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AUFMANN Xmas Gloves of Finest Selected Skins At Gratifyingly Low Prices A FITTING GIFT TO MOTHER OR SISTER AH the popular makes, foreign and domestic, in a wide variety of styles, for street and evening wear, arc here to choose from. Gloves that are new, soft, pliant and of selected stocks. P. & L.i the best Two ? Clasp Glace Glove, three rows of heavy embroid? ery pit the back; made from Selected skins and perfect lit ting; none a^r $1.00 Ireland Bros.' First Quality Spec? ial English Cape Walking, Glove, with heavy prix scam!-. cmbroid back.. $1.00 Peerless P. K. Glove for street wear, Mack.#grnv and Ian, Mil'lied with white, .and white stitched with blade. Tills smart, stylish Glovt will meet the <le- 0*1 ^IT tumid.-, of women who know price; s|KKiajr'. . . vi?" Vallicr Special French Kid, two clasps, three row of needle back embroidery; Christmas spc- fl?1 !!A cial. tDlaJU Stainless Suede \'allier French Kid Glove; the most perfect fitting Glove on the market; wear-fljO AA guaranteed; black only.? vfi?yy Satin Finished Imperial , Glace Vallier (PO AA Glove, in three clasps; Christmas special.... *v???\J\J Lone Kid Glove, prime skins, elbow length, <PO CA white, black and colors; special. ?DfcietJU Misses' Glace Glove, Paris Point Hack, suitable (or dress or street wear, also a heavy P. K. <?! AA Walking Glove; price. ?D * ?V V Cowboy Gauntlets, in tan, dogskin or patent C A_ leather, all sizes; special. Mocha and Kid Gloves for children, street wear, some fleeced lined, others unlincd; special Christ- EJQ^ mas sale Knitted Wool Gloves or Mittens for child ret I and mi?-ses. all colors and while, running in prict (rout 15c to 50c Social and Personal DR. AND MKS. CHRISTOPHER TOMPKINS entertained the de butuntcH of this: Deusen und lust In honor of their daughter. Ml?s Mary Tompktna, who In one of the most charming young girls out this winter, lilSt evening. The girls were enter? tained at cards until 10 o'clock, when the men were invited In for supper. The Tompklns home was decorated wtth great branches of holly, bricht red flowers and running cedar, with scarlet Mowers and ferne hanked on the ma Meli:. In tile dining-room the table was set with n centrepiece of lovely white (lowers and ferns, and the candles were shaded In white ami Kilver. Or. mid Mrs. Tompklns received with their debutante daughter. Another card party will be given this evening by Dr. and Mrs. Tomp? klns for Miss Mary Tompklns. Lent Iiik Tii-lln>. Miss Kits Tnllufnrro, who has hern tin' gucsl of Miss Katherlne Hagau ?n Rast Franklin Street for the past we. k. will leave town to-day for her home in li.iitltiiore. Miss Taliaferro naga?a.hm |The Flour That Gives Universal Satisfaction. Uiis?&tsSSSBBBBBMBBt Why not take- advantage of our big reduction ?ale? 20 to .50 per cent, discount. GYMNASIUM SHOES?All Size. XordiwMl Corner Third and llroad. Reliable Furniture AT Jones Bros. & Co., Inc., { 1418-1420 East Main Street. Choice Selection of Christmas Gifts at TRAGLE'S 201 E. Broad Magnificent showings of Fine Furs, Coats, Suits and Hats. B. SamuelV STITCH DOWNS ON SALE AT ALBERT STEINS 5th and Broad For Oil Cooking and Heating Stoves N. KI.EIX A SON. INC., 020 Kasl Broad. "7w ymeik ANaettxmonm mm i THE BEST , has been guest of honor at several very attractive affairs given during her Btay In this city. MIfk Elizabeth Joncks, who has been the Kue.st of Miss Hello Wlllitrd here, la also returning to Baltimore to-day. Miss Jencks came to Richmond to at? tend Miss Wlllard's formal Introduc? tion to society, %vhlch took place on .Saturday. Miss Jencks Is one of tho reason's debutantes In Baltimore. Children'* Dane?. A very charming affair of this week will be the children's Christmas dance, given by Miss Klla Blnford for her dancing class The affair will be given this afternoon at 3:a0 o'clock, j and ail the fashionable girls and boys In town will be present. These dances j are annual events and are unite is | Important to the little people In town i as any big function of the winter j might be to a debutante. There will be charming fuvors and somt very j pretty german figure* led by some | of Hie ohlldrcn. linelt I'rnm School. Miss Evelyn llyman Jackson has re? turned from Ounston Hall, where she has been a student this sCHslon. Miss JackBpn will spend the Christmas holi? days in Richmond with her parents; Mr. and Mrs. llcihert Jackson, at ?n? West Franklin Street. Miss Martha Valentine, Miss Sara Oppeilhclmer and Mlfs Margaret Miller have also returned to lllchmond for the .vlnter. They arc attending i school near Baltimore. Itrccnt A iinoonccmcnt*. Mrt-. Richard Walke has Issued cards for the marriage of her daughter. Diana Talbot, to Rut us Barks Jr.. the ceremony to take place on Wednesday evening, January 10. at S:30 o'clock In Christ Church, Norfolk. A recep? tion will follow the ceremony ut the residence of the bride's mother, 30 Bute, Street. Norfolk. Mr. nr.d Mrs. Robert El don Freeman I have issued invitations for the wed- | ding of their daughter, Mary, and John W. Carter Jr. The ceremony will take prnct on the morning of Friday. l>o- i cemher 2:', at ll o'clock, 307 East Main Street. After January 10, Mr. Carter and bis bride will make their home at Forest Hill dtp. Forest Hill, going later to Danville, where they will re slrt Another engagement recently an? nounced of much Interest In thla city, Is that of Miss Dorothy Klncald and Lieutenant H. E. Klmmel,United States Navy. Holb belong to naval families of much prominence. No date has been set for the. wedding. Stay-at-Horar Wbint flub. The Stay-at-Home Whist Club met last Monday evening at the home .it' Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Wtlmer. 817 West Grace Strtiel. Four tables were engaged and the highest score was made by Mrs. Itohins and Mr. Cannon. Mrs. W. R. Boblns will be hostess of the club next week at her apartment In the Shirley, coiner Third and Gary Streets. The club meeting will be. held on Wednesday cvnlng, Deccmher 27, instead of Monday, as Christmas falls on that date. Of Interest Herr. The Washington Tost of yesterday contains the following article of in? terest here: "Miss Anne Seymour Jones, daughter of Representative and Mrs. Jones, of Virginia, and Miss Hardy, daughter of Representative and Mrs. Hardy, of Texas, entertained a number of de butnntes at luncheon yesterday at the Wlllard." Miss Jones is making her formal debut in Washington this season, tilft for A. P. V. A. The president of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiqui? ties. Mrs. J. Taylor El)yson, recently received a letter from Mrs. K. 1> C. Derrick, treasurer of the Washington branch, inclosing $10 as a Christmas present to the fund for the restora? tion Of the John Marshall House. The annual tea of the association will ibe given In the John Marshall House some time In January. \\ .Milan's Club Kote*. There will be no ineeUng of the Literary Round Table at the Woman's Club this afternoon. The next meeting of the Round Table will be held on the afternoon of Junuary 3. The December tournament of tho card club will be held In the parlors of the Woman's Club to-morrow even? ing. Bridge willst will bo played, and the usual rules concerning partners will be observed. Those playing will ? register their tables by 10 o'clock to? morrow morning. In and Out of Town. I.leutennnt Russell Crenshaw, United States Navy, Is the guest of his par? ents.. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Crenshaw, for the holidays. Mrs. Garnet t Andrews, of Chatta? nooga, Tonn., Is spending some, time here at the Jefferson Hotel. Mr. and .Mrs. John Foege left Mon? day lor the South, where they will spend two months, visiting Texas, Cuflqa and the winter resorts of Florida before their return. _ _ v Miss Gladys Adklns has returned from Groonvlllo Female College to spend the Christmas holidays in Rich? mond. Mrs. Julius Biiumgarton. of Washing? ton, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Slr.aus, of 2221 West Grace Street. Mi:-.. Sarah Hamilton has returned from Savannah. Ga., where she was the guest of friends. Ott Drake has gone to Danville. J where he Is the guest of his slater, I Mrs. dames I. Prltchott, Jr. . . . j Mrs. E. E. Moflltt has returned from a three weekB' stay In North Carolina, where she attended the meeting of the Historical Society of that State. Mr. and Mrs. Dane Laccy will arrlvo here Saturday to spend Christmas with Mr. I?icey'H mother. Miss Morjorlc Townsend, who ivus been the KU est of Mr. and Mrs. James Caskle, will leave to-day for her home In Philadelphia. Miss Matlie Dee Speneer. of Newport N'cwk, will be the irucst of friends and relatives here for the holidays. Mrs. Christian, of Now Jersey, who has been in Itlehmond for the past several weeks, returns to her home this week. Mrs. TV. S. Copelund Is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Judson Cun? ningham. In this city. Mrs. Fannie Yarbbrough, who lias been visiting her daughter, Mr*. IS. Stuart Ulan ton, In Newport Kcwp, has returned to Itlehmond. Miss Mablc O'Ferrall, who has been quite slek at the Memorial llosp'tal in this city, is now Improving. Mr. and Mr*. John D. Clothier will Shortly no to .Staunton. where they j will be the quests, of Mr. and Mrs.] Thomas Hogshead. Stnley?Chandler. (Special to The. TimeH-Dlepatch. ] Spencer. N. C, December 13.?The home of Mr. and Mr*. Albert D. Chand? ler wok the scene of a protty wedding to-night, when Miss Elllle Chandlerj became the brldt of Robert L. Staloy. The ceremony was performed by Rev F. J. MalloU,* rector 01 St. L.ukc'3 Church', Salisbury. Tho little pages were Masters Albert and Edwin Chand? ler. The groomsmen were .Tome? Wi Payne and C. Hi Chandler, a brother of the bride. Following these were the matrons of honor, Mrs. Charles Chandler, and Mrs. Price Surratt. Next came Miss Effl'o Hartman, and follow? ing her came the little flower girl, Miss Frances Chnndler. Then entered tho muld of honor. Mls.i Helen Brock ett. of High Point. Following her came the bride with her brother. J. IV. Chandler, of High Point, who gave her away. She was met at the altar hy the groom and his hest man, P. P Surratt, who entered from a Ride door. The house had been beautifully deco? rated for the occuslon In ferns, potted plants and holly. Preceding the. wed? ding a reception was given the hrldo last night. Immediately after the ceremony tho couple left for a bridal trip to Northern cltloa, and will re? side in Salisbury after their return January 1. Hiller?Elchelbaum (Kpeeial to The Times-Dispatch. 1 L.ynchburg, Va., December iff.?A wedding of much Interest to many eprsons in the city took place Sunday at the home, of Mr. and Mrs. M. Eichel? baum, when alias Rebecca Don was married to Abrann Miller. The. princi? pals are both na-tlvcs of Russia. A number of persons from a distance witnessed the nuptials, among these being Mr. and Mrs. M. Cohen, of New York: Mrs. I. Shapiro, of Richmond. The bride was given away by Mr. and Mrs. Eichelbaum, and her only attendant was Mrs. Shapiro. Marrtngc Announcement. [Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.j Brown Station, N. Y., December 19.? Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Parrlsh announce the marriage of their daughter. Fan? nie Thomasson. to James Washington Walker, of Richmond, on December 15. CHILD LAHOIt COMMITTEE ORGANIZED IIV LEAGUE 1 A meeting at which n child labor committee was organized was held yesterday afternoon at Suffrage League . headquarters, 800 East Broad Street. I Dr. Roy K. Flannagan was appointed chairman and Mrs. A. M. Tyler, secre? tary. Dr. McKelway, of the national child labor committee, was present and read sections from the uniform child labor law, adopted In many of the States. In the course of his remarks he made the statement that In regard to capital invested in manufactures. Virginia led all the Southern States. This was. of course. In connection with tho employment of child labor. A legislative committee appointed by the. chair Included Mrs. B. B. Mun ford. Edwin P. Cox and Dr. J. T. Mas tin. ThlB committee will report at a mooting to be held Wednesday, De? cember 27, at 4 o'clock. Members of tho child labor commit? tee present wero: Dr. J. T. Mastln, Mrs. B. B. Munford, Rev. Walter Rus setll Howie. Dr. McKelway, Edwin P. Cox, Mrs. Kate Pleusunts Minor, Miss ? iWnry Johnston, Miss Nannie Minor. Miss Elisabeth.-Coeke. On'motion of Dr. MasYlll 'he name of Etntuet't i C. Dd'vlsoti was added to the committee WHISTLE HYMNS INSTEAD OF "RAO" One Result of Remarkable Re? vival in Progress at Covington. ' Coving loih Va.', i>' emtier is.?for ' llie past thirty-.flvo days this town has been In tin midst of one of the greatest union revival meetings evoi h<dd In this part of the country. Itcv George C. CnUS; ol Louisville, Ky.,.lJ the leader, und lie lit assisted by -ill the ministers of the town. More than 700 per eons had bervn converted up to last nlsrht. For the pust two wo? ks I .Hi 3 conversion's were anywhere from ! twenty-live to fifty people each night Where one Used to hear the boj'H and ! mi 11 whistling "ragtime" tunes, It la now ihn tune of some saercd hymn. : The moving piotur ? shows have about been put out of business for want ol I patronage. The falling off of the j Christmas "lug" trade through the ex PERFECT is packed in a dust-tight metal box, with patent measuring tube, which is both safe and convenient for tourists. press com p iny Is very noticeable, Th" meetings ore bolllg h '!<! In the rjrancibcrry M. l'.. Church, which has u seating capacity of about 1.0<)0 per ami thl> church has noon packed .very night to standing room and peo? ple turned away, overflow meetings have been held In win of i?he other churches. Mr. Cutes, the leader in this remark able religious meeting, came here from Mlnton, W. Va., whre he had just closed a similar meeting and over 700 per? sons liad been converted. , that they'll let me <if> In. Slaw's bedroom has been closed and locked. They seem to be agin' My rummugin' nround the place like Enables an ordinary cook to make extraordinarily good "goodies." Baking Powder has more to do with aucccssful housekeeping than most people suspect. If you arc.minus good cooking, add GOOD LUCK to your grocery list. At your grocery store. The Southern Manufacturing Co. RICHMOND, VA. J. Special exhibit and sale of Re villon Frcrcs Furs. ?be*. RECEPTION Velvet Satins, S3.50 and $4 200 Imported Children's Tea Sets Worth $1.50 at 50 cents. Sutherland & Cherry, Inc., 310 F. ft Broad Street. I The Useful Gift-Men and Womens' Bath Slippers, 89c. N. W. Corner Third end Broad St. Doll Shoes and Stockings HAVE YOU SEEN THE New Method Gas Ranges AT Pettit & Co.V? (flwOMENS OUTEfT^RMENTS' EAST BROAD STREET^ ?? ? GREEN CASTLE KITCKEN CABINETS Make ideal Christmas presents. Rothert & Co. ESTER S PILLS THE ii1amonp DtU.Nt>. i.o.lli ?I Atk roar Urufrulvl for eiil-chf(?ttr'i Dtnmonil llrond. Pill. In Urd tnl Uohl metallic' Iv-iiri. leileil pith Illuo Kl! ben. Tali !>nin. ptXm yeArs known , leaieu nun 1:1110 Ki: IKjn. <sr b nr. ether, liar ff r"?' V taint. Ai*f*r<:ir(.<-iri;!vrr.ni? UON? itti.iM; i'u.T.h, for ea |But,i m.AW.ysKellrtil.. i SOLD BY WilifiGISIS EVERYttnTK* I have always done. I have so very little splice It ain't a 8?it of fun. When paw, comos home at supper time I can't go lu the door And meet hint like I tiscd to each evening any mote. He don't come In the slttin' room, but scoots right off upstairs, .lust like in- was a-bcln' chased by taggers or by bears. They always talk In whispers, yaw and maw. then look at me As though I was some circus freak that they had paid to sea. And when they talk out loud they spell the tilings they- waut to say. It looks as though, by glngerpop, that I'm In the way. I heard paw spell out "polar boar" to maw the other night. It sorter got me gueaslh', for he didn't spell It right. Of cour.se, I ain't no Sherlock Holmes or anything like that, But I've be<n lookln' round a bit and found out qillck as scat They're framing up some deal on me. 1 don't know as I ought, But I'vo dug up most of the things that they went out and bought. Of course you mustn't say a word, for 1 must act surprised, So that their secret schemes and plans may all be realized. They've got to have their little Joke: they have It every year. And start In to Ignorln' me when Christmas lime draws near. It use<| to be a mystery, but we will let that paps. Kor 1 kin see through It nowadays as plain as any glass. Answer? to Correspondent*. Theatre Uocr: You ask us how to pronounce vaudeville. It it; pro? nounced ns follow.*1: Vainlyvllly, vttu dyvlll, vaudvlli, voodvlli; vodovlll, vodyvlll, voodyvllly, vaudvllly, vood vllly, anil vodevlly. Take your choice. The pi Icq Is Hie same to one and all. Connoisseur: Yes. we would as aoon tell you whom we think the greatest artist In the world. Wo think the honor lies between John Mc Colcheon and !?'. upper, with the odds In favoi of McCulchcon. Friend: Our opinion of the mean? est man In the world la one, who would roo a schoolhouse In order to put a slate root on his home. Made: Alice blue would be very becoming for the yoke. Use anything 'you like on the whiff lt.-tree. ?Do Von Know Tills Miinf lit: tears around the house und howls About the cost of food and growls Concerning money he hits spent For heat and light and for the rent. The family muul has cost two-bits, And it bus thrown him Into llts. lie says they'll surely drive him to The poor-house, that Is what they'll do. He catacllisus wife and grunts About the dime he gave her once. And says she must think ho's a mint; His language isn't nt to print. But when he dines downtown ibis quince Turns out to be a whole-souled prince, lie takes a friend and eats his fill, Insists on paying all the bill. The most expensive luxuries lie orders, for he alms to plense. There's nothing tliats's loo rich or rare For hint upon the bill of fare. Cigars cannot he made too tine. He buys four dollars' worth of wine. A prince and right "good fellow" he, Excepting whin he ought to bo. According to L'uclc Vhner. There ain't no ".se iryin' to argue with tl feller w,ho wears a celluloid collar, for a feller who will do that Is stubborn enough to stick to his own ideas until there Is good slutting in the place for future punishment. The best experts on short stories are those who have never been able, to get a story published, It used to bo that a feller could win his way Into a gal's heart with a box of candy, but now lie lias got to have a sixty-cnndlepowcr buz? wagon. The Ural teller to poke fun at a re? ligion is some bonehoad who doesn't know anything about It. If any young feller grows up with? out experiencln' a burning ambition 1? play In the band there is something the mailer with him. There are some secrets that a feller shouldn't even tell to his stenog? rapher. After a feiler eats in a hotel awhile the final gets so that it all tastes alike, which is about the same as eaten' to hum. or anywhere else. There is a lot of science mixed up In football?surgltial science. It Is almost Impossihln to Und a . lean spot on Ihr hotel roller lowol by Wednesday*. A feller that clerks in a corner cigar store doesn't have to read the newspapers. Nothing in the way of news gets by him. The Way Out. there Is ho use in fussing 'round about the price of coal, Or worrying about the thing and wearing out your soul. There Is a way to dodge all that and never have to go And With the man Who sells the. stuff blow In all your dough. You'll never have to go nnd sue the coal man If you try This scheine which ?> propose to vou, for that's how wfi get by. II yon would tfodge the coin man ab? solutely don your hat And Uten go out and sign a lense for tine stcam-licatcd flat. NEW RATES HELP Several Orders of. Interest Issued by Interstate Commerce j Commission. (Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Washington. D. C, Dacembor 10.? The Interstate Commerce Commission to-day issued sovcral orders of interest to railroads and manufacturing con? cerns In tfic South. The duplication o? the Virginian Railway Company was granted to establish rates on that road for lumber shipments from all xtutlona along the Sine, so that such rate? will hu the same as those concurrently in effect on the Pennsylvania, the llalti riiorc and Ohio, and other roads. This will give Christiansburg, Altavista and other towns In Southwest Virginia vary much bettor rates than they now enjoy. The application of the Atlantic Coast Line, the Norfolk und \V es torn and other loads to establish freight rates from points In Virginia, the two Caro? linas and Mississippi Valley territory fo slutlono on the Uoston and Alban;. Railroad, via Richmond and the Po? tomac yards, and to malts these rates ?.ho same as arc now In efTcet between vhe same points via other routes, with? out a violation of the Interstate laws, a*as also granted. The effect of this last order will be to send much more freight through Richmond than ha? ii- ii going via that, city 'heretofore. The Southern ltallway asked for and jhtalned better shipping rates on china closets, eolllns and other snrh com? modities from Mnrysvlllo, Tenn., to Itlehmond and other Virginia cities, as Schwarzschild Bros. The Gift of a For this Christmas will appeal very strongly as n Indies' gift. V/e axe showing an Infinite variety of different patterns?i all set with precious stones. The prices range from $6.00 to S.tUO.OO. Schwarzschild Bros. Richmond's Leading Jewelers. Second and Broad Sts. well as those in the two Carolina? lind Georgia, P. H. McG. Nuckola? Lawrence. (Special to The Times-Dispnteh.1 llylas. Va? December IS.?Miss aadlo Lawrence. an<l James H. NttckolB wero united in marriage by \Y. p. Reeve* on December U. Following the cere? mony the couple went to the home pt the groom's father, Hardeo Nuckols, near ltockvllle, where a reception wait tendered. Overstreet?Irving. [Kpeelnl to The TImes-Dlspatch.l Lynchburg, Vo.. December 19.?-Sun? day evening at the narsonago of Me? morial Methodist Church, the pastor. Uev. W. A. Cooper, olQclatlng, Mlsa Iva May Irving was married to Law? rence F. Overslreet. The bride Is ;i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Irv? ing. After the marriage a suppor wu.m served the bridal party tit the groom's home In Pierce Street. Store Open Nights From now until Christmas to accommodate those who do not have the opportunity of shopping during the day. Part of the Thalhimcr's store's sales force will be on hand each night to serve them from now until Christinas. The problem: "What shall I give my friends for Christmas presents?" The solution: "Good books." The reward: "Delighted friends." We have the solution. Do you have the problem? Then the reward is yours if you act accordingly. Bargains at Rountree's Will Present the Delightful So? lution of Your Christmas Gift Problem. Mugnlflcont $5.00 Clout Seal Bags, with silt and guumetal frame, pearl Inlaid. Leather ltiud, Inside purse, double strap handle; to-day...:... Regular $2.50 Heavy Walrus Grain Lent her Hairs, leather lined, trimmed In gilt or gunmctul; good mihsiuntl.il handle inside purse; to-day very special at . The greatest value over produced in $1.50 Seal Grain Leather Shop? ping Bags, covered frame, gilt or gunmctal trimmings-, all leather lined, Inside purso; to-day. $3.89 r lined. $1.89 Shop-. 98c Holiday Gifts Before making a selection of handsome gifts for the ap? proaching holidays, you are cordially invited to visit the store with the largest assortment of Fine Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Gold and Silver Novelties, etc., of the latest and most unique designs, such as will riot be found in other slocks. This imposes no obligation to purchase, and yon will find when quality is considered, our prices are the lowest. The Nowlan Company, Leading Jewelers. 921 Enst Main Street.