Artesia (Waco, Texas) Vol. 9 No. 12, Sunday, March 19, 1899

              VOL. IX. WACO, TEXAS SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1899 NO. 12
ToMorrow we will inaugurate
our second
Great,..
Muslin Underwear
in Sale...
Of this Season. Wewillshow
all our handsomest goods
and make some remarkably
low prices. Be sure and see
the special counters.
First Table
49 cents
Here will be found Pretty Skirts,
Chemise, Drawers, Gowns,
and Corset Covers, such as sell at
75 cents elsewhere. Pick them out
at only 49 cents each.
Second Table
69 cents
&§ These are quite elegant, the one
sail dollar kind, prettily trimmed and
perfectly made. You will save
thirty some cents on each at only
1H 69 cents.
THird Table
$1.24 & $1.99
We place out on this table handsome
values worth $1.50, $1.75 and
$2.50, and make two great specials
at only $1.24 and $1.99 each. All
garments in this lot are the finest,
lovely trimmed gowns, drawers,
chemise, skirts and corset covers.
Be sure and see
Show Case Display.
Corsets.
Our Corset department is growing
in popularity as increasing sales
show. We try on and fit any form
with a perfectly fitting corset. Our
line is immense, second to none in
the state—and we guarantee all
corsets.
Misses Corsets, and Young Ladies’
Corsets in the best and most approved
makes. Mothers’ Corsets,
Stout Ladies’ Corsets, and in fact
Corsets to please any lady who
seeks comfort, health and good
appearance.
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Staples.
Fifty pieces double fold §
Shephard Plaids, in baby blue £
and rose pink colorings, just •
; right for children’s spring $
dresses, worth 10 to 12 Q I p §
cents a yard, at.................02^ •
Choice Line of Spring Ging £
hams, 28inches wide, pretty §
styles, worth 7 cents a po
yard, at................................. £)
Five Hundred New Patterns in i
: Double Fold Percales, splendid j
; assortment in navy blue and £
; turkey red patterns, I p §
8 worth 10 cents a yard/ 2 J
• Penang Suitings in beautiful •
8 Arabesque Designs, an excel jj
£ lent wash goods for ladies’ £
§ wrappers, worth 10 to 12 | p £
8 cents a yard, at only......../ 2 S
* All the Best 8, 9 and 10 cent £
Bleach Domestics go at Hipf
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8 One Thousand Yards of Light *
£ Spring Shirting Prints, good o
| fast colors worth 6 cents . „ £
8 a yard, Monday only at... 4^o
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Petticoats.
We are showing the very handsomest
new things in Ladies’ Silk
and Satine Underskirts. They are
indispensable to an Easter toilet
and make prices as low as can possibly
be on such elegant goods
$5.00 to $15.00
Our display of $5.00, $6.50 to $10.00
Underskirts are very handsome.
In the Satines we show some excellent
values at
$1.50 to $2.50
Waists.
We show the choice of all the nice
and new things in Waists, dainty
creations in Silk, corded and tucked.
The nobby White Piques,
lovely Lawns with embroidery inserting
and the prettiest of pretty
tucks. All kinds of novely designs
at
$1.00 up to $10.00
Our 50 cent line of Ladies’ Shirt
Waists is the handsomest of the
season.
I | EASTER WEAR! Social anb Current ^Events.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK/^MOVEMENTS
OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW,
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We lay special stress on our offerings of Easter
Silks and Dress Goods. They are the Newestof
the New, and First in Fashionable Ranks.
Si!K;s
Think of a pretty 27inch
£ Foulard Silk worth $1.00 a yard,
8 and China Silks worth 75 cents a
8 yard, in all colors such as navy
£ bine, purple, black and white,
8 tan and mixture at only
: 35c a yard
8 But these are for two days only,
£ Monday and Tuesday. Black
8 Silk Fish Net, 45inches wide,
8 regular $1.00 goods, at only
73c a yard
§ Puffed Liberty Silks in white and
8 black, worth 60c a yard, at only
; 35c a yard
8 One Piece Iron Frame Grena
£ dine, all silk, 24inches wide,
8 worth 76c, goes this week, only
jj 50c a yard
8 Five Pieces Black Brocaded Silks
. and Satin, regular worth $1.25 a
8 yard, goes this week at only \ 85c a yard
8 See our lovely lines of Finest
^ Silks, plain and fancy, for waist
8 making. All the newest fads of
8 fashion in uptodate Silks and
£ Satins.
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Brilliantioes
We show a nice dressy Black 2
Brilliantine, 46inches wide, 8
worth $1.25 a yard, at only £
85c a yard
Raven Black Scillian Cloth, ser *
viceable and nice, sheds the dust, 8
is 54inches wide and worth $1.35 £
a yard. Our price only £
$1.00 a yard •
A pretty, recommendable, 44 §
inch Plain Black Mohair, worth £
65 cents, at only £
50c a yard
We are showing a new assortment
of Self Striped Venetians
and Cords for either full suits or
seperate skirts. In all the pretty
new shades of gray blue and
castors. They are very dressy
and serviceable, at $1.75 a yard,
and $1.50 a yard
SPECIAL.
We place on a counter a line of
Colored Wool Suitings in newest
shades and effects, stripes and
mixtures, worth 50 and 60c a
yard, and give you choice this
week at only
47c a yard
FV\INS
W e are showing the very prettiest
novelties in Easter Fans, French and
German make, these are lovely ereations,
quite new, at $1.00 to $5.00
each. We also show very handsome
American and Japanese Fans,
at 25c, 50c to $1.50.
Easter
Gloves
If you have been
w earing poor
gloes, stop it right
now, buy from us
and buy the
Genuine
“Foster’s”
Kid Gloves.
We fit and guarantee
every pair
from$1.00 to $5.00
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SPECIAL EASTER GOODS!
» We are Talking Timely Topics to Buyers. Easter is right upon us •
8 and you need all these goods now. The prices are Hammered
Down to Make Buying and Selling both Easy.
I Our Millinery Opening Takes Place Tuesdsy % Wednesday \
(All items of social and personal nature will please be sent to 934 Columbus street.
Telephone Artesia 167. No items received later than 9 o’clock Saturday morning, and to insure
attention, should be received Friday.)
ALL Saturday afternoon, indeed, all
through the day and far into the
evening the home of Mrs. Hallie M.
Dunklin was pleasantly engaged in
welcoming into her home her personal
friends as well as the club women of
the city, and in introducing them to
her talented guest, Mrs. P. Isadore
Miner of Dallas. Mrs. Dunklin’s hospitality
is too genuine and her typical
southern manner too pronounced to
stamp any affair over which she pre 
sides with conventional form. Her
friends come and go at perfect ease in
their enjoyment. Mrs. Miner possessesses
that enviable gift of adapting
herself most graciously. These
two charms were the keynotes of Mrs.
Dunklin’s impromptu at home. Mrs.
Miner’s personal popularity, together
with her enviable position among
women journalists made the ladies
eager to pay their respects to her
presence in the city, and the twilight
hour found loiterers in the parlor. The
several presidents of the city clubs,
with a few additions, formed the receiving
party. Miss West presided at
the punch bowl, and Misses Stella and
Emma Anderson were the waitresses.
The ladies chatted pleasantly, many of
them ignoring the conventionality of
a short stay. After the parlor had
drifted into a quiet home circle, Mrs.
Miner announced that she, like every
other woman had a hobby, and what
was more, she liked to talk about it;
that her hobby was birds. Under her
nom de plume of Pauline Periwinkle,
she has boldly plead for the preservation
of the feathered tribe, and hopes
to see the time when the women will
refuse to wear the aigrette or the
breast. When that time comes the
nestlings will not die of starvation and
the bird family will not be in danger of
extinction, which now threatens it.
In the evening several friends
called. Those afforded the pleasure of
meeting so charming a woman were,
MESDAMES
Hale, M. B. Davis,
James Anderson, Charlton,
Emma G. Anderson,
West, Kendall,
Radney, Rotan,
J. D. Shaw, House,
Craig, B. H. Hill,
Wilkes, Slayden.
Malone,
Harris,
McGown,
MISSES
Friend,
Jennings,
Bower,
Bessie Jennings.
j Ladies skirt pin sets,
| the latest out  „ „
> at per set........ J U U
i New sash pins, sterling
8 si 1 v e r and enameled,
8 worth 50c each, _ — _
\ at........................ 25C
8 Lovely seal skin ladies’
", money purses, worth
8 $1.00 each, r
8 samples only..
8 Ladies’ handsome
8 money books, samples
^ only, worth 50c
£ Ladies’ money books
8 worth, 25c each samples
8 closed out at — _
j! only....................
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• Handsome new Easter
collar clasps or buckles,
at $2.00, $1.50, sy mm*
$1.00,50c and..
New plaid and crush
silk belts with beautiful
buckles, <P_ „ „
at only..........CpI.OO
Lovely Cyrano chains
in forty designs, at $2.00
$1.50, $1.00 2$C
Treasure safety pins,
worth 10c a paper at 5c,
worth 5c a o I r*
paper at............ ^2^
White pearl shirt butin
all sizes, worth 10c
a dozen at 5 cents.
Pretty new jet and pearl
necklaces, very attrac
$2.00
A new line of fine silk
garters, with the new
love knot bow and
buckle
A few sample ribbon
belts with very fine
buckles, worth $1.50 to
$2.50 each, O' _
closed out at »P1'UU
Children’s pretty Easter
parasols in all colors, at
25c to $2.00 each.
Ladies’ finest fancy parasols
in chiffon with ribbon
ruffles, etc.
A special lot of ladies’
black gloria umbrellas,
in pretty natural sticks
and sterling silver
wedges worth O' _ _
$1.50 each, at 1>O O
Ladies’ black and colored
leather belts worth
35 cents each, _
at only................ *0^
Finest ivory handle
fans, gauze and silk,
lovely new designs at
$1.00, $2.00, ‘
to..................
New Easter, line of
extra fine ladies’ handkerchiefs.
.$35°
Easter
Egglets
Ladies’ Fine Black Lisle Hose, fancy
open work, in entirely new
designs, $1.25, 75c and........ OVJC
Handsome Chiffon Ties, appliqued
with honiton and real (p r* no
lace, $2.00 to......................d) 3. VJv/
Narrow Dress Trimming Ribbons,
in all colors, beautifully sheered.
Taffeta Ribbons in all the new
shadings.
“Fosters” Fine Kid Gloves, in pearl,
cream and white, with fancy black
stitching. Beware of imitations,
we are agents and, fit on and guarantee
every pair.
Stepling Silver Bracelets, lovely
chased design, worth $2.00{p4 on
a pair, at only .. ___
Sterling Silver Friendship Hearts,
while the lot lasts, at 4 r~
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Dress
Shirts
We show an immense variety and
atock of Ready made Skirts in
black and colors, silks, suitings and
brilliantines.
At only $4.00 we show a Swell Skirt
in Pique with flounce effect.
The new all Linen Skirts, in light
blue and changeable (p q
effects, at only..................C) JL • VJVJ
The newest things in Black Crepon,
Taffeta, Satin and Novelty plaids
are simply elegant, they cover a
range of prices from $5.00 to $20.00.
Then for the more moderate means
we show pretty Black and fancy
Dress Skirts, at from A [/">
$1.00 to................................
It is remarkoble what great values
we can offer in these handsome
Skirs, made in the latest styles and
as neatly as the best custom work.
Sf) oes
We beg to call you attention to
three new lines of Ladies’ Oxfords
just received. They are of Vici'
Kid with Coin Toe, made in the
new stock tip. They are fine and
soft as a glove. All sizes and any
last.
We make a rapid early seller by
marking them only
$3 00 pair
A saving of one dollar as compared
with any other Shoe in the market.
Our Misses’ and Children’s Strap
Sandals are now all in, and a prittier
or cheaper line we have never seen.
Sizes 6 to 8 ,at 85 cents.
Sizes 8 L2 to, 11 at $1,00,
Sixes 1112 to 2, at $1,25.
Infants and Little Tots Colored
Strap Sandals, in blue, pink and
white, prices:
Sizes 2 to 5, at 75 cents
Sizes 5 L2 to 8, at $1.00.
Mrs. Robert West Beaumont diverted
the week for a few of her intimates
in an old time spend the day.
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Several gathered about the tables of
Miss Hortense Alexander on last Saturday
evening for the study of whist.
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The concert and supper patronized
by the Catholic ladies on Thursday
evening was a great success. Maennerchor
hall was simply a crush. The
exercises were very interesting, and
tha supper one fully up to the standard
for which the Catholic ladies have
long since made their record. It is now
assured that the Boys’ School opens
with the September term.
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The City Federation meeting with
Mrs. T. N. McMullen, Junior, on Mon 
day did not carry out its intended program,
owing to the illness of Mrs. J.
D. Thomas, who was to have read her
paper prepared for the TexasColorado
Chautauqua last summer. As a substitute,
Prof. Fritz was invited to address
the ladies upon the subject of
Mental Concentration.
Another prettv guest has been entertained
by Mrs. Albert Cowan, Miss
Ada Vinson of Shreveport. The diversion
was a very merry little gathering
with cards and a chafing dish supper
on last Wednesday evening. None
were present but young folks, a fact
rather in keeping with all other social
events of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Sturgis with Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Fort, however, each took a hand.
This was an affair, altogether without
form, but withal a very pleasant one,
especially the merry hour while the
chafing dish was simmering. There
were neither favors nor scores to mark
the progressions of the game. Miss
Vinson is a young woman, highly endowed
with physical as well as mental
charms. She has just made a visit to
Houston, where she was muchly feted
in the social world. The young folks
are always charmed by an invitation
to'Mrs. Cowan’s agreeable home. The
guests of this little affair were, Misses
Alexander, Chandler, Willis, Long,
Drane, Fannielu Pace and Carroll,
with Messrs. Gregg, John Cowan,
Wood, Chandler, Burrows, Marshall,
Baum and Thorpe.
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After all, there is something very
congenial about a cosy little card party
where every one meets his friends
frequenty, rather than once, perhaps
not at all, as he does when the tables
approach the dozen. Such a jolly little
game did Mrs. W. B. Knight of South
Fifth street add to the social happenings
last week. There were sixteen
hands only, and a game which continued
until the stroke of twelve. One
of the very pretty features of arrangement
was the score cords, an advance
breath of the spring tide in cai;d spot
shapes, hand painted in spring posies.
These were in stands in the hallway
for the entering guests’ selections.
Larger shapes were the table markers.
At about nine the game was formed.
The favors were very pretty little souvenirs,
a gauze fan, a filled cigar tray,
a goose egg darner and a toy trinket.
The lan was contested in a cut among
Mrs. Rufus Chatham, Miss Burger,
and Mrs. J. W. Hale, with Mrs. Chatham
winner. Dr. Ferrell took the
cigars, Dr. Foscue the booby and Mrs.
Rhodes the darner. During the game,
a cooling punch, parched peanuts and
a cup of claret with a nut cake was
passed and a cream brick closed the
evening. Major Crow had his gramophone
and, and with it entertained for
a half hour. Mrs. Knight’s hospitality
was so graciously dispensed that she
held the spell of enjoyment over her
guests long past the hour for a card
party adjournment. Those so pleasantly
entertained were, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Womack, Miss Friend, Mr. A.
McKenna, Dr. and Mrs. Foscue, Dr.
and Mrs. Hale, Mr. Parker, Mrs. Chatham,
Mr. Carter, Dr. and Mrs. Ferrell,
Mr. Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, Mr.
and Mrs. George Knight, Mr. Worth
Burger, Mrs. Magee, Miss Magee and
Major Crow.
The past week has been characterized
by quite a number of home
gatherings among friends and neighbors,
scarcely a party, yet a relief
from the dullness that has lain over
the social world for so long.
There are many young hostesses
who can plan and delight their friends
with a pretty party, but few who can
with their own hands bring to an artistic
finish all that pertains to a large
company at cards. Such, however,
was Miss Florence Blair’s triumph on
last Tuesday evening when she invited
sixty young folks to join a game of
euchre with her friend and guest, Miss
Camille Scott of Dallas. The young
folks have by no means had a plethora
of gaiety within the last few weeks,
which circumstance put them in the
very mood for reaping the greatest
possible enjoyment from Miss Blair’s
courtesy. This home is admirably arranged
for bringing guests into agreeable
contact, and it wore its most
cheerful aspect in honor of Miss Scott
and the event. Miss Blair, Miss Scott
and Miss Ollie Blair of Mississippi welcorned
the arrivals. When the tallies
for the game were distributed, it was
found that they were all dainty little
pen and ink sketches a la Gibson with
a Oupid or two hovering over the
American portraits. Also, when the
prizes were taken from their hiding
place, the skill of the gifted little hostess
was quite pronounced. She had
penned and framed into beautiful pictures,
each a Gibson Girl in light and
dark shades, which went as prizes to
Miss Norma Conger and Mr. Tom
Motz. As the consolation, Mr. Lacy
took The Soldiers of Fortune. In the
passage of tables there was much said
by way of pleasantry and many little
attentions bestowed, all of which went
to make up a thoroughly agreeable
evening. The refreshments were
served in dainty bits of china, deco
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