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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
philadelphia Millionnires.

If the city of Penn were to start a
Philadelphia millionaires' club, there
would be eligible for membership in
this extraordinary organization 1T
men ard % women In other words,
140 men and women in this placid
Quaker City own more than s1,000,000
apiece. Some, Of course, own consid-
erably more.
The richest man in this Philadelphia
milllonaires' club is William Weight
man. He is said to be worth some
where between 100000 and $780,
000,00O-the slight difference of $685.
100000 one way or the other not ap-
pearing to worry Mr.. Weightman. Mr..
Weightman made his money in war
times. He sold Quinine pills to the
government His wealth is of the
solid sort-real estate. He is said to
own more real estate than any other
man in Philadelphia, and. luckily, to
have selected property which is now
in the very heart of the business dis
trict.
John Wanamaker comes next in the
list of real estate holdings. and is said
to be worth about $4,000, 900. Most Of
the members of this exclusive million
aire coterie believe in real estate. but
William Weightman and John Wana-
maker have gobbled up the choicest
bits in Philadelphia.
The richest woman in town Is Mrs.
Sarah Van Rensselaer,. She was a
DreXel, married John R. Fell, and at
his death became Mrs Alexander Van
Rensselaer,. Her wealth is estimated
at $4,000, ,000.-Philadelphia Press.
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The Needlework OF the Nuns.


1t is a noted fact that the most beau
tiful needlework comes from the mon
asteries; due principally to the reason
the young apprentice Is taught on less
than d quarter of a yard of cloth all
the fundamental rules of sewing, writes
Lillian M. 'Siegfried, in Good House
keeping. Industriously she plies her
needle on this bit of cloth, mastering
inch by inch all the finer arts Of deli
cate needlework; one Of the greatest
object lessons to mothers with grow
ing daughters, who are permitted to
ruin valuable silks and linen, destroy
ing both temper and goods over some
thing that is pure Greek to the crude
beginner. How often materials so
eagerly and hopefully purchased be-
come useless in the hands OF the per-
son whose brain has no knowledge
whatever Of the vastness of the under
taking before her. The nuns, with
whom. wastefulness is a deadly sin,
teach every stitch most carefully, nor
is this practice made tedious and diff
cu:t by giving the student long hens,
heavy coarse garments and yards of
tucking; a tiny piece of goods of mod
crate weight, thimble fitting per-
fectly; not too heavy, a needle in size
10 carry 10 or 80 thread, are the i'm
p,cmerts of practice The young women
who learn the sewing are the conse-
Grated women. so called because they
have consecrated their lives and daily
labonto. God,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
New Era In Sleeves,

There seems always something new
to say about sleeves, really the most
important item in wardrobes just now.
me prettiest and most modish sleeve
Is undoubtedly the one that follows
closely the lines Of the arm to below
the elbow and then widens excessively
with q lot of ruffled undersleeves that
fall over the hand; but this sleeve. un-
fortunately, is not generally becoming.
A sleeve that, on the other hana, is
almost universally becoming is close.
with a high. tight cuff and elaborate
drapery at the elbow. An example OF
this drapery is scarf Of mousseline
de sole arranged with a big bow on
the outside Of the arm, while the same
idea on an elbow sleeve consists Of a
turn-up cuff, slashed on the outside
Of the arm with frill of lace or puff
of some thin stuff coming through the
slashing. The correct way is to have
the full part of the elbow trimming on
the outside.
Some dresses made by first-class
houses have sleeves made in bag to
the elbows. where they meet long, close
cuffs. a close cuff, perhaps five inches
deem with tho full elon,rn '-""~'-''- -----'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
Pretty Bedspreads.

A pretty bedspread is as necessary
to we'll and daintily furnished room
as are spotlessly clean curtains, and
within the last few years heavy coun-
terpanes have been entirely super
seded by the more decorative articles.
The spread should harmonic with the
wall covering. 1t is such a (compara-
tively) large surface that if it's tone
clashes with the wall tone it takes
away from instead OF adding to the ap-
pearance of the room. Art linen Is
being much employed for the inexpen-
sive spreads. 1t runs in width 80, 40
and so inches, and as the average
double bed is FIVE feet in breadth and
& feet inches long, a bedspread Of
sufficient size to reach nearly to the
ground should be at least three and q
half to four yards wide, and its length
can be easily calculated. By far the
most effective way to make one OF
those spreads of art linen is to join
the lengths together by strips Of tor
chon lace insertion. The insertions
may be run with satin ribbon. but
this is not essential.
For those who require something
more ethereal than art linen, beautiful
spreads may be fashioned Of nainsooll,
cambria or book muslin, with an under
cover of colored sateen, BIZ iste or
lawn In a pale blue or pink bedroom
a bedspread of white muslin, with
white valenciennes lace insertions
made up over pale blue or pink rib
bons, Is particularly dainty.-Ameri-
can Queen.
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willingness melcr

willingness meirr
and her lover were InarrA.W m III yed y
to a green old age, the yoN NO warrior
in time becoming the Miof of tho
tribe.
That is the story II Hev te,, Anv-
way, the ring in the%al, is there II
can be seen OF alsnen The Mace Is
a lavor.,e , sssssFt, partly for the tree
sza 4saastFfor for the beautiful surround
ings, the old churchyard, the Ivy
covered rectory and the magnificent
view of the beach beyond. Many pho
tographers have taken the view
through the ring. In order to do this
it is necessary to climb on stepladder,
because the ring is in limb which
branches from the trunk In almost
right angle. They not only tell you
the story, but show the spot where
the girl fell weeping at the last refusal
of her father. And if they can show
you the tree and the very spot where
the girl fell, how much more proof can
they offer? The girl is gone and her
husband is gone. and the tree and the
spot are all that remain.-BiloXi
(Miss.) Letter to New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
mAll Work and No Play.n

We all know the old adage, Cali
work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy" and perhaps it is particularly
true when applied to busy women.
Women, if l may express it so, plod
at their tasks in way unknown to
most male workers. Ask any business
manager of firm which employs both
sexes, and he will tell you that women
are by far more conscientious and
turn out more work il a given time.
Tnen, too, nature meant men to be
the breadwinners, and endowed them
with constitutions more fitted for the
daily drudgery of office or professional
life. The mere fact of having to do
the same thing day by day Is posi-
lively deadly to many Of the gentler
sex. To take up work and run it as
a hobby and taking up work as means
of providing bread and butter for your
self or those dependent on you are
things as remote as the poles.
The sensitive, nervous tempera-
uCulo, NulCu d1S llOoC WAlSH SS4 C-lAaiJ
do lne best work, are very easily in
fluenced by their surroundings, and 1T
makes all the difference in the world
to them Ii at the end Of hard days
work some one or something awaits
them that will take them out Of the
business world in which they have
been and give them sometning entirely
different to think about.
SO often one hears business woman
say that she is too tired to go to the
theatre, or to read when as matter
of fact, once the IL effort Of get
ting there was acc .ished, she would
find it a real rest 1t would change
her thoughts. get ner away from her
little home worries, and arouse her
interest in the lives of those who seem
to nave so little in common with her
own.
Lack of recreation not only ruins the
health and turns girls into old women,
but it takes from them all individual
ity. all freshness, all power of SYM
pathy. and turns then into the awful
product Of this twentieth century,
woman who has but one idea in life,
and that the particular branch of work
in which she is engaged.-Home Notes.
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Tho ,on ,y,,bout Ke,erve.

How quickly man without reserves
goes to the wall, when anything unus-
ual happens to him! Like baby, he
is all right as long as nothing comes
in collision with him to expose his
weakness.
What a pitiable thing it is to see
bright, strong young men facing an
emergency or crisis with no reserve
of education, character, or training.
How quickly they disappear! Like a
rowboat on the ocean, when run into
by an ocean liner, or like frail bark
which strikes an iceberg, the weaker
vessel always founders in the collision.
"He had no reserve" might be writ.
ten upon the tombstone of many q
man who has failed in business, in the
professions, or in the home.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
SHOP DETECTIVE FORCE.
WATCHES NOT ONLY VISITORS. BUT
ALSO ESTABLISHMENTS HELP.

Greatly Augmented During the Holidays
One Concern Has Thirty Sleuths-Cau-
tion and Dlscrim ination In Making Ar
rests-Unnccountable ShopliftinG Cases.
At best never easy, the policing OF
large department stores is, at the busy
season, most complex problem. Not
only is the task aggravated by the in
creased crowds, but by the infusion Of
strange salespeople.
But the main reason for the tenn
porary reinforcement OF such detective
staffs is to afford warning to the pro-
fessional shoplifters who flock to the
big cities at such opportune times. The
knowledge that certain store Is bet
ter equipped in its detective bureau
than another serves as most effectual
deterrent, and therein lies the chief
benefit of such bureau.
Though normally four or five officers
seem to suffice, at rush times the total
exceeds thirty.
famous New York department store,
when. seen the other day by an Econo-
mist man. talked Interestingly of his
department and the way it was run.
I'VE have now," said he, about 80
detectives on our roll, of whom four
are women. Our regular force doesn't
exceed four or five, but is reinforced
for the holidays from waiting list
al f,io ond trno man
mo, we don't recruit from police
headquarters, or, rarely ever. We arc
after people with the detective in
stinct, hail whence they may.
"Onc Of the b. It detectives was once
salesgirl at the fancy goods counter.
She gave our sleuths so many excel
lent clues as to suspicious shoppers
clues that were successfully followed
that we persuaded her to join our staff.
And We made no error She has more
than fulfilled our expectations. You
see she had it in her, and needed no
Mulberry street training to bring it
out.
"As rule, however women are not
so good at ferreting out crime as men.
They are also timid, fearing violence If
necessary to arrest. But where the
clue is given a woman can shadow a
suspect bette than man, seeing that
she can wor, in and out, and is less
conspicuous il. doing so. A man looks
out of place at a bargain counter:
"One of our greatest troubles with
new detectives" continued Mr.. Blades,
'is overzealousness. They imagine that
they are not making showing
earning their salary-unless constant
ly dragging offenders up to the Office.
So anxious are they to show results
that they are apt to overdo.
They probably look at it this way:
4 am only here for the holiday season,
unless can show special aptitude, to
provo which | must succeed in making
big trapping.
"On this account l give my new men
positive instructions never to make an
arrest without calling one of my old
staff for consultation. AS to the best
policy TO be pursued when woman is
caught opinions differ. The method we
pursue is this:
Whenever professional shoplifter
is caught red-handed we invariably
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
Fog.
Fog.
n1ho -,,ord HfooU boc MT haen traced

The word "fog" has not been traced
farther back than the sixteenth CEN
tury, but the thing was known in the
early years Of the fourteenth. The
commons, with the prelates and no.
bles visiting London for tia parlia-
ments and other occasions, united to
petition Edward I. to compel the burn
ing only of dry wood and, charcoal. as
the growing use of sea coal corrupted
the air with it's stink and smoke to the
great urejudice and detriment OF
health. In 1906 the king prohibited the
use Of coal; heavy ransom and fines
were inflicted for disobedience; In
the case of recalcitrant brewers, dyers
and other artifcers the furnaces and
kilns were destroyed. But the restric-
tion was evidently soon removed. for
in 1908 ESQ probably equal to about
$500 now) was paid from the e1'
chequer for wood and coal for the cor
onation Of Edward I.-London Chronf'
o1o
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
The Revival of tho Earring.

The long predicted revival Of the ear
ring has, it would seem, arrived; just
now earrings are considered Qulle the
correct thing and are being worn to a
considerable extent for the first time
in ten years, though two styles only in
settings are at the present time no.
ticed. The large hoop and other fam
tastic shapes have been discarded in
favor of the short drop and the screw,
and, given a pretty ear. earrings to
everybody, whereas diamonds only suit
people with clear compilations. OF
course, real pearls, lustrous and OF
fairly good size, are very expensive,
but so perfect are the limitations now
manufactured that only an experienced
eye can detect the difference. The
most effective of the earrings now
shown have small diamond as the
head of screw and dependent from
this is pearl or other stooe. The
effect is that of the drop, yet there Is
no swinging, the one thing most i'm
portant to avoid in the up-to-date ear
ring.-American Queen.
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Tho Annlinun Craze.

lrur and lace, lace and fur and fur
and lace and velvet make a chorus
,nat never fails to captivate our win
ter fancy, chorus, moreover, that
asks the aid of the needle. Stitchery,
stitchery, all the time, and never
stitch too much. Applications are to
be the ruling bent in this year OF
grace. The craze for applying one
material over another amounts al"
most to a disease, for it is irresistible.
The cut out .cretonne motifs and trails
continue to declare themselves. while
the mystery lent to this decoration
by a yelling of transparency, prefer
ably the very finest aerophane, Is a
vast improvement. Shaded so discreet
". all hardness is lost, and there Is
substituted q certain shadowy sugges-
tiveness which is the very essence OF
artistic feeling
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19

-yr.uv >. Whatever the amount Of cake
previously STORED in boxes for the
guests to carry away as they pass out.
there.is always an especially decorated
cake among the good things served to
sshe guests: It is Intended sFes Fee6usnftS @
that-tti tse,eagxde herself shall cut this
cake in the presence Of the guests, es-
pecially her maids, who expect to find
in it gold ring or some other article
portending the marriage within year
Of the finder.
A bride lately took high-handed hold
OF. tradition and substituted heart for
the ring Of our foremothers super
Stition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19

man would be detailed to get all in
formation. Such an officer, in fact, Is
useful in hundreds of ways, and no
large store should be without one.
But the greatest benefit Of thor
oughly equipped detective bureau, from
department store standpoint, is that
it acts as deterrent to the 'profes-
s!onals. In my time, for instance, l
have had to do with over 1000 cases
of shoplifting. 1t follows, therefore,
that my presence in a particular store
keeps away at least those 1000 offend
ers, and probably as many more OF
their friends"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
THE RING IN THE OLD OAK TREE.
Indian Legend thnt is Told in a Beauti-
full Gulf Coast Town,

Indian Legend that Is Told in a Beauti-
full Gulf Coast Town.
Every foot of ground around this
town is full of legends. Stories Of In
aians, stories of Bienville and Iberville
and all the rest of the gentlemanly ad-
venturers, and some adventurers who
were not gentlemen, can be had here
for the asking. Something Of the
dreamy charm which these ancient
oaks cast over the wanderers from
France and Spain and other countries
is with them still. There is the same
rcposeful sky which bends over the
shining waters of the bay, the same
Quietude which one finds among old
places, as if age had given them
respite from the strenuous toll Of life
of conflict, the same gentle tones
among the people, as il they were
afraid loud voice would wake some
of the spirits of the restless men Of
long ago. 1t is hard to stir the feeling
Of energy in the coast towns.
No visitor to Biloxi goes away with
out seeing the ring in the patriarchal
oak in the yard of the rcctory Of the
Church of the edeemer. How old the
tree is nobo'' aows. But 1t has been
here for at IL st two hundred years.
There Is record running that far
back. and it was big tree when the
record began, and the ring was there
when the story was started. 1t stands
today in silent grandeur The trunk is
knotted ana gnarled, and the limbs
are bent as if with the weight of years.
There is one of the most beautiful
Legends Of the whole coast country
wrapped in this tree. The tree cannot
talk, so the people must do the talking
for it. They say that long before the
French came, long before there were
any Spanish in Louisiana, long before
there were any white faces in all the
long stretch Of beautiful coast, there
was a chief whose daughter loved a
brave. She pleaded with her father
for permission to marry her lover. She
pleaded with all the eloquence and all
the vehemencc of Indian maidens. She
prayed and threatened, but the old
chief had chosen another for her hus-
band, and he would not consent to the
change. The girl was importunate.
Like all maids in love, she could not
see that any other man in the world
approached the brave Of her choice in
all the arts Of war, in the chase, or in
those things which go to make the per-
feet warrior.
Day after day she besieged the old
parent for consent to we'd the man she
had chosen from all the rest of the
tribe, and day after day the old man
steeled his heart her appeals
and grew morsf 2bdurate.
One day whe9S sn ex-
ceptionally Rther
r,ointo os a &44A4--
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
The Caro- of Lamps.

In caring for lamps, occasionally
pour all the oil out, wash out the sedi-
ment carefully and fill with fresh OIL
You will find yourself repaid for the
evening for this additional trouble.
Every five or six weeks boil your burn
ers ten minutes in soda and water,
and renew your wicks occasionally; do
not wait for them to burn out. The
comfort is worth the small outlay
Good Housekeeping.
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Omen Your Da1nnor.

Many people do not open the damper
in the stoyepipe when they put on
coal, but take off the three lids in
front of the stove while putting on
the coal. Of course the gas is driven
into the room. as it cannot get into
the chimney with the dampers closed.
Such people should be warned against
the danger Of so doing. Some will
heed the warning more If they read
it in a paper than if il is told to them
by kindly neighbor. Coal-gas is
deadly to vegetable and human life
The Ladies World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-19
Passing Of tho rnble Cloth.

Dinners, luncheons and teas without
cloths for the table are not only per-
missible in fashionable society, but
are becoming all the style. The table
is set upon the bare wood and napkins
are the only linen goods visible. All
natural woods are beautiful if we'll
kept and oak, walnut, ash or cherry
will do perfectly if the scratches and
stains which deface it are removed.
Nor is this difficult matter. A coat
of brown shellac, thorough rubbing
once week with a. purchased polish
or with raw linseed oil with few
drops Of turpentine and daily polish
with an oiled bit of flannel will give
handsome table top. Elbow grease"
is the secret Of perpetual polish.
DoilieS are now so varied. so abund-
ant and so pretty, prettier than any
cloth, no matter how beautiful, as we'll,
so much easier laundered, that therR
is sT excuse for not despensi&g
with tIc lsssge cloth. The hes, can't AFe,
piece for every dssss is hem
stitched damask square. This will
last fresh for week, while more
elaborate designs may be substi-
tuted for special occasions. Small
doilies come in all sizes and at all
prices, from the costly cobwebs Of
Mexican drawn work and the exquisite
Honiton lace ones to the inexpensive
Honiton lace and linen or simple
squares of hemstitched linen.
With a pretty centrepiece of flow
ers or ferns. not over-elaborate and
smacking of the conventional green.
house designs, but with individuality
of the genuine flower lover shown in
it's simple arrangement, with plates,
glasses, knives and forks set straight
upon the polished wood, with crystal
clear glass, bright silver and fresh
napkins, no one need wish for daint.
Ter or more attractive looking table.
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Sowing birds.

Most curious are the sewing or tail
or birds of India-little yellow things
not much larger than ones thumb.
To escape falling a prey to snakes
and monkeys the tailor bird picks up
a dead leaf and flies up into tree,
and with a fibre for n thread and its
bill for a needle, sews the leaf to a
green one hanging from the tree; the
sides are sewed up, an opening to
the nest thus formed being left at
the top. That nest is swinging in
the tree no snake or monkey or even
man would .suspect.-London Science
Siftings.
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,>,uio n.IIi. design. II is the use OF
embroideries and laces that gives
cachet to most of these.
A deep collar of yellow batiste, en-
broIdered with white and yellow
.Yorsted and inset with ecE1 lace, is a
novelty that gives distinction to gown
of tabac brown velvet. The blouse has
no other trimming save some small and
very lovely gold buttons. which are
used in clusters on the front Of the
bodice and on the small, close cuffs.
The skirt is made with shaped
flounce, trimmed with diamonds formed
of lines of small tucks taken in the
stuff.-New York Tribune.