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SJ ; t' THE FATAl. TAC (Bv iV. A. Vi'aisvn. > II Miss Katherine App-e**hue vas sit .ing i" the parlor fitiUtipg when Mr. Frazfer her suitor, kuockeu at Vhe door. She is id her knitting- aside long enough to open the dooi for him. He stepped in as. though he f?Ii a war in welcome anr tared himself m his t i\ write -chair. ? : picked up :h* sweater she a a - knirtmg and look : seat . :m. She i xious get tti ished that evening ><? >n* could g -t .?ff with tfc? Red Cross >hipni< : *. was to be made the . All the time the '.a k \v?t- being t'ir.i ed Mr F?;r r hi : - h :?? hei and they carried cn :: , :r,: Tsatio*^ in u ov. n ii- ->t .<dci .1 it concerned no me bu. them Vhen the ra-k w-is fin. (i M-. Fra t. being a very thvt htf'd n ,n. >. - ed that she write r:- and address ??n a tag and * to th* v iter so ktut she might -time w some C gi at fie - . -. h r work. She got the tag ?sk< i h m to do the v . " ting as he wa- at excellent h-j'.'v' She then dictau -i the lolkrw iag wuru^ eis nt wi'uu awni sor nor: T > *7i v -wee the art -ov thexe. Let r- in a: from yott Mi Katijetine V."' -A .'lit . i'l Til K",y . Tf?x<::-. Of "-ir.-v he\ doubter ry much wh' -hi- Wi;!.It! *r he.: from it and crave it no more tultVit after that evening. K "he;:; ' and Mr. IVa/ar were ;n hav:- married - n?* rime hi ' : thi but : their \\\ii dlrij; I * m " t . a-. of the war. H- w;.- 'hirtj y?- id and '. <1 ha- >' *: ' f-r : ' r-t r.-jj if*. ?<f or. day, hilt i hey did not know DV*. * '.hat hi.- -.ifWe would e <r.u befor the Woffl War .'-".as ?rer He was .. .-tu? Mia!' ehy.-i'-ai-y aiiii would in: v. nas,-ed ::.i A-': xan: .a'ion for military rvIb >we.-d u dry goods business. in 0 -sum brnvc and did not iotcn .1 to : av? i4 an'ess it Kath< rtne was ordy riot * -i*i: veal's of :?'A had %jo,wn the low, of i;':v pi M ?\ r"; n.dol*. hut sh- ...:i not war; ' ha.-ty jft? hou: geuinp She w is ptrf?'< !h v ; .i. j ihe r?atlet' a at; I a 'aU r o. Sh-. was a m.diam - i/.ist c;irl \v ith a lovely form iiw -lark h'ivir wa.- - ijrhtiy tinned with re l and hi c ; ?!> 'lark expression that appealed : - ?". firs? -r_hi. And to adit to hei beauty she hail the fairest of ska-. She Mid tiot hat; to be par l '.Ciliai ->"U\ ' ti' .l ,-.f dr >ss she woiv "i i-. wa\ sbo combed her ha v !? ? Wo ot-aiity was & ^ifj ?.f ratine. She did not .tare to spoil her >ioS m ng yo ?th hy being I den?\: with tho.cares of a honvc. bill had -' . oil to many Mr. Fra-.w m of her emoarasomi af by hoy mother and father. Mr. Kravdcr i .it .-.i aid falks a> much he dii the ffir . and that was boo : ngjj \ a " Lr. Of oo'.irse -n would nave swcor'at-aris i-eaih j a:-- -. :.-.i ijs. Fra.uvr had u. d o lead, and no no of her admirei Over mustered a.- no :trh com o- ; . iter ins co inner it ion. Wider th< iKathei- r.?> kept her engagement with M?. Fr*r| wt iv together most every day. H - often cried To mok. n;-i bei'.-vf :ha: < w-.> going to join tmann; bat m.-- never resume.i h:s going Mi the least and veu'd really have thought raoie : him had he . -he She V : like v us his duty but had :ii ver or.i out and told h;vnj so. She did in it think that he w-i,- a' siack. . becau-e he had gives libevally to every driv that had n nueie by tr.e Red Cross and bad bought his part of the Liberty B !:-i> but she thought he v.oukl have . nowa a more patriotk -.pirn by going : evening as a he and Mr. Frazifer wer*1 cut riding in h/s fine car. they rode around by the postoffnv to go her father -uu.. for him. K.. ; enne opened the t. >: and found a letter for herself It had the following address on it; "Pvt. Glenn T. Keiiwon, Co. I. 55th Inf. A. fck F." Shi turne d to Mr Fra?.ier quickly and . aid "Whom could this bo from'.' I never knew a Mr Kennon." Mr Flazier replied "You can't prove it bv me." Katherine opened the letter and glanced at the first few linos then quickly exclaimed. "Oh. it's from my sweetheart over there/* It still never dawned on Mr. Frazier to whom she referred until she remir.dede him of the tag he put on the sweater for her. The letter was very brief. Mr. Kennon thanked her kindly for the sweater and asked hei to start a correspondence with him as he had no sweetheart in the U. S. A. She handed the letter to Mr. Frazior and let him read it. It had been six months since Katherine turned the sweater to the Red Cross. Katherine ad Mr. Frazier returned home that evening , but he stayed with her until late bed time, and he did not get to reply to the letter until the following day, but she wrot? Kermon a sweet reply. She had nc idea whether or not she would like JBmr?j B!2 - rifx s? liiittv but 4*?- wanted to ckeez hi: lonely heart. The next time Mr. Fra ,;:er came be asked her if she ail ?wer< o it. a?ui she told him she -lid ?-{e was net particularly inte? >te< ii b',:t he had rather knew and fel that he had a rv^ht to know aboui h - cor respomienct. lit- didn't k ?ov but that some; hit*: mitrht dew ip \ from it. VVher. she received the ? ox* tlei iron* Mr. Kvnnon the armtstK iac sigr.td and he had been p? mit ted to >end his photograph . > her kiigtnp from the picture ami : on he description he had given ni <cli\ he was undoubtedly a i': ?k :ng v<>une man. She showed M- i t /.ier th- picture of her soldi- : man >ut a ?'.t::i not allow him to re;-. nj nore >t her letters. He never t' tc :'et her :< op her corn *p?k iff sccii'JM lie thought that $K?* v ?u,ld . h, v? > keiy to keep it lip :.' :ei | the ' ? > r i.ed to the i". S. A --"he ?v;? :ed t > the letter which cc * ed | the photograph and sent .Mr. K -?r i photograph of herself, but et ' e: Mr rvit ier know about her n it. Ot Christmas after the A rim c??; v. a- - Mr. Frazier pre.-f i.ei the nicest set of furs he corf-! find. * oM her that since the A ' ce a ; _ *hv! was no re.- hj they should not pet married, bi:f -he t him i ff ; til soiRetim< the urn me r. Set .'as stiii wen l ' la i am. : nrg that he had .. hex i ver hinfe ,1 that <h : id any idea el" breaking their '-gage-, merit. He was not yet une-.y >'jt !iv her. but did not tad j their wedding* off much arer. had already go; her pare * ?r*-. ar.d he thought that ex ' :<g >';M i.)int out all right i. hut hi- could not see why she va- ; ' a; hir.: off so long. When she u -t the next ler Mr K wat - hi - v> ay hon tuti he t :vl Mr Fra/.ior about 1 - ling. Mr Fraz ? then tried << get her to drop the cPp&tMnnW' :t Mi ?\ear, on.MkI site would not ' mkt . ?>; a pr.-ifis'. fie then began ret bit \:nea.-> aboK her C'U" >poFl' dei ... She told Iv.m that Mr i\. rot had. a-ked her to allow him to ki be, a visit soon after he w.. di>. . > from the army, a- i Hint sin nail agreed to let him || >. Fra J sijir eould not refrain from oxpresi,; ng i.nisei i any longer, and thoughtjb -My began. K'tinon i.- a tar.k rra: gvr to you. and it a little sli? :t oi - ace U i ycu to let him cotne.* | Sin ivpiiec. "I am net going t-> dis ' appoint a poor sold'er boy who has f red the. hardships of the We: ? a ?r io please : man who has .-tayo? .it iamie and bud; up his busixies: ! without a saerifiv It none ,, - ' : .1 I " ; Frazier realized then iifcat he had ai ady -aid much ami had nothtnf ?'' .i'tia-s- n> . ay about the mailer. Kt-ni mi had m,: \ ?id her just \v;i- c? mit v; but he arrive* i;a tallow ing Sujiaay. F raster ha< made a dale iov that day or rathe had a stand : u da:.- bm Kathevim aliod him '.vr tk?- phone and ask u him lu.t to come over as the sol u:or tri nd had eoufi?e to her. i''mc youft run had a poriiy appea a vice it his neat uniform. kutheriin natl already formed an opinion >? hin from the letters he had written ho ti after >ee x him and calkin; with him liked him much bettre thai she thought she wouid. Re lo'.d he about his life before he joined thi ir-yKc was a poor man's soil bit . . rn&i aged w ork his va; through school, li had finished ; course in journalism in the Univer ' ...? U ! *ery i:'-. sum ??; raon^y from hi writings before he entered the arm; to him ver; much but he could not express hi love on his first visit. H?* had me up with \ yn6t\g HiAft frum Baosson i Grove he nmd< n:s visit an< found out that {Catherine and Mr r'rurcior were sweethearts. He mad' <: point to find out from her whetl i or rot his visit was an imposition She assured him he was perfectly we vine, a it hough her parents were ver much in favor of Mr. Frazier. j Kennon left for his home in Wa j co that afternoon ar.d Frazier mad a call later on in the evening. Krazicr had not bee n there !onj until he asked Katherine if the vis it from Mr. Kenyon meant that sh iritemjed to break their engagement In a very unconcerned tone of voic she repMed: *'l had not intended i that way , hut if you want to g peeved you mifght consider it so. He then said: "I am not peeved bu I do not think you should allow hir to come again." She made him n promises hut on the contrary assei ted her right to do as she please aoout the matter. He did not stay a late as usual that time as the eve ning had not been so pleasant for hii as it had before. He could not hel but recail that he had brought it a on himself. He had not forgotte that it was his suggestion that h write the tag that was tied or. to th sweater : After he had gone her father an mother came in to learn what M THE WATAUoA DEMOCRAT? > . ha<3 to say about her letting - Kennon come. She told them what he - said ;iud then again asserted her right . to do as *be pleased regardless of 1 wlui t he thought or said. Her father t tu interceded f: behalf of Mr. t Era ser and told her that she must not aliesv Kennon to come again. She said ?io more bat resolved in her own xr.itid to allow Kennon to be with r her as alien as he pleased. She kept 1 or. goir. gwith Mr Fraizer as usual - until .-he went to vist her aunt at . Fori Worth. While she was there i Kenyon made a number of visits to see her and they became very much in love with each other. He had bcr gun to draw a very good income from nis wi icng. When she went back t?? Blios>om . 'Jrove Mr Frazier made his calls as usual, hut he did not know that she had becti with Ivennon while she was away. He again tried to get her to m;:ri \ him hut she got him to put " off ur.ti: she could got her w?dd;ng <-."tn - made She had told . her mother about going with Mr. i Ki ruifi: and that she loved bim but J her mother said- "If you marry him : your i < will di-it you." She then told her mother that she and Mr. Frazier were going to marry in a month and that she would have to go oi'.rk t Foii Worth and get her aunt ( make her wedding dress. She loved Kt-nnon better but he had never asked bar to marry hinu and be ; .sicks -ni a -.i:4i na\e 10 man) i iaI : zier to keep the good will of her father. She had put him off as long i as she without ju.-t telling him I i that she didn't want him. Shi.' went t ;u*k t?? Port Worth and dropped Kennon a eard and told ; him --he \va< hack uinl would only' be there a t\-v da>s. He wroti her .? ietter and teld her that he woulaj an to m Km Sunday. She deeded : > till him about h.i plan> to man y r . ay.ier. She was r?? return to j'| h- r h< m at Blossom Grose on Moniii; \ a no Mr. r ti/.iei wa.- to 'rm-ot the trad ? >t Monday nu?i niitu in m ; in "raie but she did not u rive. I He then wont down t?> the olitce to set i! da- had writtia lurn o letfe?. He did net a letter, bfot he got the Tag ill.I v. 1- in. the -Weati! with | tlivs* wi r > "tit it. "I am married" - I i (l : in hi> own handwriting he read further "To my >veetheart ev t ? there. Ileus. lot me hcai from you. {Catherine Applewhite* Bios* > .soni "-ovi. Tex. Ki-nn.on had won groat fanu a.-, a writer sinro then ami Mr. and Mr Applewhite are -} real pre ..1 >1 iheir so n in law. t? mis? J* WORTH WHILE CLUB Mis. dee Winkler entertained the II Worth While Club at her home on riuay afternoon on Blowing Rock - S? The room was adorned with a r a .fusion id' early autumn bb. ons Hevetionai exercises were held by .M'-. Muggins and Mrs G. P. flaga1 A short business session was i A by the president. Mr. Muggins i" aw an in*.frosting account of her to Kentucky. Tin meeting then eing turned over to the hostess, -t was .1 cake guessing ooatcsi. Mrs mith Hagamun being the wii. ! The prise was a beautiful cake ate. The evening c.w.e to a close 1 . r the hostess served delicious rake l' j . u\ iemonade. The next meeting will ? with Mrs. R. L. Bingham. ?? I Rev. A. C. Hamby s Appointments !ie\. A C. Hamby. associate eor. j responding secretary of the Baptist ^ 1 State Missions will speak at the following churches a f'lowing Rock Thursday Sept. 11 . a; 7 :o0 p. m. v Mt? Ephnam Friday Sept. 12 at a. m " M . Vernon Friday September 12 t a! 7:30 p. :y>. ^ l'cpiar Grove Saturday September j 1 at 7 :'i0 p. m. . Boone. Sunday Sept 11 at 11 a. m. j Cove ( reek Sunday Sept. 11 at H ' mB ushy Fork Sunday Sept. i 1 at I " m. ; Brother Hamby is a good preacher. It !.- hoped that he may have good ! crowds at ail these places. " i _ L * . O : TL!. ur 1- C t-nmeran services i an nven special Service* Sunday j* Most interesting evangelistic serfc vices are being held this week at the Grace Lutheran Church in our town. Lev YY. G. Cobb o? Salisbury is ase t listing the pastor. Rev. H. \V. Jeff^ coat. Services will be continued thruoat the week and Holy Communion t will be observed on Sunday morning. n The Holy Trinity congrigatiofn is Q asked to worship with Grace on unday morning, this being the time for ^ regular services at Holy Trinity. Hours for service: Catechising at lS 0:30 p. m. Preaching service 8 p. m. Sunday. Sunday School at 10 a. a mMorning worship ar.d celebration n of Lord's supper 11 a. m. e Luther League 0:30 p. m. ^ Services arc held ir. St. Luke's Ep iscopal chapel, d A cordial welcome lo all. r- H. W. JEFPCOAT, Pastor. -E '. FRY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. 11 FEATURES !' BUSINESS WEEK' AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE MORE MONEY THIS WINTER. Now York.?Reduction of lone molding in the security and commodity market* a firmer tone in the money market and further indications of a modest improvement in trade and manufa- turns were principal feat urea of the business w??ek. Tho weaker * tone in securities, particularly in the fir -f (las* ssues. accompanied as It was t?y slightly harder money rates. gav? birth to the view tc >ome quar i ter> that business demands v id begun to s* tract a larger portions of capital. This was looked upon as a bullish fac- i to* front the hu -iness standpoint. Conservative quarters. however, held that ^ ! th view was somewhat premature. ; i Although merchant of funds seek- j ^ j liiti -mployment in the stock exchange call money market de< reaped appre! eiaMy the rate failed to rise above , I two per cent. T'me funds, however, j | firmed up 1-4 of one per cent, commor* ; jcial paper showed a firmer tone and ( i bunkers acceptances advanced from i l-s to 1-4 per cent. iarc st banks reported no ajv ^ pr?- hie increase in the demand for cr- There was. nevertheless, a. in vMinc-nt lands westward, ar.d the t- reserve system's weekly* state-^ , in nt revealed that temporarily at j 1? t has ceased artificially -o cp cr?'i:t tor further purchases of go\ innient securities. The more, rc; n r.tle explanation for harder ! money, therefor was that western bai were withdrawing funds t*> as sis1 them in the movement <?f the crops, i regular scasona l??c? drcehce. ^ 1 ' si -h the cross-currents in the bu: - - ! i.'t.on. one f - t siands out. , Th. that the agriculture ? omiuuni' will have a great deal more mo: v t spend this fa! land wm -r than 1 -v d ti la-;- year. Industries wliicJ. - I their product dir-- t to the far - r already ar? failing ' ff c?s \vh 'ti? r or Inter, will b- reflected I tlsrn:. More wh< t .. 1M pri itui higher prices for livestock hav been a boon to the west. Mean* wh i.h# south is growing a cotton cn?: some 300 000 hales in excess of last 1 ir': out turn, .in a:- . supply for !.? spinning mills, with conseqnerj" stimulation of sales. W imor, Nominated For Governor. 1 tuple. Tox Mrs. M r im Antan* da Ferguson, nonruat d for governor; of t ibs iu th?? democratic run oil pri- 1 r .ry, is just a quiet unassuming wife and mother who has never taken much interest tu social affairs or political affairs snve when her husband was involved Unitl it was ruled that her husband, former Governor .1 lines E. FurgiiBun, was Ineligible for ?fl < e in Texas beta use of his inipe.o hir.ent In 1917 and until the courts held this -pring that he could not get hie name on the ticket as candidate for governor, she has had "no very groat desire" to hold ofhce. Today, however, she is the proud hcldyu- of the democratic nomination for governor of Texas, which has alshe says her heart is full of joy, not ways meant election in this stato. and because the office will mean much to her personally, but because the expression of the confidence of the people in the Ferguson family means e^oryrhing to her children and her | children's children. Tropical Storm Strikes Coast. Norfolk. Va.? A northeast storm, ai> : oompauied by winds of hurricane force and driving rains, was raging along i the North Carolina coast In its march j J up the Atlantics seaboard, sending: ships scurrying to shelter and threatening a number of coast settlements. Moving rapidly In a north-northeast 4 direction. It was expected by weather hweau officials to reach the height of na fury off Cape Hatteras. Man Has 102nd Birthdav. Morristown. N. J.?John A Stewart, "th? grand old man of Wall street," personal friend of Lincoln, and President pro tem of Princeton university , after Woodrow Wilson's resignation, j observed his 102nd birthday at his country home here. Because of his delicate health the day was observed in quiet fashion Mr. Stewart was assistant secretary of the treasury, during the Cleveland administration. He is the oldest livftfcg aiunlnus of Colombia university. OORE MUSCLES Vacations are often I spoiled by soreness resulting from outdoor games. A good massa,;:: with Vicks often gives surprising relief. VIICKS w VapoRub Over 17 Million Jam Used Yearly 16 KILLED IN AUTO WRECK T. Wiggins and Lawrence Milliard Met infant Death When Machine Turns Over. Henderson.?Two young men. C. L. | >Viggios awl Lawrence H Milliard, )Oth of No.iina. were killed almost i n&tantly -s ':en the automobile iu , viiicb they were r ding overturned en ' be ma n .ijwa> from Mend rson to Uie gli The tragedy occon d twelre liiles south of this city. less than a ;uari" a mile north of the Tar ver Mid ;e. Th? r< i very sharp curve in the o'td at tin point where the autnmo vde ov. ' ?i. On?* iheory is that he car y: ?Iy ski.Id. d on the curve md oh- ?..f?r a three Mot embankuent into .? Id. whero encountered mother low embankment thrown .ip by \]\ : a - to piei . rit washing if th^? la* <1 and it was upon this, it is i anders-cd that *.ho machine over-1 urend Wiggin and Hiiliard were both pinjed heu ' 'he wreckage, and both were d d when found Both t>i-5 were 3carr?'d and lacerited to ine extent, but it. is the belief thai internal injuries caused death. I Roth bo<i:r? were still warm when discovered The men were picked up And brought to a local undertaking 3stabl: i luon* where they were pre[i&riii for bur.dl. New School Building Ready. Kranki a.?Tic- first session In Franklin ' *i> handsome new school ouiklrug. ruled to the town by S. C. Vann. \\ i. begin on September Sth and hundred- of people of this com-' 11 unity wh have watched with interest th? cr vib of this building are expect < <1 \> pr at at the opening exercises T do ?rs of the building will be thrown opeu to the public for inspect ? The ! - 1 og cos- ng approximately 130u,000 pies a s:te at ible both to the pup .;nd the community and is arch >il> corr- < t in every way It is tliore .. u y fireproof from toy to bo t loir. Mnk'nij Good falsing Peppers. Southi I! - abaFOxi. an Italian, with his ' y, v ho pttjheha -l .? farm rea rhere. h; marketed hu? first crop| : s'i' ? li i ?? ?'>?UV ? i.l ? .1 lie spe< For weeks past this! farmer ' seen day .?11?t vl.iv passing r. town with l?is wagon loaded :1 !>.: 111 I rs of peppers. thOSC being h ; ; d Iron; her.' by raii to the n .r:ii To '<>. al market was supplied as w< Tiv. sc p? pp? is were of i excellent : and quul ty Some 2, ohm hampers 1 been -hipped, and l'rom1 tht- few aei-rs this new citizens is reno. -ed ?.i have ?1? ired < in.ugh to pay for his entire true lies des making a good living for h.s family. , Currituck Farmers Making Money. Elizabeth. fi?y.?Currituck farmers ar?* nvakug money. i Already the sweet potato growers o: Currituck county have re >ived a matte v f $17.r?.000 for shipments made to the Northern market sand the prospects are for continued h5gh prices As. is usually the case when prices are high tlie^e is a shortage of sweet potatoes. The yield this year is not great and the acreage is not above normal if that high, but the farmers. making more iftoney than they did two vears ago. i , F.ve Killed on Iredell Farm. Statesville.?A singular eo-incidencs was recalled by former Sheriff J. M Dtv . referring to the double liomi j i ide hich occurred on the Mclvnightj homestead, sii miles east of MooresMile, on Wednesday evening, August 20. ien 1-ocke MofCnight. landlord and 'lienor Stutta. tenant, met each cth? ; in mortal combat. i \e persons have been hilled on the :nc farm and near the same spot witivn 17 years," said Sheriff Peaton, wbci ?rtd?d that it was in the year 100? about this time of the year, * John Moore, colored, killed three other negroes, all tenants on the McKm. farm, then owned by the father of l^-.rke McKnight Mr. D^a?on was at fh: t time a deputy under Sherift W A Summers, and he recalls that! he jo n^-d a large number of citizens j from that section of Iredell and rode j horseback lor two days and nights i without rest, hut fruitless search for j the alkged murderer. Pictures and a minute description of the negro wero sent out in -circu-1 lar form all over the United States, j but no trace of the inan could be \ found. After Mr. Deaton becamej sheriff of Iredell county he made; Locke McKnight a deputy and the two worked hard on lb? case, but they | could never secure any clue as u> the j whereabouts of Moore. Leake and Hale Convicted. Lexington.?-John LeaUe and Ken-: nctk Hale, negroes, were found guilty of murder in the first degree for th? slaying of Charles Garwood. taxi driver of this city, on the Mocksvillo road, the sight of August 7, by a jury in Dav dsoii county superior court, which returned a verdict after deliberating for 27 minutes. Judfe T. D. | Bry.-^ n sentenced both men to die in j electric chair; a: t.:e state prison; bet we n the hours of S a. m and 4 p. j m on the uizuii of October, next. **? H,,lW SEPTEMBER II, 1924] "] GEOGRAPHY ALWAYS DEFIED BY FASHION n i n: ?. t tapper ignoring Shows Atavistic Trials. Washington.?Another pet theory must be cousigned to the rag-bag along j with grandmother*.* black bombazine, j Just because Chicago's winter slush i originated the unfastened goloshes. or j the w tter-l?s Red marshes o* Holland] made Frirzie Dutchman lake to wood-1 en shoes, not all clothes arose from? the necessity of protection ^RniuM the weather, says a bulletin from the he ^'.quarters of the National Geo jmphic society. In fact, fashion has nearly always, dotted geography and the flappers ofj F street ?r Hroudwny, in their chiffon i nd tin pmeps in the midst of | a January blast. or :! ?se who brave the j :.ctini?- rays ot ?? July sun In furs, are' simply displaying atavistic tendencies.) for elotlies were first worn in warm and setuitropicai countries. .M.m nrst miorced Riliiseir in garments t<? para:it" his {position or rank before loss fortunate inOividualu. who u? n- eontent and thoroughly modest in $ a (J-strin? ??r n headband iConceptions of tuod?vt.v came along later with more highly civilized conditions. . With the donning of many garments 1 to show rank there also grew up the! idea of adapting the garments to the materials readily available. Tliei Turkoman, for instance, probably likes I his tall, shaggy, -heepskin shako, but j also wears this variety of hat because it is one which the great plains of Russian Centra" .\<ia easily afortl.' Current history nearly always lias influenced tlie ornamentation of the body or of tlie :?> oe, as typified hy tlie sphinv-caps w-rn by the Inter Kgypt ires and the Tut Ankh-Amen and! mail .'ioiigg dresses in \",ruo within the last year or two. The Climate Is Ignored. I'roin a seientiJic standpoint, however. ?iotiling nnd ornamentation of! 'he body were the same in the beginning. and *'...uu;h elimate. during Civ-J ili/.ed 'lines, has had a marked iiilluu'cgipe on (let* rminiug the weight and warmtli of the eh hlng worn in varl-j ous localities, we 5?ave one marked es-i atnple today of the fa t that iltnate and geography wre net the deterniln ; ing faetors in tie- ? \ oh.it ion of dress. The Aralis, who !iv within or in the immediate vleinit.v of tin- lorrhl zone,! swath then,selves in heavy tlowing garments while the Inhabit:'nts of Ti? rra] del l'uego, whet* the elirtiate is cold, rainy and disagreeable, atl:tch hy cordsj across their i?odies tlie skin of one ani-j mal which tliev shift from one side toi the other with tin direction of thef \\ ;nu. I In the onrlv days when quantity ofi clothes meant rank ami style, the de-j sire "to up with the Joneses" probably led some individuals to wear! no many garments that they were weakening and deteriorating, for Croi^ns, who was the Itoek* teller of his day wrote at length on the vice which was overtaking some of his ac-i quaintanees. in a letter to his friend! Cyrus the (ire.?r of Persia. t Mie student of costumes of all agesi tuts cleverly divided the development of clothing into two classes- the trop-} leal, based on the girdle. and thei Arctic, based on the trouser. hut even ^ these divisions have their complexities, for the trous r may have been a down-j ward development of the waistband.j The Greeks and Uonians cot a "kick" out of the fact that the northern barbarians against whom thev fought wore trousers. It immediately became a new item which they added to their fashion notes. Seme Women Wear Trousers. But the girdle-trotiser classification! has some other confusing points both; the men ami women wore them. This is still exemplified in the Eskimo and Chinese trousered women of today. As countries developed and boundary unes necame nxeu, tne national character ?-f the peoples got busy on their costumes. and we rind the Spaniard with a stiff ruff about his neck anil broad wines on his doublet, the German with bl'.zare slashings on hiSj oat and sleeves, the Dutchman In somber black, and the Venetian in 'ong flowing garments. Out of such human fmilties and foibles, mixed with national pride, spired with climate, tnd steamed with the imagination of ^ modern modistes, were cooked up the varied and nlctnresque costumes of the world today. And even the men of America, who profess to dress comfortably to suit the weather, still show one lingering trace of the age-old heedlessness of climate. Though the snn is shining down with its sometime autumn relentlessnes? and the good straw which has served faithfully is still in Its prime. September 1-5 is Felt-hat day. The Japanese men are Just as had. Summer comoc in fnrmn An T. i r?t and on that (lay regardless of the temperature the Tokyo policeman bursts forth in all the glory of white coat and hat. The Vlaoh of the Ralkans also sbow* a similar disregard for climate !n an other way. In January, February, June and July he wears his heavy home spun garments, nor does he discard them at night. He shots his windows to keep out the "dangerous" night air and rolls himself, clothes and all, hi heavy blankets and sleeps. But he manifests u contrariness probably unsurpassed by men of any other clliue. ^ When caught away from home, this same, salamander will sleep in the open ??u the side of one of his beloved mot mains with only a ru? to cover him.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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Sept. 11, 1924, edition 1
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