The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 11, 1915, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
WATIR TOYS OF THE EAST
ingenious in the Extreme Are the Con.
trivances Devised for the Amuse.
ment of the Youngster.
Europe and America turn out for
their children many ingenious toys,
but they do not compare in ingenuity
with the strange expanding water toys
with which the children of the far
East have amused themselves for con
turies.
These curious toys are placed- in
small wooden boxes, similar to the.lit
tie paint boxes often seen in our own
country. They have the appearance of
soilld shavings, broken matches and
dilapidated toothpicks, but when
thrown Into the water the ingenious
playthings at once exhibit properties
that show them to be more than mere
toys or bits of stick.
The wood of these toys have .been
kiln dried, and immediately it touches
the water It begins to absorb the water
and to expand almost indefinitely. As
it increases in size it separates and
suddenly opens, becoming a very pret
ty toy. One stick will change into a
flower pot, containing a rose bush In
full bloom. Another becomes a fat
mandarin carrying an umbrella. Still
another will take the form of a sea
serpent, very ferocious in its tiny di
mensions. Then, too, there are toys
Wvhich show as whales, tigers, croco
diles, 'etc. The fidares are colored, and
present a bewildering variety In. de
sign and treatment. Their manufac
ture is a trade secret kept by the
guild that turns them out by the thou
sands.
For older children there are provid
ed larger and even more artistic f1g.
ures, consisting of historical charac
ters, rulers, poets' and soldiers, and
dwarfed trees and tiny houses, whose
doors and windows are full of inmates,
are .also among this class. The more
ordinary kind cost a mere song, but
the finer toys are quite expensive.
DRESS OF DIVIDED COLORS
Peculiar Garments That Are Allotted
to Inmates of Holland Orphan
Asylums.
The Dutch differ from the Chinese
in announcing to the world the birth
of children only in the article dis
played. Tho Chinamnen hang a piece
of ginger over the main entrance to
the house, while the Hollanders indi
cate the event by a 'piece of lace, com
bining with the lace a pink background
for a boy and tinsel for a girl. The
orphans of some of the cities of Hol
land are quite conspicuous, and espe
cially so when seen on the otreets of
Amsterdam dressed in what might be
termed half-and-half clothing. The east
half of a boy's coat, including the
sleeve, is red, while the west half is
black. The dresses of girls are divided
in a similar manner, but are topped off
by becoming white caps, which make
the young misses look very neat and
attractive. This singular style of
dress is said to have been adopted to
enable the railroad officials, as well as
the authorities, to keep track of them,
says the National Geographical Maga
zine. As the orphan asylums of lol
land have the control of children com
mitted to them until they are of age,
the more mature of the unfortunates
(wearing these odd gar-ments in pub
lic) present a Very striking appear
ance.
Ember Days.
In the Roman Catholic and the An
glicaun churches the Ember days arc
three days appoInted four times in
the year- to be observed as days' of
fasting and abstinence. They arc the
Wedlnesday, Friday and Saturday after
the first Sunday in Lent, after the
feast of Pentecost, after the 14th of
September, andl after the 13th of D~e
cember-. Tihe Ember (lays dlate from
'anm early per-iodl in church hiistory3, andl~
werd introdued~ into IEngland by Au
gustine. Originally they were only in
part devotedl to beseeching the grace
of the Holy Gihost, as periods when
ministers were adlmittedl to holy or
ders4; but It is to tils p'urpose that the
E~mber days are nowv particularly de
votedi, Rlomian Caithllecler-gy beinig or
dained only on tihe Satur mdamys or the
1Ember days, while the whole (churchl
fasts andl prays, andi a generally simI
lar usage prevails in the chlurch of
irnglaind, which has apipointed specil
prayers for use at theOse seasons, but
usually appoints ordlinations for Suni
(lays or holy (lays,
Dutch Colonies.
Holland, with a population number
Ing only a little mere than six million
and witih an area only about one-fourth
the size ot' thle state or New York,
raniks third among the countries of
thme earth in the number of its coloni
als and fIfth among them In theQ area
of its colonies. Only Great lBritain
and France have greater tpolonial pop
ulations, and only Groat Brnitain,
Vranco, Germany and Portugal have
greater colonial areas, The Dutch rule
six times as many peoplWe-38,00,00
coutsidle of Holland as there are within
its boundaries.
Your Own Predestinator.
The cause of every condition in
one's life Is primarily in his own men
tality. The outer things that senm
to be caused areo merely occasions. If
one is looking without, blaming oth
ers or circumstances for unpleasant
conditions, lhe will fail to find a remn
edy. There is no more f'mportant truth
for the overcomer to learn about him
self than this, that he is the one who
'inakcei his own body and his environ
)net Whein he knows this he can
FRENCH 1FL,L WHY
PROGRESS IS SLOW
but Say Warfare Ili West Is wen ring
Down the German Armles.
Paris, Aug. 5.-An explanation why
so little progress is being made in the
French and Delgian war zones so far
as actual ground gaining Is concerned,
Is afforded in a statement froin Un
utiestionable authority in which the
almost insurmountable difliculties of
the present struggio are set forth.
"During the last six months," says this
authority, "there has been veritable
siege warfare along the length of the
broken line of trenches. In this war
fare lnane4vers are Impossible on
ground where every square meter is
marked and swept by artillery fire.
The only. alternative is a frontal at
trick. Such an attack is smashed to
pieces in one part or another against
the formidable organizations of de
fence, in which all the resources of
art and science have been eniployed by
the two adversaries.
"In concrete subterranean works,
arliored and casenlated, flalked with
rapid firers and mortars and linked to
one another by miarvelously concealed
commiunicating trenches which are
protected by the fire of heavy bat
teries, dwell the infantry. To take
pcssession of one of these works, it is
first necessary to dismantle these
trenches and destroy the material
which they shclter. This is the artil
lery task. No one before the war
Could have imnagined the vast amount
or shells required. Several thousand
shells fired during a few hours on a
restricted space announce an attack
for which this preparation is being
made. But 110 matter how numerous
the heavy guns or how Well directed it
often happeiins that the prepaiation
has been insiflielent. One or two rap
id ii rers inowv down the troops whlio
cn11111) front tle trenches ready for the
clarge, aid after siffering heavy sac
rilices the attacking party arrive at
he ir'st line of the trenches of the
e'ieliny. The opposing artillery With i a
literal wall of fire, effectively preven ts
aly reinforceients from advaniciig to
their support. They must fortify the
captired trenchcs, being subjected the
while to nIiuch niior'e accurate bom
bardinnt as the enemy knows the ex
act range of their former positions.
Such offensive mnovenIents could not
he multiplied indefinitely. Neither can
such offensives be Improved. Before
beginn ing an attack large quantitites
of material .and projectiles lunust be
gathered in one place, advanced for
tilcations dug in the ground minutely
studied.
Wearig Down Eneiny.
"if despite these dificulties the
French ariny reiiews an offeisive at
the price of a bloody sacriflee It, is
witi the consclenidlous niission of
holding large eneniy forces on the
western front. By the Marnie victory
11. stopped tle invasion and in ibled Ihe
first G crn'iani plan, which was, iirst, to
shutter France and retii in then
aginlost Russia. It would be a seri
os miistake to ineasure 0111' effort by
tihe groun11d contlinered; tie deinoralizxa
tion and wecaring down of the Gerimh
armny is the real goal. We have at
tainued this goai since it has been
pr'oved that dur'ing these six monthus
the enemy has suffered heavy losses
and, taking ever'yting into considera
Iion, lie can only remiove from our'
front eight 1101 cent, of his total ef
fectivye."
Th'le stateomen t thlen reviewus lthe ohilef
battles that have been fought on the
we s tern fruntI, tell Iiig of thle reOsul ts
achIeved by tihe allIes, and adds, "'bit
eveni wvhient no0 engagement~iis takeo place
lie irole of thle tri(ops ini thle trencl(he~s
is a continual battle, the first line of
iinfaty IVoinly ai few tmoter d''S ist antI
froin thle einemiy."
P'ies Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Your druigglst will refund muoney if PAZO
OiNTMENTi frills to cure any case of Itching,
Bilinid, Dleed ing or P'rotruding Pies in 6to 14 days.
The fihst application gives Hfase and Rest. 50c.
Wamter' iilles,
.iny of the smaller hikes o ndi
ina a fewv years ago Iloated an abund
aiiee of wa tor i'll ies. As thle yoears
havye gone by and the tinmber's of ex
ciirsioist s and sitiaunune guests at
these laces have Increased thle lilies
have greoa tlyd(ecre'ased and flown soiue
ilk's almost disappeared. What a
beautI iul flower', beautifuil In its inys
1i(n) Ilovel iess is thle whbite wvateri lily,
whIch belongs to the nsame species as
the lot us, which the ancIent 10gyptians
held( sacred! Hiow lovely is out lIly
floating amid Its gr'eat roiunded loaves
closing at night to i'eappeai' the next
mornIilng in all its unspot ted puily.
~July and1 August nare the months foir
thiis floweir. An 01(1 writer in enthu
siastic admlir'ation of this lily says:
"Alh, huow~ lovely It looks, floating
double, lily and shadow, with Its br'oad
leaves looking like gireen resting lplac
en foir this qumeen of water's to sIt upon
whIle dlipping her' ivory sandalls .in the
yielding silver; or', when rocked by a
gentle breeze one may falncy they look
like a movIng faIry fleet wIth low
green 'uilis and~ white sails, slowly
me king for the shor'e!" But unless the
vandal hand of the visitor to these
lakes is stayed these lIlies will soon
be as rare as white blackbiirds
PICK OUT YOUR OWN MORAL
Possibility Reader May Determine
That There isn't Any in the
Story Related Here.
Once there was a farmer who got
Plumb discouraged. It seemed as' it
whenever he got a good crop prices
were so low that it didn't pay to haul
the stuff to market, and when prices
were high he had no crop.
At last things got so bad he said
he'd be hornswoggled if lie was going
to work any more. lie figured that if
he was going to starve anyhow, there
was no use working himself to death
at the same time.
So when spring came he didn't plant
anything at all, but let the iveeds have
full sway. Everybody predicted that
he would be in the poorhouse inside
of six months, but that didn't worry
him in the least, because he knew he
was headed that way anyhow.
There was some talk of electing him
county sheriff In order to provide for
his family, butt his political convictions
were all wrong, and it couldn't be
done.
A bout this time a bunch of sports
from a neighboring town were looking
for a site for a country ciub and golf
links. They asked the farmer how
much lie wanted for his land, and just
for a joke he said he would sell it for
seven hundred dollars an acre.
lluch to his surprise, they took him
up and paid cash for the whole hun
dtred acres.
''lie farmer moved into town and
lived happily ever after, lending money
to his former neighbors at exorbitant
rates of interest.
If there is a moral to this it must be
that some people are born lucky.
CALLED DEAD FROM THE SEA
Peculiar Custom of Indians That
Really Seemed to Have the
Effect Desired.
On the rugged coast of Washington
by the Copalls sands (writes a friend
of the Companion) there is a tower
from which the Indians watch for sea
otter. They are very eager after that
game, for the hide of one of those
Creatures is worth all the way from
$500 to $2,000. Two young indians
were watching one day wlen they saw
a sea otter off in the surf. Two shots
froi their riles killed the otter, and
then they rushed (own to their surf
boat. The sea was heavy, and when
they were out some distance from the
shore their boat broke in two over a
comber and the men were thrown into
the sea. One of the Indians drifted
ashore on a piece of wreckage. The
other, although a splendid sHwimmer,
was drowned. The news soor, spread
to the reservation, and the Indians
from far and near came to the beach
and stood on the sands, silently beck
oning to the sea to give up its dead.
It wias a solemn, impressive sight
the stalwart, rugged, copper-colored
men aild women standing at the verge
of the sea foam asking the sea by the
motion of their bands to send the body
ashore. For three (lays they waited
and beckoned, and then a dark object
was seen (rift ing into shallow water.
Sometimes it was burled completely
from the vfew by the heavy surf; then
it was seen again a little nearer, and
so the body of the dead Indian came
ashore at the call of his tribesmen.
Youth's Comipanion.
Fish and Game.
The fishes of prehistoric times were
always identical with the fIshes of to.
day. Perhaps this is not so very sur
prisitng after all, for wvater is water
always the same. It does not change.
It is not subject to climatic variations
as are the earth's mdre sol id totons.
The fIsh of this country now have a
monecy value fatr In excess of its game.
Seine of us can remnemtber whetn this
was not so, w~hien game sold for dollars
andi~ fIsh for dimnes. ii ad it been p~ossi-.
bile to propiagate gatme as it has tlish,
no doubt thle result would still retmain
as in otnce was. 1llow the one has
shrnuk atid the ot her growni by lea ps
and boituns told by the ('xhiblits of
each at thle San Farancisco expIosit iou,
antd no better objiect lesson (an th e hadl
or the gaht of one and thle less of thle
otheir thtan by vilsitintg the variouts din
lays of' each. Ali (of which points out
as a proba bie fact that at no (list ant
dlay in Amuer'ea the rod will supersede
the guni, and1( shootinug, except at the
trap, will be0 limtit ed to a fortuntte fewv
owninig well located ptivat e preserves.
--Outing.
lnundationis In Holland.
Desite thle gr'at (likes of Illland,.
holdinig at bay the eager waters of the
sea, there ar- .record(s of terrible ini
undl~ations which have claimed great
numbers of the populationi. Ini the lat
ter' part of the thirteenth cetutiry the
waters overcame the (dikes at thte
mouth of the Ems, causing a loss of
80,000 lives. Again, in 1421. the over
flow of the leiuse burledl 72 villages
and dreownedl 100.000 people; and in
1570 aniother 100,00t0 lives were swal
lowed utp by the North sea, when it
broke through.
Hard to Fill.
'Queer reqiuests are often receIved
for prescripitions, which might puzzle
either dloctor 01' chemist, far moreo
sklilel than the proprietor of the ordli
nary driug store. Ilere Is one recenitly
rep~ortedl. It is a note from an excit
able mother, whose nerves were ap
parently as much in need of treatmett
as the digest ion of her infant:
"My little baby has et up its fa
thor's p'railh planter. Please to senud
an anecdote by the inclosedl little girl."
---Youth'n omnnnion.
NEW FALL GOODS ARRIVING
AT
MINTER COMPAN
We announce the arrival of first shipment of
Ladies' Coat Suits and Men's Clothing. Perhaps you
are going away and will need a New Coat Suit or
Dress Suit Case or Trunk. We can please you in
these, and invite you to call in and look them over.
New Models in Fall Coat Suits, $12.50, $15.00, $20.00 and $22.00
New things in Ladies' White Hats - - $1.50 and $2.00
Michael Stern Fall Suits for Men just arrived $15, $20 and $25.00
Summer Goods at Closing Out Iices. All Summer
Goods are Being Closed Ont'at Reduced Prices.
Our Contest Closes August 20th.
MINTER OMP N
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M. Drummiond. order. Cleati, if 1ilt1 is allowed to aeu
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Recess for d111(iinr. and graft.
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