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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
FIELDING SCoTT'S
 BIRTHDAY PARTY,

Master Fielding Scott celebrated his fifth birthday yesterday at the home of his parents, Mir. and Mrs. w. A. Scott, on Jeff Davis Avenue. The decorations of the table were beautifully carried out in pink and green. Ribbons of these shades were festooned from the chandelier above to the four corners of the table and in the center was a superb cluster of Ameri- can Beauty roses. A birthday cake was adcr-5] --'th five lighted candles. Danc- ing anu s---.~j furnished amusement for the small guests from to O clock. Mas ter Fielding was assisted in receiving and entertaining his friends by his mother, Mrs. Scott, his aunt, Mrs. Edward Biegel of Cincinnati, and his two little cousins Misses Marie ana Airline Biegel. Many handsome presents were received by the young host which attested his wide pop ularity.
 Souvenirs of candy rods tied with green and pink ribbons were presented to the guests whose number included Olivia Kennedy, Rosa and Amelia Pincus, Airline and Marie Biegel. Emmet McAdams, Richard and Pearl Johnson, Ida Wood and Campbell Hannon, Lorine and Jim Taylor, Robert Shepherd, Joseph and Jack Carroll, Jerome Cohn, Irene and Walter Caine, Willie Baarcke George Savage, Etta Baarcke. Manuel Black, Joe and Roy Perry, Austin and Catherine Higgins, Edna Brooks, Frank, Leo and Emma Gelbke, Emma Hall, Frank Langdon, Myrtle Branscombe and Robert Weiss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Hoped He Might Improve.

Washington Times.
 Husband (vituperativeiy)-I was an idiot when I married you, Mary. Wife (auietly)-Yes, Tom. I know you l were, But what could l do? You seemed
 | my only chance. and thought then that you might improve little with time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Boston Wants Count Robert.

Do you suppose the Count Robert de Montesquiou Fezensac can be prevailed upon to come to Boston? "Prettiness priest" as he has been haply called, is a living example of the affected type which has existed in some form or other since civilization began. The Count is now lsnguidly waiting in New York to begin his conferences" on the literature of France and stands a fair chance of be- ing the hours vogue among a class who can pay him S35 for his series of talks. Boston would have a startling effect on this person, but all the same 1t would be fun to see and hear him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

We have the biggest Plants and Select Oysters in town and all the Chickens you want. Fresh Country Eggs and Butter. All kinds of Fresh Fish. Try us once.
 Meehan 6 Co.,,
 31 Monroe St. Phone 200. ,-2t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

About s9 per cent. of masculine senti- ment is alcoholic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
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 SOCIETY.
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ger, Kate Birch, Agnes Carr, Cecile Craik, Jean Craik. Bessie Thorington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

Judge and Mrs. Maxwell of Nashville spent yesterday in the city with Mrs. Maxwelrs sister. Mrs. Martin Baldwin, on their way home from New Orleans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
IN COMPLIMENT
 TO MISS WINTER

IN COMPLIMENT
 TO MISS WINTER. The Birmingham Age-Herald says: A brilliant cotillion was danced last evening at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Van Hoose. who. with Miss Van Hcose, entertained more than 100 guests in compliment to Miss Winter of Mont gomery, and Miss Watson of Columbus, Miss.
 The cotillion was led by MT. Murray White and Miss Winter. and many beau- tiful figures were introduced.
 In the cake walk figure the favors were most unique and appropriate. and the favors for each of the figures were ar- tistic.
 The cotillion was danced in the double drawing rooms which. opening into the dining room, made an ideal and beauti- full ball room.
 The large reception hall was also used for dancing.
 A buffet supper was served about 12 o'clock.
 Miss Van Hooae was very lovely in a gown of pink crepe de chine. and Miss Winter and Miss Watson wore beautiful gowns of white silk. lace trimmed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

Mrs Minnie Reese Richardson has gone to Rome. Ga, to visit her daughter, Miss Minnie Reese Richardson. who is attend ing school there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

The Saturday Card Club vii be enter tained tomorrow morning by Miss Bes- sic Thorington at her home on Gold thwate Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

Miss Ida Gelder of Birmingham is the guest of Miss Hattie Strauss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

The Magazine Club will be entertained this afternoon by Mrs. Bingham.
Douglas Island news., 1903-07-22

The body of Frank Hetrick, who per ished in a blizzard on Jan. 28 last on the Noxapoga divide, was found on June 24 by E. E. Fox on Moves creek, a tributary of Good Hope bay, says the Nome Nugget. The body lay on cake of ice in the creek, and Mir, Fox pulled it to the tundra, covered it and made an examination of the clothing. A purse containing S20 was found, and this and a few other articles were brought to Nome and turned over to U. S. Commissioner Reed. The face and hands were badly decomposed. The body was dressed in parka, besides the usual clothing, but the hands were exposed. J. w. Lutschinger, who was with Hetrick during portion of the terrible blizzard, and who became sep arated from him, will go up with MT. Fox on the Saddle, and give the body decent interment. Hetrick was about 45 years old and formefly lived in Sha- mokin, Pa. He was a member of the Maccabees.
Douglas Island news., 1903-07-22

Dr. Holmes, the chief of the Mines and Metallurgy Building at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, is arranging for a series of mining and metallurgy dis. plays in actual operation, says the N, Y. Engineering and Mining Journal, On an outside space of about 30 acres that he has secured for this purpose, there will be coal mine in full opera ton, working coal-seam that occurs under the Worlds Fair buildings. This is the coal-seam from which the city of St. Louis formerly derived its local coal supply, but as the seam is thin, it has been exhausted, except in protected places like Forest Park, where the Worlds Fair will be held. Prospecting will be very completely exhibited in actual operation with diamond drills and churn drills, while several big der ricks will illustrate the drilling for oil and gas. An old Mexican arrastra will be operated on Western and Mexican ores to illustrate this historic process of extracting gold and silver.
Douglas Island news., 1903-07-22

When President Roosevelt said that "AIaska should have an adequate form of government and competent judic- ial system" he laid down a proposition for discussion. Alaska isn't to be placed in the same category with the Philip pines. She doesn't wish to be governed as a colonial possession, and a little defniteness as to what is, an adequate form of government and competent judicial system" would be fully appre' ciated. The visiting congressional del egation may be able to set the matter right upon it's return.-Seattle Times.
Douglas Island news., 1903-07-22

4 copper arrow head was found in a pay streak on claim Mo- 3S Gold Run It was eighteen feet below the surface. The arrow head is probably the product and former property of some Yukon or Alaskan Indian of many generations in the forgotten past. The arrow head evidently is made of native copper. It is three inches long, thin and tapering and gracefully finished. In the center of,the sides are slight hicks, either for fastening to the arrow or some other purpose. The rear end of the instru- ment is similar to the part of file which runs into the wooden handle. Finish given the arrow head shows that whoever made it was skillful and had splendid ideas of symmetry. A delicate embossed crease lies along the center either side and plays to the thin edges. In the vicinity where the arrow point was found many bones of mastodens also have been recovered. J.J. Rutledge, the big Gold Run operator, owns num- Der of bones from the locality. Since the bones and arrow head have been found on the same level it appears somewhat reasonable they may have been left there in approximately the same time. It may be that some native hunter had fired the arrow at some ob- ject of wild game or an ancient enemy. Again it may be that the arrow was dropped on the surface of the earth and gradually wore it's way down through the ground to the level among the golden deposits in which it was found. The origin of the metal only can be surmised. It is well known that similar arrow heads are used by the Yukon and Alaskan Indians today, and are made from native copper from the head of the Panama. Native copper is found in quantities at the headwaters of the Panama. The Indians of that locality have beaten and made small trinkets and crude instruments from the metal just as they have picked it it up on the surface of the earth.
Douglas Island news., 1903-07-22

From Dawson to Eagle is 100 miles, and the average running time down stream is seven hours; to Fortymile Is 50 miles, and average time four hours.
 The fast steamers bound upstream against the Yukon current require on an average twice as long in covering any given distance as when going down. Some of the slower steamers require two and half times as long.
Douglas Island news., 1903-07-22

The following table gives the dis tance of each point on the Yukon river from Dawson both in miles and the av- craze time of running of steamer when bound down the river:
The sun., 1903-10-18
A CHURCH TRUST PROPOSED.
AND THAT RIGHT IN COL. BRYAN'S
NEBRASKA HOME.
The Preachers Of Lincoln Trying 10 Con-
sOlidate Fifty Little Churches Into
Ten Big Ones-Cooperation Already
Among Church Boards in the West.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. IA church trust
has been proposed by the City Ministerial
Association. If the smaller congregations
can be brought around to the viewpoint
OF the ma jority OF the ministers, Col Bryan
home city may yet soc the first organization
of the kind
The proposition, as approved by the
ministers, IL that the smaller churches shall
be permanently closed and their congrega-
tions united with the larger ones and that
ten big churches shall perform the functions
now fulfilled by the fifty existing in Lincoln
II is declared that ten churches, each with
sufficient funds to conduct a number OF
activities and each in charge of minister
of force and ability, can do more to bring
the religion Of Christ to tho people Of the
city than fifty, three-flfths of which are
struggling along under mortgages and are
in charge Of men Of mediocre ability.
The idea is to unite all the churches that
believe in immersion for instance, like the
Baptist and the Christians, and where only
slight doctrinal matters divide congrega-
tions to wipe them out. 1t is not proposed
TO wipe out sectarianism altogether, COM
petition among the denominations being
deemed as essential as In business
Most of the church boards that operate
in the West have agreed upon plan of
cooperation. When an agent goes into a
community where there are only few of
the denomination he represents he does not
attempt to organize a congregation. but
advises them to affiliate with the other
CHURCHES. The Rev. l.. p. Ludden, Western
field secretary Of the Lutheran Church. Ia
working along these lines.
"Towns and cities he says. 4can have
too many churches just as they may have
| too many Of any kind Of stores, and am
strongly in favor Of fewer churches. with
good preachers and large congregations
instead of having the life dragged out of
the people by trying to keep going large
number of small churches.
1T may not be possible TO close many
of the churches now established but our
policy il to refuse TO advance money to
build new ones where they are not really
needed save to please the few who insist
upon their particular ism being preached.
"The one great criticism against the
Church Of to-day il that at each service
some begging is necessary to keep the
church funds up. The tax upon the aver
age church member il 40 great that 1t acts
az a deterrent TO Increase in membership
"Then. too, the number OF preachers
IL getting loss and consolidation IL more
imperative. This is due 70 tho fact that
The sun., 1903-10-18

| Dresdel.. Vienna, taking the lead at all the
| coni,eivatoires, making the most wonder
| fu prog cess everywhere. The women OF
| other ma ions simply have to make way for
her have seen il. know 1t and 1 didn't
believe it when I went there.
II have simply been telling you what I
thought Of the amateur singer, the would
be singer, the woman who has been spoiled
through her vanity or through the false
representations Of unscrupulous teachers.
For the American girl who has promise and
ability have no words to express my ad-
miration.
"The woman who sinks her personality
in her work. who is willing to wait and work
and give up her life for her ideal, as all true
artists should be willing to do-for her there
is success waiting in the end; and there are
many such women, there are women here
and there are many of them abroad"
What American girls in Europe do you
consider stand at the head of their class. -.
muscally, that is?"
II should mention Edith Walker unhesi-
tatingly as en example OF what have said.
She has sung in all the big cities. And then
comes Olive Fremstad. They have made
successes, both Of them, in London, Munich
Dresden. Paris. Geraldine Farrar has a
fine presence and much promise. But ]
should say that the voice Of Edith Walker
is second only to that of Schumann- -Heink.
They are all examples of what the American
girl can accomplish when she is at her best. /"
-You would advise the American girl to
study in Europe2"
This is a sub. .iect which touches the quick.
apparently. In answering it. Mr.. Conried
recalls the actor rather than the directing
manager.
If she wants tuition only ! should not
say Go abroad But il she wants to be
an artist, yes. 1t is only there that she
The sun., 1903-10-18
TO SAVE POOR CHILDREN.
John Scely Ward. Jr.. Home With Plan
for Juvenile tuberculosis Hospitals.

John Seely Ward, DR.. who has spent tho
summer investigating -eastdn sanitariums
for tuberculous children IN France and
also public comfort stations, public baths
and forms of popular amusement in London
and Paris, will report on Monday to the
annual meeting of the Association for
Improving the Condition of the Poor, OF
which he is one of the managers. II is
probable that as a practical outcome of his
summers work some action Will be taken
which will lead to the establishment Of a
hospital for children suffering from tuber-
culosis in or near New York.
There are many such hospitals in Eu-
rope" said Mr.. Ward Yesterday. but not
one in this country where their need par
ticularly in overcrowded cities ike New
York. il becoming constantly more press
ing France has takeu the lead in setting
aside hospitals exclusively for poor chill
dren afflicted with tubercuar diseases and
has provided in all 4i43 beds for such
patients Paris alone maintains two free
HOSPITALS of this sort, one the famous
H6pital Maritime Berck-surMer and the
other a, Hcndaye. The proportion OF
permanert cures at these hospitals is nearly
80 per cent ,o,,i,,,,.,, p,.;, ,,a,
at Ormeson, IL a model of Its kind ! should
like to see one like it built IN New York
II has accommodations for l2S patients and
could be duplicated for about sloO 600"
II was Mr. Wards idea that thf hospital
might well be built alongside Sea Breole
the associations summer home at toney
Island.
statistics go to show" said he, that
there are about 1000 chldren in New York
suffering from tubercul )sis. of whom fully
3 900 are in the tenement districts"
Mr. Ward would like to have n self sup
porting popular amusement hall in each
Assembly district Of the city.
The sun., 1903-10-18
The wedding, though, did not take place

The wedding, though, did not take place
there.
"Mr. and Mrs Salem Wales the father
and mother of Mrs Elihu Root, lived next
to the Millers, and it was in that house that
their daughter was married to the present
Secretary Of War.
Il really hated to see the beautiful big
house across the way on the northeast
corner Of Forty-second street turned into
business concern. The parents of Mrs.
Parsons lived there, and the sight Of the
old pair sitting in the low window that COM
manded a good view up and down the ave.
nue. was always pleasant to me.
the Colored Orphan Asylum, which was
in tie block above when ! first came here;
the Rut gers School and tie old reservoir
In the block below, are among the old lnnd-
marks which have been removed before
my eyes, and the Forty-second street car
line, which Mr. Webb fought 30 vigorously
to keep out Of the street, il among the i'm
provements that have come to stay.
in some respects" explained Mrs. Sage
in answer to question: the house we ex-
| pect TO move into, opposite the Cathedral
is not unfamiliar to me. Long before Mr..
Broadway Rouss lived there, 1t was the
home of Mrs Etheinda Allen, tho daughter
Of Commodore Vanderbilt and one Of the
| most generous, charitable women have
| ever known. Maryland many time have
been there to receptions and also to call
| informally
Mrs. Allen took great pride in her re-.
, ception room, which was fitted up in .japa-
nesc style and was one Of the first of it's
kind in New York. Japanese rooms were
not plentiful here so long ago. II was in
funeral.
Yes, in scme respects l regret leaving
this old house. but don't mind il nearly 40
much as Mr.. Sage does"
The sun., 1903-10-18

able collection of brio brac and works
OF art had such difficulty in getting eff
cient servants that she decided TO give
up housekeeping altogether.
Evidently her husband shared her views.
for he resolved to enlarge his house and
rent it for hotel, retaining a part Of 1t
for the Use of his family, who, however
were to be served the same as other guests
of the hotel, | remember he came in to
talk his plan over with Mr. Sage and urge
him to 90 into the scheme and merge our
house into the hotel Rut Mr. Sage re-
fused
No hotel life for me- he said. I want
my own home.
"Other neighbors then on this side, OF
the way were Mr.. P. l.. Van Valkenburgh,
next door, whose house is now occupied
by Huyler, and next to him Mr.. Brandon,
whose daughter married Joshua Hen
dricks and came to live next door to her
father.
"The two houses across the way next
adjoining the corner of Forty-third street
have changed hands perhaps as often as
any in this block since | came, They were
originally built by two brothers named
Sturgis to live in, hut they didn't stay in
them long. Ross Tweed came to live in
the one next the corner--that which is
now the home of Mr.. and Mrs r. T. Wilson,
and Mr. and Mrs. John Ford in the other
shortly after the family moved in there
was a wedding in the Tweed house-per-
haps as notable n wedding as ever took
place in the block. Miss Tweed was mar
ried to Mr.. McGinnis Of New Orleans. She
is dead now, as well as her father and
mother.
THAT wedding | can tell you, created
some excitement in the neighborhood
everybody who was asked went, The
precedented,
"We always speak Of it to this day as the
diamond wedding, for the reason that the
bride wore more diamonds and got more
presents of diamonds than any New York
bride had ever before received or perhaps
has ever received since, and diamonds
were not so plentiful in those days, either
"a they are now Nearly every one of Mr.
Tweeds friends gave his daughter
diamond ornament for a wedding present
As a result, her wedding slippers were fast
cned with diamond buckles. and it wnS
rIlmored hat she wore garters with diamond
clasps.
after the Twecds moved away the two
Sturgis houses were rented as boarding
houses for n time. and among the vel known
people who boarded In them were Mr.
Henry NJ FIager and Mr. Frank Leslie,
After a year or so, Mr.. Wilson bought
the house furthest north, and later on the
other was turned into business concern
~On the western upper corner of Forty
third street lived Mr.. ana Mrs W. H. Lee,
and ad Joining theirs was one Of the most
hospitabe houses in the neighborhood.
although its occupants seldom gave large
entertainments. Mr. and Mrs, Miller lived
there, the parents of young girl who was
afterward to become Mrs. Jay Could. At
that time Mr.. Gould was a clerk in rail-
road concern, and was under the direction
of Mr.. Miller, and il was while calling ct II @
Miller house tha, he met bis future wife.
The sun., 1903-10-18

can become one. Here we no to see N.
star, we study the star the work is snh-
ordnated to her, But there"
A long, eloquent pause followed.
There it is the ensemble, the wbole IL.
altogether The opera in Europe ia n cr.n,
mosaic, every piece fitting to every othas
piece. until there is grand result. If sbs
wants to know what true art is she must
study it there.
She must visit all the cities have mer-
toned, and she must see every possible ron.
resentation Of the masters She must suh-
ordinate the thoughts Of SELF she must 90,
into the atmosphere, steep herself thor-
oughly in it. She must know it as she know.
her alphabet.
whenever young woman comes to m.
and think that she can afford it. saw tn
her Go to Europe; stay there until Won
know the work not through personal effort
but by observation, by sympathy
Shakespeare said, you know: The plav'.
the thing II he had lived here and now
he would say: The players the thing:
The play is the thing. not the player, tho
opera. not the star. That is what | am
trying to teach the American girl when sb.
starts on the musical ladder and tries IA
reach the stars"
Telephone No. 2. "A Lady from Boston,
Fine voice? Hml Very we'll, I'll give ber
hearing tomorrow. Auf--' Click
Mr. Conried waved his nimbous hair and
his delicate hands at parting He had
subordinated himself delightfully."- throush-
out the interview. It was case OF .plao,
aux dames.' He permitted himself a Der.
sonal note.
'Yes. look forward to my coming $50
son with fear. not triumph; perhaps that
may come, But have had 30 little tina.
only three months. and 80 much is expected
OF me. do not know. l am even expeotod
to make the chorus young again.
The sun., 1903-10-18

"You see, these are filed out and put on
file Then know as soon as an application
is made II the voice has been tried before by
simply looking nt these references. 1t is
useless to try to get second hearing IL the
voice has been found no good
Then keep this type written list as the
singers arc hecrd You see, here are the
tfty-one Of Sunday. | must tell you an
amusing experience in regard to these.
Il was r,ing up violently on the telephone
Monday morning 1t was from one of the
applicants. had told them that they
would be notified if it was found desirable
to give a second hearing, but she could not
wait. There we're tears in her voice.
"'Mr. Conried, I must know my fate. |
have not slept all night she said
II referred to the printed slip, after asking
her name and finding the corresponding
number here. The notation was unfavor-
able
Madam said gently, I find by referring
to my notes that your voice is not adapted
to our needs l would advise you to give
up trying to SCI on tho operate stage
a'Give it up, Not rcally' Tell me Just
what you have written therc'
al would rather not; please bo contented
with my decision
"'But must know insist
A'If you insist, ] shall have to tell you, but
would rather not
81 insist
1'Very we'll have written here, op-
posite your name and number TOO thin;
not young enough, and TOO plain.
Thanks" And the telephone rang of. '
As Of the dead, Mr.. Conrie d speaks Of the
rejected applicants nothing but good.
Now that woman" he said amiably,
was all right OF, the stage. She was beyond
criticism as wife, sister friend, whatever
she might be. but as singer
-fSa many women who come here to have
their voices tried are simply the victims Of
misplaced vanl'y. They have sung at
home, before their friends nnd families,
who have f1attered them until they ser no
reason why they should not be drawing the
same salary as Sembrich or Schumann-
Heink.
They come on here. listen. zee
at once that there ia no hope.
an great many cas hey have no
voice at all. In some the have little
voice, but by the time they could acquire
an opera repertoire they would he too old
for the stage. They all want TO sing the
parts of Elsa and Marguerite. of course,
particularly If they have no voice.