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The age-herald., 1899-07-23
The Woman's Department
 Of the State Fair

With interest being aroused throughout the state over the proposed fair, which is to be held in Birmingham in November, the success of the movement would natur- ally develop a most important work which has hitherto been an essential factor in similar organizations great or small. This would be the Woman's Department of the state fair. The preparations for the fair are yet in comparatively an uncertain state, but as soon as the matter is definitely decided the cooperation of Alabama wo- men will be needed to carry on the work to successful completion. That part of the fair which would bring forward the indus trial pursuits of Alabama women, would do far more towards encouraging them in their work on the farms than any other public movement.
 I have been reading with a great deal of interest of the womans side of the Georgia state fair, which is to be held in Atlanta this fall. and should Alabama undertake a state fair the industrial pursuits of the wo- men of the state should have an equal showing with the exhibits of the men.
 The advantage of a fair and it's opportu- mites are written of by Miss Dooly and Mrs. Myrick, two of the leading press wo- men of Georgia, who urge Georgia women to take up the work. The same conditions will apply to Alabama women, and the same opportunities should be given them.
 This" writes Mrs. Myrck, ''seems splendid opportunity for the club women of Georgia to show their clever genius and well-earned ability by taking lively in-
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A BIRMINGHAM GIRL WRITES OF
 HER IMPRESSIONS OF LONDON TOWN

sufficient light to read without a lamp. These long twilights are delightful.
 The Trip Down ths Rhine
 The trip down the Rhine from Godesburg to Bingen was delightful. The romantic and picturesque ruins of castles along the river are about the only feature which makes the Rhine more interesting than the Hudson. American-lil1e. l think the Hud- son scenery more beautiful. From Bingen we took 0 railway carriage, as they say here, to Frankfort-on-M Main. the birthplace of the great Soet Goethe.
 l do not believe have told you that the Grand Duchess of Baden has granted us an audience. She is the daughter of William L. and the aunt of the present emperor. We are very much afraid that we will not Ado and say the correct thing. B. is re- hearsing us however, so l hope we will not make any blunders. Last night we went to the grand opera and although A said the ballet was the only thing she understood. we enjoyed it thoroughly. The opera house is beautiful and we had splendid seats
 At the end of third act there Is an inter- mission of fifteen minutes when every one promenades in the spacious halls intended for this purpose. Here you see all Of your friends, and show off your good clothes and can have light refreshments If you wish. Very few of our friends'"were out last evening" but this did not detract from our pleasure. The opera began promptly at o'clock and then we had supper after ward The opera was particularly interest," ine io us as the girl who takes the leading role stops here and we had met her. She IS very beautiful, and goes next week to be- come court singer in Vienna. You would have laughed last night at our efforts to talk to A young Italian who is stopping here to learn German. By mixing French Ger man and English we managed to have real jolly time.
 The students of Heidelberg
 Heidelberg is a great university town and the place is crowded with students who are
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HUNTSVILLE

One of the pleasant social events of the week was an affair given in compliment to a. number of young ladies Wednesday even ing by MT. and Mrs. c. B. Patton at their home on Echols Hill The lawn was lighted with aJpanese lanterns. Dancing and music were indulged in. Miss Martha Scruggs. of Nashville, sang several songs, and Miss Lucia Forrest entertained the gathering with selections on the Italian harp. The guests of the evening were: Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Newman MT. and Mrs. Lawson White, Mrs. Addison White, Mrs Irvine White; Misses Sadie Greenway, of Hot Springs. Ark. Martha Scruggs, of Nashville; Mary Howard Matthews, Mona Robinson, Sara Dement,, Lucia Forrest. Jane Bierne and Sunie White: Messrs. liar ny M. Rhett, Howard Thomas, Matthew White, David White and Judge Clopton, of St. Louis. A lawn party was given at Mrs. c. A. Jenkins home Wednesday evening by the First Cumberland Sunday school
 Misses Onie Weaver, of Birmingham, and Beuiah Moore, of Gadsden, are visiting Mrs. Sydney Meyers.
 Miss Lizzie Vogel entertained a number of friends Wednesday evening in eompli- ment to Mrs. Edgar Bussey of New York The guests spent the greater part of the
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Known by their different colored caps and also by the scars on their faces received Tn duelling. They practice duelling just as the boys at home practice boxing Almost every man you meet here has great gashes and cuts on his face. Heidelberg is beauti- fully situated with the Rhine and Neckar both flowing through it. and the mountains rising up from the midst of the city. All along the Rhine and all over this country are found immense vineyards. I really do not see bow they manage ito cultivate grapes on some of these precipitous moun- tain heights, but none of them seem too high for vineyard. The law always pro- claims the time for the vintage season, the people not being allowed to gather the grapes until they have been examined by an expert and declared ready for so doing. This makes sure that the wine will be pure, or if eaten, that the grapes will be all right. Much care is taken here to prevent the loss of life. You are never allowed under any circumstances to cross a railroad. There are steps to go up and a bridge to the other side, which is very provoking some times when you could get across with a few steps, to be forced to take so many extra ones. Up to this time we have had the most beautiful weather, but for the past week the sun has not shone on us to amount to any thing. The Germans have a saying something like this, "When angels travel the heavens weep" However we do not get much consolation from this, and have decided to stay near the cities until the rain is over, as rainy weather in the Black Forest would be rather disagreeable. am making strenuous efforts to speak German, but as yet my accomplishments do not extend further than asking for eat ables stamps, letters, passing the time of day, etc.
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evening in the arbor, which was beautifully lighted. A musical programme was rem dered Father OGrady, Miss Blaesi and MT. Frank Ford taking part. Mrs Bussy departed for New York immediately after the party came to an end.
 Miss Elizabeth Richardson gave charm ing entertainment Wednesday night in compliment to her friend, Miss Annie Skeggs, of Decatur. About twenty young people were present.
 Mir. Maurice Gardener of Whitesburg and Miss Mary Mead, of Paint Rock. were married at the home of the brides par ents Tuesday night. Both of the young people are popular in Huntsville.
 Rev. Nathan Michnic, pastor of the He- brew Reform Synagogue, is spending his vacation at Atlantic City.
 Mrs. M. L. Scruggs and Miss Martha Scruggs, of Nashville, are visiting Mrs. c. c. Robinson.
 Miss Laura PleaSants, of Memphis, is visiting relatives.
 Misses Mary and Dagma Cayce are in Hopkinsville visiting relatives.
 Prof. and Mrs s. R. Butler are at home after a visit to New Hope.
 Miss Mamie Woodbridge, of Memphis, is visiting Miss Mary Glenn.
 Mrs. Glenn Wells is visiting in Indianapo- lis.
 Miss Meda Mason has returned to Pros- pect, Tenn.
 John D. Elliott, of Birmingham. is visit ing relatives here.
 Mrs. M. R. Grace is in Knoxville.
 Richard Lindsey, formerly clerk at the Read house, Chattanooga, has returned to Huntsville, and has taken a position in the office of the Huntsville hotd.
 Edward Harris, the young son of MT and Mrs. William Moore, died yesterday after a brief illness.
 The annual convention of the Madison county Sunday School association is in ses- sion at Mount Zion church. A great many delegates are present, representing nearly all of the Sunday schools of the county.
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of Mrs. W. P Wilson, has returned to her home in Birmingham.
 Sunday will be Children's Day at the Methodist church. and quite a nice pro- gramme has been arranged.
 w. G. Broadway is having his lovely home on Walnut street repainted.
 Mrs. J. w. Estes, of Piedmont, is the guest of Mrs. George D. Motley.
 Miss Anna Alexander will entertain her friends with a Colonial Tea" on Wednes- day at the home of her parents on Sixth street. Each invited guest is expected to come in costume.
 Charles F. Cross and family have re- turned from a visit to MT. Cross parents at Maysvile, o.
 The young men gave delightful dance at the falls Wednesday complimentary of Miss Idelle Glover, of Guntersville
 The Apollo Glee Club are preparing to give fine entertainment in the early part of August.
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GADSnEN

Miss Edith Randall has returned from a visit to relatives at Birmingham. Mrs. R. H. Hart and children, of Nash vile, are visiting Mrs. A. s. Hart. Mrs. R. B. Smyer has returned to her home in Birmingham after visit to rela- tives here
 Thomas L. J. Johnson has returned from Atlanta.
 Mrs. Hattie Saules is visiting relatives at Pleasant Valley.
 Miss Mary Foster has returned from a visit to Guntersville.
 Hon. J. l.. Burnett is in Center. Eugene Pentecost, of Rome, was in the city this week.
 Miss Sadie Mitchell entertained her friends at the home of her parents at Ala bama City Wednesday night with a phan- tom party.
 R. B. Taliferer and wife left Monday for Niagara Falls and Toronto, Can.
 Miss Idelle Glover, who has been the guest of Miss Madie Baugh, has returned to her home in Guntersville.
 Prof. l. II. Hill left Monday for Cropnell Ala, to join his family, who are spending the summer there.
 Mrs. W. I. Herzberg and children have returned from Menlr, Ga.
 Leonard Lovejoy is visiting relatives at Five Points.
  relatives at Rome, Ga.
 K. l.. Denman and wife, of Nashville, are visiting relatives here.
 Misses Ola and Dana Hicks, of Nashville. are at the Printup.
 T. M. Anderson and wife left this week for visit to relatives in Texas. Mrs A. L. Woodliff and daughter, Bessie, left Thursday for Oklahoma Territory, where they will in future reside. Captain Woodliff went several weeks ago. Lewis Carson, of New Orleans, Is in the city.
 Mrs. Will Huston and children have re- turned from a visit to relatives at One onta.
 Dr. w. s. Edwards has returned from Birmingham.
 1T. F. Dunlap and sister, Miss Maggie, are attending the Chautauqua at Talladega. Miss Lola Denson, of Birmingham, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. T. Herzberg. Miss America pogue, who has been criti- ically i'll for several weeks, is improving w. L. Echols, wife and son have returned from Talladega.
 Seymour Jordan left this week for Five Points, where he will spend his vacation Mrs. James F. Henry and little daughter left last week for Battle Creek, Mich. where Mir. Henry has been for some time Misses Juliette and Bertie May Kidd have returned from a visit to relatives at Mont gomery.
 Miss Daisy Long, who has been the guest
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magnifcence, and realizes how small is man in comparison to his works.
 The shops in Cologne are large, and we have found it very good place for shop ping.
 Leaving Cologne. we went through Bonn, the birthplace of Beethoven and the rest ing place of Shuman. From here we took a train for Godesberg, an ideal summer re- sort on the Rhine.
 The Pension, at which we are stopping, is delightful, so we have decided to remain here for a few days of rest. We have our breakfast in the vine-covered summer houses, and here the o'clock bread and butter is taken
 We will go down the Rhine to Frank fort
 We are trying hard to learn German. No one here can speak English. In fact we meet very few people who can, so we will simply be compelled to learn German. It is now after o'clock D. m., and there is
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Delightful Notes of Interesting Places Visited by the
 Transatlantic Tourists.

women. is quaint and quiet place, and we shall enjoy the absence of hurry and bus tie which we had in London.
 We had a regular Dutch breakfast this morning. There were four kinds of bread sweet butter, that is, butter without salt, delicious cheese, eggs and tea. They ao not serve meat for breakfast.
 The buildings here are simple compared 10 the magnificent structures of London, pdt their cleanliness and flower gardens make them very attractive.
 I thoroughly enjoy everything in fhe Hague, from the comfortable beds, which one so seldom finds in traveling, to the numberless windmills.
 Of all the Dutch cities I think The Hague is the prettiest
 A Miniature Venice
 Going from The Hague to Amsterdam and leaving there for Cologne, a beautiful sight presented itself before leavng our train. The moon had risen over the Rhine and it's light with miriads of electric lights, was mirrored therein. We thought for moment that we must be in Venice, but seeing standing out in bold relief against the clear sky two spires, which can not De mistaken we knew that we were in the city which holds the most beautiful catne- dral in the world. The cathedral, which we have visited is a superb Gothic structure. As We approached the entrance l com rared 1t mentally with Wes estminster Abbey and St. Paul's in London They suffered in comparison, though Of course there is not the historical association attached to the Cologne cathedral that there is with Vest minister Going into the interior, out of the sunlight, one is at first overcome by such
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terest in the woman's department of this great fair of 1899 They now have unique opportunity to put in practice what they have been advocating for years in their great influence for the good of the women of Georgia by devising ways and means whereby the industrious and oyenworked women of our rural districts in Georgia can come. bring the fruits of their labor, and join in making the woman's dejartment the most attractive and creditabe in the states history"
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TUSCALOOSA

Mrs. James D. Webb. Jr., entertained at cards Friday night in honor of Miss Wag- ner, of Dyersburg, Tenn. Whist was play ed and the evening was one of rare enjoy- ment. Miss Abbie G. Searcy was the for tunate winner of gold chain as the ladies' prize, and to MT. Hugo Friedman was awarded the gentleman's prize, handsome scarf. After the game delicious ices were served The guests were: Misses Wagner. Ella Searcy, Abbie l. Searcy, Sad1a Gordon Williams of Atlanta, Annie Moore, Messrs. w. A. Maxwell, Hugo Friedman. San, Friedman, Henry Snow A. C. Code Monroe Rosenan, Alan Jemison, Frank Fitts, MT. and Mrs. Archie Leland.
 Misses Ella and Abbie Searcy are enter taining at their beautiful home Misses Julia -~~~-----~>~-~>~--->--->--
 (Continued on Thirteenth Page.)
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WALL Avail yourself of the PAPER nattin% s choice nav and GUT PNiCES up-to-date Wall Papers at from one-fourth to one-half off from regular prices, at Colby's Wall Paper and Art Store, 2023 First avenue.
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Mrs. Thomas D. Cobbs and her son of San Antonio, Tex, are visiting MT. and Mrs. chauncey Cobb.
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Fashionable drinks mixed by skillful bartenders at tho Mecca.
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The Owl club will hold an important meet ing next Wednesday evening, July 26, at o'clock at 209-211 Twenty y-first street. The attendance of each member is urgently re- QueSfed
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Mr. and Mrs. Braxton Bragg Conner have cards out for a garden party on Monday evening, July 24 at o'clock. The cards of Miss Mignon Conner, their lovely young daughter and that of her guest, Miss Aimee Nelson, of Selma, are enclosed.
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Miss Grace Hardie left Friday for Valley Head where she will be the guest of Miss Mary Anderson at her beautiful summer hoine Winston Place.
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A party which included MT. Bressi' Vaughan, MT. Nat Barker and a number O others left last night for Mobile.
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Misses Helen, Gertrude and Avis Ehrman will leave Tuesday for New York. They will sail Saturday on one of the Hamburg American lines for Europe, and after spend ing some time at Hamburg wi go to Frankfort-on-the Main, and will spend the early autumn in Dresden or Berlin.
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Mrs. M. Mahoney, Mrs. J. A. Achers and Miss Nellie Achers are out of town for a visit of several weeks
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tContinued on Thirteenth Pagc.)
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MT. John w. Tomlinson returned yester- day from Chicago. His club friends and society generally are congratulating him upon his honors of the past week.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-13

A FAMOUS BLrNDERER.

NJ. Csallno, the popular French simpietsn,
who performs In the humorous literature
of France much the same function that the
traditional Paddy does In English Htera-
ture. has haen made the ss.bjecs OF a grave
study. In which his innocent s.apidities are
carefully analysed. He IL nothing more
or less than convenient RECONCILIATION
OF "A type CT the harmless bluuderer and
compIaceut iack-wit found In all ages and
countries. In France his sayings reflect
however something Of she pieturesquenesS
which is Characteristic Of the nation.
calino's blunAerings. IL seems. began AT
All early age. lie had not craft enough 10
tell lie that would hold water for a mo-
ment. one day al scaooi ne get into a
fight with a companion. and came hume
with q cash on his forehead.
How did you get that cut?' asked his
father.
What cut. papa
Why. that great cash ON your fore
head"
Il bit myself there, papa"
''Bit yourself, Why. you couldn't bite
Yourself on your forehead
Il got UP chair 10 DO H. papa
Later In life Calino delivered himself of
the following bit OF wisdom:
AS for me. don't care much for the
sun AZ ] do for the moon. You see the sun
only comes after II gete daylight when
We could see just as well without it, bat
the moon y some Gse~it shines IA: night"
Early one morning. when Calsno was
out with ht~ gun. re PAW robin In The
garden of his friend Camille He aimed az
II. hi. II dropped below the top 81 the wall.
Then calina went into THE aouse. crept up
stairs softly. stole into Candles bedroom
without waking Camille. wnc was ia bed
pointed HIS snn eut az taa window at the
robin and fiyea-hangi
Camille teape1 out OF bed in Wild con-
fusion and alarm.
Wv whv~-w--w---whst she Natter
'soh. ala wake you ua1" said Calno.
Il pulled shs trigger just IS softly as
could BOSTON Traveller.