Si 4- - V IDEAS OP A PLAH; GEL. . . . .. . V . : . tlv norothv Mitchell." " , ''This.ttiiig called "Style has al ways been a source of amusement to me. . Among some4of my earl- iest and most lasting,, impressions are some of the absurdities 'and inconsistencies of fashion. There was one thing as a child I could understand, and l;must act .' -.mit I can giveino reason yet ; and. l 'that is. why a woman would take 7 sloth enough to make a long' trail ami -then hold it UP-V r ,s it aiwjivs &d to: the N millinery oDeninffs, What woman does, not . TJiit I believe I go more -to see the funny. sideof things than with the intent to secure some maner of head adornmentt- x nave nev er been popular with milliners be- r cause 1 laugn at tneir nais. , txuy- one7 with a funny hone would be bound to laugh- I remember Once that' I made a lifelong enemy of a ' milliner because I asked her when her "creations" would be, shown It must have been the manner, in which I said it, for Ican see no - harm in it. But with all the things I say, I shall always have the .greatest respect and admiration for the fashion designers. Surely they must have the greatest minds in the world to conceive, of such queer and quaint V monstrosi ties." and to think of them so often. Just think they can so completely revolutionize things from season that the past shapes look "perfectly awful" when they were . so "perfectly lovely ' last year. I really canoot under - stand how it is done, but it 5s The other day I saw,' a ".lady '.'making an irattempt" to go . down the street wearing a skirt, which -'was "in latitude " though tfiorely scanty " (with. apologies to .Burns. ) ' She seemed like one., in distress, and all the sympathy and pity of - my nature went out .to ' Jier, but when I ventured near, ishe gave me a haughty look and glanced (I thought) -scornfully toward my apparel, and I passed ! quickly on, and left he? hobbling t along behind. ' ; . Perhaps I will be called a cri , tic, I , am not, I am merely giving . my ideas But as far back as I can remember people have com mented on style, and they will , continue to do so as long as wo-J man makes herself a slave to Fashion. But even . in the pre-' sent narrow skirtrwith its absurd and rather immodist appearance, we have something to be think- f ul .for : ; I t :does -not take much tdrmake a dress, 'hirik of, fall ' ing - dpwn to ' about" ; one-half or one-third . of the amount pV goods it used- to take? CTwo ? years ago X bought enough goods -to make a waist and. now. ; by; ; adding, two yards more, I will have a ; full fiedgedrdid Xjsay full f Klfess- : But . now-the pendulum 2 has swung back to. the other sidc and woman: is to be? no longer ham pered ; No more fetters, and hob bl es arid impediments, , but ( she is to come out in a perfectly sensi ble, : two-legged arment--the he rem skirt- The eyes of the world have been On1 this 'daring woman," and after I saw rWell! all'I have. to say is that I am glad 1 am just plain and simpH. and that I am oldfashionedV I stoocLand watch ed her march away down V the street, and thought that if I ever should wear such, I V would - go further. I would be a. real Turk ish lady, and don the veil ; for I underst and no w .why it is a shame for a Turkish woman to" go with her face uncovered. -t ' Securing Foreign Labqrw :' Southern Pines,v- June, 2 The sandhill country has. reached a stage wnere arr innovation urine labor question "... had, lo . be intro duced, and on Vlonday morning the black clouds that rolled .u p over the hills to the east of .South ern Pines told that a new day had dawned. v;; ; - ; ' ' ' On the Exma & Crossland plan tation a strange people, speaking a strange language, has commenc ed the task that the hme labor is unable to carry-through-' : s Tlie expansion ,o f industry : in the f andhili country has becnvfar too rapid 'for the available labor supply, and the farmers have been looking in all directions for relief. It remained for Exum . & Cross land to find the wav out. Last week they received a delegation I of. Russian 'Jews -from Imjw Vfetk, and this week another group ar rived, with more to folld- These people have been taken to the big operation at Lumberdale, where they will have the opportunity of clearing severa) hhndred acres of new land and of making theb selves permanent, situations on the farms that "are being opened, if they prove the right material. - They start out with a great deal of promise. They come re commended as industrious, steady workers, economical and depend able, and the well-known Jewish habbitfof thrift and accumulation is 'r expected to make of them a highly use'ful. factor in; the indus trial mixture- v V v V ,C ' i' ' If these people work' out 'satis factorily it is only a question of a short - timeN until ; hundreds i of them will. be here, for the need of hands, erbod hands, who can be relied on to stay at the work be4 Baltimore Chm tore; them, is? imperative- k well i within the bounds of safety to' say that a thousand good men could be placed in the sand hills territory next week : if they were t6 be had. Farmers are hunting for 'trustworthy hands, land buy- ers wanx men nli . uegm m1 . WA of" clearing, the new -cotton' plan tations want hoe and plow hands, the expanding business that fol lows, a developing country wants men, and on all sides the same in quiry is . heard. ; , . " ' About : two' dozen of the Jews have arrived- at - Southern : Pines for the Lumberdale development, and the number that will come js dependent on the . number that can be procured and the way those, here- take: hold oi tneir work; ' Most of . them' are new ar-. rivals in America, unable to'- talk ariv" English, but" they: appear to - f.' ' . - XI , have the idea of work, wmcn is about' the same in any.' language. An Arkansas Boy and His Goat- A !Jyear-old Arkansas boy and his goat' have been embalmT e'd in the Congressioual , Record. The boy's name is Hopping that ot tne . goat ; unioriunaieiy, is u"i given. 11 oppmg, with-a. plow, o r his own hanufacture, to ' which 'he harnessed his goat, planted ana cultivated an acre of ground in corn and gathered herefrom fifty Lush els. - The boy and the goat did all the worj:, except the first plowing of -the land, which was done with jiorse or mule power. No ' special v seed coi n was u sed , no scientific method of cultiavt ing followed. ' .:Common corn was planted, and the - crop was tend ed in the common way. The State fcommissiOner of Aj rkultura heard of the casi, nm finding autheiti'j, furnish'tH tli. boy with the bt seed corn ( b tninabld'.-ior ; this y f nr; and gp vc l-.im some instruction in, approv ed methods of farming and vul tivation and he is going to try for 100 bushels to the acre. The commissioner also 'offered': to' fur nish Hopping with r a -horse or a mule, but this the bOjr refused, preferring to stick . to the goat nower and the plow he built for - Hopping is all i;ight and seems to V ave a ticket for Succes, 1 ! is bet evei-v ,boy who can tae a oatand :i home made plow and work his wav into the Congres sional Record', the Agricultural reports and the r newspapers.- .a ; ' Kinder Llad. , Steve Long is noted- for attends ing to his own business and say ing very little about' it, says Everybody's. ' One morping ,an inqiiisitive Neighbor .met him! re turning from the, woods; with his crun over his' shoulder: : v r : ' ? : "Hello, Steve. Where ye beeji? A-shootin' V' i . U -; " -"Yep. ' t. v-- ,! ': J'S : - "What ye been a-shootin'?" . '.' "Dog." . y - "Yer dog? . Myl Was he mad?,, "Wool - Viz AiAn H lnnlr sn dano'- ed well pleased. New "Rock HUl" llnhtes Running Elost Stylish ; and Durable on ' Elarkct - - " ' ; '.r- r-y, ( I Patented Long-Ditance Spindles, oiled without removalof wheels .qPatenteS Side Spring. , I Strongest braced Body made. qNew style Seat I Every ; feature of high class make. I Phaetons, Surries, Runabout of ; same High Quality. - . v JOur guarantee your protection. ROCK HILL' '" ., .... ... . A tL we want is an oppor tunity to Serve you that we may prove the quali ty bf our BANKING SERVICE. THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK. U. G. STATOR R, A. - CHILD. C. S. FULLBRight, : Vice President President , V Cashier C; F. TOMS, Vice President W, A. YOUNG, Ass. Cashier iK Sfiiplent of MM Mer&fc or i - 1 JUST REGHVED - ALL SIZES 1 tli Store A Postal Card To Cs Will Bring An AOcm 10 ou At unce ROCK DILL BUGGY COMPANY node mil. South ChroIInk For sal by The Farmers' Supply To. phone 310 BROGK & LANE" Livery and Feed Stabes Nice Carriages, Saddle Horses, Surrys and Run- - - aboutS- ": " V-;i;.Yr ; . ... Corner 3rd Avenue anil Church Streets L f I2C Gombmstit ' r J T7 P 3 The Hustler Gompany has been successful in pl Hien derson county people over one i hiinidred df the celebrated Combination Kitchen Sets. These sets are all guaranteed to bef of twice tempered and absolu'ly reliable. the best steel 'V v' . - ." ...I mi mi ..in . ii in i i ii, . I I mill i , . in., iiiiii i n . , ..LM . : . 7V : N : -" k n U'lLll U FOST':"BUILblNG;' ,' . ,: :; ;. v : : ; .f ' ' MENDERSOIWILLE, N, C, :, ". -. , r . v.. -. -.-. ,. .... , ' ,.,. - y - - " '. r "v ' . . .... , .

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