Artesia (Waco, Texas) Vol. 8 No. 44, Sunday, October 30, 1898

              vol. vm. WACO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1898. No. 44
Grand Autumn Sale We are in earnest now about selling goods—selling quick and in large quantities. Now
is the time ptople want winter wear; now is the time we make low prices. We do not.
wait until the demand gets light and the season late. Low prices now and quick sales,
large sales and pleasing sales is our way of building up business.
One of the most stylish
and latest.
Imported cloth, green
and blue silk lined .... QIU
LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S
Capes and Jackets
We show handsome values in ladies’ Capes and Coats, Plush and Imported
Cloth from $5 to $25 each. Stylish and new fashions made in the best and most
artistic manner.
Special
Ladiet’ light and dark, black and
colored, plain and fancy Jackets in
elegant styles worth $6 to $7.50 each,
this week only
5.00
rionday
Only
For one day we will offer a lot of
odd styles in ladies’ Long Coats worth
$5, $6 to $10, at only (each)
2.50
Dress Skirts and Suits
Ladies’ Novelty Cloth Suits, made in latest styles,
pretty and finely finished, worth $10 a dress, ^ |Jft
Ladies’ Suits in solid or fancy colors, worth M QC
$6.50 a suit, at............................................................. "friww
Very fine and handsome suits at $10, 12.50 and
$15 a suit.
Ladies’ Black Brilliantine Skirts worth
and $2. SO, at only.................................................
MONDAY ONLY
A special line of Ladies’ Black Brocaded
Skirts worth $1.50 each, at only..........................
1.50
89c
Children’s Reefers
3.00
We show this week a line of Children’s handsomely
trimmed blue, red and Cadet gray Reefers,
elegantly made, worth $5 each, at only... .
Children’s lovely Coats in many styles, nicely I TJC
and well made, worth $2.50 each, at only..........." li IV
Misses’ Heavy Melton Jackets, made up in good styles,
styles, snug and warm, worth $3.50 each, at ft OC
only......................................................................................... £*£.0
*
Infants’ pretty Cloaks, warmly lined and nicely trimmed,
just right to keep the little ones well. ~
Worth $2, at only.................................. 1.50
3.00
2.00
BOYS’ CLOTHING.
We have doublethe space in our
boys’ clothing department and
enlarged our stock to meet the increasing
demand for our reliable
serviceable, rightprice clothing.
Warranted
Not to Rip
Tho’ our prices
,, are the very low
® est, yet we sell
only the best.
Knee Pants
'(^ 50c, 75c and 1.00.
Suits
* $1.50, $2 to $7.50.
That is cheapest
which wears
longest and best. We guarantee
ours.
Fine Laundered Waists
in new styles at 50 cents, 75 cents,
$1 and $1.50.
Boys’ Nice Waists at 25c
and finer ones in all
grades.
THIS WEEK WE WILL MAKE
A Blanket Event in Waco
Lot 4318 Good Heavy White Wool Blanket, full size and excellent quality,
worth $4 a pair, this week only ...............................................................................................
Lot 4256 is the same in Gray and same price.
Lot 43 I 7A Gray Blanket in good weight, full size. An excellent value
at $2.50 a pair, our price only...................................................................................................
Lot 4324 is the same in White.
Lot 4315 —We do not say much about this. If you want a $1.50 Blanket this 1 Aft
will do, and will cost you only................................................................................................... llUU
Lot 3175—This lot also includes Nos. 4248 and 4250 in All Wool White, Gray ft "IC
and Red Blankets, worth 4.50 a pair. Our price this week........................................ £■ |Q
Lot 4253 —Extra size White or Brown All Wool Blankets worth 8.50 a pair, AC
We offer these and lots 2221 and 4268 this week at only ............................................ OaVw
Lot 4250—All Wool White and Gray Blankets, including lots 4251, 3180, Q QC
4266, full size, heavy weight, heavy fleece, worth 8.50 a pair, but go at only WiOw
Lot 4258 —All Wool Red Blankets, full size and weight, excellent quality at M CA
6.00 a pair. Our price this week........................................................................................... 4aUU
Also 3177, 4265, 4249 White and Gray.
Lot 4255 —Fine All Wool California White Blanket, extra 12 qniarter size, IJ| Aft
perfect beauties, worth $20 a pair. This week only............................................ .(JU
Lot 4254A very handsome fine grade White Wool Blanket worth $15 a
pair, at only...............................................................................................
Lot 3179 Two lots including No. 2227, former price 12.50 a pair. They go
this week at............................
12.00
9.75
Ladies’ Underwear.
EVERYTHING FOR LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S
WEAR IN SILK, WOOL AND COTTON.
LADIES’ VESTS—Finest White Jersey Ribbed Wool Vests, silk I ftft
faced, ribbon and silk finished neck, worth $1.50 each, go at only I.UU
Low Neck Sleeveless Wool Vests, silk taped, a splendid value, TfCat
only.......................................................................................................................... IWV
Ladies’ Oneda Wool Union Suits, very popular and excellent values at
$1, $1.50 and $2.00 a suit.
KNITTED SKIRTS—Ladies’ All Wool Knitted Skirts, fancy , bor I AE
der, very warm and wearable, at only......................................................... I.CiU
Ladies’ Silk and Wool Mixed Knitted Skirts, in all colors, this ft Aft
week at only............................................................................................................ £aUU
SILK SKIRTS—A handsome line of Ladies’ Black Silk Under C Aft
skirts, made up in elegant style and worth $6.50 each. Our price ViUU
OF SMALL PRICES ON
SPECIAL VALUES.
GOLgffe,
Percales
One case new yard wide fancy Percales
in Indigo blue andTurkey red,
new patterns, the 10 and 12 "Il_
cent kind, this week................. f 2U
Fancy Oil Calicos in new and beautiful
large figures, very handsome
for Quilts, Comforts, Curtains, etc.
worth 7Yt cents, our price, E.
now a yard...................................... QC
Calico in fast oil colors’ worth 5 to
6 cents a yard, at only a A#*
yard.....................................................
5c
Lamp burners, large or small
size at................................................. UW
Large house and tub sponge
worth 10c, at.................................... UG
New and pretty gold wire beauty
pins, worth 5 cents each, Al —
only...................................................
1000 cakes assorted Toilet
Soap, worth 10c a cake...........
Perfumed ammonia, worth lA.
20c a bottle, at only................. IUG
Pure Olive Castile Soap with a
wash rag free to each cake,
Ice Wool, all colors, per ball, ft—,
only...................................................... £G
Cold Cream, worth 15 cents a I A —
jar, at.............................................. IUG
Bread Knives, worth 25c
each at only..........................
Rapid Hooks and Eyes, worth C —
10c a card, at.................................. UG
10c
*** ^ te ****** s *******
LADIES’ WAISTS.
We can suit any taste and every want in Ladies’ Waists. We name
only several special leaders for this week.
Ladies’ Black Silk Waists, a special small lot worth $4 each. I AE
They all go for one day—MONDAY ONLY—at.................................. Iiv9
Ladies’ Fine Black Silk Waist, Tucked Front, very stylish and E Aft
handsome, at.......................................................................................................... W.Uw
New, large and complete line of Ladies’ Flannel Waists 0 (1(1 fn Q Dll
in handsome winter styles at....................................................... ZiUU IU OiUll
One case, 2640 yards, good yard
wide Bleach Domestic, at only /I a
a yard...................................................
Fifty dozen extra honey comb Q1a
towels, worth 12c each at......... O3U
Not over 6 to a customer.
Men’s seamless fast black hose, extra
finish heel and toes, all flip
sizes, worth 15c a pair, at........ U3U
Men’s heavy Merino undershirts
and drawers, worth 50c each OKp
at only............................................... dull
Men’s Winter Caps, nice
heavy cloths, worth 25 and
35c each, at................................
Twentyfive pairs extra heavy gray
blankets, worth $1.75 each, | 2Jj
Yard wide Sea Island Domestic,
worth 6 cents a yard, at /I Ja
only. ................................................. *r2U
Only 50 Japanese Vases, pretty
decorations, worth 25c each,
at..................................... ..................
All wool Jeans, worth 35c a
yard, at only ..............................
Ladies’ Black Silk waists,
worth $4 each, at only.............
heavy
10c
I2:C
I5G
1.95
These prices are for Monday only
and in limited quantities.
This Week
Fine Japanese China cups and
Saucers; worth 35 cents each
at only......................................
6 for $1.25.
Correspondence cards, worth
20c a box, at.....................................
Men’s white Linen Collars in
all the latest shapes at.............
All paper patterns, latest
styles, any size, at 15c and...
Perforated Chair Seats, all
sizes.................................................
Pretty large wall war pictures,
under glass; worth $1.50 each 7Cp
Fancy table oil cloths, best
quality, worth 20c a yard...
Le Costume Royal, the finest fashion
journal published, worth IT a
35c a copy, at only....................... Mil
25c
10c
10c
10c
10c
10c
Social anb Current Events*
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEKMOVEMENTS
OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
(All items of a social and personal nature will please be sent to 924 Columbus street. Telephone
Artesia 167. No items received later than 9 o’clock Saturday morning, and to insure
attention, should be received Friday.
MONDAY.
Mrs. George Willig, 4 to 0.
Mrs. Charles Hamilton, Mrs. Wise,
afternoons.
Mrs. William Neale, afternoon.
TUESDAY.
Mrs. Harry Sachs, afternoon.
WEDNESDAY.
Mrs. D. C. Bolinger, afternoon.
THURSDAY.
Mrs. B. Alexander, Miss Alexander,
First and Third, 2 to 5.
Mrs J. C. Walker,Mrs. Jesse Yates,
Second.
Mrs. T. Jeff Smith, 2 to 5.
Mrs. Sam Sanger, Mrs. Charles Sanger,
First.
FRIDAY.
Mrs. W.R. Clifton, Mrs. Julia Henry,
afternoon.
Mrs. H. Mayer, afternoon.
SATURDAY.
Mrs. George Clark, after 4.
• • • •
What has brought the revulsion
against weekly reception days? Two
winters ago, the list furnished as the
directory of those who observed a day,
together with the street address and
hours lengthened to nearly a column,
and today but a few names appear.
Can it be a a social war between calling
and clubs, or, is it an abuse of the
system, when the ladies have not adhered
to the days of their friends, when
calling? Something has wrought a
change, and this something has undermined
one of the most firmly established
social customs. Surely, there
are some who will observe a day, other
than this list announces. Artesia has
printed only those names sent in, in
response to the call for such, as that is
the only way to secure accuracy.
There are many arguments in favor
of the weekly reception day, and many
points just as strongly opposed. The
busy housewife whose menage is
systematically arranged, cares little to
have her domestic routine interrupted.
For instance, if it be dowqstairs cleaning
day, and a succession of friends
drop in for a call. Tomorrow the
maid will be engaged with the upstairs,
the day following, the mending
room—then, when does the melee
down stairs become straightened? On
the other hand, the mistress of the
household expects her friends at a
prescribed time. Her plans are made
accordingly. She, herself,is at leisure
her rooms are made cheerful and cosy,
her friends drop in, and the afternoon
passes amid ease and pleasure. The
meeting with strangers who are also
calling is a secondary pleasure, and
general sociability promoted. So much
in behalf of the reception day.
On the other hand, many complain
that the formal reception day does
away with the primary conception of
an exchange of calls—that of bringing
together a congenial circle of friends,
to meet as friends relieved of all restraints
of conventionality. Limited
to the interim of two or three hours
for their calls, guests arrive in
such quick succession that the
hostess is permitted only a glimpse
of one before a later arrival claims
her attention. Thus the call with its
supposed promotion of friendship becomes
merely an exchange of greeting.
The season passes, and no one is further
into a congenial association than at
its opening. So much in opposition to
the reception day.
Many delightful afternoons were
added to last winters pleasure in the
quasi formal introductions of friends at
the weekly afternoons at home of Mrs,
J. C. Walker, Mrs. George Clark, Mrs
J. C. West, Mrs. Edward Rotan and
W..S. Gillespie. From the standpoint
of gayety, with one acclamation it
voted that these be repeated. Also
the Monday afternoons with the ladies
on Austin street, inaugrated by Mrs
R. M. Russell and Mrs. R. M. Bain
are eagerly awaited. So far, nothing
has been announced by these ladies
other than that Mrs. Walker will be at
home to her friends on each Thursday
I of the month, but formally so, only on
the second Thursday. Mrs. George
Clark will accent her observance of
her Saturday, recognized for so many
years by a general congregation of her
friends early in November, and she extends
her hours into the evening for
the convenience of her gentlemen
friends, or her lady friends who may
desire a late call with their husbands.
The Austin street ladies, except Mrs.
Charles Hamilton and Mrs. George
Willig, as will be noted in the above
list, have made no announcement of
their plans. Late home comings and
other diverting influences have perhaps
caused the delay. Mrs. Clifton
announced her day only late last season,
but this winter she will observe
Friday afternoon regularly and will accent
her own hospitable welcome by
the presence of Mrs. Julia Henry, who
has closed her Alabama home for a
sojourn of several months with Mrs.
Clifton.
Mesdame Sam and Charles Sanger
inaugurate their first Thursdays with
this month, in receiving their calls informally,
but, as the season advances,
and their new home is complete in its
ornamental additions, something of a
more elaborate nature may be expected.
Mrs. George Willig spends her first
Monday afternons very quietly, but
after her young lady guests arrive, she
will attempt something approaching
more nearly to an afternoon tea.
The society sheets of the cities say
decidedly less about the reception
days than they formerly did. Whether
it has become so fixed a social institutution
that no reference is necessary,
or whether the observance is decaying
in popularity, only those who are in
touch with metropolitan centers are
prepared to say. One feature, however,
is emphasized, and it is a feature
so far, but meagerly observed in
Waco—that of extending the weekly
reception after business hours, so that
the sociably inclined men ignoring the
formality of dress de rigeiir may drop
in to pay respects to a favorite hostess,
and to sip a cup of tea with some especial
friend from among the ladies congregated.
It is not every woman who
is frank enough to acknowledge her
predilection for the men, still there is
not one who away down in her innermost
thoughts does not feel a quickened
interest when an enamel setting
of frock coats and patent leather tips
make the background for a feminine
group.
In publishing this list today Arte
SIA has adhered strictly to the names
sent in. There are other ladies who
will observe a day, but their hours and
days were not furnished, and these
were not included for fear of errors in
the second hand announcement of their
reception day to he made, Artesia
will cheerfully do so.
J*
Quite a jolly crowd of girls from Columbus
street and thereabouts with
their escorts were out on a wheel ride
Tuesday evening, the start and the
finish being made with Miss Annie
Winter. It was the revival of the bicycle
club of last spring whose memhers
were, the Misses Walker, Misses
Winter, Symes,Oliver, Eubank, Kilough
and Robertson with Messrs. Thorpe,
Smith, Ramsey, Darden, Earle, Eikel and
George Winter, the invited gentlemen.
After the ride, the party halted
for a tamale supper, hot coffee and
other viands acceptable to whetted
appetites.
•Jt
The Euterpeans organized last Thursday
afternoon, and the winter’s work is
resumed with some very material
changes both in the personnel of officers
and in the course of study to be
pursued. Mrs. Ferrell resigned as
president, and Mrs. W. T. Gould was
elected to fill her place. This created
a vacancy in the office of vice president,
and to this, Miss Hortense Alexander
was elected. Mrs. Foscue’s
resignation as secretary led to the election
of Miss Alma Cunningham. Mrs.
(Continued on page two.)