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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-09

Indisputable.-Miss Summit-What a
lot Of old china Miss Spindle has! And
she says it was handed down in her
family,
Miss Palisade-Then it is just as I
expected"
What is?'
THAT her ancestors never kept SER
wants. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
Rscuuse She Loved Him So.

"You do not care for mel! he cried,
desparingly. "You do not believe in
my love-!
"On the contrary" replied the up to
date girl, 81 am giving you the best
possible evidence that do"
"But you refuse to marry me-" he
said.
"And why?" was asked with the air
of one who thinks she has been deeply
wronged. ut is because believe you
love me and care enough for you not
TO make you miserable. Nothing could
be more unselfish than my action. You
are poor. You could not supply me
with those luxuries that I crave and
toe fact that you had to deny them to
me would make you unhappy, The
greater your love the more wretched
YOU would be in such circumstances,
and it is to save you from this unhap-
niness that I refuse you. I shall sac
rifice myself by marrying some one
with lots Of money, but it will be for
you-all for u."-Chicago Evening
Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
SIN lie csuya, Customers,

"a well known portrait painter was
not always the receiver of such hand
scnie honorariums as are now paid
him for his portraits. Time was, says
Tit-Bits, when he lived in a common
! lodging house near the Pantheon at
an altitude OF no less than seven
stories. Necessity is the mother Of in
tTeation, but how to induce discrim-
mating public to climb seven pair of
stairs?
He put up placard in the basement
Of the house, Portraits taken here.
Only ten francs. Studio on the third
floor"
When the would be purchaser had
arrived at the studio designated lie
found himself confronted by q placard,
"Ten franc portraits. The studio has
been removed to the fifth floor"
After much putting and painting the
fifth floor was reached, where new
bill met the inQuiring eye, ''The ten
franc portraits. The studio has, ow-
ing to rebuilding of the premises
been temporarily removed to the sew
cnth floor"
Having suffered so much the victim
did not mind suffering once more, and
the aspiring artist got another Gus
toner.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
Outing Gowns.

There are for the autumn some Goou
gowns being turned out in cheviots,
covert-cloths and the double-faceo
cloths, There lis not great deal OF
difference noticeable since last spring
in tile cut of the skirts; some have
the double box-pleat, others the invert-
ed box-pleat, and there are some with
an almost plain habit back. The new
est have one boX-pleat, stitched nat
to the skirt itself with rows OF ma
chine-stitching that form a point TO-
wards the belt. This is supposed 10
be more becoming than the straight
lines of stitching. Another model mas
three small box-pleats that are shaped
to be quite small at the belt, ana are
stitched fiat OH either side for short
distance below the belt, and II the
cloth be heavy it is cut away under
tho pleats. The 'jackets are tight-nt-
ting, rather short, and made like the
old-fashioned dress waist with round
basque ut the back, and opened at the
throat with small revers and turned
down collar.-Harper's Bazaar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28

shown Of black, red, white or dark
green gauze, with lace figures and de-
signs over it, outlined with tiny span
s'e-, ...,, ,-...ch catch the reflection Of the
lights and throw or. .-::.1.ccar "a 5.carss rays
as the fan is waved to and fro.
Most costly Of all are the weblike
affairs Of Honiton, with plain me-
dallion in the centre, upon which Is
exQuisitely painted 4. Watteau scene.
The roses on the bushes are so in
finitesimal as to resemble pin points,
and yet they look natural enough to
plucA. The gowns of the ladies ere OF
the richest satins and brocades, the
sky tints are truer to nature than in
many n larger painting, and the dash
Of pretty coloring in the centre of the
f1imsy, web-like lace pattern makes the
fan perfection.
The newest fans are mounted on
mother -of-pearl, amber, bone and wood
en- sticks. The pearl, amber and bone
sticks are beautifully carved and out
lined with gold, and the wooden sticks
continue the violet, heliotrope and for
get-me-not designs Of the fan.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
At the Rauble Shop.

Huge turquoiseS Of clear pale blue
or of greenish:blue, streaked with cop
perry veins, are set in dull gold, and
make handsome and striking orna-
ments. The conventional turquoise,
surrounded with diamonds, has been
done to death. and is no longer be-
loved of the smartly dressed women.
Among pretty novelties in brooches are
rosettes of diamonds. with pearl in
the centre. Two Of these rosettes arc
united by chains of pearls and gold
wire, and make most adaptable sort
of brooch. Pearls and diamonds Will
lead this season. Even the craze Tor
emeralds and the revived furore for
coral seems to have given way to the
colorless stones in vogue. Etruscan de-
signs for pendants and charms are
the greatest favorites, but diamond
serpents, lizards, birds, lucky beans,
shamrocks, cats playing with pearl
balls, flying foxes, terriers and wish
bones are fanciful favorites. Enamel
brooches, circular shamrock and heart
shapes, are. bordered with pearls and
bear q: diamond device on the surface.
Bows with pendant ends in diamonds
and pearls are pretty and novel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
Won Waldsrsee Agile at Sixty.Elght.

1 think that Count Waldersee has
given guarantees Of being fit for the
enterprise Of undertaking to bring an
army of troops of eight different na-
tions under onerhelmet and conducting
it to victory.
Among the personal traits that adapt
him especially for the difficult task of
commanding international hetero-
geneous bodies of soldiers is a faculty
for softening opposing opinions and ar
bitrating between contradictory wills,
q faculty which likewise came to life
as far back as 1S70-'71, and, further.
more, diplomatic skill in the way
Of suggestion. When we old associates
in the General Staff met recently to
bid him godspeed on his voyage, he
shook our hands, then mustered oul
faces. "Some of you are wondering
why I accepted this command" he re-
marked. 1--WE shall Sec" And, or
dering up his horse, he vaulted into
the saddle-sixty-eight years old. yet
still as elastic as q Mathematician.
tenant-General Won Briesen, in The
Independent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
The Happy Side in Fiction.

Mr.. Marcus Stone has opened up
subject which, were our silly season
not so packed with wars and rumors of
wars, might we'll provide the public
with theme whereon to moralize in
print. Talking to an interviewer for
the benefit Of the young Man." Mr..
Stone declared that both in literature
and art it is easier to picture sorrow
than joy. According to Mr.. Stone,
much of our modern realism, with its
depressing morbidity and its gloomy
philosophy, is due solely to the ease
wherewith it can be produced. II have
only to paint coffin on a trestle in
an empty room," says the artist, land
l cannot help impresslng somebody"
The real difficulty is to paint the bright
and happy side Of life, to give the
world mirth and refreshment. We are
inclined to agree with Mr.. Stone. The
average reader of the books, at any
rate, prefers the book that makes him
happy, to that which closes in sorrow.
In tragedy, Of course, there must be
sorrow, but It Is not the pitiful, sor-
did sorrow which modern novelists
affect, it Is sublime, as in Lear" We
can enjoy Lambs mockery of Tate for
putting his hook in the nostrils Of
"this Leviathan" for Garrick to attract
playgoers with happy ending; but
we could wish, nevertheless, that
modern novelists would realize their
own limitations, and give mankind
in place of cheap pathos and cynical
philosophy, books that breathe the
JOY Of existence, picture the cheerful
side of life, and end happily.-London
Globe
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
Some Bu,ipes, Women.

There are few fields in which wom-
en- are not represented. Some OF the
less usual are found in the SOUTH
where it, would be hardly expecteol'
and in the west, where all things are
possible. Shreveport, la. has Wom-
All as. clerk of the police court. MIS-
Durringer receives the same salary us
the men who have held the place, ana
as she has. held it many years 1t may
be assumed that she deserves II. AN
other Shreveport business woman is
Miss Della II. Jacobs, who holds the
post of assistant secretary of ouiiu-
ing. association, and personally man
ages most of the clerical and business
affairs of the company, which is large
and wealthy. $.
Miss: Rosa Kelly is secretary OF n
cotton mill. company, and fills her ONCE
with as much ability as any man
could. Chicago rises to present Il
woman as president and general man
ager of alarge brass and copper works.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
sweet Bugs for rorrumin. Linen.

There is nothing sweeter than laven-
der seeds and sticks wherewith to per-
fume linen cupboards, but when iaT-
ender. is scarce it is worth while to
remember that "sweet bags" for linen
may be composed, according to the
taste OF the person using them, OF any
mixtures Of the following articles:
Flowers. dried. and pounded; powdered
cloves, mace, nutmeg and cinnamon;
leaves. dried and" powdered, Of mint'
..lm, southern wood, ground IVY,
laurel, hyssop. sweet marjoram, rose
mary; woods, such rs cassia, juniper.
rhodium, sandalwood and rosewoou'
roots Of angelica and orris; all the
fragrant balsams, ambergris and musk.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
The entire dress of velvet the prom
;,ol r~,o, noua1ty

The entire dress of velvet the prom
ised greatest novelty.
Long plume effects in fancy feathers,
long breasts in Amazon style, quills
and wings used for hat trimming for
fall wear.
Violet-cloth blouses, fastened with
crystal buttons, have collars, revers,
and cuffs of silver-foX, chinchilla, or
very dark mink fur.
The bell fare model made with five
or seven cores, sometimes with single
or double-breasted fiounce, the popular
coming skirt model.
A novelty this season is phosphorized
silk, so called because the surface has
a phosphorcscent effect, intended to
suggest the glimmer Of the sea.
Heavy all over lace, with colored
silk lining, will be used for evening
and dressy waists. Tiny rhinestone
ornaments in profusion will serve for
decoration.
A novelty is panne metalique. A
special process gives metallic sheen
to the panne and it is highly effective
Changeable striped and broche panne
is also shown.
Ostrich feathers are already showing
themselves in the millinery establish
ments in all colors, and they can be
found to blend with the soft shades
of the handsome new cloths.
The lace shoe Is if anything increas-
ing in popularity in these mannish
shoes. There is no call for the mar
row toe in any of the stores, though
there has been but little change in the
general run Of boots.
For fall wear black velvet waist
coats will be popular. They are cut
low, and fastened with large rhine
stone or enamelled buttons, and are
immensely effective under the bolero
of a white pique suit.
1t is predicted that.the painted fabric
of last year will be more in evidence
than ever in the coming season. Whole
panels # painted velvet gowns Of
painted chiffon and every painted orna-
mentation will be seen.
Buttons promise to be very fashion
able. and handsome new designs are
made of steel, gold, crystal, jet, moth
er-of-pearl and paste jewels. Enamel
h,,+tons with and without Jewels, gold
and exidlzed silver and cameo buttons
are also in vogue.
Natty French jackets of covert cloth
ore made with loose fronts without
dart seams, double-breasted, and
finished with three graduated circular
shoulder capes, the roll Of the lining
showing like silk or satin piping at
the extreme edge Of each cape.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
The American Invasion Of London.

The suggestion in your issue of to-
day for providing volunteer guides for
our American, colonial and country
cousins on their visits to London
strikes me as an admirable one. How
often do we see our visitors gazing
aimlessly about the streets, jostled by
the crowds or standing apart at street
corners trying in vain to find out in
"Baedeker" what they want. Surely
there are many Londoners Of both
sexes possessed Of competent knowl-
edge of the chief churches, museums
and objects Of interest Tor who could
soon obtain such knowledge) who
would be glad to devote day or half
day now and again during the holi-
day season to escorting about London
small parties, say of eight or ten
Letter in London Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
. Her Own Manicure.

A girl whose nails are noticeaoiv
well kept explained to group of COM
panions the other day that she was
her own manicure, and that her i'm
plements were few and not at all the
expensive or snowy outfit that most
persons-particularly dealers and man
icures-consider necessary. ITO begin
with" SHE said, 81 never use nail
scissors, not even cuticle-scissors or
knives, but nail-clippers. These never
produce hangnails, while scissors or
knives may. My manicuring box holds
some boards, n stick of orange wood
sharpened to thin broad point,
piece of pumice stone, half Of a fresh
lemon, a jar of amandine, a tiny jar
of rose paste. although q box of pow
der with q polisher, or a bit of cha
mois unmounted will do as well.
Once a week I do my hands thorough
ly. and with trihing daily care they
are well kept. The pumice stone re-
moves ink and other stains; the lem
on is the only bleach needed, and Is
better than any other, az it will not
thicken the nails as most of the pre-
pared bleaches made from mineral
acids will. For the weekly care Of my
nails I soak my fingers few minutes
in tepid, soapy water, trim the nails
with the clippers, using, the emery
board to shape them. clean them
only with the orange wood stick, never
with steel cleaner or anything rough,
keep the cuticle pushed down, and
finally smear with the least bit of
rose paste and polish with the powder
and a polisher or piece of chamois. The
amandine is to nourish and heal the
nails, and I use that occasionally at
ght."-Detroit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
Fans in Miniature.

The newest fan is a revival of the
old-time Watteau model, and is very
small, says the London Daily Mail.
The designs painted on satin, silk,
gauze and lace are among the more
expensive, but even those on the
cheaper fans are often exquisite. The
fan has the scene with the figures and
flower gardens, green trees and tint
ed skies painted on its face, and the
clouds, trees and greensward repro
duced on the back, only omitting the
figures and flower beds.
Then there is another model, tiny
Vatican medallion set in the midst of
most exquisite sprays of mignonette,
clusters Of violets, with here and there
a. -daintily colored butterfly or a be-
spangled bird. An Empire fan is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
ScH00LMA'AM AND LOVE.
Chicago Hard Put to Find Unmarried Teach.
Ing Ladies'.

Ing Ladies'.
at is not very often that I want to
swear" said the principal Of q south
side private school which prepares
girls for college, "but I certainly felt
like it when 1 opened my mail yester-
day morning"
Ibid some mother who had con-
tracted to send her daughter to you
write at the last moment to say that
she had changed her mlnd?" asked his
friend.
"No, it was not that" answered the
principal. I'm so used to that sort Of
thing that it no longer causes even O
frown. Two of my best teachers
wrote that they would be unable to
keep their contracts for the coming
year, as they were going to be married
in the fall
"1yell, you can't blame the poor wo'
men for wanting to get married, can
you?"
"It wouldn't do any good If could"
replied the boarding-school man. "But
1 do say they have no right to think
of such q thing. Now, both these wo-
men have been with me since they
were graduated from q well-known
woman's college. They told me at the
start that they intended to devote their
lives to teaching, or would not have
taken them. For four years they have
been most devoted to their work. They
seemed perfectly contented and abso-
lutely devoid of sentiment. It's this
summer business that does it. You
never can tell what is going to happen
during the summer. They went to the
mountains this year, instead of the
seashore, although 1 advised against
1t. never could understand why men
/ and women get to thinking of marriage
as soon as they get into the mountains,
but they do. If they had gone to the
seashore or to Paris they would have
come back to me more determined than
ever to make teaching their life work.
"Well, yoI won't have to worry long
about filling their placesS' remarked
the friend.
There arc plentv of applicants, to
be sure, but it is a hard job to pick a
teacher that will suit. One never
knows their motives. So many girls
start to teach who do not have to earn
a living They think that they should
do something because their people
have spent so much on their education
That sort of girl always has some ro-
nance which is just about to break
into fire, and the fact that she has
started to work for herself drives the
young man to the point He promptly
proposes, and she tries to get out OF
her contract before the year Is half
over."-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
Women Bookblnders.

Zone Of the prettiest occupations in
the world for woman nowadays"
said the representative Of we'll
known art publishing house, SIS the
binding Of books. OF course, one
must have considerable artistic taste
in order to acquire the craft, but ar
tistic taste is not so rare at present,
and there are scores of girls wearing
their lives away as clerks and teach
ers who would become skilled binders
with little difficulty. The methods pur-
sued by an individual worker, who
aims to produce unique effects, are
entirely different from those Of big
modern bindery, and the trade can
only flourish in great cities where
there Is large and wealthy class
from which TO draw patrons. The art
binder uses very few tools, and the
entire outfit consists Of half a dozen
instruments, shaped like bodkins, a
heavy leather pad, q wooden mallet,
paste pot, some needles snd waxed
thread and supply of gold leaf. The
whole collection costs only, three or
four dollars, and every detail Of the
work is done painstakingTy by hand.
Such craftsmen make q speciality OF
binding fine books in such a way as
to add to their beauty and value. The
volumes they operate. upon are gener-
ally new, because OLD and rare books
are, Of course, preserved IN their
origina.. covers, and great pains are
taken to make the binding harmonize
with the contents. Not long ago l
saw copy of Watson's Hymn to the
Sea and Other Poems,' which had
been rebound by young woman who
has shop, or studio as she calls it,
in Chicago. The. material used was
very dark morocco and the fooled de-
sign. represented sprays Of seaweea..
The inside Of the covers, which to
connoisseur are just as important as
the outside, were ornamented with.@a
small figure of starflsh in. gold, scat
tered irrcgularly over the surface.
The effect was exquisite. She got SG3y
for binding that book, and worked at
it, OF and or, for month, but she.
hid at least half dozen others in !:
hand at the same time. There. are
two other women binders in Chicago
and five or six IL New York. They all
have as much work as they can posi-
bly, do."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
Aie OnIv Rov.

Mr.. .Henpeck-Malia, there's no use
your trying to deny that our little
Arthur takes after me in one way.
Mrs. Henpeck (severely)-Oh, indeed!
What way is that, please?
Mr.. Henpcck-I noticed when you
went up behind him minute ago that
he lodged and winked as If he e1-
Dected to be hit, just as / do.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28
TIE INFLUX OF FlNNS.
Why These Triity. Honest Peasants as'
Leaving the Czar's Domain.

It is announced that q large number
of Firms will come to America this
year. Steamship companies have
made estimates as high as $4,000, but
as there are only two and one-half
million people in the grand duchy of
Finland, these figures seem to be ex-
aggerated. 1t is hardly probable that
one person in every fifty will emf
crate. Nevertheless, it Is certain that
the policy of the new Car Of Russia
Is driving from his country q large
number of his most valuable subjects.
Until last year, the usual number Of
Finnish emigrants who landed an
nually in New York was under 1000,
although in the early sos many more
came, attracted by prospects Of work
on railways and in mines. Last year
the number had risen to 6,420.
The immediate cause Of unrest
among the Films Is the edict Of year
ago, by which the Russia army con-
scription was introduced into the
grand duchy. The Russian navy has
been successfully manned by Fin
nish sailors, and the Gear has evident
ly concluded these sturdy people
would make good soldiers. This Is
violent departure from what had been
RussIa's, policy toward the Firms up
to ten years ago. The grand duchy
was ceded to Russia by Sweden In
1909. The Car Alexander l. issued an
adict, guaranteeing their constitutional
rights "for NIL perpetuity." Each Gear
since that time has issued a similar
edict. About ten years ago Alexander
II. began steps for the Russianization
of Finland by abolishing its postal
system, suspendlng its criminal code
and introducing the Russian language
into the schools. Nicholas II. did
nothing until his conscription procla-
nation. Within q week 522,931 adult
Firms signed q protest, which was
carried to st. Petersburg by delega-
ton Of 500 men, but the Gear refused
to receive them.
Beside sending Russian officials
throughout the grand duchy and abol-
ishing the Finnish flag and postage
stamp, the Car has now again inter
fered in the Finnish schools, probably
the best in Europe. The University
at Helslngford has 2,134 students, 2S5
of whom are women. There are forty
four lyceums in the country, and out
of total of 45s,OOO children of school
age, fewer than 10000, only 4 per
cent, do not receive instruction.
BY imperial edict hereafter the Rus
sian language is to be used exclusive
ly, and about half the subjects taught
hitherto are declared seditious. The
Finns, who are good Lutherans, fear
that in this way the religion of the
Greek Church will be thrust upon
them. Their national spirit is still
strong, and they deeply resent this
blow at their native tongue and insti-
tutions.
The Firms have always been faith
full subjects of the Gear. They have
never plotted against him. There was
no excuse on such ground for his
action. The United States has moth
ing to fear from Finnish immigration.
The peasants are thrifty, industrious
and upright. In this case, Russia's
loss is Americas gain.-Kansas City
Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-28

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