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Life's twists and turns often lead us to the most unlikely places. I never envisioned myself as a stay at home mother to two small children. A little over a year ago I was working outside of the home in a demanding and stressful role that left me feeling emotionally hollow at the end of the day. Things couldn't be more different now. Laughs, hugs, and kisses are always within close reach.
I did not land at this place instantly. The transition from working outside of the home to becoming a stay at home mom shook me. I was lost and floating adrift the drudgery of a housewife's daily routine. The dishes were washed, the laundry was folded, and my children had a smile on their faces. I did not. The lack of concrete goals and easily recognizable achievements were sorely missed. No one cared whether the towels were folded and I did not receive a bonus for saving my son from a creepy spider. The excitement from my former life was gone. My metamorphosis from business woman to stay at home mom was faltering in a major way.
After a few weeks spent in the domestic doldrums I was ready to move on from my funk, to leave my self imposed purgatory. I forced myself to slow down and see the beauty that exists in my daily routine. The cup of coffee the children allowed me to enjoy in peaceful near solitude by the window while they watched Sesame Street or the half hour I spent watching my kids build a lopsided snowman. Ordinary but beautiful. I decided I would no longer waste precious time wondering what my next adventure would be. My ordinary life is my adventure. Forcing myself to enjoy life's small daily gifts has filled me with a renewed sense of gratitude.
Life isn't perfect. I sometimes daydream about what the future holds for me. Will I ever have time to achieve my goals? Will the dreams of my past ever come to fruition? I remind myself that time moves quickly and my children won't be snugly toddlers forever. When the going gets tough I remind myself to slow down again and observe life's comforting details. I've never been happier.
Veronica Armstrong is a stay at home mother and freelance writer. She lives with her husband and two small children in Cornell University graduate student housing while her husband studies for his MBA.
She blogs at www.CrunchVTMommy.com about her adventures in natural motherhood, temporary Vermont hiatus, and life as an MBA wife.
Veronica is also a hobbyist photographer that likes to express herself through captures of her ordinary and beautifully hectic life. She loves the challenge of finding beauty where others have overlooked it.
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Panthers may end up in division with more Canadian teams
The NHL is holding its annual governor's meetings today and tomorrow at Pebble Beach, Calif., so it's no surprise that our own Panthers GM Dale Tallon is attending. Tallon is quite the scratch golfer and even qualified for the PGA Senior Open this year.
What do you guys think of some of the realignment plans?
Toronto native Weiss told me he wouldn't mind the extra travel to get a chance to play more Canadian teams.
Here's my colleague Craig Davis' blog on the subject
By Craig Davis December 5, 2011 03:01 PMIf the NHL's radical plan for realignment goes through, the Florida Panthers will be spending more time in the air, and transplants and visitors from Canada will be able to see their teams more often in South Florida.
The proposed shift to a four-division alignment is the hot topic at league meetings in Pebble Beach, Calif., and could be voted on later Monday or Tuesday.
The Panthers would sever Southeast Division ties with all but Tampa Bay and move into a new division featuring three of the NHL's Original Six: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Boston, Buffalo and the Lightning.
The other proposed divisions:
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York Rangers, New York Islanders, New Jersey, Washington and Carolina
Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, Los Angeles, San Jose, Anaheim, Colorado and Phoenix
Winnipeg, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville, Columbus, Minnesota and Dallas
If adopted, teams would play five or six games with those in their division and home-and-home against everyone else.
From a fan's perspective, that would seem much more attractive than those too-frequent meetings with Carolina and Atlanta/Winnipeg of recent years.
For the Panthers, it will greatly increase travel expenses and the number and duration of trips. GM Dale Tallon has frequently complained about the Panthers' "terrible" travel situation. This would mean longer flights even to games within the division, with the exception of Tampa Bay.
However, Panthers center Stephen Weiss, a Toronto native, said he would relish the chance to play more often in his homeland.
"It's a lot of travel. But at the end of the day we don't have a say in what goes on anyway. What will be will be. But that would certainly be a neat conference to play in," Weiss said.
The plan needs approval of 20 of the 30 teams, and is not a certainty. Support is strong among Western teams, but some in the East are not in favor of the increased travel.
A simpler alternative under consideration is moving Winnipeg to the Western Conference and granting Detroit a long-desired moved to the East while retaining the current six divisions.
Under the proposed four-division format, the top four teams in each would make the playoffs. Teams would play the first two rounds within their division, which would further strengthen rivalries. The Panthers would benefit from being in one of the two seven teams divisions, while the other two would have eight teams.

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One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was during the numerous jury trials I conducted during my career as a lawyer.
In every jury trial, the jury is given instructions on what they are supposed to do. One of the standard instructions was, "Do not hesitate to reexamine your own views and change them if you believe they are erroneous."
There is one major race that I was going to stay out of. But having reexamined my views, I've concluded I was wrong.
What race is it and what should be done?
It is the Kentucky Senate race.
Last year I endorsed Mitch McConnell for reelection. There were a number of factors that went into that endorsement. At the time I believed only way to get Harry Reid out of the Majority Leader's position was to win Kentucky. I also believed that Matt Bevin, was a fake conservative and a weak candidate. I later withdrew the endorsement after the government shut down and McConnell worked against Ted Cruz.
Today that has changed.
Not only do I still believe Matt Bevin is a fake conservative, he is now and incredibly horrible candidate.
One of the major strikes against Bevin is that he is backed by the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Madison Project. While a broken clock is right twice a day and they did pick the right candidate in Mississippi, any candidate backed by these two groups should probably be ignored by conservatives. These two groups seem more intent on taking over the Tea Party movement and deciding who the Tea Party candidates will be instead of working to elect conservatives and defeat liberals.
Other than Chris McDaniel in Mississippi, these groups have a pattern. They pick candidates they want to back who have never held office before and have no record. Most of them have never even run.
The results are predictably disastrous.
In North Carolina, their candidate Greg Brannon lost an embarrassing jury trial that alleged he misled investors for a smart phone app. Days before the election, he was asked if he thought 9/11 was an inside job. He refused to answer.
Great, they picked a 9/11 truther.
Fortunately he lost.
Matt Bevin went to a cockfighting event where he was asked about cockfighting. He said, "I support the people Kentucky exercising their right because it is our right to decide what it is we want to do and not the federal government's. Criminalizing behavior, if it's part of the heritage of this state, is in my opinion a bad idea."
If that was not was not bad enough, a TV station recorded video of Bevin at the cockfight and he lied about it before the station pulled the class "gotcha" and showed him the video.
Someone start sending buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken to Bevin's campaign because like Colonel Sanders' birds, stick a fork in him, he's done.
McConnell has his problems and I've not been shy about skewering him when he has been wrong. But Bevin is such a bad candidate that it makes it impossible not to support McConnell.
One area McConnell deserves a lot of credit for is his support for the First Amendment. He has fought tooth and nail against government intrusions into the First Amendment. He filed an Amicus brief in support on Shaun McCutcheon in his case against the FEC and he filed the original lawsuit to overturn the McCain Feingold bill that essentially repealed parts of the First Amendment.
Just because someone claims to be a "Tea Party" candidate does not make it so. When someone has no track record with the Tea Party or for that matter in elected office, they should be suspect. They should be considered even more suspect when they are backed by groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Madison Project.
On May 20th, conservatives should not support an appallingly bad fake Tea Party candidate who is simply trying to use the Tea Party brand so he can be elected Senator. Mitch McConnell is simply the better choice and he is the one conservatives should vote for in Kentucky.
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Mitch McConnell's voting record and endorsements are excellent!
(One also must remember that, given his position, he must represent the entire caucus....leads to some compromises of verbal position.)
It is noted that Kentucky could go Democratic in the Senatorial race if Mitch loses much support!
Perhaps not the perfect candidate. But much better than the alternatives!
Mitch helped create the problems we have. He has not up-held his oath of office. Hang the Bast****.
Sorry, Vern. McConnell is symbolic of two decades-plus of RINO Republican failed leadership. And his attack on Cruz is unforgiveable.
--Frank Nitty
(One also must remember that, given his position, he must represent the entire caucus....leads to some compromises of verbal position.)
Sorry, Vern. Mitch went after Cruz. He tap dances. He's old school and problematic for us.
Mitch McConnell is a waste of molney. He is a nothing.
Ronald is right, Judson. McConnel is "old guard," and must go. How quickly you forget McConnel turning on conservatives--and his wanting to destroy the Tea Party.
--Frank Nitty
Another topic. Is it possible for the Senate to hold the DC AG in Contempt for not prosecuting Holder?
Senate won't do anything right now. The only way we get to the bottom of this is with an independent prosecutor.
But if we worry about that, we'll never elect any new blood. Do we want a Senate full of Dick Lugars?
FRANK NITTY, Esq.
No Frank - we want a Senate full of Republicans and most importantly we want the Majority. If Bevins "cockfighting" issues are enough to propel a democrat winning the state of Kentucky - I'm with Judson. Mitch "the b°#tch" McConnell makes my butt want to chew tobacco, but I'd rather gain the Majority in the Senate than gamble on a cockfight with Bevin.
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Green Acres is the place for me. Farm livin' is the
life for me. ...
For those of us who live well off the beaten path,
nothing compares to country living. Give me a nightly bullfrog serenade
and a morning garden full of homegrown tomatoes over the din, exhaust
fumes and road rage of the city any day. Just last week, an AWOL
goat, a kid really, made a Piccadilly buffet of my rose garden.
Was I mad? Naaaaah. I am glad to live among both stray goats and
roses, even if I prefer them separate and apart, thank you.
When you're finally ready to build the country place
of your dreams, especially if you plan to do so long distance, as
my wife and I did, you should brace yourself for a few surprises.
Things like building codes, landscaping and what city folks call
"basic services" tend to be open to an uncomfortable degree
of interpretation once you leave the bright lights of town.
Chances are slim that you'll wind up in a rural nightmare
like Chevy Chase in "Funny Farm." That said, you can save yourself
time, money and aggravation by paying special attention to the ways
in which country builders might leave you with costly problems you
didn't expect.
1. Building codes
Here's where some of the confusion surrounding country building
begins. Your real estate agent will assure you that your new home
will be "built to code," but when pressed, your builder will maintain,
"There's no building code in the county."
Who's right? In some instances, they both could be, according to Gretchen Hesbacher of the International Code Council.
"Some states adopt a statewide code that says 'this
is the minimum standard everywhere,' other states adopt a code and
say your jurisdiction can adopt any code as long as it meets this
standard, and some states don't adopt statewide codes and each city,
or county or township, then adopts a code. The builder in the county
could be right, if he is in a state that hasn't adopted a statewide
code and if he's in a county that hasn't done so."
In 1994, the International Code Council was formed
to combine the three regional building codes: BOCA, or Building
Officials and Code Administrators International, ICBO, or International
Conference of Building Officials, and SBCCI, or Southern Building
Code Congress International. So far, the new International Residential
Code has been adopted in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
Visit the ICC's adoption
map to check out your state's status.
Mark Buchanan, an independent home inspector in Oxford,
Miss., hears the no-code argument from home builders all the time.
He considers it a cop-out generally used to justify shaving corners.
"What they have done with their freedom is they have used it to cheat, when they should consider the code the bare minimum requirement," he says. "By and large, you don't have the quality control in place that you do in the city."
Solution: If the International Code is in force where you plan to build and you fear your builder may not be familiar with it, provide him a copy and have it duly noted in your sales contract. It may help you avoid some of the surprises below.
2. Dirt work and drainageAs anyone who has ever built will attest, general contractors are builders, not landscape architects. This is nowhere more apparent than when building in the country. Once the foundation is level and poured, your builder will likely be singularly focused on completing your house and cashing the check.
Our drainage nightmare involved a section of our front yard trapped by a concrete walk that would flood against the house during heavy rains. We solved the problem by tunneling under the walk and installing a pop-up drain in the yard, something the builder easily could have done prior to pouring the walk.
Solution: Walk your property before construction
begins, and instruct your builder to contour your lot for proper
drainage at the same time he levels the site for building.
3. Fixtures, fans and flooring
If you're building long distance, this is one of the more time-consuming
surprises you'll likely face: Carpeting, flooring, fans and fixtures,
such as faucets, lighting, towel racks and such, frequently go by
different brand names, product codes and even merchandise numbers,
in different parts of the country -- even in the national big-box
stores like Lowe's and Home Depot. This makes it extremely difficult
to instruct your builder on how to buy what you're looking at, locally
or online.
Solution: We ultimately found it easier to make our selections locally and have them sent to our builder. On carpeting and flooring, we worked directly with a very patient supplier who was willing to sort out the brand names and item numbers with his manufacturers.
4. InsulationNot a direct horror story, but close: Some country neighbors of ours spent the first winter in their new home and were alarmed at their heating bills until they thought to visit their attic, where they discovered a complete absence of insulation.
Solution: Inspect your attic to make sure insulation has been laid out or blown in before you close. If it hasn't, make sure it's included on your builder's punch list.
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The worst was feared for Afghan citizens and NATO troops alike when Afghans went to the polls yesterday to cast their votes for a new president.
But in spite of several deadly incidents, including a ballot-carrying truck that was blown up by the Taliban in Kunduz, there have been no reports of any U.S. or NATO troops killed or injured during the election process.
U.S. military officials say Afghan troops and police definitely took the security lead at in cities across the country and at polling stations. Early reporting indicates there was a 45% turnout for the elections.
Currently the United States has about 33,000 troops in Afghanistan as the drawdown continues. The last combat units are scheduled to leave Afghanistan by the end of this year.
Eight men in are in contention for the presidency. President Hamid Karzai, the only elected president since the Taliban was removed from power, was not able to run due to term limits.
The final outcome of the election is not expected for at least a week.
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As warmongers continue to feed the military industrial complex, soldiers are repetitively sent to "theater" to deal with threats to homeland security, according to those at the top of the Defense Department food chain. When soldiers have served their time, it seems as though the honorable welcome they should receive, actually begins another fight; earned benefits from the Veterans Administration. This fight is fought by Veterans who live with crippling injuries from war, as well as widows whose spouses paid the highest price for our freedoms.
One of the most underreported groups who fight twice as hard for benefits are widows of soldiers. The increasing number of backlog within the Veterans Administration is just one facet of the issues facing those who serve in branches of the military. The White House has recently passed laws that ensure military benefits become available to same-sex couples, but little attention is paid to widows who live in poverty.
Where does this leave the widows, who served alongside soldiers, but are turned away? It leaves them fighting for benefits their spouse rightfully earned and in many cases, living in poverty while the fight ensues (with little or no assistance). Reports reveal red tape, long delays, lost paperwork, inaccurate findings and other factors that question any effective action on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Jack Cornelius, a decorated war Veteran from the Vietnam era, committed suicide in 2009. His widow, Sheryl Ann Cornelius, was denied benefits after her husband's death. According to a Daily Beast article, Sheryl had to fight to prove that the Vietnam War caused the PTSD symptoms and disease that led to her husband's demise. Sheryl was even denied funeral benefits and had to go into debt to pay for the expenses out-of-pocket. She lost her home, waiting on a VA decision and racked up thousands of dollars in bills, just trying to survive [without her husband's income].
Bettye McNutt, widow of another Vietnam War Veteran, fought for 8,600 days to receive benefits her husband rightfully earned, as reported by the Army Times.
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, there are 27,690 families receiving benefits for deceased soldiers who served in the Gulf / Iraq / Afghanistan war. Casualties of these conflicts alone total almost 10,000 U.S. and coalition troops. Of these numbers, some surviving families do not receive benefits because the deaths of these soldiers are not considered to be service-connected.
All soldiers in combat were not killed as a direct result of insurgent violence. In the case of soldiers who have committed suicide at alarming rates, their families are left with more questions than answers. In the vast majority of those cases, the soldier had been diagnosed with or exhibited signs of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). If left untreated, misdiagnosed or improperly treated, a person is at the mercy of those who should be in place to monitor abhorrent, abnormal behavior. The story of
Repeated deployments and the horrors of war are two factors that contribute to this minimally understood disease. A USA Today report outlines disparaging statistics on those soldiers expected to fight foreign wars, continually. The human mind can withstand limited amounts of trauma, even with tough mental conditioning.
It stands to reason that the recent flood of Central American immigrants have been granted more rights than those who bravely fought to protect this country. The failing "Catch and Release" program implemented by the Obama Administration has afforded benefits to those of whom this country can't realistically afford to care for. Unaccompanied children of Central American countries are being cared for, after crossing the border. Video footage obtained by Info Wars proves the clear and present danger of this growing problem.
Though the Obama Administration has said that more will be done to eliminate the back log and red tape that Veterans and families have been facing, only time will tell if the promises made will be kept.
Contributing Writer, Karen Kennedy, is the widow of SGT Joseph T. Kennedy, who served 21 years in the U.S. Army, and passed away on July 7, 2010. She is homeless, living in poverty and four years after her husband's death, waiting for VA benefits to be awarded.


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Back from my travels, and today is my last day of my 2-week "vacation" from all juice. When I was on the road the week over Christmas, I drank 1 (purchased, Naked) juice a day and ate normally-- a little too normally with all the temptations
, but better than it would have been. I put on a couple pounds that week, but I expected to -- some of it was real and some just bulk from moving back to food. After returning home I went to mostly juice supplemented with milk, yogurt, and 1 meal a day, and I lost what I had put on and a little more- I'm now down a pound from where I was 2 weeks ago. My "mostly juice" was still mostly bought juice, though-- I've been seriously cleaning & organizing & trying to do a ton of things to launch this year to make some progress at work, and I have gotten out of the habit of making fresh juice several times a day.
Now it's time to get fully back on track (though I think I am going to continue to allow myself to add a bit of lean protein-- but no grains/breads)- time to tackle that next 20 lbs. (40 to go altogether, but I'm breaking it mentally into 20 lb installments
). I have bought myself 3 pairs of jeans and a few really nice dresses on a great sale, none of which will fit for another 20 lbs, and I want to be wearing those by the end of February (well, one of the dresses might take 30 lbs, but I'll get there too).
My ankle still hurts a bit but is usable, so I'm hearing the Y calling (it's been calling all along, but I just haven't been listening-- let's see if I can make a really regular 4 days a week, even if it's 1/2 an hour). My cleaning project has already turned my spare "coatrack" back into a treadmill, so I will have no more excuses on days when I don't want to face a snowy car & roads.
Happy new year all! I hope all of you are off to a great start for the new year-- my goal for the year is to erode my all-or-nothing mindset and persistently practice taking small & consistent steps daily toward all my big goals-- each goal, one actual step per day towards achieving it.
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Welcome back from *vacation*, so proud of you! You did great! Have you looked into bee pollen as protein supplement? or into chlorella? those 2 things are a must according to 92 days juice feasting protocol I am following, so I'm just wondering if it's something you have considered, so that you wouldn't slow down your metabolism and trow off your fast with milk and other proteins. Getting into cleaning here myself, or wanting to get into cleaning .. one of those.. lol .. Glad to have you back and thank you for your support!
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It sounds like you had a wonderful holiday and you are all recharged and charged up for the New Year. I am glad to hear that you have lost the little bit you gained over the holidays and back on track. I too have been cleaning out and getting rid of stuff. It seems as we get rid of our excess weight, we want to get rid of our excess stuff??
All the best in 2012!
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Quick notes from the New Orleans Saints 30-13 win against the Chicago Bears.
- Sean Payton now has 50 regular season wins and he joins Jim Mora as the only coach in franchise history to have that many wins. Brees finished the game going 26-of-37 for 270 yards. He had a passer rating of 118.1, the 37th time he has had a rating of 100 or more. In those games, the Saints are 30-7.
- That means that Drew Brees also has won 50 games with the Saints. Now, he is the all-time winningest quarterback in franchise history, moving ahead of Who Dat favorite Bobby Hebert.
- Sunday's crowd of 73,019 was the largest crowd to see a Saints game in the Superdome. When the upgrades were made to the stadium in the offseason, 3,000 seats were added. The last time a crowd approached this size was in old Tulane Stadium when the Saints played Miami on Nov. 10, 1974.


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Just because the big guns were pulled out for September, and rumor has it that Anna Wintour is hard at work trying to land Kate Middleton for upcoming Vogue cover, doesn't mean there are slim pickings when it comes to the October glossies. There's plenty to love and hate this month…just take a look.
Elle's October issue is "personal style"–themed and has four different covers. The one thing they all have in common? Four gorgeous and bejeweled Victoria's Secret models (Adriana Lima, Chanel Iman, Doutzen Kroes, and Miranda Kerr) in swimsuits.
French L'Officiel
From supermodels to….Tavi! The blogger covers French L'Officiel's 90th anniversary issue wearing Chanel, granny glasses, and sporting gray hair as she sits on an enormous chair.
Vanity Fair
Angelina Jolie landed the cover of Vanity Fair. Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, the close-up photo has her looking as intimidating and aggressive as ever.
Because one can't talk about Angelina without mentioning Jennifer, Aniston covers this month's Glamour alongside Demi Moore and Alicia Keys. Those are some mighty white teeth!
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Harper's Bazaar
Equally overexposed, Lady Gaga covers this month's Harper's Bazaar in a no-makeup makeup look that includes bleached eyebrows and face powder.
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Elizabeth Olsen lands her first cover.
Katy Perry lands the October InStyle cover with candy-colored hair. That's it? No crazy or at least interesting outfit? Snooze.
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Clothes? Who needs them when you look like Kate Moss.
Women's Health
Her new show may be a dud, but come on, Rachel Bilson is adorable.
Michelle Williams does a spot-on Marilyn Monroe on the cover of Vogue in an Oscar de la Renta gown.
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Aug 23, 2010 12:29 PM
Says Lauren:"So I absolutely adore this rug by Megan Park sold at The Rug Company. Unfortunately, I nearly fainted when I saw the pretty little price tag that went along with it ($1,950 for 5' x 3' up to $28,080 for a 18' x 12'). I thought I would ask you gals since you are the experts to try to find a more budget friendly rug that was equally as beautiful but that wouldn't send the paramedics running."
Well, Lauren, if the paramedics are going to come, you'll at least have something comfortable to lie on. Right?
Shut up, Marian.
Okay, I guess that won't do. What you seem to be looking for is a big, relatively traditional, non-gaudy floral on a dark background, and the first thing to get out there is that when I went looking for rugs of that description, Safavieh's Chelsea collection came up over and over and over again. It encompasses quite a lot of pretty designs, so I'd browse them ASAP. See the 1) Rose Black pattern ($150-$500) for an example. This 2) Black Multi pattern from Surya ($50-$745) has more of the muted tones of your Megan Park rug, though it's not strictly speaking a rose design. For a browner background, there's this 3) Carnation Wool Rug ($73, only one size), and for a much more muted, dreamy look, there's the 4) Fiesta rug from Sphinx ($149-$389). The 5) Nourison Julian pattern ($245-$1069) is perhaps the farthest afield from what you chose, but the definite outlines of the blooms, the pale foliage, and the way that the brown background seems to have a little cream mixed in all reminded me of your original choice - and my, it's pretty.
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Every Cnmlirinto Will Be Eloct
nl. if You Hcllovc His Politi
enl Mnnngcr.
Tiiimnnny Nnll Holds Its Eatl
males, but Bnrncs Sees a
Tnft Victory.
Tln prophets got thoir heads together
ycnonlay In tile various political head
(l"nrtTf nnd by nightfall were ready to
HI wlint iho glass showed. Sonator
Oixnn, chairman of tho Progressive Na
tiomil Committee, carried the country
(or the Colonel. William II, Ilotchkiss,
(Imlimnti or the State committee, did the
wimn fur the Colonel and Mr. Straus in
New York State.
William Itamea, Jr., chairman of the Re
public. Stnto committee, put the Taft-
IIimIp's voto in this State at OSO.OOO. enough
tn put Now York In the Republican column.
('orK M. Palmer, chairman of the Demo
i nil ic- State committee, said that the elec
tion of the whole Democratic national and
Mali- tickets was assured. Francis V.
Hiicl, chairman of tho Piogreeslve county
(ommittne, carried New York county
for th Colonel and Mr. Straus. Samuel
Si Knonlg, president of tho Republican
county committee, gave Manhattan ond
Ho Pronx to the Democrats by 18,000
otrn. Tammany Hall eat tight and
" I smell a landslide,7 said Senator Dixon ,
r caking of the Roosevelt prospects. He
raid that the nation will bo astounded on
Tuesday night at tho voto which Col
He csovolt nnd Gov. Johnson will receive.
"No ono longer questions that either Col
Itnosevelt of Mr. Wilson will be elected
IVsidont," he said. "Toft will certainly
l o a Ind third in the race, with Debs
pressing him closely in Connecticut, India mi
find Illinois. The last ten days have shown
n tremendous drift toward Col. Roosevelt
in overy part of the country."
Senator Dixon's table is as follows:
Colorado. 6
I'nnnectlcut.. 7
Alabama... .12
Arkansas.. , 8
(corilv... I
Kentucky. ...IS
Louisiana.. 10
Mississippi. 10
N. Mexico.... 3
N. Carolina.. I J
H. Carolina... 9
Texas . .SO
Virginia I'i
lla'ndreda of Optimistic Letters Corns
to the White Home.
Washinotox. Nov. 2. Hundred of
letters and telegrams addressed to Presi
dent Taft reached tho Whlto Houo yen-
tentny and to-day containing cheering
nows or views as to tho political situation
In various parts of the country. A dozen
or so of them which were mads public
to-(lay by Assistant Secretary Hrahany
are supposed to be representative of the
entire lot. All are optlmlstlo In tho ex
Ohio is more largely represented than
any other State. The manager of n thea
tre at Terraco Park, Ohio, warns tho
President to give no credence) to reports
that elthor Wilson or Roosevelt will carry
that State, becuuso ho has felt the pulse of
the people nttondlng his theatre and this
indicates that tho Taft temxiraturo Is so
promising that ho will carry the State by
a big majority.
Notwithstanding reports that the Pre,
idont would loso a certain part of the
Protestant Church voto n tologram states
that members of the mon's club of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church at Columbus
are strongly In favor of him. A secret
voto resulted as follows: Taft. 45; Roose
velt. 31; Wilson, 21; Debs. I; Challn, I.
New Mexico will voto for Taft m ro:urn
for his loyalty to that State In Its recent
struggle for Statehood, according to John
R. McFio of Santa Fe.
W. Higgins of Martinsville, Olds., a mem
iwr of tho O. A. R.. writes that Roosevelt
threatened to carry things by storm out
that way for a wlnlo, but recently there
lias boon an nctivo pulling away from
him in Kansas, Oklahoma and southeast
ern Missouri, the KopublicaDs returning
to Taft and the Democrats standing by
W ilson. Tnft is obtaining results, he says,
from tho business men, farmers and la
boring men. Ho says the old soldiers of
Oklahoma are for Tnft. that tho Demo
crats will meet their first Waterloo In that
State and that a friend of his in Kansas
says Roosevelt won't carry that Stale.
"Marseillaise" the Music and
Ked Flag the Predomi
nating Colors. .
Honest Ballot Association Has
Learned of 8,000 Cases
Fifty Hepenters Brought From
Baltimore Arc Housed
on West Side.
Delaware., ,,
v. Virginia.
Wvomln r. .
Missouri.. . IS
liMhn. 4
Illinois ,JS
Indiana . ,1S
vwit , IS
Kr.nsas. . 10
Maine . 8
Michigan., .IS
Minnesota., ,13
Montana. . 4
Xrbraska . 8
NUIaripshlre 4 130
a pw Jersey.. 1 4
-New York... .4.',
N. Dakota... i
Oklahoma..-. .10
Oregon 5
S. Dakota.... 5
lihorie Island i
Vermont 4
Washington., .7
Wisconsin.. ,.1J
Total.. .197
Mr. Dixon said:
Tho only States in ths doubtful list tint
Mr. Taft may carry are Utah and Wyoming,
with tho chances favoring Roosevelt In the
latter State.
In New York State It Is moat conserva
tive to assume that noose velt will receive
not less than 60 per rent, of the former
Jtepubllcan vote and not less than 13 per
rmt. of the Democratic vots based on the
estimate of t.aso.ooo.
Hootevelt will poll S3d,s:n
Wilson will poll ... 371,378
Taft will poll . . 3W.5?
If as a matter of fact ItooHovell should
poll Oi per rent, of the former Kepiibllinn
vote and 15 per cent, of tlis lie moiratlu
Roosevelt will poll .... 870.438
Wilson will poll 571.378
Taft will poll . 3i,7l)
In New Jersey In the irreat IniliiHtriat
cities such as Newark, Jersey City. I'uter
son and Trenton the test voles show thit
Roosevelt will poll an enormous percentage
of the votes cast. I believe the Htate will
nlve him not less than 20,000 plurality.
Our host estimates Indicate that his
majority In Pennsylvania will be approxi
mately 135,000.
As regards Now York State, George M.
Palmer, Democratic State chairman, had
this to say in an exhortation to his leaders:
Jhe election of our entire national and
State tickets is certain.
I'nder existing conditions every As
sembly, Senate and Congressional dis
trict In the State Is Democratic or de
niable. We concede no district to our
We will achieve the greatest victory in
the history of our party.
William Barnes, Jr., met this assertion
with this prophecy, based, as he said,
upon tho most careful canvasses in New
ork city and up the State:
The Roosevelt vote will be appreciable,
.hut will draw as Wilson will draw from
radical elements In the community, whereas
the conservative, sound and thoughtful
people of the Htate will support Taft and
Hedges. There will be polled In the neigh
borhood of 1,530,00(1 votes, which will be
divided between the three leading candi
dates, Whereas four yesrs ago it required
over 740,000 votes to secure a plurality,
this year something over 600,000 will hit
Mifllclent. Four yearH ago Mr. Taft received
70,(ioo votes, I put his vote this election
in the neighborhood of 050,000, which will
be ample to give him a plurality. The vote
for Mr Hedges will be substantially the
Mime an that for Mr. Taft, although It will
not come from exactly the same people.
Mr. Karnes says that "substantial Re
publican majorities" will sit in both
nouses of the legislature.
Francis W. Bird, ProRresslvo county
chairman, (?avo theso figures:
I'rogreBslves, 140,000; Democrats, 130,000;
Republicans, 50,000; Socialists, Independence
League, Ac. 30,000.
"Tho Progressives are sure of not less
than two-thirds of tho Republican Presi
dential voto and not less than one-third
of the Democratio vote, " he added.
Kamtiol H. Koenig, figuring totals from
a canvass which covers all but seven
Assembly districts, said;
Tho figures indicate exactly as the pre
liminary canvass Indicated, that the fight
In this State Is solely between Taft and
WiIkoti and between Hedges and tiulzer.
Neither Mr. Iloosevelt nor Mr. Straus has
any nance for election nor even for hecond
place in this State.
Iho (Ml I inn led vote as handed In by the
district leaders, minus the seven districts
not yet heard from, Is: Taft. 8.1,00.1: WlUon,
l"i.054, Hoohcvelt, 56,520; Hedges, 80,510;
Sutler, HS.OSl; Straus, 06,533.
Hurtling, In Seventeenth, Calls Mer
rick "Ituktier Stamp."
John M Harding, Independence League
candidate for Senator in the Soventoonth
district, announced yesterday that ho
had withdrawn from the fight. He asked
that thoxn who would have supported hfm
vote tor Kdward K. Ilalrd, the Republican
nnd nti.ens Union candidato.
"I know that I cannot be elected," hn
wild "and any votes cast for mo would
aid lterrick, tho Tammany man. I bc
iinvi. it is iny first duty to aid in defeating
Mich n rubber stomp candidate"
Mr Harding wild that Hcrriok's nomina
te in whs an Insult to tho voters by Charles
1 Murphy
The final campaign parados, followed
by n joint mass meeting at Union Square
last night of the Socialist party were
smaller titan the leaders anticipated.
There were two parades, one starting
from the Labor Temple at Eighty-
fourth street nnd Second avenue ami
a down town parade starting from Rut
gers Square. '
The uptown parade began at 7:20.
The seven divisions were massed east
und west of Second avenue, and they
fell in line after the head of the column
pasKed with John A. Wall as grand mar
The route was so long that the down
town paraders had been waiting for an
hour or more at Union Square and the
mass meeting was well under way when
the uptown paraders appeared. There
were more women in the parade than
in other years.
There was little music played butT'the
"Marseillaise." Ked flags were displayed
in great numbers but they all bore the
arm and torch, the emblem of tho party,
or the name of u club or trade union. Most
of the paraders wore red sashes, With
the fifth division came a large number
of Finnish women, some of them carrying
children in their urins. Trunsoarencien
were plentiful, One of them read, "Kl
tor's only crime is loyalty to the eople."
At Eighteenth stris-t and Eighth avenue
a big nun who was drunk began at lacking
the paraders with his lists. Mont or tlw
men carried canen and they hit back.
Two policemen came nnd took mre of tho
Frederick Paiilitsch, Socialist candi
date for Congress in the Twenty-thiid
district, presided In Union Squire. Cliarles
E. Russell, Socialist candidate for (lov
ernor, declared that the Republican.
Democratio and Progressive parties ob
scured the issues.
"The Progressive party promises re
form," ho said, "but what we want is the
right of free speech and free assembly
and the right to live. At Little Falls and
other places people have leen charged
with offences with which they were not
connected in defending the right to frie
speech. Three men who led the strikers
in Lawrence, Mass., to victory are in
prison in danger or death lecause a girl
was shot. They defended free speech and
are charged with inciting to riot, the riot
Iteing not even remotely connected with
their speeches."
Mrs. Marie MacDonald, candidate of
the .Socialists for Congress in the Thir
teenth district: dustave A. Strebel. John
Spargo and others Bpoke. There were
two stands on the east and west side of
the plaza, from which sp-a-ches were also
made In English, German and Yiddish.
Rums detectives, working with dicta
graphs and stool pigeons, have run down
more than 3,000 cases of false registration
and have reported thorn to tho Honest
Ballot Association. The association is
non-partisan. It is backed by Frank A.
Munsey and Ooorge W. Perkins of the
Progressives, Julius Henry Cohen of tho
Empire State Democraoy, Edward R.
Finch, secretary of tho Republican Club,
John I). Rockefeller, Jr., R. Fulton Cut
ting, Ellhti Root. Jr., Ogden Mills Reld,
William Jay Schieffelin and Albert S.
Bard of tho Citizens Union.
From the reports which hava corns
to tho association from the deteotlves
and tho BOO watchers, some of them Co
lumbia students, who were at the regis
tration places two weeks ago the officers
of the association think that in some
parts of tho city as many as 2,500 fake
votes have been cast at recent elections.
Tho officers point to the great falling
off in registration in some of the mora
notorious districts. They figure that the
lapse is not because fewer legitimato
voters have come out for tho election
but because the watchers by their mere
presenco frightened off hundreds of
repeaters. Herbert Rodman, chairman
of the executive committee of the asso
ciation, thinks that illegal registration
has been cut in half by tho activity of the
The colonizers and repeaters who bad
the temerity to register and were sotted
by the watchers have been subjected
to the set 'it iny of Burns men. The de
tectives found that fifty repeaters wero
brought here from Baltimore and dis
tributed through the West Side from
Thirty-fourth street to Fifty-ninth street.
Most of them were in the region around
Forty-ninth street and Tenth avenue.
They had to report to a man in Harlem
well known to the police as a flat thief,
lie was guide and took them to the regis
tration places, where they put their names
down as many times as they were told.
Dav after to-inorrow they will be ex
pected to vote at least five times apiece.
A watcher in one of the polling places
on Tenth avenue put his eye on an old
negro, who told everybody that he had
been a slave before Lincoln vet him fre.
The watcher challenged him. Down on
his knecH went the old man.
"Don't kill old George ylt," he said.
"Jos' let him live till after election."
The registration officers put his name
down and the Hums men have been
looking him up since. He will be looked
out tor on Tuesday.
Over on Kat Fourteenth street is a
man known as Rig Al. He hired forty
guerillas in rniiaaeipma ana Drotignt
them in New Yor!:. One hundred and
fifty such men are said by the detoctives
to Imj living temporarily in the vicinity
of East Twenty-third street, ready to
vote every little while on Tuesday.
It is not necessary, say the-officers of
' the Association, for a man to be put to
the inconvenience of hanging around
New York in the interval between regis
tration and election. Ho can go home
1 to Baltimore or Philadelphia and register
mere, ii ne is (turn enoup.li. ror need
tie ciime back on election day. When
he registers tho bos of the gang makes
him write down the name under which
he proioses to vote, and then when elec
tion comes another gangster copies the
signature luto the registration book,
making it look like the otie which the first
man put there.
The Hums detective agency sent out
a poster yesterday offering $500 reward
for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of anybody who tries to vote
illegally on Tuesday.
"I have evidence." says William J.
Burns in his offer., "of fraudulent regis
tration from the following houses: The
Kenwood, 29 Howery; .17 Cooper Square,
ISO Fifth street, I2il East Tenth street.
218 East Ninth street. Barney Flinn's
place at Pell street and the Bowerv, 201
Front street, IS Hatavia street, 3 James
street, 1S7 Cherry street, 377 Water street,
3H Oliver street, 403 Pearl street and 140
Cherry street."
Burns's offer is in behalf of the Pro
gressive party.
The Voters League sent out yesterday
in printed form a list of over 500 names
under which registrations were made in
tho Second Assembly district, and, as
the league believes, illegally.
to the District Attorney office rortjr
eight cases but after witnesses were
heard only ten warrants were Issued.
Yesterday Assistant District Attorney
Medalie had before him the captains or
so von election districts In the Eighth
Assembly district, a district where eloc
tlon frauds in favor of the Progressive
party nave been' alleged, ine captains
wore from the First, Second, Third,
Fourth. Fifth. Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Election districts. Eaoh of them corrob
orated the narrative of Freidel, tno Re
publican district leader, and said that
they had received from tS to S2S each
from Freidel and had spent the money
for cigars and refreshments and in no
other way.
Chief Magistrate McAdoo and Magls
trzte Krotel were at 300 Mulberry street
most of the day yesterday to issue war
rants. They signed twenty-seven war
rants and seven summonses. Magistrate
Krotel will be at SOO Mulberry street
this morning at 0 o'clock and Mr. Medalie
will bring seventy witness before htm.
Magistrate Krotel Is sitting on Sunday
so that complaints may be all taken care
of before election day and the polios courts
unincumbered for whatever new business
may develop.
Mr. Medalie will devote a Dart of Monday
to the investigation of complaint that
have come in of alleged colonization.
Asks 31 County OMcera to Ea force
Elect loa Law.
Tmntoh. N. J., Nov. 2. Determined
that the corrupt practices aot with refer
ence to political assessments against
officeholders shall not be violated tab
year and that if there be such violations
they shall not go unpunished, Gov.Wilson
has sent a letter to each of the twenty
one county prosecutors declaring that he
will look to those officials to see that the
law is obeyed in every particular The
letter was as follows:
EXECUTIVE DIPAllTMINT.
Mr Drah Sir: I take the liberty upon the
eve of the approaching election to call your
attention to the strict provisions of the cor
rupt practices act and to beg that you will
devote your utmost energies to seeing
that the terms of the act are absolutely
complied with. The State now prides Itself
on the purity of its elections and while 1
take it for granted that it is not necessary
to call your attention to this law now that its
provisions have been so long enforced I
nevertheless feel It my official duty- to
remind you of this obligation and to say
that I shall took to you to see that the Uw Is
obeyed in every particular. With much
respect I am yours sincerely,
W00DBOW Wtl-SON.
Torre CUalrmrn Will Keep Mont
gomery County Parr,
Amstkiidam, N. Y., Nov. 2. Chairman
John I. MoClumpha of tho Progressive
party, Willis Wendell of the Republican
party and A. Z. Wemple of the Domo
cratlo party of tho county of Montgomery
met at the Hotel Barnes this afternoon
and signed an agreement not to permit
the buying of votes in Montgomery
county at tho coming general election
oa for as it lays within their power.
Each chairman to-day appointed a
committee of three to look for evidence
and prosocuto any violations of tho penal
law they may find.
Federal om Believe .Seaman's
Arrest Ma -d Capture.
The arrest of an Italian seaman which
the customs officers think may load to tho
capture of a band of coral smugglers
who havo defrauded the Government
out of over 1100,000 in duties was made
yesterday at Pier 22, Erie Basin, by Cus
toms Inspector Kosmo Itinalli,
The man arrested was Antonio Vitelll
of the steamer San Gugliulmo of the
Sictila Americana Line. Vitelll was
locked up in the Adams street station
to await arraignment before United
States Commlbsloner Benedict to-morrow
Defence Asks Permission to Take
Depositions In .retv Jersey.
Robert II. Elder, who represents Burton
W.UIbBon, has written to Thomas (y'.llodgers,
District Attorney of Orango county, ask
ing ptrmlfslon to take depositions from
witnesses living in New Jersey to lie read
at Gibson's murder trial, which begins on
November 18. Mr. Ilodgers has referred
tho communication to .Assistant IMstrlot
Attorney Wsssorvogel of District Attorney
Whitman's staff and enclosed a power of
attornoy for signing stipulations.
Mr. WnsHnrvimel said yesterday that hn
had no obloctlon tn depositions hulnmiandat
the trial If they were necessary, but before
hn gave his consent he would like to know
who the witnesses were In Now Jersey and
why they could not appear In court.
Alan Denounces Proa-resstve Party as
Partly Personal Oae.
Cambridge, Mass., Nov, 2. Ex-dov.
John D. Long of Massachusetts writing
on "'The Candidacy of President Taft"
In the election number of the Harvard
Illustrated Magazine denounces the Na
tional Progressive party as a "purely
personal party" owing Its existence
merely to the fact that Roosevelt was
disappointed in his quest for '.he regu
lar Republican nomination.
"There Is to my mind no reason for
Roosevelt's election," declares Mr. Long.
Assailing the Colonel's good faith, he
"Roosevelt has not given the square
deal to I'resldent Taft, whom he more
than any other man pressed Into the
Presidency, and Is now, without any
other cause than his own let us hope
unconscious spirit of self-aggrandisement
attacking and striving to sup
plant. He la the most masterful boas
In politics. Everything Is made sub
servient to his personal .dictation. Ilia
temperament unfits him, for the pru
dent direction of our Government."
Kx-Qov. Long cites Roosevelt's dis
regard uf personal rights In the
Brownsville affair nnd states :
"ills revolutionary theories of judi
cial recall and his attacks on our repre
sentative system of representative gov
ernment are destructive of our con
stitutional safeguards. To impair this
system Is a step not toward reform
but toward revolution and chaos- Mr.
Roosevelt may by the split, he has
caused, defeat Mr. Taft, but that is ths
only possible result of his crusade for
himself. In the meanwhile let us elect
Mr. Taft."
Medalie nf Whitman's Office
After Kleetlon Frauds.
More than usual activity is being dis
played this year, according to the figures
of the District Attorney's office, by elec
tion officials and those interested in hav
ing tho Presidential voting done squarely
in taking precautions to reduce tho illegal
vote on Tuesday to a minimum. Assist
ant District Attorney Medalie has per
sonally investigated more than 100 com
plaints. He was busy at it all yesterday
afternoon nnd will keep on to-day and
A large number of warrants have been
already Issued by Chief Magistrate
McAdoo and several bench warrants have
come from the Goneral Sessions Judges
for men indicted by the Grand Jury.
These warrants were placed in the hands
of the detectives assigned to the District
Attorney's office for service. The war
rants issued by the Chief Magistrate
will be held at the polls and served when
those for whom the warrants are out have
uppcared at the voting places. It is not
expected tliat a large number of these
warrants will bo sorved, for word gets
around that certain iersons may be ar
rested and they frequently fall to appear
at voting time.
Assistant District Attorney Medalie
yostcrday communicated with Deputy
Pollco Commissioner McKay as to the
formalities of sorving these warrants.
Tho order road out on election day to the
policemen in thoir precinct stations is
usually drawn up by tho District Attor
ney's office. Tho order this year is the
samo as those for previous elections
with one exception. Formerly, Mr.
Medalie said, persons whose names were
on warrants were arrested when triey
came to the trailing places and were not
allowed to vote. This year they are to
be given an opportunity to cast their
ballots if tho election officials see fit to
allow them. This procedure is followed
on the theory that it is in the province
nf tho election officials to determine
whethor or not a man may vote, and not
tho duty nf the pollco authorities.
A great many complaints this year
havo coroo from citiaens' committees
and clvio bodies. Mr. Medalie Dointed
out that a good many of tlm comphtiuts
turned in appeareq to nao Deen caused
by misunderstandings and lack of proper
explanation by election officials. In one
police precinct the patrolmen brought
It Will Be of the Old Faihloaed Klad
With Torchlights aad Rockets.
Tho Democrats will have a parade after
all. It will be of the old fashioned kind
torchlights, floats, Irambe, skyrockets and
nil the other things that youngsters of the
00s remember and supposed bad con
out of date. The parade will be the last
bit of aotivity that the Wilson men will
bo put to before the business of voting
actually begins.
A conference of delegates from Wilson
cIuIm was called late yesterday at the
headquarters of the Wilson College Men s
League in the Hotel Imperial. Fifty
organizations were represented and it
was decided on the spot to have a parade
to-morrow night which would put the one
that they didn't have ou Saturday quite
in the shade.
"Thero will bo miles upon miles of
marching men," says the prospectus,
"and lantastic floats, seas of undulating
flags, flaming flambeaux, flaring torches,
fanciful flights of skyrockets, booming
bombs and the blare of brass furnished
bv exactly thirtv-flvo big bands."
The circus stuff isn't all in tho pros
pectus, for tho floats are promised to be
magical marvels, and so on.
The parade will form on Washington
Square and the oross streets just north
of it and will co up ifth avenue to Broad'
way and on to Times Square. The first
division is instructed to be on hand at
Washington Square at 0:45 to-morrow
night, and the parade will start north at
7:30 o'olock. In this division will be men
from the college men's league, alt the 1,000
Wilson watchers at the polls the next
morning ana tne spenoinaers. John u
DeSuullee and Joseph It. Truesdalo are in
charge or the parade.
Postponed Saturday as a Tribute to
Vire-Prrsldent Sherman.
The Bull Moosette automobile parade.
scheduled for yesterday afternoon was
postponed until to-morrow afternoon
as a tribute of respect to the memory
of Vloo-Presldent Sherman, but Mary
Donnelly decided that although she must
go with banners furled, she really ought
to carry her message to Seward Park.
So she whirled down there in Mrs. Amos
Plnchot'scar with no insignia but a quart
of T. R. buttons in a blaok satchel and
found a good audlenco of more than 300
men and boys listening to Socialist ora
As soon as Miss Donnellv annnarwl
sho was greeted with cheers, and then
with- ono voice the crowd demanded
buttons and a score of enthusiasts
swarmed over the sides of tho car.
Tho Socialists politely turned over the
meeting to tho newcomers and Mlsa
Donnelly spent ten minutes explaining
to them why they should vote tne Pro
gressive tloaat.
. Stem Brothers .
are showing very large assortment of Imported 'and Domestic
Fur amd Fur Lined Garments and Fur Sets
of the highest grade and most fashionable furs, embodying the latest edicts of style
At Very Attractive Prices.
For Monday, Special Values will also be offered in
Caracul, superior quality,
three quarter and full length,
t '47.50, 85.00, 135.00
Actual Values $65.00 to 175.00
French Seal, foreign dye,
iri new models, at 79.60, 1 18.00
Actual Values $110.00 to 145.00
Bisam Seal (Muskrat),
54 inches long, deep lap kimono
sleeves, also fancy model short
length, trimmed with ermine,
at $145.00, 195.00
Actual Values $195.00 and 245.00
Persian Lamb,
light weight lustrous skins,
short, three-quarter and full length.
at '135.00, 157.50, 200.00
Actual Values $175.00 to 275.00
Pointed Sitka Fox,
animal scarf and large half bolster muff.
Actual Value $65.00
Scotch Mole,
60 inch stole with trimmed ends and
large soft muff, Actual Value $72.50,
Silver Kit Fox,
animal scarf and large half bolster muff,
Actual Value $79.50
Alaska Sable (Skunk),
one and two animal scarf
effects and large muff, at $45.00, 59.50
Actual Values $62.50 and 85.00
Black Fox Scarfs,
of two full skins, heads and brushes, at 28.50
Actual Value $37.50
Muffs, to match,
large half bolster shape. Value $37.50. 29.75
Extraordinary Reductions for To-morrow, in Women's
Gowns, Street Dresses and Tailored Suits
in the season's most authoritative styles' and fabrics.
Strictly Tailored Suits, Formerly $27.50 to 85.00. at $15.00 to 55.00
Demi-Tailored Suits, Formerly $29.75 to 19540. at $19.75 to 150.00
Velveteen and Corduroy Street Dresses,
Formerly from $25.00 to 95.00, at $16.50 to 65.00
Eponge and Serge Street Dresses,
Formerly from $29.75 to 115.00, at $19.50 to 85.00
Afternoon downs, Formerly from $35.00 to 215.00, at $24.75 to 165.00
Evening Gowns, Formerly from $49.75 to 310.00. at $32.50 to 235.00
Three Piece Costumes,
Formerly $105.00 to 210.00, at $75.00 to 165.00
Stem Brothers
Announce for To-morrow, Monday, an Important Sale of
Dress Silks '
Comprising a large variety of Floral and Oriental effects in
Brocaded Charmeuse, Satin Meteor and Crepes,
40 inches wide, in street and evening colors, also white, ivory and black.
Regularly sold at $3.50 to 4.25 Tar?
Satin Charmeuse and Crepe Meteor,
40 inches wide, in a complete assortment of the season's
most fashionable colors, also white, ivory and black. Regularly sold at $2.00 Yard,
at Ji.Dp
Dress Goods Departments
To-morrow, will also be offered a very large purchase of
4500 Yards Diagonal Serge,
54 inches wide, in black, brown and two shades of navy,
3500 Yards Peau de Souris,
54 inches wide, medium weight, high lustre,
sponged and shrunk, in desirable colors and black,
Actual Value $2.00 Yard. at
Actual Value $2.75 Yard, at 1.68
Special attention is directed to an Advance Importation of Wool Challies,
in the latest Parisian designs and colorings.
Upholstery Fabrics and Lace Curtains
Complete lines are shown of Plain. Fancy and Printed Fabrics, Cretonnes, Sunfast Materials, Sash and
Casement Laces, Real Laces for high class Lace Draperies, Lace Motifs, Scarfs and Covers,
also a choice selection of Teakwood Stands and fine Leather Screens.
For To-morrow, a specially selected collection of
French Lace Curtains. ,
Former Prices $10.50 to 15.50 Pair. Reduced to $6.25,7.50, 8.7
Lacet Arabe Stores.
Former Prices $8.50 to 16.50 Each, Reduced to
Materials for Draperies and Furniture Coverings,
Former Prices $2.25 to 6.50 Yard, Reduced to
English and French Cretonnes,
Former Prices 25c to 65c Yard, Reduced to
$5.50, 7.50, 9.50
$1.25, 1.90, 2.50
18c, 24c, 32c
Intnertinn ! inviterl tn trieir fYrenrinnnllv lnror imnortatinn nf
a HVktl r v a w va.w w wawa aaa w m
Art Objects and Bric-a-Brac
including Bronze and Marble Statuary, Clocks and Clock Sets, Electroliers fbr boudoirs, dining rooms and libraries,
Writing and Smoking Accessories. Dutch Silver, Jewel Boxes, Lamp and Candle Shades.
Decorated China and Table Glassware,
Unglnh and Limoges uecoratea service, umner, iniree ana oreaa ana ouiier nates, i ea ana Doutuon v,ups "
and Saucers, Dinner Sets and Open Stock Patterns.
Table Glassware in plain, etched, engraved and floral cuttings, English Rock Crystal, Baccarat, Bohemian and
Swedish Crystal in new effects, also American Cut Glass of the highest grades.
For To-morrow, Monday, an Extraordinary Offering of
Electric Lamps, including Imported Bronze and Marble with
silk shades, also Brass and Bronze with leaded glass shades, at $8.95, 13.75, 17.50,
Formerly $1 2.00, 22.00, 28.00 and 40.00
Sets of 100 Pieces, in neat floral
designs and conventional borders, at $22,00
Formerly $29.00
Sets of 106 Pieces, with rich encrusted half inch gold borders,
warranted acid etched, Formerly $125,00,
SeU of 100 Pieces, with
narrow encrusted gold borders,
Formerly $75.00
t $63.0$!)
Reduced to 94.00 '
West Twenty-third and Twenty-second Streets
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For residents of Tampa who've been around for a while, the air show at MacDill Air Force Base has been a major attraction through the years. This year, the tradition lives on with AirFest scheduled for March 22 and 23.
For those who aren't in the know, AirFest is a free event. All you need to do is make your way to MacDill for a weekend of fun, thrills, and excitement for the entire family.
There's a long list of performers who'll take to the skies with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds at the top. Watch as they wow the crowd with their aerial finesse. The U.S Special Operations Command Parachute Team, GEICO Skytypers Airshow Team and Melissa and Rex Pemberton's Skydiving show add to the excitement.
Also at the show, see aircraft on display such as the KC-135 Stratotanker and aerial displays including Rob Holland in the MXS-RH and Mike Goulian in the Extra 330SC and DAV B-25. This is your chance to get up-close to some of the best in air transport.
The fest draws thousands of spectators so plan to arrive at the base as early as possible. If you can park elsewhere and take the city bus, you won't be stressed over limited parking issues available at the base.
If you choose to drive, the Dale Mabry gate will open at 8am both Saturday and Sunday. Keep in mind, once the available parking on base is full, you can only enter if you're walking or on a city bus.
Those with military ID cards, distinguished visitor passes, or residents of base housing can use the Bayshore Gate beginning at 4am.
Since you'll be outside for extended periods, it's suggested you bring sunscreen, sunglasses, a cap or sun hat, and earplugs, especially for those with sensitive hearing. It's also important to stay hydrated, so bring a couple of bottles of water.
Coolers, glass containers, or large bags are not allowed or any alcoholic beverages.
To stay up-to-date on AirFest, check the MacDill website for more acts and performances being added to the agenda.
Have fun and remember the sky's the limit!


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SEATTLE – Washington coaches Lesle Gallimore and Amy Griffin recently participated in the U.S. Women's Soccer U-23 camp as they continue their work with the national teams. The U-23 age group is not a World Cup age, but an excellent opportunity for players who are hoping to receive full team callups later in their careers.
"It's a huge honor to be involved in any capacity with U.S. Soccer and to be asked to coach with one of our National Teams is even more flattering," said Gallimore. "The U-23 group is a terrific age group to work with because it includes so many mature and experienced players."
"It isn't a World Cup age group, but it is hugely important. These are the college upperclassmen and recent graduates that need to continue prepping for potential professional careers and full-team call-ups. It has been fun to be around this group this week. Many of them will be in the next U-23 camp in July which we are hosting at UW. It overlaps with the U-20 camp and will be great because the 20's will be in their last preparations before the U-20 World Cup in Canada which begins in August."
From a player side, the Dawgs were also represented by goalkeeper Megan Kufeld. The All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection was participating in her first camp for the U-23's.
"It is such a thrill for me to see Megan at this U-23 camp," said Griffin. "She has handled the process how much work it takes to improve to heart and it certainly has paid off. I think many good players don't realize how difficult it is to get to the next level. It's the toughest jump in athletics -- building a foundation is the easy part. Going from good to great is sweat, focus, hard work over long periods of time and Megan has been diligent on this front. To see her head out to training wearing the U.S. Soccer crest is awesome!"
"Megan has done an excellent job showing why she was invited, and that she is ready for this level. With the National Women's Soccer League Goalkeepers in the middle of their season; it opened up a window of opportunity to open up the goalkeeper pool of players to a few more. Kufeld certainly has received valuable game experience with many big games with the Huskies that has helped her prepare for this level."
Gallimore agreed on Kufeld's impressive camp and how it can be a stepping stone to further involvement with the National Team.
"The U-23 group is a great indication of where the full U.S. women's team will be in a few years," said Gallimore. "There are several players who I feel are the future of the U.S. Women's National Team and these camps for this "gap group" really provide an opportunity to train and evaluate a larger pool and see players that have been recommended by college coaches throughout the country."
While Gallimore remains committed to the Huskies in preparation for the 2014, which has growing expectations after a strong spring, she also revels in the opportunity to provide support for the national team.
"I've always had a vested interest in seeing our U.S. Women's National Team succeed and to be able to take part in the process is a real joy for me."
"Coaching and evaluating at this level is a ton of fun because the players are focused and committed to being the best. As a coach you should always be learning. Being around a group like this is a great environment for a coach to learn and I being here will benefit my players at UW."
"I'm grateful to Steve Swanson for the opportunity. He's the head coach of this age group and has won a World Cup with the U20s. He was called into full team camp with Jill Ellis and asked me to join the 23's. Janet Rayfield, a longtime friend, colleague and head coach at Illinois, is leading this group in Steve's absence. She and Amy were both with Steve when the 20's won the World Cup in 2012. They are a great staff to learn from because their care and organization is top-notch."


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July 28, 2009
Hello Huskies,
Well things have been going pretty well after a bumpy start to the competition. We are currently 4-1 and headed into our last game of pool play. We opened with a disappointing four-point loss to Spain. It was a hard-fought game. We trailed early and made a great comeback, but it was to late. We then went on to beat China 88-53, Mali 100-38, Canada 64-50 and Russia 75-56. I was very pleased with our effort in these games, and I know the team is beginning to understand what it takes to win at this level. You can read more about each game at www.usabasketball.com.
In each game we learned something new about ourselves and we are starting to come together. Our defense and unselfish play is what propelled us toward victory and we have to play with the same effort and intensity in our upcoming games. Our next game is against a very guard heavy Japan team. This will complete pool play. Our goal is to win the remainder of our games and take care of business in the medal rounds.
This past Sunday was our day off from competition. We practiced but then had an opportunity to go shopping. We went to the mall and also an outdoor night market called the night bazaar where you can buy all sorts of awesome things and barter for a bargain. I had a great time and will be bringing back some goodies.
I am excited to continue the competition and am looking forward to the challenges that we will face. It won't be easy but nothing worthwhile ever is! I want to say hi to my NIU team and let them know that I miss them very much!
I will blog again after pool play has concluded. Go Huskies and "Think Gold."