Orangeburg times. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, February 18, 1875, Image 1
An Independent Paper JJevoted to the Interests pt the People.
VOLUME IV.
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1875;
NUMBER 2.
?bXIUS ?XIUUT I1A.VXS UKKft.
Wbon? first wo lovo, you know, wo seldom wed;
Ximo rules us all; and life, indeed, Is not
The Uiinft wo planned it out ero hope was dead:
Anjl then?Wo jvomou cannot obooso our lot.
Muoh must lio bprpo which it is hard to boar;
Mach given, away which It wcro swcot to keep.
God help im all I who need, indood, His care;
And yet, I know tho shepherd loves his sheep.
My iittlo boy begins to babblo now
Upon my knee his earliest Infant prayer.
He has his fathor's eager eyes, I know,
And, they say, too, his mother's sunny hair.
lint when he sleeps and smiles upou my knee,
And ! can reel his light breath oomo and go,
I think of ono (heaven help and pity me I)
Who loved ine, and whom I loved, long ago?
( i c" ..!>.' i
Who might bavo been?ah, what, I daro not think I
Wo are all changod; God judges for ub best.
ao4help.u8.do our duty end not shrink,
And trust in heaven humbly for tho rest.
But blame us womcu not, if some appear
Too cold at times, and somo too gay and light.
Borne griefs gnaw deep; somo woes aro hard to
bear;
Who inowa tho paBt, and who can Judge us
right ?
Ahl were wo Judged by what wo might havo been,
and not by what wo aro?too apt to fall I
My little child?ho sleeps and smiles between
Theeo 1 thoughts and mo. In heave u wo shall
know all.
JOE (UTTERS LIFE INSURANCE.
BY B. A. BEBTON.
Good? He was the model boy of
Bungfield. While bis idle school-mate?
werfe flying kites and playing marbles,
the prudent Joseph was trading Sun
day- school tickets for strawberries and
egg8? which ho converted into ourrency
of the republic. Ab ho grew up, and
bis old sohool-matea purchased oravats
and hair oil at Squire Taokey's Btore, it
was the industrious Joseph who stood
behind tho counter and took their
money. "When tho same boys stood on
tho street corners and cost sheep's oyos
at tho girlB, the buBiness-like Joseph
stood in the store door and contemplated
these same boys with oyes such as a
hungry cat oasts upon a brood of young
birds whom he expect s to eat when they
grow older. Joe never wasted any time
at "parties ;he never wore flne olothing;
he never drank _nor smoked: in short,
JooiWflfJ.fln.inrln^j^off^a^fV **"*?'* ????
he reaohed his majority he had a thou
sand dollars in the bank and not a soli
tary virtue in his heart.
Tor Joe's money good Squire Tackey
had an earnest longing, and soon had it
to his own account; whilo the sign over
the store door read " Taokey A Gatter.
Then the Squire wanted Joe's soul too,
and so earnest was he that Joe soon
found it necessary to remonstrate with
bis partnor.
" 'Twon'fc do, Squire," said ho; " re
ligion's all very well in its place, but
when a man loses tho sale of a dozen
eggs, profit seven cents, because bis
partner is talking religion with him so
hard that a customer gets tired of wait
ing and goes soniowhero olse, then re
ligion's ont of placo."
"Tho human soul's of inoro "oouse
kence than many eggs, Joseph," argued
tho Squire.
"That's just it," replied Joe, "mouoy
don't hit the valno of tho soul anyway,
and thero's no uso trying to mix 'em.
And whilo wo'ro talkiug, don't yon
think wo might bo mixing somo of the
settlings of the molasses bttrrol with the
brown sugar??'twill mako it woigh
muoh bettor.
The Squire sighed, but bo oould not
help admitting that" Joe was as good a
partner as a man could want.
In one of Joe's leisure moments' it
struok him that, if bo wcro to die, no
body would loso a oent by tho operation.
The idea was too exasporating, and soon
the local agents of noted iuBiirance
companies! oeasod to onjoy that trnn
quility which is characteristic of busi
ness men in that country. Within a
fortnight two of tho agents were ar
raigned before their respective churches
for profane brawling, whilo Joo had
squeezed oortain agents into dividing
commissions to the lowest unit of dovi
sibility, and had several polioios in tho
safe at tho store.
The Sqniro, bis partner, was agent for
the Patagonian Mutual, and mdured
bis full sharo of tho general agony Joe
bad caused." But when bo bud banded
Joe a policy and receipt, and taken tho
money and counted it twice, and iscen to
it carefully that all tho bills woro good,
the good Sqniro took his rovongo.
V Joseph," said be, "you ain't through
with insnranoe yot; yon noed to insuro
your soul against risk in tho noxt world,
and thero's only ono agent that does it."
The junior partner stretched himnolf
on tho counter and groaned. Ho know
the Squire was right. Ho bad heard
that samo story from every minister ho
had ever heard. Joo was so agitated
that ho oharged at twelve and a half
cents somo oalioo ho bad sold at fifteen.
Only ono Agouti But tho ehrend
Joseph rejoiood to think that those who
represented tho Joseph Great Agont dif
fered greatly in the conditions el tho
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insurance, and that some made more
favorable terms than others, and that if
he could gel the ministers thoroughly
interested in him, he would have a good
opportunity for comparing rates. The
good men all wanted Joe, for ho was "
rising young man, and could, if the
spirit moved him, make handsome sub
scriptions to good purposes. So in their
zoal they soon regarded eaoh other with
zealous eyes, and reduced their respect
ive creeds to gossamer thinness. They
agreed abont grace being free, and Jog
accepted that promptly, as he did any
thing which could be had withont price.
But Joe was a practical man, and
though he fonnd fault with none of tho
dootrines talked at him, he yet hesitated
to attach himself to any particular oon
gregation. He finally ascertained that
the Rev. Barzillai Drift wood's ohuroh
had no debt, and that its contributions
to missions and other religions purposes
were very small, so Joe allowed himself
to be gathered into the fine assortment
of orooked sticks whioh the Bev. Bar
zillai Driftwood was reserving unto the
day of burning.
Great was the lejoioing of tho congre
gation at Joe's saving act, and sincere
was the sorrow of the other churches,
who knew their own creeds were less
shaky. Bat in the saloon and on the
street Joe's religions aot was disooEsed
exclusively on its merits, and the results
were such as only special spiritual labor
would remove. For no special ohange
was notioeablo in Joe. On Sunday he
abjured the world, but on Monday be
made things uncomfortable for the
Widow Maonilty, whose husband had
died in the debt of Taokey <fc Gatter. A
customer bought some gingham, on
Joe's assurance that the colors wero
fast, but the first wash-day failed to
ooniirm Joe's statement. The proprietor
of tho stago line between Bungfield and
Oleopao Valley traded horses with Joe,
and was afterwards heard mentioning
his new property in language far more
scriptural than proper.
Still, Joe was a ohuroh membex^nnrl
mm y.i-.-i;-. pa.ontof-xeupootatuTIty. And
as he gained years and building lots,
and horses, and commenced discounting
notes, his respect ability grew and waxed
great in the minds of the practical peo
ple of Bungfield. Even good women,
real mothers in Israel, could not help
thinking, as they sorrowed over the
sands in the bottoms of their coffee
cups, and grew wrathful at " runnoy"
flour bought for "A 1 Superfine" of
Taokey & Gatter, that Joo would make
a valuable husband. So thought some
of tho young ladies of Bangfield, and
as young ladies who can endure the idea
ot such a man for a perpetual partner
can also signify their opinions, Joo be
gan to comprehend that ho was in active
demand, lie regarded the matter as
he would a sudden demand for. any*
commodity of trade, and, by skillfully
manipulating tho market, ho was soon
enabled to chooso from a fnil supply.
Thenceforward Joe was as happy as a
man of his nature could be. AU bis in
vestments woro paying well; tho store
was prosperous, ho was successful in
all his trading enterprises, he had pur
chased, at fearful shaves, scores of per
fectly good notes, ho realized on loans
whioh would cause a usury law to
shrivel and oraok, his insurance policies
brought him fair dividends, and his
wife kept house with economy and
thrift. But the ohuroh?the ohurch
seemed an unmitigated drag. Joe at
tended all the church meotings?deter
mined to get the worth of tho monoy ho
was compelled to contribute to the cur
rent expenses?ho had himeelf appointed
treasurer, so ho could get the use of the
ohuroh money, but tho interest even at
tho rate Joe generally obtained, did
not balance the amount of his contribu
tion.
Joe worried over the matter until ho
became very peevish, yet ho oame no
noaror a busincss-liko adjustment of
receipts and oxpenditures. Ono day
when bis venerablo partner presented
him a cortifloito of dividend from tho
Patagoninn Mutual, Joo remarked :
" Never got any dividends on thnt
other insurance you put me up to taking,
partner?that 'gainst fire-risks in the
next world, yon know. 'Twill be tough
if there's any mistake?ohuroh doos
take a sight of money."
"Joseph," said the Squire, in a sor
rowful tone, ** I've always been afeard
thoy dtd'nt look enough into your ovi
denees when they took you into that
ohuroh. How oan a man expeot to es
cape on the day of wrath if ho's all tho
time grumbling at the cost of his salva
tion ? Mistake ? If yon don't know in
your heart tho truth of what you pro
foBs, there's mighty little hope for you,
ohurch or no chnrob."
??Know in my heart 1" cried Joo.
"That's a pretty kind of security. Is
fchut- what I have been paying church
dues for ? Bettor have known it in my
heart in the. first place, and saved the
money. What's the use of believing all
these knotty points, if they-don't make
a sure thing for a man ?"
" If your belief don't make you any
better or happier, Joseph," rejoined tho
Squire, "you'd better look again and
see if you've got a good hold of it;
those that's got a olear titlo don't find
their investment as slow in making re
turns, while those that find fault are
generally the one'sthatmake a mistake."
Poor Joe I He thought ho had set
tled this whole matter; but now, if his
partner was right, he was worse off than
if he hadn't begnn. He belioved in
justification by faith ; now, wasn't his
faith strong?first class, he might say ?
To be sure of being safe, hadn't he be
lieved everything that all the ministers
had insisted upon as essential? And
what was faith, if it wasn't believing?
He would ask his partner; the old man
had got him into this scrape?now he
must see. him through.
"Squire," said he, isn't faith the
same thing as believing?"
" Well, said the Squire, adjusting his
glasses, and taking from his desk the
little Testament upon whioh he admin
istered oaths " that depends on how you
believe. Hero's a verse on tho subject:
? Thou believest in God ; thou dost
well; the devils also believe and trem
ble.'"
Ugh ! Joo shivered. He wasn't an
aristocrat, but would any one fancy such
companionship as the Squire referred
to?
" Here," said the Squire, turning the
leaves " is another passage bearing on
the subject: * O, generation of vipers,
who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come ? Bring fortn, therefore,
fruits meet for repentance.'"
Vipers I Joe uncomfortably wondered
who else the Squire was going to intro
duce into the brotherhood of faith. 1
" Now, Bee wha? it says in another
?nec%iaT^ ' Lord, Lrord7
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven,
but he that doeth tho will of thy Father
whioh is in heaven.'"
" Yes," said Joe, grateful for hearing
of no more horriblo believers, " but
what is his will but believing on him ?
Don't the Biblo say that they that be
lieve shall bo saved ?"
"Joseph," said the Squire, "when
you believed in my store, you put in
yo jr time and money there. When you
believed in boss tradin* yon devoted
yourself to practising it. When you
believed life insurance was a good thing,
yon took out polioies and paid for them,
though you have complained of tho
Fatagonian dividends. Now, if yon do
bolievo in God, what have you douo to
prove it?"
"I've paid over a hundred dollars a
year ohuroh dues." said Joo, wrathfal
ly, "not comiting subscriptions to a
ba.l and a new organ."
" That wasn't for God, Joseph," said
the Squire; "'twas all for yon. God
never'll thank yon for running an
asylum for paupers fit to work. You'll
find in the twenty-fifth chapter of
Matthew a description of those that's
goiog into tho kingdom of heaven?
they're the people that give food and
olothing to tho needy, and visit the sick
and prisoners ; those that don't do these
things don't go in, to put it mildly.
Ho don't say a word about belief there,
Joseph; for Ho knows that giving away
property don't happen till a man's be
lief is pretty strong." i. '
Joe felt troubled. Could it really bo
that bis eternal insurance was going to
cost more money? Joe thought envi
ously of Colonel Fung, president of
the Bungfield railroad company?tho
Colonel didn't beliove in anything ; so
he saved all bis monoy, and Joe wished
he had somo of tho Colonol's courage.
Joe's meditations wore interrupted by
the entranoo of 8am Ottrey. a poor fel
low who owed Joe somo monoy. Joe
had lent Sam a hundred dollars, dis
counted t?n per cent, for ninety days,
and secured by ohattle mortgage on
Sam's horse and wagon. But Sam had
been sick during most of tho ninety
days, and when he went to Joe to beg a
few days of grace, that exemplary bns
inoBB man insisted upon immediate pay
ment.
It was easy to bob by Sam'tt hopeleBB
eyo and strained features that ho had
not como to pay?ho was staring ruin in
the face, and folt as uncomfortable as if
the amount were millions instead of a
horse and wagon, his only meanB of
support. As for Joe, he had got that
hundred dollars and horse and wagon
mixed up in the oddest way with what
ho and his partner had been talking
about. It was utterly unbusinesslike
?ho know it?he tried to make business
busin???, and religion religion, but ho
ooufd cot succeed. Joe thought
briskly; he determined to try an ex
periment. . .
'/ Sam, oaid he, " got the money? "
j' No," Sam replied; luok's agin mo?
I've got to stand it, I suppose,.
i" Sam," said Joe, "Til give you all
:t!ie time you need at legal interest."
? I Sam was not such a young man as
sentimental people wonld seleot to try
food deeds upon. But he was human,
end loved his wife and children, and
the sudden relief he felt oaused him to
look at Joe in a manner which made
joe find a couple of entire Btrangoxs in
ista own eyes. Ho hurried into the
little office, and when his partner looked
up inquiringly, Joe replied :
;J|V I've got a dividend, Squire?one of
thnao we were talking about."
How's that ? " asked the old man,
while Joo commenced writing rapidly.
: "I'll show you," said Joe, handing
the Squire the paper on whioh he had
juat put in writing bis promise to Sam.
"Joseph," ? aaid the Squire, after
rdaing the paper several times, to as
sure himself that his eyes did not de
ceive him, "it beats the widow's mite ;
she gavo tho Lord all she had, but you
have given Him more than you ever
had in all your life until to-day.
Joe handed Sam the paper, and it was
to tho teamster the strongest evidence
of j Christianity he had ever seen in
Bungfield. Ho had known of some hard
cades turning from the saloon and join
ingftho cburoh, but none of these things
were so wonderfnl as this action of Jcc
Gaiter's. Sam told the story, in strict
confidence, to each of bis friouds, and
tho good need was thus sown in soil that
it had never reached before.
It would be pleasant to relato that
Joe forthwith quit saving notes and sell
ing? antiquated grease for butter, and
that he devoted the rest of his days and
monoy to good deeds, but it wouldn't
be true. Those of - our reajers who
have always consistently acted accord
in g to their own light, and knowledge
atbb? Gatter ; but most of ub know to
our sorrow why he didn't always aot
according to good promptings he re
ceived. Our only remaining duty is to
say that when, thereafter, Joe's divi
dends came seldom, ho know who was
to blame.
Cabinet Day In Washington.
Says the Boston Post correspondent:
Wednesday is Cabinet day in Washing
ton, and there is a terrible flutter among
the ladies on those days, says tho gos
sips. As Mrs. Fish is supposed to be
tho most elegant in manners, her hand
some residence is filled during calling
hours by the foreign and best homo ele
ement. Mrs. Fish is a great favorite
with foreigners. They consider her
manuers the most finished and courtly
of any official lady iu America, and they
pay great court to Miss Edith, tho fair,
Blender, quiet-eyed daughter, who will
in time mature into a likeness of her
mother. At these reception* a oarpet
stretches from tho carriage stono to the
hall door, over whioh tho dainty feet
and apparel of fashion's favorite child
ren pass. At the entranoo livoriod spr
vonte open the hall door, tako the oards
on silver salvers and announeo all en
transes to the hostess, who stands just
im?lo tho drawing room ready to wel
come her guests, You Bay "good
morning," make some trivial romark
and "pass on" to the ladies assisting,
thus giving those following an oppor
tunity to repeat the aamo polite noth
ings, If these arduous attempts at
conversation provo too muoh for one's
fortjtudo and strength, coffee and choc
olate, with a Iittlo bouillon, or roast
fowl, served in tho fnrthor room, may
revije ono sufficiently to enable proper
udimx to bo made. Apropos, a fem
inin) correspondent says: "A Mrs.
Nolle, of Now York, is making us piue
audjlie from sheer onvy of her toilets,
thet aro bo magnifioont. I ubo too
wori advisedly, well knowing its oft
repated use has nearly worn off its
signflcunco, but imagine mo emphasiz
ing ^nagnificont as only a woman can,
and'maybo you will toko in what I
meal; you will if you aro a woman,
bntwill not if a man, for mon aro so
verj?tupid."
Ostor Ouj ron Corns.?Tho South
ern klodioal Reoord sayB that castor oil
apped to theoora, aftor paring closely,
oaoljnight boforo going to bed, aoftooa
the born, and it becomes as the other
Acs!
dos
Fr loosoness of the bowels, mix two
tabl spoonfuls of wheat flour, with jnot
watr onongh to moisten tho flour;
drh : it. If tho first dose docs not
oha: pain or the purging, repeat the
in a half an hour. Sovero coses
son times require a third done,
Tue Count's Choice.
The Troy Times says: "Syracuse,
briny, pickled, and wrinkled as it is,
does sometimes turn up ? a fresh, ripe,
wholesome sensation. Its last is one of
decided interest in the social line. On
the 26th of December Count Tinus Ed
wardus, N. B., from Cassel, Holland,
put up with his two servants at the
Temperance hotel. Just opposite this
hotel, in the Downer block, lives a me
chanic named Mitchell, who was blessed
with a protty sixteen-year-old daughter
named Effie. With her the count
quickly became acquainted, and the
result was a wedding on Tuesday last.
The bride was elegantly dressed, wear
ing a sky-blue silk, trimmed with ap
plique laoe oosting 8250, a present from
her grandmother. Orange blossoms
also added their beauty to that of the
bride, while a fine diamond necklace
and a fine gold watch and ohoin, pres
ents from her husband that is, helped
to complete her loveliness. But not
satisfied with these, a fine cluster dia
mond ring was placed on her finger,
while in her dress pocket she found
$2,000 in gold, and just before the cer
emony a certificate of deposit in one of
the city banks for $10,000 was handed
this lovely girl by her genoro?n ccuut.
This formed her marriage portion ; .but
as ho has an annual income of $75,000,
she may not be obliged to draw very
mnoh from her portion. The happy
couple will visit the Holland homo of
tho count in the spring, but Syracuse is
ezoited over tho rumor that thoy will
settle in that city. This mechanic's
daughter's good fortune is in pleasing
contrast with that of the wealthy young
ladies who go to Europe in search of
tilted husbands, and bring home pen
niless frauds to prey upon the fortunes
of their toiling fathers.
Jewels From the Orient.
Tlio Egyptian Unter*? Royal Gift to Gen.
SUoitu&n'g Daughter.
?^iThA-W<^li???T-odtt,frn*?-i-i??ttJthedivAi?f.
d&gypt tothe anugtiteVof tienr?<i^--c.n
has reached New York.
The present is a parure of diamonds;
necklace and ear-drops, said to be the
most magnificent and valuable in this
oountry. The neoklaoe is composed of
four strands of diamonds, each of whioh
is a brilliant. Not one of them is worth
less than $1,000. Tho ohain is studded
with the gems, and they are set so closely
together as to hide the gold. There are
so many of thorn that the deputy oul
leotor of customs tired in the count. He
counted three hundred and fifty, which
is only about half of tho whole number.
Tho strands are joined by ten immense
stones, each of whioh is encircled by
smaller gems. The one in front is tho
size of a hickory nut, and is worth $20,
000. Fendant from the front ii a fes
toon of brilliants with five big pear
shnped stones of finest water lustre
hanging from it. The ornaments for
the ear are single stones equally as
largo as tho rest. The entire set in ap
praised at from $260,000 to ?300,000.
Tho caso for tho jewels is plain moroc
co, without inscription. As soon as tho
secretary of the treasury orders a free
permit for them, under the-special aot
of congress, thsy sro to be delivered to
tho Turkish minister, and by him pre
sented to tho fair bride on behalf of the
Egyptian potentate, in recognition of
valuable advice given by Gen. Shorman,
when in Egypt, as t > tho reorganization
of the khedive's army.
Rosewood.
It lies puzzled many people to decide
why the dark wood so highly valued
for furniture should be called rosewood.
Its oolor certainly does not look like a
rose, so wo must look for somo other
reasoD. Upon asking, we are told that
when tho tree is first out tho fresh wood
possesses a very strong, rose-like fra
grance ; hence tho name. There are
half a dozen or moro kinds of rosewood
tro"n; Tho Varieties aro fonnd in
South America and tho East Indies and
neighboring islands, Sometimes the
trees grow so large that planks four
feot broad and ten in length can bo cut
from ouo of thorn. TheBO broad planks
aro principally used to make tho tops
pinnofortos. When growing in the
forest, the rosewood tree is remarkable
for its beauty; but such is its value in
manufactures as an ornamental wood,
that somo of tho forests whore it once
grow abundantly now bavo scarcely a
single spcoimen. In Madras the gov
eminent has prudently had groat plan
tations of the tree set out, in order to
keep up the supply.
Ham Toast,?Chop some loan ham
fine, put it in n pan, with a littlo pepper,
a lump of butter, und two eggs beaten ;
when well warmid spread on hot but
tered toast, and sorve,_
?
SAYING! S AND DOINGS.
Only throe guests wer? bid, and thirteen crowd
thehallj
Pour water In the soup, and bid thorn welcomo
An Illinois woman fell down dead
while trying to blow 500 pounds on a
lung-teeter.
A obhiD being asked what the three
great feasts of tho Jews were, promptly
replied, "Breakfast, dinner, and sup
per."
Kino Awokso isn't married, but bis
mother is dusting around lively to find
somo one who will oherish him for him
eelf alone.
The new opera-house in Paris has a
ohime of ten ooppor belle, which, on
grand occasions, will clang and bang in
connection with the orchestra.
The total number of locomotive steam
engines in the world is said to be 45,
667, of whioh 14,218, or nearly one
third, are in the United States.
Tun only vacant seat in the San Fran
cisco stock board has been sob" for $30,
000. This is the highest pri?*o overpaid
for a seat, and is $20,000 higher than
the price about a year ago. ,
The St. Louis Republican intimates
that Harriet Beeoher Stowe knew she
was writing an infamous lie when sho
wrote the Byron scandal. Take out
your front teeth, Harriot, and stand
right np to him.
A circuit preacher in Missouri prayed
for rain one night at a farmer's house,
and the farmer, who hod a horse race
arranged for next day, was so mad that
he turned the good man out of doors.
A Troy stove firm has received a let
ter from tho west, in relation to the
purchase of a heater for a church, which
oonoludes as follows: "The heater
furnished by yon for the church at>-*
Trorhs bully. Give us your rook-bottom
prices, as we are poor, but very pious.
The Richmond Whig says that the
following letter, written in London on
Auk. 21, 1762, to a colonist of Virginia,.
TWBiti?inr nri>ii??<i?iiiiiii ,mi r mgr.-__.j_
you a'shipment, one widow and eleven
maids, for wives of the people of Vir
ginia. There has been especial care in
the choice of them, for there hath not
I ene of them been received but upon
good recommendations. In case they
cannot bo presently married we desire
that they may be put with several house
holders that have wives until they can
be provided with husbands.
Miss Claim. Louise Knnnoaa was
born in South Carolina. Her whole life
has been devoted to music. Her
mother, who always accompanies her,
says that at the age of ten months her
daughter bummed a plantation air whioh
had been daily sung to her by a colored
nurse. But while Miss Kellogg has
prent natural gifts, her life has been
one of great study, and sbo has gained
her present high position in the musioal
world only by great and continuous
effort. Her intention is to remain on
the stage four years longer, devoting
herself to the establishment of English
opera, after which she will retire to en
joy the fruits of her labor.
DrcbS-Mahing as a High Art In Her
man?.
An enterprise quite original in its or
ganization is about to bo started in Ber
lin whioh is indisputably calculated to
interest all educated women everywhere.
Under tho spcoial guidance of the Ber
lin " Protection for Women," founded
by a Mrs. Martin of that city, a number
of educated women have formed a soci
ety, tho end and object of whioh is to
render dress-making?or, more strictly
speaking, tho making of all-articles of
female wear?a branch of industry for
the higher olasses, and thus impurt to
these worse of tho needle art a higher
significanoo than ever before conceded
to Gorman b?nde. This first " Atelier,"
an they call it, (studio or work-shop, if
you please,) connected with this protec
tion union is presided over by the wile
of a physician residing in the capital.
Seconded by a select cirole of ladies, by
their exquisite trimming as well as their
handscmo make, tho first productions of
sooioty are generally admired. The
ladies of the "Atelier" seem to have
drawn sharp lines s3 to the qualifica
tions for admission in regard to educa
tion, as wo are informed that only snob,
will be permitted to join them as have
in their pocesticn noertifioat-o of having
passed tho first class of somo? higher
female seminary. Moreover, thoso la
dies who desire to learn dresB making
simply for their own uee, and do not
wish to be accomplished, so that as a
matter of business t hoy may be able to
aot in tho capaoity of a principal of
somo "Atelier" in smaller towns, will
be instructed by regularly examined
and passed teachers*?Berlin National
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