The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

and studied the missions of San Buena- ventura and Santa Inez, and from then until 1899 he travelled from mission to mission, working assiduously and untlI- ingly until the other eighteen missions were reproduced on canvas. and so pre- served to posterity. Three of the mis- sions were even then things of the past, but this man with purpose was not to be discouraged. An old oil painting If Santa Cruz mission and a photograph of San Jose were used as a basis for work on those two, while Santa Clara is based on description carefully given by one who remembered 1t. To each of these sites MT. Deal5in went to get the proper atmosphere and background and after he had caught the purple tint of he mountain, the blue of the sky and the golden-brown of grass and sand dune the photographs and the description had be- come realities to him. In his. minds eye he saw them as they had been, and so transferred them to his canvas. He holds the series of paintings intact though many flattering offers for individual ones have been made. He will never sell them except a5 a whole, and perhaps the state of California will some day purchase them all
 Fred Clack of Pulaski, Tenn, is che only negro who ever had the honor to command a regiment of Confederate sol diers in action. In the early spring of 1864 the Confederate army was encamped at Dalton. Ga. Food was scarce. cloth ing scarcer, and the men were hardly able to bear up under their burdens. A deep snow fell, something very unusual for that section of the country and this add ed to the discomfort of the army. Some general suggested that great snowfall fight would revive the dropping spirits of .t.. al 1d went into battle by brlgades and regi- ments, the only authorized ammunition being snowballs.
 Col Calvin Clack, commanding the Third Tennessee infantry, had a faithful body servant in the person of the old ne- sro Fred. Colonel Clack did not fancy the idea of the snowball fight, and just as he was getting ready, he turned to Fred and said: Fred, you take the regiment Fred was into the coloners coat, the colonel sash was around his waist, the colonel's sword in his hand. and he Was in the colones saddle In a trice The old negro rode out in front of the regi- ment Ihe boys saw him and cheered for Colonel Fred" Just opposite was an Arkansas regiment. Fred ordered charge and away went the Tennesseans with their frozen ammunition. The Arkansans didn't like the severity of the charge and retaliated with sticks and rocks. "Colonei' Fred never wavered. He ordered re- turn in kind and for little while there was a most lively miX-up, In which sev- eral heads were broken. The forces of "colonel' Fred were finally victorious.
 A happy thought sometimes develops a paving congenial business. When Miss Mary Philips of St. Louis told a girl chum that she happened to know lot about Bernard Shaw and related a eew odd stories about the vegetarian-sociallst- author, her companion asked her why she didn't get together a few friends and tell them all about this interesting man. We will pay you for It. said the friend. AL though of high social standing, Miss Philips family fortunes were somewhat depleted so she thought well of the idea A little company met and Miss Philips told them entertaningly about MT. Shaw They were so charmed with the talk they asked her to give another one or some other subject This was the beginning of her drawing room chats" that were feature of two social seasons in St. Louis. She draws on her recollections of travels in Europe and on her reading for ma terial. Here Is an interesting field for any gentlewoman who wants to make 1sr pin money or has to earn ner bread and butter.