The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-04-03
It is proposed to establish a dress

waking and cutllng department in the
institution, for many OF the girls have
a liking for sewing, although they did
not know how to take a stitch wAen
they came into the home.
In addition to this training the girls
receive a common school education in
the branches of reading, writing anl
arithmetic.
1t is not all work at the school,
however. The grounds are ample AMI
beautiful, and the girls go out every
day, while for rainy days they nave
two large playrooms. Part of their
work, even. is regarded as play by
them, as they thoroughly enjoy the
gardening, sewing and cooking. I'm
der the training of skilled gardener
they grow most of the vegetables used
in the school, and have the finest
flower garden in the locality The
vegetables and fruits not needed Tor
summer consumption they can and
preserve for winter.
Ten and eighteen years Of age are
the limits of commitment, and a girl
committed to the school remains in
it's custody until she is tWenty-one.
After a years residence she may be
placed with a private family, from
which she reports from time to time.
Her earnings arc sent to the lnstltu-
1ion, and the money is banked and
held in trust for ner, necessary ex-
penses being deducted. Every child
Of the school receives a handbook for
this purpose. From such earnings cne
of the girls now has 1929 to her creatt,
AMI the aggregate runs into hundreds
of dollars.
In almost every case absolute re-
form is effected, and many of the girls
are respectfully and happily married.
Misnated Fearls Worn.
There is no doubt about feminine
enthusiasm over the earring. Pro-
digious pearl buttons are, with the
exception of a few novel shapes, the
kind to wear, and their vogue is very
largely due to the fact that pair
of truly magnificent lorty-dollar pearl
ear studs could really not be iientl-
fed from a pair worth four or forty
thousand unless a jewel expert is
called in to pass upon the compare
tive merits. This was illustrated the
other day when the custom house OIL
GERS seized a brace of splendid pink
beads that had not been declared,
and the jeweler who examined them
at first pronounced them genuine, so
admirable was their make. Until very
recently the fashion in ear studs de-
manled that the pair of pearls should
first of all be of unusual size, then as
nearly as possible perfect spheres, and
finally exact mates in color.
1t fell to the lot of doting young
husband to change this mode. His
wife's birthday was due about Thanks
giving time, and on discreetly lnqulr-
ing her preferences as to suitable
gift he was told that nothing short
of pair of pearl ear studs bigger
than any her friends had would just
fill the aching void in her jewel box.
He wrote and telegraphed and tele-
phoned, and cabled, in a way doting
American husbands nave, and his Or
der was for a pair of the biggest
pearls in the market. A Kew York
dealer got one IN Paris and one IN
London and both were guaranteed to
be as big as ordinary gooseberries.
There proved, however, to have been
a little hitch in the instructions, that
nevertheless had been interpreted lit
orally as to size, for one pearl was as
black as London SCOT and the other
as white as snow. There was no
doubt about tneir size, though, and
the wife, rather than hurt the feel
ings of. her faithful knight, put the
mismatched pearls in her little pink
ears and went to dinner of excep-
tional splendor.
The next morning she woke up and
found herself as a leader of fashion,
and since that dinner party the women
with mated pearls" as they are
called, have been negotiating ex-
changes at their jewelers. or among
themselves. Mated pearls are net in
it" with mismatched pairs, and though
a black and white bead are at the top
of the list. a green and pink, white
and a yellow, are acceptable seconds
in style.-Chicago Record-Herald.