Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

"SUCH IS LIFE? By Charlea-sSughroe To Mark 300th Year of Boston Common Pageant Next Summer to De pict Historic Events. Boston. ? Saved from mortem road luilders and street wldeners only by Hie high-powered Indignation of the Boston Common society, the tercenten ary of fifty acres of cowpaths, lawns ?nd shrubbery, uncrossed by rapid transit line or highway, will be cele Iratcd next summer. Of course, thousands of persons are Inconvenienced each day because of Mie disinclination of Boston antiqua rians to let go another foot^ of land from the Common for needed street widenlngs or permit the building of toads across it, but other thousands revere It for its place In American his tory and the breathing spnee It affords In the toeart of downtown Boston. For this reason, a committee is now *alslng a fund, tentatively placed at $300, (XX), to reconstruct the scenes and lomes of vanished days, the duels, iucklng stools and hanging!*, during ?lie 1935 celebration of Its three hun dredth anniversary. As It Was 300 Years Ago. With the help of the Kmergency Re let administration, the committee, -Headed by IOverett ii. Mero, hopes to Ornw from the past a representation ?f three hundred years of history ? to ?how the plot as It was, when Quakers Richest Britcn Joseph Ilnnk, mill owner, Is regarded ?s England's richest living man. Few llngllshmen would name him as the ?wealthiest In the Iirlt'lsh Isles, for de spite the Immensity of his wealth, he lives simply. Itank, who Is now ?fghty, was horn at Hull. Ills father ?wned a small flour mill, and at four teen he went to work for him for a ?Iny stipend. When his fattier died, fte Inherited the mill, and then pro ceeded to build modern mills at strat egic points throughout the country, ?nd In that way nmassed his fortune. nnd pirates dandled from Its elms; as it was when young Woodbrhlge and his rival dueled at forty paces for the fuvors of a Huston belle. The committee, If suillclent funds are raised, hopes to reproduce the Com mon's ducking stool; show the smok er's circle where "henpecked" devo tees of nicotine repaired when driven from the home; reproduce the spinning bee of 1753 when young ladies revealed their matronly traits for the edification of their swains. The anti-slavery meeting of the '5<)s, Karl Percy and his ltedcoats before the Revolution; William Blaxtou (or Hlackstone), Bos ton's first settler who sold his land, now the Common, to a community which he found too crowded nnd moved to Rhode Island ; Beacon street "when respectability stalked unchecked"; the coming of the railroad in 1S30 ; the water celebration In ISIS, when a pub lic system was first Installed; the ar rival of l.afayette on the Common, June 17. IS'Jo. when lie came to attend ihe Hunker Hill exercises; recruiting for the Civil war in tents near Tremotit Mreet ? all this and much more Is In the scope of a celebration which could almost depict a nation's history and progress as well as a city's. First Woman In Boston. Anna l'ollard, a woman noted for her plain face, her fine tavern on Bea con street, and the fact that she was the first woman In Boston, may well find some mention in the ceremonies. She was a favorite of the Harvard class of 1038 as well as of 1039 and 1040, nnd others who loved her enter talnment until at last she went - to her reward. In those days Beacon Hill, according to a recent description. .-iW*^"thii-^nderb)Jn district." More than sixty of Amorlefi's great? soluiers, poets, statesmen, I'rexhleirtS, preachers, architects ? were wont to roam In leisure hours the routes that criss-cross this patch of tree-studded green In the heart of a city. Clean Linoleum Use benzine to remove wax, grease or 111m from a linoleum floor before at tempting to varnish or lacquer It. If the wax Is not completely removed the coating will not dry. Fish Found Alive in Shell of Oyster Snow Hill, Md? ? Dorsey Cnr mean, of this city, found n fish In -twi oyster when opening oysters. Tho fish, while sluggish, was still alive, tightly closed in tho shell. - It Is supposed that the fish en tered the shell while the oyster had Its mouth open to feed and was Im prisoned when the shell closed. The clean and unspoiled condition of the shell was sufficient evidence that the fish ato the oyster. The fish was a bullfish, 8V? Inches long. It had become oyster-colored. ODD THINGS AND NEW? By Lame Bode Saving on shipments; A DEVICE PACKED IN SHIPMENTS WHICH SH0W5> THE EXACT TIME OP ROUGH HANDLING WILL SAVE CONSID > ERABLE PRESENT DAY DAMAGE. i Snowless SKIING ? y In Berlin Skiing IS TAUGHT INDOOftS On A SNOWLFSS CMUTfr. WNU Mrvlo*. The World's Greatest Need By LEONARD A. BARRETT Questionnaires seeking information on every conceivable subject frequently come to one's desk. They nre sent by students pursuing advance courses of study, by business concerns and pro fessional Institu tions, and In some cases are sent as advertising propa ganda. Of the many received, we cannot remember one which serious ly asked ttie Im portant question, "\V hat Is the world's greatest need?" The financier would doubtless lile an answer some thing lilce this: "The world's greatest need Is a return to economic pros perity." The college president would doubtless reply that education Is our greatest need. Social workers en gaged in labors to reinforce hufnanlty with high moral purposes would ac After More Titles Set for n racing dive Into n pool Is Dorothea Dickinson, New York's latest swimming sensation. Under the colors of the women's swimming association she has won the metropolitan cham pionship and only recently she sur passed the time In which Olive McKean won the national 100-yard champion ship. Dorothea Is looking for new worlds to conquer. claim character as the world's most desperate need. All very good. The trouble is that none of these questions go to the root of the matter. The world may need all of these things but the greatest need Is the power to bring about these results. ' It is not difficult for a physician to write a prescription after he has made the diagnosis. Were we to make a diag nosis of the world's moral and eco nomic condition today, we would soon discover that the greatest need Is not for "tilings" but for "spirit" ? an atti tude of mind and heart. The spirit of good will Is basic to all economic, social and moral recov ery. Our racial problem Is solved when the spirit of good will removes our prejudice against those not of our blood. The economic problem Is solved when the spirit of good will removes the danger of that doctrine that only the fittest have a rluht to survive. The Hplrit of International good will solves for us the problem of universal peace. We have tried peace pacts, courts of Justice, and gentlemen's agree ments. We fought a war to end war. We failed miserably. Why not try the method of the Prince of I'eace, the "spirit of good will"? ?. Wnst??m Now?PM??r Union. Butter Y<l)ovf for Walls Rafter color Is a new shade of yel low for walls, take* yp by a prominent Interior decorator and rapidly becom ing a vogue. It Is especially effective in a room where a pleasant, sunny air Is needed? as a breakfast room or dining nook. One or two pieces of fur niture may be painted the same, with upholstery and pillows to match. Con trast Is obtained by window curtains and solid hued rugs or carpet In rasp berry color. To Remove Wrinkles To remove wrinkles from a trans parent velvet gown hang It In the imthroom after tilling the tub with hot water. The steam from the water will remove all wrinkles. (^/^r/~/ousefioic) ^ Bij Lvjjdia Le Baron Walker HOME Ironing cnn be the finest sort, or It can be Just the opposite. It h)I depends on how It Is done. This concerns not only the right handling of the Iron and Its varying degrees of heat, but how the material or gar ments are positioned on the board, whether they are Ironed on the right or wrong side, whether they have an Iron ing cloth between the goods and the Iron, whether they are pressed across the goods or lengthwise of It, or on the straight of the goods which means w 1th the weave, etc. While there are many de tails to pay atten tion to, they soon become second na ture to heed. Since at one time or an other every woman 1 r o n 8 or presses garments, or goodR, or both, It Is well to acquire early the correct knack. Cotton and linen can be Ironed either on right or wrong side. Damask lin en, such as table cloths, napkins, etc., should be ac tually damp, pressed on right and wrong sl irlMi o iron, nnd have n polishing pressing on the right si<ie. It will then hnve a high gloss, like new damask, and n l)ody to the texture obtainable in no other way. Silk dnmnsk Is treated like silk, not linen, and is Ironed with a slight ly dampened cloth over It and with an iron of moderate heat. Avoid a hot iron when pressing silk. It Is detrimen tal. If n damp Ironing cloth is not used, ? iron on the wrong side. If creases do not come out entirely (as Heslred) they may be dabbed with a damp cloth nnd then pressed again. Effect of Ironing on Colore Should the color of the silk chnnge by this, it will bo necessary to press it with a damp cloth over it to mnke the color uniform. Walt until the ma- | terlnl la cold before doing this, how ever, as some colors chango under heat but resume their orlglnul color when cold. This is especially true of purple in all Its tints such as orchid, lavender, etc, in other textiles as well as silk. Such a curious changing nnd restoring of color through pressing and cooling Is to be expected. I'ongee must be evenly damp nil over or elso dry when Ironed or it will be spotted where there was moisture. These spots nnd streaks will come out as soon as the material is dipped in wnter nnd then pressed either while dnmp or nfter the mnterlal is dry. Decoration of Mantels The decorntlve trentment of mantel pieces and walls above and nbout them has nlwnys been n fascinating prob lem. Styles of mantels vary with fash ions. Sometimes they nre wide, some times nnrrow nnd sometimes they nre eliminated altogether. Hut this last does not eliminate the decorntion since the wall above a mantel Is so nllied with It thnt It becomes part and parcel of the treatment. There nre three distinctive over mantel treatments which can be very beautiful. One Is to have the space hung with a handsome old brocade, damask, or other suitable textile, or perhaps a tapestry of a pictorial char acter. Another Is to have a picture hung In the space. A third way Is for a mirror to be over the mantel. All these are accepted ways of decorating the space. For some years past the mantel mirror has been out of style, but It Is gradually assuming Its old popularity. Mirrors are very much In evidence today, and there are few places which lend themselves bettor to , Its reflecting beauty than above n mantel. There may be side lights In the wall or on the mantel which, In their duplication In the reflecting surface, supply extra Illumination at no extra cost. ?. Boll Syndicate. ? WNU Scrvlcc. Late Paris Crpation The top of the dress Is In white and black printed futile. The skirt Is of block velvet. Hat, Jacket and bag ore In white ermine fur. Largest Prim? Number Chicago. ? I)r./SYimucl I. Krlegerworo out six pencil^, used 72 sheets of legal size note paper and frazzled his nerves quite badly but he was able to an nounce thor 2^.584.178,474.0^2.390,847, 1 41 ,1)70, 01 7.375.81 r>. 70(5, WO. 009 ,331 . 281 , 128,978, 1)1! '>.820,259.279,871 Is tlie largest known prime number. A prime number Is any figure di visible only by Itself or 1. / Name Day Ceremony at Santa Barbara In onp of tho moftt plcturnqno o<>r?unonloH on tho 1'nrlflc const, (Jlrl Scout* nre Hhown planting Hooda of .. /? wild poppy In th? nbndow of tho nnclont Hnnta Bnrbnrn mission In (to.ifornln. Thoy nro commpmonitlng "Nnino dny," Hint In, tho dny 15 yonrs boforo tho Pilgrim fntliors flnllod for Amorlcn, tbnt tho Kpnnlnh ox"ploror, Hobnstinn Vlzcnlno, bestowed tho nnrno of ttnlnt Itnrhnrn on tho ronton. Smartness This Pajama Keynote P \TTERN 2045 There is no reason why pajamas should not l>e as smart as anything else a woman wears ? and every rea son why they should. Here nre some that are ns carefully designed as * suit. Look at the way that girdle business mounts in a becoming V in the front and lies in a Hover bow in the back, emphasizing the slender lines of the waist. Those tiny reverg are exactly the finish It needs at the neck, and the well cut trousers are both comfortable mid. good looking. It Is, of course, a two-piece model, nice to make In a neatly patterned cotton or a plain or figured flannel or ehallis. Pattern 2045 Is available In sizes 12, 14, 1(3, 18 and 20. Size 10 fakes yards .10 inch fabric. Illustrated step by-step sewing Instructions In cluded. Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern. Write plainly name, address and style numoer. BK SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address order to Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 243 West Sev enteenth Street, New York City. SELECTING A ROUTE "We need a leader!" said the ex cited man. "We've got plenty of leaders," an swered Senator Sorghum, "yvhiit you want to do la to get up a good rond map and show us where and how It Is safe and proper to travel." Rightful Appell ation Rhoads ? I henr you bought a ear and that It's a rattling good one. IIow about It? Rhodes ? Yes, It's a rattler all right When I drive It It sounds like t skeleton having a chill on a tin roof. Late for Brenkfi*?t Chief ? You're late again, Jackson. Do you never use your alarm clock? Jackson ? Yes, sir; but I no longer find It alarming. Grnatnen "During his boyhood everybody snld he would achieve greatness In some line." "He did." answered Miss Cayenne. "He became n great nuisance."