, the lovely old home place of the Shirleys, who are one of the most aristocratic families of Vir ginia. * *_Dr. Whitehead, of Bowdeii _J-Athra Springs, was in the city a few days ago, for the purpose of conferring with Mr. Marsh regarding the neces sity of moving the baths from the spring to the hotel. This is a good idea and will materially benefit the patrons of Sweet Water Park hotel when they go there for the summer. * * The reception given by Miss Isabelle Newmaii and her sister, Miss Maggie Newniaii, at the home of Judge Newmaii, on Forest avenue, on Tuesday afternoon, was a pleasant affair. The house was filled with the young friends of the Misses New- man, an d the flower adornments were very pretty. * * Mrs. Emma Clark spent a day or two of this week at Sweet Water Park hotel. * * Miss Essie Haas, of Ciiiciii iiati, is visiting Mrs. Jake Haas. * * Miss Leah Foote will leave the city on the 18th for an extended trip to Athens, Charleston, S. C., and other places. * * MissF. Richards, of Salis bury, N. C., is the guest of Mrs. Sarah Leibman. * * Miss Rosenberg, of Rome, is visiting Miss Soloshin, of this city. * * Miss Dolsheimer, of Memphis, Tenn., is the guest of Mr. H. Dreyfus and family. * * Miss Lillie Orme has returned, from Macon. * * Miss Viva Castle, of Sweet- water, Michigan, is expected to ar rive to-night, to be the guest of Miss Agatha Sheehan. * * Mrs. E. E. Hunnewell has issued invitations announcing the marriage of her daughter Miss Annie Darcy, to Mr. T. Ashby Blythe, which will occur at the First Presbyterian church on the afternoon of the 20th of January, at five o'clock. * * Mr. Clarence Angier has re turned from a pleasant visit to Au gusta, Georgia, * * Miss Francis Harwood is ex pected to return soon from an ex tended visit to Augusta, where she received many flattering attentions. * * Miss Viva Castle, the lovely daughter of United States Senatoi J. W. Castle, of Minnesota, will ar rive in the city in a few days to spend sometime with Miss Agath Sheehan. ©fee ea There are many very beautiful homes in Atlanta, for the women, of this city have exquisite taste and many, very many, the money with which to gratify their whims and fancies. A few days ago I spent a happy little while in the sweet parlors of Mrs. Tom Meador. They are all gold and white, with a subtle fra grance exhaling from the dainty satin hangings, and are just such rooms as one dreams of being the abiding place of a refined gentle woman. The walls are white and gold and the woodwork enameled white. Between, the front windows of the parlor, the space is covered with a long French mirror set in a massive gold frame. In this room are two tall lamps, one shaded with an umbrella of pale pink velvet dahlias, and the other casts its yellow soft light on a beautiful onyx and gold table that holds some rare bric-a- jrac. Old ivory busts look down Tom the beautiful mirrored mantle, and a tall Parian, marble statue of Venus stands in fine relief on a richly inlaid cabinet. There are dainty blonde laces hung at the win dows and over these are folds of pale rose Persian damask. The adjoin- .ng rooms are equally as chastely 'urnished, and I am quite sure that [ have never seen a lovelier place in which to dream sweet dreams. *** A room that has particularly 3leased me, is the dining room in ;he home of Mrs. W. B. Lowe. The walls are a lovely shade of some soft olor, and at the top of the wall ,here are panels of boughs of fruit sainted near the top. A limb of red ripe cherries meet a bough of lus cious plums, and oranges meet and seem to kiss the cheeks of the most velvety peaches. On the jardaniers ;here are glossy palms and a tall goiiia all abloom with coral blos soms stands near the mantle. This is an originally decorated room, and one very pleasing to a visitor. Mrs. Lowe has such wonderfully good ;aste, that after one has peeped into ler '' sea " room with its gorgeous hangings of shrimp pink, sea blue and ivory plushes, it is not surpris ing that they should find evidences of the same ingenious thought car ried out in the other apartments. * % * A sweet little nest is the home of Mrs. E. P. McBurney, on West Peachtree street. Entering the re ception hall the first impression one receives is that there is much to see that is artistic and rarely beautiful. Into the wall is set a fine hanging of tapestry all overgrown with crab- apple blossoms. Their fragile flowers are painted on a white back-ground, and fill in the space between two doors. .In the front drawing room there are rare pieces of statuary and conspicuous on an onyx stand near a window, is a beautiful bust of jlytie. Throughout this house, al though it is a miniature house, there is an evidence of that higher taste that shows a fineness of fancy. *M.* A room that has always pleased me is the blue and gold drawing room of Mrs. A. E. Thornton. I re member one spring evening seeing it when. I was so charmed- that it left a sweet memory with me that nothing will ever take away. On that occasion the decorations were of wild pink azalias and dog-wood blossoms. Around the room, nearly reaching to the top of the pale blue wall, was a slender low railing of white and gold enamelled wood for bric-a- brac. Into this railing was woven the boughs of the honeysuckle and dog-wood, with the most artistic ef fect that one can imagine. *** Mrs. A. D. Adair has a home that is capable of the most artistic arrangements for entertaining, and Mrs. George Lowndes' home is a most elegant one. At a recent recep tion a noticeable decoration in the second parlor of this house, was a well made of crimson berries and green leaves, over which was swung an opened umbrella of Marguerites. L. B. W. * * The Ladies' Missionary So ciety of the Second Baptist church agreed last spring to give five hun dred .dollars towards building the new church. Each lady "was to earn the money she gave, and so many ingenious plans were suggested by which the required sum could be raised. One lady put up a quantity of jelly, one preserves, etc., which readily sold, but the most, success ful of all the workers was Mrs. Gaines Chisholm, who made and sold up in the White Mountins, where she spent the summer, a number of pansy pin cushions. The flowers were made of all the delicate tints of satin known in the pansy kingdom. These were modeled after a large sized flower, and were painted from nature. The little cushions were faintly scented with sachet and were as dainty as they could be. Mrs. Chisholm is a skillful little artist and has clone some very fine work with her brush, so it is no wonder that she succeeded so well with her " mission money." The success in this matter suggests to me the idea that if the women in the South would devote their spare time to doing fancy M^ork of this kind, they wroulcl have as much pin. money as they needed. The trouble about selling their work is, that they ask too much for it. It is true 'hand work is " worth something." Yes, but not double what it is worth. The reason a woman's exchange has never prospered in this city is because the prices on the salable goods has al ways been fixed too high. A few days ago I saw a sachet on sale in a store, The material did not cost over fifty cents and the price was marked $2.50. The work was sinple and. I am sure the thing could have been fashioned in twenty minutes. It takes thirty cents worth of zephyr to make a baby sack, and one day of time, and yet a woman will make one of these small garments and ask $3.00 for it. At the North the wealthiest girls employ their time doing fancy work for sale, and they do it with pride because there is honor in honest work. I heard of a girl a few days ago, through a friend who knows her well. She decorates chairs, and makes a good income by it. A novel employment truly, but a good and profitable one. If a girl is artistic she might engage in deco rating walls. Nothing is pretier than a frieze of poppies or flags on a gray wall, and a woman who works is much happier than one who sits sadly down to weep. * * The prettiest childrensparty ever seen, in this city was that given by Master Cuyler Smith on Friday evening. The young people appear ed in fancy, dress and this added much to the pretty effect of the ball. In the dancing rooms the decora tions were so quaint, so unique, that I think they pleased me more than anything that I have seen recently. The walls were draped with fringes of gray moss, and the hangings and the shape of the rooms made a charm ing gothic effect. In the library swinging beneath the chandelier, was a bough of mistletoe in wrhich was half hidden a nest of red birds, a red bird sat perched just over the nest sweetly singing to the little ones. Hearts, which are such a fad iiow-a- days, were used entirely in the deco rations on the table. There were crystal hearts filled with comfits and flowers, silver hearts holding salted almonds, and the cakes were molded in this shape, and hearts inscribed with original mottoes were also on the table. The golden candelabra were one of the pretty decorations, and there were beautiful flowers and all the many small things that make a brilliant whole. Cuyler, the young host is a handsome boy, and one whose manner is most pleasing. He wore the dress of a Venetian gondo lier, and with his dreamy, poetic face looked really very handsome. There were Butterflies there, and Theologi cal Students, and a sweet little "Bo Peep" was a symphony in white and lilac. Many very beautiful charac ters were personated and every one was delighted with the entertain ment. * * Little Hart Wylie is very sick with pneumonia. * * The finest small boy in this city is Waldo Ferris. Waldo is a namesake of Mr. A. L. Waldo and is the infant son of Mr. ? Ferris. * * The little ones have seldom had the pleasure of a party more in teresting than that given by Master Wiiiship Nuiinally, at which the Punch and Judy show was seen. * * Every child who attended the party given by Julia Hemphill, on Tuesday afternoon was made happy by a pretty favor. * * The small boy is abroad with his gun, and many accidental shootings have been the outcome of carelessness and ignorance. * * Master Johnnie Logaii, who was so badly burned with a cannon cracker during the holidays, is in danger of losing his eyesight. * * "They say" that little Edna McCandlass has the prettiest sister in the city. * * The dearest, sweetest little lady in the land of Liliputians is Nell Waldo. Nell is fat and bright and saucy. * * When Master Hugo Hagan puts on his little pink silk coat he is as pretty as a picture. * * Miss Julia Porter never looked more winsome than when she appeared at her mamma's masquer ade ball in a white silk gown with moss green velvet elbow sleeves. * * The most artistic gown be longing to a little miss in this city is a pearl gray silk accordion worn by Miss Julia Taylor. The dress is thoroughly childish, and is trimmed with silver passementerie and white silk. ________ * * The Authors' Club met last evening at St. Phillip's rec tory, and the occasion jjwas a very pleasant one. The programme con tained many interesting features, and the gem of the evening was Miss Leaiiora Beck's Essay on Browning. Miss Lula Snook's recitation was very gracefully rendered. * * The many friends of Mrs. Joe Moody are glad to see her out again after several weeks illness. * * The editor of SOCIETY is in receipt of a request from a woman who is in need. It is a womanly appeal and should meet with a ready response. Her husband is sick and twro small childreen depend on her for support. She asks for employ ment, and her request is in no un certain language. Now cannot some- b )dy come to the rescue ? Her name and address is Mrs. Edward Hickey, corner Chestnut street and North avenue, Bellwood. * * Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Alice Noel, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hen- dersoii, to Mr. Leonidas P. Harvey. The wedding will occur Wednesday, January 21st, at St. Luke's Cathe dral, at six o'clock in the evening. * * Cleveland's Minstrels are billed for DeGive's from Thursday until Saturday night. I have often wondered at the self ishness one meets among his fellow- men. Not to that which is termed stinginess do I refer, for that is often, merely a matter of carefulness born of hardships, but to the mean ego tism that is too frequently the part and particle of man. I have known lovable characters so warped with self that all lovliness was eventually merged into that predominating characteristic. A great many make no distinction between penurious- ness and selfishness, but there is a wide difference between the two. A man can be close with money and yet be selfsacrificiiig, and again, be lavish in expenditure upon those dependent upon, his generosity, so long as it is no personal incon venience to him. Says Emerson: " The antidote against this organic egotism are the range and variety ol attractions as are gained by acquaint ance with the world, with men o1 merit, with classes of society, with travel, with eminent persons, and with the high sources of philosophy art and religion, books, travel, soci ety, solitude," which is very true One must be in the world and of the world to be free from this vice, ful of busy occupation, attentive to the wants of others and have a definite purpose in view beside merely the gratification of some personal pleas ure. The gods, who were a very inven tive race in their day, concludec once to distill a potion by which love would become unalloyed with pain and jealousy. So each god was told to bring a perfume and cast il into the crucible, which was the magnolia. The gods, Magnetism Tenderness, Blushes, Joy, Ecstacy, Shame and Delight, brought their phials of sweets and threw them into the beautiful blossom, and as they did so, Doubt, a very wicked and" much dreaded little fellow, slipped up and cast in a few drop; of liquid. This spoiled the experi ment, which made the other gods so angry that they would never try it again. Roscommon spoke truly when he said : "What you keep by you, you can change or mend, But words once spoken can never be re turned." Very few take into consideration the weight of these words, else there would be fewer heartaches, fewer sorrows and less bitterness in the souls of men. I remember once to have been, very sad, for I had bui recently suffered an affliction and ] felt the need of encouraging words and kindly sympathy. It was a the midnight of my trouble when letter came ending with "God ble you, and may the new year be a happy one for you." The words were simple and were probably written without thought but they fell like flower seed into my heart and grew until they blossomec into perfect bloom. Withhold your unkind words, bu let your kindly ones go forth lik stars in the night, lighting the paths of those who grope about in th darkness of sorrow. Curious enough is the fact anc true, that just so long as a thing is without the reach of man, jus' so sure is he bound to stimulate his every energy to its final attain ment. The greatest enemy to marriage it monotony. Women grow tiresome generally, and men commonplace The thoughts of the former revolve around the butcher or the seamstress while the latter never soars beyonc the rim of his coffee cup. Too often is the harp of life played >y monkeys who strive to imitate ,he master, but they play such in- larmonious discords that they can not long deceive the world, even jhough they wear a coat and hat of sloth. There are some natures through which the fires of unbridled passions run, like the flame unseen in the body of a mountain, waiting for the slightest opportunity to burst into a volcano of destructive fire. I often think my learning must be like a great building, the stones of which are piled one upon the other regardless of fitness or size until the whole is formed: a heterogeneous mass, unshapely and rugged. God's noblest work is woman and when one meets a truly good one, her presence is like the perfume of flowers, the singing of birds and the pure white light of the sun. Children are books good enough for us to study. They not only teach us purity, trustfulness and contentment, but truthfulness. How sweet it is to contemplate the miracles of God. LOLLIE BELLE WYLIE. DRAMATIC NOTES. There has been a feast at DeGive's for the lovers of the play this week. Salvini has been here, and who missed seeing him, either from neg lect or accident, has much to regret. Original, strong, realistic, he plays so Avell that one leaves him regret fully when the play is done. There has been nothing in this city so unique as this wonderful Italian, and nothing so pleasing. James O'Neill, in the "Dead Heart" drew as fine a house as the most am.bitious actor could hope to have, and not one was disappoint ed in the actor or the play. The Dead Heart is strong and ends hap pily, which is very satisfactory to the play-goers. As Edmund Dantes, in Monte Cristo, O'Neill is powerful, he is charming, he is adorable. The " Dead Heart " is a beautiful and a strong play, but Monte Cristo is the gem. The Old Homestead was well at tended ; in fact society was out en masse and many theatre parties filled the boxes at this really fine play. Many of the pretty laundry wagon and spring delivery wagons running over Atlanta daily were bought from Mr. N. C. Spence, 81 and 83 Decatur street. Mr. Spence makes a specialty of repairing carriages, buggies anc wagons, and his work is too we! known here to need any praise. Among the photographers of this city Mrs. L. Cordon ranks among the first. She is well patronized by men and women of means, and we have every reason to believe that she gives general satisfaction. MOTHERS' FBIEND MOT WORTH ITS WEIOHT IN "Mothers' Friend," is worth its weigh* in gold. My wife suffered more in ten minutes with either of her other children than eha did altogether with her last, after having used four bottles of "Mothers' Friend." It is a blessing to expectant mothers, says a customer. HENDERSON DALE, Carml, 111. Having used two bottles my sixth child was born with no pain comparatively. Mrs. L. O. Vaughan, Sheridan Lake, Col. Wonderful ? relieves much suffering. Mrs. M. M. Brewster, Montgomery, Ala. Sent b5r express on receipt of price, SI .50 per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Book to mothers mailed free, BRADFIELD REGULATOR Co., Atlanta, Ga. MR. JULIUS L. BROWN. This gentleman, the son of Sena tor Brown, is one of the ablest lawyers at the Atlanta bar, and is truly " a worthy son of a noble sire. " He has inherited the practical good sense and excellent judgment of his illustrious father, who is re garded as the most practical and sensible citizen of Georgia, especially in matters of statesmanship, and of finance and business. The subject of our sketch was born at Canton, Ga., 31st May, 1848. He graduated at the State University. In law he graduated at Harvard University, of the class of 1870, tak ing the second honor in a class of 167 members. He stood very high in his class at the State University, and as a result was awarded a speaker's place in the junior and senior classes. In 1872 he married Miss Fannie G. Fort, of Macon, Ga., daughter of the late Dr. Tomlinson Fort. He has one child living, Miss Martha F. Brown, and one dead. He read law under his father, then chief Justice of the Supreme Courl of the State, and was admitted to the bar at DeKalb Superior Court in 1869. In 1870 he was appointed a, Assistant U. S. District Attorney b} his then partner, Hon. John D Pope,U. S. Dist. Attorney. After this he was made General Counsel for W. & A. Railroad, which position h has ably filled for 20 years. During the time he has been at the bar he has been entrusted with vast inter ests, involving many novel and im portant principles, but it is not oui purpose, as we have not space, to enumerate the cases. He has been since 1874 Master in Chancery of the United States Circuit Court here Mr. Brown has devoted much of hii time to the development of thi South. He believes that the bes politician is he who does something practical for the country ; something by which additional industries wil" be added, labor lightened, and mor< money made to circulate, rathei than he who deals in glittering ab stractions and generalities. He i President of " The Georgia Mining Manufacturing and In vestment Corn pany," which last year produced 45, 000 tons of pig iron, and minet 160,000 tons of coal and coke, anc which employs about 1,200 laborers He has never desired a politica office. In. 1870 he refused the nomination for. State Senator, anc afterwards declined to run for Mayor of Atlanta, when opposing candidates proposed to retire ir his favor. He never sought office In politics has been a strict construe tionist and a believer in the doctrines of Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Brown is a lover of the ffistheti and beautiful, and has spent much money in securing a museum o bric-a-brac, such as autographs o distinguished persons, objects o antiquity, coins, medals, porcelains miniatures, books and engravings etc. But Mr. Brown's collec-tions ire too well known among his riends to need further description, le is not a seeker of popularity, does not show courtesies for the mrpose of gaining some selfish end, )ut does so for the friends he loves tn account of disinterested friend ship. He entertains more persons com- ng to our city than any one else in .t. He is fond of art and artists, .he stage and its players. His fa- ?niliar face is seen at almost every performance. He belongs to nearly ill the clubs in Atlanta, and to four 11 New Nork, among others, the Manhattan Club and The Players, iie latter having been established by Edwin Booth, and which is the strict est Club in New York. Mr. Brown and Judge Erskine are the only Southerners who belong to it. If we would single out a single trait DO distinguish his qualities, we would say absolute loyalty to his friends: It is a matter of regret with the friends of Mr. Brown that he would never accept political office, as his high talents and patriotism are such that, like his distinguished father, tie would have rendered the State and the South, which he regards as the garden spot of the world, grand service as a statesman. Dr Jackson. -TREATS PILES- FISTULA and all Rectal Diseases without pain or detention from business. Office Hirseh Building', Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. J10 3m W. C. g]HH% M. D.. Cronic Diseases, Female Complaints a Specialty, 16 J NORTH RROAD ST., ATLANTA, - - - GA. Ja. 10, 6 Clothing Store 37 Whitehall St. Attend our grand Clean sweep sale, All clothing, All Hats, All Under wear,. goes at 25 per cent, discount. ONE FOURTH OFF. Remember the place. Feizer's Clothing Store, 37 Whitehall Street. Moore & McKinnon, who bought out M.r. Elam Johnson, have opened their milk depot on Peachtree street. Mr. McKinnon, while in charge of Mr. Johnson's business, succeeded in pleasing his customers and keeping a good trade. To be sure he will not fail to do so now. Ladies will find pure, sweet cream, milk and butter there, also fresh eggs. Do not fail to make them a visit. Mr. J. P. Northrop, whomakes a specialty of furnishing gloves and neckwear for weddings, will have his hands full this season. Although he does not make the tie that binds the two for life, yet he manufactures a beautiful tie that would lend a charm to the handsomest groom or groomsman. JJ SOOTESTir. Managing Editor, LOLLIE BELLE WYLIE. Associate Editor, MRS. W. S. WILLIAMS. Subscription, !r2.00 per annum in advance. Entovetl through the Atlanta Post-office as second-class mail. Published by Jas. P. Harrison & Co., (Franklin Publishing Company.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1891. Many an apple of the eye proves wofully specked on close scrutiny. A chaste heart and pure mind are the strongest bulwarks of woman'; virtue. __ New Year resolves are the most un substantial bric-a-brac in the range of moral economy. Man, as a rule, estimates women by the same standard with which she measures man. If the heart, the well-spring of ex istence, be impure, the whole current of life is contaminated. Love of conquest in man has drenched many a field with inno cent blood. In woman, it has filled many a burial-ground with broken hearts. Good cooking is as much a fine art as any that are taught in the schools, and a far more useful accomplish ment than many with which the average feminine mind is burdened. ?? Fow many a proud and swelling spirit that might dare strike for glory, even in the cannon's mouth, would falter and ignobly fly the field if called upon to engage in com bat with a few yards of inoffensive carpet for half an hour in the back yard. If half the time expended in re hearsing the shortcomings and mis deeds of others were given to search ing out and correcting our own -weaknesses, how soon would the world realize that glorious millenium of which sages speculate and poets dream. _______ The deadly microbe that lies con cealed within the yellow covers of many of the modern novels is an -enemy more to be dreaded than all the insidious baccili that inhabit ihe earth, the water and the air, which the benevolent scientists pur sue with such laudable persistence. Children are the closest of all ob servers and the aptest of all imi tators. Having no fixed conclu sions of its own, the infantile mind naturally fixes as its standard of judgment the morals and ways of the person with whom it comes in most constant association. There is a long sermon involved in this idea. Like begets like. The man whose intelligence rises just high enough to direct him in the gratification of animal appetites and passions must be a sore disappointment to the woman of refined sensibilities, the flower of whose hope must wither in the atmosphere of his companion ship, and whose offspring prove a "blighting disappointment to all hei most cherished anticipations. WOMEN'S INFLUENCE. It is not alone in the parlor, the reception room or the banquet hall that the moral influence of woman's presence is felt. There is something purifying and ennobling in their presence, no mat ter in what station of life. Take as an example a printing office. All the traditions that cluster around these busy institutions of labor are redolent with the flavor of coarse jokes, rough language and expres sions not agreeable to ears polite. And yet the advent of the woman compositor sweeps away at a breath the last vestige of rudeness and vul garity from the composing room. As a rule, there is no class of better in formed men than printers. They must be of more than average in telligence to begin with, and con stant contact with the thoughts and expressions of brighter intellects proves a constant stimulus to higher education, and they, even if uncon sciously, absorb a great deal of the enlightenment that passes through their hands and brains on its way to the outside world. So it naturally follows that when a woman enters this field she finds it fertile, if fallow, and the men of the rule and stick bring at once into practice all the amenities that have perhaps been lying dormant in their bosoms. One of the largest establishments in the city, the Franklin Printing Company, employs a number of women as compositors. They have become so proficient that they earn handsome salaries?better by . far than are received by women workers in shops and factories?and their work is fully as agreeable. In that composing-room the most fastidious lady in the land might go with impunity, without the remotest reason to fear anything offensive in word or look, from the polite and gentlemanly foreman down to the most recently installed " sub" at the case. Not from the lips of one of those bearded and ink-begrimed men scapes ever an expression that might grate on the ear of the women who stand side by side with them day after day. It is a very comforting thing to ob serve the deference paid the sex by ihese bread-winners, whose chivalry .s of as high and shining an order as ever added luster to the escutcheon of the proudest knight that ever rode forth in quest of the laurels and 3ays of glory and renown to lay at ;he feet of his lady-love. It is a curious state of affairs that a man and a woman may walk side by side, performing the same class of labor and being employed the same number of hours per diem, the man receiving from fifty to twenty-five per cent, more in wages than the woman. There is small distinction between the laxity which invites rudeness by countenancing license in word or action, and the prudery that scents harm in the friendly advance of common courtesy and discovers danger where none exists. Subscribe for SOCIETY. Office at J. P. Harrison's Publishing Co,, West Alabama street. TRAINED NURSES. The suggestion of one of our Northern exchanges of the establish ing of a kitchen school for the train ing of women in the art of cooking is a good one. And 011 the same line SOCIETY would suggest that there could be no better movement than the estab lishing of a training school for white nurses for children in Atlanta. Such a training would insure for each girl honorable employment in the house holds of the best people, where they would come more immediately in contact with the lady of the house than any other class of employees. Instead of slaving away their young lives in shops and factories, subject to all sorts of rudeness and mistreatment, receiving the meager- est of wages, they would be able to secure more agreeable positions, with as good or better compensation, and would be, at the same time, pro tected from the rough usage of the world. And, besides, they would be ac quiring education and accomplish ments such as the factory girl can never hope to realize. It would be hailed with universal rejoicing by the ladies of the South, who, following the traditions of the plantation days, have been forced to put up with indolent and careless negroes, who are growing more worthless as servants every day, and especially as nurses of young chil dren, where their unfitness is most apparent. One of the greatest cares of moth erhood is with the; little ones in their nursery days, when their yo'tmg lives are shaping themselves and when traits and characteristics be come rooted in their beings to bear fruit in after days. The selection of a proper nurse 'is an all important matter with them, as it is from the nurse that the child gets its first im pressions, which, if good, will bear good fruit, but if bad, can but result in evil when the child comes to years of accountability. EDITORIAL COMMENT. Fashion and Fancy, a handsome monthly magazine published in St. Louis says, in its editorial comment: A friend has just sent us a copy of the " Legend of the Cherokee Rose," and other poems by Lollie Belle Wylie, who is managing editor of one of the leading papers in Atlanta. The legend is charmingly told in easy, flowing verse, and the short poems which succeed this are many of them about leading society ladies of Atlanta. The Tribune congratulates Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie and Mrs. W. S. Williams on the success of their bright weekly, which, bears the very appropriate name of "SO CIETY," since it is the organ of society im Atlanta and the regions lying around., "SOCIETY" makes the declaration that it is 'devoted to society, art and literature,? and the contents of the two issues which have come to the Tribune show a loyal ad herence to that mission. Mrs. Wylie, the managing editor, is a graceful and versatile writer, and during her connection with the Atlanta Journal as society editress she won a bright reputation and a wide circle of admiring friends. The Tribune wishes, most heartily, a brilliant caieer and a long one for SOCIETY, and a rich harvest for the two gifted women who control its pao-es and shape its destiny.?Tribune of Rome'. The paper that inserts things just to fill up generally leaves the minds of its readers very empty after the most thorough reading. ep >Xif. The death of Emma Abbott is an event to be deplored. The voice that thrilled the hearts of the many is stilled on this earth forever, and the gentle caress of her hand will be missed by the lonely wayfarer who often felt its gentle touch. Last year I spent some very pleasant hours with this little woman, and learned her womanly character as I would have learned the pages of a lesson book. While here, fulfilling her week's engagement, one of the chorus girls was taken, very ill. " Go," said Miss Abbott, " and find the best physician, and see that she has every thing necessary for her comfort?at my expense." Then turning to me she said, " You know many of my girls have mothers and sisters to sup- port, and it takes their little "all" to do it with, so I never let them be inconvenienced by extra expenses of this kind'" Now, a woman who is so in sym pathy with her own sex is a woman to love, and it was for this reason that Miss Abbott won and held so many hearts. " I have little to live for ; my life is lonely," she said tearfully, "and were it not for the sake of these poor girls wiio are working honestly for their own support and the support of others, I would not even sing; I would not care to live." Sweet song bird ! Her loneliness is ended; her voice is sweetly singing at Jehovah's throne, and for the crown of earth's rare diamonds she is wearing the lilies of God. Peace, rest her soul! An exquisite scarf was sent to Mrs. Dr. Blackshear at Christmas-tide, by her niece, Miss Julia Rogers, of Macon. The scarf is worthy of men tion because of its originality of de sign. The material used is a yard and a half of black silk, each end being heavily fringed with orange colored knitting silk, beantifully knitted. A pyramid of Grange silk wheels are set above the fringe at one end, and these are knitted in the most artistic pattern. A dainty little wall rack for hold ing photographs is made of a toaster gilded carefully and tied with bright ribbons. Among the unique things I saw Christmas week was a bag for the purpose of holding opera glasses. The bag was made by Miss Agatha Shee- ham, and wras made of lilac satin, covered with a fine network of cut steel beads and cantaloupe seed. The iffect was very pretty. WOMAN'S CREED. A woman only knoweth love To know that it is passing sweet, To know that all her heart is glad, Or else to know that she is sad Because it failed her; and forsooth, I think she has an extra sense To love by, granted not to man ; Love's measureless own recompense Consists in loving; there's her creed. A pretty thought, in faith or deed! A feminine fair thought, but false To man forever ! false as light To the born blind, as painted fruit To starving lips; or as a bright Departing sail to drowning eyes. Man loveth in another way! He cannot take the less without The more; he has a bitter way In loving, that you know not of. ?ELIZABETH SWART PIIELIAS. Subscribe for and advertise in SO CIETY. SOCIETY. Written for SOCIETY. One of the darkest and most dis mal basements on a big street, over shadowed with one of the tallest and grimmest buildings in town. All day long the rumble of trucks and the thump of bales and boxes tum bled about by the porters, on the ground floor, and in the stories above the incessant hum of factory wheels. All day long, alive with the busiest ?of human beings, brawny laborers, slightly clad factory girls, snarling clerks and harsh-voiced heads of de partments coming and going, com manding, censuring, complaining, querulous and fretful; the denizens ?of this human hive. But down in the basement life was quieter, much quieter by contrast. Hop Lee occupied the first hole on the right as you descended the slip pery stone- steps. His wash-room was separated from his office, parlor :and sitting room combined, by a flimsy curtain. If he had a bed back in the wash room, it must have been occupied but very little, as there was always a light burning, and the plash of the wash tub or the grind ing of the mangle could be heard long after the streets were deserted, and nobody ever found the front door closed, no matter how early the morning caller. On the left was another hole, the front room of which was sitting room, hall and parlor, and the rear room kitchen, dining room and sleep ing apartment in one. A scantily covered bed was occu pied by Joe Haggard and his wife. A little truckle bed, pulled out at night from under the larger bed, was for little Betty, the only child of this poverty stricken pair. Joe was a painter by trade, but he had, of late, almost ceased to use the brush, and had taken to painting his nose at the beer saloon across the street whenever he could muster up a few nickles to purchase the paints, or could find a companion who would stand treat. Mrs. Haggard, poor soul, worked for ten hours a day in the big factory up stairs, and made three dollars a week. Out of this she paid four dol lars a month rent, and half starved herself and little Betty and Joe, and at long intervals purchased a bit of cloth which she managed to fashion into the meagerest of garments for herself and her child, out of the re mainder. Poor little Betty! Six years old in age?half a century in privation and suffering. She could not remember seeing her father sober, nor her mother with enough to eat. All day long she crouched around in the area, if the weather was fine, or cuddled in a corner if it rained or the wind blew chill. Her playthings were a portion of a pack of cards, greasy and worn until there was lit tle distinction between the jack of hearts and the king of diamonds; a few bright colored labels taken from pieces of calico that her mother bought; an old dirty rag doll and a ball made from the ravellings of an old stocking. Her only comrade was Hop Lee. The acquaintance began in a cu rious way. Hop was a light hearted Chinaman, and chanted through his nose many a queer Chinese ditty as he bent over his tubs, or turned the crank of the mangle. Betty's mother had her opinion of Chinese, and forbade the child ever entering the laundry, threatening dire vengeance in case of disobedi ence. But Betty was so lonely that she longed for some companionship, and she would steal to the dusky window and press her baby face against the pane for hours at a time, watching Hop as he worked among the cuff's and collars. Hop was a keen observer, and he won began to evince an interest in his tiny neighbor. There was such a wistful look in. the great solemn eyes of the friendless child, that he, even though he was a heathen and an alien, could but instinctively pity the little outcast. For some time he contented himself with smiling and nodding at the little stranger, every day when the face appeared at the window, but one day he broke the ice by suddenly opening the door and sayiiig " boo ! " Like a frightened mouse the little feet pattered along the area way, and the little head disappeared in her own home. But in the afternoon the face ap peared again, and this time Hop ad vanced holding in his hand a funny little Chinese to3r, which he offered to her. Betty started to run, hesi tated, then came forward and clutch ing the doll eagerly in her hands, broke away and disappeared again. That night Joe got drunk a little earlier than usual, consequently he staggered home a few minutes after his wife had finished her labors. There was a stirring time that evening. Little Betty crouched in a corner while her father and mother quarrelled and almost came to blows before the father fell into a drunken stupor and the mother relieved her mind in a fit of hysterical weeping, mingled with bitter curses and lam entations over her unhappy lot, for getful of the little trembling form huddling in the corner. At last she roused herself, arid in her harsh, discordant voice, called: "Come here, Betty. What in the name o' common sense aire you a settin' there fur. You and your drunken daddy'll run me crazy yit. Git off them closes and get to bed, you little wretch." Hastily the child obeyed, and as her mother drew out the little ragged bed with a jerk, she buried herself under the frayed quilt, hugging the hinaman's present close to her pal pitating little heart. Instinct warned her to conceal it from the mother whose anger would be raised to a still higher pitch if she caught sight of it. As the days grew shorter and the nights more chill, the pale face grew still more pallid, and the pathetic eyes grew brighter, not with the sparkle of health andspirits, but with that strange, unnatural brilliancy that is only to be compared to the startling splendor of the stars in that dark hour that precedes the dawn. Christmas came and went. It was only different from other days from the fact that Joe did not go out, but lay besotted in bed all day, and his wife remained indoors because the factory was shut down, and the city warden brought them a basket of cold food that looked like a royal feast, and Betty received from his kindly hands a big red apple! The day after Christmas Joe rose early and went in search of a drink, while his wife climbed the stairs to resume her weary round of labor. Bett}^ had eaten but half of her apple, saving the other half for the next day, and when the sun was up she took it from under her pillow, together with Hop's present, and crept out to the window. Hop smiled and nodded vigorous ly for he had missed her face the day before, and opening the door he said, quite cheerily : " Eh, come in." " Want some apple ?" said Betty, generously, ready to divide her dainty with Hop, in return for hit gift. " No, tankee, eat. No 'nough fo one. Come in, eh ?" She advanced and stood in the doorway, while Hop briskly dived into the wash room and came out again, holding a rough looking bulb in his hand. "Eh, wantee? Blossom, so, see? Puttee dish, fix locks, so, eh ?" show ing how to set the bulb in a dish and put rocks around it to keep it upright. "Will it grow?" asked Betty, holding out her hands. "Glow, eh?, yes, glow high, heap flow', so. Eh, see?" "Will itbepurty?" " Eh, pu'ty, yes. ' Got dish ? Heah dish," handing her a fractured glass tumbler, " puttee water, so. Window jh ? Keep col', no too col'; no much hot, eh? Blossom New Yeah." Having arranged it properly, he placed it in the single dusty window edge of the squalid hole, and then. Event back smiling and nodding as he resumed his work. Day after day went by, and dur- ng the long, dreary hours, little Betty watched the gradually ex panding stems, covering it with a piece of brown paper when she heard her mother or father coming, for fear they would beat her and ,ake it away when they learned who rave it to her. Every day she would go to Hop Lee's window and smile at him through the dusty pane, and he would nod and smile back again. Their conversations were very short, as Hop had 110 better com mand of English than Betty, but he would ask her? " Lily glow heap ?" And she would measure on her ittle hand how long the stems had grown, until finally, when the first bud appeared, she hurried to the window and measuring on her hand also held up her little thumb to signify the bud that had appeared. Hop smiled, and coming outside, chuckled, and spreading his fingers, said? " Chinese New Year, two days. Heap flow', see, eh?" Next day the pale face failed ,o appear at the window. Mrs. Haggard worked 'till noon, but when she came down for the little morsel of dinner, she saw that Betty had not left her bed. " Haint you got up yet? What d'ye mean a layin' here all the?" She checked herself as the child turned her face toward her. The pale cheeks were rosy red? bright with the brilliant dyes of mnset that come at the close of even the most sunless day. "Is it blossomed?" "What blossomed? What ails you, Betty ? Aire you sick ?" " The lily. Hop said?" " Has tliat low-lifed Chinayman b'en apesterin' you ? What did he say?" " The lily," murmured the child, reaching out her hand toward the window. " Well, Lord mercy ! Ef that 'ere heath'n haint a ben givin' my child some 'o his trash! Whar did?" Just then Joe staggered down the steps. " Hello, here, got anything to eat, Margret? I'm tired, an' I tell you, I want sumpin' to eat, and that ? quick, too !" "Joe Haggard, have you put any thing here to cook? You lazy drunken sot, you?" " The lily,""murmered Betty. "You hangin' round barrooms an me at work ; an' now, here's Betty sick, an' a big doctor bill, an' 'sides that, there's this blasted Chinayman a givin' my child all sorts of trash and a puttin' spells on 'er, fur all I know." "Hey, Bets, how's-hic-that?" " Why, there it is in the window Take it out 'o here, an' ef you aint man 'nough to tell that heath'n whut you think uv him, w'y, I'l ^t do it," and she handed the gob let to Joe, with the slender stem and the noddiii" bud almost ready to burst into bloom. "Here, you ?? inf'mous?hie? heathin'. Take this?hie?thing, an'?fever I?hie?ketch you a?hie ?nosin' 'round my?iic?premises agin', I'll?hie?break yer yaller? ie?head !" Hop took the glass with a puzzled ook, and returned into his den, ffhile Joe staggered back into his hole. It was Chinese New Year, and for >nce, Hop Lee's door was closed. But Hop hung around the area-way ,vith a look 'of sadness on his une motional face. An undertaker's wagon rattled lown the street, paused opposite to ,he head of the steps, two men [lighted and brought down a little pine box. Hop stole softly to the dusty win- low and peered in unobserved. He saw the mother rocking backward nd forward in her chair, sobbing ;onvulsively, while the father- bandied in a corner with his bat- ;ered hat drawn over his livid face.- The men lifted the tiny form and as they did so, Hop caught sight of ;he face, so deathly white, so awful- y still, and he withdrew as they aid it in the coffin. Slipping into his den he hastily wrapped the fractured tumbler, with with the beautiful blossom bending above it, and concealing ,hem in his voluminous jacket lie climbed the steps and waited at the corner. After awhile the men came up and placed the little box in the wagon. The mother came as far as .he head of the steps, uttered one heart broken wail, and then disap peared. ~??^ She had no money to pay.her way to the distant cemetery. The un dertaker's wagon?a negro under taker employed, for economy's sake, to bury dead paupers?drove at a moderate pace, and Hop Lee follow- :d at a distance. A lady, richly apparelled, and two beautiful rosy cheeked children, were rambling about the cemetery 011 the Sunday afternoon following, a balmy afternoon like a taste of May in mid-winter. Their rambles took them through the pauper lot. "Oh, mamma! see here, what a pretty blossom! Who put it here ?" 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I know what I want now, and I'll just go and get it. I am so much obliged. Good morning, Mr. Heeltap." Ah, the dear little thing ! Such a dainty little body, clad in such a tasty combination of elegance and simplicity. Such a jaunty little hat, adorned with such a cunning little cluster of plumes. Such a perfect little miniature edition of the stately mother by whose side she stood in the pew at the morning service. Such a pretty picture of refined humility and devotional dignity as they formed?Mr. Percentum's wife and daughter. In an attitude of precise particular ity, befitting one of her station, Mrs. Percentum held her prayer book at the exact angle prescribed by her own notions of contour, so that she _ _ ?p^n.re the most effective light Oil tEe MTeT3ir^~"»i!Tr-TJl-%icr~j>^,,n^ ari(j the burnished bracelet that claspecl her finely moulded arm. In the same manner little Miss Percentum, striving to imitate her mother, held in her tiny hand, a lit tle leather bound book, which she had found on the cushion, and had opened at the place where a leaf was turned down. The soft soprano vice of the moth er, as she murmured the responses, was beautifully matched by the childish treble of the "baby voice trying to repeat after the mother. But the Wayfarer was amused as he stole into the unoccupied pew be hind them, and glancing at the book held by the child, saw what appear- :d on the open page : "THE LIGHTNING CALCULATOR." " Rules for computing interest at any given rate, for any length of time on'any sum from $1 to $1,000,000, etc. Then followed a long table full of figures. Mr. Percentum had mis taken it for his prayer book, and had left it there for future use, but not being able to attend church on ac count of a big failure in a neighbor ing town, in which he was interest ed, his little girl had appropriated it, 1866. 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