Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 328, 3 October 1909 — Page 15

PAGE THREE MASSACHUSETTS A C0TT0PR0DUCER Bay State Man Has Several thriving Plants Growing Now. 1(0)1 CdDMIPILETTE MAY MEAN NEW INDUSTRY BUT UP TO THE PRESENT TIME IT 13 ONLY AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT MADE BY AN EN- j TERPRISING MAN.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1909.

Springfield, Mass., Oct. 2. An experiment in raising Southern cotton In Massachusetts, now being tried by a young farmer and mill worker at Indian Orchard, near this city, on the banks of the Connecticut River, is just now the sirbject of much curiosity end interest among professionals who understand the culture of this supposedly hot climate industrial stable. Today the plants grown out of doors by Arthur Meyers are sixteen inches in height, they have all flowered, the petals have fallen off, and the snowy cotton Itself is beginning to make its appearance. Should it prove that the product of the bolls is ready for harvesting before the frosts of the fall Injure the plants, it is said that Mr. Meyers will have demonstrated in a new way how Northern farmers may greatly add to the profits of their industrial returns. Tobacco Planted Near. Only a short distance from Meyers' cotton plants are thousands of acres of tobacco growing along the banks of the Connecticut, an agricultural product which, until a comparatively short time ago, was believed to be impossible of successful production in New England. The cotton experiment, important us its results may turn out to farmers, was undertaken in a spirit of curiosity by Meyers, rather than to test the hardy possibilities of the plant. Meyers, who is regularly employed In a shop adjoining a cotton mill, one day picked up a few seeds lying near the milk Being a farmer !n a small wry, the idea occurred to hi mto try )t;t seme of these seeds in his garden, end accordingly several of them were carefully planted and watered. The sowing was done in April. In June the shoots were above the ground and thriving excellently. Meyers refrained from giving these plants any especial protection from the changes In temperature, allowing them to remain In his garden, well weeded and watered, and finally took up a few of the strongest and placed them in pots In order to be able to take them under cover if they did not ripen before the heavy frosts. Expect Good Yield. Today each of the plants is in a fair way to produce its quota of cotton ere they are killed by the autumn cold. The flower petals, first white and then successively purple and dark red, finally dropped to the ground and the embryonic fruit is steadily advancing to the state where it will be real harvestable cotton. Since the blossoming, scores of interested farmers and those interested In the cotton industry have called at Mr. Meyers' home to take note of the progress and success of his experiment. "It is interesting," asserts Myers, "to note what can be accomplished in our so-called harsh New England climate. I should say from what I have noted of my plants that each will furnish its share of cotton before the plants are killed by the cold. If this can be done with a small number of plants, why not cotton fields in New England? We have tobacco fields here; now cotton is evidently just as adaptable, "However, my experiment was prompted more by idle curiosity than for scientific purposes, and it is likely that experiments on a large scale will have to be made before the farmer will adopt cotton as one of his paying agricultural farm ventures."

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New York, Oct. 2. Defying .all the laws of fashion and garbed in a wonderful gown of her own creation, to say nothing of the most remarkable looking hat ever scon on these shores, even in this age of startling millinery, Geraldine Parrar returned from Europe on the Kronprinz Wilhelm looking radiantly beautiful and bubbling with enthusiasm as she discussed her plans for the approaching season at the Metropolitan opera house. Miss Parrar's gown consisted of yards upon yards of dark blue cloth. At first it gave one the impression of being a tailored suit, but a closer inspection showed that it was all one piece. The skirt swept down into a long train, but about the hips and waist line it fitted the girlish figure snugly. There was not a button in sight, although down one side of the

skirt there appeared a row of little frogs braided into knots the size of an ordinary button. The waist was of a decidedly military cut and suggested the mess coat of a marine officer. Asked to divulg3 how she got in and out of such a costume, Miss Farrar laughingly said: "Ah. that's my secret. I designed this suit throughout. There is not another like it in the world, and I hope there will never be. I think it is by long odds the most stunningly striking thing that has been imported this year. Don't ycu?" Hat a "Sensation." But the hat a big turban of blue velvet, which settled over her head so far that her eai.-? were hidden. The rear, or tail, of ihe creation rested almost on the nape of her neck. One

side the turban rolled upwards to the crown at an altitude of six inches. From beneath this roll peeped half a dozen tiny curls, such as "greatgrandmother used to wear," and of these Miss Farrar was so proud that she insisted that the reporter inspect them at closer range. "They are all my own," she said. "Every one of them is my own, and you can pull them to satisfy yourself if you don't believe me." At that she gave each and every one of the curls a vicious little tug that left no doubt that they grew where they are. "This hat," she continued, "is also of my own design, and I made it myself and I know I have solved a problem. You see, it fits so low on the head and is so comfortable that I don't have to wear pins or anything else to keep it on. I just jam it on, pull my curls out to the side, and then I am on my way. I know all womankind will bless me when they screw up sufficient courage to wear one, for I never knew what comfort was until I put this on." When asked if she were going to be

married. Miss Farrar replied: "Why, I haven't been divorced since you reporters married me off to somebody several months ago. Seriously, I am not married to Scotti or to any one else and will not marry for twenty years. I must save my money." Then Miss Farrar snuggled a tiny bull pup in her arm3 and settled down to tell about her plans for the coming season. Miss Farrar is delighted with the prospect of English opera at the Metropolitan. She went directly to Philadelphia today with her father and mother, who accompanied her abroad, after which she will make a tour of the Eastern states in concert. Miss Farrar said she is to sing "Tosca" in English and will also sing this role at the New theater. With Miss Farrar was Andreas Dippel, administrative manager of the Metropolitan opera house. Mr. Dippel said, when shown an article in a morning newspaper, which quoted Gatti Cassaza as having said there will be little or no German opera at the Metropolitan: "This will be on of the best seasons

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