Artesia (Waco, Texas) Vol. 8 No. 18, Sunday, May 1, 1898

              VOL. VHL WAO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1898 No. 18
The Carnival will bring its many
visitors and now is a timely time to
prepare for your guests.
Small Prices
ON
Household Necessities
Cut Glass style butter
plates worth 8c each, at
only 3/ cents
Wine or cordial glasses
in very pretty etchings,
worth 10c each, at
5 cents
6 for 25 cents.
Cut glass styles in salt
and peppers and toothpick
holders, worth 10c
each, at only
2? cents
Cut glass style cream
pitchers worth 20c each,
at 10 cents
Cut glass styles in sugar
bowls worth 25 cents,
at 15 cents
Fruit stands worth 50c
each, at only
35 cents
•ated Chi
1 salts w
only
I cent
size feath
th 20 cent
10 cents
a feathe:
>rth 35 to 40c
25 cents
Household disinfectant
worth 50c a bottle at
25 cents
lount toilet
10c a pad, a
5 cents
>rated roll
worth 15 c<
1/ cents
Decorated China pepper
and worth 5c
each at Good feather dusters
worth cents, at
Extra size feather dusters
worth each,
at
Full count paper
worth at only
Perforated toilet
paper cents a
roll, at only
Enameline stove polish
only 4 cents
Large Fibre scrub brushes
at 10 cents
Orange wood toothpicks
worth 5c a paper, at
3 cents
Swan’s down face powder,
white or flesh, worth
10c, at 5 cents
Combination tan or oxblood
shoe cleanser and
polisher, both for only
10 cents
Decorated China tooth
pick holders worth 5c
each, at I cent
Handsome decorated
cream pitchers and sugar
bowls worth 25c each, at
only 15 cents
Perfumed Sweet Violet
Ammonia, worth 25c a
bottle, at
15 cents
Fancy handle Wisp
brooms worth 15c at
10 cents
Cedar excelsior,the latest
and best moth killer,
no unpleasant odor, at
10 cents
Large Chamois skins
worth 15 to 20 cents each
at 10 cents
Sponges at
5 and 10c
each.
1000 Cakes
5c We have a great assortment of
remnants in Toilet Soaps, all kinds,
sizes and prices, worth 5 cents, 6
cents, 8 cents and 10 cents a cake.
This week we throw out about one
thousand cakes and give you choice
at 5 cents a cake Limit to each
customer.
r Sterling Silver Waist
sets, buttons and set of
studs, worth 50c, at
25 cents
Fine Roll Gold Cuff buttons
worth 50 cents, at
only
25 cents
;tty Pearl Waist
h 40 cents, at
25 cents
e Waist sets w
ch, 25 cents
Pretty sets
worth Fine worth
$1 each, at
Jewel Belts in many desighs
at
25 cents
Fine Jewel Belts at $5,
$4, $3, $2, $1 to
50 cents
See the latest out in
leather lined metal
girdles at very moderate
prices.
Fine jewel studded
Chatelains at $5, $4, $3,
$2 and
99 cents
Welcome, Carnival Customers Waco must be diked out in her best to receive the thousands of guests who will
seek our hospitality next week. Later we will prepare a banquet for the strangers
this week we spread a
Feast for Early Home Buyers
MAIL ORDERS Will receive prompt and careful attention. Samples
free. We pay delivery on orders of $5.00 or over.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Linens and Furnishings
Nice hemmed Huck Towels, good size, I Cm
worth 22 cents each, at only............................. I3v
Finest German Damask Towels, knotted fringe
ends, worth 35 to 40 cents each, our price AE.
only.......................................................................... £96
Linen Crash Towels, 18 inches wide, worth A _
12 or 15c a yard, at only.................................. vw
After dinner Table Covers, Chenille or I jjj Q
Tapestry, a very handsome $2 value at.. I aHS)
A small lot, only twenty Chenille Rugs, 36x72
inches wide, worth $1.50 each, at only this QA
week................ .................... ........... .................. uv
Fine Moquette Rugs, in handsome pat M AA
terns and very large, worth $6 each, at.. *fiUU
Fine Chinese and Japanese Straw Mattings at
15 cents, 25 cents to 40 cents a yard.
Extra Specials
These are in limited quantities and may not last
out the week, but while we have them they go at
these prices.
Ready made Pillow Cases, the regular ten |*1~
cent kind at only.................................................... U?C
A very nice made Pillow Case, worth 20c |A.
A special line of Straw Mattings, in a |A.
good line of patterns, for this week only at. IOC
We have an immense line of Flags, TJ. S.
and all Nations, Bunting, Festooning and all
Decorations.
Boys' Clothing
We are giving extra attention to this department—
showing new and smart styles and making
very low prices.
Boys’ Knee Pant Suits, sizes 9 to 15 years, in
box plaids, and pretty shades and patterns, a
regular $2.00 value, we want a suit 1 EA
only......................................................................... I.3U
Boys’ pretty Reefer Suits for the little fellows,
from 3 to 8 years, large braided sailor I EA
collars, a stunning suit, only..................... liwU
Boys’ Scotch Tweed knee pant suits in double
breasted or Reefer styles, just as pretty as can be,
in all sizes, 4 to 16 years, worth $3.00, but we
make it our great leader at suit A A A
only...................................................................... fciUU
We offer an immense line of stylish, pretty and
fine quality boys’ suits in latest up to date style at
$2.50, $3.00, $3.50 to $5.00
A SUIT
These are all wool fancy Cashmere Serges,
Worsteds and Cheviots, and every suit is worth
one third more than we ask.
Boys’ Linen Crash Suits, sizes 8 to 16
years, in double .breasted styles, large pearl buttons,
covered seams, made to wear well, look well
and keep the boy cool. We offer one line I EA
at $1.75 and a splendid value, at a suit... liOU
Children’s wash suits in pretty styles at 50c,
75c, $1.00 to $2.00 a suit.
•Just received another line of our popular “Crack
a Jack” Knee Pants, warranted not to rip, EA.
all sizes at only................................................... vUG
Then our famous “Sandow” boys’ Knee Pafnts,
in all sizes, good as the best other $1.00 IE.
pants at only......................................................... I vG
Boys’ Linen Crash Knee Pants, sizes 4 to AE.
14 years at only................................................... £wG
Children’s White Duck knee pants, sizes EA.
3 to 10 years, nicely and well made, at.... QUG
Special
A lot of Boys’ Blue Cheviot knee pants, sizes
only 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 12. These are worth 35c
a pair, but to close them out they go this week
while they last at only
10 cents a pair
NICE THINGS IN
Cool Dress Goods
Pretty Silk Stripe Challies, a handsome line of
patterns in the regular 40 cent grade, at AE.
only...................................................... .............. £uC
The popular Liberty Silks and Mouseline DeSoi
in all shades, the $1.00 values, at a
Pretty French Organdies,' in exclusive designing,
vrv handsome, regular sellers at 50c JA.
a yard. They go at only............................... *rUC
Colored Pique Ducks, very popular now, |A.
worth 15c, they go now at only...................... IUG
Assorted DimitiS, and Lawns in a special 50
piece lot, worth 121 and 15 cents a yard, |A.
they go this week at only................................. IUG
We offer three lots of Dotted White Swiss at
special prices.
Worth 30c a yard at 22c
Worth 40c a yard at 32c
Worth 60c a yard at 42c
Handsome Brocaded Silks in all the evening
shades, very handsome, at 75 cents, $1.00, $1.50
to $2.00 a yard.
Fine White Organdies, two yards wide, EA.
extra values at only.......................................... wUG
We also show finer qualities at 60 cents, 75
cents and $1.00 a yard.
Pretty Linen Crash for Skirts in large |A.
variety. Plain Crash and Ducks at only.. IUG
The 15c kind at 12ic a yard
The 25c kind at 20c a yard
These are very attractive and very popular.
We have received a new line of Navy Blue
Novelty Lawns, so much sought after. They are
in plaids and figures and we offer them at |A.
only a yard 15c 20c and..................................... IUG
Monday and Tuesday
For these two days only we offer twentyfive
pieces Lappet Cloth in light or dark grounds,
worth 20 cents a yard at only
12i cents
Ladies' Ready
^Made Wear
Ladies’ Crash Suits in beautiful patterns and
fancy colors, a small broken lot worth $3.50 each.
Sizes 32 to 38, and they go this week at I IE
only......................................................................... lifU
Come early if you want one of these.
Ladies’ and Misses’ fancy figured Linen Skirts,
assorted sizes, excellent values, closed AA.
out at only............................................................. UVH
We show all the new Spring Styles in Ladies’
Pretty Lawns and Percal Wrappers, One AA.
lot of $1.25 values go at only........................ v«fC
Another good $1.75 seller goes at $1.25.
We have received a beautiful line of Ladies’
Colored Underskirts in light weight and suitable
summer material. Fancy figured and striped,
well made, with tripple ruffle. Prices A AA
each $1.25 to...................................................... 4iUU
Ladies’ fine Silk Underskirts in black A AA
and colors, at only........................................ JiUU
We are showing new samples of the latest things
in Bustles, Pads, Forms and Waist extenders,
made in hair cloth, featherbone and braided wire.
This week we show some special values in children’s
White Blouse Waists, large Sailor I AA
collars, beautifully trimmed, 50c, 75c and liUU
Worth fully one half more.
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NCE IN A WHILE the mood
for reverie steals over one
and he enjoys a carnival of
thought, unfettered by the
conventionality of rhetorical
expression, and absolutely
free from the restrictions of studied
style. And at no time does this lazy
mental mood manifest itself more unmistakably
than at this season of happy,
careless spring. It is happygolucky
with every one. The mother is
over her worry of croup and chills;
the urchin, set free from the winter’s
housing’, chases the butterfly and his
flying kite; the birds are makingthe
air merry with their song, and a general
outdoor holiday is inaugurated.
Each hour caters to its own amusement,
and each day provides some
pleasure distinctly its own. Nothing
stilted, nothing preconceived—just a
drifting along in life’s pleasure boating,
with hands trailing idly through
the ripples, culling a dance, a picnic,
or a drive, as fancy throws it in one’s
way. “Can there be life without
thought?” says the psychologist. It
does not suit us to exert enough mental
strength to probe for the truth, yet
the faint impression comes that we do
think, but not with the consciousness
of such an effort. We must give some
attention to what is passing by, for
we could ■ not live in this nineteenth
century and not catch something of its
spirit of unrest and progress. But
this is not the season to weigh grave
subjects or to bring about reforms in
our world of ideas. Let us rather
yield to the inert, and flit from rhyme
to prose; from the practical to the poetic,
and decide that the springtime is
for relaxation and enjoyment, Sans
Souci.
Suppose our husbands and sweethearts
do have to go to that horrid
old war, and have to stand up to be
shot at by those treacherous old Spaniards,
what are we going to do? Perhaps
we could get along without a
husband, because the new has worn off
of him, but we could not even think of
getting along without a sweetheart.
War is not half so nice as drills and
parades, for the band cannot play all
the time, and the uniforms do not look
so bright and beautiful. Why do peopie
have war, anyway? If the Spaniards
had any style about them, they
would just give us Cuba and say no
more about it. Our grandmothers
have sat in the nursery many a time,
and told us about how the Yankees
came and stole our silver spoons, and
how the ladies all met and filled boxes
for the soldiers. Now, I suppose when
we get to be grandmothers, we will tell
why we are “Aunt Harriet,” without
any little children of our own—all because
the cruel, stubborn Spaniards
took our sweethearts to war, and never
sent them home. I know what I would
do if I were queen of England. I
would say that one of those terrible
sneaking torpedoes should never be
made in my kingdom, and then the war
would not be so bad. I had much
rather read about the fashions and
what the people at the summer places
are going to do this year, but I am
obliged to read about the war because
there isn’t anything else to read about.
I know now all about “battleships,”
and “cruisers,” and “ironclads” until
I almost tell my milliner to make
my spring bonnet with an ironclad
tilt and a cruiser crown. I know which
kind of vessel is named for the states
and which for the cities, and I know
that I wish the whole horrid thing was
over, and that my sweetheart did not
know how to shoot a gun, then he
could stay with me.
By the way, this is the first of May
the busy time for the housewife, and
the signal for a general interchange in
the tenement districts. Nothing is
more in demand than thfe moving van
and nothing is more interesting to the
Mrs. McCartys of Paradise Alley than
to peer between the blinds, to take note
i of how many chairs Mrs. Moverin has
for her parlor. And it is not always
the Mrs. McCartys of Paradise Alley
that take this lively interest, either.
The glorious opportunity to exchange
the latest small talk of the day al wav s
comes with the first of May, because
the open doors bring the world into
such convenient contact. May picnics,
May dances, May movings—what a
world of commotion does the first of
May arouse! Along with the moving
man, it is the carpet beater’s and the
curtain cleaner’s delight. They set
the dust a flying, and then the sprinkler
with his cart finds something to do.
And, who does not know all about the
May frolics in times long ago, when
to be queen of the May was the synonym
for ecstatic bliss? We still like
to read about it in Fanchon, the Cricket,
Tess o’ d’ Uberville, or to the tuneful
lay of Tennyson’s, “If you are
waking, call me early, mother dear.”
The poet, the warrior and the reveler
have all immortalized “the first of
May,” but the present generation finds
something new in its observance, no
one more to his delight than the cartoonist.
The “scold” and the tenement
row are favorite themes which
take much of the romance from what
was once one of the nation’s most popular
holidays.
But May with us here in Waco is
signalized by the coming of the Carnival,
when music, illuminations, beautiful
women and gorgeous displays
usher in the days of revel. This, the
third year, has so multiplied the features
of celebration, that the two former
Carnivals, if race parlance be permitted,
are almost distanced. A Carnival
king, a Carnival queen, fifty
floats, fireworks, a court ball, and so
on ad infinitum are developing under
the administration of President J. W.
Riggins and his efficient board. Mrs.
Slayden, chairman of the woman’s
board, reports the ladies all as busy
as bees and working most harmoniously
upon more exquisite floats than
have ever yet appeared upon our
streets. A firm is represented here
with confetti, masques, serpents and
all the other paraphernalia of a carnival,
and it is expected that at least
a thousand grotesquelymasqued characters
will appear, as from geni’s
wands, when the blowing of whistles
and booming of cannon announces
that the king has opened the Carnival
at noon on the eleventh. Voting for
the king is quite spirited, but no one
is able to forecast the final polling.
Queen Erma Kellett is surrounded by
her committee, all busy turning out
ai'tistic fancies for her float; so with
the ladies who are interested in making
a handsome appearance for little
Miss Louise Bolinger, the queen from
Lilliput, and the ladies who are sparing
no pains to make the woolen mills
float a credit. It were safe to say that
a thousand persons were now busy
with the coming Carnival. In less
than a fortnight bunting will be flying
and bands playing, to tell that Waco
is keeping open house for her third
spring reception. Almost every household
expects one or more guests.
More than a hundred private rigs will
be decorated for the parade, besides
exhibits galore from the business
firms and fraternal unions. Everything
will be laid aside for holiday
making.
There are not, for the present, at
least any more cozy little five o’clock
tea tables drawn before the library fire
(it makes a bead of perspiration burst
to think of it), so we draw our rockers
to the study window and watch what
is going on in the world outside. At
home at five o’clock, of course not;
nobody is! Everybody is out driving.
It is too pleasant to remain in doors.
There is a spin up Columbus street, a
bowing and a smiling to every one else,
and then a halt before some Austin
street shop, for a plate of cream or a
glass of soda. I wonder if the girls
know that there was lately out a styl
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