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Low Priced Hotel.

Connaught House covers a wide
field. IN one aspect, and probably the
most important from the financial
standpoint, It Is a huge hotel run on
the pay-for- what-you-get plan. Two
hundred bedrooms have been pro-
vided, and a dining-roOm seating more
than 800 people has been installed on
the ground floor. On the face OF II,
the new hotel is Ike any other-out
for the money-but even the most
cursory Of examinations VIII con-
vince anybody that there is. indeed,
a wide difference The rooms are let
at such extraordinarily low rentals.
and meals IN the restaurant are pro-
vided at such astonishingly small
prices that the obvious question is.
Who is going to paw for IL all? Lady
Hope says it viii pay for itself. and
something over.
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jury Faces Pleading Eyes.

awe thought ourselves" writes
Johan Nordlng. editor Of Idun, and
one OF the beauty jury fairly expert
enced 90 similar undertakings. but he
fore this sea OF feminine faces. which,
Ike a raging spring flood, spread over
tables. chairs. and floor, We shared a
deep feeling OF respect
"Fhe light from these thousands
upon thousands Of eyes-happy eyes.
sad eyes, mockins eyes, enucing eyes.
reserved eyes, timjd ewes. bold eyes.
pleading eyes. cruel eyes. kindly eyes
struck MS like a volley from battery
OF artillery. We felt that we were,
indeed, charged with a great RESPONSE
bility
.srhe hours of the afternoon passed.
evening became night, and night be-
came morning. and sin the pictures
went from hand TO hand IT. the pro-
cess OF selection. From its original
size the pile became half, then one
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The prize Miss Lundstrom receives
IS a brooch OF gold and brilliants.
framing a miniature OF The Judg-
Inent OF Paris" The brooch has an
intrinsic value Of 100 crowns.
The second prize, a bracelet Of gold
and diamonds. was awarded TO Miss
Greta Sjoberg. OF Naddo. Miss Sjo-
berg is housekeeper at the home on
Lake Vsttern OF Werner Won Heiden-
STAN. a weli-known Swedish poet
Her eyes are northern blue. her hair
light ooloTed ana soft. and her com
plexion Is a healthy pink.
The third prize. d bracelet OF gold.
set with rubies and diamonds, was
awarded TO a young woman OF north
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WOMAN FOUND

ter OF the late JOhsn I.undstrom, or
Stockholm. and Inherited a comfort
able fortune from her father. She Is
popular r4ember OF middle class So
ciety in Stockholm. and is a musician
OF considerable talent She Is attend
ing a conservatory OF music in Ores
den, Germany. and her portrait vas
entered BY a young woman friegId
without her knowledge. The first in
timation she had OF the d6ings OF her
friend was when she received a cable
gram from the editor OF Iiun- inform
Ing her that she he'd been selected as
the most beautiful woman in Sweden.
and asking hsr 70 pose for a nav pho
tograph.
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from its four separate homes TO Con-
naught House, where IT is housed un-
der one roof-and a roof so large that
there Is danger Of its 500 members be-
ing lost sight Of. The fee for mem
bership. which was about $3.50 under
the old order OF things, has been con
tinued at the same amount. and in
Connaught House entities the mem
bers to style OF club life which
would be envied by the majority of
the members Of swell" clubs in Lon
don. There Is a big library, furnished
and upholstered in red leather, a
gymnasium fitted with the very latest
and newest Of appliances; a billiard
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Titled LaundreSS Mother" to Servants and Clerks

y T n an accepted axiom OF modern
day philosophy that charities
which pay their way accomplish
the most good London is over
stocked with charities that sub
stst on what they can wheedie
0ut OF the public Their promoters
expend a prodigious amount OF energy
IN begging. Keeping their money
collecting machinery going swallows
up e large percentage OF their in
comes. But OF self-supporting chart
hes there is a woeful lack That
alone would SUFFICE to assure a warm
welcome for Lady Hopes latest en-
ssrprise, which Is the result Of long
personal and costly experience Of
phflanthrOpic ventures that are kept
alive by more or less reluctant doles.
At her oWn expense she has built
and Just opened for business" Con
naught House. a great pile OF red
brick buildings in the English me-
tropolss. It AFFORDS a measure OF the
extent TO which she possesses the
courage OF her convictions. To dip
into ones pocket for a cold quarter
OF a million and to stake that com
Portable fortune on ones ideas OF a
paying charity is certainly going IL
strong. Dealing in possible revenues
from a charity is like trading in cop
pers" on the New York stock eX-
ehange-about as big a gamble as can
Be imagined.
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sole proprietor Of the firm OF Jonah
Lundstrom & Co.. coal dealers, stock
holm. Father and mother descended
from swedes OF the Viking times.
Type: The pure northern.
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blush gray.
Complexion: Rosy.
Figure. Superb.
This is a description the young woin-
an who. I'm a contest begun last sum
Euer with the receipt of a challenge
from the Chicago Sunday Tribune,
and ending with the award Of jury
of eminent artists and poets three
weeks ago, has been selected as the
most beautiful woman in Sweden.
She VIII compete with Marguerite
Frey. or the United States, and the
most beautiful woman from each OF
the other countries Of the earth for
the honor Of being called The Most
Beautiful in the World.
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do q IKE ssrvsos for anybody else
who wishes IL
While the Hope Club and the Con-
naught Club are phiianthropic enter
prises. the Hope Laundry, the Hope
Restaurant, which Is open TO the pub
tic as well as to the members Of the
Connaught Club. the Hope bonnet
shop, tho Hope Photographic studio
and supply store. and the Connaught
General Entertainment Agency are
not They are all out for the AZ
mighty dollar with their noses 10
the ground following the scent as
keenly as their nearest competitors.
But the earnings viii not find their
way 70 the pockets OF Lady Hope.
Instead the profits viii be applied By
her IN charging the work Of TIE
two clubs
Personally. Lady Hope is mother
~ sort Of woman. without any OF
the frins OF the ordinary type OF
titled danes
Although she has a manager FER
every department OF her great Un-
dertaking. she does not for mo-
n1ent loose her intimate grasp OF the
smaller details Ali the correspond
ence passes through her hands. and
with the help Of her private secre-
tary she manages TO keep IN touch
with every end OF her many enter
prises.
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room. where on two tables OF the best
manufacture the members can initiate
and in many instances improve upon
the strokes OF their masters: and
recreation room where draughts ana
chess and other games dear 20 the
heart OF the Britisher can be PLAYED.
All for the equivalent Of two dollar
bills and half a "cart-wheeL" Yet
Lady Hope declares that It viii pay.
Upstairs eighty bedrooms have been
set apart for ehe use OF the members
Of the Hope Club. These range in
price from 31-25 10 50 a week. and the
peculiar planning OF the building has
made It possible for every room 10
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CRAFT.

The millionaire from Pittsburg was OBJ.
served TO be lettering outside OF the
pearly gates
why don't you hurry yp and knock
queried a shade
I'm waiting for that other chan 20
get ahead Of me-" whispered the Pitts
burg millionaire.
And who is hep
why. a CRATER from San Francisco.
By the side OF him will seem as fnno-
cent as a lamb Chicago News
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LOndon's EnteTprising PhilanthTopist.
amateur snap -shotter From this
shop she runs what Is known as the
COnnaught General Entertainment
= Eency. which stands ready and will
ing 10 supply you with every known
form OF entertainment on the short
est notice which. to say the least
Is tall contract and savors OF one
81 '-Tody" Hamiiton's circus an
nouncements.
She also conducts the Hope Laun-
dry, under the shadow OF the Kings
castle at Windsor. where. besides do
ing all she laundry work for Con-
naught House she stands ready 10
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be an outside one. The rooms are
small. to be sure but they are scrup-
ulously clean, provided with electric
light and neat furnishings. on each
floor are baths free 70 all. which Is
indeed a concession in England.
where the privilege OF a bath is al
ways calculated as an extra"
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AMT and residence: Miss
Jane Lundstrom, Stock
holm.
Age, Twenty years
Percentage: Daughter OF
the late Johan Lundstrom'
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International Quest Nearing Close.

international Quest Nearing Close.
Sweden is the second country to
choose It's representative In the world
wide quest for the most beautiful liv-
ing woman.
The champions chosen Up to now
are:
United States Marguerite Frey.
Denver. Colo.
csnada-violet Hood, Yarmouth.
Nova Scotia
SWeden-Jane Landstrom. Stock
holm.
All over the world the quest for the
most beautiful woman in the world
Is proceeding. In Europe. Asia. AZ
rica, and Australia the Judges are ex-
aiming portraits IN an endeavor TO
choose the representatives Of the
great nations. Public interest is AZ
height everywhere and soon the LIST
Of champions win be complete. Then
rom these nationa! champions win he
chosen the woman who VIII be ao-
claimed universally the most beaufi-
ful woman in the world.
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Photos and Laund.y.

The other OF the stores which LADY
Hope has reserved to herself has
been opened as a photographic sup
ply store. she being an enthusiastic
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ern Sweden-Miss fora Gustafson. Of
sundsval Mss Gustafson has large
gray eyes and blond hair that reaches
below her waist line. She is engaged
70 be married TO q rising young
lawyer.
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quarter, then one-elghth. and at
length, after much debating. It was
reduced - a hundred pictures.
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sheer exhaustion be compelled TO ad-
journ. but Just as the sua of mid
winter mCrning VAS rising the final
vote was taken and the portraits OF
the three young women who had been
awarded first. second. and third prizes
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Made as Midwlnter Sun Rises.

AT length the historic moment of
the final selection was at hand The
debate became fervid. more fervid
than AT any time during the night, and
it was believed the jury might through
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-29
JUST AN OVERSIGHT BY
HON. ]. c. GRANT

Mr.. Grant was so interested
that he forgot to tell of one or
two matters which would have
interested the people, !" said a
Democrat yesterday in referring
to the Hon. John G. s speech here
Wednesday. He saw before
him a number of the republicans
who were at the convention
which nominated him, and it
must have been simply an over
sight on his part that he failed
to explain to them how it was he
had not made good on his de-
claration to them when he was
nominated that he intended to
challenge Crawford. When a
candidate assures a crowd that
he is going to challenge another
man it would seem that some ex-
PLANTATION was due from him as to
why he had not only failed to do
this but actually refused, that is
his chairman did, to accept the
challenge of the other man. And
this is exactly what Mr.. Grant
did, as everybody knows. -
Said the speaker: Mr.. Grant
said in his speech yesterday that
he would do this and that, and
doubtless he intends to keep his
word, but can he expect people
to bank on them when he failed
to make good on the first as
surance he gave, that of meeting
Crawford.
Mr.. Grant is a great man to
put up a man of straw to knock
him down.: He sets up great
plea for sympathy because he
says it has been charged that he
was ignorant or un-educated, but
if you will notice you will see
that he is doing most of this
himself and spreading the report
more than anyone else. Nobody
said anything about it as far as
know until he came out with
is letter about Latin words
being in the constitution and how
a man would have to be a Latin
scholar to qualify as a voter.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-29

Then people remembered that
when Judge Pritchard was in
politics he had not discovered
this, and that Linney and Moody
and other republicans had not
discovered it, and then he was
called Latinus, =
Mr.. Grant talks like he had
a monopoly in being poor and not
having educational advantages
and in blowing, People know
very well that there are others
and one Of them is Mr.. w. T.
Crawford, a self-made man, and
one, I bet, who has ploughed
more than Mr.. Grant Maybe
John G. can still pillow straight
furrow but he has been so busy
the last dozen years holding on
to offices or pursuing them that
/ am not sure of it. Of course
people sympathize with a man
who has had to struggle, but I
could not see but that Mr.. Grant
looked pretty prosperous as he
was offering 500 if this or that
was not the case. Citizen.
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Why Crawford Should Be
Reelected

Hon. w. T. Crawford should
be returned to Congress thI
year by an increased maJong
because he has served the ::dlstn|
ct in an able manner and present
the best that is in the manhOo1
and womanhood of the tenth dis
trict. Besides these reas On1
however, there are others ths|
are as potent. We give a tel
of them:
Mr.. Crawford is a talent9
man, an able man, and can SerV1
the district in the halls OF Ce7
gress in a much more satisfac@
ry manner than his opponen]
who is, to say the least, inexp99
fenced in legislation and the a
fairs of government. 1t IS I
the time for the tenth district
retire a statesman for an ln9
perienced man in, most mat@a
PERTAINING to governmental y
fairs. \
Again, there is a strong ply
liability that the Democrats,
the nation will recover contrOl
the lower house of Congress
this election. In the north y y
west the chances are bright y
the Democracy to carry nj y
districts that have returned "
publican Congressman in the y
few years. It is very proDaI
| that the Democracy will trluI
this fall. And the tenth dlSu1
wants to have a man in congl'l
who can do some good. i
! Another thing. There IS a i
mendous fight on against opV =
er Joe Cannon, and if he IS IS n h
defeated in his own distrlcIe o \
reelection he ought to be oei Es1
led for reelection to the Speanan
ship; for his very though l ri
act are against the sooI~ sel
and especially the mountain s IN
ton. Let us send a man to I'll
gress who will take pleasufss ri
voting against Gar Cannon Il
Mr.. Crawford is the man"
nesviIle Courier.
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CudgG Says
Crawford Wins!
Editor Citizen:

Editor Citizen:
On my return from Tran
sylvania county, where I
have been filling the ap-
pointments of Mr.. Craw-
ford during his temporary
. illness, my attention has
been called to a statement
published in the Henderson
vile Times, a republican
paper, to the effect that |
was present at the Grant
speaking in Asheville, and
"cheered him Justify when
he denounced Crawford. Z"
This statement is abso-
lutely false and malicious in
it's intent, published for the
purpose of injuring Mr..
Crawford. 1t is a new
campaign falsehood to add
to their stock in trade. |
deeply appreciate the denial
made by my friends in my
absence. From personal
observation, having made a
number of speeches in all
the counties Of this district,
| predict the election Of Mr..
Crawford by a handsome
majority. Very truly,
]. M. GUDGER, JR.
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CRAWFORD'S CHANCES.

A well known Republican prac-
tically admitted to The Citizen
yesterday that a mistake was
made when the Republican con-
gressional nomination was vir-
tually handed to Latinus Grant
on a silver platter. At that time,
it will be recalled, there was no
scramble for the nomination
among local Republicans and, as
our informant told us, 1t was
given to Grant just to get rid OF
him" That being so, it may be
taken for granted (no pun in
tended) that the Republican
leaders in this district had no
earthly hope of electing Brother
Grant when they thrust the hon
ors of nomination upon him.
But to keep up appearances,
there was a persistent beating of
tin pans, and local members OF
the G. O. P. had Latinus elected,
tied and tagged as a full-fedged
congressman. Had Latinus
stayed at home he might have
had some sort of show, but ne
went through the district be-
wailing the fact that he had no
education, and on that account
he appealed for the sympathies
and suffrage of the voters of the
Tenth district! What was the
result? After sizing up'' the
two men it is apparent that Mr..
Crawford is now in a better and
stronger light before the people
of the Tenth district than he has
ever stood in before. Not that
he has at any time been a sub
ject for criticism, but the latent
strength as a campaigner which
Mr.. Crawford possesses has been
more fully aroused and unless all
signs gang agley," w. T.
Crawford will be triu1nphantly
endorsed at the polls next month.
And it is fitting and proper that
he should be, for his entire ca
reer, both in private and public
life. has been unstained by any
step in a wrong direction. Every
Democrat in the district should
stand fast by his congressional
candidate; every member of the
party of the people" should
make it a point to see that his
neighbor gets out to the polls on
election day. By so doing the
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-29

his own horn, debars him
going up and down the '' co,1 Try
proclaiming with drum and dumb IN
acts. ni0 ohG;
In such a position does =
gresham Crawford stand
long and honorable caro-,
congress affords no ground ]
his opponent other than to
What has Mr.. Crawford d ~
The fact that he sat in the l ny
onal assembly with repUbI Es
mI!aJorltles would almost praus9
him from doing anything. vat \
has done much. SPEAKING '
Mr.. Crawford's work, the Fre,'
Broad Hustler recentlv ~!
He has looked carefully % y
diligently after the business
his district, and his ability
represent not only the ints,.
OF his own district, but the 6Ds
ness of the entire country "" y!
recognized by Speaker CAM
and Mr.. Williams, the minoTl
leader, in placing him on N
banking and currency commits
the most important committeo
the house. The merit of his Wo'|
on that committee, in attemptinI
to relieve the country from N
effects of the Republican pan'|
was recognized by the democrs
ic congressional committee 4
putting his speech against n
Vreeland-Aldrich bill in the can|
paign book. It will also be y
membered that Mr.. Crawfora
went to Washington in the III
Of 1907 and procured from N
agricultural department an ~
pert in road building and nsa
improvement and also an expeI
agriculturist, and in compsa1
with Mr.. Crawford these mS
visited every country in the Id
trict and delivered instructTa
lectures to the farmers, sovnl
the seeds for better things whcI
will grow and ripen into frul
later on. Polk county yotAI
bonds to build macadam roads
and Mr.. Crawford also introduc
ed a bill to establish aish hatch
cry in the mountains of Wester
North Carolina, and procured,
favorable report from the com
mittee. It is now on the hous
calendar, and it will pass if til
speaker will allow a vote to b
! taken. "
But why enumerate? WouI
Mr.. Crawford have been third
times returned to congress if b
constituency did not believe ths
he had fairly earned such ID
ward? What representatVI
from this district has been mod
faithful or accomplished mop9
Would brother Grant be able b|
do as much. if he was elected.
How long would he be in con
gress before he was put on ths
banking and currency COMMITTED
How many of Mr.. Grant,
speeches would find their way i
to. thescampaign be ok?-Ashevill
Citizen
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WHAT THEY SAY
About CRAWFORD
A Few Clippings from Various
Papers in the Tenth District

Tenth congressional district will
be represented in the next
national legislature by man
who is a Democrat from his head
to his heels. Citizen.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-29
What Has Crawford Done?

The man in Office who comes
up for reelection stands in an
unenviable position, in that his
political opponents. made raven
GUS with hunger for pie, in
variably ask, What has he
done?" tits natural that a mans
nodesty, or reluctance to blow
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A winner
BY GOOD MAJORITY

DI UVUU WHJVMI1.
& AS things appear at this writ
ing, twelve days before the ele.-
ton, Crawford will be elected to
Congress from the tenth district
by over 1900 majority. Reports
have been received at Democrat
ic headquarters here within the
last few days which justify this
assertion. All the reports are
rosy, and the claims of w. E.
Logan and his man John Grant,
about carrying the district for
the unexampled Latin linguist
appears to be the veriest nom
sense.
So far it has been peculiar
campaign. The two candidates
for congress have canvassed the
district on entirely different
plans. Mr.. Grant began his cam
paign early in the summer in the
country districts and has worked
his way from them to towns. Mr..
Crawford began with the towns
in August and has worked from
them to, the country districts
There has been no joint canvass,
though Mr.. Grant. in the enthus-
iasm of the moment, declared
when he was nominated in April
that he would meet Crawford in
every precinct in the district.
But he backed out from that since
then and now Crawford can't get
in sight of him.
The campaign has had some
amusing incidents alse. Perhaps
the most amusing is Mr.. Grants
apparently serious attempt to
make the people believe that the
constitution of North Carolina is
written in the Latin language.
AS one voter expressed it Mr..
Grant is either fool himself or
he thinks. his audience are made
up of fools. Whether he has
succeeded in deceiving anybody
relative to that point remains to
be seen.
A prominent citizen of An
drews said to us Monday that
Mr.. Grant made a speech there
some days ago in which he said
that if Bryan is elected the
Champion Fibre Company would
cut the price of pulp wood one
half. He also said that pulp
wood had sold in the north last
year for $1O.14. When it is
known that there is no tariff on
pulp wood it is marvellous that
Grant knows what the Champion
Fibre Company will do in the
event of Bryan's election. The
Champion Fibre people would do
we'll to put a muzzle on Mr..
Grant, for if it becomes known
that pulp-wood sold in the North
for SOL a cord, the people will
want to know why they are not
paid more here. And that is
amusing.
But the agony will soon be
over. Mr.. Grant will soon know
the result, and then he can spend
a year in trying to get divine for
| giveness for the whoppers he
| has told. -Waynesville Courier.
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Gudger in The Fight!

Ex-Congressman Cudger and
MIR. M. L. Shipman hlled Con-
gresham Crawford's appoint
ments at Etowah, Henderson
county, and at Enon and BOSNIAN,
Pennsylvania county, on Friday
and Saturday of last week. Ow-
ing to the incessant rains, the
crowds were small at Etowah,
but were large and enthusiastic
at the other places.
Mr.. Gudger made strong Dem
ocratic speeches, Of course, and
feels much encouraged over the
outlook in this district. The ex-
congressman returned to Ashe-
vile on Monday and is making a
vigorous campaign in Buncombe
this week.
To Hustler Representative
he stated that Crawford's ma
iority in Buncombe will be ma
terially increased over that of two
years ago. and that the Demo
Gratis of that county would, this
year, take the banner away
from HAYWOOD.
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Do not forget the three "Wn-
lies" next Tuesday. Bryan,
Kitchin and Crawford. Three
ADLER, purer, or better men have
never offered for public Office in
the United States.