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The Holly chieftain., 1921-09-22
BUSINESS PENETRATION.

During 1919 and 1920 the country
appeared to be on the top wave o.
prosperity. But actually bushes
conditions were never more rotten
in our history. Our people were
dancing and Joy spending on the
brink Of precipice. We were doing
business on a fast and top heavy
structure OF inflated prices and
loans, and collapse was as sure as
the setting slln.
Some clear sighted profits pre-.
dicted trouble and made themsel-
yes vastly unpopular. But the
great majority of business men look
ed ahead with unbounded conflden.
ce and predicted that prices were
going to a still higher level. Those
who showed conservatism were
laughed at for their old fogy inabil.
ity to see things in the terms OF
the present day.
In times of great expansion, most
people are unable to look below
the surface and perceive the indica
tions OF coming contraction. And
similarly when period Of collapse
has run its course, the same folks
can not look below the surface and
observe the signs of coming expan-
sion.
That is emphatically the case at the
present moment. The indications of
coming prosperity are SO obvious
that only blind man should be oh
i:vious of them The month CT Ali
gust has been showing heavier car
loadings and increased net earnings
ON tine railroads. That mrans more
business for railroad equipment
factories. Building operations have
increaed over last year Larger
sales are being made at higher pric
es, OF bas.c stuff like scrarped ma
terial, canned goods. pig iron. etc
The movement of silk goods and
shoes Is more active. The people
who on the top of the wave could
see the first movements of the buy
er's strike, are unable now to see
the signs ct the growing swell But
those who look ahead who pre-
pare for the coming activity adver-
tise their goods and push their bus
mess are the ones who will gain the
advantage of the returning wave
when it reaches U.s.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-09-22

stay in their home county and de-
velop its industries, you are going
to draw in new students from many
miles round AS the school grows
it can employ more teachers. can
carry on more community activities
and become center for the devel-
Opment of the section. New fami-
lies will move into town having
such an institution, and few will
move away
The Holly chieftain., 1921-09-22

Women's ears are to be exposed
this season. The old ideas OF mod
esty seem altogether dead.
The people who couldn't pay
their bills last July because they
were just going on their vacations,
are unable now because they have
been away and spent all their
money, "a
The Holly chieftain., 1921-09-22
What a Good School Does.

One Of the best ways to promote
the development Of country town
is to provide it with an exception
ally good school.
II you can keep such II school
constantly improving, so that it
turns out bright young people who
The Holly chieftain., 1921-09-22
PRESIDENT HARDING

rose from tho editors desk newspaper
Presidency Of the most nation today
newspaper man he felt the pulse Of the nation, and
President he calls 4or all people thrift and
Why not the Prssidents plea today by starting
bank account At
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-24
~LADYFINGERS
BY JACkSON GKEGOKY
Oopvrsoht, 1921. bv Chrales sortbners sons

did strocts could strange utterly. But
the streets did other things thoroughly.
They gave him his theory OF life, his
philosophy Of human existence. Truly,
save for certain minor conventions, be
grew up. as naturally as a wild man In
primitive age. Any differences between
the two were, slight and superficial, al.
1t II the man who is the most powerful
physically, the most able wielder OF q
club, who rises TO tribal eminencc. Here,
the successful man was he who had tho
keenest mind, the coolest nerve, the
most capable fDgers. Considerations
other than cIpcdiency were In both
cases lacking. No moral sense, no ethi-
cal fetters, restricted the free exercise Of
the will. =
To Robbie Ashe, young, fastidious,
merry -souled, with an car for music and
taste for literature and art, life was
free for all game well worth the play !,
Cr's utmost skill. To such as were tho
men and women among whom he spent
his earlier years, the city Is no other
than great jungle, it's denizens the
animals God made them In the Begin
ming, their supreme cares eprung from
the need Of food and shelter. In young
Ashes philosophy the men who had
risen above their fellows had merely
used their superior strength or cunning
to get the things they wanted; these
things were rightfully theirs just SO long
a. they were stcong enough or cunning
enough to hold them; they were Robert
Ashes just as soon as be could get them
into his hands.
He gave the matter much thought.
He came to look upon the workman whb
carried his dinner pail to the factory
and who brought home his meager pay
envelope as not SO much honest hs stu
pid and absurd. This man had physi.
cal strength, but wns mentally weak ;
he was but a tool and fool, making
money for the other fellow. Ashe did
rot believe in manual labor any moro
than did San Francisco's men OF money.
Tho men Of money used their brains;
so did young Ashe. The capitalist took
his wealth from the world at large
Ashc took what he needed or desired
from the capitalist. It was With q sense
Of humorous satisfaction with Ashe that
the capitalist was working for him just
as the dinner pail man was working
for the capitalist. Hamilton Hamilton
had amassed much money making bur-
glar proof safes; he passed some Of that
money on to Robert Ashe. He, with
many Of his kind, was member OF
Ashes staff.
His reading Of history. Of the news
papers, of life in the making, empha
sized to the boy one thing: Might is
right. There Is no other. William con :
quered England, Alexander the world,
the barons best,d John. the barbarianS
broke the Romans, oil for the same rea !.
son that certain powerful trust was
smashing smaller competing concerns
here on the coast. 1t was because OF
! strength and ability
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24
Spanish Note in
Milady's Gowns

ern fashionable dressmaker and the
well-dressed woman. Great must be-
their establishment this spring at the
avalanche of orders that pour into
their offices daily.
Ribbon on Wraps and Dresses.
Ribbons are something to be reck-
oned with when one woman will wear
fifty or sixty yards Of it on her sim
ple black crepe de chine dress. AT
the Ritz at luncheon hour on one of
these balmy spring days just before
the exodus to the country, one may
see several hundred yards of black
ribbon in the dining room and cloak
room, for wraps are just as lavlShly
adorned with it as dresses.
How long this craze for black
clothes will last is impossible to say.
The simple black dress is extremely
smart, but. so much of this somber
hue is likely to pail in short time.
Not only will we become tired of see
ing every woman walking about like
a smartly-dressed widow, but we will
feel the need of the cheer of bright
cOlors in our clothes.
American women have accorded
considerable favor to the ribbon
trimmed French model gown of the
ever-present black crepe de chine.
The ribbon Is MORE. Innumerable lit
tie tufts are caught to the bottom OF
the dress to form a wide band.
Ribbons in vivaeious Effects.
This frock is part of a very YER
satile costume, for both cape and
coat have been made to accompany
it. The cape is perfectly straight,
falling from a shallow yoke with a
rather narrow standing collar, and
the bottom of the wrap is trimmed
exactly like the dress.
The coat IS made like a chemise
dress. 1t fastens down the front
slightly to one side and is girdled with
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24
WHEN HE CALLS.

Practice in time becomes second nature.
Anon.
TN A MOTION picture recently pro-
i duced, the charming young actress
impersonating a New York society girl
receiving the call of one of her men
friends takes the callers hat and coat
from him as he enters the hsll. Now
as a matter of fact no girl who knew
social usage would do that. Of course,
If the man were aged or otherwise TOO
feeble to dispose of them himself, she
would Otherwise, if there is no serV-
ant at hand to take them from him, the
young woman would simply show him
where the hatrack was located.
young man caller need not be asked
by his hostess to remove his coat. II
q maid comes to the door he should re-
move his coat in the hall after he has
taken off his hat and give them to the
maid or hang them on the hatrack be-
fore going into the reception room or
drawing room. If the young woman
receives a caller in sitting room
above stairs he should leave his outer
things in the downstairs hall before as
cending.
The American girl should always ex-
tend her hand to the young man caller
when he calls, if he has asked to see
her. It was an old-time courtesy al
ways to say pray be seated or some
thing of that sort, and the young man
did not take a seat until he had been
so requested. Now, however, we do
not stand on such Formally. The young
man takes a seat after his hostess has
been seated, but he avoids taking the
most comfortable chair in the room.
The question is often asked by young
women as to whether young men
should be given refreshments when
they call. If they come in the after
noon about four or five 1t is customary
in large towns to serve tea. which the
hostess dispenses from q tea table in
the drawing room or living room. OF
course. with the majority of young
men an afternoon call is an impOSSi-
bflity and all their calling is done in
the evening. Now hospitality does not
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24
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ing from his bedroom, and not wishing
to get into any trouble, Mr.. Coon
climbed in the pantry window.
He was sitting on the sill listening,
when the moonlight streaming in
showed him two empty shelves.
Mr.. Coon stared, then he scratched
his head. and then he listened, and
then he looked at the tin plate.
BY that time he had come to the
conclusion that Reddy Fox had played
a trick on him.
Whether Reddy Fox ever knew who
was to blame for his fright Mr.. Coon
never knew, but when one=day Reddy
stopped to speak to Mr.. Coon and
found him eating his dinner from a
tin plate he did not let on he noticed
1t.
1t was a long time after this that
Mr.. Coon discovered about the flashes.
He was eating his dinner, and having
made his tin plate very clean by eat
ing all that was OH it, he picked it up,
and the sun striking it made little
flashes round the room.
"Oh," said Mr. Coon, that was the
way he did it. Well, I don't see but
what l got the best of it, for l have
a nice bright plate and he has nothing
to show for his trouble"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24
Choosing the Correct Hat

than the more unitarian modes and
that we are inclined to the opinion
that the town dress hat means the
absolute reverse of the severely plain
sport or general-wear hat that we now
affect.
We think dress hat is not worthy
the name unless it is elaborate, ele-
CANT, and with these qualities ex-
pressed in too much trimming and
material that is too rich and too
gaudy.
In reality the correct dress hat is
of a simple elegance. in rich mate
rials, and, as with a handsome gown,
the lines, the silhouette are the de-
tails that tell you whether the model
is the work of a true designer. The
color and the color combination, too,
proclaim the origin of the hats con-
ceptton and development, and. you
know, color combination in dress is
safest and best when it is simple and
harmonious, rather than elc~erly
striking.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24
SOPHIA.

-HE wisest of feminine names is
l. Sophy, or Sophia, as she should
be called properly. 1t is perhaps the
only name which is closely associated
with Divine attributes, since its origin
dates back to the dedication of that
most gorgeous of Christian temples by
which Justinian declared that he had
surpassed Solomon. 1t was called
st. Sophia (the holy wisdom of Cod.
According to the preacher" in the
Book of EccIesiasticus. Wisdom is the
mother of fair Love, Hope and holy
Fear, and this idea is said to have
suggested the allegory of the holy
woman with three daughters so called,
and in compliment to the newly built
church. the niece of JuStinian'S' en-
press, afterward wife of his nephew
and successor, was called Sophia. The
name straightway became fashionable
among the daughters of the nobility
of Greece and was carried, through
S!avonians, to Germany.
History records a Hungarian prin-
cess of that name in 919, and an
other, daughter of King Geysa, mar
ried Magnus of Saxony and spread the
use of the name throughout SaXony.
Denmark is said to have received it
through this latter princess and has
since made it almost a national name.
It's vogue with the royalty of Den
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24

washed his tin plate and. taking il
under his arm, he hurried out of the
house.
Mr.. Coon had a pantry filled with
things that Reddy Fox liked, but Mr.
Coon had not invited him to dinner
once this long time, and now Reddy
intended to get what he wanted with
out being invited.
Mr. Coon was sitting on his steps
and Reddy had the tin plate under
his coat. "You don't look well, Mr..
Coon" he said. "Are you sick?"
snow that you mention it," said
Mr.. Coon, 81 believe 1 do feel rather
poorly, and l don't think 1 ate as
much breakfast as usual
That night, after Mr.. Coon had run
away for change of climate, he sud-
denly discovered, while running, that
he was feeling very we'll and not at
all ill.
81 guess 1 was not as sick as I
thought, after ALL" he said. II believe
I will go back home and il have a
second spell of flashes 1 can go away
for good, for Reddy Fox said the third
attack was the danger point
1t was moonlight when Mr.. Coon
came to the path that led to his house
In the woods, and as he came to the
brush where Reddy Fox had hidden
his bright tin plate Mr.. Coon saw
something glisten.
''That looks like Reddy Fox's plate, y
said Mr. Coon. "Now I wonder how
Ii happened to be here. Anyway, find
ing is keeping in the woods, and l
need a new plate"
When he reached his house he was
surprised to hear deep breathing COM
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24
The Right Thing
at the Right Time
Rv MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE

require any refreshments for the eve
ming call; but, especially if the young
man has expressed his intentions of
coming a certain night, or if there are
to be several callers, plan some light
refreshments. In some families it is
customary to have some sort of light
refreshment toward the close of the
evening anyway, and then it is hos
pitable to ask any callers who happen
to be present to partake.
Now, here is something that every
young man ought to bear in mind, and
that is that his leave-taking should be
brief. Having risen to depart, he
should show decision of character and
pOise enough after bidding his hostess
and others who may be present good
night, to go away at once, but often
extremely young men, though they may
be willing enough to leave, seem to be
quite unable to do this. OF course this
dallying is often the fault of those on
whom they are calling. who open new
topics of conversation just as they are
departing, and make it difficult for
them to leave at once. This also shows
a certain lack of social pOise.
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24
Women Are Careful in Selecting Mill
merry for General Wear; Dis
regard Dress Chapeau.

Sport hats and mannish sailors, I'M
trimmed tams of silk or straw, the
correct hat for riding and driving
for golf and boating, for travel, for
roundabout wear, in town and out,
are all of Importance to the girl or
woman who wants to be dressed be-
comingly and appropriately at all
times. The right hat, declares a fash
ion authority, is literally the finishing
touch to a toilette, and the wrong
hat, either from the standpoint Of be-
cOmingness or appropriateness. can
absolutely destroy an otherwise cor
rect and becoming attire.
Most women today are extremely
careful in their choice of hats for gen
eral and for recreation wear. but
many of us fall down badly in our
selection of the dress and the semi
dress hat. Why? Welt, I-thfnk il is
because this type of hat is used less
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24

with three rows Of wide gray fringe.
The front of the bodice supports two
narrow rows of matching fringe, and
the neck and sleeves are finished with
fringe of the same width. The treat
ment Of the back of the bodice Is
quite different Here wide fringe is
used to give the effect of a deep cape
collar made of these twisted silken
threads.
Fringes are quite as much in evil
dence on blouses as on dresses,
wraps and hats. An example of a
fringe-t trimmed blouse in appearance is
somewhat complicated, but in reality
it is not, being nothing more than a
Spanish shawl slightly draped to the
figure. To q famous French dress
maker well versed in the art of sim
pie drapery we are indebted for this
model.
The plain crepe de chine wrap
trimmed with fringe or ribbon this
wear vies with the summer furs of
other seasons. 1t is a welcome change
and, it must be admitted, much more
sensible for midsummer day than a
wrap or scarf of fur, which, for some
unexplainable reason, has held place
not only in the sun of fashion but in
the hot, blazing sun of summer for n
longer time than there was any rea-
son for it's so doing.
Very lovely are the fringe-trimmed
hats. Taffeta or crepe de chine mod
els are made with softly-draped rath-
er high crowns and dropping brims, the
latter supporting irregular tiers of
fringe. There is a simple elegance
to such a hat which could never be
attained in a ribbon-trimmed model.
Reams have been written on rib
sons, and from all indications much
perfectly good white paper has yet
to be consumed before the subject is
exhausted. Even ribbon manufacture
ers themselves thought last year that
they were at the height of their power
as persons who made one of the real
essential things required by the mod
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24
. HOW DO YOU SAY IT?
By c. N. LURE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
AND "HEALTHFUL."

THERE is a distinct difference in
l. the meaning of these two words,
and the distinction should be made by
all who desire to speak and write cor
rectly. Healthy" means possessing or
enjoying health or its effects; as, "a
healthy person" or "a healthy condi-
ton" But "healthful' means promot-
ing health, or, adding to it, or preserv-
ing it. Thus, we say that a healthy
person is the product of healthful sur
roundings THE finances of the coun-
try are in healthy condition."
"Healthful living is conducive to
length of life"
A correspondent of a newspaper
wrote. Are plants in sleeping room
healthy" 1t was evident that sh>
meant, Does the presence of plants
in a sleeping room affect the health
of the occupant Of the room?" Of
course, plant, in a sleeping room or
elsewhere, may or may not be healthy !;
and its presence in room may or
may not be healthful for the human
occupant.
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24

mark is unmistakable and it's use
spread through all classes.
England barely escaped having a
Queen Sophia and even though Sophia
Dorothea Of Yette never actually as
cended the throne of England, her
granddaughter gave it vogue in the
British isles in the reign of the House
of Hanover
England claimed both Sophia and
Sophy. France makes her Sophie /;
Italy Sofia, Germany Sophia and
Fieka, and Russia Sofia.
Sophia has an old talismanic stone
malachite. 1t protects its wearer from
danger, if it is engraved with an i'm
age of the sun. 1t is particularly
potent for children ana is said to ward
off disease and promote peaceful SUM
Der if attached to a childS cradle.
Saturday is Sophia's lucky day and 5
her lucky number.
(Copyright.)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24

Fashion Is much maligned. She
ly capricious. Makers of fashions, OBJ
serves an authority on styles, are
obliged to offer their ideas and their
wares many times over and In
various guises in order to gain ia
yor with a capricioIs public.
Take, for instance, fringes and rib
bons. They have been subtly and
cleverly offered in dozens of different
ways over a period of two or three
years, during which time they have
met with but Indifferent favor. Now
they are shown in the most ostenta-
tious way. Dresses bristle with
punches and cockades of ribbons ar
tistically and inartistically employed.
In many instances art is abandoned
in the effort to pile on quantities Of
this trimming. The same is true of
fringes.
Perhaps the liking for these modes
Of trimming so violently evinced at
the present time has been of slower
growth than appears upon first
thought. Tastes are slowly devel-
oped in dress as in other things. For
a long time artists and designers
worked with Spanish effects and slow
ly the Spanish influences in dress
came about. Fringes are distinctly
Spanish.
Fringe on BIouses and Dresses.
Attention has been gained for fringe
through the vast quantities of it used.
1t would have to make its appeal in
some such way as this, as 1t does not
lend itself to a variety of modes Of
application as does ribbon.
Gabrielle Chanel, of Paris, is max
er who is stanch advocate Of fringe,
and is anything but niggardly in its
use. She makes charming frock of
gray crepe de chine-a silk which is
still her fayOrite-and trims the skirt
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-06-24

string belt which draws it in rather
snugly to the figure. 1t, too, has the
fantastic ribbon trimming at the bot
tom and also on the long. flowing
sleeves.
There are innumerable ways of ap-
plying ribbons. but space permits men
ton of only the unusual ones. All Of
the old-time methods are retained and
to them are added effects that are
unusual almost to the point of being
erratic. 1t would seem that to be
in keeping with their history-and
they have a hiStOry-that ribbons
should trail, and way of permitting
them to run true to form, as 1t were,
is through the use Of f1uted streamers
or ribbon panels with loosely pressed
pleats in accordion effect.
This treatment is applied to q great
many evening dresses of the similar
type which, in contrast to the black
frocks, are of bright-colored crepe de
chine The skirt of such q frOck may
carry many fluted panels of faille rib
bon all hanging several inches below
the hem of the dress itself If the
waist has any trimming at all it may
take the form of wheels made of the
fiuted ribbon.
Bouquets Of ribbon flowers are not
unusual. but there is rather a novel
way of placing them over a tiny hol-
low wire frame to make a corsage
ornament from which fall many long
ribbon streamers Of various lengths.
These frames are like the shade Of a
small reading lamp and are covered
with tiny blossoms and buds compact.
ly conventional, but of exquisite work
manship. The most beautiful hues
are introduced in these flowers They
are placed at the waistline of the
frock just as one would wear cor
sage bouquet. The clusters Of rib
bons which fall from the bouquet are
of all lengths.