The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-04

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are told. and everybody who Is somebody
is a woman body, is that unless you can
wear cherries You are nobody. The
Frenchman a la mode wears III his but
tonhole Il huge bunch of cherries, with
Il stick and Il leaf as the background.
Real? Well. they are the next thing to
if. You are almost ready to swear That
those cherries have just come from the
tree itself: but. unlike those belonging
to the tree identified with G.. Washing
ton. these are made of the most perfect
ceIhuloid. Then the dark-haired girl has
n bunch of cherries at her waist to con
vince Won of its SmallncSS. and the
plump Girl has a bunch of cherries III
her hair to remind YOU of the quantity
of beautiful tresses that are her own,
and to which the cherries form a good
contrast.
Next to cherries, everybody who is
anybody is drinking Scotch whiskey.
The bottle that used to tizz and en-
courage our wit is out of fashion. The
bottle which held the somewhat sour but
lovely colored liquid has, metaphorically,
gone to the dogs, while the g~olden-tlnt-
ed sherry. with its flavor of nuts and its
bouquet of sweet flowers, may be taken
with your soup. but it is not counted Il
necessity. merely a something that we
bear because our grandfathers did it.
SCOTCH AND SODA.
But the Scotch whiskey, pale yellow
in color. mixed with Soda, is given to
YOU all through your dinner, whether
YOU like it or not, and really, though it
has not the virtues Of Araby the Blcst
in the way of smell, still it is not alto
gether criminal. and its taste can and
must be cultivated.
The Queen has INDUCED in Scotch and
soda until she has forgotten her own
age. and has to refer to the "Peerage'
to discover Just how old she is. AS for
the set that calls itself we" it is saw
ing money by this Scotch idea, and as
one one young man whose draWl had
been gained by five years 0 life amOnA
the Highlands said: 1T is so beastly
vulgar, don't you know, to be anything
but stingy nowadays. \ fellow, though,
has to learn just how he can give Il pen
ny to another fellow who is starving
and has the usual six wives and chill
dren. Still if Il fellow learned to give
his penny to the other fellow with the
right air the other fellow thinks that
he certainly must be Il Duke, else he
wouldn't dare be so careful of his
money. Why. my dear fellow, it took
me quite Il time to discover that the
people who give wonderful presents and
spend no end of money are always the
people who dug up their gold of went
out doing washing and sometimes earn
ed their ducats in a way not 50 clean.
We who really know, appreciate the
value of money, and, while we do Il
kind thing for Il fellow. we don't go
around throwing our money away.
That's beastly bad form, and as you
are young [ I'm going to tell you, my
dear boy. to take this lesson to heart.
Give little things, and people are GER
tain to think YOU are awfully wealthy
and very stingy. whereas, as suggested,
talk quietly, and when you give some
trit1e make it some gift that money
coud not purchase, but which courtesy
could only command. As [ said before.
learn to know how to give Il little and
give that little with the air Of Il Duke
or a French Duchess"
NEAT NIGHT LAMPS.
But everybody who is somebody is
bringing home to the other body the
dearest little night lamps that ever
charmed the soul of IL woman and
made her feel rich. Generalizing, women
are not grateful. Life is short, and the
changes in hairdressing are numerous.
But the night ~lamps-oh, they are dar-
lingS, They are Of china, and some
represent that lovely little cottage in
which w. Shakespeare and his sweet
wife, Anne Hathaway. lived their life
of diluted bliss, while there are others
that represent those ducks of Noah's
ark that somewhat delight the souls of
ahi11pn md in which 1.-Two p1pJlh n n 4 -
and mosquitoes of the same size. The
little houses are of china, and there is
an opening at the back of each. y
broad, low candle is set inside on the
floor. and the light comes through the
windows in the front. Think how per
fectly lovely it would be to have a lamp
made after the style of the cottage of
the divine William! And as you dream
of Romeo, your Romeo, you would re-
member how he said "Anee Hathaway,
she hath a way to make earth heaven
or hell, Anne Hathaway.'
Then, too. we are hearing of the new
bazaar. 1t is the thing to give it either
in a big picture gallery or Il ballroom,
private Ones, of course. At each stall
is sold whatever the managers Of that
particular one may wish. but everything
must be of one color, and all the sales
Nollleu IitlSI ne uIeSScu 10 Ildtcu tlclE
goods. Best of all were two pretty
girls who sat under a huge umbrella,
selling what they called country produce.
which Included dollhouse grapes and
peaches at 81 apiece, or two for S2.25.
Hardly any of the men discovered
where the economy of buying two
peaches lay, but then, as the sales
woman said, if you paid more you had
more, which was an argument which no
one could deny. Under the huge UNI
brella of bright red other girls We're
dressed as Normandy peasants, and
every other girl in the room WAS flu
rious because her mother hadn't been
clever enough to think out what these
girls were.
NOT A CHEERFUL WAR.
Now the war is over, one is permitted
to say that, from a feminine standpoint