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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
6
New York fashion notes describe fall and winter styles favoring straight lines and empire silhouettes. Bold skirts, minimal padding, scarfs as accessories, and black lace gowns mix with Directoire and Oriental influences. Sealskin returns in limited luxury, hats favor feathers and wings, and muted evening wraps shift to pale tones with rich trims.
Nellie M Brown writes on the Athens Banner about the Baptist South women’s Missionary Union Training School. From its humble origin in an upper room to a three story brick building near the Seminary, it trains thirty three earnest young women for domestic and foreign Christian work. Principal Mrs M R McLure leads a capable faculty. students pursue Seminary courses and earn a diploma after completing required curricula.
New York society endures an unprecedented quiet season as Fifth Avenue town houses stay vacant with owners unable or unwilling to rent or furnish. Across the city the social calendar stalls while real estate brokers lament the lack of renters and regular residents remain away at resorts.
New York gossip notes actress Ethel Barrymore blast the city’s exclusive society as useless and selfish. She says sharp words about the “select” coterie, while discussions of prodigies and social scandals illustrate New York’s bragging and faddish culture. The piece also covers a folding bed tragedy and a gas bill dispute as examples of society’s excesses.
A creed urges letting go of past woes and pushing forward. Do not weep or wait as trouble comes to all, for fortune tilts away with effort and patience. Find joy, bear burdens, and keep your soul burning with courage, since hard luck cannot last.
Mr. R Williams of Madison County displayed two sugar cane stalks at the Banner office, showing a six feet two inches tall plant and promising yields. He notes cane grows well here as in Southern Georgia, with potential to produce four hundred gallons of syrup per acre and profits higher than cotton.
George M. Felton of South Gibson Pa recalls suffering chronic diarrhoea since 1863 while in the army. After trying many remedies without relief, he credits one bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy given by A W Miles with ending the problem. The product is sold by H R Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co Warren J Smith & Dro E C McEvoy J P Canning.
Otis Hughes was arrested on a threat charge at his East Athens home. A writ of lunacy was sworn, but a jury found him sane and ordered release. The mayor's court case will proceed.
A Bohemian Magazine piece recounts a western reform school where girls wear rat hairpieces despite rules. A juvenile sports attache helps ease potential mutiny by advising to permit rats, arguing reforms may lead to worse behavior. Other vignette questions gender fashion and social rituals.
A New York dinner anecdote quoted in the New York Times recalls Bishop Potter as charming and courteous. A young woman recounts his gracious praise and a blush of reluctance to press charity, comparing his admonitions to delicate art objects and Venetian lace.
A janitor in a Boston fat manor answers a ring and meets a tidy young man asking for Mrs Cleverington. The man gives a coin and is shown to her apartments. The pair embrace, the handyman later sees them chatting on the sofa, and a creditor warns them Mr Cloverington may arrive.
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