The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, December 08, 1904, Image 2
The Beautiful Sex
By HenrjrT. Flnclc.
W ?boat thorn momm who do aot happen to %? beeattfsl to the
eyet Do tbcjr toloi to the beautiful sen? Too many of (Mi
eoem to (hlik they do aot, and la deepair try to hMosM strong,
like an.- They make a great mleteke. They caa still belong to
the bssutlful nx. though their faeee and figures he aot heaatlfal
to the eye. Just as some men. for the very reason that they
are physically weak, become the stronger mentally (genlas has
?Om dwelt In a wsnk man's body), so women who lack physical chmrma amy,
by cultivating .spiritual beauty, excel their more favored sisters In the ait
of fc? men.
Spiritual beauty follows the same lines as bodily beauty. Bhak? psara
?as It up la four lines when he makes a woman say:
r.' ? i i* - s t ? '
Why are our bodies soft and weak and smooth.
Unapt to toll and trouble In the world.
But that our soft conditions and our hearts.
Should well scree with our external parts?
fa pose women's minds, like their bodies, should be soft, smooth, delicate,
?ever angular, bard, robust, sturdy, like those of men. The charm which cornea
fttmi mental beauty Is much more alluring and lasting than a pretty face.
Some of the most fascinating women known to history bad little or no physical
beauty. Given two women, one of whom Is plain-featured, but gentle, tender,
sympathetic, soft-voiced, patient, sweet, kind, modest, cheerful, devoted, viva
cious, In a word winsome, the other plesslng to the eyes, but without the
?Mntal beauties just named, and very few men would find the second as capti
vating as the first. There Is deep philosophy In Goldsmith's maxim, "Hand*
some Is that handsome does."
It is of the utmost Importance that women should understand clearly that
they were predestined to be the beautiful sex, and not to compete with men
In trials of strength for which they are weighted unfairly by Nature. They
should remember that "mere strength Is not the highest criterion of nobility.**
But modern man bas a sense of besuty, and It Is there that he Is weak
and vulnerable and easy to enslave. Hence, wise women will cultivate their
charms, physical and mental, above all things, and avoid work that develops
strength si the cost of besuty. ? Woman's Home Companion.
Cost of Being in Fashion
The Astonishing Bum Squandered by Hich Women
on Wearing Apparel.
By Rene Bache.
HE ram* squandered on clothes by the very rich are astonishing.
It Is true that even the multi-millionaire, though his apparel
comes to a pretty penny, Is obliged to be severely simple In his
own attire, but In the costuming of his wife and daughters he
has an opportunity to open wide his overflowing purse. For the
cost of women's raiment has practically no limit, and a lady of
highest fashion can hardly be comfortable on a dress allowance
of less than $20,000 a year. If her husband is liberal he may give her $ Z5,ouu
without fear that he Is encouraging her to Indulge an undue extravagance.
In order to be comfortable a woman of fashion ought to have at least sixty
Crocks a year. Five of these should be tailor-made suits for strdet wear. There
ahorxld be fifteen evening gowns, ten dinner gowns and six "little dresses," as
they are called, of soft wools and silks, for Informal afternoons. To these
ahould be added fifteen summer dresses of fine French muslins, with much lace
and embroidery, and half a dozen tailor-made linen suits, also for warm
weather.
The street suits cost from $125 to $250 apiece. They are severely plain,
and that is why they are so expensive, the glovelike fit being all-important.
The finest tailoring is done on the simplest gowns, and It is for this reason that
the linen suits, above mentioned, come to $75 to $100 each. A fashionable
dressmaker will charge from $150 to 9750 for the evening and dinner gowns,
$86 to $150 for the "little dresses." and $100 to $300 for the summer muslins.
With their dainty frills and furbelows.
Of "tea gowns," In which my lady may receive her very intimate friends
on occasions, she will have three or four (costing from $60 to $300, adorned
with fur, perhaps), and these will be supplemented by an equal number of
wrappers, of soft silks and batistes (fashionable known as "negligees"), equally
expensive, and trlnftned with Valenciennes. ? Saturday Evening Post.
How We Hear
Our Own Voice
By Dr. L. Laloy.
F a person records on a phonograph a fejr sentences pronounced
by himself together with others %>y his friends, and causes th*
machine to reproduce these at the end of a brief period, It .gen
erally happens that he easily recognizes his friends' voices, but
I not his own. On the other hand, the friends recognize his voice
I perfectly. This singular fact proves that every one hears his
own voice differently from others.
A 9 Is remarked by Professor Exner, the difference must lie In the quality
of tone. It must be remembered that one hears his own voice not only through
the air aa do hla auditors, but across the solid parts situated between the or
gans of speech and those of hearing. The sound thus produced has a different
timbre from that conducted to the ear by the air alone.
We may show this aa follows: Take the end of a wooden rod between <ne
teeth and pronounco a vowel continuously. I>et the other end be alternately
taken between the teeth and released by another person, who at the same time
?tops hla ears. The latter will And that every time he seizes the rod In his
teeth the sound becomes stronger than when it reaches his ear through air
alone, and has a different quality. The experiment may be varied by applying
a wooden rod to the larynx of the person observed, and touching it, from time
to time, to the observer's own larynx. As in the preceding case, it will be
found that its passage through a solid body augments the Intensity of the
?ound and modifies Its quality. ? La Naturo of Paris.
Patriotism of
Japanese Women
J3y W ill i aril IDitiwiddie.
ITH all social barriers down, hand in hand and heart to heart,
tho millions of Japan aro working for one common end ? the
crushing defeut of Russia and the glory of their country in vlc
toy.
The practical, every day side of the situation, divested of pos
sible fine-spun theories, is that the wealthy and aristocratic men
and women are working with the humbler classes to organize
relief and aid societies.
The oldest and best known of these Is the national Red Cross society,
founded In 1887 by the government, and presided over by Ills Imperial highness.
Prince Komatsu, until his death a year ago. The present president Is his Im
perial highness, Prince Kanln. The organization is supported by the subscrip
tions of the members, who number between one and two millions; It lias, at
the present time, a large reserve fund of between ttareo and four million dol
lars gold.
The Red Cross society has a branch or auxiliary known as tho Ladles' Vol
unteer Nursing association, which was established shortly after the parent
aociety.
An interesting fact Is that all the princesses of ro.vnl blood are enlisted
among Its members and practically all the ladies of the nobility. Marchioness
Nabeshlma Is the president and manager of the society. Tliero are 400 women
In Tokyo alono who are both contributing members and actual workers, and the
association has branches all over the empire, including tho island of Formosa.
What the Noise Was.
The running of the trains In the
aubway can bo heard distinctly in
?ome of tho baaementa of tho build
ings along Elm street.
There is a basement barber shop at
Kim and Franklin streets. "Big Tom"
Foley was dozing In one of the chairs
yesterday morning when a train rum
bled beneath. Foley Jumped up in a
tarry.
"What's that, Honry?" ho asked the
barber.
"Nattlngs," replied the German
barber, "dot Is der elevaUed <traln In
4er ground, dot'* all.
News of the Day.
Select a windy day for your experi
ment, says the Chicago Journal. Take a
polliihed metallic surface, two feet or
more, with a straight edge? a largo
hsndsaw will annwer. Hold this nt right
angles to the wind (1. e., If tho wind
bo north hold your surface east and
west) and Incline It at an angle of
forty-Are degrees, so that the wind
striking, glances and flows over the
etfge, and "the wind" will be visible.
Tho available farm land In Indian
Territory Is estimated at fifteen mil
lion acre*. Theso figures aro taken
from tho r?cords of the Dawes com
mission. Of this 15 per cent. waB In
cultivation last year. There aro al
most two million acrca of land whero
pine Is found In commercial quanti
ties, and there Is an abundance of
hard woods of all kinds. Tho latest
statistics obtainable give tho value of
far/n animals at $65,000,u00. The
por cent, of tho population engaged in
agriculture U exceeded In only three
States ? Mississippi* Oklahoma Md
Arkansas.
Minor Matters.
For (he first six months of 1904 th?
exports of Egypt amounted to $55,278,
500 anil the imports to $37,727,500.
Compared with those of the same pe
riod of 1892, the above Azures show ail
increaso of $1,520,000 In imports and of
$12,615,000 in exports, of which latter
eotton, valued at $45,000,000, formed
the chief item; cotton seed, valued at
$3,380,000, coming second.
Harveatshp With 8teaiilbigine&
Traction engines that are now being used In the great nhent fields of the
West to drag the huge harvesters. These engines, In the spring, are used
for plowing and sowing.
A School For Divers.
Men Taught In a
Biff Tank of Wajter.
TRAININQ CAIS50N WORKERS
N England they have reg
ular schooig tur divers.
The chief British naval
school of this kind is at
Portsmouth, and it is there
tliat the tank shown iu the
illustration is used.
As training in the open sea -would be
dangerous, the would-be diver receives
his tlrst lessons iu a large circular steel
tank, fitted with glazed portals through
which iiis movements can he watched
by the Instructor. The men, who have
to undergo a strict medical exmnlna*
tlon before entering upon the work,
are all volunteers. The tank Is about
thirteen feet high, and about eighteen
feet in diameter.
An American enterprise- somewhat
similar to the alnjve Is the school for
caisson workers, which has been estab
lished by those projecting the boring
there for half an liour and then the
bressnre will be reduced very slowly.
The next day the process will be re
newed with a longer ? period in the
chamber and the pressure Increased
considerably and the time of "decom
pression." as It la called, extended.
This will be kept up uutil the men
show that they can probably withstand
the pressure necessary to enable tlicm
to work at a depth' of more than a
hundred feet.
When the work Is really under way
these men will descend In a tube by
means of a ladder to an air chamber
at the base ot the caisson. Entering
this, they will proceed to work the
boring shield and to bracc the open
ing made by the boring machinery that
.loosens the mud and sand by jets of
water impelled by enormous pressure.
The debris la whizzed up a standpip?
to the surface by the same power of
compressed air. The men lay concrete
as rapidly as the level desired Is
reached and the weight of tlie con
crete dnks the caisson into the mud as
the mud and sand from within the air
chamber at the. base is of the caisson
are removed. The further down the
caisson sinks the more air pressure Is
needed to keep out the weight of wnter
I around the great hollow box.
USEFUL PIECE OF FURNITURE.
A Novel Arrangement of Crib, Sofa
and Lounge In One Piece.
In this day of labor-saving, space
saving, money-saving devices it is
gratifying to realize that the home has
THE COMIUNATION FURNITURE.
boon particularly blessed l?y the in
ventions of man's fertile brain.
A Massachusetts gentleman, who
probably lias u large family anil
knows the needs of a home, lias con
MVERS LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF THE SAFETY TANK.
of the sub-metropolitan tunnel by t lie
l'cunsyl vania and I.ong Island Kail
road Companies.
Few occupations are more hazardous
than work I iik in airlocks perhaps a
hundred (Vet benea.h the surface of
t lio river or the level of Manhattan
Island. The dreaded "bends" and the
still more fatal paralysis seem to seize
the workmen sooner or later, despite
the best that modern hygiene and med
ical skill can do for tliem.
It Iuim been found that the best thing
to do for a workman who collapses
from the intense pressure of the com
pressed air in the caisson when ho is
brought to the surface and the reaction
takes place Is to place him in another
airlock with the pressure almost as
great as It was in the chamber far be
neath the surface, and very gradually
reduce the pressure.
The modus operandi will be about as
follows: The candidates, preferably
veterans of other Jobs of this character,
will bo critically examined by surgeons
and their histories taken. If accepta
ble they will be placed in an air cham
ber dally and the pressure Increased
to thirty and then to forty pounds tj
the square Inch. They will be kept
trlved n combination piece of furni
ture which combines In one mid all
the advantages ami comforts of no
lea* than three sepnrate articles.
In the early hours of the day, when
the tired head of the family or his
worthy consort desire* a few minutes'
repose, h;- or she may throw himself
or herself upon the lounge, as depicted
In the p: -Mire, and, perhaps, snatch a
little ca: up.
Later in the day. when the bell
rings announcing the advent of Mary's
beau, Mary can push up the ends of
the erstwhile lounge, when, presto
change, she has a most inviting sofa
upon which she and her suitor may
spoon until it Is time for bim to catch
his car.
Then appears the father with Baby
Jim in his nruiH. From beneath the
sent of the sofa i? drawn a side, which
throughout tire day has been con
cert led. The side Is swung Into phice,
and Jimmy l< snugly tucked In Ids lit
tle crib for n sound night's sleep.
There are nearly fiOO Christian
churches in Jauuu and over 1000 mis
sionaries
New York City. ? Coats with narrow,
VMt fronts make one of the smartest
of all models for the coming season
and allow of combinations galore. This
COAT WITH VEST FRONT.
one Is exceptionally desirable, as U is
fitted by means of tlie steams which
extend to tbe slionlder and plve taper
ing linos to the figure. As Illustrated
it is made of nut brown broadcloth
with the vest of velvet and trimming
shawl collar was trimmed with taffeta
cover od buttous aud blue braid loops.
*h?d?*l EfTacto.
Shaded effect* are very much the
fashion JiiKt now. They are Keen in
ribbon and in accordion pleated chiffon.
Ciray in all the (diaries, ranging from
deep pun metal to almost white, and
from the deepest church violet to pale
lavender. Ik the favorite tint. In feath
ers there is a long plume shaded from
the fuintest pink to a deep flame color.
IIIoom or Shirt IValit.
The vest effect has extended even to
the shirt waist and is to be found In
many of the latest and most attractive
models. This one Is made of one of
the new small plaids, in brown with
threads of tan color and white, and is
combined with vest aud trimmings of
white broadcloth edged with fancy
braid and tinislied with little gold but
tons. The fancy collar is au attrac
tive feature and the sleeves are the
new ones which are full at the shoul
ders with wide cuffs, while the closing
is made Invisibly at the left of the
front beneath the edge of the box
pleat.
The waist consists of the fitted foun
dation. which can be used or omitted,
as preferred, fronts and backs. The
back is laid in two 1m?x pleats which
extend from the shoulders to the waist
and give tapering lines, the fronts in
a box pleat at each edge of the vest
and outward-turning pleats at the
shoulders. The vest portion is separ
A LATE DESIGN BY MAY MAN^ON,
of fancy braid, but all suiting ami all
materials for separate coats are ap
propriate. ami the vest can be of
contrasting cloth, silk brocade or vel
vet. as may be preferred.
The coat is made with fronts that
are cut in two portions each, backs,
side-backs and undcr-arm gores, the
side-backs being lapped over onto the
backs below the waist line. The sleeves
are the new ones which are full at
the shoulders but plain at the wrists,
where they are finished with roll-over
cuffs. The narrow vest is separate and
attached under the fronts, the closing
being made at the centre.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and three
fourth yards twenty-seven inches wide,
two ami three-fourth yards forty-four
Inches wide or two and one-half yards
fifty-two inches wide, with three-fourth
yards of velvet and two and one-half
yards of braid to make as illustrated.
A TnflVIn Gown.
Another taffeta gown, a rich shade of
blue, but made with .a rather long
skirt, but the prospective wearer hap
pens to lie shorter than she should be
to conform to the present ideal, and
she adds to her Inches by wearing long
gowns. An additional reason for cut
ting this one long was that It had two
wide bands simulating tucks above
the hem. These were trimmed with
blue and white fancy braid. The rape,
which took tlie place of a bolero or
Jacket, was pointed in the front and
reached to the top of the high girdle.
It was shorter on the sides and drooped
again in the back. Three rows of braid
trimmed the cape, and the turn-over
Tito l'opulnr FIowIiir Veil.
The flowing veil In enjoying gveat
popularity. Every otlior woman one
meets carries on her liend n waving
length of chiffon. The ftylo of hat
makes no difference, ho long an it Is
not u real fancy dress hat.
A New Shmln of OrnnK?.
The new shade of orange is very no
tleeahlo of. lints, and the shops display
many pretty combination*, especially
lu the ready-to- -./ear variety.
The Pekln Rllk.
The striped black and white or gray
and white silks known an Pckin are
having a decided vogue in Paris, and
one very smart model In tills material
Is made with a blouse bolero whose
smoking Jacket revers of black faille
turn away from a severe waistcoat of
white satin and a creamy lace Jabot.
The triple puff sleeves of the nilk have
long white satin cud's buttoned closely
around the arm and reaching up almost
to the ellK)Wt where they meet a little I
?itrnpd back cull of the black futile, |
ate ami is attached beneath tlie box
pleats, ami t lie fancy collar is arranged
over the fronts on indicated lines. The
sleeves are cut in one piece each, Kiith
ered and attached to the eufTs and at
the waist is worn a shaped belt.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and one
half yards twenty-one inches wide,
four and one-fourth yards twenty-seven
inches wide or twoand one-fourth yards
jw.oiHK ??i; Miner waist.
fort.v-four inehe* wide, wit li ore ami
one-eighth ynrilH in any width for vest
mikI trlmmlngM ami seven ami one
fourth yards of Itrniil.
C'lirnllln For I.tttcM lint*.
Chenille Is the favorite material for
lintK. Some have crowns <?f cloth aiul
\ chenille woven in ami out an<l forming
a trellis. In others the cloth Is replaced
| l?y silk, which Is much lighter. The
chenille brims are very becoming.
Velvet Kllj?pcrn Kor DvriiltiK,
A new wrinkle for evening wear Is
the velvet slippers. They are extreme
ly hcnntlfnl In the delicate shades and
even more so In black.
Th? Comic In <tfwrlr.T,
Many amusing breloiptes are also
worn on these long chains, says the
I/ondon Kxpress, Thrse chains are of
cliased matt gold or silver, and repre
sent various animals in comic atti
tudes. Kubies serve as eyes. Those
who have coral are now using It to
good advantage, since !<??.? strings of
these beads are extremely effective
when worn over the popular white
bodice*, t'sually such long strings are I
passed several times around the neck I
and then allowed to fall Just below 1
the waist-line.
The earliest money was in the fern* (
of animals' skins.
One of the oldest known tiring a nl*
mats on earth is a tortoise in New /.oa?
land that welplis !i"U pounds. It 1:*
known to be over 300 years old.
Katies sometimes rise to the height
of U(XK? feet, and larks, crows. storks
aud buxxards often uet up "<)0t? feet.
But the average bird St-llom uo'cs 10<)0 ^
feet above the earth.
The total number of horses at Pari*
deereased HHM> last year, because of
the great inerease in the u?e of auto
mobiles. There are more automobiles
hi Paris than any oilier cilv in the
world.
The Attorney-Ceiierai of Kansas has
deeided that a pupil in the public
schools cannot be compelled by a
teacher to tell tab's on another pupil.
That is a great question that has long
required settling.
It is asserted by a sculptor that tho
human foot is becoming smaller. Tho
masculine foot of twenty centuries
ago was twelve Inches hum. The a %*er
n^e man's foot of to-day Is easily tilted
.with a No. S'._. shoe. which is not more
than ten and seven -sixteenths of au
inch in length.
South Australia is said lo be suffer*
lug with a great Invasion of mice.
The cause is the re-mi bad weather,
which caused more or less of a failure
of the wheat crop, and the farmers
allowed much Ki'aiu i<> remain in the
fields. This fell to the ground in time
and so furnished food for the mice.
A REMARKABLE WATCH.
I'nrrliasetl l?y Miiry ?n*t'ii ??f SraU Wliila
Vlaltlng Itlol*.
Tho ili'scotiiliiiils of Mary Solium*
out* of tin' four ma ills of honor to
Mary ({iuh'II of Scots. have in their
possession a curious watch, which was
given l?y that tjneen to lior favorite.
Tin* watch, which is in tho shape of a
miniature skull. Is about two inches
ami a half in iliaimUer. It is sup
posed to have been purchased hy Mary
herself when on a visit to ltlois with
her hushantl, the Dauphin of Franco,
as it has the name of a celebrated Ulois
manufacturer engraved on it.
The entire skull is curiously en
graved. On the forehead there is .1
picture of Death, with tin usual
scythe and hour gla<s and sand xlass.
lie is depicted as standing hot ween a
pal ice and a hovel, to show that he
is no respecter of persons, and under
neath is the familiar quotation from
Horace. "Pallida mors aequo pu'sat
pede pauperuin tabornas l'ogumquo
turres." At the hack of tho skull it
another voproseiitation. this 0110 being
of Time devouring every thing. Time
also curries a scythe, and beside hiiu
is the emblem of eternity ? tho serpent
with its tail in its mouth.
Tho upper section of tho skull Is dl
! vided into two pictures. On one side
I is the crucifixion, with tho Marys
kneeling at the foot of the cross, and
I on the other side are Adam and Eve
surrounded by animals in tho tJardou
of Eden.
Below these pictures, running right
round the skull, there is an openwork
band to allow the sound of the strik
ing of the watch to be heard. The
openwork is a scries of designs cut
to represent the various-' emblems of
tho crucifixion, such as s< "urges. I lie
cross, swords, spears, the lantern used
in tho garden, and so forth. All 01
carvings have appropriate l.atin quo
1 tat ions.
I By reversing the skull and holding
the upper part In the palm of the hand
and lifting the under jaw on it*
hinges the watch may be opened, and
011 tho plate inside is a representation
of tho stab!'* at Beihlehem. with I lit1
shepherds and their llocks in the dis
tance.
The works of the walch .in- in the
brains of the skull, tho dial |>!;iie be
ing where the roof of the mouih would
be in a real skull. This is of silver
juid gohl, with elaborate scrolls, while
the hours are marked in largo lloman
Jet i crs. Tli" works are remarkably
complete, even t < > a largo silver boll
with a musical sound, which holds
the works in the skull when ll:e watch
js closed.
This curious old wal'h is slill in per.
j feci order and when wound every day
keeps accurate lime. It is too large lo
be worn and was probably intended
for a desk or private altar. Kansas
t'i'y Journal.
N'ol n Scr-j? t.<'ft.
Tho editor of a tlonvl-'o'ng .iournal
in a California town ivcenllv called
at the "home of the br'.d"'s parents''
tho day after the wedding, lie was
desirous of telling Irs read ts all al?>tit:
tho event, and wished to give the
young couple a good "s^nd-off" as well.
The bride's mother ni"t liini.
"flood morning, Mrs, Jones!" sa Id
the editor. "I have call -d to gd some
of the details of tin* wedding."
"(loodness!" replied Mrs. Jones, In
dismay. "They're all gone. Voti
ought to have come la- 1 night. They
nto every scrap:"- - San I'ranels^o Mul
letlu,
Mn?lr In Mlodoiirl,
Talk nhout sharpening musical criti
cism to a needle point! A skylight fell
with a crash In the festival hull at tho
St. Louis Exposition, and musical ex
perts declare solemnly that Iho acci
dent was due to har-h notes played on
tho great organ by the unskilled
musician, explaining that "tl.e severo
vibratory force of the poor playing
Jarred the gla?s loose." Then thegl.isn
did not fall from the shock of Its
sense of divine harmony.? Atlanta
Constitution.
Tliliitt* IVorlli tiftni'in'irrln^,
T>n not forget til l! it Mt't nece-'-nrjF|
to be disagreeable 'n ord* r .0 dis, ,'rrco
wit li t in? ol her 111:1 11.
If we took a . gri-al pains to my,
kind things as we do to Ibink un';in(i
ones, life would be one long, mot. pit or}*
cal May.? SU"cesa.