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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13

For tailor-mades ruching Of linen,
pleated tiny and extremely narrow
in fact, Just Ine-is fashionable.
In fur neck pieces the fat stole Is
accorded q second place by the shawl
shaped capes that end at the waist
line.
The walking suit that typifes the
Directoire adaptations has coat
which escapes the skirt hem by an
inch.
A new chain girdle in various color
combinations such as white and gold.
blue andsgold, taupe and gold, is very
pretty. g
A stylish shoe suitable for formal
afternoon functions has patent
leather vamp and uppers Of dull black
kid.
A smart coat is fastened across the
waistcoat with frogs Of green corded
silk, slung from the buttons on the
mitred cloth.
Blouses, coats and indoor frocks
carry long sleeves. With these will
be worn the two-button glove in
heavy or light kid.
The gauzy frock will ask for butt
tons OF satin, the frock OF satin OF
silk or meteor crepe de chine for but.
tons Of its own fabric.
Those who cannot make Princess
-. = -.
lace are buying it, for 1t is one OF the
most fashionable >laces OF the season
for trimming handsome gowns.
The bias-striped one-toned mate-
rails which one finds among the
broadcloths, prunellas and serges, are
ideal for women of stout figure.
The fashion of decolletage Is worn
more now. For afternoon wear the
high neck is correct, but after SUM
down the decollete is the right thing.
For. tailor-mades cloth and silk
covered buttons are more used than
anything else, although braid and silk
piping buttons are also in great
favor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
believe they are helping me, "

7 make believe they are helping me. I"
she said to herself.
So Gertrude Maud and Gladys
Emily, and the smaller dolls, lefty
and Lillian, and black Alice with
her apron and turban, looking very
much fitted for her task, were all
seated in row on the big table, with
their backs against the wall and their
feet sticking out straight in front Of
them.
Then Isabel began her game. "The
plates you shall wash and wipe" she
said, addressing Gertrude Maud,
cause you're the biggest"
So Isabel carefully washed and
wiped the plates, and placed them in
front of Gertrude.
"And the cups and saucers belong
to you, Gladys. Be sure to do them
nicely" she said.
Then they were done, and piled on
the table by Gladys.
The smaller dolls, Hetty and Lii
lian, had the little butterplates and
oatmeal dishes to do.
It was great fun. Isabel made be-
lieve that they didn't want to do them
at all, and then had to scold them a
little and remind them that such
tasks had to be done by little girls,
and it was we'll to learn how to do
them properly.
Black Alice had the frying-pan and
oatmeal pot to do. But the next time
Isabel had the dishes to do alone,
and the dollies helped, Gertrude Maud
did the pans, cause it doesn't seem
fair, just cause she's black for her
to do the hard part always"
When mamma came in and saw the
row of dollies and the nicely washed
dishes, she was much pleased with
Isabel's little game of dishwashing
and dolls.-Woman's Home Conn
panion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
GOWN OF AidBAssADoR's WIFE

GOWN OF AMBASSADORS WIFE,
Though she ,js of American extrac-:
tion, Nine. Jlsserand, wife Of the
French Ambassador in Washington, is
Parisienne of Parisiennes in man-
ner and in dress. So her gowns may
be taken as the newest expressions
of the views of French modistes. She
is wearing street suits that are far.
from startling. One is Of London.
smoke-colored camel's hair, with
plain skirt and folds of silk Braid
The coat Is modified Empire, braid
ed heavily, and shows onsa pale Law
ender crepe bodice, with silver and
black embroidery. Nine. Jusserand's s
hat for morning is a stiff, walking
shape, with great bow Of black
taffeta caught with a dull black
buckle and few loops of jetted Law
ender velvet. In the afternoon she
wears head covering at least a yard.
across. Her hats ara almost always
black, Directoire or Gainsborough.,
and worn at rakish angle which few
women can initiate with success.
Nine. Jusserand always is clad corr
rectly in the respect that the articles
of her outfit match to the last detail.
Shoes, gloves, veil, fan, parasol and;
small neck ruff distinctly accord with
one another.-New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
HOW THE DOLLS HELPED ISABEL

HOW THE DOLLS HELPED ISABEL
Monday morning in vacation is hor-
rid. Isabel thought so as she rue
fully eyed the biS pile of breakfast
dishes. Washday mamma always did
the dining room and kitchen work,
while Janet was busy in the laundry,
and always in vacation time Isabel had
to help. To-day mamma had some
extra work, and it was Isabel's task
to wash and dry the dishes all alone.
They're just mountains high!" she
declared.
They weren't at all, though must
confess that there we're good many
Of them.
When mamma mad called to her
the dishes were ready, Isabel was
busy playing with her numerous fam
lily of dolls. Very reluctantly she laid
Gertrude Maud back into her bed,
and covered Gladys Emily carefully
in the doll carriage, and started with
tagging footsteps toward the kitchen.
She filled the big dishpan with hot
water, and gave the glasses. then the
silver, their morning bath. Some
how the large kitchen seemed lonely
without either mamma or Janet, IN
spite. of the fact that the sunshine was
streaming in brightly through the
windows. Then a sudden thought
came to her.
"I'll bring the dolls out here and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
letter Dressed oxford.

It is strange how sartorial fashlonI
change, even in conservative Oxford.
Three OF four years ago it was quite
the exception TO see a junior member
of the varsity dressed otherwise than
In a pair of gray trousers and tweed
coat covered with many perfectly USE
less leather buttons. The comfcrta.
Bile but somewhat slatternly garments
are now almost obsolete. Oxford
Varsity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
A Test For Coal Gas.

Do you suspect your hot-air fur
mace Of leaking coal gas into the heat
fues and into the house? A simple
and effective way of testing for this
trouble is to throw Upon the furnace
fire large wad of cotton which has
been saturated with oil Of pepper
mint and thickIy sprinkled with sui
phu. to make it burn quickly. Close
the furnace door tightly and have
some one who has not smelled the
prepared cotton wad try to detect the
odor in the rooms above. II it is
found you will need new drum for
your furnace without delay.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
IN OLD. HOLLAND.

It was an Englishman who said:
The children Of Holland take pleas
ure in making
What the children of England take
pleasure in breaking"
If he had seen the Breiben School
of Laren he could have made newer
and better proverb, says st. Mich
olas.
Every bright day fopr little Dutch
maids sit on the bench before Mev-
rouw Kosta's door and Janike
teaches them to knit. Anna, who is
ten, clicks her needles fast and even
ly, but Wilhelmina, who is only six,
crooks her fat, pudgy fingers pain
fully round the yarn and sighs.
She knows well that 1t Is necessary
to be clever to live in Laren. for
Laren, let me tell you, is a most dis
tinguished place, very different from
the rest of Holland; and Wilhelmina
knows it is quite mountainous there.
for it is thirteen feet above the sea.
But to be clever it is necessary to
knit heels as well as legs OF stock
ings; so she keeps at it, while. inside
the cottage, Mevrouw Kosta is spin
ming yarn on big spinning wheel.
and you can, hear the cheerful hum
Of the bobbtn.
When the SUN sends out long. level
rays across the fat, green fields, and
the windmill throws its queer shad-
ow down the hard, white road, Will
helmina's and Nettje's plump legs
carry them home with right good
will, their wooden shoes Gathering
down the road toward the sunset, as
the long Dutch twilight begins.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
pRY1Ne WOMEN CAUSE TROUBLE

PRYING WOMEN CAUSE TROuBLE
Curiosity makes more discomfort
than many another more censured
trait. 1t is equally trying for the
pryer and the "pryee."
To bother about what is none OF
your concern is distinctly vulgar. The
well-bred woman waits until news
comes her way-=does not 80 on a
still hunt for it.
The curious woman may not mean
impertinence, but rarely fails to be
credited with it There is no greater
impudence than to seek to know what
others are trying to conceal.
Curiosity is malignant growth;
once get the germ and soon 1t will
affect the most trifing affairs Of life.
There is nothing too Insignificant to
escape the peeriug Of the in9uisitiye.
AS distorter and masnifier moth
ing is in the class OF curiosity. 1t i'm
agines dagger thrusts in pin pricks
and cannot rest happily until suspic-
ions are verified. II
The curious woman Is not only q
nuisance to her friends, but is thor
oughly unhappy herself. 10 GO
through life with the belief that
everyone has something to hide from
you is misery. - :. . = .-'''s,' :. ,''a
The curious woman need not think
to conceal her failing, the prying look
and rowing eye is an unmistakable
placard.
observation-disclosures defeats its own
ends. The curious woman misses
many an interesting bit OF news that
people keep to themselves rather than
crafty her morbid desire for knowl-
edge that is none Of her business
New Haven Register.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
Pear.Shaped Balloon.

Pear-shaped balloons are the fash
ion in Belgium. The point is up
ward, the base of the balloon is spher-
ical. 1t is claimed that. balloons of
this shape pierce the air vertically
with far greater speed than the ordi-
nary spherical balloon. Consequently
they are steadier. Also the upper
pointed end prevents the accumula-
ton of moisture or snow on the sur
face, which frequently weighs a bal
loon down and destroys its power to
rise.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
KATE BARNARD's MAYOR.
While matron of the United Provl

While matron of the United ProVl-
dent Association Kate" Barnard be-
came the controlling spirit in the po-
litical life of Oklahoma City. She
was the only one who could vote
the slum independently of the sa-
loon, and, if need be, against the sa-
loon. Hello, boys! Where are you
going?" she would say to group of
barroom buns towed to the polls by
a. saloonkeeper. And while the sa-
loonkeeper looked on helplessly she
would remind them that she had sent
Johns little girl to school and had
nursed Toms wife through the spell
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13

suits of their labor loom up bigger IS
because they waste very little time
through lack OF system, says Jane
Howard Latimer. Women are more
or less creatures of nerves. because
their time ard energy and thought Is
wasted on non-essential things, caused
in most cases by an entire lack or
system. How many women know now
much to spend each year to supply
their families with food? How many
women know how much Is spent LOT
fuel? How many women know how
much of the husbands income IS
spent for clothes? In other words
how many women know some OF the
essential things which are given IN .
their hands to keep wisely and dis
pense judiciously. You will all agree
with me, think, that these are lead
ing questions; and, in looking about
you, / think, too. you will agree with
me that few women are prepared to
reign wisely and with justice in their
own kingdoms.-New Haven Reg
lister.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
THEIR OWN HAIR PRETTIER.

The American lecturer who tried to
persuade the women in his audience
the other day that their own hair was
prettier, not to say less obstructive
to sight than their spacious. hats, ig-
nored the warnings of history. No
matinee hat of to-day is SO high as
the lofty headdresses worn by Marie
Antoinette, which were the despair
of poor, simple-minded Louis XVI.
But when deprived of all possibility
of being able to see a performance at
the opera he presented his wife with
an aigrette of diamonds, in the hope
that it might supplant headdress
forty-five inches in height, the Queen
promptly had the diamonds incorpo-
rated in new headdress which was
taller than all its predecessors.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13

Emma, unconsciously wringing her
hands as. she continued to address the
new cook, who certainly listened very
attentively. But my brother has
sent up some pigeons--to be roasted.
suppose.
"Yes'm."
4Can you make celery salad:"
Il think can
"'And mayonnaise sauce for the
cold chicken?"
".yes,m."
Can you make q French soup:"
@I can"
4Oh, we'll, guess you will do" be-
ginning to look relieved. BE sure
the vegetables are not overdone, and
I, the coffee good-my brother is very
particular, about his coffee. And we
will have a Florentine pudding?"
with an inquiring look.
"Yes'm." readily.
The new cook was already gfrding
himself with one of the white towels
that lay on the dresser, and casting
a scrutinizing glance at the range
fire.
Quite reassured in spirit Emma was
turning away, when she stopped to
add ;lo1l
will lay The table myself to-day,
Mac, and fill the fruit dishes and
vases but If you give satisfaction, 7
will intrust yo,i with, the key of the
china closet, and you will have the
entire care of the table, and with a
gracious nod the youn 9 lady withdrew
from the kitchen.
She piled the fruit dishes with rosy
pearSS. golden oranges and white
grapes; fillHd the vases with rcses,
lilies and ierns; set clusters of dainty
glasses, filled with amber jelly,
among the silver and china, and then,
with a sigh of satisfaction at the re-
suit. ran away to dress.
sill not go near the kitchen to
even smell of the dinner. / don't
know anything about cooking it, and
will trust to luck. ] have an idea that
Mac is real capable-is going to prove
, a treasure. His dress was 80 neat,
and he was so quiet and respectful, "
concluded Emma, leisurely arranging
her hair.
Her new dress was very becoming,
and fitted the petite. round figure SO
perfectly that Emma felt at peace
with all the world.
Ihaye heard that Mr.. Arthur Max
we'll is cry fastidious in the matter
|ofladies' Dress" mused Emma, twist
ling her head over her shoulder to see
the effect, ~, wonder what his first
Impressions of me will be? ! should
like to have poor Ally's brother like
me.
At length the last bracelet was
clasped, the last touch given, and re-
tiring backward from the mirror,
with a radiant face, Emma turned
and ran up to the nursery, to order
the children dressed for company
and also to speak with the boys-and
f1irt little with Mr.. Vincent, the
tutor, who was always at her service
for this exercise.
/ There was delightfully."- savory
odor pervading the house when she
came down and set out the wine and
ice; and made few amendments OF
! the table. Before Alice died she had
painted an exquisite ebony ring fol
her brother, and this Emma placed
j with the napkin designed for Mr.
! Arthur Maxwell. thinking how ar.
tistic and pretty everything was, and
decidingI that the gentleman's first
impression must be pleasant.
/ She looked at her watch-five min
utes past g. Then she went softly tc
the end OF the hall, and listened tt
the lively chatter in the kitchen. Shs
could hear Mac chatting pleasant,
4 ~ .
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13

According to Indian Engineering,
plaster of Paris may be used as a fiux
for melting scrap metals containing
small amounts OF iron. About fVe
pounds of plaster are mixed with
100 pounds scrap, and, when melteo'
the whole is stirred. On cooling, tne
plaster is removed by blow with a
hammer. The iron is thus removed.
and the flux, being neutral, does not
attack the crucible.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
STAYING LIP LATE.

One evening when my bedtime came
I didn't want to go,
: So mother said might stay up j..
For just this once, you. know.
And so ] stayed and stayed and stayed,
Through all the night, think,
And never went to bed at all
Nor slept a little wink.
But when at last the sun arose,
A-shining warm and red,
I found / had my mighty on.
And was sitting up in bed.
Alden Arthur Knipe, in st. Nicholas.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
1.et Us overcome Aftlictions.

Let us set all our past and present
afflictions at once before our eyes.
Let us resolve to overcome them, III
stead of flying from them, or wearing
out The. sense of them by long and
ignominious patience.-Lord Boiling
broke.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
MRS. BLACK A PROFESSOR.


Mrs. Agnes Knox Black, VIE Of
Professor c. Charleton Black, of Bos-
ton University, has been appointed to
the faculty of the College of Liberal
Arts of the university as Shaw profess
sor of elecution. Mrs. Black succeeds
Professor Malvina NJ. Bennett, who
recently resigned. Mrs. Black is a
Canadian and we'll known as an elocu-
zionist. She was graduated from the
University Of Toronto, afterward TAX
Ing a course in Philadelphia. She
was at one time head of the school Of
elocution of the New England Con-
servatory of Music and later connect
ed with the Emerson College of Ora
tory.-New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13

An improved aiming device for
heavy guns makes it possible to keep
the weapon trained on moving tar
get continuously, without regard to
the rolling of the vessel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
,3A..5&,o ls ALL

d grsdironed field that huge stands defend,
With gallows either
"A bullying wind and frightened sky ,S
And leather ball that goes dancing by 8 - i5
the coughty football
3 s And it, = Fall, there; fall lad
You're snatching at the ball. lad, Y,
q That's not the game at ALI lad
Again. now--thats well duEe.
~. Quick, now, quick, man,
lie there like sick -
Lively. That's che trick pick your feet and rum
AsprawI length on the short brown
They watch the handling of kick and pass
And the slippery dummies squeak and SWING
AS In tacklers
And the veteran may shrI be must work
While -Scoot scout. lad,
Z Leave your feet and shoot dad,
That's the way TO do it. lad
s.... You're learning learning fust
Low, get low, man.
Mustn't be slow, man. sssl , - a. I, i.
That the way CO. you We so .he knaeE at last
Hark now 0 The whistles silver call
Lime up!r and the centre takes the ball.
The signals follow. clear and quick:
For and line-buck. punt and trick
While trots close beside to each error
Aud You end stay there! -t%e.,
Tackle. under way. there ~.
I Guard. spoiled the play. there,
stand like that and watt
about.
shout, man! :, -
You might as well te out, nan, as half second late
SO thc DAYS go By and with each in turn
f Comes something new for the men to learn,
one lesson still the same
say ft's team play only that wins the game!
Nothing nnd bu. by all IN unison!
For its "Side by side there! ..ss.
Le the funback guide. there.
H there,
Never so alone!
Hard now hard.
And tie boys when they're grown
- ID. w. Linn, in st. Mich
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13

of pneumonia and had found de-
cent suit of clothes for Jim, and had
got work for them all-in fact, had
helped to raise the wage scale for
work on the 6 Hets from s1.25 to
s2.25la day. And then she would
tell the boys that they must vote
against the bad candidate for Mayor
and for the good one because the
good one was friend of hers, and the
boys would follow her meekly to the
ballot box. Thus she elected first a
Republican Mayor and then agDemo-
cratic Mayor, each time by a majority
Of f700.-American z Magazine. s. :
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13

An interesting item of astronomical
news Is that of the discovery OF a
new ring of Saturn. 1t is stated to
be a dusky ring surrounding the we'll
known bright ones. 1t was discoY-
cred at the Geneva Observatory.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13

pist ssss 5. oR sR
8 of Put the soda in the milk and
8 scrape chocolate Mix all together till when
will make ball in fingers Take on
until it is in paste, then spread
a on platter desired add cup chopped
rule putting them in just before the
fire.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13


A correspondent of the London
Times calls attention to the need Oh
an automatic recording speed 1nai-
Gator for railway trains. Both ofthe
most recent important fatal railway
casualties in England were oupt-
edly caused by excessive speed at
points where the regulations required
a slowing down. Engine drivers be-
come reckless and disregard rules
safely at first, but ultimately meet
with disaster. If the record OF speed
during each trip were to be submitted
to inspection there would be less dis-
obedience and greater safety : Pos
sibly the recording speed indicator
has been invented, but 1t appears not
to be in use anywhere.
The many uses aud infammable
character of celluloid have led to an
active search for substitutes. The
new material of c. Trocauenet, a
French inventor, is a mixture OF cell
lulose, asbestos and the organic mat
ter contained in oyster shells. Tne
cellulose is obtained by treating sea-
weed successfully with acid and alkali
and washing. The ASBESTOS is ground
with petroleum oil, while the ground
oyster shells are treated with hydro
ch.oric acid and the insoluble residue
is boiled with water, washed with
weak alkaline solution and collected
on a filter. The mixture contains
from fifty to sixty-five parts of cellu-
lose, two to twelve parts of the oiled
asbestos and twenty to forty-five parts
of the oyster she'll substance. The
mass Il treated with formaldehyde,
suitably colored, and then pressed
into any form or object for which cell
luloid can be used.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
FACTORIES.

Brunswick has been striving fer
years to obtain q reasonable number
of good stable factories. 1t has al
ways been contended by those pee
pie who are familiar with the sta
alton that his city has more real az
vantages than any port city en- the
coast.
1t has been pointed out that sae
has an equable climate. wherein the
harsh winters OF the north, the west
and the east are conspicuous fer thei.
absence. She enjoys in the mattet
of transportation rail and water freight
rates, an advantage unpossessed by
many of the largest manufacturing
centers in the country.
She has the purest system Of ar
tesian water in this entire country
and enjoys the best health rate OF any
port city in America These are but
few os the manifold reasons why
Brunswick is an ideal spot for the
location of factories Of every kind and
description. She is also in close touch
with raw material and in the matter
of hardwoods her nearness TO their
fields of raw product are manifest.
Whether or not a factory properly
managed is or is not good invest
! ment in Brunswick is best evidenced
by the splendid success achieved by
the Santa Clara Cigar Manufacturing
! company, which located in this city
less than two years ago and since that
time has multiplied its help by six and
/ its payroll In corresponding ratio
What these people have done, the or
binary manufacturer who is bust
ness man can also do. They have
worked no miracle, but in business
like fashion have proceeded along
safe commercial lines and their fac
tory is growing with the setting Of
every sun" There is no question ON
the top side of the earth but what
Brunswick offers splendid conditions
that ought to commend themselves
to the people who are interested in
manufacturing, Any and all kinds of
factories where the product is made
from hardwoods ought to be especially
attracted 10 this city. AS we have