The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-19
CURRENT

What a Greenville Woman Thinks Of
h Worlds Doings.
Greenyille Mountaineer.
Here is a graceful summary of inter-
esting items as read by one OF the
ladies in the Thursday Afternoon
Club" last week:
"Boast not thyself of thine high
estate" Is u maxim which all poor
fran humanity would do well to heed,
giant wheel at whose crank Fate
stands, grim and inexorable, countless
millions of human atoms are crushed
beneath its relentless tire, while on its
summit those whom Destiny elects to
favor sit, glad and triumphant, forget
ting In the rari6ed air of prosperity
the depth from which they we're
rescued.
How pathetic q picture of human re-
verses Is that of the poor dusky Queen
of Hawaii ; she may have aud perhaps
did merit the punishment allotted her,
yet 1T Is no less sad to contemplate the
bitterness OF despair which must be
hers, whom, from tho power and SOW
ereignty OF u throne. she descends to
! II prison cell, u convict's stripes.
h myriad descriptions and illus
t~rations Of the Gould-Castellane mar
riage, with which the papers are tenn
ing, reminds n Of Aladin's magic
lamp. TO US benighted, poverty
savors strongly Of fairy lore; such
rivers of glittering diamonds such
ropes of cleaning pearls; such u heap
ing together OF ruby, emerald and
sapphire fires; such an exhausless
supply of gold aud silver wrought by
cunning art into every conceivable
form; such an endless prodigality of
iowers. music n general gorgeous
ness tho u" in Gould should really
be eliminated. Gold would be a sym
bolic name, indeed, all this princely
grandeur having peer evolved from its
magic power. One cannot help moral
iztng u little and wondering if all this
magnilicelIce adds one 1.-THE to the
brides happiness. 1t appeals, of
course, to her vanity and to her pride
OF possession, but is powerloss to be-
stow II grace of tender w~omanhood,
or to cali into being one impulse Of
faith or charity. The curiosity of the
American public must furnish IN inn
mense amount of amusement to our
cousins from over tho pond, when we
think OF ten thousand people standing
Tor six consecutive hours patiently
waiting to SEQ the Count d'Custellano
ard party pass, feeling repaid by only
a meeting glimpse of the titled for
eigners.
The Hover fad seems to DO daily
growing and assuming gigantic pro-
portions; at the debut, a short while
ago, OF Il OF the Vanderbilt hciresses,
the very modest sum OF $25, 900 was OK
pended or floral decorations alone and
at this rate the florists are destined to
| no fln N,y,t ,tllt<~ ~.
The Valentine edition OF the Atlanta
Journal, edited and presided over by
Southern women, was u most brilliant
success in every respect. We, as wo-
men, havc every reason to be proud of
the achievement. The articles were
well written, the selections admirable,
demonstrating q fact long since proven
that the field OF successful journalism
is open TO women az we'll as to men.
The sum OF 5000 realized will add
very materially to the fund for the ben
eit OF tho Cotton States and Interna-
tiOnal Exposition. The Columbus
Enquirer-Sun will follow the Journals
noble example, and for one whole day
will bosu5ject to the dominating power
OF the female brain, and the graceful
wltchory OF the feminine pen.
America succeeds In distancing the
mother country occasionally. This
feat was accomplished lately at the
yachting carnival on the Mediterra-
nean, when Mr.. Aliens yacht Dacota
vanquished the cutter owned by the
Prince of Wales, as we'll us several
other English vessels.
The guests composing Senator Brice's
dinner party a few days ago must have
performed tho most miraculous OF gas
tronomic feats; 1t is startling to think
OF Il few persons consuming $12, 600
worth of viands. | am afraid the host
was forced to dispense with the usual
formula as to the delightful time spent,
etc. as, according to all preconceived
Ideas, they must have been too full for
utteranco.
The greatest triumphant in the art
OF boOk-making has lately been
achieved by u Philadelphia firm in the
production OF the largest and hand
soonest volumes known. They consist
Of four scrap books made expressly for
tho Gar of Russia, Ind they are l5x175
inches in size and Al inches thick.
Three OF them are bound in black seal
lined with purple silk, and in these
are carefully preserved clippings from
American papers and magazines rclat-
Ing to tho last illness, death and obse-
quies of Car Alexander III. The
fourth volume. bound in red sea- and
with. white silk hinges, contains the
comments of the American press on
the marriage OF Gear Nicholas, and is
also embelished by many portraits of
himself and of his bride. The books
are provided with massive clasps of
gold and silver bearing the cipher of
the present Gear; on the frontispieco
of each appears the imperial coat OF
arms of Russia the heraldic work and
engraving, described as the most ex.
quisite work of art, was designed and
executed by an American woman, Miss
Amelia Ritterhof, of New York. IL
SHOULD be II subject Of national prido
that this master work is altogether
the outcom of American brains. SUP.
%plemented by American enorgy.
Speaking Of these books colossal
reminds me Of perhaps the smallest
one extant. This liliputian volume is
even smaller than the inch square die.
tionary, contains 80 leaves and bear,
the euPhonious title OF Hop DER my
thumb"
For government which prides itself |
upon the justice and stability of its
laws, upon the freedom of thought and