Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 02, 1920, Image 5
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Owing to the unusually late spring and due to late arrivals of merchandise, we are offering for a limited
time Men's and Boys' OXFORDS at substantially reduced prices. We have three standard makes to offer:
CLAPP, FL?RSHEIM and WALKER
20% Reduction on Our Entire Stock
of Men's and Boys' Clothing
We take this method and occasion to show our friends and customers our genuine appreciation of their
good will and patronage, and trust that they will avail themselves of this opportunity to buy their summer
requirements at prices which are greatly under the present market 1 Those who come early will of course
get the> choicest selections.
Terms of Sale Cash
Sale Begins Thursday, June 3rd
Sale Ends Saturday, June 19th
PADGETT
??ew York and Philadelphia.
By Mr?, jr: L. Mim?.
I had intended lo put this in the
postscript, but in order to bring re
lief as early as possible to the read
er, I will say here that but one more
article will appear. In the words of
another lady who writes, "It is al
ways such a comfort to know people
don't have to read it is they don't
want to."
I It has been a habit of my life, I
" -presume because I was born under
the shadow of a newspaper, to re
.cord everything I saw and every
;place I went, and this has become
second nature with me. When it is
-written and sent to the office, I for
get all about it and think no more of
it unless some one brings up the sub
ject. It is all as innocent as you
please, no harm intended and no re
-ward expected.
Our arival in New York City was
on Saturday night, and by the aid of
.- an institution, the Red Caps, we were
relieved of our suit cases, three in
t number, and safely placed in a taxi.
Fl do not mean permanently relieved,
- but only long enough to have them
placed beside us after we were coni
: fortably seated to be transported to
the Martha Washoington Hotel. This
place was selected, not because it was
exclusive, but because it is exclusive
i ly for women and is safe and conve
nient ,just off Fifth Avenue. Al
though last spring at the same time,
rooms could be secured at $1.50 per
day, the best we could do this year
was $4.50 per day, which did not suit
my spirit of economy at all, but I was
there and had no where else to go,
and so, as an old cook I once had
used to say in such cases, " 'Tain'
no help fer it."
The programme for the day in
the Metropolis was two church ser
vices on Sunday, a drive around
Riverside, a visit to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the Egyptian Obel
isk, Central Park, the Statue of Li
berty, and to see the play, "Abraham
Lincoln." This doesn't sound like
much, but as "Aunt Cynty' 'says, "It
sho' am sumpin' else when you git to
dora' it."
Our Saturday evening meal was in
a French tea room, the .only avails
able place at that hour of the night,
a very simple meal. Suffice it to
say that in no way were we surprised
at the quantity ;we? received -for the
money we put into it. Both in New
York and Boston lovely meals could
be secured almost anywhere we hap
pened at any hour and it seemed that
the only advertisement necessary in
New York was the exhibition of an
attractive sign on the outside and the
serving of a dainty meal on the in
side.
On Sunday evening just before
church time, and too early to go in,
being in proximity to the church, we
decided to find a place to rest, and
observing the signs of lunch rooms,
we were atracted by the originality
of this one, "Dixie Cupboard" print
ed on a new, but old style board,
painted to make it appear antique in
design. We had already partaken of
of supper, but thought we could in
dulge in enough more ,to pay for sit
ting down, so we made a small order
and began to observe. Of course we
knew no one, but there was an air
of distintiveness about this place
which made me inquire of one of the
young ladies in waiting, why they
Had selected such an unusual name
for a lunch room? She replied
"Oh this place is conducted by some
ladies from South Carolina. That is
why it is called "The Dixie Cup
board." I told her we were from
South Carolina too, and in a little
while a very curteous and Southern
looking young woman approached
the table and introduced herself as
Miss Ida i Willoughby of Florence, S.
C., and said she had been informed
that we were South Carolinians and
explained to us that she and her sis
ter, who were graduates of Win
throp College, for a venture, had just
a month before come to New York
to begin this .enterprise and had al
ready succeeded, bringing with them
Southern negroes as cooks. She ask
ed about the Winthrop girls at Edge
field and begged to be remembered
to Mrs. W. C. Tompkins, whom she
spoke of as Cleora Brunson. ?
The lunch: room was filled with
lovely people enjoying the evening
meal. The girls who served were all
young and pretty all dressed alike in
lavender and becoming white caps
trimmed in lavender, fresh lilacs
were in vases on each table and the
napkins and decorations were of the
same color. Miss Willoughby gave
me a card and I am reproducing it
that you South Carolinians who go
to the Metropolis may lend your pa
tronage. I was very glad to add my
small contribution to the aid of these
courageous South Carolina women.
Dixie Cupboard
Luncheon, Tea and Dinner
Southern Cooking
Home made Cakes, Pies and Can
dies to "tote" home.
Near Carnegie Hall, 149 West 57 St. <
Sunday morning we attended the
Madison Avenue Baptist church and [
heard the best sermon I had heard
since I left Edgefield, but not the
best I had heard before that. It was \
Mothers' Day, which I did not know
before I entered. I think I did not !
?say very good things about the Bos- ]
ton churches, but I must say that in
New York I felt altogether at home, 1
and when I took my seat in the 1
church, I unclutched my pocket book
which had almost paralyzed my fin- 1
gers in public places for the past two J
weeks, laid it down on the pew some '
distance from me in sheer relief took '
up the hymn book or the church cal
endar and sang the good old hymns. 1
Everything rested me, even the (
Scriptures engraved around the arch *
above the pulpit, "To you it is given '
to understand the mysteries of the {
Kingdom." I had been seeing so
much mysterious advertising of <
Christian Science, Theosophy" and(i
Spiritualism, that when I read those ]
words "to you," in my imagination 1
I saw a finger pointed at me, and the j i
promise proclaimed that I, an ordi- j I
nary,( everyday Christian through, y
Baptist principles, was appointed to j
understand these mysteries. j i
In the evening we attended the 1
Calvary Baptist church on 57th \
street and there found a similar:
place of edification. This is Dr. Strat- 1
on's church whom Dr. Lee spoke of t
in the prayer meeting recently. He 1
was absent, however, and a Dr. s
Deane preached a great sermon. Be- I
ing a Southern Baptist, I was not fa- s
miliar with any of those whom I r
heard either by reading or their rep- t
utation. This city preacher behaved i
exactly like a country pastor would r
have done The old time religion was I
easily recognizable even here in the r
glamour of the city church. He in- f
v'ited all the strangers in the congre- I
gation to stand up. (He may have t
seen me crying and thought I needed d
a friend.) And then invited us all r
to come down and shake hands. A o
crowd of people from many states,
as I heard them say, responded
this invitation and he asked the ble
ing of God on each one as they sa
"Good-bye." The people on each sic
of the aisle shook hands with U3 J
we passed out. They were careful 1
entertain strangers, as the Bible ei
joins, lest they entertain "angels ui
awares." I thought, too, of the drea:
of Dr. A. J. Gordon, the famous Bo:
ton pastor, grandfather of Gordo
Poteat, printed in book form, unde
the title, "How Christ came t
Church," and the cold reception th
Master received in this part?cula
story, but believe should He appea
unexpectedly at either of these Nei
STork churches today, He would no
there be received with coldness or in
difference.
Many years ago, I remember see
ing a book called "Sights, Secret
ind Sins of a Great City," and tb
:ity was New York. As I sat in thi
juiet church and heard the Word o:
3rod proclaimed, and then heard th<
preacher admonish against the sin!
>f the city which surrounds us, anc
mjoin simplicity of living, I coule
?ardly realize that I was really alive
ind that it was not another dream.
There is something peculiarly intei
?sting in sitting in a church listen
ng to a strange preacher among a
jeople who do not know you or youj
labitation, and hear their sponta
?eous references to sectionalism ex
cessed according to their own sweet
viii. This'time the Southern Baptists
vere commended for their generosity
n the ?75-Million Campaign and Dr.
Deane referred to the Southern Bap
ist Convention in Washington.
After the morning service at the
Madison Square Avenue church, we
ook a "green bus" and enjoyed an
tour or two of drive around River
ide. This was the only cheap thing
had seen anywhere or at any time,
ind it was really a very pleasant
tovelty. Although, I had seen by this
ime, so many people bigger than I
n every way that I was really begin
ing to feel very small, yet from my
labit of mind in feeling big, I did
Lot ascend the top of the green bus
or fear of its losing its equilibrium.
have always been peculiarly for
unate in being able to keep out of
lifficulties, and I did not want the
lews to go home that I had turned
ver a green bus on Fifth Avenue.
In the afternoon we proceeded to
Central Park, and entered the inter
minable maze of walks and drives
with the expected purpose of finding
the Egyptian Obelisk or what is more
commonly called Cleopatra's Needle,
which our cousin in Littleton said he
accidently fell upon one evening as
he was going to the station. We
wondered how he came upon it ac
cidently, when we could not do so
through intent upon it. It was as
hard to find as the real "needle in a
haystack," although in this case the
needle was much larger than the
stack. It happened that we entered,
?xactly the opposite side of the Park
from the Obelisk. This monument
was presented to the United States
by the Khedive of Egypt some years
ago and is a hinge shaft of red or
Egyptian granite, said to- centuries
old, with hieroglyphics carved on its
massive sides. It is a curiosity well
worth viewing, on Fifth Avenue next
the Metropolitan Art Museum.
1 Culture and intelligence are clear
ly exhibited in the faces and demean
or of these who possess these at
tainments, and these are the persons
to whom to appeal for information.
In the case of the Obelisk, a distinct- ?
ly foreign looking gentleman pointed
us to the correct direction. As we
proceeded in the Park, if we had shut
our eyes, many times from the for- <
eign speech, we would have believed ?
ourselves to be in some foreign coun- .
try.
We were very glad to find our- 1
selves in the proximity of the Metro
politan Museum as that had also
been one of our objectives. Here we
spent the time until the closing at
6 o'clock. It was here that Edge
field's artist, Miss Eliza Mims passed
sc many hours in admiration of
works of art, for it is the person '
who knows and studies an art who
most appreciates its highest attain
ments, knowing the difficulties of j
the task and honoring those who fi- j
nally accomplished it. In this Muse
um also, there was a preponderance
of intelligent looking foreigners who
exhibited an enthusiasm more mani
fest than in others whom we observ
ed. ?
(Continued next week.) .
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