The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-07

Tess ia love tArlN1. accom- t1Na R*3E
the trouble is the nothing are N
the majority consequently the work
- hard upon those who ar end.1N-
aflue IL conquer the world for CHRIST
I'll let the readers think over ia"
matter aud each decide for himself
ana herself W~hether~hs or sh~ IS salt
without saNor-a nothing doing moth
iug-or a live wire fuii u ilfe and
light ana heat. serving the Lord
A quarter Of a million Of dollars !
what the newspapers say IS the cost
OF the Wedding trouSsean ~ Miss Ala
zion Fish, daughter % Mir and ArS
SluyXesant Fish. who Is IL be mar
ried - Mr Albert Zabriski" Gray y
June
OF this wonderful trousseau. on"
gown. alone. cost S5o.eo0. the r.2
son Tor which is. that 1t IS trimmed
With some rare Did laces worn ~ TIA"
coronation robes or Empress cath
crime of Russia.
People of ordinary. intelligence
especially those who have been reared
10 believe that a free American clti-
zen IS a big a man as the Car Of
Russia, and hat Il modest sensible
intelligent American woman y n Su-
pcrior of even queens and empress
are not foolish enough 10 think That
those old iaces. worn by the Empress
Catharinc-Gf inded they be the gem
uine old laceS). are worth the price
Miss Fish. or her daddy. paid for
them. But. among that class OF Wu-
men who lay awake at night ana
think, or fail asleep and dream about
the SWelldom of royalty. ana whose
only ambition in life is Ia ape tho
fashions. follicS and frivolities Of 'nr
old world, any old rag that once be-
lOnged to some noted person is more
highly prized than new ana better
goods. But, l suppose Miss Fish Will
feel very much IGNORED when she
looks III those second hand goods,
ana viii really imagine thar She Is al
Empress. Besides it's 50 sensational
1t is said that all the women Of high
life in Gotham are just DYING to see
that trosseau. especially the old laccs
in other words, the old rags. once
worn-tor. are said to have been
worm -by an Empress.
Women, considering how good they
are. are mighty curious beings. es-
pecially bout dress. They keep 10Th
eyes open and never fail 10 see what
each other has on: and they love 10
max each other nviou by coming
out a little ahead with something neN
and startling.
Since Miss Fish has succeeded Cor
thinks she has s~ucceeded,) in getting
some old lace and had il tackled on 10
that $4,000 grown. the big four hun
dred society women are just as miSer-
dDit Us tIltN wen can De. anu 1 dtuDl
not all Of them are hunting up all ITO
old laceS in garnet and cellar, and il
won't be long before they'll all be
airing royal rags, and making the pal
ance of the feminine world unhappy.
I'm glad ] live in North Carolina
where the women have good sense.
and dress according to their means:
and, when they marry, hitch on to
BOYS to the ann born. instead Of
going crazy after some foreign adj
Venturer, whose only reason for wish
ing to marry an American girl is to get
her money.
our South land has suffered be-
cause Of some innovations: but. so
long as our women keep their senses.
and love and revere the traditions of
the Old Time South, I'm not at all un-
easy. / hope Miss Fish will do We'll.
but a $250,000 trouSSeau does impress
me with the idea that She has not
much of a soul. Right about her are
thousands of poor girls who are barely
able to Keep soul and body together.
upon whom and for whom 5000. 600
could have been SO well spent thereby
giving happiness to SO many. Fifty
thousand dollars is a big amount to
spend for a trousseau for a Fish, If
she is a whale.
And, let's see. Two hundred thou
SAND dollars would build forty