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The age-herald., 1900-08-05
Fashionable Chiroyraphy

In chirography the large band, both Eng gfish and round, is affe ,;ed, and to be quite up-to~date, one should not write more than three or four lines on each page. In beginning a letter or note the preference is given to the fourth page, and the letter is continued over the fist page, then On the second. ending on tte third Some gre. fer to write only on the fourth and first pages, leaving the second and third lank. No particular style of pea is used exclu- sively this season, and either steel or sc1d, stub or diamond points is chosen to suit the fancy of the writer. Dresden china ren- holders are as plentiful as blackberries in their season. and come with beth sit and silver mountings. A very al i!stocrstic ioox ing holder is of tortoise shen twisted to resemble a horn and mounted with silver in RR antique design.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
HAD GREAT FATHz
 IN BIRMINGHAM
MT. M. Reed Purchased -Avon-
 dale Steam Laundry Just 7
 After Panic of 1893. :.

Among the enterprising, hustling firms of this district, the Avondale Steam Laundry, of Avondale, with offices at No. IDS North 18th street, this city, has a just claim to a position in the front rank. This concern was organized in 1886 and passed into the hands of the present management in 1894, and its patronage has more thans doubled under the direction of MT. M Reed, the efficient and wide-awake proprietor.
 The latest creations of the inventer's mind have been installed in the plant and the work turned out in either gloss or domes- tic finish Is second to none in the south.
 From force of not more than half dozen the rapid increase of business has neces- sitated the addition of help from time to time until the present force numbers forty persons. 2.
 Proprietor Reed came to Birmingham from Nashville. It was just after the panic of 9S that he purchased the Avondale Laundry. There was great financial dls- tress in the Birmingham district then and the citizens were extremely blue and down. cast four out of every five houses were without occupants and there was practically no business being transacted. But this gloomy situation did not in the least shat ter MT. Reeds belief in brilliant future for Birmingham and he invested his money in the Avondale Laundry
 That this investment proved profitable one is attested to by the enormous amount of work turned out daily by him.
 MT. Reed conducts hfs business on a high plane of perfection, and once a pa tron, always a patron of the Ayonda1e Laundry. .#s
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
NORTH BIRMINGHAM
 IS FORGING AHEAD
Great Manufacturing Plants AL ready in Operation and
 More to Follow.

The removal of one of the largest and most important machine shops and foun- dries from the city of Birmingham to North Birmingham is only the beginning of tre- mendous exodus of workshops and general manufacturing concerns, to that most high fence to water, exemption from taxation and close proximity to the city, with all the cfieapness and convenience of conpet- ing railroad lines are some of the induce ments which make certain the early fu- ture of North Birmingham as one of the most important manufacturing sites in the south.
 MT. E. N. Cullom the wide-awake pres ident of the North Birmingham Land Com pany, backed by progressive board of directors, has within the past few months made tremendous strides in bringing North Birmingham to the favorable attention of manufacturers. The location of the great Dimmick Pipe Works was a great stroke and many are following in quick success sion. It is confidently predicted that before many months roll l~'round" hundreds of smoke stacks will dot the North Birming- ham valley; and with these must come the building of houses for an immense popula- tion there.
 There is not more highly favored To- calty in America for manufacturing in dustries and for homes for the people, than North Birmingham, and the management of the property is prepared to offer extra ordinary Inducements to all newcomers, and will meet promptly every requirement.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
APPRENTICE BOY
 GROWN POWERFUL He Began at the Bottom and Has Worked His Way
 To the Top.
Industrial Record, September, 1897.

Industrial Record September 1897
 w. M. Crellfn is a man who commenced at the bottom of the ladder, and is fast climbing to the top; worked at his trade for $1.25 per week; now proprietor of the well-known Birmingham Boiler Works: does large business, and it is constantly on the increase.
 The Birmingham Boiler Works: This business enterprise was founded in 1887, and through the large experience enter prfs and a thorough knowldge of all de- tails, can justly lay claim to equal prom mence with any works of the kind in the country. They manufacture boilers fur naces, standpipes, chinneys, tanks, sheet iron work, etc., and are prepared to figure on work Of any sort and dimensions in their line. They have the latest improved hydraulic machinery. They make a special ty or repair work. All work is done under the immediate supervision of MT. w. M FCfeliln, whose practical eyes never lets the most trivial mistake escape them. short history of the genial proprietor. MT. w. M Crellin, who came from New Orleans where he worked for Samuel Laylock & Co. He served his time with him, having worked for $L25 per week. After the death of MT. Laylock, his stepson, MT. H. A. Briggs, came with MT. Crellin to Birm- ingham in 1SS7 where he established the present business under the firm name of H. A. Briggs Co., MT. Crelin, acting as foreman. He finally bought out that con- cern and has continued it ever since as the Birmingham Boiler Works. As such it has quite a reputation over large scope of the country. The large experience, coupled with good judgment and untiring energy, has enabled MT. Crellin to enjoy a large and increasing business. Last, but not least his work is always in demand and never fails to give satisfaction. office and works. Twenty-fourth Street. Avenue A and Powell Avenue.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Of all the mighty factors that contribute to the advancement of Birmingham-the Greater Birmingham-not one of them plays a more important part in the industrial domestic or social life of the community than the Consolidated Electric Light Com pany, whose plant is located at Powell avenue and Nineteenth street. Progress sive and liberal in it's policy, it has never Jagged, but on the contrary has always kept ahead Of the city's steady expansion. Indeed, no corporate management amongst us has seemed to anticipate so readily the needs of the community or to appre- ciate so fully it's own public responsibility. It recognizes the fact that Birmingham is metropolitan in character and in accord ance with that recognition it has builded and shaped It's course
 Then and Now
 .Jnst see! The Consolidated Electric Light Company started it's Powell avenue plant in 1895 with only one thousand horse power. It Increased it's capacity for supplying the city and suburbs with electric current right along until today its enormous engines equal 4,gs0 horse power. Electric devices of the most modern and approved style were installed and extensions made last year. Immense cables, carrying electric fluid to Pratt City, Ensley, Woodlawn and Avondale were constructed and these out lying communities were equipped with street lights and the necessary wires for lighting residences and places of business "A sub-station for the distribution of elec- trlcity was erected at Pratt City-Pratt- 1l,.xc Woodlawn and Avondale
 But the most important fact just now Is that by the first of October next the Con- solidateh Electric Light Company win have largely expanded its plant. To keep abreast and really ahead of the times the company decided early in the year to add to its already large building and to in stall additional engines, boilers, dynamos and other machinery that would bring its plant up to a still higher point of efficiency and enable 1t to meet the demand for cur rent not only at present, but in the years to come. This meant a vast outlay of capital. for all "power house" equipment is exceptionally expensive. The engines, boil- CTS and dynamos must be of the highest grade of material and workmanship. No machinery in this district exhibits more of the up-to-date quality than that found at Powell avenue.
 The original building of the present plant covers area of 15ox1&5 feet. The added building just being completed has an area of 105xl12 feet Both the new and the ol6 stand upon massive stone foundations ant the superstructure of brick is relatively massive. The roof is Imported by great iron trusses.
 Six>Thousnnd Horse Power Increase
 The plans for the addition provide for six thousand horse power capacity, which, with the power already in operation, will bring 1t up to over 10000 horse power. Starting with October there will be twenty-four boilers employed and this number will be soon increased to forty-eght
 There are seven engines now in use and an October there will be eleven. The new ones are being butt by the Birmingham Machine and Foundry Company at East
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
A,Oueer Wedding Custom

A curious custom obtains in the little town of Plougastell, in Brittany, namely the collecting of all the marriages of the year into one great event. At q recent ceremony of this kind thirty-four couples were married simultaneously. All the bridegrooms, wearing the Breton costume walked in procession through the town followed by their fathers, mothers, broth CTS, sisters and other relatives. The fes- tiyities lasted a week.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
A Social lfoidup

From the Indianapolis Journal
 Maud Murcher gives progressive con- versation-veranda party tomorrow"
 Yes; the idea of making people work for their ice cream in that fashion this hot wcatherr'
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
Sending Good Toys Aftcr Bad
Stray Stories.

Stray Stories.
 Young Hopeful-Papa. I wish you would buy me a bow and arrow.
 Papa-Its only an hour since I bought you kite.
 Young Hopeful-The kites on top of a telegraph pole, and want to shoot it down.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

bled over with wit They went in to
dinner. The soup tureen was brought
in. Tied 10 one handle was card.
and on that card the information in q
big. round hand:
This is soup"
Roast beef followed, with placard
announcing
This is roast beef"
The potatoes were labeled The
gravy dish was placarded. The olives
bore a card marked OLIVES" the sal
ad bowl carried a tag marked Sal
ad, and when the Ice cream came in a
card announceding This is ice cream
came with it. The wife talked of q
thousand different things all through
the meal, never once referring by word
or look TO the labeled dishes. Neither
then nor thereafter did she say word
about them. and never since that even
ing has the captious husband ventured
to inquire what anything set before
him Washington Post.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09
SOME CONTINUED STORIES
THAT ARE REAL THRILLERs
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
And then the heartbroken, despair
ing girl fed from the house-fied down
the street-on to the suburbs-out in
10 the country lying bathed in the
moonlight. She made straight for the
precipiee, and with a sob in her throat
and prayer on her lips she took the
awful plunge Continued in our
next for nickel. If you don't get the
next number. you'll never know how
many bones she had broken.)
What! Marry you, almost scream
ed the naughty Alfrida, as she drew
herself up with queenly dignity. "Sir,
| would die nrst,'
Then die." shouted the count as he
stepped back and began whirling the
crowbar around his head to give mo-
mentum to his blow. At the moment
he was about to bring the terrible
weapon down upon her thin and aris-
tocratic skull the door opened and
Don't fail to see our next weeks is
sue. 1t will contain war man and
full details of why and how the door
opened and what resulted.)
Father, if you insist that marry
this man, for whom / have not a shark
OF love-if you are determined"
Il am determined INTERRUPTED the
father.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

profit. She has husband. this Sena-
tors daughter, who is disposed TO be
critical. Most of his friends are men
of great wealth, who live extremely
well, and association with them has
made him somewhat hard to please IN
the matter of cooking. For some time
the tendency has been growing on him.
Scarcely meal at his home table pass
ed without criticism from him.
what is this meant for?" he would
ask after tasting an entree his wife
had racked her brain TO think up.
What on earth is this?" he would
say when dessert came on.
rs this supposed to be salad?" he
would inquire sarcastically when the
lettuce was served. The wife stood IL
as. long as she could. One evening he
came home in particular eaptious
humor. His wife was dressed in her
most becoming gown and fairly bub-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

were. One OF these was decided
blouse with little bag all around the
belt. This particular waist was of blue
satin in the new light weight. 1t was
scarcely heavier than taffeta and looked
quite like glossy silk. The entire sur
lace of the waist was striped with mar
row bands of white satin ribbon, look
ing for all the world like a blue and
white striped satin waist. The yoke
was quite a distinctive thing in white
satin with a border of plated chiffon.
All around the yoke, front and back,
there was an applique of brilliant vel
vet cherries with green leaves. The
belt and cuffs were of white satin and
there was a white satin stock.
Another one Of the waists intended
for this same royal destination was of
Victorian grey poplin, stitched with
dark grey silk The stitching was put
on in groups of six rows each, reach
ing from the yoke to the belt. The
yoke was quite remarkable thing, be-
ing a sailor collar slashed in points.
There were seven points in front and
seven in the back A little edge Of lace
bordered all the points.
A Handsome Waist.
A natty waist, which was undoubted-
ly intended as tramping jacket, is of
pearl grey tweed. There is square
yoke of plaid tweed, showing pink,
black, grey and red checks. Strips of
the same tweed extend round and
round the waist. There are broad
bands of the tweed extending over the
shoulders and caught with buttons in
the back
An extraordinary jacket for the
Countess Castellane is made of light
weight broadcloth in the new shade OF
cardinal. 1t is embroidered in geomet-
rical figures of blue just between the
baby and turquoise shades. The back
fits snugly up to the neck and termin-
ates at the shoulders, where it is caught
with four stripes of heavily stitched
broadcloth which extend over the
shoulders and hold in place the front
which only reaches a little above the
bust line.
The sides of the jacket are cut into
band about six inches wide. The
fronts are merely continuation of the
sides. there being no seam in the entire
jacket. Thy are cut In two lone
points which extend couple Of inches
below the waist line. The space, made
by the removal of the goods in order
TO produce the points. is decorated by
two straps of the goods stitched like
those over the shoulders. These are
fastened with turquoise buttons to the
plain side of the jacket. and to a bell
of gold and blue ~
AT the bust line the jacket is fastened
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09
TIE sensation IS
THE FALL SLEEVE.
There il q RumOr That the Shoulder
Pu6 Will Return, But as Yet There
Are Few Models.

PARIS, France, 19O0.-Mille, the
puturiere, will tell you that the SEN
lnef fall will be the fall sleeves.
Advices say that the big sleeves are
coming in, but as yet there are so few
of them that they do not count One of
the most fashionable of the Partisan
dress builders constructed a gown with
sleeves as large as balloons. 1t was a
house dress for her ladyship, the
Countess of Essex. But beyond one or
two sp0draics cases there are no large
sleeves, the tendency being toward the
sleeves that is tight at the shoulders.
Even the coat sleeve has gone out and
tie fashionable shoulder is the round
ons, Very like the sleeves of the Louis
XIV coats these round shoulders look,
and like the prints in the old books.
Many of them are made with only
one seam, and that seam underneath.
The fashionable length is to the ell
bow; hore}fhe sleeveproper ends, and
is finished with trimming and braiding
of various kings. 1t may tightly hug
the arm and be finished without a puff
of any description; or 1t may flare out
in bell shape, the bell framing the ell
bow.
One OF these new sleeves was in
cashmere of soft. lovely old shade of
yellow brown. The sleeve was perfect
ly smooth and entirely tight fitting. A
row of buttons extended down the out
side At the elbow the sleeve termin-
ated and was finished with four bands
of black silk braiding.
From underneath the sleeve came a
pulled undersleeve of white taffeta stiff
fened with some soft material. You
could plainly see that the taffeta was
held In shape by lining, although it
was by no means stiff in appearance.
The undersleeve was in three puffs
which terminated at the wrist Below
the wrist there was bell of cashmere
which reached fairly over the hand.
One thing is certain. They will wear
very long sleeves. You can scarcely
have sleeve that is too long. From
underneath the cashmere falls a ruff
fie OF lace, with which it is fashionable
to finish cuff, and from out the depths
OF big cloth bell come the hands, made
twice as graceful by being thus clothed.
There is another sleeve, one which
bells at the elbow, and at the wrist has
turn over cuff. Between elbow and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09
AND my hapinees-my tears-m
prayers-wiIl not move your

And my hapiness--my tears-my
prayers win not move you? ?"
Not move.
Then cold, cruel, heartiess, selfish,
unfeeling, unnatural father-then, sir.
it only remains for me toto"
(What remains for her will be told
In our next issue. and If you miss 1t
you will miss good thing. A nickel
pays the bill.)
AS they turned the rock the two men
met face to face, and each leaped back
with menaoing '1Ha!"
'sScoundrel!"
"varlet."
You shall never wed the pure and
innocent Augusta.
"Nor you. have sworn it"
For a moment the rivals foamed at
the mouth, and glared at each other.
Then they sprang at each other
threats with tigerish growls, and the
fight to the death was on.
fReader, would you know which one
of the lovers was left there in the
woods mang1ed corpse. Then ask
your newsdealer for the next issue.)
Il must end it must end II" unused
the mysterious man.. as he approached
the bureau with pale but determined
face.
On the bureau was suicidal outfit.
consisting of pistols, Gaggers, ropes,
poisons. dynamite, gun cotton az GRO
quet nailets.
Il have no fear of death. 1t will
soon be over The man who fears to
die is a coward. All I've got to do Is
70 take UP this pistoi-thus. ! hold the
muzzle to my head-so. Then l
press
fWhat did he miss? Space forpids
us to explain in this issue, but next
week you shall know all about 1T. Don't
miss the next number.)
We left our hero hanging to the roof
of a seven-story building. Let us re-
turn to him. His strength was gone,
and he realized that his seconds were
numbered. AS he made one more des-
perate effort to draw himself up his
eyes encountered the hooking face of
John Johnson. The villain had come
to gloat over the death agonies of the
man he had wronged.
Have you no mercy?" grasped Lor-
EMO. as the hope died out.
mot a bit"
Must die?"
you must"
Then Lorenzo closed his eyes, called
up the vision of his mothers face, and
next moment
what happened next moment, and
for several moments after that is vivid
ly related in our next. Don't miss a
good thing.)
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

wrist there is an undersleeve of soft
light material.
These sleeves, the modiste will tell
you, are the sensation of the fall, and
all the new gowns will show novelties
of this kind.
These sleeves are odd, but there
comes another SO strangely beautiful in
its soft lace and silk that. it might be
a dream in gowning. 1t is made of the
Softest Of pale, almost flesh colored
pink taffeta. From the shoulder to the
elbow it is the ever graceful muske-
taire, and, down, the outside seam is
run a fine trimming Of pearls and pale
blue and pink beads. At the elbow the
silk of the musketaire falls in a ruffie
about an inch and a half wide, on the
edge of which is a cream lace; below
this ruffle a puff not more than an inch
wide begins the undersleeve. This
undersleeve is made of small puffs of
silk alternately set with ruffle Of the
lace
About the top of each of these puff
fings runs row of the beading. The
silk pufings are fitted to lining and
preserve the shape of the sleeve per-
fectly to the arm; the lace falls loosely
and gracefully in q last Shirring over
the hand.
The Coat.
Then there is the new coat sleeve:
this. too. is rounding at the shoulder.
1t fits perfectly to the arm down to the
elbow, and then begins gradually to
flare until it reaches the wrist in a
large bell shape On the inside of the
sleeve, beginning just below the elbow.
are fastened ruffies of cream lace, and
at the termination of the sleeve they
fall in a billowy mass out over the fin
gers. When the fair owner of the coat
lifts her hand. and the loose sleeves fall
back, nothing can be seen but the lace
rufiies clinging to the sleeve of her
gown
The Princess of Wales. it is declar-
ed by the very best authorities, is COM
ing out in society again. 1t is well
known that. since the death of her
son eight years ago, she has mingled
as little as possible with the gay world,
much preferring the seelusiop of Sand
bingham and the shades of York Cot
tage Though still beautiful woman
she mas dressed like an elderly one, and
nothing but her exquisite figure has
saved her.
This year Her Royal Highness has
placed quite large order with a
French dressmaking house and the
needles are flying busily upon her work
While there were a few suits in hey
order the request was almost entirely
for Shirt waists, as all waists now are
called; and such lovely waists they
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09
SHE tanned HER HUSBAND.

Manner In Which n Washington
Woman Cured Her Lord.
| dare say that there isn't woman
on earth who hasn't theory on the
subject of how TO manage a husband,
and have never yet come across a
man who was any the worse for a lit
tie scientific handling now and then.
II I were in the florist business I'd
send a palm to a certain Senator
daughter, who has set an example
managing wives might follow with
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1900-07-03

Przewodniczacy komitetu robo-
tnik6w przedfozy liste kondukto.
row motorman6w, ktorzy W dniu
Z Maja pefnili sfuzbe. Ludzi ia
kich bedzie sic przyjmowafo do
sfuzby, o lie tego okaze sic potrze-
ba. Tylko takich ME przyjmie sig
do sfuzby, kt6rzy podczas strajku
wywofywai rozruchy. Przyjeci
podczas strajku zastepcy strajkuja-
cych zostana ma swych stanowi-
skach, o lie kompania ME ma pre-
civ ich zachowaniu sic mic do "a
rzucenia.
Ma warunkach powyzszych ma
stapif koniec strajku, ktory kondu-
ktorzy motormani W st. Louis
cafkowicie przegrali.
New YORK, 3-go Lipca. =
81 zwfok ludzkich zostafo pochowa-
nych, jakkolwiek CO godzina znosza
nowe ofary katastrofy W Hoboken'
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1900-07-03

dzoziemcy W Pekinie utraca zycie'
Anglia ma projekt ten ME zgadza
sic.
PARYz, 3-go Lii Ga. =
Francuski konsul W Tien Tsin do
nosi, re Francuzi zasypywali mia
sto granatami, z kt6rych jeden ira
fl W konsulat i zrzadzi} W MIN du-
10 szkody. Jeden z urzednik6w
konsulaty i dwaj francuscy mary
narze zostali W ratuszu zabici.
BERLIN, 3-go Lipca. =
Cesarz Wilhelm jest tego zdania,
10 Niemcy zadac musza "a zamor-
dowanie swego posfa zupefnej sa-
tysfakcyi. W tym celu nalezy
wys}ac do Chin 10000 wojska.
Wydano juA rozkaz, azeby 5 okre-
tow wojennych udaio sic natych-
miast ma woody 9chihskie. Gazety
niemieckie zgadzaja sic na wysia-
ME wojska do Chin, pomimo ze
projekt TAXI sprzeciwia sie konstyf
tucyi.