XO CART ALOXG
The girl walked briskly into the
store and dropped her bag on the
counter. “Give me a chicken,” she
icken,” she
pullet?” the
HIS SECOND THOUGHT
Head of the house (roaring with
rage)—“Who told you to put that
paper on the wall?”
Decorator—“Your wife, sir.”
Head of the house (subsiding)—
.“Pretty, isn’t it?”
IMPULSED BY THIRST
Howard: Schuyler was arrested
for forgery.
Jay: Did he alter a check?”
Howard: No, a druggist’s pre
scription.
“Always remember,” said Tom
my’s father, “that what whatever
to learn, Ld that is by^begfniJing
at the very bottom. There are no
exc eptions to this rule.”
"None at all?” queried Tommy.
“None,” said father, decisively.
“Then,” asked Tommy, “how
about swimming?”
Thomas B. Reed was very stout
and much of his avoirdupois was in
his neck. One day he went into a
Washington haberdashery and
asked for collars.
“What size, please?” asked the
salesman.
“Nineteen,” answered the
Speaker.
“You will get those three doors
below,” said the salesman.
Reed went, and found himself in
front of a harness store.
Some Antique Treasures
In the Salem Library
Among the many curiosities and
quamt monuments of our college,
probably the greatest treasures are
The foundation of my argument, the
skin’s power of expression, would
be entirely lost were I to tolerate
tliat fictitious, that dead beauty,
wiiich is composed of white paints
and enamelling. In the first place,
as all applications of this kind are
a mass on the skin, they can never,
but at a distant glance, impose for a
moment on a discerning eye. No
flush of pleasure, no shudder of
pain, no thrilling of hope, can be
descried beneath the encrusted
aled behind the mummy surface,
rliaps the painted creature may
admired by an artist as a well-
ecuted picture; but no man will
riously consider her as a handsome
man. The use of red paint upon
the cheek, although not generally so
deleterious as the white, is yet to be
ided by every respectable lady,
ture in almost every case, is a
y’s best guide.
^rom an article on dancing: “The
lost in dancing to which a gen-
asrile and ffraceful movement of her
rms, and a corresponding easy car-
age of her whole body. The com-
lon country dance, as its very name
nplies, consists of simplicity and
igages in it, must aim at nothing
lOre, in treading its easy mazes,
than executing a few simple steps
degance. Her
body, her arms, the turn of her
he expression of her
ice all must bear the same
of negligent graee, of ele-
ivity, of decorous gaiety.
'The Scoteh reels, French dances,
which include minuets, cotillions
and all the round of ballet figures,
idmit of every new refinement and
dexterity in the agile art; and, while
ihibiting in them there is no step,
) turn, no attitude, within the
verge of maiden delicacy, that the
dancer may not adopt and prac
tise.”
From The Yoxmg Lady’s Own
Boole-... “In a young lady’s behavior
iwards gentlemen, great delicacy is
;rtainly required: Yet, I believe
omen oftener err from too great a
jnsiousness of the supposed views,
r want of caution against them,
len of loose morals, or impertinent
ehavior, must always be avoided;
or if
them
n their
T, you
by cold civility,,
ith regard to those gentlemen
your parents think it proper
with and who
some of which date back a
jally begins his tales
ection is found the
r Parley Stories for
Peter Parley
“Her.
1 this
My r
:Peter Parley: I am an old man.
'I am very gray and lame. But T
have seen a great many things, and
■ had a great many adventures, and
talk about them ...”
offence by theii
s, to them behave with the sam
frankness and simplicity as if the
were of your own sex. If you hav
natural modesty, you will neve
transgress its bounds whilst yo
converse with a man. I hope you
will ever be a stranger to coquetry
ind prudery; and that you will be
ible to distinguish the effe
THE SALEMITE
in various diseases. Ararat, ot
Pilot Mountain, near Salem, is es
teemed a great curiosity. It is near
ly a mile high; at the top, a stu
pendous rock rises like a steeple,
to the height of 300 feet.”
There are many striking, but
simple pictures in this geography.
One is a picture of the great Ni
agara falls and a h uge eagle stand
ing on a cliff overlooking the beau
tiful, leaping water.
Among this valued collection is a
hand-made geometry book in Ger
man script used by the first princi
pal of Salem Academy, Rev. Samuel
G. Kramsch, 1803-1806. All. of the
writing, the probler
constructions are written by hand,
with beautiful accuracy.
There are also a Geometr
an Arithmetic Book, printed in Ger
man. These books “Poe
Children" is entirely unique." 'The
not given, but one
can tell, after reading a few lines
her quaint verse that she loved
children and understood their na
ture. She writes about “Discon
tent” and “Quarreling,” “Envy,”
“Butterflies” and “Fairies,” """
First Tooth,” “Going
Breeches,” "The Young Letter
iVriter,” “My Birthday’,, and si
iubjects which always appeal
The '“Bible Stories for the Use of
Schools,’’ are told simply and intei
estingly, in a style similar to tha
■f the Bible itself.
“A Family Tour through the
British Empire,” containing some
mriosities. History and Antiqui
interspersed with Biographical
Anecdotes particularly adopted
the Amusement and Instruction of
Youth, by Priscilla Wakefield,” is
half of the title page of one of
these amusing stories, which was
superlatively interesting to the
but only a quaint
curiosity to the modern reader.
lall, yellow
book called "The Nursery Morals,”
hose leaves are spotted with age.
It begins quite amusingly: “Good
day little girl; I am glad to see you
smart and so gay.
“You look clean and neat, and I
ire say, you have done all you
“I hope you get up soon, for
ter than a hot, dull bed.
fields and woods, and hills, are bet-
“What can you do in bed?
"Yawn and gape, and sleep.
"Some sleep does you good; but
too much sleep will make you dull
“I heard you tell nurse, you felt
cross when you had lain too long
“That was because you had los
fro;
idle
In
of his
“I live in Boston. Boston is a
large town, full of houses, with a
great many streets, and, a great
“When you go there you will see
some persons riding about in
coaches, and some riding on horse
back; some running, and some walk-
- ing-”
He writes these lines in verse
about the Revolutionary War and
the first Indians in America:
“Full many a tale I now might tell
, Of war .and woe that here befell
The colonists; how oft at night
Their sleep was broke by sudden fright
Of Indian whoop and cruel knife,
To spill the blood of babe and wife;
How prowling wolves and hungry bears
Increased their dangers and their cares
His style of writing is amus
since it is so unlike the way
authors of child books today
press themselves.
In this collection there are n
amusing old books on Etiquette
Ladies. The title page of
reads: "Etiquette for Ladies with
Hints on the Preservation, Improve
ment, arid Display of Female Beau
ty, 1838.” In the chapter on the
improvement of beauty the author
says:
“Advocate as I am for a fine com
plexion you must perceive that it
is for the real and not the spur
speeches.”
When one reads these decidedlv
)ld-fashioned remarks on how m
cstly women should use their c
id the proper behavior of
the old-fashioned girl was too de
freely
according to her impulses. But
these “lectures” are a little over
drawn, for the girl of seventeen ir
'800 lived with all her soul in ac-
ordance with her surroundings,
ind probably had a gr ‘
nore pleasure in her mod
than the modern girl has with her
:eitement and freede
The U&ltc-^runSchoolGeograyhy
a text book which a ^ '
[ in 1836. It is illustrated by
imerous original engravings 
mtains many singular paragraphs
and queer, antique pictures. It
brief history of North Caro
lina. One paragraph says: “On
;he coast of North Carolina there
ire numerous sand banks and is
lands, which render the approach
to it, from sea, difficult and danger
ous. Its commerce is principally
carried on through the seaports of
neighboring states. Near the
srn border, there are several
sral springs, which are found useful
“Oh! I’ve Lost My
Trunk Key.”
Get One Of Our
“KEYTAINERS”
Prevents losing keys.
Practical and Convenient.
50c to $6.00
SALEM BELTS
$2.00 Each
THE GIFT SHOP
Jewelers
428 N. Liberty St.
The Place For Salem Col-
f ¥ Clldl C b leg-e Girls—Just Around the
Corner. We welcome you at all times.
Sosnik & Sosnik
420 N. Liberty St
A Fashion Shop of Ultra Modes.
This store holds a particular appeal
to the college girl of discriminating
taste.
In Style, Quality and Economy
Sosnik & Sosnik endeavor at all
times to present to you merchandise
of merit.
Your Welcome Here is Generous
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Answering The Demand
For New Wool Fabrics!
This shipment of new wool yard goods just
arrived on yesterday’s express and will go on
sale immediately this morning at special
prices. You wdll marvel at their beauty—
you will wonder how we can offer them so
low! These materials are the newest pat
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right now.
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$2.00
42-inch all wool hairli
black. Special at, yai
$2.50
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434 N. Liberty Street
Anchor Hosiery
BETTER VALUES FOR CASH
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