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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-15
Hon. v. .A.STIlit|l
Secs Danger
Danger!
To the Editor:

lO CLlO GO4OO1s
l would like to give a note of
warning and some gratuitous adj
vice to the people who are inter
ested in the development of Hen
dersonville. Can any thought
full person say other than that
Hendersonville has been growing
beyon their expectations? Can
any thoughtful person expect
this growth to continue if they
put forth no effort? Can anv
thoughtful person account for
the growth which we have had!
Will that same person disagree
with me, when / say, that our
progress has been largely due to
the efforts of a limited number
of our people, because they be
heve in progress and in internal
Improvement by the town and its
people, and have accompanied
these efforts with their money to
produce the result; and further
to the fact that many of our
people, a very large majority of
them, have been public spirited,
liberal enough and wise enough
to forsee the result and work
for it. Just who have acted and
how they have acted, and what
has followed most all Of our peo-
pie know. The writer is not in
terested in what has been done,
or who shall have credit for it;
work always has its reward with
just people, and the unjust are
not to be considered. In grow
ing town, the slogan should be-
''See the right thing, do the
right thing, and obstacles will re-
move themselves. +" So that /
wish to join hands with every
body under an agreement that,
we will all stand together, pull to-
gether to advertise and build up
Hendeosonville already the Mecca
of the Southern Tourists. What
has become of those who ridi-
culed and made fun of the men
who ridiculed and made fun of
the men who, in time past, said
that Hendersonville deserved to
be, and could be, the greatest
resort city on the continent.
Are not the former critics begin
ming to be less critical? Are not
some of them already, saying,
I'VE killed bear" Is there
any decided improvement made
by the town, or in the town more
than one year old, that all OF
our citizens do not point out
these improvements, and say
that this, that or other, has
been done in spite of opposi-
tion?" That there has been op-
position, is a matter Of regret,
but the comfort is that our peo-
pie, or most of them, are honest,
and when things turn to the good
contrary to their expectations,
they are manly enough to say so,
and when they are convinced
that their opposition was wrong,
they turn with their convictions
and fall in and work with q vim.
I for one am free to say, that !
have not always done right my
self. I have opposed and been
opposed. Among my opponents
are some of the strongest and
most Influential and best people
Of the town. | am therefore
wiling to forgive and hope to be
forgiven, and desire to be heard
When I say that for the good of
Hendersonville. i would be glad
if everybody would join with me,
bury the tomahawk, Smoke, the
pipe of peace, put all shoulders
to the wheel and with one COM
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-15
Simmons COIniig

United States Senator F. M.
Simmons will speak at the court
house in this city on Monday,
October 26th.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

eral rods OF it. How does the thing
go?"
Beats me; but your wife will prob
ably understand it, Paper patterns are
an old story to the women"
Mrs. Newberry elucidated the puzzle,
and achieved fame by laying patterns
on wood planks and running a little
marking wheel around the blue pencil
lines. It's like making a gingham
apron she said.
The boat went up rapidly at the
start. The keel was laid and the
stem cut out and attached with bolts.
Then forms We're made to shape the
hull and romance and fact clashed.
The Spanish caravel of the fifteenth
century" said Whitaker. had this
ready to try on paper pattern boat
designer skinned to a frazzle for con-
structive grace and beauty of line. Let's
run her up two stories at the rear,
with back porch overlooking the
bay"
Put ports in her sides for oars like a
Morse galley" suggested Lafier. The
rhythmic sweep of oars. strong pulled
in unison, is so soothingr
Who'll pulp" asked Newberry. This
isn't a historical romance or a saga.
We have paid for boat plans, and we
are building garden variety dory-
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

evening. "A fEbip can not sail without
wind he sai6l, "and we've got to raise
the wind. \ ieith can a dory float
without a GOV erisng Of planks. and with
the present f. sei ing of suspicion among
the lumber n cs Of the neighbOrhood
1 see no way S)f getting pianks with
out money suggest that we incOr-
porate the IBeloroUs Moon dory-sloop
construction company and dispose ot
enough sha~e,S to buy the ribs"
Who tor" asked LATER.
Friends. We Will let them in on the
ground floor.
You mea on the cardboard
streak, cor q ected Whitaker. But
what do they get?
stock cert ptcates. OF course; what
does any inv, IS tor ever get?"
This plan was accepted and carried
out. A stock scertifcate was designed.
showing The HellyOusay." rampant.
upon a sea of green. with blanks left
to I'LL in the 3 mount of cash received
and the nanAc q the purchaser. Al
though the sand financial depression
which had strac k the art colony OF
Telegraph hill was evidenced in all
parts of Bohemia. several share hold
ers were secLCsd and one paid cash.
Ribs representsfNSs invest stment, oak ribs
of graceful turr5es and strong lines.
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giarized from set of patterns bought
in the east. 1t isn't book. it's a boat"
Il understand that. But my work
has always been absolutely original,
and Jack London. you must admit, has
already done this. The Shark makes us
look like a sequel"
Because Shakespeare wrote sonnets
is no reason why I should not construct
that form of verse" Lafer argued. "A
dory is one thing and a schooner is an
other"
"A schooner is beer mug" said
Newberry, which remindsi me-"
And then" Lafler continued, after
ordering, Jack did not build the Shark
with his own hands. He employed
boat builders and carpenters, while we
will make each piece from stem to
gudgeon."
From stem to sternpost, you mean.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

show. 50 the directoire is a fashion
able figure show.
1t is sometimes known as the
sheath dress. because a slash extending
upward from the bottom of the skirt
permits a. most liberal anatomical dis
play.
. Even Paris lifted it's eyebrows trife
when the revival of the mode was
first sprung on startled public, and
;that which surprises the gay French
capital must be unusual indeed.
The Longchamps racecourse was the
scene of the display. Following a
fixed custom of introducing the new
styles at this big assembly Of the gay
dress maker sent four of his handsom-
est models out to the course dressed
in his last directoire model.
The gowns so thoroughly followed
the ancient classic model. were so
transparent that they made a sensa-
tion. The most sensational of the
four had the skirt so cut as to per-
nit a liberal view of charms onlysseen
in rainy weather with any other kind
of a dress.
Naturally the inventor of this styIe
expected it to provoke some comment.
but he, perhaps. never figured on the
sensation 1T was to make The four
models were actually mobbed and had
to have the assistance of police to get
out of the place. Some talk of hal
ing the dress maker to answer in court
was proposed, but the director of the
municipal police finally ruled that
there was no law to reach the great
artists who determine the worlds
modes of dress.
Having survived the first public dis
play, the dress somewhat modified by
some wearers, but permitted in its full
liberty by others. began to make it's
way IN favor. The ever willing act
ress adopted it, the more extreme of
social leaders ruled that a dress mod
eled on the lines of that worn by Nine
Tallien, the admired but notorious
beauty of Napoleon's reign, had mer-
its not to be overlooked
So, Paris has accepted the directoire.
and the vogue has extended to London
The problem now arises. What will
the United States do about it?"
1t is a nice question There has
been no lack of wearers here for the
other extremes of the day. Peek-a boo
shirtwaists have been barred from
churches, the openwork stocking is un-
der the ban of many strict persons. and
even the innocent Dutch neck was re-
Gently banned from New York school
for girls.
ACt, III spite OI THESE rulings, all
these fashions have more votaries than
ever among Uncle Sans daughters.
The whole trend of dress has been
to take woman steadily away from the
old fashioned notion that a woman's
hands. feet and face were the only
parts of her anatomy OF which the
world had a right to have any knowl-
edge.
Such modes as the hoopskirt. the big
sleeves, the flowing gown, are not for
today. Now the thought is to have
everything fit as closely as possible, to
do way with all that alters the natural
lines.
The decoiiete habit has taken the
corsage lower and lower. until many
of the ultra fashionable are cut sheer
to the waist line. Now there is a pros
pect that with the introduction of the
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

concoct hard luck stories for the land
lord" cried Newberry.
LATER did not know a draw shave and
planed backhanded; Newberry could not
saw straight line or hit nail with
hammer. Herman Whitaker. who lives
in Piedmont, had a speaking acquaint-
ance with nearly every tool in the chest
could hammer, shave and saw He
had also written The Settler" novel
Of work, so he was approached and
asked to join the enterprise. He had
a landlord and objections to rent day,
and the idea appealed to him. There
was an obstacle, however.
1T seems like plagiarizing Jack Lon
don's Shark" he said. Il cannot afford
to be accused of plagiarizing."
Not bit of it." Newberry assured
him. This boat is going to be pla-
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

directoire skirt the lower gown will
be cut upward to meet the descending
bodice.
Paquin. one OF .tAe most noted OF
Paris dress makers, says that II Is
hardly fair TO give him credit for in
venting the newest extreme. He says
it is but the logical development OF
fashions steady trend for the last dec
ade. and that It was only the fact
that the one hund-edth anniversary OF
Nine. Tallien had arrived that sug-
gested to him that this. was the proper
year in which to revive the mode she
made famous. According to Paquin.
such a style would have come newt
ably, if not through him. then as the
creation of some ctiler customer
The passing OF the Undergarment
and the vogue OF the directorie skirt
are simultaneous events.
In the tightly swathed gowns that
have the call today. there is no chance
to wear a mass of lingerie. Milady
must have on as little as possible to
assure the skirts conforming properly
10 her figure.
1t is related OF Nine. Recamler that
she used TO dauspen the folds Of her
soft dress that 1t might cling the more
closely and more frankly reveal her
form. The question may well be
raised: "Will it come to that in this
country?"
The woman OF fashion is now as
loyal to her tights as the queen OF
burlesque. They alone will enable her
to get the effect she desires. The anat-
Om%, with such dress dOnned. is
most frankly revealed. With the skirts
dispensed With, and only the tights
woFn, the lines could hardly show
more plainly.
These facts are only pointed out to
show that the American woman has
man ged to adapt herself with reason
able ease to the fashion extremes sent
out " the world with the dietum OF
France.
In fact at the courts of Europe the
extre nifty of the decolIete Of the Amer
lean HTomen has shown that the pro-
vinciaGism. for which the daughters OF
Uncle Sam were once mocled. has been
bravelF overcome.
1t IS difficult indeed to guess how
far the siren sex is to go in it's dis
play Cf charms to mans discriminate
ing eye. The peek-a-bOo waist looked
star Tier when it was first loosed in
public Open work stockings created
a sensation equally exciting. and the
elbow sleeve made It's own special hit
on the tmpressiOnable who admire the
contour Of a well shaped arm.
But except at the sea shore the pub
lie display Of the lower limbs has
ever been under the strictest OF bans.
Many worthy folks have decried the
burlesGues shows and striven to have
them banned because of the bad infu-
ence ,exerted by the frank posters by
which such shows are advertised. See
ing hsse poster girls was degradation,
they argued. TO so TO the show itself.
arid see the originals in the heshings
WAS downright criminality.
But now the progress has been so
rapid that form of the ballet girls
ma keup. only modified. in fact made
more voluptuOus by the artful conceal
me 1T arranged by experts in the tn
ere use of wOman's Iuring attractions.
is gravely proposed as an ideal mode
for society.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

A gudgeon is a fish," Newberry ed
planned.
"A gudgeon is. or rather was. in an
cient days the iron to which the rud-
der was attached. The word was un-
poetic and has become obsolete, ex-
cept in politics, where a gudgeon, as
Newberry says, is a sucker"
Well" said Whitaker, 4 will set
aside my objections to plagiarizing, pro-
vided | am allowed to do some orig
inal work in the cabin. l have always
had the idea that ships cabins have
become prosaic since the days of Nell
son and Captain Kidd. L want to put
romance into the cabin"
Il have no objection TO romance"
provided that there are accommodations
for three families. a good kitchen and
a library and a liberal ice chest" said
Newberry, and so Whitaker became one
of the working partners of the Rent
Dodger."
They telephoned for plans to one of
the Every Man His Own Boat Builder
concerns, and received by express
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

sloop. 1t doesn't have porches or port
holes in the paper patterns, and l am
against any fifteenth century improve
ments."
There were continual clashes after
that between the practical Newberry
and his two literary associates. Whit
aker wanted a castle-"fo'ca castle,
he called it-wanted a quarter deck
and insisted on Delaying pins. He re-
read Cooper's Red Rover" and sprung
paragraphs of description of that ia
nous pirate craft on the other builders.
LATER. poet, used to the set form Of
verse, where a madrigal is always a
madrigal, sonnet a sonnet, where a
pentameter has always five feet and a
spondee two beats, could accept pat
terms with more grace and worked off
his soul yearnings in smoothing the
planks with sand paper and in bending
the ribs to sinuous lines.
There came a time in the building
operations when a financial depression
necessitated seeking funds for the con-
tinuance of the plan. Newberry laid
the matter before the partners that
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

Xavier Martinez secured 1000 shares
with an oil pai ming of eucalyptus
trees feeding in a green gray evening
glow. Lionel JosfeThar traded 10 copies
of The Man WI n a Bungalow for 10
shares of stock en- one certificate.
George Sterling Cliel an autograph copy
of his latest Do spI for one share OF
stock and James Hopper wired from
New York, colI,sct to reserve 100
shares. Colonel z dwin Emerson, war
correspondent. enJ0.ys the honor OF be-
ing the one patdup' stock holder Of the
Mellow Artichoke rapid transit dory.
company"
And while Herntan Whitaker pounds
nails into clamps and comblng. an
eastern publishing house telegraphs
vainly for the, coIr ected proofs OF his
latest novel. The s aquf"; while Henry
Anderson LATER ri anes the skeleton
from stem frame to obsolete gudgeon. a
public waits expec Z mt for the current
number of his mag azine; and the old
political machine q lptureS the forty
fifth district whila Perry Newberry
fashions bu1kheadS md paints the keel.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

q OcIETY promises to take The
place Of the vaudeville theater -
the ideal show place fer tAs
charms Of femininity.
The front row, long sacred 90 bald
headed admirers of woman's pulohTa-
tude. is likely soon to be deserted.
The ballroom. the drives in the parks,
the promenades are likely 70 furnish
far more diverting displays IN case
the new, or rather the revived direc-
toire gown, makes its way into this
country
II started in the right place TO get
the impetus for world conquest, for
in matters Of dress the dictum is alb
solute that What Paris thinks today.
the rest Of the world will think to-
morrow"
Just as the decollete gown is bust
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

r SREE men who work with their
brains are building a boat. One
is poet and literary critic. one
is q novelist the third is a poll
tician. None OF them has ever been
carpenter, joiner or boat builder Not
one OF them knew four weeks ago what
a sheer streak was or the difference be-
tween the transom knee and the fender
vale.
Way up near the top Of Telegraph
hill, poking its prov over the edge OF
the cliff 80 feet above the street, lies
the frame Of this combination of poetry.
fiction and statesmanship. II is TO be
dorJSloop. II the original plans are
not SUPERSEDED by metrical construc-
ton. It may not sail, but It Will scan
Its ribs ere rhythmic and its lines have
q lit II is 40 feet long. and Will have
\ cabin on it as big as some fats. It
has 1a feet beam and Will draw "a
tnnhes OF water.
Henry Anderson Laner. editor of To-
Esl magazine and writer of verse, orig
mated the idea He is the owner of a
Bungalow on Telegraph hill which he
Feusa 20 Perry II. Newberry, late secre-
tary OF the regular republican league,
politician. artist and writer. Newberry
found the task OF paying rent as dis
tasteful as LATER found the collection
OF it difficult So they decided to com
h5ne their troubles. build a cruising
Etoop and live on the waters. far from
the hateful landlord and fmpeounious
kenHnt No more being put on from
month TO month with hard luck stories"
cried Ls6eFi and NO more having to
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-30
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

The prominence of velvet is very
marked for street and fancy dresses
alike.
In all of the tailored and semitai-
lored suits the novelty note is conspic.
uous, and indications point very
strongly to continuance of this fea-
ture in the coming spring designs.
Dark colors are very much more in
order this season than light, and par
ticularly is this true of the velvet cos
tunes, all Of the more exclusive of
which are, if not black, then some one
of the rich dark shades, with braiding
done always in self tone.
For formal wear velvet costumes in
one piece are the rule, although, like
the pretty semiprincess gowns of last
summer, the two parts may be joined
with passementerie or band trimming.
The princess style and velvet have al
ways been most congenial, and the
princess is still the most effective mode
for it.-NeW York Post.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-30
SHORT STORIES.
The rod haired arc least liko1v RI .

The red haired are least likely to 60
bald.
The Italian state lottery has dis
tributed as high as $1O,OOO,OOO in a
year.
The different Indian tribes in Mexico
do not mingle much and seldom inter
marry.
In the suburbs of New York city
there are 1900 homes being paid for
by installments on contracts made in
the last five years.
Tourists complain that Japan is get
ting to be the most expensive of all
countries to travel in. Everybody con-
siders foreigners legitimate prey
The forty-sixth star of our flag repre-
sents a state more than four times as
large as Massachusetts and about as
large as Ohio, the twenty-third in or
der of population.
Some one claims to have discovered
that the effect of the wind blowing
constantly in the face of the motor
man results. sooner or later, in serious
injury to the lungs by giving them no
work to do.
The fact that there is no recognized
system of keeping vital records in the
United States and that the individual
is unable to satisfy foreign require
ments in regard thereto often makes
it difficult for Americans to get mar
ried abroad
Oklahoma will have a new banking
law on Feb II which will provide a
guaranty fund for the protection of de-
positors in insolvent banks, the fund
to be maintained through an assess
ment on each state bank of per cent
Of it's daily average deposits.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-30
Grenadiers From tho Diamond.

Hand grenades, which were used in
action by the Japanese against the
Russians, are to be introduced into the
army. and, since America is, as the
Scientific American points out. ma
ton of baseball players, great things
should be accomplished with the new
weapon.
A picked company Of pitchers could
lead every charge and, every man
picking out an imaginary plate, a hun
dred deadly grenades would go hur-
thing upon the paralyzed foe-a glori-
GUS prospect, and one that should ma
terially aid recruiting both for the big
leagues and the army.
To complete the rout of the enemy
the diamond grenadiers might be fol-
lowed by the gridiron guards, who
would have no difficulty in pulverizing
the line Of their already. demoralized
opponents.-New York American.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-30
Canada's Cash Road Tax System


Canadian townships. particularly
those of the province of Ontario, are
adopting the cash road tax system in
place of the ancient method Of working
out the road tax, which is in too many
cases a farce, says the Good Roads
Magazine. Supervision Of the work on
the roads is intrusted to from one to
four responsible commissioners, who
use labor saving machinery, build bet
ter bridges than the roads had and
make the highways permanent and
durable. During the decade from 1896
to 1905 the outlay on county roads of
Ontario amounted to $21,OOO.OOO or
this SIC, 1902 was cash, and $1O,-
$4,000 represented days Of statute la
Dor. This equaled an average Of
$2,1O0,O00 per annum and included the
expenditures by the townships and
part only of that made by counties on
their country highways. Cities and
towns spent a large amount in addi-
ton to the above sums. The good
roads movement is said to be extend
Ing widely in Canada,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-30
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Verdis "Ernani was produced in
New York at the Manhattan Opera
House recently This was the first time
in four years that the opera was heard
in the metropolis.
The Rogers brothers are appearing
in "The Rogers Brothers In Panama.
this season. Marion Stanley, who was
with them last year, has the leading
woman's role again.
Bertha Kalich appeared in Marta of
the Lowlands" in Chicago recently.
The story deals with the lives Of Span
ish peasants, Nine. Kalich taking the
part of peasant girl
''The Land Of Nicotine; or, The Evo-
luton of Tobacco" is the spectacular
playlet introduced by Lew Dockstader
as the special scenic feature of his
minstrel show this year.
Richard Strauss is now at work on a
new opera, Electra" which, it is said,
will be more sensational than ''Sa-
lome." Massenet, it is also announced,
is composing new opera, "Bacchus."
The deadly combat between the Brit
ish troops and the tribes in Matabele-
land, which resulted in the extermina-
ton of the English soldiers and has
gone into history, is one of the dra>
matte incidents Of "Cheer, Boys,
Cheer"