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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
OF INTEREST TOWOMEN
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

, And again, Who will not accept or | ders cannot give them
 After we had finished most delicious repast, we adjourned to the salon. It is | triumph of the artists craft and Mrs. l Ebert Hubbard is responsible for 1t. The l floor and paneled walls are of Weathered oak, and all around the room is a frieze painted by Mir Alexis F'ournier, wonder ful artist, whose paintings are attracting a great amount of attention. In the salon successive scenes are shown. the temples of India with their strange carved idols. a shepherd boy playing with his pipes be- side a crumblng ruin of Greece while he tends his hocks; Rome, Paris, London overhung with fog. and smoke and the radiant, glory of Italy Night hangs over | the sphinx and the pyramids of Egypt and ever the tents and camels of cara van encamped in the desert. In the picture of America is an Indian wigWam shut in by snow with a haze of purple and golden sunset showing through the
 bare branches of the trees. At night the light is very subdued, as the electric bulbs are concealed by the beams of the ceiling and light up the paintings instead Of the | room. There are no rugs, no brtc-a-brac, and no curtains to detraet from the Deau- 1 ty of the walls and floor, no furniture eX- cept leather cushioned window seats, | piano and some chairs.
 In fact, the keynote to everything IS harmony. l couldn't help thinking of the dozens of needless things we have in our houses to dust and care for when l looked
 at the beautiful, artistic rooms devoid l of all the gew-gaws and only the rest [ ful, quiet symphonic furniture, simple i vases of flowers, a Roycroft lamp here and thefe but always flowers everywhere l in the office, the salon. the library, the dining room-howers poppies, peonies,
 buttercups, daisies-always flowers, grown | by the Roycrofters in their beautiful gar dens.
 How I wish 1 might have been with ] you to enjoy all those lovely things l l exclaimed But don't let us waste time i over things that haven't happened; let us
 get on to the Hubbards themselVes.a i Naturally, l know you are impatient
 to learn of them and well you may be- 1 for two more interesting people l have never known I will tell you about The ! Fra first and leave Mrs Hubbard for the | last.
 1 Well, first of all.'' I interrupted, tell me if MT. Hubbard really dresses as 1 dreadfully as they say. Does he wear 1 pair of directore corduroys, slit up the 1 sides as far as the knee, a gray flannel shirt that denies the existence of dirt.
 black lawn tie artistic in It's nonchalance i and all the hair he can induce to grow. 'Yes he really does dress in most l fantastic fashion," she laughingly re- ] joined But once a week-on Sum
 days-when he holds services in the lit- munity of Roycroters by nearing real
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
The Evolution of the Corset

Women of fashion nowadays will promptly assert that they prefer having a good corsettiere to a good couturiere.
 The figure, properly corrected, makes the task of the dressmaker far easier, and women pay more attention to their stays than almost any other article of feminine apparel. In days gone by a good corset could be purchased for $5. Today $25 is a small sum for a perfect hitting corset. In fact, they say, that mysterious and as vet unlocated they" that wealthy Paris ian women often pay as much as $250 for a single pair of stays-which should make the American girl who sometimes pays SIP feel very righteous.
 The evolution of the corset is most in teresting. It is a much abused article abused in one way by physicians; in an- other by women It's origin dates back to the apodesme. strophium, or zona of the Greeks, and the fascia, ceinture. cestus, or mailillare of the Romans Of course. eorsets properly thus termed were un- known to the ancient Romans and Greeks, but even in those days women saw the necessity of folds or bands for supporting the figure, especially after ma ternity The ceintures of that period were made of a dozen yards of wide linen that were swathed about the figure from hips to shoulders, and this was often beautifully ornameuted
 The waist line, which was an unknown quantity up to the time that the Norman woman in England emphasized it for the Anglo o-SaXons, wore gowns, like cloaks. and displayed no waist line.
 At the court of Catherine de Medici this sovereign demanded that the women should reduce their waist measurement to 13 inches.
 In the sixteenth century very handsome corsets were worn and always on the out side of the other garments, hence the women yied with each other In their cost liness and beauty. Disguised by the ex- cess of their cost. Henry XIV of France
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30

forward and picked up our grips, and MT. Hubbard handed her key saying, These ladies are to occupy the Clara Schumann suite.'
 How lovely was my ejaculation, and was it a real out-of-doors sleeping room with indoors dressing room as the Roy crofters advertiser
 Yes 1t was she answered, and it was simply lovely. Of course you know the rooms are all named for celebrities the Ruskin. the Robert Browning and the William Morris rooms being dedicated to the patron saints of the Roycrofters. l must tell you something funny about the girl who managed our luggage. You remember I spoke of how homely and masculine she looked? Well, in the even ing when we assembled in the salon, to my surprise this girl was one of the singers; and such beautiful voice! You know Hubbards idea is the dignity of labor and he considers no one menial. Those who work the hardest among the Roycrofters are often the greatest artists.
 "I think MT. Hubbards idea is exact ly right said l. Being as democratic of nature as I am, I fully appreciate this spirit It was the keynote of his lec- ture I heard him deliver last winter in New York at Carnegie hall before l0,OoO people, The Religion of Humanity
 But this is a digression-tell me of this salon you speak of"
 First" she said, 'I must tell you of the evening meal in the beautiful dining room It is furnished with oak tables. polished like mirrors, the center-pieces and individual doilies were of fine linen and spotless. Fern leaves and carnations filled the cut-glass vases; the silver, the crystal, the simple china dishes of ivory and green were in harmony, and Ali Baba benches were used instead of chairs, which only old people occupied. It Is needless to say we chose benches.
 Carved on the doors and suspended from the beams overhead are Ebert Hub bards notices. Here you will see the inscription, Those who act their thought and think little of their act are the ones who score..' And then you will discover a piece of advice, Never explain. Your friends don't need 1t and your enemies will not believe you, anyway
 You never can tell where you're go- ing to find motto. On the wall at the end of the dining room hangs this senti- ment: h Without the door let sorrow lie, And if perchance it hap to die
 We'll bury it deep in a Roycroft pie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
For the Musically Inclined

John Philip Sousa recently received check for s2900 from Paris. which sum represents royalties collected ana paid him by the French Society of Authors and Composers for performances or ms works in France during the season or 19O7-S. The question arises, Does music pay?"
 ..The German Tempo wrote Wagner 'fs Andante" A wag suggests that Ann Dante" must be an Italian and relative of the great Inferno family.
 The new opera house which the City of Mexico will have within IS months Will cost s10, ,00O0OO. In comparison Go.ham two operatic structures will look like barns.
 London critic scores Depachmann for taking liberties with Chopins music, and Is almost as severe on Paderewsh for his interpretation of Beethoven. MT. Leonard Lieblng says: "rhe only persons in the world who know about the correct lead ing and playing of Beethoven's works are the critics. but they reverently refuse to show how it is done' Gentle rebuke, isn't it?
 "The Golden Butterfly is the vehicle which Grace Van Studdiford. will use for her vocal talents this season. It is from the De Koven and Smith combination of talent. and is said to be most attractive.
 
 ''The Banda Mexicana'.. will visit Lon don within short time, and the advent of a musical organization which costs $1100 A day to maintain will interest the lovers of the British capital no little. d Caruso is really heartbroken over his wife's desertion of him, 1t is asserted. Re- gently he has been in Paris, and one of his friends is quoted as saying: "Caru- sos assertion that he Is glad his wife left him and all that Is mere pretenss. shouldn't be surprised to find he was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
The Exit of Dog Days

Next to husband and children and in the absence of either, or both, wom- an loves nothing in the world so dearly as her pet dog or cat. The last of what is commonly known as dog days" expired with the middle of the present month. But with 1t did not expire the danger to dogs of going mad The idea is prevalent that dogs are more liable to go mad during this time than any other season of the year. This Is an erroneous idea, alto gether.
 So-called dog days" extending from July 1 to the middle of August. IS d matter of fact have nothing whatever to do with dogs, but are so named be- cause of this period, when the dog star
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
Little Journey to the Home of
 the Roycrofters

A charming and beautiful woman who takes time from the strenuous and busy life of soo0pty to follow her artistic in- clinations-to read, study and keep in touch with the ''big things" in which the world is interested-is an anomaly. But this is what one of the most attractNe women in Birmingham has done. Her love of the beautiful and the artistic has led her, among other things, into an ap- preciation of Ebert Hubbard and his work-that much misunderstood, often unjustly abused, cratic, queer genius, whose home in the little village of East Aurora, N. Y, proclaims in the bucolic phraseology of Ali Baba that Folks who don't know how to take the Philistine had better not.'
 In speaking with this clever woman about recent journey she had made to the home of the "Roycrofters," I said
 "Do tell me how you happened to go, for I have always so wanted to make the trip myself"
 Well" said she, the announcement from the Philistines that "Thou shouldst not let thy mind wander, oh, Immortal One, from the Annual Philistn Conven- ton! Starting July 1, the Elect will gather on the Banks of the Romantic Cazenovia in East Aurora, for brief period of Intellectual Communion at tracted my attention, and l made up my mind to be present on this occasion"
 Continuing, she said:
 We arrived at the quaint little village of East Aurora on a beautiful summer afternoon, and, driving along the broad, well-kept streets, shaded by stately oaks and towering elms, We soon found our selves confronted by a most attractive colony. A low, rambling style of archi- lecture, joined by pergolas, represents the Phalansterie or the Roycroft tram, as the big black letters on a small white board announce. Opposite Is St. Peters gate, the entrance to the loveliest park
 "Oh, yes,' said l, it is all just as plain to me- as if 1 had been there. I've read so much about it. But do go on, don't let my enthusiasm interrupt you"
 Her pretty eyes twinl1led as she said:
 When we arrived at the Phalansterie We were registered by young MT Hub bard, one of the three sons of 'The Fra (by his first marriage), who with his pretty wife manages the inn. While we were waiting I discovered a broad, burnt wood panel carved with a familiar quo tation of Hubbard s-'Produce great peo- ple the rest follows. And l immedi- ately felt very much at home.
 "A large, notwithstanding girl came
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30

where but at the temples, where there was not the slightest indication of wave. This annoyed him so that one day he took the irons and persuaded her to all low him to use the hot irons on 1t. After much fussing he turned the irons the wrong way-as then thought-and Volla! the Marcel wave appeared.
 Second-I discovered that within the first ten years of the popularity of the wave the ingenius Frenchman coined a million francs from his originality, and now at the age of 55 he has made enough money to live at leisure on his country estate.
 Right clever person, this Marcel, isn't he?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
Marcel of Wave Fame

Don't you think it would be interesting to know something about M. Marcel, the originator of the ubiquitous and much- abused wave? I thought so, and this is what I found out
 First-That a woman, of course. was at the bottom of it all. It appears that MT. Marcel for whom the wave Is named was displeased with the arrangement of his mothers hair. He persuaded her to let him experiment with it. She &C., auiesced, and this Is what happened:
 The young man was an impecuniouy hair dresser with small shop on Mont Martre. His mothers hair was very beautiful. and waved naturally every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
A Woman's Reasoning

She-"Harold has just told me a joke. " He-"How did you know it was joke? % She-"I've heard it before"
 The Red Book. He-"Do you remember the night I proposed to you?" She-"Yes, dear' He-"We sat for one hour, and you never opened your mouth.'' She-"Yes, remember, dear" He-"Ah, that was the happiest hour of my life"
 From Human Life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30

looking for her now in the hope or win ming her back"
 Gatti-Casazza, the new director of the Metropolitan opera house, has accepted for production the work of an American, Frederick s. Converse. The opera is en- titled "The Pipe of Desire," and is the first American opera, with the exception of Walter Damrosch's The Scarlet Let ter" ever produced at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30

To maintain order, harmony and excel
 Hence in the territory under ones own hat Twill keep one well employed.-Elbert Hub bard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
BURGER DRY GOODS COMPANY
25O Silk Waists Styles

The most wonderful offer of Waists and Petticoats the result of much effort part to offer something very to early buying.
 These garments tailored of guaranteed Swiss Taff made trimmed in four fall models the Pettcoats faring ounces with deep percane underlaysthree and embroidered effects.
 The above garments the biggest bargains we hay and be convinced
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29
ENGINEER O'HEARN'S MISFORTUNE
His MInd Became Suddenly Unbal- anced-Found in the Woods.

His MInd Became Suddenly Unbal-
 anced-Found in the Woods.
 The mind of William P. O'Hearn of Winsted, passenger engineer on the c. N. E. road, suddenly became unbalanced Friday morning and he wandered into the woods shortly after he reported for work ln the West -Winsted yard; He was found in the afternoon about three miles from Winsted and had been asleep on the ground for several hours. He was rational when found. He is now at his home suffering with a high fever MT. O'Hearn ran the shuttle" train be- tween Canaan and Norfolk during the summer and since the change of schedule had been running between W1nsted and Pine Plains, NY. Until about five years ago he was resident of Canaan. Mrs. Hearn says that MT O'Hearn has not been we'll during the past six weeks,
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29
CANAAN, CONN, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 29, 19Os

hour makes it easy on the wife so she can arrange her household duties ill order, as cap also the husband his farm work.
 "Men of worth and standing in the shop and city tell me that if order and system were used on the farm they would go back to the farm. If the farmer wants to keep his sons and daughters on the farm he must not lengthen the hours for a days work at both ends. Limit the hours of work on the farm to twelve or thirteen with pay for overtime, and freedom to the hired man on Sunday"
 The Country Life Commission well comes letters like this, because as Pro- lessor L. H. Bailey, chairman of the commission, recently pointed out, one of the objects of the investigations of the commission will be to obtain, as fully as possible. the opinions of both farmers and of their hands concerning the question of farm labor and the con- dition of hired help.
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29
DIR. 0RT0N'S VERSION.

Says he has Never Been Arrested for
 Being a Fugitive From Justice
 Last week THE NEWS reproduced an article from The Hartford Courant rela- tive to the arrest of Dr. John Orton. of Lakeville, on charge of perjury and being fugitive from justice. With re- gard to the matter Dr. Orton writes THE NEWS as follows: "If the police of the city of Hartford had done their duty and attended to their business properly, Dr. John Jackson Orton of Lakeville, Conn. would never have been arrested for per jury. Chief Gum declared positively that he did not have a certain writ. Orton declared under oath that he did have that certain writ and proved it by presenting to him a certified copy of the same and he pronouncedl 1t bona fide. Dr. John J. Orton has never been arrested on a charge of being fugitive from justice and of long standing. Orton was held just two hours, long enough for message to go from Hartford to Plain- field, N. J. and for message to come from Plainfeld to Hartford, ordering his immediate release" ..
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29

Liner of sharon. She died September 10, 1899 and in 1903 he married Clara B. Tledeman of Sharon.
 Since coming to sharon he has taken an active interest in public affairs. He served one term as first selectman of Sharon and is at present the towns rep resentative, having served in the last legislature. He is also a Past Master of Hamilton lodge F. & A. M. having served as Master for three terms. At the present time he is Past Counselor Commander of the Sharon Camp of the Woodmen of the World ,an order just re- gently organized there. He is member of the Methodist church and Village Im- provement Society, director in, the Sharon Drainage Company and mem Der of the fire company. He has two children. son Herman and a daughter Elizabeth.
 Since MT. Middlebrook assumed pro- prietorship of the market, he has made many improvements and introduced many modern conveniences. It con- tains one of the most efficient coolers and he recently installed machine for the manufacture of ice, the said ma chine being operated by electric power. It does it's work very satisfactorily and is the only one of its kind in that section.
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29
''TAGGER" AGAIN SUED
His Persecution of O'Brien Creates
 Sympathy for the Latter.

His Persecution of O'Brien Creates
 Sympathy for the Latter.
 W. o. Marshall and Matthew E. O'Brien met in Bridgeport Monday. Marshall was arrested again and suit has been begun by O'Brien to recover $100,0 for islander. Marshall was re- leased on $25, ,0O0 bail. the bond being furnished by the United States Surety company of Baltimore. An officer of the company is Marshall's companion and made the statement that he would furnish bail for his friend up to the amount of $250, ,000, should occasion de- mand. People are asking: Who is be- hind this man Marshall? says the Post and what is the real purpose of his crusade? The persistency and venom with which O'Brien is being villified by Marshall" are having an effect directly the opposite of that plainly intended. Sympathy is created for him; the peoples s love of fa1r play IS asserting itself, and tho opinion is freely expressed that the persecution is part of an organized and systematic scheme to discredit him, concocted by the element against whom be has for years waged a bitter and ef- fective warfare, and that any amount of money is behind this movement to annihllate him. s-
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29
TESTING THE WATER

New York Board of Health Agents In-
 specting Local Diaries.
 Representatives of the New York City Board of Health have been in this sec- tion for number of days, visiting the dairies of the farmers who deliver milk to the Borden plant at Canaan. While they made general examination on every farm, they gave particular atten- ton to the water supplies. Many of the usual sourses of supply are dry and the farmers have been compelled to drive their stock to streams the water of which are not regularly used. The Board representatives send samples of the water to New York for analysis and If disease germs are found, the farmers milk is declined by Bordens. No germs have been found as yet, however.
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29
ANOTHER TWISTED PAPER |?
The Torrington Registers Hints That
 Such is to be the Case.

The Torrington Registers Hints That
 Such is to be the Case.
 The Torrington Register referred, last week, to The Winsted Citizen in terms not bit complimentary. The Register man says Certainly a newspaper which uses the name of any private per son, it may choose. to sign to a political article which that man never saw and which expressed views the very opposite of his views or tho subject cannot lay much claim to fairness. Does lndepen- dence in journalism mean a disposition on the part of a newspaper to sell its sup port to the highest bidder?
 The Register then intimates that there is soon to be Citizen competitor in Win sted It says; "If the Citizen were 8 fair and just newspaper, if it were con sistent and honest in it's views. we do not understand why some of the most prominent citizens of Winsted have sub scribed for stock in a new Winsted newspaper of honesty and integrity"
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29
ACCIDENT AT WEST CORNWALL
Two Trains in CoIlision-Excursion sts
 Delayed Thr ee Hours.

Two Trains in CoIIision-Excursioni
 Delayed Thr ee Hours.
 The State Line Local and the regular focal freight, bound in opposite directions, colided Saturday in front of the West Cornwall station as one of the trains was backing into a siding. One To- ocomtive was derailed Two locomo- tives and large force of section hands replaced it. A north-bound excursion train was delayed three hours and the New -Pittsfield express 115 hours. A train was sent from Pittsfield to re- ceive the excursionists. They, therefore arrived i'll the Berkshires late and were late in returning. They reached Canaan at 8 p. m. on the return trip when they should have been three hours earller. Conductor Hatch of the local said the collision was the tulfillment of dream he had the night before. He dreamed his train was wrecked.
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29
0'BRIEN IN FALLS VILLAGE
He Said His Say and Marshall Didn't
 Appear

He Said His Say and Marshall Didn't
 Appear
 Scoop" O'Brien, prohibition candi- date for governor of Connecticut, reached Falls Village Thursday and stopped his automobile near the saving bank. The cornetist, who accompanies him, soon attracted crowd and O'Brien delivered his address. The Falls Villagers declare he is good speaker. He declared that the charges made against him by the mysterious Marshall. who Is following him, are without foundation. He pro- poses, he says, to try his case in the courts and not on the streets. Marshall did not appear in Falls Village, ,the reason being, it is said, that his automobile broke down. O'Brien next went to Nor folk when he foundMarshall waiting for him.
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29
INJURED BOY IN TREE

Hung From Limb Twenty Minutes After
 Sustaining Fractured Leg.
 Adolph Nelson, the young son of Peter Nelson ot Canaan was seriously injured Saturday by fall from a wall nut tree. In falling he struck limb with suffioent force to fracture a leg above the knee. In this petition he hung from the tree for about 20 minutes while two small companions summoned help to get him down and take him home. pr. 0. W. Camp of Canaan re- duced the fracture which is so severe as to require hospital treatment therefore he was taken to the Hillcrest hospital in Pittsfield Monday. +...