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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
KSOCIAL LIFE

j The Tlmes-Dispntch.)
Va, Nov. 8.-The Dnugh-
,esican Revolution gave n
aud successful card party
gSlast. to raise funds for
lfftransfcrring tho repro
home OF Jefferson. at Mon
he st. Louis to the James,
on. The first prizes were
Reese and Mr.. Nathaniel
received handsome Gibson
Miss Manic Doyle. who
%.
t Is felt here in the ap-
riage OF MIR. Frederick
Tor. OF this city. and Miss
whitman, OF PULASKI. rhe
tako place on tho after
.iay. December 9Th. q. tu.
eabury entertained charm
sill rarcbit party Saturday
nor OF her guests, Mrs
nond. Those who accepted
werc Misses Clark. Nell
Henry, Louise Heath and
or, Of Petersburg; Messrs.
light. 1ienning Smith. Ro-
d Major I1cth Tyler.
rrazewcll James. Of Rich
: been the guest OF Mrs.
nsend. has returned home
three weeks.
q. Johnston and llttle son.
Richmond 10 visit Mrs.
Ter, Mrs. Evans.
ing officer OF the United
3 ship Franklin and his
a most delightful ger
lp last Monday evening.
gun deck was gayly de-
ags and presented q gala
& were Captain and Mrs
b Mrs. Tench +. Tilghman,
Mrs. ]. Kenneth Castle
vas served In the ward
t german was tho event
aver, perhaps. in the his
delightful events hive 80
appeared on tho spacious
OF the magnificent CHAM
ures were led by Mr. Mil
d the chaperoncs were
es Y. Leigh. Howard
yelson Page. Nora Drum
Hughes. The dubutantes
sses Leila Hobson, Lottie
Royster and Abhie VIII
Townsend spent Thanks.
) parents. Or. and Mrs
nond.
rrill, Of Richmond, is the
|Iary Lou Gray. on Duke
~ has returned from nr
,ntal tour,
Elliott Boykln. who have
voral days. have returned
Abingdon.
ath Jones Is spending scv.
New York. the guest Of
ser.
+ul Roper, Of Petersburg
Hiss Anne Henry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
BESSIE BELL
Ru Martha Young.

The author of Bessie Bell has given us an insight into the heart and mind or a child as clear and as exquisite as the world has seen. Bessie Bell will seem to little readers a real companion and friend; with childhood's freemasonry they will recognize at once that Bessie Bell is one of themselves, a real denizen ol their own world of quaint fancies and dainty imaginings.
 Bessie Bell is the story of little Southern girl whom all other little girls will take to their hearts at once; for With all her fances she is q living being. Tnt story carries the reader through many phases of the picturesque life of South ern children. 1t gives giimpses of tle life of a city stricken with the plague of the South-the yellow fever; Of the life of little children at an orphanagei of the outdoor L 1usements of the little folk at a well-known Southern resort Child readers will follow with interest the story of Bessie Bells determination to find a mother and will welcome the out come of her search.
 X most important feature of this charm ing book is the illustration by Miss Ida Dougherty. That young lady has accom- plished in drawing what few illustrators of childrens books have been able to realize-a sympathetic and living presen- tation of the life and spirit of Bessie Bells tale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
Foreign Railways.

| The New York World says that Mir | William J. Wilgus, Fifth Vice-President of the New York Central and Hudson Riv
 CT Railroad, has just returned from a sir | weeks trip through England. Scotland and France, and in the following inter.
 view tells of his observations while abroad.
 Mir. Wilgus IS in charge of the design ' ing and carrying out of the engineering
 details connected with the building of tic new Grand Central Station. While hii | trip abroad was flor a rest and vaca. | tion." to use his own words, he could not help studying engineering problems while in London. Paris and Edinburgh.
 "There Is not a single railroad termina | in any of the cities I visited" Mir. WiIgus
 said. which compares anything like ia. vorably with our present large terminals | in this country, to say nothing of those about to be built, such as the new Grand l Central Station and the Pennsylvania De- pnf
 ITO begin with. their waiting room fa- ciIities are extremely nleagre and uncom' fortable. Railroad depots in Europe are
 large barns; they are not heated. and they have no conveniences., Their exte- riorS are usually very good. The depotA are surrounded by broad, open spaces, giving ample facilities for foot and car- riage approaches. Tn this one point they are ahead of us.
 "Rallroad problems in America are en- tirely different from those the Continental railroader has to meet. Rolling stock and other railroad equipment abroad are toy like. Passenger and freight cars ore small as compared with Americas enor- moUs weights and capacities of trains.
 "The general arrangement and defects of foreign railroads and terminals are patent at a glance. This is not true of our railroads and terminals. because tho foreigner has more to learn of us than we have to learn from him. We Ameri- cans have advanced rapidly in railroad de- veIopment, whereas Europeans have ad- hered as closely as possible to precedent and have not accommodated themselves to plans for economical transportation. They have never learned the lesson of profiting by their mistakes
 Take, for instance, the passenger cars: In Europe they stick to the old coach idea, even to the extent of painting the exterior of cars to resemble coaches. They still adhere to the separate compartment system, which is very expensive to oper- ate. A passenger. by tipping a guard a shilling, can have the privilege of occu- pying an entire compartment, which seats six or eight people. This means that the trains must nave several utneS dS ihahy cars as are actually necessary; more cars means larger terminals.
 Railroad earnings on the other side are
 decreasing, not only from the causes
 mentioned, but from the fact that foreign railways have the practice of charging to the capital account many ordinary ex- penses of renewals and maintainence
 which American railroads charge to cur | rent expenses. The result is that interest
 charges on at least the English railways 1 are constantly increasing without a core sponding increase of revenues. This ex' plains the favor in which American rail- road stocks and bonds are held by the | foreign investing public"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
HOW to Prevent Croup.

It will be good news to tho mothers of small children to learn that croup can be prevented. The first sign of croup is hoarseness. A day or two before the Et-
 tack the child becomes hoarse. This Is soon followed by peculiar rough cough.
 Give Chamberiain's Cough Remedy freely as soon as the child becomes hoarse. or even aftei the rough cough appears, and it will dlspeI all symptoms of croup. Tn this way all danger and anxiety may be avoided. This remedy is used by many thousands of mothers and has never been known to fail. It Is, in fact, the only remedy that can always be depsfGed upon and that is pleasant and safe to take For sale by all druggists. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
conducted bv Martha Young.

Conducted by Martha Young.
 The new edition of the popular book' Bayou Trieste, will make for that true Southern story even more friends The book is by Miss Josephine Hamlitoh Nichols, daughter of Chief Justice NIGH oils of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
 It goes without saying that Miss Nich' oils knows her ground and 1t is an in- ceasing delight to her readers that She knows how to show it to us.
 The things that happen. the love ar fairs of two are delightfully toid' the characters fine and genuine are dehcatey and distinctly pictured Mrs. Dameroh' the mistress of Oakwood, may be met Ill any Southern community, touches axe these make her known outside our 'nelgn- borhoods". of old time attachments ana inherited friendships: "I looked across at her.-at the beautiful. aristocratic fe5- tures whose charm time could never de- stroy. The little hands lying on her knee were rough and toil-staiDed, and the shoe showing beneath her sumer gown was patched in more than one place, but the low-toned voice and exquisite smile made one forgetful of everything else. Have not our hearts bled over just such nard- ships befalling those who were never ln- ured to such toll and loss? Often III need herself, she was never too poor to offer shelter to some one poorer, ana III conscauence Oakwood House was an asylum for all the waifs and strays or the neighborhood. What old country home has not by the exigencies of the times been made such an asylum!
 Tho pages overflow with a delicious hu- nor. delicate and fine. How Modesto mar ried off a liouseful of daughters, and no" the wizened waif, Charlotte, won the Beau Brummel of the plantations, VIII bear reading many times.
 The dignity and devotion of Mammy are nowhere more delightfully."- told than in Miss Nicholrs story of how that dusKy dame played chaperon and match-naker at once, and the story of how Mammy struck eleven O the clock with the dining room tongs is essentially funny.
 Uncle Ephr' um. with his hatred of work except in the acre flower yard. is drawn to the life Priscilla's s wise words and nome ly aphorisms might go to make up a Day Book of Wit and Wisdom. but the wlsc in mind often go far astray III acuoh ds witness Priscilla's unwary conduct that permitted her beloved Sally Ann to get ''kunjured" and nearly lose lover, To read the little book is to live through all tho happy and unhappy incidents of Southern plantation life. the break of the 1eyee. the services of the country church. the festivities of the home wedding. the grinding at the sugar house. the fighting against debt. the visiting of the sick, all are told with exquisite truth. with rich humor. with fine sympathy and with a distinction of style that easily mark the book one of the best stories of Southern life ever written.
 Bayou Triste. A. $. Barnes, New AorN' Price, $1.50.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
MAGAZINE MATTERS.
Cluh Woman for Lannarv.

With each new issue the Club Woman establishes still more its right to be con sidered the official voice of womankind. Club work and achievements in all parts of the United States are thoughtfuily ex- plotted. "A Bit of History" by May Wright Sewall is an inspiring account of a great movement. "Woman Versus the Horse Show" by Grace Dwight Potter, opens up still another field for general interest. Woman as a. Humanitarian, by Gertrude Allen shows some remarka- ble statistics on the work of women in that line. "Parisian Pastels, by the Comtesse de Montaigu gives us some side lights on what women are doing abroad. Uncle Jerrys Little Light" by Mary Stuart and The Dandelion's Mission," by Helen Wells, two stories of merit but widely different in character, lend a light CT tone, while poems sketches, reviews, dramatic and musical criticisms combine to make the January number of the Club Woman delightfully."- interesting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY.
Birmingham Athletes will Meet Old
 Collage Men Here.

The Birmingham Athletic Club football team will play Montgomery team com. posed of old college men at Highland Park Friday.
 The probable lineup of the local men will be as follows: Morgan. center; Hin derer and Patterson. H., guards; w c. Oates. Jr., guard; W. Patterson. right tackle; Ed. Burks, left tackle; w. Con- nifE right end: l.. Pierce. left end; II. M. Smith, quarterback: Jack HobbIe right half-back; Jim Patterson, fullback; Noble Billing, left half back; also Tom Finley, George Tyson. Frank Clarke.
 The Birmingham team is composed o college men, chiefly from Sewanee, Au- burn and Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
NEW BOOK NEWS


This special fatted calf being driven off in a dog-cart by it's own watchman ] a-wearing it's keepers togs-and a delic- | iously unique story follows. There Is a l love affair in quaint old English inn, | a book written and illustrated and time ly check therefor. ard a destiny to relent at the happy moment and settle fifteen l hundred year on two buffy mortals
 with this proviso: Do not permit him to
 pot boil,' or anything of that nature" Welcome words to any young writer! Our Lady's Inn. Harpers, New York Price $l.50.
 Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation. II Fanciful and funny to a degree Is this
 little Peter Piper Book. All the world
 knows how Peter Piper pick'd a peck of
 Pickled Peppers, but one never dreamed
 of having a whole alphabet of amusing
 folks doing equally attractive things.
 Why the children will learn all their let
 ters without knowing it.
 Here is little and a big A and:
 Andrew Airpump ask'd his Aunt her Ailmant
 Did Audrey Airpump ask his Aunt her Ailment?
 If Andrew Airpump ask'd his Aunt her Ailment
 Where was the Ailment of Andrew Air pumps Aunt?
 Every interrogation point is a quaint little picture and a funny picture just
 over the page always gives the. answer to the funny little question mark Uncle's Usher urgd an Ugly Urchfn; Did JTnc1es Usher urge an urgly Urchin? If JIncle's Usher urg'd an ugly Urchin, Where's the ugly Urchin Uncle's Usher urged?
 Turn the page and there is the answer:
 The Ugly Urchin stands on the dunce's
 An ugly urchin, indeed. who no doubt would
 Not study his lessons and who forgot that pretty is as pretty does" Little folks will find no end of fun in l reading in this jolly little book how: Billy Button bought butterd biscuit and
 where 1t went; how Francis Fribble figur'd on Frenchmans Fflly-to what
 sad end: how Neddie Noodle nipp'd his
 Neighbours Nutmegs-and got off scot free, and all the rest of the tiny tales equally diverting. equally diverting. g.-(Peter Piper's Princi- ples-Scott- -Thow, New York, $1) Famous Actors and Actresses by Guston
 Kobbe is book that will find many read
 CTS MT. Kobbe has already won for his
 book an appreciative audience, his two
 books, "Signora, Child of the Opera
 House., and Opera Singres'' being two of the most popular books of stage life and people. The book opens with an excellent estimate of Maude Adams,
 particularly interesting in the story of her
 childhood and early experiences in her
 markedly successful career The picture
 of Ethel Barrymore is finely drawn and
 charming. The story of Annie Russell Is
 filled with incidents of her love and loyal ty to all who come in touch with her life. There is fine description of the Lambs and the Players Club, their ' founders and frequentors.-(Famous Actors and Actresses-Little, Brown & Co. Boston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
1raksman shot by Negro.

James Beech, a brakeman on Louis vile and Nashville freight train.. was shot by an unknown negro at Letohatcnle early yesterday morning.
 About 3 o'clock yesterday morning a northbound through freight train pulled up at Letohatchie for water. Walking around the train, Beech discovered cou- pie of negro tramps on one of the cars. On their making demonstration he went after help and when he returned with a companion one of the negroes shot him in the arm.
 The news was teIegraphed to Montgom- cry and Special Officer Paul Rapport im- mediately left for the scene, a posse be- ing organized which, with dogs. started after the fleeing negroes.
 Beech was brought to Montgomery and sent to hospital, where his wounds were attended to. Last night he was reported getting along as we'll as possible under the circumstances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
Mr. Cobb Transferred.

John W. Cobb, engineer of the Pratt. vilie branch, has been assigned to one of the most responsible positions on tic South and North Division of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, as pas- senger engineer between Decatur and Montgomery.
 MT. Cobb has been with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad nineteen years. and sixteen years as an engineer. He was on the construction train when the Prattville branch was first built, and has been on the run continuously about eight and a half years.
 His many friends in Montgomery and Prattville win regret to see him make his home in another city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
LU1z'S NEW OFFICE
HE Is GENERAL AGENT or THE
 WESTERN.
Brakeman Beech Shot by Negto at Letohatchie--other News of Railroad Men and
 Matters.

As was predicted in The Advertiser sew eral days ago. R. E. Lutz will not sever his connection with the Western Railroad. and will still make this city his head quarters.
 Mfr Lutx will hereafter be General Agent of the Western in Montgomery. His offlce it Is understood. will be in the up- town office of the Western on Commerce Street.
 Mir. Smith, the new General Freight Agent, will probably take charge of the office on Taliapoosa Street today or to- morrow, being in full control by Friday morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30

tertained at the elegant colonial residence of Rev. J. G. Snedecor. The hostesses are Misses Elizabeth Hattie and lone Snedecor. while the guests are Miss An nie Lizzie Hobson of Birmingham, d for mer Tuscaloosa girl: Miss JudsOn kil- patrick of AnnistOn. Messrs. George Snedecor, Jack F. Montgomery of Stark vile. Miss: Robert H. Burnham of Bos- ton. N. W. Sharp. B. H. Somerville and Henry M. Anderson of Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
Rark alen orant Abandoned

London, Dec. 2S.--The Norwegian bark Alphense arrived at Falmouth today from Laguna with the captain and thirteen men comprising the crew of the British bark Glen Grant from Apalachicola, Mo- vember II. for Granton. The Glen Grant was abandoned in sinking condition No. Vember %.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
Our Lady's Inn.

It would never do to tell line of this story, to give a hint of it's plot. It would be more than lingering the donen from the cluster of grapes. It is entertaining fin the extreme. The people are real and the places are so distinctly drawn that they are put within easy reach of the imagination. One can learn from 1t the best way to tame a woman-whieh is not to try, even. to do it.
 Barbara Cheyne is lovely girl (and a bewitching boy) and you will surely agree with her that ''it is rather hard to think that the fatted calf is being killed for me and then find I'm the fatted calf myself" But the sacrificial victim found a way to escape the altar even when the garlands were wound, as victims have. since the world began, been known to do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
TO ERECT NEW BUILDINGS.
Several Permits Were Issued by City
 EneinAAr

sA8AAASCAs
 City Engineer D. w. Ford issued four building permits yesterday for work amounting to $S.430.
 The largest permit as to value, was one issued to M. H. Stuart to build two two- story frame houses at the corner of Hull and Alabama Streets at a total cost of $6,500. There have been negroes living in the house now located on the site for the new residences for a good many years and the place has been an eye-sore to the neighborhood.
 A permit was issued to Dr. J. N Scott 10 build a two-story frame house at 205 Holcombe Street. The cost Is to be 31, TOO. Dreyfus Brothers were granted a permit to build one-story frame house on High Street near Smythe Street, to cost S150. A permit to make an addition of one room to a one-story house at the corner of Mobile and Vandiver Streets was is- sued to Fred Bennett. The cost Is esti- mated at $S0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
His Method.

Bonnet Musson. who wrote for children the charming story of 'Maisie and Her Dog Snip" tells the following incident apropros to the interest sometimes shown in the methods of authors.
 'I was at a seaside hotel last summer and next to me at dinner sat an inquis- 'itive lady. wl1o when she learned that I had written a book, deluged me with questions about how, why, when. and where had done it.
 'I explained that my book was a fairy tale, and that the best method to follow in writing such a story was to have no method; but that did not satisfy her. .,
 Do you have regular hours for writ ing?' she asked.
 Yes, said l. I begin at the same time every day
 '' And stop at tic same time?'
 "Yes.'
 What are your hours?'
 CT always start when I feel like it, and stop when get sleepy said I. and that, fortunately, closed the incident"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
The Photo Era.

The Photographer has become the art ist. It is surprising how many of the new books are illustrated by photograph CTS, and in most instances the work is artistic and good. Many magazines also show good photographic illustra tiOn. For types and for scenes there are truly val uable, given the artistic sense in both the photographer and the poser to make type a living one The Photo Era gives sug- gestions along these lines. A few words on composition may be read with profit, and almost any one skillful with the hands can make for himself the adjusta- ble printing frame therein described.
 The Round Robin Guild, conducted by Elizabeth Flent Wade, will be helpful for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
A French Idea.

GoIGen Penny.
 A curious but very useful device for en- abling passengers who have alighted fl 5m a railway carriage to find their compart- ment again is that which has been tried on French railway. It is a system of pictures. On the window of the end com partment of each carriage is a different picture--a windmill. or a soldier, or a horse. This makes recognition easy. It is difficult in England and on the Con;i- nent to find the right carriage after leav- ing it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
FIRE IN TUSCALOOSA.
Twelve Mules Perish in Barn Belong
 ing to J. s. HanlY.

Tuscaloosa. Dec. Special )-Yester- day afternoon at 5 o'clock Tuscaloosa was visited by a very disastrous fire. which broke out in the big barn of John s. Hanly on Sixth Street between Twenty second and Twenty-third Avenues. This is the same block on which occurred the biz ire in October and for a while yes terday afternoon it looked as it the en- tive block would be destroyed. Tn the HanIy barn about fifty or sixty mules were confined. About twelve perished in the flames. and several others are miss ing. There was several bales Of hay burned on the street
 The ofiice and marble yard of r. Fl. wilhnan adjoining was the next to go up in flames, then another stable and last a cabinet shop in which was stored the household furniture of George A. Searcy which was saved though badly damaged
 The principal loser was John g. Hanly who owned the barn and he and W. F. Fftts owned the stock. T. H. WlldmaI also suffered considerable loss and tho er losers were Henry McCalley. ana Messrs. Foster. Oliver and Mayfleld There was very little insurance.
 The business at the postohlce thi: Christmas broke all former records.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
TRIED TO BURN OUT OF JAIL
aadsden Police Discovered and Ex-
 tiguished the Blaze.

tiguished the Blaze.
 Gadsden, Dec. 29.-(Special. )-Several days ago the police arrested W. J. Wright and John Grant for drunkenness. and while on the way to the city prison. they both drew pistols and attempted to use them on the officers. After being locked up they attempted to burn out of prison. A fire was started on the plank door and confined to the lock. The police discovered the fire and promptly extinguished 1t. The mayor fined Wright and Grant each S10O and thirty days hard labor on the street which is the fixed price for pistol carrying in this city. Af- ter the attempt to fire the calaboose was discovered, the men. were arrested by the sheriff on a county warrant charging them with arson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30

A special election will be held in Att talla January 9o when the question will be submitted to decide whether the elee@ tors will authorize tho board of mayor and aldermen to issue bonds to the amount of $20,000 for the purpose of re- funding outs ending bonds and the ad- justment of the bonded indebtedness of the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30

Sunday afternoon. elected officers for 1904 as follows: A. R. tsrndley. presi- dent; W. G. Boykin. first vice-president: Mrs. W. E. Striplin. second vice-presi- dent; Miss Gertrude Lacy, third vice. president; s. E. Jordan. secretary; Miss Byrd Rodgers. treasurer: Miss Ethel Stocks. organlst The League Is In a most nourishing condition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30

Electric tramway cars in Rome are now fitted with postal boxes, the contents of which are collected every quarter of an hour.