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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-24

"Why don't you petition for an
election on local tax for schools"
was asked of a man who lives in a
community that generally keeps
along with the procession in the line
of educational progress. "Our peo-
pie are too selfish" he replied. $50
far l know only about three in the
district are in favor of It." Selfish
people generally want property
valuable property. A tract of land
in "backwoods" community, remote
from any school, will bring an aver
age of five or six dollars an acre and
there is but little demand for it,
while land near a good school brings
an average of ten or twelve dollars
an acre and there is constant de-
mand and easy sale for it. Local
taxation is the ideal plan to educate,
and the most economical plan. The
community that adopts it also makes
a good financial Observation-Disclosures
vile Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-24
Some Printed Matter.

The American Boy for November
comes to US with thirty-six pages
chock full of matter of interest to
boys that viii keep them busy for
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-24

"The man who wears the best
clothes may have the most credi-
tors"
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

the ferry and walk three miles down 10 wood
stock to get ahead Of the rest Of them.
AT OLD DAMS"
That was the beginning Of many wears OF
cbarp rivalry. When winter came We used to 90
10 Ola Dams coffee house. His other name!
We'll now ! suppose. of course, he had another
name like the rest Of US. but 1 never heard IT.
He was Old Dan the signpost in front OF MS
little one-eyed restaurant, and Old Dan TO all
of MS who used to congregate there In the morn
ines After a few years he died. however, and
the whole row of little chops there on the river
front was torn down to make room for some big
business buildings and moved about half a
block further in. on the south side of Thirty
fourth-st and for ten years so We had floor
Ney-Jersev growers as well as those from the big
city stores and at last came over here In
Sixth ave.
Saturday is the great day at the exchange. From
six hundred to a thousand growers and retailers,
the number varying with the season. gather there
while the city sleeps and the business of the day
is over before O'Clock The cut flower trade of
New-YoN of which this exchange is the prin-
cipal centre is larger than that of any other city
in the world amounting yearly to between 5000
coo and 5000 coo. Within radius of fifty miles
hundreds OF flower farms dot the country round
about. representing capital OF from sl6.d90noo to
SIS ooo.ooO
The great violet growing centre Of the United
States lies along the Hudson. from Poughkeepse
10 Rhinebeck. Certain pecuiiarites of soil and
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
THE FLOWER EXCHANGE
Thousands Of Blossoms Change
Hands Daily Picturesque
Traders.

r.. r,e,omanai increase in Nev-Iorks flower
trads during the last quarter century Is regafaeo
h, the socioItsical psychologist as hopetpl sign
for the city aesthetic. By the shreWd penny
miller II is considered opportunity 10 "FH's
a fortune from small capital. From any point Q.
view II is noteworthy. Little more tndn score VI
wears ago the owners of less than dozen hoNei
shops eked out a scanty living in the CITY uaNe'
while now the establishments in the business num-
ber thousands. and not a rev oi 'heil fi"tii1'
are miIlionaires.
From, the point Of view of old Long Island
grower who used thirty years ago, tocEoss the Los
Island City ferry with his basket ON his arm anu
neddIe his wares from one to another OF MS man
dozen customers from Astor Place to the siAt9s
the nresent array of commission houses exchdhges'
etc seems almost mushroomlike marvel Inns
cid grower himself is now one OF the chlel tattoi'
in the cut flower exchange, which occupies "hoie
hoor in the new six story building on SlX'h-aFe''
and he counts his daily traffic in blossoms ny 'he
bushels.
YES there have been many changes since we
started n" he said yesterday. glancing over MS
long flower filled stalls in the big exchange, ana
of course I'm glad enough TO see business gro" lhs
way II has. but l often think OF those old days
,han we set our baskets and newspaper punoleS
down IN the ferry house or the curb and squat
ted round bartering for half an hour mat was
the first progressive step-havtng the city oea!els
meet ne at the ferry house. When there were only
three or four of US Long Island growers we usso
70 20 alternate days 10 up and down town Gus
toners wen one long headed chap-hes mill
ionaire new by the way-wanted the PICK ana
wanted them fresh every day so he got into 1he
way Of rneetins US over at East 1hirty-1oarth-st.
before we made our rounds, Then somebody caugh'
~, to that and the long headed fellow proved hifn-
self long legged as well, and used to come across
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

John" whose business transa ctions require sharp
eve and Papa Johnnie" one of the biggest deaitlS
from across the bridge 49, .ha
Papa Johnnie" has the reputation OF being the
best natured. iolliest and funniest customer rue
exchange has, and he is the butt of numerous
practical Jokes During the telling OF some OF tn
numerous stories ne keeps on tap some one VII VII
drop silver of ice down his collar or put chulk
in his pocket. wheEce it will gradually emerge III
small stream of water 10 the amusement OF lne
hundreds that are "on to- the joke But Papa
Johnnie does not care-even when they hQe MS
purchases his coat and hat and form a conspiracy
To raise the price some particular mower OF
which II is discovered he is greatly in need. ne
once having armed himself with two small eeis ana
several toads. proceeqed aim these on the sly az
some of his tormentors. A big German in the mldst
of a hearty laugh happened TO intercept one ol
snnirming toad He was newcomer and under
stood ONLY few words OF English and II looked Tor
while as if explanat ton would be difficult 1hose
i'm the Immediate vicinity OF the involuntary frog
eater however, managed 70 escape with ohly IL"
bruises and Papa Johnnie slid out of sight
CAREER OF BOUQUET JOHNNIE"
The name of Bouquet johnnie is still well
known at the exchange. though with his death a
few years since of the most picturesque hsures
In the city was lost the trade which Bouquet
Johnnie" himself loved yet abused. Not even
his hest friends seem to know him by any other
toga Washington, Newport and throughout this
ety He frequently haunted the Amen Corner OF
the Fifth Avenue Hotel and considered himself a
boon companion of Senator Platt Bouquet john
way he had of Offering his wares just when circum-
sta noes made il impossible TO raIuse a nominee at
work on prospective constituents the hashful young
man out with his best girl. the man whom the
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
CRUCIAL CHARACTER TEST.

T- * great crucial test OF character. this com
i-s GUY il society for young woman remarkea
sn older natrop. II affects them all so dlreTentiy
thst ! am always rather curious TO see what II
will SeYelor For instance. there are three young
girls Snow-all intimate friends. and brought up
together since their habyhcod-Tho were INTRODUCED
- the great world a wear ago under very similar
oenditions-thst if all belonged 10 families who
were equally well conne and wealthy. Yet they
hs1,e drifted completely apart and belong 10 en-
aireiy different circles. Mabel r who used TO he
, genial nice child. with cordial. simple manners
70 every on. has been bitten by the society bee
and has had case Of 'swelled head in conse-
ouenoe. Size seems suddenly to- have come TO the
conclusion that there is but social set worth
knowing ard belonging TO By sdroit management
she has succeeded IN attaining the summit OF her
ambition. has Been taken up by what Is termed the
smart set. and is comnietely absorbed hy them
sh. feels very superior. znd is Totally cblivious 10
the fact that she is laughed at and not enVied by
her cid companions. She is net having a parncu-
larlv good time. The who belong to that eN-
elusive ccterie too few 20 20 around. end are
ar; 70 neglect her. bat she sits with Mrs. Tiptop
smiles conmiseratinsly upon the rest Of the world
who she Deems are not Of the elect and is salts
fed Her former great friend, Earh X. Wnom, by
she way sh. eyer sees any more has also ADOPTED
8 role She has made friends with married women
VINO are TO say the least, audacious in their man
-.rx an6 yrays--the merry wives of modern
windsor who consider society a playground where
they can perpetrate their practical Jokes and amuse
anv Comments that may be mace upon them by
NJ, C,run6v ano her fcssips. Edith Is certainly
r1t ,splendidly swell like Mabel. but it is TO be
questioned whether she too has NOT chosen IN. Ine
2esa ses fruit which in the end turns 10 oTSst
and ashes Molly =, the third CT my trio ana AZ
ways nv fsvorite is just what she has always been
q. sf.rsc,tve sweet girl. Joyous and happy in
her youth she has taken without eHort Whatever
has been thrown II hr te see II eS are eos
or weigh her partners in the scales OF faznion.
Frarklv kind and cordial 10 every one. she is an
frnrerse fsvoriie and she enjoys her belledom
v,ifs zest that natural as IL IS pretty 70 Sc"
I wish ] were gourg again. heard an old bache-
Ter saw who was watching sweet Molly r az one
~ her dances with sympathetic interest, ann j
yo,slS trv nv chance with that girl-she IS whole
s,.-ne tnrosigh ard through Women like that are
the lesven that ssve CUR society ana elevate our
hpy ."
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

ness-ai these were aJohnnie.s~ shiHfns MARKS: ~
and his witty sayings and everlasting go9d nuii d
made people forget the hard bargains ne o1o sN
the advantage he sometimes took of greehlsss ss
The trade has it's pathos and IT'S uaseo.y
well as its jokes and curesities. Not lons az rsT
in the BUSINESS tried 20 double his money on .ne
turf and Iost--cssh In hand farm ana ai-an.u ~. IN
next dav his stall was empty ana tns * sho,s
and there is the fra gentle faced niue "oh.an ~
whose young husbands death left her VIII torJ VA
small children. and only the dependenee ,d snd' And
small as the profit is for the small Hinoie
the street venders and basement ana eean @ Iii
dealers they rarely haggle over prices az ~ 1a, to
place orders with the hsrdworking little eotn"is
Many present day proprietor OF Eroad"dy a.,5 a,5
Fifth-ave, establishments was nTsI snow, s, yanaer
whose trade rarely amounted to more tnan hsi i
dollar day. Step by step eaeh has W9thS1 80 ,ss ms
up learning every detail OF ne es [,sas bootb
In downtown once buildings was ofi sinanS go 49,
string pedler But business tagged ana Ne ,s va
on the verge of starvation, when the IscIs "a sn
East Side cellar This friend let the poor PEI
hawk his faded flowers on the streets ana 49, ~"
this start he has eventually landed WIN si'
ing Broadway.
One well known florist In the eity vas oIhsl'a.,d "a
a butcher whose tiny meat shop hs Taggted a
for itself To exc out hTenaoeea ,apSsa ~ ;rsek who
like en- many ef his race turned 20 the nowsr uiur
for support For small sum he allowsa .ns osnrs
over flowers 10 share his ice supply, ana ,ned @ in
strange congomeration But one cay 1hs nsiet oiey
Greek ad not come claim his wares Sn.S
ness had preysd upon hf he pntchsr carried on the
flower business in connseton WIN ms esfad
little hy ttle the carnations ana ereenses ,sch ~
ne chops and @ steaks oweT we1 .tor. or Of Which there
are two branches now on Fhth-ave
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
WAYS OF THE WORLD.
4ArB,uo,d Changes Of 4pporel at
Social Functions Three
Debutantes.

',Too vou knoz- | actually walked eff with
uornan's purse the other day knowing had il and
hearing her make inquiries about il: said So
ciety girl recently
What do you mean" queried her friend, puzzled
se she well might be by the declaration.
1t was case of pure fright, said the either. I
wss mentally psrslyzed. j knew had the purse
and heard her asking about il, and yet could not
make myself give il UP snd explain the clrcum-
stances Fortunately found her address in 1t and
errressee il TO her as Eocn as reached home 1t
happened il this way: Il was after Mrs. Is mus
. cal and near M Tnuf what thought at
n first wss nv purse and picked it up Just then a
J sfrl whom / did not know exclaimed: Where is
my purse? I left it here on the dressing table
Then 7 realized II was the purse had taken and
Thought how queer IL would seem 20 her that took
II, ard then as ] said. IL was just as If l were
rsralvzed literally could not say word She
went on about il, saying how queer it was. and to
escape il all hurried cut, and then realized tnat
had kept the purse. and you can imagine in
what a state was. Il the queerest mental
panic and cannot account fer it. but you can
imagine the relief ! experienced when found the
name and address inside
PEOPLE are apt to make mistakes in crowded
dressing rooms if the garments are at all similar.
and by the perverseress Of chance the article left is
generally infericr 10 the one taken, who
have their hats changed generally find to their
cne+ OF course the mistake is finally rectifled.
tS+ :, rften causes great sunovance and sometimes
coat OF great value found 10 her CONSERVATION at
size hun OF much inferior quality. left in its
place, and 2 couple of weeks elapsed beIore she
tbe ~ misfske and recff,- the biunder which Of
course rnade it awkward for the latter. especially
futon and hunt UP the owner of the superior gar
rnsnt. She had worn the coat home IN per1ec:
-snsines until note from her hostess stating she
had been much distressed through me loss 81
inquiries the CID coat Mad been recognzeo as heIs
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

,.o,,to rights The wise woman will see to
- hat these rights arc allowed First among these
Is eomsortaele' o %o 1seemu maids oecapying the
Then If possible place otheI ,halt 1.-re nc nsrt of
the day may be spent Equally mportsndt amt Is maid s thaa
there should be between mis- mItFes hours of freedom
aents as snd ae time nj ou These suffrage rights alone
would add vastly to conten'mteent tea saving of labor
Adapt every labor saving device that viii I Enable
sn sb tssfns tsa fe Hase 'G tables
ranged to reduce labor to a reanh them re-
atres manifold unnecessary steps a place tpl
sverthng and he, ererysnsm f,I I'll II ID Us ePpeey describes
The o good ss Of the
t,tnbsn tsn snesia s to os any s par Of the house
qST the B6und
lssses are ever prone End relief IN talking n,
The n tbE shd Of sfrBB of Bossd
bE give the point thsn ioIe @ aerT for The
ST sve BIT Il gSes Sss Hnias hss ea% Of and
contempt for housswoTs RememeeIis nene an m honar
able art,
ORDER Az ECONOMY OF TIME,
Absolute order is an impossihty but an ap-
proximate to it is within the reach OF every house
teeper There can be no real beauty without ordef
and its handmaid. neatness. Sanitary science 'o,
day demands freedom from dust nuiek IemeVa a,et ct
all refuse, and absolute seanness f o,r boes and
Indicate either of details or mare
ar less accurately inner natures Order IN da dnr
Kitchen, that great storeroom OF Ire energy ar 10 be
in the matter of proportonng time II sur n a};i1
,eAerted throughout the house. Professor MIL
sterberg comments that the one thIn9 the A'ne,i o
can does not econon1ize is time. Think Tor your
raids if need be. and teach them TO carr? ou. 9n
thing when they go for another TO 90 tls .'tS IS
.ref rnon which all the Jest depends IN SNORT 70
make their heads save their heels ana your nte n,an
Tba cost of living that modern bugheaf Is lainen.
tsblv Increased by the neglect of housekeepfrS, 20
cst.nste the time required for their WORK MI -
Siian II richards who makes scientific sIucE t %
:o;sehoia problems says that until business
Gre brought into tho household at ieaS' q hi'i' %
.tr,e fsr waste must he allowed. as, A.. ...
Sa SaAftrr all servants are a good deal like the resi-
=, rnsnkind and woTnankind said the lecturer ~
closing pretty much choose 10 take tnsif
hev are often quite industrious as tneir if'i
,seeee ane control their tempers quite as Wen. ~
has become the fashion to complain to R .
re',.s tn make ones self out martyr 10 ho'
s5a tn the real miseries of life by regarding tne an
soyance of careless slothful or impertsere % thr IN '
y7esr as zeal trouble It Is only the feenie, VI
afSS:ent or fndolent mistress whose peace OF mi.'
ia dependent upon the casualties or her kitci'h'
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

Howard sumner qbon @ & Of fsr the HSss, Sssy ae
BY Mrs George e sterry, IT Arn9ns th0Te isrsd
S,,is ~ Judson, Mrs j sparks kress;; Mrs GeoTge
Ludfn Mrs Edward A Greely. Mrs MaIeoInn
Rters Mrs BerRy s STl1h s1 psn as Afs Rose Mr.
D DuvaI Basinghann, Mrs Charles Sjll0er1 r M1se
crornbie Mrs Emilio PUG Mr5 81 JSSsgh PSfd2 Curr'er'
Ar tba BROOKLYN Woman's Suffrage Association.
which is TO hold its regular monthly meeting on
Tuesday next. at T at No 15S FlerrePont-st'
there will be informal talk on the c9Tlig 5 SC
yention at New-Orleans by Mss Kate ~ 5orggb1' sb
resdings by Mrs Grace Gdylor Clarke and rle SUI
tsct Of The Need 20 OF 35gd4lzaggbh sV campaisn
will be discussed Sy Miss N9Tg are invited 20
bring their friends
The unveing exercises in honor OF the ta'7
baroness de Hirsch took place yesterday afternooh
AZ 4 o'clock a, the Clara de H;rsch Home for NorA
ing Girls Tea was served ana sPeSIlsts SaHHE u
The West End woman's Republican Association
will give a progressive euchre party on Eenruary
90 at $50 ? m at the rI1ye2s
At the St Valentine dinner OF the Women's Press
Club for which the grand ballroom OF the Hotei
Ma ajestic will be appropriately decorated VIII
hearts and red flowers, there promises to % rnue
Ethel Morse will have charge OF them, ana GFa,s
Greenwood Ella Wheeler wilcox and 'Lotta
will be some of the writer's The Lignante Neapeh-
tan Orchestra in costume will play and sing before
and during the dinner. Other musical entertainers
are David Baxter. Mrs. Ruby Shotweu Piper, MT.
and Mrs Nemes. and Howard Broekway, Ine
music is IN charge Of Nine katherlne Eyaass
Won Klenner Speakers and guests VIII lncIuoe
yViiIiarn Ordwav Partridge. DR. Minot J. saves;
Mrs Emma Noffett Tyng. Lee Fairehild. Slr- an an
Mrs John Sherwin Crosby. Mrs Ella WhesleE w
cox j. Sloat Fassett, Mr. Conried. z ? San; a;! -
nund Russell and General James ; CIT ClaTKsof So
Az o'clock preceding the dinner there Will os s
reception BIZ the club president the EeS. rnSN
A Hanaford assisted by the GinneT sotii n.y.
among whom Mrs Anna Warren story-1 sy1,s SaaS ~
man. Miss MARY F. McQueensey. Mrs C9ronIIe =.
Morse Mrs. Sarah Wright McDannold MFsi f,zS ZSeF
arv Taylor Jones. Miss Ethel Morse. ArS AdI2 Il =
Faulkner Miss Nellie Howes and Mrs Olive las Ma.T
FuIIer also the officers OF the Cuh: honorary yLO
idents Mrs Esther Hermann and MIS-. edi@1l di@%1l.ss,
Iippincott vice-presidents. Mrs Maly, So-srs -s
Iohnson Mrs HaryOt HOit-pye, Baroness 10Y
ne Fazns Mrs Eliza Srchard Connor ana W.
Joseph Pool: recording secretary, MISS E-nz1oss
prenton: corresponding secretary, Mss E.nlt. -
Reiffert Mrs Mary r. Faulkner, treasurer, NE
fbTistIna y Hfgiev, auditor The aids 70 tne reSep
,jon con1n1ittes are Miss Nellie HoweS. MISS Ger
trude Tvnch Miss Marie Coffin Miss Sadls PaL,,eI
shall. Miss ETne Slnlls MIS- l19td cHallAt7'' 49,
Clarence Burns and Mrs Turreh
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

The annual election will take place February ~
a. which a second vice president. treasurer. as
sistant treasurer corresponding secretary anu ny
members of the board Of managers are 70 20 Se
scholarship committee: anuounSes an sst.a
ment 10 be given March a. entitled An AittSheSn Sn
with American Composers A teatute ua IL s,r
literary afternoon. February ~: Wss tl,
g. g. ttoo5a7e 2 member entitled God Save our
President Other musical and literary NUMBERS
vrere gtyeu by Miss J.uella Nav SketchleY, MIS-; y
Parkns Mrs Henry Champion ana the Hsrieh
Juvenile Orchestra
At the next meeting Of the Colcnia Club, at
the Arlington 81 Montague-st.. on TUESDAY, ; en-
ruarv 10 az 40 p m. Miss Williams will sing
some songs and there will also he violin sole ey
Nies ftoyIe and a farce. In one act. entitled Ger
trnds Mason NJ n" Mrs. Sherry, chairman or
The hospitality committee, will preside
y. concert took place at Sherry's on the after
roor of February 10. the proceeds of which, added
10 the fund already collected bS number OF
working girls will endew working girls ped III
the stony woId Sanatorum. Nine. Ncrdes ana
overal other artists and string orchestra con-
s.ts,,ted to the entertainment The large ballroom
80 crov.ded and the AFFAIR was IN every respect
a pronounced success Among tnf women tntSi-
Tacoh Astor Mrs Henry Clews. Mrs. Morgan DIN
AIRS q Oliver Isein. Mrs. Lcrillard spencer Mrs
/ n Phelps Stokes and Mrs. Edward van inseh
ON Monday afternoon, February In fhe thted
States Daughters OF the War of isl2, OF when
Mrs William Gerry SIade is president. viii give
the second of their series OF auchre parties IN the
nain garden of the Hotel Endicott West Eighty
ffrst-st 1t is expected that large nuhloef oi
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
posTuREs OF THE FEET.

why .n the name Of the frsces are the girls Of
ro-csy not better trained in regard 20 The dis
r,osftter cf their feet, said masculine critic
receutlv .especisIly' he continued "as il seems
quite permissible nowadays 10 show foot and ankle
With rerf4cf freedom In olden days young women
we're taught 70 sit with their pretty feet dsintily
crossed before then-s position which can never
Re zRkTaro-~but the postures assumed by
cur society nlaidens ungainly in the extreme.
Well bred charming girls 10 the knees heard
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

some one comment last summer. at funCuoh
where short skirts were worn: but below the knees
rough peasants DID you ever see sueh pSir. pGsI-
tions? and ! looked and marvelled Feet "ioeiE
separated and planted fatty and heavily on the
floor was one favorite position. another was TUCK,
ing each foot around the legs OF the chair vera
girls / saw sitting with feet turned ln-What Is
called pigeon toed fashon-snd feet apart P las as
giving The widespread awkward look TO the knees.
Taking them one and all. every ones posture s va,
liz hle TO criticism. and ! cannot understand why
such conspicucus faults should so uncritlclsed ana
,-u4nrrerted'
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

"A no CONliNf a w.
as the ample
fare provided at
the lower edSs
means freedom
of movement.
T h . stylish
model illustrated
IS shown in nut
brown stamlps.
trimmed with a
band Of satin
faced c 10 Z n
stitched y I { h
silk. but all suit
Ing a n a skirt
materials are sp-
propriate
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

of material required fer medium size fourteen
wears, is 5Ia Yards - inches wide. Se YARDS "
inches wide or 3 wards - inches wide
rhe nattern No 42S5 rs cut i'm sizes for misses
cf twelve fourteen and sixteen years eI age
The ratteru will be sent 20 any address on re-
eeiar nf 10 cents Please give number and years
distinctly Address Pattern Department. New-Iore ,
Trib,,ne IL in hurry for pattern send an e2tIt
tvn-eent stamp. and We will mali By letter postage
I'm sealed envelope
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

The graduates Of the class OF W. barhS'" -
,riss pau1ire n Dederer president. gave luncheon
AT Hotel st James on February L. after which tne
went to the Ciarrtck Theatre. There we're eresen'
the Misses Dederer. Hudson. Barrlck. Nen2''
RIoodgood Osborn. Carhart. Robert Wenl{Me W,niIIe
WaIiack. Josephthali. Jacobs. Johnson Preston ana
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

An entertainment and tea will be held for the
henen. OF the Home Garden. No 40 East one-nuf-
dred ffteenth-st. at the home OF Mrs l. I1les-
ton Wells No. Io2 Madison-ave on Ihursday. rep ep-
rI,ary, 10 from 2so until O'Clock The Misses LUZ
ner will sing plantation songs and Professor kres-
er and his trick dog will be present
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.
A Tissue Paper Pattern Of Misses Three
Piece Skirt. No. 4.555. for 10 Cents.

F1ounced skirts are much in vogue for young siris
a. vsu a. for their elders. and always are sraestui