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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
How Fashions Arc Set.

Beyond peradventure fashion rules;
but who rules fashion? This question
Nancy NJ. W. Woodrow seeks to an
swer in tho Cosmopolitan. She eX-
plains that in England Queen Alexan-
dra is leader of the mode. When the
Queen, then Princess, donned high
jeweled collar to hide Disagreement
Of the neck, almost every English
woman of fashion fitted her neck to
the yoke like an obedient OK"
"On this side of the water VIC have
no official arbiter of modes, no courts
or royalties to determine the disputed
issues CT fashion. Nevertheless, there
is in this country standard as fixed
as that Of England or France. In each
Of our large cities one or more women
are recognized as social leaders, whose
fat on questions of etiquette and pre-
cedence is all-supreme; but it is to
a little coterie In the metropolis,
whose wealth, position, beauty and
taste render them independent of cavil
or criticism, that we look for guidance
in the matters Of fashion.
"As much at home on one side OF
the Atlantic as on the other, these
women are entirely free from the diff
fdence of provincialism; and, gifted
with unerring discrimination, they IN
variably select what best accords with
their own preferences, serenely re-
gardless of how the rest of the world
may look upon the innovation. AS
matter OF fact, the rest of the world
usually tumbles over itself in its
haste to follow in their footsteps.
These are the women who form
the oligarchy of fashion in America,
the supreme council before whose bar
the conceptions of tailor and milliner
and bootmaker must stand, to be
either adjudged worthy or ruthlessly
condemned and cast into outer dark
ness"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
A Woman House Decorator.

A clever New York woman, who
has succeeded as house decorator,
e now developing a -ovel adjunct to
her business, which is fndir hearty
cooperation from the real estate
dealers. To sell CT lease a house or
apartment, agents have discovered
that interior appearance at the time
of inspection greatly facilitates.
There is more money to be made in
proportion out Of rental of fur
rished house or apartment than from
those unfurnished. People who go to
New York. merely for season or two
desire artistic settings which are out
Of their reach save at large expendi-
ture.. This clever woman has accu-
mulated large assortments of antique
furniture. picked up at auction for
song, and shc is an acknowledged CON-
noisseur. This furniture she leases to
guaranteed parties. She co-oDs.%tes
sTitt. firm of women real estate deal
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

eight months from suppressed men
struation, and it effected my entire
system until I became weak and debil-
itated, and ut times felt that had
hundred aches in as many places. I
only used the Compound for few
weeks, but it wrought change in me
which I felt from the very beginning.
I have been very regular since, have no
pains, and find that my entire body is
as if it was renewed. I gladly recon-
mend Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to everybody
Miss ELIZABETH GAME, 60 w. Division
St., Fond du Lac, Wis.-s5ooo forfeit II
above testimonial Is rot genuine.
At such a time the greatest aid to
nature is Lydia E.. Pinllham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t prepares
the young system for the coming
change, and is the surest reliance for
woman's ills of every nature.
Mrs. Pinl1ham invites all
young women who are Ill to
write her for free advice. Ad-
dress Lynn, Mass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
THE oNE-sHoE RULE.
Experience Teaches In the Retail Boot
and Shoe Business.

Experience Teaches In the Retali BOOT
and Shoe Business.
The proprietor of a little shoe store
on the East Side was alone in his
place yesterday when a short, stout
Young man walked in and asked to
look at a pair of shoes. He had tried
On a number Of shoes when the shoe
dealer looked at him and said:
"Ve always deal square NIT people
like you. am acquainted with your
mother. She always gets her shoes
here, und dot is Why you can have dot
pair for So"
The man laced up the shoes and
was about to tie the shoestrings when
another young fellow came in.
"you stiff" he growled to the GUS
toner, "why did you insult my SIS
ter?"
"You go back to that place or I'll
punch you full of holes" replied the
man who had the shoes on.
The next minute he received a
punch on the cheek ana the lelio"
who had done the punching ran out.
The man with the new shoes ran at
ter him shouting. They disappeared
around the corner.
The owner Of the store waited half
an hour and then called his vile
from their apartments in the rear.
Becky" he said, II tink mebbe dot
man is q swindler." p
"Swindler," repeated Becky, why
I heard you say his mother we're a
customer"
Zach dot we're only business lie,
but it cost me 81. Der next man
will only get one shoe to try on be-
fore he pays cash down. Dots der
now rule: understand?'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
Smart Dresses.

Many dressmakers in England and
Paris have exclusive modes in dresses,
and the woman is cleverest who can
find out where garments are to be had
which suit her best. Tall, slender
women can wear shaped f1ounces
which would be fatal to one threat
ened with embonpoint. A young,
fresh face with light hair and tender
coloring may adopt the fashionable
greens without fear. Every one now
adays has to be careful not only in
her coiffure, but in the manner in
which she puts on her hats, for there
is so much variety in them and they
are so unusual as compared with what
we have been wearing that it is
matter of importance to set them at
the right angle in order not to over
step the narrow boundary which di-
vides the sublime from the ridicu-
ious.
There are many new items in ma
terials-champagne silk, for example,
which is used for millinery as we'll as
for dresses, and for the former re-
quires to be trimmed with flowers Of
very subdued hue. Many beautiful
gowns in this shade are made with
appliques Of lace and vests Of chine
muslin.
We are returning to an old style
Of long ago, in which skirt and bodices
alike are made of alternate stripes OF
black velvet and lace insertion or rib
bon and lace insertion, but intcrtlend-
ing with cordings and embroideries,
sometimes in silks and sometimes
with beads. Often scarfs or stole
ends of lace are draped from the
shoulders just covering the point, and
a bertha of velvet and beaded fringe
falls over the blouse front in these
velvet and lace gowns. A very pretty
sleeve has a puff of gossamer tulle
coming from the point of the shoulder
to above the elbow, where it is held in
place by wreath of pink roses, from
which rufI1e descends. Washington
Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

ers. The latter, for example, have an
apartment. which rents unfurnished
fol $50; the decorator fits it up with
her antiques, which give the appear
ance of wealth, and the rent rises to
say $500. Fifty dollars monthly soon
pays the decorator for the outlay, and
once the furniture is paid for, repairs
excepted, it may be rented repeatedly
at clear profit. 1t is stated that the
two apartments fitted up in this man
ner paid for the furniture in leEs
than three months and increased the
business of the agents to such an ex-
tent that they are unable to meet the
demands for such apartments.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
A French Prodigy.


9 Paris critics are now enthusiastic
over. a 16-year old girl whose marvel
Gus singing and acting seem to prom
ise for her great future. Her name
is Mathe Pierat, and she made her
debut at the Odeon. On the day after
her first appearance the Paris jour-
nails eulogized her voice, her acting
and her beauty, until the name Sec
,ond Bernhard" has come to be quite
commonly applied to her. 1t is stated
she takes her triumph calmly and al
together as a matter, of course. but
her friends say that she is in no
danger of being spoiled by early ad-
miration. She is a conscientious
artist, with ambition, energy and len
acity. Her beauty is said to be fas"
cinating, and the simplicity and nat
uralness of her manners would have
made her famous even had she not
been blessed with the additional gifts
of musical and histrionic ability.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
FRESH AIR IN COAL MINES.
The Quantity the Miners Need and
and How It Is Supplied to Them;

ana TOW IL 10 SupPiiS0 " iHSh"
In the operations of coal mining,
which, in the United Kingdom alone,
produce something over 235,QOO,OOO
tons a year, and find employment
for nearly three-quarters of a mil
lion of people, there is nothing OF
more vital Importance than the con-
tinual supply Of sufficient volume OF
fresh air for diluting the noxious
gases prevalent in the mines and for
enabling the underground workers
to breathe a comparatively pure at
mosphere. 1t may be said of modern
mines that the efforts to provide this
air have, in the majority Of cases,
been attended with so much success
that the atmosphere Of a modern coal
mine is superior to the atmosphere
Of the forge or factory on the sur
face.
The particular amounts Of air re-
quired at the various collieries de-
pend somewhat upon the nature OF
the mine, whether non-gaseous, or
slightly gaseous, or very gaseous; al
so upon the number of human beings
and animals employed In the mine;
and on the amount of coal produced
which is not always in proportion to
the number of persons engaged there
in.
Taking all classes of coal mines, d
fair and liberal consumption Is from
500 to 1000 cubic feet of air per
minute for each human being employ
ed In the mine: Authorities differ
very much as to. the quantity, and
even the lesser of the amounts stated
will, in many quarters. be considered
excessive; but they are not exag-
gerated amounts, and there are ex-
certional cases where even the larger
quantity could, with advantage, be
greater rather than less.
Taking the total number of persons
employed in and about the mines OF
the United Kingdom as three-quart-
ers of million, nearly 100000 of this
number will be employed under
ground, and the consumption of air,
on the lower basis stated, for such
an army Of workers will amount to
something like eighteen thousand
million cubic feet per hour, represent.
ing in terms of weight more than hall
million tons.
Making a comparison between the
weight of the coal raised aud the
weight of air which passes through
the mine in the length of a year, 1t
has to be remembered that while
coal production is not continuous, and
in many cases occupies less than hall
of each twenty-four hours. and not
always six days in the week, goSd
ventilation at collieries means that
the current is practically continuous
from January 1 to December 3d. day
and night, Sunday and week day. Fol
lowing out the figures given above
it is found that the weight OF all
which ought to pass throught the
mines cf the United Kingdom in
year is not less than four thousand
million tons, or something like twenty
tons of air for each ton Of coal pro
duced.
It is not too much to say that, TAX
ing the coal mines of the world, the
weight of air passing through then
for purposes of ventilation exceed:
the weight of all the minerals raised
even if the generous, although neces
sary, maximum estimate Of one thou
sand cubic feet per minute per indi
viduai be reduced one-half.-C. M
Percy; in Cassier's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

A linen crash gown is trimmed with
large French knots.
Shepherd check mohairs are includ-
ed in the seasons collection of fasa-
ionable fabrics.
Gray silk hosiery IS very dainty with
the open work fronts dotted with little
clusters of steel beads.
Oriental embroideries for collars,
cuffs and revers on canvas gowns have
a most striking effect.
Sheeriness of fabric is the special
feature of the seasons lingerie. There
are some pretty petticoats of china
silk, lace trimmed. Night robes are
mostly in the Empire style.
Bands of fine linen, either white or
colored, Joined with a fancy stitch or
a band of lace insertion and inset di-
rectly in front with lace medallion,
are among the pretty things for dress
ing the neck.
Since the contrasting shades of lin
ing have come in again grass lawns
have blossomed out anew. They come
in wide variety, some embroidered in
different colored dots, others have vel
vet dots woven in.
Many of the waists blouse in the
back. as we'll as in front. Of course,
the fulness is by nc means as much
as it is in front, and it never appears
except in very thin, soft fabrics. The
belt to be worn with such a waist is
of medium width.
Stones have been set in about every
thing, it would seem. A. present there
are some very lovely single spoons of
gold in the top of which are cut
anethysts. The newest veil is of chif-
fon spotted with black velvet, in which
the entire head may be tied UP as i'll
a bag.
Checked silks in black and white.
brown and white and blue and white,
made very simply, are used extensive
" for morning gowns. They have en-
tirely superseded the dark foulards.
and some are trimmed very prettily
with ribbon velvet or bands of plain
taffeta.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
Puzzle Cushions, Now.

The latest cushion in the Gibson girl
series shows her seated in drawing
room. A young man near by is bit
ing his lips by way Of fortifying his
courage, while the rest Of the COM
pany is socializing on the other side
OF large screen. Under this picture
We are admonished in the plainest OF
lettering to find the girl who is going
to be kissed within ten minutes. The
best part Of this puzzle picture is that
you don't have to stand on your head
tc solve it. Furthermore, the char
acters are of normal size, which Is
more than can be said of the mix-up
of Liliputians and Brobdignagians In
most puzzle pictures.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
a Mexican Railroads Record Of Safety

q Mexican hallIoaa ''Se
Considerable prominence has been
given in the press of the world lately
to the fact that not a passenger on
the English railroads has been killed
during the year 1901. 1t may prove
of interest to know that the Mexican
National Narrow Gauge Road, from
Corpus Christi through Laredo to the
City of Mexico, with its Branches;
amounting to more than 1000 miles
of operated road, for more than twenty
years, has never killed a passenger.
This, in the face of the fact that this
road climbs more mountains, turns
more curves, than any road In the
United States:-Galveston Daily News:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
The Frisco System

Offers to the colon.sts the lowest
rates with quick and comfortable ser
vice to all points IN the west and
northwest. Thirty dollars ($3O.Oo)
from Memphis. Tickets on sale daily
during September and October. Cor
yespondingly low rates from all points
in the southeast. For full information
address w. T. Saunders, G. A. P. D.;
F. E. Clark, T. P. A., Pryor and Deca'
tur streets, Atlanta, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
PIE.

Waiter-Have piece of pie, sir?
Pincher-No, thank you: I never
eat pie. It doesn't agree with me.
Waiter-To every person who has
eaten one order we give pie without
extra charge.
Pincher-Come to think it over, you
may bring me three pieces OF pie
two of berry and one of custard.-Bos'
ton Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
Things Hava Chnnrcd.

"And she used to take dictation at
130 words e minute"
Great speed. But is she so slow
now?"
"Well, 1 guess! She's married.
Baltimore News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01
TO YOUNG LADIES.
From the Treasurer of the
Young Peoples Christian Tenn
perance Association, Elizabeth
Caine, Fond du Lac, Wis.

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM:-I want to
tell you and all the young ladies Of the
country, how grateful am to you for
all the benefits I have received from
using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. | suffered for
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

In the German empire, exclusive OF Ba-
varia and Wurtemberg, there are 33o3 long
distance telephone stations.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inhamma-
tor. .allaYs pain. cures wind collie. 25c. abottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

FITS permanently cured. No fits or rnervous-
ness after frst day'suse Of DR.. Klines Great
NerveRestorer s2trial bottle and treatisefree
DR. R.H. KLINE. Ltd, eS1 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

It's MI right to love your neighbor.
but don't let him impose on you.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago:-MRs. THOMAS Roe
BINS, Maple St., Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II, 1900
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

Paper coal is form of Ignite found near
Bonn, Germany. 1t splits naturally in
films thin as paper.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

Butter from sterilized cream is now
made on large scale in Sweden and Den
mark
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

F.J. Cheney Il Co., Toledo. o., Props: OF
Halls Catarrh Cure, offer S1O0 reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for testi-
monials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-01

Germany's army on a war footing now
amounts to 25O,O00 officers and 5,7SS,oOo
l1nnn
New-York tribune., 1902-06-13
THE MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS
FOREIGN PORTS

Liverpool saed steamer Bohemian ienmc2s TTishman
t3ri Williams Portland: Majestic tBr). smith. Ne"
Lizard June IL 1855 Passed. steamers Ihr T9gmpIs
kreCh. New-York for Plymouth erS!IIs
and Haniburg: p m. Iceland tEr' Roberts New
Queenstown June l2. 8:25 m-saied steamer Oceanic
,I3rl cameron from Liverpool. New forh- -,-,t-
r,,.,,nrtb June L. p mArrtved steamer olunlol1
i' Ger krech New-Yo-k for Cherbourg ana hanouIs
(and proceeded. - . ,r.xardra dam.
Thomsen New-York via Christtana, etc -,
Bremen June 12-Arrived. steamer Cassel t'er fe'er
mann. New York: .o- >-,-ra CDsr,
,-o,enbagsn 12-Arrved, steamer Norge Nparp-
C;undeI New-Yor1 via Christtansand
Rotterdam June H. 10 r-SalIed steamer
49, tr,,ch, NewYork. via Boulogne sur Aer
(and sailed from at $50 M. -
I-inCent O. 11Arrived steamer RoSeley 'hrl'
~ rnbartso1 Nsw-York Fremante. etc
~ tano New-York Genoa and Naples: 18th. passed
Algeria tBrl. tiarrick NeN-iorh VIA ~"
News Marseiles.
6-Sailed steamer HeXham tbri PAINTER
Nev-York land passed Gibraltar 18TH -
Genoa June 9-Sailed steamer Nord America utah Mas
New-Nork.
perrin 12-Passed. steamer Tioga tRrl. Ross New
York via Said for Calcutta
Cane Town, l2-Saied. steamer clan Coiquohoun
tEr, barley. New-York
Rio Janero. 10-Saied steamer Eirel Tower Chrl
New-York
New-York tribune., 1902-06-13

ave. section, and that the other parcel will be
erected an apartment hotel between fifteen and
twenty stories in height.
AS the Forty-ffth-st- property abuts the Forty
fourth-st. site, theatre building could be put up
of the sites and have an entrance in each
street. by having the hotel entrance an arcade
and the theatre entrance through the hotel under
the arcade The present plans call for a hotel and
theatre to cost $l,J00co0. making total outlay Of
more than 100000 over the theatre proper may
be built studios and Offices
Henry b. Barnes, who transferred title to the
parcels Mr. Hayman. is well known in real es-
circles. He has been prominent in some in
teresting and important realty ueals. 1t said
he had option parcel with a small frontage
in Fifth-ave. and large frontage in street near
the Berkeley Lyceum. but that he gave up the OPP
buy the properties which he transferred
yesterday. The property which the option was
obtained was valued S1,G0,Ga and this fact
may give some idea of the style of the theatre
which is likely be erected either the Berkeley
IIyceum site abutting premises. The cost Of
than $4,000 a year. and the cost of building the
theatre and maintaining 1t would have sweed
these figures to nearly $4,000 a year. That sum
does not include the cost of producing plays.
The Berkeley Lyceum was opened on February
r. 1888. 1t has a seating capacity of about five
hundred and a stage of about 80 feet by 80 feet
New-York tribune., 1902-06-13
R71SHFO SMOKE CONSUMERS
MANY OFFICE BUILDING OWNERS
GETTING THESE TO AVOID PAY
ING FINES.

Captain Arthur F. Cosby, Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel, in charge of the Bureau 1or 'le
Collection of Penalties, reports that many OF 'ne
owners of the large office buildings are putting
in smoke consumers.
If the coal strike continues salo cap'a,ii
Cosby yesterday. lit is high time that the pun
lie should understand that the coal law is going
to be enforced They should make their ar
rangements accordingly. either by putting III
smoke consumers or importing anthraclte coal
wherever il can he had. otherwise New l OF n
CITY will become unnha btable Justice JOSEPH =, .
of the Seventh Municipal Court. has taken t,le
attitude that people must either put in smoke
consumers or use hard COAL Whelher Tue :s 81 i
Ioe+s o,,a week or wear. We have received
word that a great many people are putting III
smoke consumers. It is only questlon OF UNI
VIII all the large buildings Will be equipped
with them Consequently, there Is sornelhlliS
of a rush on consumers now, and We nav soI
10 take that into consideration. The ST FauI
F3ui1ding people Informed to-day that they
are putting in n smoke consumer