The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 15, 1911, Image 7
KllHAPB, flnt of all,
)hop? 1? na?U4 at
Chrtatmaa Um# and hi
Cbrlatmaa shopping. For
tbla muoo which tra4i
tfcm bat MM?d up a?
tkt (Ixldwt, BMnrlaafc
tlma of all Um yaar, 1?
raatttjr for tha majority
ta aa aaxiooa. ortrbw
dened, drsadsfl period. In nw4?m
lite the gtft k>*d has lnarssssl alone
with other complexities. has become
la the majority o t oases almost U*
weight? to be borne, hanging hew
On the ooneclouenees from midsum
mer to Deoetnber 26th. Desperation*
drWss ue to eeek solution of the p*l?
ful riddle, and at leaat a glimmering
of light seems to oome our wsy. I?
desperation we resolve, seeing bo
other help la this so urgent need, to
use a little new thought, mental heal
ing, or whatever you oall It that Is
supposed to make hard things easy.
And this glimmering of light we
would hare penetrate the darkness of
others. Henoe these lines.
Suppose you have a list of half t
hundred "expecting" from you. In
>, which oase, we make bold to advise,
don't knit your brows over the dis
jointed combination of your flat purse
and their expectations and give It ail
up as hopeless or at least bungling;
jiisV pot on a new thought, or menial
healing expression and hope. Declare
(0 yourself: 1 in not going to
worry, oome what may; for the first
time In theee many distraught years
I'm going to make a stagger at en
joying Christmas, every bit of it ? the
survey of that army of expectants,
the survey of resources, the study of
fifty diverse tastes and wants, the
heroic endeavor to minister to these
wants swith purse lean ae shrunk
shank* of Cthakeapeare." Just fore*
? smile ? mental healing or nsw
thought ? and drive ahead. Inwardly
affirm, and outwardly avpraaa, "All's
wsll, all's oomlng out right," then so
on down town for the teat.
But, so the smiU will not rub oC
i the Inward and outward sarsaftr ha
| not roughsaed, we beg you go earljr;
k Is most dangerous to put the
strengest resolution. sturdiest *0011,
o? trial In the *tna?lstrow of after
luncheon ChrUtujua shopping. Tbe
mad mob tliat at thle time surge*
through aisles, Jostles and tram plea
In elevators, bangs heavy door* on
weak one* struggling In the rear, tbla
mad mob might prove a successful
serpent In that paradise of aerenltjr
enveloping yon. ?
If you are calm and smiling In
maklug your purchase?, of oourae It
may startle tbe girls behind tbe
counters, cause no little agitation, but
; they'll recover and you'll have them
fairly hypnotised, oan get out of tbem
almost anything you will. We tried
It yesterday ourselves with marked
success, got through a list of much
; length In mlraculoualy abort order.
Tbe shopping proved quite a social
fUOCOSI. exchange of PgurtWlM fltt:
er than mere exokaage and barter;
' and, fooling aalde, really not the dead*
If. deadening, nerv+raeklng, loath*
some," unholy, un-Chrletiea tgbS
Christmas shopping has been with us
; this many a day. isd, fooling aalde,
we really found quite * lot o# fairly
good things to be had at moderate
outlay, believe the things came to
? view partly beeauae we were not fus
alng and fuming about tbe matter.
Br the way, does not Bernard 8haw
declare that about the only (oik that
; have manner* nowaday* are the folk
that aerve behind oountera? To aome
the manner* may spell mere servil
ity, bespeak Inferiority on the part of
the well-mannered; but there are
, still left a few people In tbla age of
; falling-down of every good old stand
ard that cling secretly to a liking for
courtesy and graclousness, are able
! to recognise H as the real thing
though apparently presenting itself as
something offered for sale, to be had
for money. And there is no finer
| thing in this season of strike and 111*
will than the infinite patience and
heroic calm of the girl behind the
i counter.
liter you hare hopefully and smil
; ingly made thoee hopeful purohaaee
? and the purchases have arrived at
! your domicile, without, delay, set to,
j work at doing th^m up; we beg of you
; for the sucoess of the experiment
| don't watt till the eleventh hour for
i the sticking of the Ohrtetmae stickers,
! the tying of the everlasting Christ
mas ribbon, the endless addressing
and weighing and stamping. There
Is nothing so oalculated to make you
hate thla maddest, merriest season of
I Dickens' fancy as having to hunt
[ around at the last moment for wrap*
j ping paper and string and appropriate
i boxes and tissue paper and cards and
I an the reet of the lumber essential to
( "getting things off." In rftft-packlag
j at glad Christmas ttaae nam be rises
brittle tempera are broken, number*
lees resisting tempers cracked.;
lloiiday Gifts Made of Ribbons
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t Nothing more elegant could (bo cho
sen for Christmas gifts than ?the lovely
dress accessories shown here, made
of rihbons. From the plain, neat cra
vat bow of velvet ribbon to the long
fringed sash of satin, they represent a
fashionable selection and, a lon^ range
m to prices.
The sash is made on a covered
foundation of canvas. The buckle Is
of rat-tall braid and both sash ends
are finished with fringe.
Gold gause and light colored satin
ribbons are used for the' hair bands,
decorated with ribbon flowers In dain
ty colors. Sfllc or velvet maiden-hair
y*rn is used with them, and rhlnestone
pflewdrops add a sparkling finishing
Sri shirred band of narrow satin rib
bon la finished with rosettes of knot
ted loop*. It la intended for a ltttle
girl and la made of light pink satin
ribbon shirred over narrow elastic
tape. **
Two neck plecea are shown with
small pendant ribbon flowers. These
are made In all oolors. One consists
of a cluster of loopa of babj velvet
ribbon, having enda finished with pen*
dent flowers. The other la a small
bow of wider velvet with three pen
dant flowers.
Roads made of satin rtbbon are
spangled with ijiinestone dewdrops
%pd mounted With) millinery foliage.
They a*^lntcfaded for'the hair qr jHtpV
sage and are often used in other ways,
Instead of the natural rose. They are
scented with rose perfume.
WHAT ENGLAND FEARS
STARVATION RATHER THAN IN
VAttlON |? |T? DANGER.
In Cih of W?r tho ItlandorV Pood
Supply Might Bo Exhauotod In
Fow Month*.
With ships bringing foreign food
supplies Into Pngl&nd at the rate of
?414 worth every luluute of every
day In the year, Great Britain cannot
accumulate a stock of provisions large
enough for a year's supply, iosm u
parts say not enough for half a year.
"Others doubt If ?? could hold out
for three months without foreign sup
plies." says tha Queen. "aod all agree
Chat thraa waaha war, or area three*
of war. waald soonwoaaly In cesses
tha pries of ftsodetufle. I? tha or
dinary way the proyoMka of load
Md drink brwght over tha aaa la
war It par sent. of our total Import*,
hWug to round flguree *M*,<WMO?
out of a total of ?&M,00?,00d. Of thia
aum u. 70,000,000 goes for grain and
flour alone, and nearly fifty million*
tor food and drink not otherwise speci
fied, aad excluding fifty millions for
food^ drink and tobacco aubjeet to
duty. \
"What we aa a nation bar* to fear
U not lnvaalon but atarratlon. To the
great maaa of the people of thia coun
try the queatlon la not 'Shall we win
or loee in wart but, ahall we bare
enough food to lire on when the next
big war oomeer It la to meet euoh
an amergenoy that the nee In thla
country of elloe tor grain* er national
cranarlee, haa been adrooated.
j The ooet of creating an <3 maintain
ing alloc might be oonalderable.
ah<*igb we euppoae the coat of a aiogle
dreadnought would eeftly eerar It;
but aa an lnauranoe agalnat panic H
would wall be werth the capon a.
while aa a aafeguard In time o t war
and againat imminent famine It would
be Invaluable, and might aaaUy lam
defeat Into victory and dlaaater la
aafety. .
"Gibraltar la prortafcmad for twe
yea ra and Malta haa allee which keep
eorn good for aa long aa tour yeara,
thua aupportlng the truth at the Blb
tloal atatement that Joaaph la the dry
climate of Egypt fed the people wMh
porn atored for eeven yea >a. the Idea
la the gradual collection at mm amount
of wheat equal to one yaa?*a Import
and Ita automatic renewal by cm ah a eg
lag it for the new grain aa It awliai
at the different porta."
The Biwiwi Mm,
Suppose mryoM 414 M w*s* be
Intended io 4o and no cm MU 4 *W
NUM." Thee there ?mI4 be a? lafc*
ures to yolnt out Tliere would be no
subjects for sermons Cor those who
had no "because" attached to tiMtr
names. The man without the title
oould not point to the "became" man
and say: He did not auooeed 'be
cause'.'* So the "beoauae" man may
take heart and (eel that beoauae he
did not he is surely at last the sub
ject of this sketch. True he "did not
scale the rugged wall, nor climb to
heights unseen" by the masses who
are also other "because" men.
Most of us are "because" men, we
yearn for the unattainable; we feel
that life Is a failure. But maybe the
realities are dreams of callow youth
did not come nearer the dreams than
we think. Maybe the awakening will
show that the "because" men climbed
higher than they thought and maybe
the Judge will show those who stood
oil the heights that the "clouds are
well worth striving for but in the
depths there is some sunlight." But
the man should never have "beoause"
as an excuse. ,
Photograph Burned Manuscript.
The processes of color photography
havo recently been applied to obtain
a legible photograph of the writing
on burned manuscripts which were un
readable by any other known means.
As long as the sheet has not been en
tirely disintegrated positive results
can be obtained every time.
\-. The charred manusorlpt is carefully
arranged, In as near its original shape
as possible, on a sheet of glass, and
covered with a drying varnish, after
which it is backed by another sheet
or glass.
By using carefully-eelected color
screens and orthochromatlo plates a
perfectly legible photograph of the
writing may be taken, although there
may be no marks on the charred re
mains that are visible to the eye.
This is the only known method that
will,. give results when the writing
has been made with vegetable inks.
Ordinary photography can be used
successfully when the Ink contains
aniline or - iron in. its composition. ?
Popular Mechanics. -
I ' . * ,
Clertf Didn't Remember Him.
"I would like to have the same
room I had the last time I was here;
I believe it was No. 14," said Andrew
Anderson, eighty-one years old, of
South Bend, Ind., to Clerk Ernest
Reul at the Hotel Sherman.
"Gee!" repllod the clerk; "that must
have been before my time. ' When
were you here last, Mr. Anderson?"
'In the spring of 1848 I rode to
Chicago from our Indiana town horse*
back, and this Is my first visit here
since that time," he answered. ? Cht
cago Inter Ocean.
Mis PHVosophy.
Maud? Did you observe that Ous
Archer gave me his first dance last
even tag?
Sybil? Yes; he to!<l me later on ha
believed always la ffetttnf disagreea
ble things done as soon as possible.
pHRISTMASUGGEST10NfS
Coffee Perculators
Oil Heaters '
. Safety Razors
Carving Sets
Table Cutlery
Cooking Utensils
Brass Fenders
Brass Firedogs
Pocket Knives
Chafing Dishes
Ranges and
Cook Stoves
Dont Wait, Come Early and Let Us Help
You to Select Your Gift
? . ?
' ' ' ? ' ' ' 1,1 ' =
A. D. KENNEDY
HiRDWARE^r,
T^ONT wait until Christ
mas Eve to order your
? ' ' ' ' - " '
coal or wood, but 'phone
your wants NOW for enough to
last you through , the Holidays.
COAL and WOOD
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