The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, December 7, 1917 Page: 4 of 4
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SATURDAY
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"ON THE SQUARE GIRL"
MONDAY
' William S. Hart
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'the Silent man'
TUESDAY
Douglas Fairbanks
John G. Le$ an old Simmons man-
has boon ln: Ablleno lor a few days.!
Ho Is with tho 142nd Texas Inf. which
Is stationed at Camp Bowie
Miss Gortrudo Dallas was In nor
homo In. Brownfiold during tho
Thanksgiving holidays.
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"IN AGAIN AND OUT AGAIN"
fiini ft' BASKET BALL TEAM8
TO PLAY A. H. 8. GIRL8
On Monday afternoon Dec. 10 at
3:30 o'clock the Girls Dasketball team
will play Abilene High School grlls on
the High School field.
This Is tho first match game this
year and tho girls nro expecting a
good one. Let tho entire Btu'dontbody
ba.ck tho team with all tho ''splzzerlnk-
turn" It have.
Tho team has some splendid mate-
rial and with tho excellent coaching
of Miss Morris everything Boems In
"Sims'." favor. The glrlB say every
game that Is played this year Is to
bo theirs. With this spirit In their
playing Simmons 1b sure to be proud
of them.
SIMMEEINGS OF SIM
Ed Love to tho Gymnasium Contrac-
tor: When do you think you will havo
tho gym finished?
Contractor: In about a month.
Lore: Well I guess that I can wait
another month to take a bath.
Fatty Bishop at drill practice: What
is tho matter with you boya; every-
one of you a'ro out of stop but mo?
"oho!"" 7hatnKTVou CbnBiuor ino
moat sorlous time of marriage in a
man's llfo?
Ho: Well it must bo after marriage.
Trammell; John como go with mo to
tho barber Bhop.
John: Did you know that ho would
charge you twenty-five cents?
Trammoll: How it that?
John; Well ho will chargo you
twenty cents for running them down
and looking them up and five for cut
ting them off.
Servico at all hours oxcopt at meal
times SKEET'S CAFE.
A Tragedy In Three Acts
Act I Scene I.
A Gallant standing under Mary-
Francos window. PrecoptreBB appears.
Sceno II.
Gallant disappears Uloo a flash of
lightning.
Act II Sceno I.
Barbed wire entanglements are
shattered near Mary-FranceB. Gal
lant's trousers ."tourn asunder."
Scono n.
''Help! Help!" Then two comrades
appear. A wounded leg is bound with
handkerchiefs.
Act III Sceno I
In Room No. a wounded stude la
brought in and placed on tho bod.
Sympathetic follows rush in from all
sides.
Scono II.
Cowden Hall manager enters fol-
lowed by doctor. The wounds of tho
agonizing patient are immediately
dresaed. "Fishermen" and all scat
ter and no ono knows tho cause of
tho excltemont.
.Ad Fin'.tura.
THIRD NUMBER OF
LYCEUM NEXT TUES.
Jean Wormser's Alpine SIngors and
Yodlers an unsurpassed Lyceum and
Chatauqua success will appear as tho
third number of the Simmons LycSum
Course op Tuesday evening Dec. 11.
Tho company gives a program com-
posed of American Folk Songs Ger-
man Folk Songs Bavarian Folk Songs
Tyrolean Folk Songs Swiss Folk
Songs Original Solos Original Duos
Original Trios Original Quartets Orig
inal Choruses Yodel Solos otc. In
fact a raro treat for all lovors of uni-
que things in the musical Tine an ir-
reslstablo combination of melody com-
edy and pathos.
Tho world especially tho American
part of It Is constantly looking for tho
now tho startling tho Interesting.
Tho Quintette Is to appear In the na-
tlv.o Peasant garb of the Tyroleans
Tho stage with its native costumes Is
said to look like a transformation
from the Alps with tho same piquancy
of life and exhuberanco of song. Few
people realize tho possibilities of tho
zither which is a very limited Instru-
ment except when in tho hands of
such players as those who are to bo
hero Tuesday evening. And tho yodol-
ing characteristic of tho Swiss moun-
t&tae in deecribod as most boautiful.
The program will begin promptly at
8:30 o'clock.
CHAPS FROM CHAPEL
Dr. Olsen Bald that there were
about four thousand school marms
mostly women at tho state teachers
association.
Proxy: There are only eight more
days before examinations and I want
you to do such studying between now
and then as you have never been guil-
ty of before.
Dr. Held: Any boy or girl should
not be satisfied with grubbing when ho
or she can do something better.
A student's prayor: O Lord deliv-
er us from the sllvertongued orators
whose mouths are full of golden oppor-
tunities and bless us with mon who
when thoy aint got nthln' to say kalnt
bo Induced to say It.
Prexy has been at home this week
so overybpdy has been good in chapel
. t
Dr. Arnotte "Miss Reeves what Is
a saprophite?''
Floy "Uh well Tbellovo It is an
animal that lives on tho say of trees."
PERSONALS
Misses Alico and Alda Nichols spont
Thanksgiving with relatives in Stam-
ford Texas.
Misses Lucy Evans and Frankio Up-
ham spont 'Thanksgiving Day in
Blackwoll.
Thomas Lynch and Frank Arm-
strong visited at Stamford Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Mary Ruth Smith was at her
homo In Anson last wcok.
Tut Tabor spont tho wcok end with
Itomofolks.
Mon D. Thaxton went to Clydo
Sunday to boo his people.
Miss Florlbol Adklns of Hamlin
visited her Blstor Edith in G. I. H.
during tho Thanksgiving holidays.
Ralph McMoan prolonged Thanks-
giving by spondlng a fow days with
homefolks.
Miss Maboth Hanna visited hor sis-
ter Mildred In Mary-Frances Hall
last weok.
Miss Lolabol Godfroy waB in tho
homo of Rev. and Mrs. Watson on
Thanksgiving Day.
Miss Lola Kolly loft Monday for
hor homo in Post Bocauno of sick-
ness she was forced to discontinue
hor school work. Sho was accom-
panied by her mother and Miss Cecil
Gates. Both Miss Kelly and Miss
Gates will bo greatly mlsBod by all
Mary-Francos girls as well as many
others
Edmund Carey has roturned after
a fow dayBr' visit with homofolks at
Caddo.
MIbb Franklp Osmont visited in
Stamford last week.
Miss Ethel Pittman was out In town
Sunday with Miss Myrtle Strickland.
Lieut. Frank E. Smith a former
Btudent of Simmons visited friends
about the campus Monday. Ho has
just returned from Camp Stanley Leon
Springs where ho has been In training
tho past three monthB.
Mr. Lester Hartley who is teaching
near Blackwell was a visitor on tho
campus Saturday.
MIbb Dlllard spent tho weok end
with homefolkB at Sylvester.
Miss Lucy Evans spont Thanksgiv-
ing with homofolks at Blackwoll. Sho
was accompanied by Miss Frankio Up-ham.
MIss Jowol Watson visltedk at Abi-
lene Christian College Sunday.
Cor. Leonard Goodnight is homo on
furlough. Ho is Just recovering from
ar. attack of pneumonia.
Mr. Seth Wagnon honor graduate of
tho class of 1913 has recently re-
ceived his commission as First Lieu-
tenant at Camp Stanley. Mr. Wagnon
Just In Time for theMolidays
? This GSat Sale of WyAen's
Novelty Footwear
Broken lines of this season's most popular styles
clever color contrasts beautiful leathers including
fieldmous6 purple grays ivory brown champagne
and blacks. You'll save $2.05 to $3. 5 on every pair
See Windows
Christmas Shoppers!
We have gifts for everybody.
Let us show you.
MONTGOMERY DRUG COMPANY
is one of Simmons most distinguished
sons and he hasva host of friends horo
who will bo glad to hear of his success.
Uculuh Collins ono of our popular
senlorltes who Is now teaching at
Hawloy was among tho out-of-town
visitors at the SImmons-Tarleton foot-
ball game Thanksgiving.
It will be Interest to many to know
that Miss Mildred Paxton '17 graduate
who -wan bditor-ln-chtet of "Tho Sim-
mon's Brand" last year haB ''made tho
"Texan'' staff. This is indeed quite
an honor but Mildred's! friends feel
sure that she Is the girl for tho place.
Miss Grace Hord a '17 graduate was
a visitor In town.Sunday. She is teach
ing at Benjamin Texas and Is mak-
ing a very successful "school marm.''
Lleqt. Keel a recently commission-
ed Leon Springs man visited the col-
lege the past week. He was a student
In Simmons last year.
TO MY FRIENDS AND
- CUSTOMERS
I have changed my phono num-
ber from 1085 to 102. Calls an-
swered day andnight.
Cecil Bryant
SERVICE CAR
Jennings Bros.
Plumbers and Electricians
"The House That Wants Your Business"
$&
Holiday Sale of Ladies' Fine Dresses!
The greatest stock of pretty now dresses in tho city you
know tho dresses hero aro tho prices that includes every
dresB in stock. You'll need one or moro for tho Holiday
Social functions
REAL CUT PRICE8
All $6.75 Dresses In stock now ?4.50
All $875 Dresses in stock now-. $6.53
All $10.00 'Dresses In stock now j. '-7.50
All $15.00 Dresses In stock now $11.25
All $18.75 Dresses in stock now $14.10
All $20.00 Dresses in stock now $15.00
All $22.50 Dresses in Btock now $16.85
All $25.00 Dresses In stock now $18.75
All $27.50 Dresses in stock now - $20.65
All $30.00 Dresses in stock now $22.50
All $35.00 Dresses In stock now $26.25
All $37.50 Dresses in stock now .--$28.15
All $40.00 Dresses In stock now $30.00
All $45.00 Dresses In stock now $33.75
All $48.60 Dresses In stock now . $36.75
All $65.00 DresseB in stock now $4875
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This is your opportunity to save on a drosB for evening
or afternoon or street wean See them.
MINTER DRY GOODS OO.
ABILENE'S PROGRESS-
IVE STORE
CHRISTMAS!
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When you think or see Xmas think of the Corner Drug Store. Gifts for everyone in Jewelry Cut
Glass Silverware China Xmas Candies Stationery and Toilet Goods
A
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THE CORNER DRUG STORE
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