The age-herald., 1900-10-14
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shall ruffie the calm of her beautiful life, and she shall live blessing and blessed making the world brighter and happier,
 The general public interest in the selec- ton of names for the Hall of Fame at the University of New York is remarka ble, considering it's purely literary and historic character. Yesterday it was a common topic about town; and the better informed persons expressed great surprise at some of the selections made by the judges. One declared that it was "blanked shame that they left out Edgar Allen Poe!" The gen. eral impression was one of disappointment, and words of ridicule were frequently heard. When men like Robert Fulton, who did not invent the steamboat" and Hunt, an almost unheard-of painter, are placed in the same class with Franklin and Washington and Audubon, we arrive at the point where the laugh comes in. And the idea of placing Longfellow, a tender singer, above Nathaniel Hawthorne and Robert E. Lee is really Imaginable.
 The decisions of the jury so far un- fortunate, unhappy. It makes this Hall of Fame a place of common comedy. Tine jury was badly selected. The action of selecting the chief justices of the various states as jurors is ridiculous. It is doubt ful if there is one of those justices who is learned outside of the law, and probably some of them are not profoundly learned in that. And why should such d .man as MT. Cleveland have been choseh? No body ever heard of him as being learned in anything outside of statecraft. He is g- norant of even politics. He is pre-emi- nently great; but one wouldn't care to trust his judgment as to men of real fame. Who is Immortal Hunt? or Stuart, or. Gray? Bah! ..s.z
 A Southern girl whose name is much in the newspapers just now is Miss Stephens of Georgia, a painter of miniatures. The leading light of yellow journalism in the West, the Chicago American, prints her name Miss "Edythe" Stephens; but it is probably plain Edith, for one must doubt the yellow journal in question, since it re- fers to this young woman as "a grand daughter of the famous Alexander II. Stephens" Truly remarkable that man who was never married and never was a father should be accredited with grand daughter!'
 
 a miniature portrait of Mrs. John D. Rock efeller. The chances are that this Mrs. Newrich knows nothing about art, but she has money. Miss Stephens is said to be a genius, and she discovered by accident her talent for drawing. Her first picture was one of Governor Candler of Georgia. The Governor is an old frined of Miss Stephens family. He was so delighted with his picture that the young artist was induced to try another.
 Her first order was from Mrs. John A. Hill of East Orange to paint her little daughter, Jean, a child of years.
 Upon the tiny portraiture of little Jean this girl spent full month, working many hours every day. With brushes the size of a pin head, with microscopic care, she labored The result was triumph.
 Miss Stephens is socially debutantc, and we are gravely informed that she will 'forego the delights of Atlanta society this winter" That is what the Chicago Ameri- says.
 MT. T. T. Hillman and Mrs. Hillmap have returned from California, where they have been spending the past four months for the benefit of MT. Hillman's health which is very greatly improved. MT. Hill man said yesterday that their stay in Ca-- ifornia was delightful.
 MT. Warner Shook sailed from England for America yesterday, and will return Q Birmingham to reside; he having decided not to accept the business proposition to remain in England.
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