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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-10-05
Billy FeliXS'S Letter.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Everything has quieted down since
the election and our people are busy
about their domestic affairs and busl-
ness relations.
Mrs. Henry Hughes, of the Sandam
section, paid visit recently to her
sister. Mrs. w. B. Fallaw.
Our young friend, Gary Price, who
has been confined to his room with a
case of fever, is improving.
Mrs. Lee n. Fallaw, of Columbia,
spent few days in CASTOR last week
while her father, G. A. Goodwin, was
capturing bucks on the Savannah
river. Mrs. G. E. Howell, one of
Gods mosu noble Christian ladies,
has left Route and gone on visit to
Florida.
Cotton is rapidly opening and being
gathered, sold and the prices around
the thirteen cent mark. The crop is
short in these parts. Peas are fairly
good, potatoes bid fair to be fine.
The good price of cotton makes
business boom. Our little town mas
taken on new life. Postmaster j. F
Fallaw has opened up mercantile
business and buys cotton and cotton
seed in connection with the other
business. G. S. Goodwin also carries
a full stock of general merchandise
and buys seed and cotton. A. r..
Goodwin carries good stock of goods.
Cotton seed were bringing 54c here
last week while at other towns they
sold for SOC per bushel.
At this writing G. S. Goodwin, that
Nimrod hunter, is chasing wild deer
In canebrakes of the Savannah river
and of course he never fails to land
his game part of which the happy
Felix family will feast upon.
Protracted meetings are over but
pinderpickings are the order Of the
night and the young folks still enjoy
life !?
While many candidates were de-
feated in the recent elections, there
were many successful, but none more
so than candidate W. 1. Jumper, who
captured the Belle of CASTOR, Mrs.
Belle Mack, who were married by
G. A. Goodwin along about the same
time Captain Monroe Fallaw was
elected by having vote cast in his
favor by Miss Mary Rister. who we're
declared duly elected by w. B. Fallaw.
We wish these young people all man
ner of success and happiness through
life.
R. M. Hutto, of Augusta, is here
for while recuperating for health.
Pref. J. V. Smith is having his mill
overhauled and when completed will
be more convenient and will give
better service.
The sons and daughters of Mrs. K. J..
Fallaw, Sr., celebrated her 10Th birth
day on the 18th, by giving her big
dinner, presents, etc. It was a pleas
n o. ca,ion and enjoyed lovely feast
together.
Our hearts go out in deep sympathy
to the Associate Editor in the loss of
his ar wife and companion, and
may God sustain and keep him and
the little ones, and comfort them in
their sore trial Of bereavement.
Oct. l, 1910. Billy Felix.
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HOMINY AND SAUERKRAUT.
Properly Cooked. One Suggests Beetho-
ven. tho Other Wagner.

Properly Cooked. One Suggests 6eetho-
ven. tho Other Wagner.
Why is it that sauerkraut is never
truly fit to eat until it has been
cooked twice, with an interregnum
of twenty-four hours separating the
cooking? And why is it that hon.
inv boileo and then fried is at times
as delicious as hominy simply boil
ed?
In each case every hearty and ar
tistic eater is aware of the fact, but
no one thinks to discover the rea-
son. Among the ignorant, of course,
sauerkraut is devoured at once
and after its first stewing, but the
present inquiry is not directed to-
ward the habits of the ignorant. To
the connoisseur of educated taste,
to the refined amateur of delicates-
sen, sauerkraut cooked once is as
unsavory a mess as Philadelphia
pepperpot or Boston beans. The
very thought of it benumbs his
stomach and insults his intelligence.
And yet if that same sauerkraut be
laid away for twenty-four hours,
preferably in stone jar, with a
brick on top, and be brought to
simmer in some suitable stewpan
that same connoisseur will walk
twenty miles in the snow to get a
scent of it and a hundred miles on
redhot Goals to get few skeins OF
it.
In the Bavarian and Saxon royal
families the sauerkraut for Sun
days breakfast is always cooked on
Friday evening. An hour or two OF
brisk ebullition is enough. Then
the beautiful strands are dredged
up from the caldron and transfer
red to a large copper or earthen
vessel, which is deposited overnight
in some convenient arsenal. There
the kraut remains all day Saturday
and Saturday night. At dawn on
Sunday morning it is withdrawn
from its vault and transferred to an
aluminium stewpan and seasoned
Then the mixture is heated, and the
result is sauerkraut de luxe. Once
cooked it would be mere food; twice
cooked it is thing of beauty and a
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1OV forever.

Joy 1ole'el.
Hominy has the same habits.
Boil it once and it is food for con-
victs and political hangers-on, but
boil it twice or boil it and then fry
it and it is lifted at once to the
range of a superb and fawless Wet
ual. The man who has never tasted
hominy in conjunction with the ma
tive wild hog Of the Eastern Shore
of Maryland is a man whose right
to be regarded as entirely civilized
and cultured is yet to be demon
strated. Such viands-and, alas,
they are too few!-ennoble while
they warm and educate while they
nourish. In the art Of eating their
place is as hi:h as that of Beetho-
ven's Fifth Symphony in the art Of
music.
Hominy, indeed, suggests Beetho-
ven in more ways than one. It
shows all of his rugged simplicity
and honest worth. There is a d.
rectness about it which wins the
heart. 1t is above all pretense and
subterfuge. Sauerkraut, on the 9TH
er hand, is more romantic. It is not
Beethoven, but Wagner. No matter
how we'll one knows it, it is full of
delicious novelties and SURPRISES
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-10-05
Shifting the RESPONSIBILITY.

An lrishman who traded in small
wares kept a donkey cart, with
which he visited the different vii
lagos. On one occasion he came to
a bridge where a toll was levied.
He found to his disappointment
he had not enough money to pay it.
A bright thought struck him. He
embarrassed the donkey and put it
into the cart. Then, getting be-
tween the shafts himself, he pulled
the cart with the donkey standing
in it on to the bridge.
In due course he was hailed by
the toll collector.
"Hey, man!' cried the latter.
FWhaur's your toll"
"Begorra," said the Irishman,
"just ask the droiver."
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-10-05
Stockholders MeetinQ.

The Annual Meeting Of the Stock
holders of The Columbi Newberry &
Laurens Railroad Co. will be held in
the Presidents Office at 1900 O'Clock
Oct. 18th, 1910. 7. H. Globes, Secre-
tarV. 2W0U
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SCOTS Emulsion

~VVek " @hnn u ~ ~
is the original-has been
the standard for thirty-fve
years.
There are thousands Of
so-called "just as good"
Emulsions, but they are
not-they are simply imi-
tations which are never
as good as the original.
They are like thin milk
SCOTS is thick like a
heavy cream.
If you want it thin, do
it yourself-with water
but don't buy it thin. y.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Send 1Cc.. name 'of paper and this ad. for our
beautiful Savings Bank and Child's Sketch. Book.
Each bank contains Good Luck Penny.
SCOTT s. BOVINE, 400 Pearl St, New Yosi
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The Final Reckoning.

That marriages are made in heaven
Devoutly we're taught to say,
Yet, strange, ere a divorce be given
There is always the devil to pay!
Life.
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The Lesson.

The Lesson.
Freshman-is this lesson for the
week?
Professor-No; for the strong.-Uni-
vsrsity of Texas Coyote.
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linen. The body OF the blouse is in
groups OF pin tucks barred of with
half inch tucks In the yoke the tucks
are horizontal. and a pretty beading Of
cluny joins 1t TO the body portion OF
the blouse. The double frill starting
Just above the bust line is very attrac-
tive. and the sleeves are elaborately
tucked affairs that are comfortably
loose
The severely tailored waists are still
worn. and they are safe models and in
good taste. but the up 10 date designs
do not display the severity OF the mas
culine makeup Every new waist has
a little feminine touch somewhere, II
IL Is only the lacy jabot at the throat
SO don't forget this when you are
planning your midwinter blouses.
The tailor made girl is still. 10 be
sure. 10 the fore She always viii be
in this country. it is safe 10 assert.
But this year. along with her tailored
lines. a little fTill peeps out. an enticing
little badge of femininity. SO here's TO
the beloved little frill and all It's femi-
nine grace! Long may II iutteri
With a small outlay Of money and
much ingenuity delightful evening
bodices OF the genus detachable may
be constructed In one of the cuts
there is a separate waist of white satin
and chiffon with handsome embroid-
cry Of dull gold and silver. which en-
circles the decolletage and forms the
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ed. Only the rounded guimpe is left
uncovered, and this Is usually OF the
new chaire tint Of chiffon. practically
the tint Of the skin.
And. speaking OF waists, the new de-
signs, those that win be worn in the
early spring and summer. are TO be
seen now in the shops. The wise wo-
man is looking about for shirt waist
ideas. and she is also making them
mater!aliZe into dainty waists The IL
lustratiOns show some charming ideas
that viii predominant during the com
ing season. The Christy type is one Of
the new models. II is in many re-
spects very like the waist originated by
another artist, Charles Dana Gibson,
whose influence in the world Of dress
is all important The variant note In
the Christy blouse is to be found In
the trimming and in the vest, which.
YOU can see. + Of plain silk on this
plaid waist. ornamented with simu-
lated buttonholes and silk covered
buttons The broad plait. too. is hem
med with the plain silk
In the lingerie class of waists the
sleeves single il out for comment
They have the deep cuff and fullness
at the elbow that distinguish all the
up 10 date wTsl waists TL5 yoke of
net outlined with heavy applique en-
broidery is extremely chic But per-
haps the daintiest Of all the models is
the tucked blouse OF handkerchief
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hanging sleeves. folds Of chiffon sur
mounting It in a most becoming fash
ion. With a white net skirt such a
bodice is stunning.
To return to our review Of the modes.
the japanese element is again most
persistent. influence In styles IL is al
ways cropping up and is now obvious
in the cut Of the upper part of the
bodice in some OF the newest evening
frOcks. and in the sleeve cut in one
with the deCoIletage. and again in the
kimono style. which predominStes Cor
house gowns
And the petticoat IS coming into its
own once more. Knickers are taking a
second place. and they never did hold
first favor with really dainty women.
The new petticoat is in the most
ephemeral form imaginable, being OF
unlined black mousseline de sole. trim
med only with rufiles OF the material
Could contrast further go than short
businesslike skirts and the fairylike
petticoat? II is typical OF the infinite
variety Of the eternal feminine.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
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stand erect with head we'll UP in the
air and eyes closed and then whistle
was perfectly normal as far as her
nerves were concerned
you learn to breathe properly when
you whistle" he said. "and you acquire
a control Of breath that nothing else
except singing viii give You learn TO
breathe deeply, filing the very lowest
sections of the lungs and you learn the
trick of nasal breathing. which Is
something American girls have not
learned as thoroughly as they should"
Persons who climb steps VIII find
whistling a good exercise to overcome
shortness of breath. or course a wo-
man is not supposed to whistle when
she is ascending steps in a public
place or I'm the homes Of her friends,
but at home when she is running up
and down the stairs let her pucker up
her pretty lips and whistle her favorite
operate air or a bar or two from the
latest popular piece of ragtime.
Have you ever noticed how work.
men. particularly plumbers. whistle
and sing at their work? It may be
that the whistling comes from their
happy state of mind. but whatever the
cause the work os such a person s-apt
tn uyail a. ~
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WARDROBE ECONOMIES.

The sleeves" of long white, tan or
gray gloves Of kid or suede can be
used by the home dressmaker for the
making of collars. cuffs and revers for
their gowns and coats The kid IS
either braided or embroidered to tone
with the color scheme Of the garment
Pipings Of Kid are also very smart
trimmings.
Umbrellas should never be tightly
rolled, as they wear out much sooner
when kept in this fashion. When wet
the umbrella should be put to dry with
the handle downward and be allowed
TO drip in this manner from the cover.
When the color Of a dress has faded,
owing to stains from lemon or other
acid fruit juice. good idea is to touch
the spot with liquid ammonia, which
usually will restore the color.
Jewelry can be cleaned beautifully by
washing 1t in soapsuds to which few
drops OF ammonia have been added.
Shake off the water and lay the jew
elry in a box of sawdust This way OF
cleaning leaves no marks or scratches.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
The Way of
a Woman

Scene-Book department in New York
shop just before Christmas
Dramatis Personae-A woman, lots more
women and an order clerk
First in a line that reached halfway
down a long shop aisle came a pretty
young matron. all smiles and graces.
up 10 the order clerk who during the
holiday shopping rush was detailed 10
take the names Of books not in stock.
i should like TO have you get me-
cooed the piece OF femininity. We'll"
after a seconds hesitation that seemed
hours TO the waiting line of shoppers.
40 you know that I've forgotten the
name or the story. but it's something
about western life in the early pioneer
days and my husband says it's the
funniest book he's read for years. You
must know the story" she finished.
looking appeahngly at the clsrk.
MY dear madam. we have a num-
Der Of books fitting your description"
BUT she interrupted. you really
must know this one. for it's among this
seasons best Sellers"
with a patience beautiful to behold
the clerk suggested to his exasperating
customer that tn authors name might
be some slight clew.
ITS stupid Of me, but I really can't
recall it My husband read the story
"hen 1t came out serially in one Of the
magazines while waiting his turn at
the Doctors office and he says
Ihe reflections of her spouse were
iost' for the threatening looks OF the
Waltlng line Of women warned the
clerk that something immediate had to
De doing. so he handed Mrs. Pretty
Matron a publishers list. saying. Run
your eye over these titles. madam. and
perhaps they may help you to find your
! book"
But I've never even seen the name
and did think you would know what I
wanted"
Why don't you phone your doctor
and ask the name?" suggested the clerl,
as last resort.
For a moment this idea seemed IN
meet with milady's approvaI. hut
Veering again to sweet unreasonable
ness she lamented the fact that ~Dr.
Y is such busy man Stiil"-
AT this point the situation ceased to
De amusing to thI woman next In line
for she interrupted the flow Of vanid
information by saving in q very bust
nesslike tone to the clerk. please order
me The Need Of a Change published
by G. & Co, New York"
The long suffering clerk thanked HIS
last customer for her order. saving that
he realized the need of a charge
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Among the brilliant assortment of
hatpins that come in sets for the fur
turban are those which have for heads
the tiny faces Of foxes. These are at
tached TO a long steel pin. They are
quite attractive on any heavy hat Of
fur or one that is trimmed with fur.
Word from Paris is 10 the effect that
the enormous hand bags Of past sea
sons have about had their day and
that before long they viii be replaced
by the smaller bag Of fancy leather
and more graceful lines This is sad
news, for despite the awkward appear
ance Of the large bags they were very
convenient They always hold 'One
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Wonderful Child Pianist

Hattie Glomb is only eleven years old,
but group of well known musicians
who were invited to hear her play on
the piano the other day agreed in ex-
pressing the belief that the child is des-
tined to be a great musician. She is to
be sent abroad shortly for further
study under European teachers. but her
home at present is in Pittsburg. Her
father. Professor ] c. GIomb, is a di-
rector of the German singing societies.
and 1t is from him Hattie has gained
much of her knowledge Of music.
though the child has a genius of her
own that often has outstripped and
amazed the father. Her taste for the
piano first showed itself when she was
hardly three. and as she grew older her
parents found it troublesome to keep
her away from the instrument. Since
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NF az forty always try to look
= young and so many men
oil the right side Of thirty try as hard
10 appear bowed down with the weight
Of years? Considering the fact hat
more women are married between the
RPes Of eighteen and twenty-five than
at any other period, it would appear
that at such a time woman reaches the
zenith OF her beauty and charm. But
II is very far from being the case. At
an age when only the summers as they
come and so are counted the minds or
men and maidens turn lightly 10
thoughts Of love. and r. callOw Ro-
meO selects his Juliet from a budding
garden Of girls: Cupid leads them both
blindfolded to the altar. and they hope
and trust TO live, like those fatuously
faithful princes and princesses in the
fairy tales. HAPPY ever afterward."
From the viewpoint Of personal
beauty the majority Of women un-
doubtedly are more attractive at the
age Of twenty-one and twenty-three
than at any otF time Their buOyancy
and youth at first captivate and charm
the susceptible men. but a little ex-
perience Of their powers Of fascination
very quickly demo nstrates the fact
that their attraC Ctiveness , cry shall
low compared with that Of a more ma
tured woman. They are Ike cham
pagne-all cffervescing and bubbing
over with the subtle witcaeries at first.
but very fat, stale and improbable
after time I less t..ey are delightful
exceptions that prove the rule.
pretty face is might attractiv- at
first b II will not hold a man IN
thrall forever because-weII. there are
others. And even a pretty face has its
periods Of eclipse, for the girl who can
look like an angel when her aureole is
In c'Irling pins has not yet been in
lg7IIad.
A pretty face is. in theatrical par
lance. a useful property and is one of
the characteristics that 60 to make a
woman attractive. but II is not a host
Of charm in itself Despite q tiny
wrinkle or two. many women are far
more attractive between the ages of
thirty and forty than those who are
Younger To oShe callow youth the lat
ter perhaps anpear more charming. hut
the man of the world knows that the
immature IS never beautiful
After thirty or thirtv-1ve years Of
age woman has developed a mind of
her own. her character is formed. and
II is possible for her 70 converse more
inteiligentlv than a monograph, that
being the stvIe NJ Dialogue on which
the prettv and inevnerienced girl
prides Notwithstanding soft nothinge
as II she had been wound m and set
going by machinery She knows how
IN make the best Of anv good qualities
she may possess and tries 70 charm the
mon whose ey, she seeks to be the
cvnosure. as well as those less favored
persons with whom she comes in con-
tact
Sweet reascnableness. equanimity OF
temper sympathetic eyes and a low,
well modulated voice more man eoun-
terbalance any lack OF youthful vi
vacity and goodness. And 1t is when a
woman puts forth her best efforts to
2s.lease q man, which. after all, is the
-iann d'atre Of womankind, that hsn
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Pithy Points of Fashion

thing more" and sometimes that one
thing is not so small either
White Grape blouses are fetching
when embroidered in three shades Of
one color, delft blue, rose and golden
yellow being the most effective.
A delightful wrapper for wee baby
is of white French flannel lined with
pale blue china silk. a blue silk but
tonholed wedge holding lining and
flannel together, and sprays Of blue for
getmenots embroidered on the front Of
the garment which ties with blue satin
ribbon.
One Of the most fashionable buttons
is Of black velvet-a huge affair-with
a rim Of jet,
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y It is curious how every ten years
sees the evolution Of a type OF
dress. When 1900 dawned It
= found us on the borderland Of
tight sleeves. tighter skirts and
straight fronts out Of these begin
nings we have gone on evolving the
slim outline. Now, at the beginning OF
1910, we have achieved the straight up
and down tubelike silhouette Of the
moment. But it is surely the limit.
The pendulum must swing the other
way.
There is one thing about these rather
bizarre modes-that they seem more.
fitted for the woman of maturity than
for the young girl The type of woman
who holds the center Of the stage now
is a replica In many ways Of the one
who wore the styles we are wearing
almost a hundred years ago. Balzac's
woman Of thirty is enjoying the hey
day Of popularity. as he prophesied-
yes. prolonging it beyond and far into
the fourth decade-and no one can COM
pass the all important silhouette so
triumphantly as she
II is the day of small things The
mere man and the woman who strives
TO be as mere" as he is are hard put
10 IL 10 pick out the nuances OF the
mode The morning and afternoon
gowns seem to them much OF much
ness. but TO those who know there is
just that little more that makes them
worlds apart. Both run a race as TO
shortness and narrowness OF skirt. but
there is a variation I'm the blouse or
guimpe-an added jewel in the after
noon. a more elaborate hat. while for
evening wear the skirt is shortened TO
show the feet. To bring the blouse
into line with a black skirt and coat or
any dark shade the novel idea Of veil
ing the whole waist trimming and all,
with thin black net or chiffon is adopt
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powers OF fascination reach their
height She displays an interest in
his daily round and common task. and
nothing appeals so much TO the mascu-
line heart. my sisters. as the thought
that a charming woman is ready 10
praise a man when he triumphs and
cheer him when he fails. Most men
soon perceive when beauty is only
skin deep and when it has been, so to
speak, laid on with a trOwel and after
a short experience of the merely pretty
mechanical doll a man gravitates to-
ward the being who possesses. besides
charm Of face and figure. he mind and
soul Of true woman.
DAPHNE DEAN,
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DOLLS FOR BRIDESMAID GIFTS.

Up to the minute brides are giving
their bridesmaids and matrons OF
honor dolls as gifts instead of jeweled
pins. rings and vanity cases The new
est wrinkle in gifts! This sounds rath-
er childish, but 4 really is much more
sensible than the majority Of fads.
The wedding dolls are dressed ex-
actly like the bridesmaids. their gowns
and hats being made from materials
used for the dresses themselves. The
frocks are cut after the real models
and even the gloves, stockings and
slippers are perfect reproductions Of
those Of the bridesmaids.
The dolls are quite as expensive as
the jeweled gifts a set recently given
by a bride came from Paris and cost
$3.50 each They are meant to be kept
for years as a souvenir of the occasion
and a little reminder Of the present
vogue Photographs fade and become
unsightly as a keepsake, so the doll
has been substituted for this purpose.