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Arbiter of Fashion,
the New York World.

From the New York World
Who is the arbiter of fashion whose
periodical edicts command abject femi-
nine obedience the world over? Expresses
no longer dictate styles. They yield,
like the rest of humankind. To a higher
authority, the whispered word of whose
wishes uttered at the Auteuil or Long
champs races is conveyed on the wings
of the wind throughout the realms OF
Fashion. not without something of the
subtle mystery which marks the quick
transmission of news among the native
races of India.
AS soon spoken the word is heard
in London. New York. st. Petersburg,
even nowadays in ConStantinople where
French fashions are phase of the new
regime. Ii moves mill agents to coun-
termand their orders. sets the looms to
work on new materials and transforms
the appearance of the shop windows in
all cities. The laws of the Modes and
Persians were not 50 infieXible. Yet there
are detected symptoms of revolt in Ameri-
ca. Was the sheath gown too arbi-
trary an innovation?
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The Oldest brewery family of them all
however, is that of Bass. Lord Burton
has more than 100 years of noted brewer
ancestors behind him: and nearly all of
OF Enslands greatest brewery town. Bur
ton. The foundations of the fortune of
the family were laid in 1777 by William
Bass, who bought some land at Burton
and established the first little brewery
there. He died ten years afterward but
his son Mike carried OF. the business, in
turn leaving it to his eldest SOD Nike
who did wonders as a brewer, and who
uied a millionaire, leaving his son also
Michael. now Lord Burton, to conduct the
business.
Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge,
has done no actual work in connection
with his breweries, except to act as presi-
dent of the company. 1t is an old saying
that it takes three generations to go from
shirt sleeves to gentleman, and generally
three more generations to return to shirt
sleeves.
AS matter of fact. none of the present
generation of the "beerage" is a practical
brewer or has done any work in connec-
tion with their vast brewing interests, ex-
ceptinG in the matter of financial manage
meut and advice.
Old Bill Bass was originally n carrier
something like the original Vanderbilt.
When he was sixty years old he found
himself carrying practically nothing but
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Foundation of Bass Fortune.

But just as soon as Russia fell out Of
the market India came in. Alsopp was
making light ale especially for India 1t
is even today called India pale ale" So
Bass the second started shipping his Rus
sian ale to India
One of his vessels. out of Liverpool
was wrecked off the Irish coast. On
board were 300 hogsheads of he light ale
for India 1t was supposed to be dam
aged and so was sold cheaply at auction
in Ireland and at Liverpool. Instantly
Englishmen and Ifishmen recognized a
good thing and Bass soon found he had
all he could do to .upply the home trade
That wreck proved the solid foundation
Of the great Bass fortune.
The house of Alsopp goes back to Sam
uel of that name, who lived at Derby in
the seventeenth century. But it was a
century later that the seventh and young
est son of the family married the only
daughter of Ben Wilson. small brewer
Of Burton on-Trent, and went to work
With his father-in-laW. He lett the brew
er to his son Samuel. who was ire
great brewer of the family. in the early
part of last century. His first brew
of the subsequent famous and fortune
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THEY Are Now Cham
L pioning the Right of the
Poor Man to Have Every
Possible Facility Afforded
Him for Getting Drunk
While Many Earls and Peers
of Lesser Degree Are Con-
nected With the Brewery
Trade by Marriage or Finan-
cially, There Is One Lady,
One Viscount, Three Barons
and Some Dozen Baronets
and Knights, Including the
Lord Mayor of London, Who
Owe Their All to Berthe
Original Bass Was a Public
Carrier and the Founder of
Alsopp a Brewery Laborer-
The Rise of the House of
Guinness
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age" But then one must remember thai
by this time the ''beerage" is quite an
old institution its members are now of
the blue blood itself, and in the house Of
lords outrank, by date of creation, many
a score of the peerage.
Although he is not peer. Capt.
Spender-Clay. who married William Wal
dOrf Astors daughter. has beer 10 thank
for his We'll filled purse With the cxcep-
ton Of Lord Burton. ne is the largest
stockholders in the Bass breweries. He is
known among his friends as Ale Clay.
Copyright by Curtis Brown
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Burton-on-Trent, where most of the Eng
lish beer Is brewed. will be better known
to Americans by his family name, which
is Mike" Bass
Inc head Of the house of Afsopp is
Lord Hindlip. The only titled lady brew
er is Lady Meux OF the famous London
brewery bearing that name.
There are baronets and knights and all
sorts of minor titled people connected
with the 'Beerage" directly, such as tho
w orthingtons, the Whitbreads. the Gill
beys, all heads OF English breweries
by direct connection on account of mar
rage and the subsequent alliance with
the finances of the great breweries the
following titled families come into ia
miliar touch with the "Beerage" and all
Its interests: Lord Plunkett. Earl of
Howth. Earl of Clancarty. Lord Forester,
Lord Lansford. Earl of Bantry. Earl of
Shattesbury, Lord Byron. Lord Ragot.
Earl of Denbigh. Lord Vaux of Harrow
den. Earl Of Aylesford, Lord Guernsey
and the Earl OF Onslow
Ladies frst-though there is little TO he
SAID OF Lady Meux. She is quite a mys-
terry So far as the title is concerned
she IL the iaSt holder. FOR * viii be en-
'lnct with her death. Her maiden name
was Valerie Susie Langdon and she was
on the stage in the seventies. OF course
she was beautiful and fascinati ing
woman.
Among the wealthy young men about
town in those days was the eldest son
Of the brewery baronet, Sir Henry Mc,Ix.
Although there was much opposition, the
married the footlights fayorite
Eight years later he came into the title
and the estates on his fatber,c 5oa,b
N"oihs olaoies.
Money was spent by both Sir Harry and
LADY Neux as if If was water Ru+ tho,
tho h-on,o,,- ,a .,,.,,;,,,x 49,.
VI
'''' anu ''i'' " Hi''i'9' >" II mace
little dfference how quickly they spent it.
Both owned racing stables LADY Meux
ran her horses in her own name and was
very successful. Her husband died at the
beginning of the century and left her al,
his property There have been no chill
dren of the marriage and there is no heir
to the title.
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Evident Examples of
IL Natures Lavisl1ness in
Supplying the Needs of Man
kind - Peaches Are Very
Plentiful and of Splendid
Quality - The Watermelon
Market at the Wharf-Apple
Season Is Here and With 1t
a Record Apple Crop-Grapes
Are Very Plentiful-Canta-
loupes and Pears Are Active
General Fruit Consumption
Is Very Encouraging to
Dietary Specialists.
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- INCE the beginning of the world
the fruits OF the earth have play
ed a very important part in the
~ food of mankind and they have
always been looked upon as the
most evident examples of natures lavish
ness in supplying the needs of the human
race. Washington is great fruit-con-
Stunning city. while the fruit that is ship
ped via Washington TO other points is
enormous in quantity. At this season of
the year the express companies, the fruit
steamers and the freight trains are liter
ally loaded with apples. peaches and the
other delectable varieties OF fruit that
add piquancy to the meals of Washing
tonians.
Peaches are very good this year, and
the trees in the peach orchards of west
ern Maryland, whence comes the greater
portion of Washington's supply, are
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Spcrial Correspondence OF The Star.

LONDON, September ?. 1905.
~HERE have been fortunes made
in beer the world over, but
there Is only one country which
can show a section of nobility
who have to thank beer for
their titles. That country is England
a.a the noblemcn concerned are known.
thanks TO I.abouchcre, as the "Beerage"
instead of the "Poeragc."
Just at present It's members are much
To- lhe fore. They have dropped all bust
nceS matters and have united to fight the
governments license bill which aims at
DECREASING the number of saloons. Few
G. saloons would mean smaller profits for
them. Therefore, they are championing
the right of the poor man to have every
possible facility tor getting beer.
The 'Bcerage' proper is composed of
four peers, one lady of title and half a
dozen baronets and knights. One of their
number. Sir John Charles Bell. lord may
or Of London, who is chairman and one
Of the largest stockholders of the Wen
lock Brewery Company. has just been
further honored by being made IL baronet
With the sons and daughters who may be
entitled 10 the courtesy prefix of honor
able. married as tlcy are To olner LORDS
and ladies. the "Beerage'' is swelled to
fair-sized proportions. Naturally these
titled husbands and wives and also their
titled parents have been let in on the
ground floor in brewery investments
The oldest of the beer barons," that
Is as regards creation of the title is con-
cernad. is Lord Ardilaun. Americans
Will recognize the man quicker when it
is stated that the baron's name is Edward
Arthur Guinness. II is just twenty eight
years ago that he was created peer
though his father was made a baronet as
long ago as 1861.
Lord ArdiIaun was the eldest son, but
his younger brother, Edward Cecil GUM
ness. has outdistanced him in the race
Of honors, for he was created a baronet
nearly quarter of "A century ago. and
six years later became baron. Only a
short time ago, he WIS raised again in
the peerage and made a viscount. That
y Lord Iveagh.
Where Ale Is Brewed.
Lord Burton. who takes his title from
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neighhor pays or what the corner store
price is.
He knows. or thinks he knows that he
is buying cheaper. and he Is satisfied to
load his two three melons in his little
wagon and tOddle home. pulling the afore-
said wagon all the Way-in some cases d
distance of two OF three miles. On ar
irving under the shelter of his home
weary and perspring. he calls WHEY and
the children to look over his purchases.
and they sloat over them with expressive
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Lord Iveagh.

beer from Burton, an cast coast seaport.
There the beer was shipped abroad. Old
Bass saw that there was an immense
profit in the trade. and thought he might
as well carry and ship his own beer as
somebody elSes. Hence the establishment
of his little brewery Most of the ale was
shipped by water to Russia. and the bust
ness grew to wonderful size until Russia
put on a prohibitive tariff.
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The Washingtonian who goes to the
wharf TO buy is usually Il good Judge He
looks each melon over carefully and judi
ciously; feels it for weight; taps it with
his fingers to judge its ripeness; reaches
his decision about buying ii, and then ap-
proaches the salesman 10 strike a bar
gain For buying watermelons at the
wharf Is always buying them at a bar
gam. to the mind of the man who has
contracted the arf-buying habit 1t
makes no difference to him what his
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abundant. and the outlook is that before
the close of the season the market will
be Elutted with these dainty fruit NOR
sells. LaS week a vessel reached Wash
ngton that was loaded to the gunwale
with eleven car loads of this fruit which
was one of the first fruits mentioned in
the Bible as being useful TO man for food
purposes.
The apple season is on in good earnest
and good supply Is reaching the local
market The most popular apple here
about is the Aibemarle pippin, a Viz
ginia product, that has within few years
taken the English apple market by storm.
This apple is a large, well colored and
solid fruit. well favored and very juicy.
and is much in demand. II is packed in
boxes each apple being examined care
fully for defects and wrapped separately
in tissue paper. The shippers of the Abe
marie are not partial however to the
Washington market, as they can obtain
SO much better prices in the New York
and London markets. In fact. some To-
cal produce men assert that the largest
portion of the select Alhemarles are
shipped to England. Be this as ii may,
there is scarcity of good apples in the
Washington markets. AS the sea son adj
vances the supply Will increase and
everybody can nave all the good apples
they want.
The finer grades of apples come in
largest numbers from western New York,
where apple culture is particularly adapt
able TO the soil and the weather condi-
lions. Side by side with the grape the
favored fruit of the epicure. The golden
apples OF mythical legends were on the
regular menu cards of the gods.
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making ale was brewed by him in tea
pot.
1t was The third son of this Samuel.
who, his two elder brothers having died.
was made a baronet, with other great
brewers and merchant princes supplying
the sinews Of war for general elect on
twenty eight years ago. Six years later
ne was elevated to the peerage. But
neither he nor his son lived long to en-
joy their honors The present Lord
Hindlip is the third baron and the heir
presumptivc is his uncle.
Direct Beverage" Heirs Lacking.
1t is strange that the brewery barons
lack direct heirs Lord Burton was twice
made baron. the second time with a
special remainder to his daughter. Mrs
Raillie of Dochfour. as he has no SON
His nephew will inherit the baronetcy
So it is with Lord Ardilaun. His nephew
will get tire baropetcy. but the title of
baron will die with him. Iveagh is prac-
tically the only "beerage" title which is
secure.
The entire "beerage" is composed OF
persons OF great wealth. The present
beer barons were all educated at the
swell schools and colleges and came into
the world with golden spoons in their
mouths. They have married heiresses or
women of title. They possess some of
the grandest of mansions IN London and
some of the most magnificent country
houses and palaces in Ireland and Scot
land. The king, queen ard highest roy
atty visit them as friends, and are glad
to take part in the shooting parties and
other big social events given yearly by
these beer barons
Society, which a generation ago would
I,
connected with beer now gives the glad
hand 10 all the members. of the beer
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Record Grape Season.

Never in the history of Washington has
such a grape season been known as the
present one. Grapes of all kinds are
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weighted down with this luscious and pop
ular able fruit. The peaches are ship
ped mostly by express and the journey
is usually made at night time so that
the fruit that is placed on sale by the
produce men in Washington Saturday
morning is usually picked within twenty
four hours previous to the time it reaches
the retail dealer. The usual method OF
shipping peaches is in crates and baskets.
The record shipment for Washington
was delivered during the past week when
train carrying fourteen cars of
peaches reached the local terminus The
beautiful and mellow Coloring of the
peach. With its perfect golden and sub
dued. reddish hues, adds touch of at
Effectiveness and beauty to the early
morning scene when the numerous crates
and baskets are unloaded on the platform
No fruit is more highly priced by the
careful housewife than is the peach. 1t is
Il staple preserving product. and Wash
ington's housekeepers are now busy put
ting up for the winter table supply.
The season of the Succulent water
melon is drawing to close and there is
no fruit coming to the Washington mar
ket that is in such great demand The
greater portion of the Washington supply
comes from Norfolk and the eastern
shore of Maryland-by freight steamer
and eXpress-and the local consumption
reaches more than | 900 600 melons a wear
This estimate is very conservative. for
the watermelon eater is as loyal To his
melon as is the proverbial shoemaker to
his last
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Sir John Charles Bell.
Oldest Brewery Family.

10 notice this. and he gave proper thanks
by elevating the baron to a Viscounty.
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gursles of wonder, and he has reached the
summit of earthly joy. OF course. this
same man has to ride to his office-half
a mile away from home-going and COM
ing. for going to work is entirely diff
ferent proposition from going after water
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Melons at the Wharf.

IL is picturesque sight on any morning
during the season to see the crowds of
watermelon lovers who haunt the wafer
melon Wharves with their little wagons
in order to buy the family supply Here
the melons are spread out. their beautiful
ana Varlesated green colorings absorbing
the kisses of the morning sun. OF course
there are good melons and bad melons
o l,e,l, ana underline melons. melons of
good family and melons of bad family
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Apples as Medicine,

Today the use of the apple as a food
is urged by the most eminent authorities
who make the study of the human diges-
ton their life work. AT some time in the
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LONDON, September ?. 190S.
iERE have been fortunes made
in beer the world over, but
there Is only one country which
can show a section of nobility
who have 10 thank beer for
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Where Ale Is Brewed.
Lord Burton, who takes his title from
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The Guinness Beginning.
The fortunes OF the Guinness family
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-24
THEY ARE ON DISPLAY
Prizes to Be Given Labor Day Queen
and Maid of Honor Can Be Seen
In JeweIry Store Windows.

Have you placed candidate in the
contest for Labor Day Queen and
Maid of Honor? Advices from Swift's
and Bratton's today are to the effect
that the voting has been lively. 1t is
desired that everybody in the city
and county have hand in the selec-
ton of the Queen and Maid The
watch and fob to be given the Queen,
or lady receiving the highest number
of votes, is on display at the jewelry
store of NJ Folander, while the UNI
brella to be given the Maid, or the
lady receiving the second highest
number of votes, can be seen in the
display window of P. A. Kolstad &
Bro. These prizes are both beautiful
and expensive, and well worth work.
ing for. One cent will secure you one
vote for any candidate, while a dol
lar gets one hundred votes.
Small envelopes have been placed
at the ballot. boxes, and all that is
necessary for you to do is to fill out
the envelope with name of candidate
and number of votes, place your coin
in the envelope, seal, and drop in bal
lot box. Very easy proposition.
The first count will be made to
night, and the result announced Tues
day afternoon in the local papers
After the first count, the votes will be
counted each night until the close Of
the contest, the standing of contest
ants being published the following
day. Each candidate has the right tt
be represented when the count is
made, which will be under the direc
ton Of the arrangement committee Of
the Labor Day celebration. The count
is to be made each night at o'clock
Sunday excepted, in the Board Of
Trade rooms.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-24
OFF ON A LONG CRUISE
First and Second Divisions of the Pa
cifc Fleet Left San Francisco
Today For Honolulu.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 24.-The
first and second divisions of the Pa
cific fleet, accompanied by flotilla
of torpedo boats, leaves San Francis
co today bound on a 200 mile trip to
Honolulu. The fleet will reach its
destination September 8 or 4, and
after a weeks stop for coaling pur-
poses will proceed to Samoa, 224O
miles distant. From Samoa the fleet
will return to Honolulu, engaging in a
series of maneuvers on the way, and
from Honolulu will go to Magdalena
bay for the final target practice.
The fleet comprises the eight ar
mored cruisers, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Colorado, Maryland, South
Dakota, California, Washington and
Tennessee, the fleet tender Charles
ton, the Solace, the parent ship OF the
torpedo vessels, and the torpedo boat
destroyers Whipple, Truxton, Hop
kins, Perry, Hull, Farragut, Stewart
and Preble.
On the return trip the fleet is
scheduled to arrive at San Diego on
October %. The vessels will depart
from San Diego two days later for
Magdalena bay, where they are due
November 1. The entire month OF
November will be spent in target
practice at Magdalena bay. On De-
cember 4 the fleet will return to San
Francisco.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-24
NOTIFICATION OF KERN.
OF His Nomination For Vice President
on the Democratic Ticket Will
Take Place Tuesday.

| '%fS>S-&I
Inl5i EGa Men
- - Utica.
s6s John w Kern of his nomiiiyl
ton for vice president of the United
States on the democratic ticket began
to arrive in the city today. With the
exception of a few finishing touches
everything is in readiness for tomor-
rows exercises. Indianapolis, in holt
day dress for the occasion, is prepar-
ing to entertain large number of
visitors.
The program provides that all the
ceremonies of notification shall take
place at the state fair grounds in the
daytime, and that there will be no
downtown demonstration and no
street parade. Nevertheless, it is ex-
pected that the attendance of numer-
Gus democratic clubs, enthused by
the presence in the city. of William J..
Bryan and a host of prominent party
leaders, will result in an imprompt1
demonstration of some sort tomorrow
night. 1t is hoped that some of the
visiting orators may be induced to de-
liver public speeches
The notification exercises at the
state fair ground will take place in
| the coliseum, which is one of the larg-
est and finest amphitheatres in the
country. Arrangements are being
| made to accommodate a crowd of fiji
teen thousand people in the huge
structure. A speakers stand has been
erected at one end of the building.
The stand has been made large
enough to afford seating accommoda-
tons for the members of the notifica-
| ton committee, the members of the
| national committee who will be in at
tendance and a number of specially in
vited guests.
The notification speech and the ad-
dress of acceptance by Mr. Kern will
| be brief in order to give ample time
for the delivery of the speech by Mr..
Bryan on the subject of trusts, which,
of course, will be the chief feature of
the program. Mr.. Bryan is expected
to reach the city early tomorrow
morning from Chicago, accompanied
by National Chairman Mack Both of
the distinguished leaders will be
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Kern while
in the city
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-24

the cotton belt and western states.
1t is raining this morning in Kansas,
Texas and North Carolina; falls ex-
ceeding one inch are reported in Geor-
gia, Texas and North Carolina. The
coolest weather, AZ degrees, is report
ed in Wyoming.
Cloudy weather is indicated tonight
and Tuesday, with showers probable
tonight or Tuesday.
G. Hass Hagen,
Official in Charge.