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One Dollar and a Half a Year. ' BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12,1914. . Established 1891. > 4|
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
> News Items Gathered AJI Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Colston Dots.
\ Colston, March 10.?We are havi
ing rough weather these days, and
had a little snow Sunday.
Mr. B. D. Bishop and children
went to Columbia to visit his brother,
Mr. C. W. Clayton, last Saturday.
II* otiH VT*o M T. 7nrn on/1 littl Q
iuA. . a?U AU? U* UV1U '*- 1 " AAVVAV
daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Kistler
Sandifer la6t Saturday and Sunday.
We are glad to know that Mrs.
W. H. Folk is able to be out again.
Mr. B. D. Bishop is attending court
this week as a juror.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clayton were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Billie
Beard last Sunday.
Mr. J. G. Clayton, from Olar, visited
his parents last Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mts. D. P. Smith, from
the Ehrhardt section, visited Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Padgett last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Beard and children
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
m.
G. H. Kearse last Sunday.
Mr. J. J. Moore visited Mr. J. C.
Bishop last Monday night.
We are glad to know that Mr.
C. F. Padgett is able to sit up again
from the mumps.
Mr. Perry Folk, from Bamberg,
^ visited Messrs. George P. and Hammie
Folk last Sunday.
Mr. Frank Kirkland and sister,
Miss Evelyn, visited friends at Ulmer
fiatnrilav and Snndav
Miss Llewellyn Zeigler and little
nieee, Aline Beard, went to Bamberg
last Saturday.
Mr. Copeland Zeigler visited Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Beard last Sunday.
Messrs. George Fender and Clyde
Padgett were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Abner Fender last Sunday.
Miss Inez Clayton was the guest
of Miss Queennie Kearse last Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mr. C. C. Fender went down to
Charleston last Saturday to see his
brother. Said he was doing as well
as he could.
Mr. Gordon Beard is the happiest
man on Colston. It is a girl.
Govan News.
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Govan, March 6.?Your correspondent
has no explanation for his extreme
silence since his last contribution
in the way of news to your valuable
paper. Realizing the fact that
others living in the country never
. v glean from the newspaper anything
from this section, herewith send you
a few "dots." And, too Mr. Editor,
there are many of our good citizens
who have taken their abode in oth?
er States being subscribers to your
J nlnroiro Q H tr? rod H
paper, <mu <tic amaja ^>uu w
anything from their home county.
And I know The Herald is welcomed
with delight. It is a paper that can
be commended, too, for it is always
full of choice news, and well gotten
up. 4
Dr. L. H. Trotti, of Chesterfield,
' * has just returned from a short visit
to the home of Willie Hay, Jr.
Mrs. Helen Hay is spending the
winter with Mr. William Hay, Sr., of
this place. It will be recalled that
she was here three years ago, on an
extended visit. She lives in Luxora,
Arkansas, part of the time, and with
her son in Galveston, Tex., part of
the time. She says that Galveston
is a prosperous city now, having
practically survived the storm of recent
years. That the government
/ has spent a great amount of money
to build the tremendous wall against
the fearful tides, ?which she has been
afflicted with. It is built of concrete
blocks, and is several miles in length.
The geographical situation of this important
city makes it subject to
these tremendous tidal upheavals
Her daughter lives in Luxora, Ark.,
t in the Mississippi bottoms, where
sand bags are often resorted to stay
it*"
the spread of the "great waters" at
r the time of the floods. It is known to
the reader that here is found the land
only comparable to Egyptian soil. She
says that fertilizer is practically unknown
as a soil sustainer in that
country; that it is a question of how
much cotton can be gathered out
there and not a question or now
much can be produced. Of course
one suffers the anxiety that the crop
will be totally swept away and into
the waters at any time, which often
happens. I myself recollect hearing
an uncle relate this circumstance:
He was farming and his crop promised
a bountiful yield, and just as
the corn was almost matured in the
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PRESENT LOVING CL P.
Ladies of Columbia Honor I>r. Eleanora
B. Saunders. 1
A handsome, silver loving cup,
gold-lined, was sent Thursday afternoon
to Dr.Eleanora B. Saunders,
the woman physician at the State
Hospital "by the women of Columbia,
as a token of their admiration for
her ability, their confidence in her
as a woman, their faith in her integrity
of purpose and her unselfish
devotion to duty." That was the inscription
which the cup bore engraved
upon one of its chaste, plain sides.
The cup is about ten inches high
with a bowl shaped vessel about 24
inches in circumference and stands
upon a silver banded mirror. The 1
women of Columbia were deeply in- 1
terestea in the part Dr. Saunders <
played in the recent asylum investigation
and numbers of individuals,
clubs and committees addressed to
her letters of indorsement and of '
sympathy, before the committee made
its report giving her complete vindication.
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According to $he report of the dis- '
pensary auditor, the total sales of
all the dispensaries in the State during
the month of February amounted (
j to $305,081.36. This was a decrease <
of approximately $25,000 from the
January sales. 3
' ear a freshet came and enveloped ,
the entire crop and took it into the ,
Mississippi. Nothing was left to re- j
munerate him for his honest toil.
Last evening a few were invited to
a musical entertainment at the home
of Mr. Judson Browning. Mr. Joe
Lain, Mr. W. A. Hay, Sr., and Mrs.
Helen Hay performed some exquisite [
harmony on the piano, violin, and 1
bones. This makes a beautiful accompaniment.
Mr. William Hay
uses the bones quite dexterously,
and I believe would add a degree of
entertainment to an opera troupe.
Yesterday the sun shone with J
splendor, to-day he has .vanished
from mortal sight, and the prospect
for immediate work on the farm is
gloomy. But let us console ourselves
with the matchless harmony
in Longfellow's lines:
' Behind the clouds the sun is still j
shining,
Some days must be cold, dark and }
dreary." t
James Hartzog: is the healthiest ,
"big baby" in town. He positively j
refuses to wear shoes during sever- ,
est weather. He is robust, and his
cheeks have the appearance of a
peach just as it ripens to fall from ,
the tree to the earth. Nature has 1
provided him with a good start on
the road to achievement, and that is j
"priceless health."
Our school has been progressing ,
nicely under the leadership of Mr.
Kirkley. Of course a goodly por- (
tion of the scholars were kept away
from school owing to the inclement |
weather recently, and the doors were ]
closed a couple of days. .
Miss Leda Williams is the assistant ]
teacher. We are sorry to learn of ,
her indisposition, and hope she is ]
improving by this time.
Miss Letha Fail, we are sorry to re- ,
port, does not reclaim her health
with any degree, but we are still hopeful
that she will soon get on the .
road to speedy recovery.
The oat crop is looking as well as ,
can be expected, since the cold weath|
er.
Mrs. Paul Bolen is on a visit to
'her mother, Mrs. Luther Lancaster.
The Kennedy boys, Baker and
Stony, recently visited their sister,
Mrs. Murray Seabrook, on Johns Island,
and report a good time hunting.
Stoney is a very diligent hunter.
He possesses two very fine pointers.
and takes a pride in caring
for them.
This is campaign year with a great
many of our candidates, and I want
to say that it is wise to take the
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question of election seriously. We
should not vote against a candidate
just because we might discern in him
a petty little objection, and we prejudice
ourselves against this candidate
when he might be the best man j
for the position. Vote for the man
who has a soul in him, and remove
prejudice from your mind, and take
the election seriously. I am not maning
a criticism of any of the incumbents.
The people ought to be able
to judge for what is best for the
commonwealth. And I shall say.
judge a candidate by his past fruits.
If he never has been in a public
capacity, judge him in his private
capacity. Maybe that is the best
capacity to know him. Government
is a sacred thing, and every voter
should look at it in this manner, and
always vote conscientiously.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Steps are being taken by railroads
entering Columbia for the improvement
of the union station at that
place.
A report comes from Columbia
that Dr. Babcock may remain at the
head of the State hospital for the
insane.
Preparations are being made for
holding the summer school at Winthrop
college, beginning June 16 and
ending July 24.
At an election held Tuesday the
citizens of Columbia voted for an issue
of $500,000 of coupon bonds for
waterworks and sewerage extension.
Under a law enacted at the late
3es9ion of the legislature, the railroads
entering Spartanburg are required
to erect a new union station
within two years.
Greenwood Rogers, a negro charged
with the murder of George F.
foung, a white man, in Laurens county,
was Tuesday found guilty and
recommended to mercy. Mr. Young
was a prominent farmer of Laurens,
and was owner of Stomp Springs. Ife
was killed January 12, and his home
burned over his body.
The Everlasting v Mule.
The Army and Navy Journal
laments the scarcity of horses that is
due to the falling off of production
in response to the increase of motor
truck transportation. There are also
fewer mules than there should be,
and the Army and Navy Journal
observes that insofar as the army is
concerned the mule will always be in
demand. Motor trucks may serve
the column in the rear, but the mule
must be depended upon in the field.
The mule family escutcheon has
:he bar sinister across it, but he has
levertheless occupied a secure position
in society since biblical times,
and nobody knows how much longer,
[n the biographical dictionaries his
personal achievements may not be
mentioned, but he is entrenched in
the Encyclopedia Britannica between
Gerardus Johannes Mulder, a great
Dutch chemist, and Elisha Mulford,
in eminent Episcopal minister and
philosopher. This is saying a good
leal for an animal of modest pretentions
who is popularly believed
to cherish a heartier regard for the
A.fro-American than for others in this
part of the world, and is said nev"er
to give his entire confidence to the
white man as an associate.
In war the mule plays with high
predit the role of Kipling's Gunga
Din. He is bullyragged. He is
blasphemed. He is belabored. But
be is always on hand when needed,
anS he is always needed. In peace
be is sportive. His humor is sometimes
mistaken for spitefulness when
he kicks a well-meaning farmer into
a protracted sojourn at a hospital or
sends his soul sky-winding into the
hereafter with his body not far behind.
But when it comes to pulling
a load, uphill or on the level, suosisting
upon a limited menu, and
starving the veterinarian, he puts it
all over his handsomer and more
aristocratic counsin, the horse.
Whereever the footing meets the requirements
of an able-bodied goat
the mule can go and is willing to
"tote his load." His hide is tough
and weather-proof, and his expectancy
of life is higher than that of
a thoroughbred.
Electricity relieved the mule of the
task of pulling street cars. Inventive
genius has provided an electric
substitute for him on the tow-path
along the Panama canal. The tread
mill is now used chiefly as a figure
of speech. Where the lay of the land
is right more or less plowing is done
by tractors. But there is still plenty
of work for the mule to do. It is
his proud distinction to cost nearly
as much as a small automobile. He
was perhaps 7,00(1 years old when an
automobile was invented. He is built
on the original model. He has the
same tendency to backfire that made
it a risky business to start him when
Alexander set out to cross the Indus,
when Tamerlane crossed the Ganges,
when Hannibal crossed the Alps,
when Charles Martel double-crossed
the Moors, when Washington crossed
*-u^ rialoro on/1 when the* farnipr
111^ JL/^I?T*i** V, U14U ?' MW* v?-W ? boy
tried to cross a swollen creek in
the last freshet.
Although he is sometimes infernal,
the mule is eternal.?Courier-Journal.
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"DEWELL" OR LUNCHEON. Q
Communication Read in the House
by Representative Lover. T
The following is taken from the
Washington Post:- B
A letter which carried the hint of
a possible "dewell" was read aloud in
the house of representatives yesterday
afternoon by Representative A.
F. L. Lever, chairman of the agricultural
committee. . ^
"On Tuesday morning, March 3,' t(
the writer states, "I had the unconBAintio
nvlvilafffi nf ViroalffaotinO' with
S^iuua pi If MCfct U1 Wl vuui.wuk>uB .. . Jj
you, neither of us at the time being
j aware of the fact. p
j What the Writer Heard.
"Later in the day, upon casually SJ
straying into the house of represen- 0]
: tatives, I was somewhat astonished C(
\ to hear resounding through the room
| your words, repeating some of mine, p,
: uttered, however, thoughtlessly:
" 'At breakfast this morning I hap[pened
to overhear a remark made by
one of those two-by-four know-it-alls ^
which set me thinking. It was this: jr
"No class of people can get any ja
money from the government except r(
[the farmer and the criminal." Con[
tinuing he said: "Do you know that p
I there are appropriated every year for tl
the farmers of this country," etc. 0]
I "I commend, sir, to your attention, a]
the coincidence, which allowed you to
hear these words of mine, which how- ^
ever 'grossly ignorant,' neverthe- a(
less 'set you thinking,' and my sub- ti
sequent hearing of your own words g(
of corrective statistics on the floor of
the house. , gj
"I sincerely thank you for your tc
remarks on my personal appearance
which is of small importance, but
thf?v did not coincide with the des
criptive adjectives in your opening
remarks. May I say that you esti- ^
mate me wrongly; I am 2% by 5%,
not 2 by 4.
"In some seriousness, my remarks,
I believe, reflects, at any rate, the 4<1
well founded opinion of millions of
my class, that much of the money
appropriated by the congress is wasted.
The appropriations are increasing
and so is the adverse opinion, cl
We know little of the details of the te
disbursements, because few congress- p<
men make speeches as clearly explan- tc
atory as your own, but we do know ol
of the useless, free seed graft, the D
abuse of the franking privilege, and c
many other similar extravagances, m
and unfortunately these cause more b<
adverse comment than is offset by ir
the real use of certain departments, A
as that of agriculture. tl
Regarded as "Amusing." m
"I ask your pardon for addressing si
you thus, but I believe that you may si
find the recital of our little coinci- tl
dence amusing, which it certainly
* y<
was tu iiic.
"I commend to you again, in real in
earnest, the desirability, of catering g'<
somewhat to us 'two-by-fours,' for ts
we are legion in number, and really h"
show signs of restlessness when we
see you chaps, in congress spending
our money too freely. ^
"Very sincerely, yours.
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Postscript: "I will be at the Shoreham
until Saturday night, and if you v
desire to challenge me to a "dewell,"
or would honor me by lunching with ^
me, I should be gratified. I assure
you that you would be taking no ^
more chances than I."
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Fears W. C. T. U. Delegation. ST
"It has long been a matter of com- V
ment in Washington," says the spec- t<
ial correspondent, "that the only* way Ii
in which temperance legislation can w
bp nrevented in congress i6 by hold- Ii
ing the bills in committee and keep a<
ing them from the floor of the house a<
or senate. When the average con- "is
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gressman is face to face with the e<
liquor question, and'a delegation of s<
W. C. T. U.'s, although he may drink ti
I like a fish himself, he will promptly h
record his vote in favor of the o:
I 'drys.' " , a
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Missionary Institute. S(
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The ladies of all Baptist churches QJ
are asked to read the following an- g
nouncement:
The W. M. U. of S. C. announces
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a missionary institute to be held at
Batesburg, March 28-29. ^
March 28th, 10.30 a. m., 3.00 and
8.00 p. m. March 29th, 11.00 a. m. a
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Speakers: Mrs. J. D. Chapman,
president; Mrs. J. R. Fizer, corre-j
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sponding secretary; Mrs. ueu. m.
Davis, Y. W. A. superintendent, '
Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, Y. P. S. superintendent.
Each church is urged to send two ^
delegates, where there are more than ^
two organizations, a delegate from
each. Send delegates' names to Mrs.
E. Jones, Batesburg. tl
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HARLESTON AS BIS PORT '
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ILLMAN WOULD HAVE SENATE
KNOW CITY'S ADVANTAGES.
lames Railroads?Wants Them to ^
Build Proposed Piers, "Put
Up or Shut Up." ?
Washington, March 10.?Charg- *
lg that the Southern Railroad was
ominated by men not financially invested
in coal mines in its own teritory,
but in mines elsewhere, and
lat for this reason the Southern was
ot allowed to jnove coal through the
ort of Charleston, Senator Tillman
>-day introduced a resolution for a
pecial investigation into advantages
f Charleston as a permanent port of
Dal distribution as compared with
orfolk and other Chesapeake Bay
orts.
The committee would be directed
) investigate the character and proxnity
of the coal supply; rates oblinable
between railroads leading
ito Charleston and other South Attntic
ports, and between these railDads
and owners of bituminous
elds in Virginia, West Virginia,
ennsylvania, Tennessee and Kenlcky;
and conditions of ownership
I wharfage property in Charleston
id Norfolk.
Senator Overman suggested that
Wilmington and Newbern, N. C., be
ided to the ports specifically men^
oned in the Tillman resolution, but
*nator Swansea, Of Virginia, who is
member of the naval committee,
lid: "Let the resolution be referred
s
the naval Committee, and well all
Id something," which was done.
Senator Tillman explained that his ^
iject in introducing the resolution ^
as to smoke out the Southern and C. ^
. and Ot railroads, and maKe tnem
) ahead and build coal piers at Charsston.
His idea, he said, is to comc
al the railroads to show their hand, .
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to make them put up or shut up."
Temperance Lecture in Court. t
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People do not have to attend i
lurch nowadays in order to hear
smperance sermons. It is becoming 1
ipular foi the judge from the bench t
> deliver discourses upon the evils
f the drink habit. Justice Otto von c
etter, of Stockton, Cal., very' re- c
jntly spoke pointedly to the dozen r
len and one woman who appeared a
afore him the other morning, pleadig
guilty to having been intoxicated,
s reported by The Home Alliance,
le Justice said: "This city governlent
in Stockton is a farce. The
iloons turn,drunkards out into the
;reets faster than we can handle
lem in court. The people and the *
Dvernment license saloons that put 0
iu in the gutters. The hard work- a
ig man, paying off a heavy mort- 1
age on his little home, must pay c
ixes to keep you drunkards in the p
ospital and care for you." *
GEORGE VANDERBILT. o
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wner of "Biltmore" Passes away f
After Operation for Appendicitis. ^
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Washington, March 6.?George W. d
anderbilt, aged 52, multimillionaire, e
hilanthropist and sportsman of in- c
jrnational reputation, died here at
o'clock this afternoon from heart t
lilure, following an operation for c
ppendicitis Tuesday. His death came c
lddenly. c
Mr. Vanderbilt was born in the old 1
anderbilt home at New Dorp, Sta- 1
m Island, N. Y., November 14, 1862. a
l 1885 he became interested in the I
ild region of western North Caro- f
na and by successive purchases he a
^cumulated an estate of 100,000 t
;res on the French Broad river, and f
lid out there a vast park and erect- v
1 buildings on a scale which has t
jldom been equaled in this coun
y. Mr. Vanderbilt devoted most of ^
is time to the personal supervision ?
f this estate. In the valley he built *
model town and called it Biltmore. 1
[is farms were filled with blooded ?
:ock and he devoted thousands of 3
ollars to the scientific conservation c
f the forests which covered the ;
reater part of his property. y
George Vanderbilt's fortune was 1
ever a factor in Wall street. He
as supposed, however, to be one^of *
merica's wealthiest men. He had a
rffimber of charities and he spent r
lonev without stint upon the devel- 0
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pment of his mountain estate, rie sldom
went to New York, but spent v
art of his summers at Bar Harbor, s
Fe., where he had a handsome home. T
In 1898 Mr. Vanderbilt married *
liss Edith Stuyvesant Dresser. Mrs. ^
anderbilt and one child, a daugh- *
f
jr, survive him.
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Dust on electric light globes robs ii
lem of their light-giving efficiency. d
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JNEMPLOYED SEEKS TO MARCH.
<rloods and Authorities. However,
Bar Way. 4 Sacramento,
Cal., March 10.?
rVith the "army" of unemployed en \
oute to Washington, D. C., isolated
icross the Sacramento river in Yolo
bounty, while Sacramento and Yolo
bounties settle their dispute as to the
ormer's right to keep it there, the
>rosecution of leaders was begun late
o-dav with the arraignment of 19
nen arrested yesterday as vagran^.
The "army" occupies a peculiar
>osition, according to Yolo county
>fficials. With flood water shutting
)ff a march to the south, west or
lorth, they have but one direction to ..
ake and that is eastward across the
jridges into Sacramento. The "army"
ate to-day voted to march peace- y '^}jm
ully through the city on its way ;
jastward if the police would permit,,. ?
)ut the Sacramento authorities re-?
ected the proposal. ?
Yolo county officials asked that/ ?
he Sacramento guards be removed
rom the bridge and the arnjy be al- . ?:
owed to cross. This request also
vas refused. The Yolo officials then
hreatened to start legal proceedings
:o enjoin Sacramento from guarding
he bridges, and there the situation
ests. Sacramento deputies again
jrepared for a night vigil. William
y.hern, former chief of police, was
)ut in charge of several hundred
rho will establish a patrol system.
At the preliminary hearing "Gen."
Tames Kelly pleaded not guilty to a
:harge of vagrancy before a townhip
justice and demanded a jury
rial; tvro of his lieutenants made
limilar pleas. Their cases will be
ailed before juries Thursday. Three
ublieutenants also pleaded not guily.
Harris Weinstock, a member of ,
he United States industrial relations
:ommission, interviewed Kelley in /ail
today and obtained his views on
abor conditions. He told Kelly a
rip to Washington would be futile w-||
md Kelley finally admitted the jour- v
ley would avail nothing.
The discovery that "Maj." W. A.
^horne, one of the most active agistors
in the "army," was not caught
In the police drag net yesterday
aused a flurry in police circles tolay.
Thorne has disappeared. The
nan arrested for him proved to be
i private.
WOMEN AND OUTDOOR WORK.
lealthy Girl Corn Growers Impress
Wholesomeness of Open Air.
There were about 300 girls in the
wentieth century children's crusade
>f 1,005 members that came to Phil- T
delphia from the cornfields of Ohio,
a fulfillment of the plans of the corn
lub of that State to reward the competitive
efforts of the ycung agriculurist.
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The sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks
if these comely maidens gave proof
>f the health and strength derived
rom their out-of-door labors. One
pho saw them recalled the words of
he celebrated ^ong from "Florolora,"
and "realized that there were
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uany more at home like them, to the
redit of the Buckeye State.
These girls were representatives of
he modern movement that brings
pen air employment for women inreasingly
into acceptance andvevilence.
The Boy Scouts are paraleled
by the Campflre Girls, who
earn how to be at home in the woods
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rnd fields like trne votarists of
)iana. Women are successful as
oresters and landscape gardeners~
- l.nii .
md farm managers, oucu au msnution
as the school of Horticulture
or women at Ambler, Pa., gives a
roman practical knowledge that used
o be the monoply of men.
There is no danger in America that
vomen working in the iields will be
legraded to the level of beasts of
?urden, as in some foreign countries,
"he varied employment cf the market ,
;arden may profitably provide an
tgreeable interlude for domestic
ares within doors. Many a woman
velcomes the relief of caring for
egetables and flowers, after attendng
to the importunities of a houselold
of lively children. It is time
0 refute the. old superstitution that
1 woman's work must be under a r
oof and within walls, and that the
>rchard and the cornfield are outside
ler province. These girls from Ohio
rho suddenly invaded Philadelphia's
treets, still tanned with the sun and
rind of honest toil, have discovered
hat it is fun to hoe and to dig, as
veil as to play golf or tennis, and
he girl who keeps her pallid beauty
rom the sun and will not soil her
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lelicate fingers witfy Mother Earth
s a type they heartily and honestly
lespise.