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OLD HAIR TRUNKS AND MAHOGANY
DESKS
B Dr. J. W. Daniel in Southern Chrism
tian Advocate.
ft Under the papers, yellow with age,
% *bne may sometimes find, as he rum&
UftRges through the Old Hair Trunk,
small flat bottle, pear-shaped, which
awake inquiry; or he may find
|fcdvertised in a newspaper one hundred
and fifty years old, "Bosom
Bottles" for sale. If the searcher,
W among these old documents, had
found the peculiarly shaped bottle
without the discovery of the advertisement,
perhaps, he would not have
guessed the use of the bottle so long
preserved in the trunk in the attic.
Placing the two, the battle and the
advertisement, together, with the exercise
of a little imagination, he
might be able to trace a close connection
between theni. If the little
bottle was covered, as they sometimes
were, he would be able to see
that the velvet covering was o* fine
material, originally richly colored,
tastily embroidered, tough now faded
and moth-eaten, and that, therefore,
it was designed for a lady's
toilet. He observes that the neck, or
rather, the mouth of the little 'bottle
is widened, funnel sfiaped, v so that
the neck was much smaller than the
moutn; tnereiore, it couia nox nave
bfeen designed for a stoppe**. What
use could a bottle be. he would naturally
think, without a stopper? "It
is too smill for, a vase," he would
naturally soliloquize?ah the thought
of a vase suggests flowers, therefore,
the strange little velvet covered bottle,
very flat, flowers, "Bosom Bottles"?ah,
could it have been worn
on a woman's breast as a receptacle
for cut flowers? A kind of perambulating
vase. The funnel-shaped
mouth, the small orifice at the neck
would admit water, and the stem of
the cut-flowers pressed into the orifice
would make a very go or stopper
?could it have been worn on a woman's
breas't as a receptacle for
flowers? That was preciselv its use.
These bosom bottles were very fashionable
from 1756 to 1T70, the advertising
columns of the old newspapers
prove the style.
These little flat glass bottles were
filled with water, fresh cut-flowers
were inserted into the neck of the
bottle?that is, the stems of the
flowers were pressed in closely
through the small orifice at the neck
and made a very good stopper when
neatly executed; the funnel-shaped
mouth of the bottle gave room for
the flowers to spread out in any way
the wearer designed to arrange
them; the bottle was usually irverted
in a pocket made for that purpose
in the rtomacher, girdled high up
around her waist (and your great
grandmother, or possibly net- mother,
went forth to e.urch, visiting or
shopping, as the case might have
been, with fresh cut flower; in this
portable vase. A la-iy at the time
these pear-shaped, flat "Bosom Bottles"
were in style was not thought
^ to be in full dress without a bunch
of fresh-cut flowers on her breast.
One of these bottles used as late as
1770 is still preserved.
The styles and usages, after all do
not change so much as we are disposed,
sometimes, to think. We pass
and repass the ladies of today, as
they waik the streets, with bunches
of violets and roses tucked beneath
their belts, the only difference is
that the "Bosom Bottle" is not there
to keep them fresh. The flowers,
the good dames and damsels of the
eighteenth century Wore, were not
allowed to wither, neither should .we
permit the flower of their memory
to perish. These old "Boston Bottles"
tell a sweet story; our mothers of
the eighteeneh century dressed well
when they could afford it, strived to
be attractive and adorned themselves
Is \> wi Apf Kniniif i-Piil r\>?A
wicn *>diaic o ixiv/ol ucauuiui pi
dtacts. I am glad that they were not
slatternly slovens. Their good taste,
tidy habits, pride of person and prac-,
tice of persnoal adornment were no
t small factors in buildings our great
American civilization.
' The stomacher which contained
the pocket for the "Bosom Bottle" is
an interesting piece of feminine attire.
It survives to this cfey and has
rarely been out of style, in varying
forms, to this day. Its name sufficiently
defines it. It was an ornamental
band around the waist, cov-,
ering or partially covering the stomach
as the styles may have prevailed.
In 1732 there were complaints, on
the part of critics of dress, relative
j. _ _ :_j.: i-T. ? 1
L'j vauauuiib ui uic ac>ic ui siuiiiachers,
one wrote in the Weekly Rehearsal,
published on January 10th
of that year, saving, "Sometimes it
rises to the chin and a ModestyPiece
suffers the purpose of a Ruff,
and again it is so Complaisant as not
to reach "ialf-Way," he does not say
)
where, supposedly the chin. Bishop;
Earle wrote of :hem in 1628?"A;
nonconformist in a close stomacher
and ruff and Geneva print, and purity
consists much in her linen." t
Poor women! When will men cease
i
&
urn ? ??i i ma m .wm a?n?
to criticise their dress. However, I j
like them in all styles, for, after all a
is said, they are the better half of j
life from every point of view. So v
long as they keep pure 1 shall stand f
by them no matter what may be the e
:;ut of their clothes. They look well o
fussed any way cxcept out of style. <;
The materials of which they have f
* ,
been made varies as much as the r
styles have varied. Sometimes in the }
old days, and perhaps now, they were _ fc
ir.:de of folded silk and at other c
timer of leather. In 1775 rhv Boston 1
Post advertised them as made of i
"tfugie and I'asteooara. i;ugie was u
a long tube-like black bead, made of r
glass, we, therefore, understand that
this style of stomachers were made t
of paste-beard richly embroidered t
with long black glass beads. I ven- j
ture the assertion these stomachers, ^
the Boston Post advertised, were n
comely whether the woman who wore 3
them was or otherwise. In the Penn- c
sylvania Gazette of July 24th, 1760, r
there was advertised ''G;iuse and bu-;,,
1
gle stomachers with ficss flowers." e
The black 'beads were doubtless ^
braided on the gauze handsomely set r
off with the flos? flowers interspersed v
among the long black beads. I as-1 ?
sure you our mothers, in the eight- ?,
>
eenth century, were attractive as v
they, were girded with this pieJe of
r?-1 ? nffivo TVir> sfnmaphcr ic -an
idiJiUv; aitiKi A ?
indispensable article of woman's fur- .
>
niehinfr or it would net have survived
so
lcn?. i
Closely connected with ''Bosom r
Bottles' we may also read in the old t
Colonial journals of "breast knots." t
Alice Morse Earle quotes from the a
Weekly Rehearsal, issued January b
10th, 1782, '"In Breast Knots may t
be shown a good deal of ingenuity t
delicate Choice of Colours and D:
positions; a beautifu-l purple is t h
ecner.?! Mode." Also from the I? ij
mere' Weekly issued in 1798, 4 n
brick dust hue of coquelicot rib;' e
was the proper and stylish colc C
breast knots. Coouolicot is F--. 3
for the corn pcpy, as a color it in
eates a bright orange scarlet. So v i
see the styles in co'or changed froi ; 1
1732 to 1798. The firmer people js
were*stylish otherwise the Farmers': (
Weekly would not have published the ! \
styles relative to the color of little 1 51
knots of ribbon worn on a lady's
breast for personal ornamentation, "
and to be in the style of course. '
It is interesting to observe, in writ- j ^
ir.g of the Breast Knots, that the j J
wives and daughters of our eight-! ^
tenth century progenitor^ were not!
merely negative creatures?knots on :
a log, but had their convictions along I '
pclit'ral lines which usually, no j
doubt, agreed with the political opin-1 "
ions of the herd of the household.!-"Federal
Breast Knots ' were worn I
i -iS3
a badge of political conviction, j
They were made* of black ribbon, in
the form of a rose, with a.white button
rtr fn<tpiiino* Tt wic nnt nrilv 11
ornamental but a badge cf that extreme
type of democracy propagated j F
by Hamilton and Jefferson which j w
>
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The Ch
A Carolina Newspap
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Gives to its readers the w<
hot off the wires., fairly and
ents and the Associated Pre;
mented by the Universal Ser
A paper produced by an o
desires of Carolina people ar
sports, market news, social i
cial articles and features for
eluding1 daily and Sunday coi
A few of the manv features th
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER the id
of the Carolinas are:
Editorials by able writers.
The only complete Fraternal C
published in the South.
I Weekly articles by Frank H.
world's greatest authority on inte
ltlCS
Weekly Bible Talks by America
moner, William Jennings Bryan.
Forward Observation PcsL?A
of the World War, by Cale Bulges
Weekly Book Reviews, by Will
Whitsett, President "of Whitsett I
The History cf the South's Fam
Henry E. Harman.
Potash and Perlmuticr, a we
Montague Glass.
A department of Radio News,
world's best authorities on the su
The Woman's Pa^e; a section C<
oral household hints and recipes J
.vife,
Subscription R
Ey Mail.
H5end 5ubsriptions to Circulation D
>rotested, among other things,'
[gainst titles and high sounding
>hrascs in governmental circles and
rhich was continually expressing
ens that the new government was
[rifting towards a monarchy. Some
f the wives of our great, great
randfathers may have been staunch
nrul fr>r mif'ht \vc linnvv
nay have worn the black Breast.
uiot to let it be known, even if the
>allot was denied them. It is exeedingly
difficult to keep an Engish
or Scotch woman from expressly;
her opinion in terms that may be
mderstood and I am proud of that
acial trait.
Ah, I had almost forgotten the lit- :
le piece of old lace I picked up from
he old papers in the old Hair Trunk,
t may have been a bit of an old
>ufTont. Buffonts did not survive
nore than forty years, from 1750 to
790. It was "a full projecting covring
for a ladies throat and breast,
nade of gauze or lace or linen,?it
_ 11 1 1 x. L. . T A: 1 PC
L'as connneu uy me ouuice ana nunci
cut like the breast of a pouter
>igeon," says Alice Morse Earle. It
eally gave the impression that the
nearer was suffering from a large
;o:tre on the threat. I am glad the
ty!e has died and that it did not prevail
long among American women.
~iS TIME TO STOF,
THINK AND CONSIDER
i
Hearing a remark recently with
cgard to the world and its condiion
caused me to think, and finally
o put my thoughts in The Herald
nd News with the hope that I might
>e the occasion of causing some one
o pause in their career long enough
o see where he or she stands.
The trouble is this wild mad scram-;
Je for the dirty blood-stained dol-.
ir doesn't leave poor humanity j
riuch of a chance to develop itself, j
xcept on the brutal animal side.'
i
)ur present social system, or lack'
f system, is especially designed for
rushing out all that's good in human-;
by, and developing all that's bad. As
graded (or degraded) preparatory
chool for his satanic majesty's inernal
regions, our present social.
ystem is an eminent and tremendous .;
access, but as a preparatory school ;
or heaven, it is a failure. You will
ly, why does God permit the world !
d go on as it does? God doesn't per-;
lit it?it's you who permit it. If
od gives you a bounteous table, i
r>read with every conceivable dain- j
r, and instead of sitting down and j
ating as a Christian family should, |
cu supinely permit a few to tear
\e. food from your lips, and starve,:
h/le they hoggishly .eat on their
:olen piles, which they could not
;nsume in a thousand years, then I
:y, if you permit that sort of thing,
is your fault and not God's.
'
God is the great Provider and not
iviaer. Some dav we shall have a
reat Divider as well as a Divine
rovider. Somt day in Washington
ill meet a body of men who will
i
i ? urn i hi w 11 w*mmmmm?t??u? (MBRwnpwwMM mm ?"?
arlotte 01
>er For Carolina Peo
Clean and Reliable.
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jrthwhile news of the Carolina?
anriirat.elv renorted bv its coi
3S, greatest news gatering age
vice report and Newspaper Enl
rganization that keeps constan
id seeks to give them just what
lews, fraternal order news and
the benefit an:l entertainment
nics.
at make THE One Minv.te In
ea! newspaper pressions and ex<
scribers.
Pithy Para^rap
>rder Section chuckles. Prizes
' wittiest sayings s
Simonds, the Society of the
i national pol- <^ociai events
>s Great Comwecklv
storv A Colored Corr
* * rral daily comic
i?m Thornton !?.nown "Bringing
nstitute. Man us.
cus Songs, by Fiction, Scient
ture articles.
ekly story by A Church Di
lessons. Real Esta
edi?ed by the Special attenti<
inject. Carolinp.s Section
3nt?.inin? gen- coursge, advance
'or the house- commercial, civicstates
of North a
ates
Daily and Sunday .
Daily Only
Sunday Only
eua^ttnent, THE CHARLOTTE OB!
really and truly represent the people
of the United States and not the corporations
and organized money interests
that at present own an.! control
the country and its lawmakers
absolutely. This body of men will
meet to prayerfully consider the
needs of our people, and to use al!
the skill, intelligence and foresight
fc.r making them content and happy,
as is used by our department of war
for spreading death and destruction.
If we'd only stop in our mad career
and ask ourselves where do we stand
am sure we'd see that 'tis the people
and not God who permit this old
world to stand thus.
Let each and every one of us re
solve (and put that i-csolution into
effect) that as for ourselves we will
do better from this time on.
Carrie Buford Wicr.
TO INTEREST SCHOOL CHILDREN
IN BIG STATE FAIR
Columbia, Aug. 19.?The Slate
Fair management announced today
that -a special effort would be made
this year to interest the school children
in the big exposition. Tuesday,
October 24, the second day of the
state fair has been officially designated
as children's day. The gate admission
for that day will be reduced
to ten cents for children and it is j
hoped that this will attract net less!
than thirty thousand sbhool. children. J
The railroads are cooperating with
the fair officials and especially low
rates will prevail on all lines entering
the capital city. Many special
events are being programmed for [
children's day, full announcement of j
which will be made in the near fu-j
ture.
The state fair amusement program
this year will be the most elaborate
ever presented. Ifcirnss and running
r^ces will be featured five days,
while on the closing date, October
28, the speed course will be devoted
to professional auto races. Some of
the more noted dirt track drivers
will be seen in action over the newtrack,
including Sig Haughdal,
world's champion.' In addition to the
racing features, a score of high class
circus acts will be presented each day
and night. Stupendous displays of
fireworks will be)programmed night- .
ly. The famous Johnny J. Jpnes
shows will occupy the Joy Plaza with
myriads of sterling tented attractions
and riding devices. The confined
amusements will be of such magnitude
that they cannot fail to please
all classes of visitors.
The 1922 premium list has just:
been received from the printer. It
contains many new classifications
and increased premiums that should
serve to bring out a more extensive
and diversified exhibit particularly in
the agricultural and women's departments.
rerspns contemplating
exhibiting may secure a copy of the
new premium by addressing the '
state fair at Colighibia.
i Ui
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' Hi
>server |j
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pie ? Constructive,
the nation and the world
*ps of special correspondncy
in the world, suppleterprise
Association.
tly in mind the needs and
they want in general news . |
views, and numerous speof
the whole family, in- j
terviews, a page containing cx- I
changes of views of the sub>fcs,
a page full ox laughs and
are offered each <;lay for the
ubmitted by the subscribers.
Carolinas, a section featuring
of the two Carolinas.,
)lete and detailed report of
in flip state.
lie Section on Sunday and sev- |
features, including the wellUp
Father," by George Mcific
Writings, and other feairectcry,
weekly Sunday school
ite page, etc.
)n is called to the Madc-in,
the object of which is to en,
and promote the industrial,
, and social 'interests of the
nd South Carolina. \
1 Mo. 3Mos. 6 Mos. 1 Yr.
75 $2.25 $4.50 $9.00 j
65 1.75 3.50 7.00
40 1. 10 1.75 3.50 I
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Savings resulting
ity znanufactur
offered to the buyer ci
baker Special-Six. The
$1275 is $200 under its f
Studebakcr reducti<
effective August 1st c
baker had completed
seven months in its ? 0 ye
ci L CI L.IUb IVUVli
had 15,000 unfilled ordi
It is a Studebaker po
standing to share ma
savings with the custc
The performance,
comfort and quality of
Cowl limits; cowl
extension cord: ra
d"y clock; thief-pr
MODELS
LIGHT-SIX
5-Pass.. 112' W. B.. H. P.
Touring. C.97~.
Roadster (3-Pas3.)-. 9/o
Coupe-Roadster
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Sedan 155C
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f the Stude- Studebaker's sales
new price of fevering accidents
ormerprice. for j-he ?rst seven
>T>C were IC33 vil an til]
> !Vr s^'irV. first seven months
i he biggest the fa# that i
jars' history. were sold and pu
Studebakcr since January !, i
:rs on hand! The Special-Six
hey of long sents a new stan<
njiactunng t^e grea{-e2t va]ue
mer- ' ever offered, and th
durability, that is positively
the Special- anywhere in the ir
ventilator; mas-.ivc fccp.d lamps; tormcan light v.
it:-proof, cnr-picce windshield; windshield v.-ipt'
11V!" !<-vM /vimnnrtrr^rit* ?n li?ffc fr<
; AND PRICES-/, o. b. factor
j SPECIAL-SIX
| 5-Poss , 119' TV. P.. SO n. P. 7-Pass., i
; $
> T ;ring $1275 | Touring.
isUr (2-Pass.)... socecjStc
Roadster (4-Pass.) 12/-5^ * .
Cciipe (4-Pass.) 1S75" Coupe ('
Se.hn 2050 Sedan...
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jrd Tjios Standard Equipment ,
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Distributor
me 300 Newberry, S. C.
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New Low Prjc
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:tion of prices on trie a
determination of the C
to give unequalled vali
Chalmers owner will tci
lers was a clearly better i
"old prices.
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LJTiC vaillC lb IlIWic
more about the low-c
mance of the Chalmers J
demonstration.
New Chalmers Six T
senger Touring Car, S1185
senger Touring Car, 51345
OLINA AUTO CO.
Newberi
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everywhere. And
if iir, endurance:
of repair parts,
as v/cll as service,
months of 1922
:ev vcrc for the
; of 1919, in spite
86.000 new cars
t into operation
S20.
at $1275 repre-'
dard of value?
Studebaker has
at means a value
' unapproached idustry.
ritb long
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door.
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BIG-SIX
'26" W. n.. 6C H. P.
$1650
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2475
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naimers orgamies.
11 you that the
investment even
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:ost, consistent
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