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Saturday, Sept. 5, 1908
THE FITTING SCHOOL.
Thomas Carlyle once wrote: "This
is what I call tragedy: that one man
having capacity for knowledge
should die ignorant." and a tragedy
indeed it is to see a boy or girl with
rich mental gifts go down to an obscure
grave simply because the talents
possessed were not cultivated.
Well might we muse with Gray as
we walk among the graves of country
churchyards: "Perhaps some
mute inglorious Milton here may
rest; some Cromwell guiltless of his
country's blood." Nature takes her
richest gifts often into humblest
homes. The high mission of
parenthood is to bring out the latent
forces. It is too often the case,
we fear, that parents see in their
children so many dollars and cents,
and value them only for what they
1 can contribute to the family treasury.
The Herald prints in today's issue j
some articles intended to direct the
attention of parents of this county
to the advantages offered by the Carlisle
Fitting School for the moral
and intellectual development of their
children. This worthy institution is
tbe concrete expression of the ideals!
of the people of Bamberg. It was
built by them and given to the cause |
of Christian education. \
They have stood by it nobly, and j
have a just pride in what it has ac- j
complished for the boys and girls in |
this part of the State. Through the
long tract of fifteen years it has worn
the white flower of business integri-i
ty. Brought into unwilling competition
with nondescript schools that j
cut rates and bend to all sorts of
standards, it has always realized the'
sacredness of its high mission and
the renascence of interest in it now. I
proves the wisdom of the conservative
course
There are many advantages to the;
people of this lower section of the!
State in having the school here. It
is accessible. .Most schools have followed
the large white population
into the upper part of the State, and
can be reached only by a long and
expensive route. In figuring in the
cost of sending a child to school a
great many people neglect to take
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railroad, which is a considerable
item of expense if the distance is
great. But for the presence of the
school here there are many men and
women to-day who would not be enjoying
the benefits and pleasures of
an enlightened mind.
It is an honest school doing honest
work. It was not built as a financial
investment, but simply to
bring the blessings of education and
refinement to our boys and girls.
There is too much Aim flamming in
educational work these days. Our
people have great genius for superficiality.
We need schools here and
there that stand for high scholarship
and genteel conduct. This
school has a fine course of study and
it is carried out conscientiously by a
strong iacuny. u noes nui t-iann iu
"use university methods." but simply
a high grade school that will fit
one for business or professional life.
The Herald should like to commend I
this institution unreservedly to those
who have children to educate.
Just here we should like to have |
a frank word with the people of j
Bamberg particularly. The Carlisle j
Fitting School has given our town |
a prestige in the State that it could
have gotten in 110 other way than by
its presence, it has faithfully stood
for the highest and best things, and j
we here are thereby its debtors. It !
has carried the name of Bamberg j
and its good citizens farther and !
more creditably than all the com- j
bined wealth of the town ever could
have done, yet we are afraid our people
here minimize its importance.
Aside from its higher value to our
community, there is a lower consideration
of material benefit. The
scores of students with many parents
who come here every year,
bring' an impetus to trade that is not
to be discounted. The social life of
the town is improved by the gathering
of earnest teachers and purposeful
boys and girls. Let us show them i
that we appreciate their presence j
and give them encouragement in the;
laudable undertaking of fitting themselves
for a larger and more useful !
place in this world's activities.
With the present prospect for the
school there is no doubt but that a I
new doniitory will have to be erected.
If so. let us meet the occasion
with the same enthusiasm and resourcefulness
we did its founding,
and we shall have the consciousness
that this is an infinitely better investment
than cotton or oil mills,
bank stock or real estate, for it is enduring.
Let us remember that the
only investment that lasts beyond
this life is that we invest in another.
A Tiling Impossible.
"If the editor were required to
please all the readers of his paper
he would have on his hands a hopeless
task. Think of the variety of
tastes among the 150.000 men and
women. Think of all the angularities,
peculiarities, preferences, prejudices,
standards, likes and dislikes.
Please them all? Impossible. Some
like doctrine and lots of it: others
just can't endure doctrine. One
wants a big per cent, of poetry: another
can't imagine why the editor
should waste space with such stuff.
The mind of one runs on missions.
Another would have the paper filled
with Sunday school matter. And
here is another who complains because
more space is not given to
moral reform. One takes the editor
to task for allowing a given thing
in the paper, and before the editor
can recover from this drubbing an-;
other dear dear reader flies into him
for something he kept out.
"We have had subscribers to order
their paper stopped short because of
some article that displeased them,
while others were so pleased with
the article that they induced their
friends to subscribe on the strength
of it.
"The editor has poured on him i
blessings and cursing. Enough of j
blessings to inspire gratitude and
courage, and enough of cursing to
require a great measure of divine
grace and keep him humble.
"The editor is glad when his readers
are pleased and sorry when they
are displeased, but he cannot afford j
to try to please anybody. He knows I
hnw imnnssihlp it is to nlease every-!
oer, some or me wajs me ransiau |
dressmaking establishments sell
their goods to American women. |
Here is one ruse she saw worked in
one of the biggest establishments in
Paris:
"There was a sudden and evident
commotion among the employees.
'The Princess! The Princess! She
has arrived!' they cried.
"American eyes began to bulge.
"Out from a magnificent equipage
stepped a regally gowned grand lady,
attended by footmen and maid,
and received by the whole bowing
establishment, to the neglect of all
other customers. She was in a gracious
mood this day, and easy to be
pleased, praising their past efforts
and selecting several of their new
creations without regard to cost.
After she had made her departure
amid like ceremonies, there was no
need of the saleswoman bothering
her head over suggestions. Every
American woman present wanted a
gown copied from the one the Princess
had bought, and she got it after
much pleading and at a price far
beyond the limit she had set.
And the point of this fable is this:
The Princess was no Princess, but!
an employee of the house.
"Every French gown has two
prices?an American price and a
French price. It is needless to say
which is the greater price.
"Along about April the cry goes
up. 'The Americans are coming!' and
then the prices go up. too.
"Along about November, when the
Americans have left, you might almost
say they are giving away
gowns, only the Frenchman never
does give away anything. Then it is
that the Frenchwoman in general |
and the French actress in particular
selects her wardrobe."
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A (initio Hint.
"1 hope you appreciate the fact,
sir. that in marrying my daughter
you marry a large hearted and generous
girl."
"1 do, sir." with emotion, "and I
hope she inherits those qualities
from her father."
ASLKKP I'XDKK WATKR.
()ue of the Funny Incidents Possible
in a Diver's Life.
As showing how much at home a
man may be to-day under water I
may relate an amusing story. Some
months ago. while the great battleship
Dreadnought was at Malta, one;
of the seaman divers went down to j
clear her propeller from some Hot 1
sam that had become entangled, and i
h~? failed to come up. It chanced !
that the rest of the battleship's div-1
ers were ashore, and grave concern j
was lelf on the ironclad for the missing
worker. Signals by telephone
and lifeline were sent below, with-j
out avail. In the launch above the i
throb, throb of the air pump's cylinders
went on. but the attendants
looked at one another in dismay,
fearing some strange tragedy deep
down in those heaving green seas.
The worst was feared when some
big brushes and other tools came
floating to the surface, and thereon
the navigating lieutenant sent
asnore <tii ur^fin nirosagr iui unr
of the other divers. The man came
on board, dressed immediately, and
went below, only to come up full of
indignation.
"Why, that fellow's been asleep
all this time!" he said, wrathfully.
It was true*. The man had just had
his lunch, and finding the work much
less serious than he had thought, he
finished it in a few minutes and then
sat comfortably on one of the giant
blades of the Dreadnought's propeller
and went to sleep, with inquisitive
fishes swarming around him. attracted
by the dazzling searchlight
on his breast. The officers were so
amused at the occurrence that no
punishment was inflicted on the lazy
one.?Century .Magazine.
A Fast Record.
One of the Illinois Congressmen
has a good story of . a political convention.
in that State for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for an important
office.
The district was a close one, and
the necessity of selecting a popular
man was thoroughly recognized. A
speaker had just nominated a personal
friend for the position, and in
an elaborate eulogy had presented
in glowing terms his manifold merits.
especially emphasizing his great
services on the field of battle, as well
as in the pursuits of peace.
After he had finished a voice was
heard in the rear of the room.
"What we want is the man that will
body, so he has to make sure of his ,
motives, risk his best judgement and ;
bravely go ahead."
The above from a valued Western '
paper doubtless gives the experience!
of more than one editor. The prob-'
lent is solved when the editor seeks
to please ho one. but risks his judg- j
ment, determined to do the right i
thing as he sees it and go ahead.?
Greenwood Journal.
I Juried Him Anyway.
The ship doctor of an English 1 in- !
er notified the death watch steward, j
an Irishman, that a man had died in
stateroom 4.1. The usual instructions
to bury the body were given.
Some hours later the doctor peeked i
into the room and found that the
body was still there. He called the!
Irishman's attention to the matter!
and the latter replied:
"F thought you said room 4 0 I
wint to that room and notice'd one of |
thim in a bunk. 'Are ye dead?' says
1. Wo.' says he. but I'm pretty neat \
dead.' I
"So I buried him."?Wasp.
Selling to Americans in I'aris.
Grace Margaret Gould, the Fashion
Editor of Woman's Home Companion.
tells in the September num*
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run the best.
In an instant the orator was again
on his feet.
"If you think," he yelled, "that
this convention can find anybody
that can run better than the gentleman
I have nominated. I point once
more to his well known war record."
?July Lippincott's.
More Than Truth.
Louise, after being scolded, could
never be reconciled till mother assured
her that she loved her, which resulted
on one occasion in the follow-J
ing dialogue. j
"You don't love me."
"Yes. I do love you."
"Well, you don't talk like it."
"Well, how do you want me to]
talk?"
"J want you to talk to me like you j
do when you have company."?The
August Delineator.
Heady for the Dollar.
.Marjorie, aged nine, had not been
having very satisfactory reports from j
school. Her father finally said, "Mar-|
jorie. for the first hundred you get;
I'll give you a doilar." Time went!
011 and the reward could not be claim-1
ed. One day the child was taken vio- j
lently ill. Her mother sent for the;
doctor. When- he had gone. .Marjorie ;
said. "Mama, am I very ill?"
"No, dear: your temperature is ai
little over a hundred, but the doctor]
thinks you will be all right in a day I
or so." ,
Smiles broke through Marjorie's
tears.
"Now. mama. I can have my dol-j
lar. Papa said he would give it to j
me if I could get a hundred in any-J
thing."?The August Delineator.
The Texas Bride.
The Houston Post man leaves the j
red-headed widows of Texas to take j
care of themselves while he sings the:
praises or ' ine iexas unuc m
cal prose. Hear him:
"The Texas bride has a mission in
life. She has a husband to direct j
and control. She keeps him in neat;
trim all the time and feeds him until;
he is so happy that it would require j
a sheriff and four constables to drag
him away from home at night. She;
is no hammock swinger, languidly |
dreaming the days away. She is no
poodlefondler. She never snuff rag-!
ettorates.
"She is a jasmine-scented, rosy
cheeked, red-headed pinionless angel.
and more. She is a sock-darner
and a pants-patcher. She is a battercake-flapper
and a waffle-turner. She
is a pie architect and a layer-cake
contractor. And a chicken-fryer and
a hash-constructor for the gods.
"The i-oses clamber over the lattices
of her home. The honeysuckles
cling to her front yard fence. The
mocking birds sing all night long in
the tree tops while she sleeps."
Kay's Observations.
Little Ray, four years old. stood
by the window eagerly watching a
gopher or squirrel sitting on its
haunches, eating from its forepaws.
Suddenly as it ran off, frisking its
tail. Ray called. "Oh. mama, see! he
can wiggle his handle and walk on
his hands."?The August Delineator.
In Doubt.
A man who does not mind a joke
at his own expense says he went into
a chemist's recently and asked for
some morphine. The shopman objected
to giving it without a prescription.
"I)o I look like a man who would ;
kill himself?" the customer asked.
"I don't know, I'm sure," said the
shopman, "but if I looked like you
I should be tempted."?London Answers.
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