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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-22
TALKED AT FOUR MONTHS. Texas Baby Conversed Intelligently
 at That Tender Age.

Strange, indeed, are the facts con nected with the short life of the in- fant child of MT. and Mrs. Will Fech- neh. of Houston. The child at birth displayed extraordinary traits. It never cried, and exhibited an obser- Tation and mental understanding and development that was almost terrifying i'll babe. At four months this prodigy of intellect could talk plainly and make it's wants fully known. But it's little frame began wasting away The physicians who were called in shook their heads gravely and said to the parents: "You will never raise the child. The mind is too powerful. The mental weight Is sapping the physical strength y They proved to be true prophets. In a few days time the child was dead. Before it's death, the news of Its wonderful precocity being noised about, many people came to sec for themselves the talking baby. and went away filled with awe and won der. It was wierd, almost uncanny this thing of an infant in swaddlir1g clothes speaking plainly, and gazing upon tho spectator with eyes where in intelligence beyond all ordinary calculation. As the child's life was strange, so was its death peculiar. Several days ago severe electrical storm swept over Houston. Just as the roar of the storm came. at that very instant, the child without murmur, calmly and painlessly went forth into the great silence of eternlty.-Channing, Texas Courier.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-22
A NEW VEGETABLE SWEET.
South American Herb That May Be Used xn the Place of Sugar in
 Tea and Coffee.

A plant has been found in the north ern part of Paraguay whose leaves contain a sweet substance. Small pieces will have the same effect as large lump of sugar if dropped into a cup of tea or coffee. The stuff is not the same as sugar, though. because it is much stronger and cannot be fer mented. The director of the Agro- nomical institute at Asuncion believes that it's chemical nature is different from anything else now known. The herb is a rather common one, and the Germans in that part of the world are about to make some elaborate experi- ments in cultiva ting it for the market It is said to contain no deleterious substance, but possibly the matter has not been investigated sufficiently Fifteen or 20 years ago Prof. Remsen, now president of Johns Hopkins uni versity, devised a method' of manufac- turing out of coal tar substance 300 times as sweet as cane sugar. He named it s"saccharin.'' Its use has been recommended for victims of cer- tain diseases who are forbidden to take sugar. Nevertheless. for some mysterious reason, there has been disposition in Germany to prohibit by law the~in+Feduction of saccharin into beer. Possibly the explanation of this procedure is political, not scien- tific. Whether the Paraguay plant, botanically known as Eupatorium re- baudiarum, will eventually prove disappointment time alone can tell.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-22
GricYc, BiSsct & Holland
MECHANICAL sTOKING.
Labor Saving Machinery Taking the Place of Maay Men in shops
 and Foundries.

The small number of men to be seen in modern large machine works or steel mill, as compared with an old- time shop of similar importance, is a matter which has been frequent occasion for comment, and this is doubtless due to the very general use of labor-saying machinery, says the Engineering Magazine. The cost of production in industrial establish ments is made up of the costs of raw material, wages, toolage, taxestand in- terest, of which the largest single item usually is the wages cost. One way by which this item may be reduced is by the installment of mechanical stokers. In the great ma jority of steam plants the coal is wheeled to the boiler room by hand, it is fired by hand, and the ashes. are removed by hand, making, in plants of 2,0oo boiler horsepower or over, wages cost of some consid- erable amount.
 The mechanical stoker may be de- fined as system of great bars, dump ing bars, coal feeders and automatic devices to feed fuel and control it's combustion, and subsequently, to drop the ashes and unburnt coal. That it is not in any sense a new invention is to be learned from the fact that James Watt took out patent in 7s5 for such a device. The mechanical stoker is of English origin, though it has been very thoroughly developed in the United States to suit the local fuels and boiler furnace conditions
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-22
PLEASURE BEACH.

The last excusion of the season to Connecticut's popular summer resort, Pleasure Beach, is announced by the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad for Tuesday next The fa- yorable reports of excursionists on previous trip has added not a little to the renown of this locality and that another opportunity is to be afforded. for which the unusually low rate of 90 cents for the round trip has been named, will be fully appreciated. Spe- cial train leaves Waterbury at 8:25 a. m.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-22

MUSLIN UNDERWEAR DEPART
 MENT.
 Two items which command special attention:
 WOMEN'S CAMBRIC GOWNS Made from fine cambric, low neck, short sleeves, trimmed tastefully with cambric ruffie and beading around neck, price
 59c each WOMEN'S CAATBRIC GOWNS Cut low neck and short sleeves, trimmed at neck with Hamburg beading and insertion, sleeves trimmed with dainty Hamburg edge, price 9Sc each SUMMER COMFORTERS - Were $1.39, reduced to 98c. These are covered with figured silkoline and lined with the plain color, are filled with the best quality snow flake batting and are full size. There are only 8 few of them and they won't last long at 9Sc each SUMMER BLANKETS-Al weights
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-22
uow Ha Celehrntea

As an instance of the overpowering strength of the human desire to make a noise somehow during times of re- joicing a story is told in London of a commonly sane and sober citizen, who, upon hearing of the recent dec laration of peace in South Africa, went outside his house and violently rang his own door bell until he felt calme-. Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-22
Unanimous senfiment.

Krankleigh-Naw! I don't like my new neighborhood at all. Every man on the stret's cad.
 Sharpe-You don't say?
 "Yes, and there's one man in partic- ular who isn't fit to live there at all."
 Strange; that's what all the other neighb bors saY."-Philadelphia Press.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-22
Our Coal Product.

Enough coal was produced in the United States last year to give three and half tons to every one of the 76,o00,0oo men, women and children in the country.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-22
HONESTY IS REWARDED
Chicago Woman Gives a Whole Dime to the Man Who Returned
 $4o,11S to Her.

A Chicago woman lost bag con- taining papers and currency valued at $40,11S the other afternoon and when they were returned to her she rewarded the finder with $00,000.10. He was unable to reply or to learn her name before she hurried away, but later he recovered from the shock and placed the dime in a gilded frame.
 The woman who lost the bag was nervous, middle-aged and dressed in black. She left the bag on seat in a South Side elevated car. It con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-13

Will return to Birmingham next week to
remain until about the middle of August
when he will go to Nantaslxet for the re-
mainder of the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeke Solomon have re-
turned from visit to the Gulf shore
and are again at home at the Florence
Hotel.
Mr.. Frank Nabers is in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Moore are in
Knoxville.
Mrs. Clarence r. Trousdale and her
two children, Master Cecil Durham and
Miss Izora of Birmingham are visiting
her father, Major M. J. Wheeler.
Miss S. Gertrude Waolley has gone to
FRANKLIN, KY, for two weeks visit.
Mr.. e. B. Norton and little daughter,
Ellen Brock. left Thursday for the East
der of the summer in Maine, New York,
Nova Scotia and New Founoland.
Miss Katie and Miss Lucille Garrett left
yesterday morning for Sans Souci beach
on the Gulf coast, where they will spend
the remainder of the summer
Mrs. S. G. Hurtel, who has been the
guest of Mrs. w. c. Garrett on the South
Highlands returned to her home in Mobile
yesterday morning.
Mrs. F. W. Bromberg, who has been I'll
with typhoid fever at st. Vincent's Hos
pital, was able to be removed yesterday
to her residence on South Highlands.
Miss Ada Vaughan is at the seashore
camp ground near Biloxi for an extended
stay.
Miss Belle Weaver left yesterday for
Atlanta.
Mrs. Bozeman c. Bulger has returned
from Mentone.
Mrs. George c. Whatley and her chill
dren have gone to Castellion Springs,
Tenn, for the summer.
Mrs. Corine futile and her children are
at Castellion Springs, Tenn, where they
will spend the remainder of the summer.
Miss Vivian Kay of Brunswick Ca. is
the guest of Miss Helen Palmer.
Miss Mary Randle and Miss George
Perkins have returned from Rome, Ga.
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HILL FOR eovERNoRsHIPa
Withdrawal of Parker and Lamont
May Force Him to Head of List.

From the New York World.
Democratic leaders at the Hoffman
House last night made the prediction that
David B. Hill would be the next Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor.
This prediction came on the heels of the
announcements made yesterday that
neither Daniel s. Lamont nor Chief Judge
Alton B. Parker, of the Court of Appeals
would consent to head the State ticket
1t was no surprise to insiders that Col
Lamont would forbid the use of his name
more formidable
The talk of ex-Gov. Hills nomination
is based on the belief that Hills friends
when the convention meets will throw all
their strength to him as the best-known
Democrat whose candidacy would be
likely to meet with the approval of the
convention. Mr.. Hills close friends,
however. have insisted all the year that
the Ex-Governor would not take the NOM
nation. He seems convinced that the
Democrats can carry the State this year,
and this belief is an important element
In the prediction that he will again head
the State ticket
ExComptroller Bird s. Coler and Jacob
a. cantor, PRESIDENT of the Manhattan
Borough, have booms for chairman of the
Democratic State Executive Committee,
to succeed ex-Mayor James K. Mcclure
of Syracuse. The plan of the State man
ayers, however, is to place Senator Pat
rick H. McCarren, of Brooklyn. at the
head of the committee, which will con-
duct the approaching campaign. Unless
Senator McCarren should decline to serve,
his selection is regarded as certain
Joseph e. Gavin, former Comptroller of
Buffalo, is in the city and is being strong
~ urged by his friends for State Comp
troller on the Democratic ticket. Mr..
Gavin has shown his strength as a vote
getter In Western New York, and will
have the support Of many delegates In
the next convention.
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Says Excessive Rouge on the
Stage is as Vulgar
as in Real Life
HAS FINE HAIR AND
DOES NOT WEAR A WIG
Miss Darlington Talks of the Art of
making Up"-She Has Char
acterIstie Way of Max
ing Eyes on the Stage.
BY ANNIE KENDRIck WALKER.

BY ANNIE kENDRlCk WALKER.
When Mona Darlington, the young
leading woman OF the Lakeview Stock
Company makes up she goes about
it IN the same way as other beautiful
women of the stage. But just as there
Is an individual charm and fascination
about Miss Darlington on the stage,
there is the same individuality about
her or the stage, and this characteristic
malnes interesting every movement of her
pretty hands as she deepens the shadows
beneath her eyes and the color in her
cheeks. Miss Darlington looks very
natural on the stage. for she arranges
her hair in the simplest manner and
never wears a wig. Then she does not
like too much color and the rouge box
N her hands has its limitations
People complain that I look too
pale" said Miss Darlington in her
dressing room last night. when she was
s.malxing up" for her role of Martha
Gibbs in Tho Plums.' '"They think
would look better with a lot of color
but I do not agree with them I think
that too much rouge is as vulgar on
the stage as it is off, and 1 only use 1t
by the lights"
Miss Darlington was sitting in front
Of her toilet table. She wore soft dress
Ing sack, the fril1iest of petticoats and
the daintiest of pink satin corsets 1t
seemed so southern that her maid should
be an ebony, beturbanned creature, who
might have been assisting her mistress
In her preparations for a ball. 1t was
really like the Illustrations in the his
torical novels where Janice Meredith OF
Evelyn Byrd are pictured in the colonial
dressing room, and some where is the
shadowery outline of dusky Priscilla
There was even a tall white taper burn
ing ON Miss Carrington's dressing table,
and a Powered muslin curtain as a
background. But the curling irons gave
the dressing room a modern touch Colon
ial beauties may have reveled in paint,
powder and patches, but they never
knew the joys of curling irons.
Miss Darlington has a fascinating
manner on the stage of opening her eyes
so as to make them appear twice as
large. She says that she is unconscious
of doing so, and that it is only little
mannerism.
II make up my eyes somewhat differ
emit from other people," she said. For
instance, avoid any heavy lines be-
meath the eyes. A majority of people
pencil the eyes in such a way. that a
hard, unnatural expression is produced.
1t is very easy to give a few strokes
to the lids in this way, but it is not
artistic
Miss Darlington uses a liquid for her
eyes 1t is heated and then she touches
her lashes and gives them the softness
of fringed gentian. Then she has a
little pencil that she uses with delicate
downward strokes upon her eye lids
which has the effect of delicate blue
veins. And she did 1t all in less time
than 1t takes to write 1t. Then Priscilla
held up the little gray garb of the mill
girl and Mona Darlington became Martha
Gibbs.
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they will remain for a month and then
proceed to Tate Springs to spend a month
there. Mrs Fulghum has made an annual
visit to Talladega Springs for many
years.
Mrs Ellerbee is at Sewanee.
Mr. and Mrs. B. f. Moore who are in
Knoxville will go this week to the Vir-
ginia coast and will spend the remainder
of the summer in the east
Miss Elise Wilson of Baltimore is Wis
iting Mrs James McCreary at her resi-
dence on Arlington Avenue.
Miss Fannie Dunn left yesterday for
Blount.
Mrs. Susan Caroline Oliver has sent
out cards announcing the marriage of
her daughter Sudie to Mr.. John Bruce
Simpson, on the afternoon of Wednes-
day, the 9th of July.
Mr.. John Miner Caldwell has taken a
cottage at Nantasket Beach, near Boston,
and this week he and Mrs Caldwell and
their sister, Miss Locke, will leave for
their new summer home. Mr. Caldwell
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-13
COURTLAND.

CORTLAND, July -(Special.)-One of
the most pleasant social events of the
year was the barbecue and squirrel stew
given by Judge E. B. Almon yesterday
at his summer residence. Fern Quarry"
Judge Almon is judge of the Eleventh
judicial district. and the entertainment
was given to the attorneys. newspaper
men and court officials of that district.
Fern Quarry is on the Northern Alabama
Railway twelve miles south of Tuscum-
bia. About hundred guests responded
to the invitations sent out by Judge AL
mon and his wife. An old-fashioned
Southern barbecue was the chief attrac-
ton offered. After dinner Mrs. r. F.
Bunting. the accomplished wife of Editor
Bunting of the Florence Herald entar-
tanned the assembly with choice recita-
tons. Mrs. Bunting is an elocutionist of
pronounced ability and did much to make
the day a success. The guests present
represented every county in Judge AL
mons district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-13
LoRlNc SPRINGS.

Mentone, July 12-(Special) ARRIVALS
at Loring Springs hotel: Mrs. c. P. Orr,
Misses Dorthory, Edith, Marion and
Jocelyn Orr, Mrs. E. A. Dove, Birming-
ham; Capt. John White, Birmingham:
Mrs. James Brown, Miss Emma Brown,
Mrs. DIR. w. e. Bingham, Miss Estelle
Bingham, Tuscaloosa, Ala; Miss Willie
d. Sample Akron, Ala; ]. P. Cooper and
wife, Masters Mark A. ant Andrew Coop
er, Rome. Ca; Thomas Jordan, Rome
Ga; Miss Annie Long Rome, Ca; Sam
Adams, Ozark, Ala; F. R. Tarrant and
wife, Miss Ada Mcmillan, Brewton, Ala. (;
A. S. Hamilton, Masters Alfred. DeFor-
rest and Miss Margaret Hamilton, Trion,
Ga; ]. Ashley Jones and wife, Miss Mary
Clifford King, Atlanta, Ca; Misses Lucy
and Ollie Terrell, Meridian. Miss. w. L.
Harder, Woodlawn, Ala; VIM. Davies
Birmingham, DIR. Robinson, Miss Cath
crime OConnell Mont gomery, Ala The
exhiliarating, cool mountain air, is great
ly enjoyed by the guests The nights are
so cool blankets are in order.
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MRS. SEMPLE TALKS OF
SOUTHERNSETIN NEW YORK

Surprise is frequently expressed that
south print columns OF society news Of
New York. the departure of Mrs. Aston
for Europe or the interesting announce
ment that a member OF the Vanderbilt
family left yesterday for Newport, or
that Mrs. George Gould was entertaining
with amateur theatricals at Lakewood,
or something of Mr.. Harry Lehrs latest
dinner-all this evidently interesting a
large class of newspaper readers.
There must be demand for this class
of news so cleverly handled by the New
York correspondents, and no one inter-
ested at all in social life will deny that
the gossip about the prominent people in
the New York and Newport set is al
ways acceptable.
To the representative element of the
south, however, that is not particularly
dazed by the millions represented in the
Newport set 1t is of greater interest to
hear of those prominent in the southern
set in New York, the open sesame to
Which Is not how mary millions are you
able to spend in entertaining.
Every season seems to bring into great
er prominence the Southern Society, and
a perusal of the society journals always
old Southern names.
The visit of that beautiful Alabama
woman. Mrs. T. Darlington Semple of
New York, to Birmingham the past week
recalled to many the very prominent part
she has always taken in the Southern set
Mrs. Semple Is recognized as one of the
leaders in the Southern Society, and her
house near Riverside Drive is the very
center of brilliant social life. She en-
tertains great deal and is herself a
conspicuous and charming figure at the
most exclusive functions in New York.
1t is said that She dresses with more
Southern set. and last winter at the
horse show she was pronounced one of
the most beautiful women.
On the occasion of a reception at which
Mrs. Semple entertained during the sea-
son in compliment to that distinguished
Southern woman. Mrs. James Henry
Parker, president of the New York chap
ter of the Daughters Of the Confederacy,
the New York papers had a great deal to
say of the event. which was attended by
oil the prominent men and women in the
Southern set.
Mrs Parker is formerly of Charleston
and she is the most regal looking wo-
man in New York.
In speaking of prominent southerners
in New York to a little party of friends
one evening the past week, Mrs. Seniple
spoke first of Mrs Jefferson Davis, who
lives very quietly at the Girard but who
receives countless friends who call upon
her.
Mrs. Davis said Mrs. Semple 'is
naturally the most distinguished figure
in the southern set. and she is greatly
beloved. Upon every occasion when the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-13
GREENSBORO SOCIETY.

Greensboro, July 12.-Mrs. Martha Gle
Mrs. Donovan, the wife of an English
vicar near London, writes most entertain
ingly of her experiences abroad. Her
latest letter tells of great charity ba-
Ear presided over by princesses and other
celebrities Her account of the Duchess
of Marlborough proves how very English
Consuelo has become, and how little
she cares to have her American birth
recalled. The divine Sarah was there
and sold her autograph on fans for sweet
charity's sake.
Had the coronation not been postponed
most charming accounts might have been
expected from Mrs. Gielow's facile pen.
Many are leaving for the mountains
and sea side being unable to endure the
heat any longer. Mrs. Mary G. Pickens
and daughters Mary and Resale, left
for Virginia Beach Thursday. They will
be Joined there by Mrs. James Hobson
and Miss Margaret Hobson. Mrs Isreal
Pickens went Friday to Colorado and
will be absent until the last of October
Mrs Charlotte Elerbe and Miss Kath-
leen Waller have gone to Sewanee for
the heated term.
Mr.. w. Z. w. VERIFY accompanied the
Press on their annual tour. During his
absence MT. InOmdS hnlBnI Will ACT as
Mayor. While Mr.. Edwin s. Jack pre-
sides over the Waterman.
Mr.. Joe Northrup and wife are at
Blount Springs for fortnights stay.
Blount being near at hand claims many
of our people. Mr.. Frank D. Gulley and
mother are there for several days.
Drs. MeCollom and Perry have sold
there large and handsome rug store to
Mr. Brown of Montgomery. Mr.. Brown
comes most highly recommended. We well
come him to our town.
Judge Christians family have gone to
their summer home, near HAVANA and
will be absent till cooler weather.
Mr.. Lee M. Otis was installed as Chan
cellor Commander of the Knights Of
Pythias Lodge at Greensboro last Thurs
day. After his installation he served de-
lightful sherbet and cake to those pres
ent.
Mrs Leila Otis end Master Louis Otis
left for a Visit North Friday.
A good rain visited this section Tues
day after noon. 1t came too late to bene-
fit the gardens much. The corn Is all
ready a failure; perhaps the cotton will
be benefited,
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Daughters and Veterans assemble Mrs.
Davis is the centre of brilliant assem-
bly,, and she retains her grace and
charm
"Of course I know that the south has
criticised Mrs. Davis for making her
home at the north, but If those who
criticised her knew more of the circum-
stances they would be more charitable in
their attitude"
Among the younger women Is Mrs.
James Henry Parker, who is a recogniz-
ed leader. She is one of the handsomest
women in New York and entertains a
great deal at her beautiful house on
East Sixty-ninth street, near Fifth ave-
nue..
"A prominent coterie in the Southern
Set" continued Mrs. Semple, lis that
included in the Virginia Club of which
Judge Roger A. Pryor is president His
charming wife was really the inspiration
of the Virginia Club. which has recently
reorganized at reception at the Pryors
The membership is limited to virginians
or those who are Virginians by mar
riage," said Mrs. Semple, laughingly, her
eligibility being through her husband.
Mrs. Pryor" continued Mrs. Semple,
rs tall, graceful woman, with charm
ing manners. She is a d. A. r. and very
prominent in the work or the National
Society She is especially interested in
the society for the Preservation of Vir-
ginia Antiquities. As president of this or
ganization, she. with a large party of
prominent New York women, made the
pilgrimage to Virginia last spring, an
occasion of notable interest throughout
the South.
THE Pryors have magnificent house
at Central Park and West Sixty-ninth
street and for a recent reception Mrs.
Pryor sent to Virginia for the state flag,
and this was draped over the beautiful
entrance,
Among the most req resentatfve south
erners are Senator John G. Carlisle and
Mrs. Carlisle. who have charming house
on Washington Square, which has long
been / brilliant center for southern So
ciety."
Mrs. William Gilliard is prominently
identified with the southern set in New
York and is well known throughout the
south"
THE most brilliant events Of the win
ter" continued Mrs Semple, are given
by the members of the southern society.
These entertainments taking place at the
Waldorf-Astoria, at Sherry-s, and Dell
monicos and assembling the most distin-
guished gathering of the season On these
occasions the beauty and brilliancy Of the
southern women seem brought into great
er prominence, and this graciousness and
chsrm distinguishes them at ell times"