The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-25

ing curio. known as the Real Stone
Face" is one that time cannot witber.
for while more than a decade has passed
since the American newspapers first called
attention to this rare natural curiosity
and have since discovered more wonders
10 arrest the attention of the world. the
little eurio stands quite unrivalled and
still produce the sense Of establishment
of wonder and finally reverence thai #
did years ago.
Many American women possess rare and
interesting gems, but this little stone with
its marvellous profile of human face is
more priced by its owner than the cost
Hest jewel and she has refused thousands
OF dollars for It, vauling it intrinsiealIy at
forty thousand
In little APARTMENT in the neigrbor-
hood of one Of Ashevilles most fashion
able hotels, the owner of this curio Mrs.
hugenia Jones Bacon, Is passing the sum
mer and a few afternoons ago she was
Kind enough to receive there small
party whom she entertained with delight
full "reminiscences. She is extremely inter-
esting writer of books an artist as well,
her apartment simply lined with water
colors, and canvases painted during
long residence abroad, covering possibly
thirty or more years. All the wall space
tboso 49, .',,,Sl,.,t isn YieMs mostly
xrnri - r-1 nv uas9 pdsseu III
aas - ~ -, - anu pesloes the can
90 ,tot,,,asa,,' ty 49, anu 7hies mere
st,dias 80 &c, y pcs anu olner
80 80 su e.pou'' eacn one contain
4 us w 'ie oI'lsl VIM painted them a
The ola WI i"s s y, nei me IN
l,, - = -. - s,iiu ~ tnose 70 "nom
,,at,a -, -, ,i - ioaSes9 hi1eh artstie
,,atoa - aiu tdpies are me
ara 81 k,io 80, 80 y europe
n,,,a,, - 'o'' ula'."s uishe" men ana
~ ,,ba,,, ai, Viii aoioau ana
oarcas II MI - e,,s.,,sq reillllls-
it, H. ., = p9'ins Iooii,
-, eite a'ino'piieie u Doohs, pictures,
~ INV ne nus lhteiestillb liBnIe was Mrs
- - - s''aie "a tien oiu laces
IN" nv, ~ ~, nau poi,i", Vi IaIe beauty.
- - -, eu'lo , VIZ iau GoHle 70 see lay
~ -, -. an "aa enoioseu III a case
- -, paoon' appreclatlng
q, It'll . a. ~ iosi'9 I'M eaeh lie"lper OF
~ r. = 49, iP''u " voi'eal uhli the
~. ii9iiine io1 i.Neallfi H. presently
eoVA ~ me 'ctNee ease ana asked us to
-prV" NJ, - She entered lne niue corfi-
u o Uu,sius ier apartment fauslhg where
.ne nsil ieli soitN upon the hands hold
iis 'ne ease, sue opened II ana we sazed
az niue stone not exceeding an inch
~ lellBth. l ne surface nor unlke that OF
lnlsslois posseSsea al the hIst glance
notnlns out OF the ORDINARY In another
lponlenl ehose VINO were LOOKING at 1t so
lntentY observed a transformation, a
curious enahse' Inc stone haa become
portral, stone ana presented won
oe't ~, anu s'rlhlls oppression OF the Man
OF sorrow as panied by medieval paint
eiS,
me commonly accepted pictures OF Our
| IpIu WIS instantly suggested. Inc
tnos OF expression, the agony OF death and
., Tue crown on thoths' the niue stone told
tne stofS ihTaeuiousiF' rev painters
ever portrayed more NlVldly' more fadly
Nl.n srealer sympathy me sorrow OF Our
L'ord' clearly written there on the SUR
Iace 81 the stone Is the whole tragedy Of
cavalry,
we CLOSELY examined IT, SO impressed
WIN us reilarkapie irhhstofmanon' and
wondering as thousands nave done at the
perlee. FORM ana expression as seen IN the
remarkable stone cardinal Gibbons. who
saw II many wears ago pronounced 1t a
STRIVING expression OF the Man Of Sor-
rows fflests' cardinals. deans clergy
men everywhere nav said that the lit
We stone Is a most impressive picture Of
onlsI WINE the testlnonN OF many OF
the leading scientists. directors of such in
stitutons as the British Museum and of
departments OF science and art in the
Muronean cities and IN american nniversi-
tles nave been greatN Interested in the
stone ana nave admitted that no touch
OF tne ehlsel could produce. or has pro-
duceh so marVeious picture OF the Christ
mead
And as an Italian writer declared the
discovery OF the Real Stone Face is
almost as curious rs the portrait itself,
wnlch Is clear ana distinct
But II the wonderful curio Mt which
we gazed impressed us, the thrilling story
repeated by Mrs. Bacon gave stcn6-
canoe 10 the stone that deenened the in
terest already aroused. THIS story is told
even moro graphically by Mrs. Bacon in
IN one OF her books which was pub
4 | lshed some years ago, and IN which the
outhor saws that Il was largely due to
the influence OF the late DR. Bradley Of
81 AGNES, New YORK mat she decided
I, TO snow the STONE pupllcly
10 make ms narrative clear. wrote
! MRS Bacon. let me say that II is my
custom 10 brlng away from every place
a Vlsited souvenir; IL may be small or
I II may be great. Like the old woman in
the shoe I'VE IN my trunk. that trunk
p IN most part hued ana rehlled with
medley OF ola brass candlestleks' copper
a kettles geological specimens pressed
flowers and even feather from one OF
q the white peacoeks OF warwick Castle.
IN faraway Finland gathered richly
= Vehed granite; IN Alaska. gold bearing
Quartz and on the precipitous lodges in
II H.