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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08

Rev. Walton H. Grever, OF Co
lumbia, s. c., who has been the
guest Of Rev. c. r. Kegley. has
returned home. Rev Greevcr was
a former pastor Of this church and
greatly beloved by everybody.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08

Mrs. Harry c. Weller is the guest
OF friends "a RoanJk Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08

- 49, beSNNi vi III > tuuItn ana
greatly beloved by everybody.
Have you selected your holiday
presents yet? Don't put It off IN
tdl the last moment. Buy now when
you have time to loo; Ground and
the merchants have tine to wait ON
you By adopting this plan You
viii get more for your money and
can better suit yourself. However.
better read the advert sing co'umn
OF the Leader before you star. out
One OF the scenes IN MY Dixie
Girl the 81 ccessfuI comedy drama
which will be one o. the attractions
here soon, is an fashioned south
ern home with its air OF old world
grandeur and cosy sugres1ivencse
Of Hospitality The characters ar.
types OF the Old time southern
gentleman and his lady and never
fail 20 engage the sympathy Of the
aud ence
Cards have been received here
announcing the marriage OF Mr.. S
II Sharpe to Mss Grace Stuart. Of
New MartinsyT1e, w. Va. at ST
who IS well known here whore h.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08

w. s. Bond, of Bristol, is in the
city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08

j. IT. Johnson. of Fails Mills. is
n the city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08
CHEESE IT!

Not the slang phrase with u.s.
but real stocking up with IN.
very finest cheese made I'm chs
country and abroad.
NEW YORK FULL CREAM
PHILADELPHIA Full CREAM
McCLAREN'S IMPERIAL CHEESE
NEWFCHATAL CHEESE
sCHwEITzER CHEESE
ROCQUEFORT CHEESE
SUBLETTE & BARNES
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08

J. j. Seidcnr!dSe. OF ST. Paul. 3
among the Wis tors here today
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08

f. T. Joyce, OF North Tazewell. is
hero today
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08
PERSONAL

W, r. snidow, o. Avondaic in
The city
c. l.. Alexander, Of Tazewell is
here ;oday
j. j. Se,donr!dSe. OF ST. Paul. Is
among the Wis tors here today
f. T. Joyce, or North Tazewell. is
hero tCday
j. IT. Johnson. of Fails Mills. is
n the city.
w. S. Bond, OF Bristol, is in the
city.
Mrs. Harry c. Weller is the guest
OF friends a. Roam TX Va
Mrs. w. l.. Gilkerson is visiting
relat YES at stanton, Va.
Miss Belle Strother, OF Rappahan
mock Va g the PupSt of hnr sigtar
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08

C. l.. Alexander, Of Tazewen. q
here ;oday
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-08

W. Z. Snidow. o, Avondaic. in
The city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Now Engaged on Two Nota-
BILE Figures, One for Cornell
University and he Othsr
for Statuary Hall at III:
National Capitol.

kindred spirits and dispenses tospitality
with both generosity and grace Her
work has become her pastime. ard sh,
stu models most happily when sht, has
companionship. Thus she will often AL, .
friend TO bring her work Sewing en-
proidery or mending) and join her in her
studio Tor morning of art and chat As
constant comrades she has two doves
which she has long made pets of. and par-
mits to fly at large around her studio
Though shy with strangers. they are ex
tremely tame with her and often perch on
her shoulders and take seed from bar
hand
Mrs. Hoxie is not competing for worl,
not rubbing shoulders with those who ara
in the struggle. but neither is she merely
an onlooker She has proved that a love
of art an ability TO create is something
more than an ordinary profession to be
taken up and laid down at will, and she
is deeply in sympathy with those who are
striving today for high attainment. In
speaking of the conditions which prevail
today as compared with taose which ex-
listed in her girlhood. she lamented the
fact that appreciation had not kept pace
with accomplishment, and declared that
those who would rise had less help at
homeless ENTHUSIASTICALLY than for
merly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
FARRAGUT
TT

gave his sympathy and interest to the
work which the young sculptor had in
hand. Senators and representatives also
took a lively interest in the modelling
of the portrait, and after Lincoln's assas-
sination. when Congress voted to place
his statue in the rotunda of the Capitol.
her model was chosen over twenty other
competitors.
Mrs. Lincoln was. 1t Is understood, one
of the committee of selection. For one so
young and so unframed this was indeed a
triumph, and whatever faults the mature
workman may see in this statue none can
overlook the evident seriousness with
which 1t was wrought. Old or young there
wer. few sculptors who could at that cay
have produced a more credta.le result.
For this statue Winnie Ream receiv d
$4,000. and after it had been unveiled in
1871 Congress voted her an additional
5000 as a token of appreciation of the
first government work done by woman
Resided in Rome.
There were no accomplished marble cut
tiers in this country at that time, SO this
statue was carved in Rome, and while it
was in progress she resided there with her
parents, opening a studio, modelling some
ideal figures in the spirit of that period
and meeting many delightful persons. not
few of whom became lifelong friends.
Mrs. Hoxia has indeed a faculty for max
ing and keeping friends. Today in Wash
ington, as then in Rome, one will meet
those most worth knowing at her studio
on her days at home While she was
abroad she studied for a short time in
Paris with Bonnat. the great portrait
painter and there she became acquainted
with Gustave Dore, who presented her
one Of his original drawings. The Cardi-
nal Antonelli List. the composer; and
Thomas Buchanan Read, the writer, wera
also TO be reckoned among her intimates,
and from all she has received beautiful
mementoes
The Lincoln statue led quite naturally
to the commission for the Farragut, and
this in turn led to her marriage. Lieut..
Hoxie was a close friend OF Admiral Far
rasuts son and widow. and when the
question Of the statue came up for con
sideration the lieutenant was taken into
their council
In this way he and the young sculptor
were thrown much together, and before
come his wife. The new woman" had
not vindicated her right to partnership
in work as we'll as in play when this ma
rage took place. and Lieut.. Hoxie begged
his young wife to lay aside her profes-
sion and give up the life which brough,
her before the public-not from any self
ish motive. but from a desire to proteo:
her from the world. According to IT,
finished she was to lay aside her tools
ard yield the way to others who Were
climbing toward fame. At least three
years work remained TO be done. and
three years when one is young seems
long time. besides which interest may
have tagged jus then. So Mrs. Hoxie,
in spite OF the protests Of her friends
and relatives, gave the promise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Are the Billboards Going?
From the liousekeeper.


In former days. before Japan became
the yellow peril. each hill. each vac
each plain. the rivers and the wooded
land seemed to be. directed in artistic
development by some master mind which
understood. But we know that this
would have been Impossible If the people
had not had a common desire To-day the
traveller who looks out of the train win
dow may. perhaps. see Fug -yama-the
ever sacred Notwithstanding bold
against the white clouds and the blue
sky, but he is sure. at least, to see the
mass of billhoa-ds reel past in uncom-
Portable contortions advising the smok-
ing of some brand of c.garett, or the
drinking of some carhona.ed water
If Japan has been caugnt in the tors
of the billboard what hope is there Tor
us? In st. Paul. MINI. the park board
has secured an ord nance which prohibits
the erection or III boards within 80 feet
of any ,ark or parkway. Ii does seem
rather absurd to spend thousands OF dol
lars on park syst m and thenynaye II
bOrdered by posters. In England the
right has been questioned of any one
having the use OF the sky line. Pittsburg
sometimes when the smoke drifts away,
has been seen TO be full of billboards
but an energetic campaign has been
started. In fact. the agitation against
the use OF .'all outdoors" for vulgar ana
fragrant display seems TO be national.
Which is much to be wished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

great respect he cast in a navy yard
of the United States. The sentiment. of
course, was good. but the result rather
hazardous, as there was no one In w ASH
ington, much less il the navy yard, WHO
had ever cast Il bronze statue or knew
how it should be done. This was now
ever the gentle custom of Congress at
that time-Mills was gwen cannon out
of which to make an equestrian statue
of Jackson and to Mrs Hoxie was al
lotted the propeller of the Hartford, Adj
nliral Farragut' flagship, out of which
to produce her work of art. In both
cases the scuiptors proved equal to the
emergency. Mills built his own foundry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

Perhaps If she had fore seen all the dis
tcuities which lay in her pathway before
the Farragut statue was completed she
might have given 1t more willingly, but
If, on the other hand. she had raaiized
that her gift was literally a calling she
would not lave given il al all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
When asked this week
to finish them, Mrs. I
at she could not fix a d
made it understood that
2 hurried. why. she e,
is just clothed, and kir
his bones, the framewo
Built a Studio.
having given his wife
r~y IIa;o J;l ~ -
Built a Studio.

After having given his wife back her
promise Col. Hoxie did all he could to
further her work, and summer or two
ago, while they were in Iowa. had stu
dio built as an addition TO their Wash
ington home. 1t is here that Mrs. Hoxia
h is modelled a portrait of Mr.. c. S. Noyes
to whom, she declares. she owes much of
her success in art, in music and in litera-
ture, for it is his unremitting confidence
in her ability she insists, which has
spurred her on TO extraordinary effort.
Mrs. HoXie is a woman of many accom-
plishments; not only does she model but
plays and sings. She Is a harpist and ac-
companies herself most frequently upon
this instrument. When she was In Rome
experimenting the carving of her Lincoln
statue she wrote a series of letters to The
Star. giving her impressions of things and
places foreign. which must fave been
pleasant reading. and she has still wide
interest in the worlds doings. Being nat
urally convivial, she gathers around her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
How Winnie Ream Hoxie
Mcdelei in Clay and Be-
came the Maker Of Famous
Works of Art-Some Of
Her Accomp' ishments.

~ the many persons who pass and
N repass the Farragut statue in
Farrasu5 SQUARE .u few " know .no, it's its
SCULPTOR Winnie Ream Hoxie,
lives within a stones throw of IT. and Is
still working In the whole field Of Amer
lean art there is none who has had
more remarkable career than Mrs. Hox1e
When she was five years old she was
brought to this city by her parents. and
here received common-school education
When she was fourteen she chanceo one
day to see some one modelling an Indian
in clay, and. being greatly interested, vol
unteered suggestions. Partly In jest she
was given a bit of the mud and told TO
do better herself-a result which. to the
surprise OF all she quickly accomplished.
That was the beginning; there was fasei-
nation In the work. and the child had
real genius Everything was laid aside
for the modelling, and she was regarded
as a prodigy With almost no effort she
could copy anything that was put be ore.
her. and her facility for portraiture was
uncommon.
She was a slight. childish figure. rathe-
delicate in appearance, with curling brown
hair and picturesque cast of features. and
she had little or no self-consciousness
The art of sculpture was still in Its In
fancy then in America-a few equestrian
statues had been set up in the principal
cities. the Jackson here. the Washing
ton In New York; Greenough's and Cav
fords works were to be seen at the Cap
itol; Story and Rogers were working In
Rome, but had not produced up to that
time anything OF very much consequence.
There were few facilities for study in this
country, almost nothing to engender
ideals. and &C -tainly no traditions to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Cast at Navy Yard.

About the time that the model of the
Farragut was ready for cdsting Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

ism and declared that as Admiral Far
ragut was the Nelson of America his
bronze eftigy should not be cast in for
eign country. but must. in token of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
An Intuitive Impulse.

with little Winnie Ream. as with the
men who during that period made art a
profession the impulse TO create was
ruraiy intuit.ve. No wonder she was re-
.arlsd with 2nazarnent and admiration
AID repeatedly invited to give demonstra-
tions before me public. This she did
c,,aorf,Illv and with becoming modesty,
mcdelirs portrait bus:s in Cooper Union
ard at the American Institute fair in New
York Tor tho edncaticn of the school
children and the delight % those ripper in
wears Those were war times and the
grace of art offered a welcome retreat
from the gloom Of battle.
In 1882 Lincoln consented to give Winnie
Ream sittings. and a room adjoining his
private Office at the Capitol was lifted
W for her use. Here the statue. which
is now 10 Ia seen IN the rotunda of the
cs@itcl was edrled. and here the great
WAN laid aside his burden of business and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

and made his own experiments. Mrs.
Hoxie used the one at the navy yard and
superintendent every step of the work
Indeed she learned how to mix the metal
and ho~ to make the molds, and when at
the last her chief molder struck for
double pay she dismissed him and liter
ally completed the work herself. 1t was
a gigantic undertaking and required end
less patience as we'll as colossal courage
True to her word, when this statue was
finished Mrs. HoXie gave up her sculpture
and for twenty years made no attempt
at modelling. Her summers We're spent in
Iowa and her winters lat Washington in
the house. on the corner of 18th and X
streets. which her husband had built for
her when they were first married, the
site being chosen because of its prox-
unity TO her monumental work Little or
nothing was said about the promise all
this while. but 1t was not forgotten, and
when three or four years ago Col. toxie
was summoned to what the physicians
thought was his wifa's deathbed, he
offered to let her return to her profession
If she would make an effort to live Per
haps this served as an incentive. for from
then She began recovering, and before
long was restored to health.
Gradually. little by little, she got back
to work, and. curiousIy enough, witho,r..
advertisement or effort orders came to
her. Some one who had seen a bust sac
modelled in her girlhood and been struck
with it's accuracy recommended that she
be given the commission for the statue of
Ezra Cornell, which Is TO be erected on
the campus of Cornell University and
when Iowa determined to place a statue
of it's war governor. kirkwood, in Sta;u-
arS Hall at the Capitol she was oesought
to execute it. Both of these are now
underway. but are yet far from COM
pletion. When asked this week how she
expected to finish them, Mrs. Eoxie re-
piled that she could not fix date, that
She had made it understood that she was
not to be hurried. why. she exclaimed,
Cornell is just clothed and kirkwood is
still in his bones, the framework being
barely completed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Brussels CARPETS

A good variety of seif-tone
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and hall and stairs. Quanti-
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-24
Dunbars Made Good.

At the Central Christian church last
night the Dunbar male quartet and
bell ringers closed the entertainment
course which has been given by the y.
NJ. C. A. this season. The course has
been an exceptionally strong one
throughout, but no number has been
more enthusiastically received than
the one last night From first to last
there was not a dull moment and the
audience applauded literally. requiring
al least two encores for every num-
Der
The quartet, headed by Harry Dun
bar. was good. In classical music they
sang we'll but it was in the lighter
songs that they pleased especially. The
limerick song and the girls quartet
were perhaps the best received. AS bell
ringers the four certainly were good
and their numbers every one made a
decided hit
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-24
FORCE RAILROAD TO DISGORGE

The action of congress yesterday
iustruct!ng the attorney general to be-
gin suits against the Hartman inter-
ests to recover large areas of land IN
Oregon. held by the railroad under a
land grant made over 40 years ago,
should be a matter of the keenest graf
ificatiOn to the people Of that state,
meaning as it does, that if the railroad
company is forced to disgorge the
thousands of acres of fertile land, al
now closed to settlement, will be
thrown open and a new impetus given
the United States granted the railroad
company thousands of acres of the
richest lana in Oregon. The grant was
similar to those made other railroads to
stimulate railway development and i'm
migration in the then little known west.
BY the terms of these grants, the rail-
road companies We're to dispose of the
land, after certain periods, at a price
of not to exceed $3.50 an acre. The
Hartman interests, it is now alleged,
as owners Of vast area of Oregon
lands have steadfastly refused to COM
ply with the terms of the grant and
the United States government will now
them to actual settlers as was the orig
inal intention. The refusal of the rail-
one of the main reason for the slow
development Of central Oregon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-24

which is being installed is calculated
to lift 800 gallons of water per sec
ond to irriGate the place. Mr.. Tyson
states that there is now about 80 men
working on the farm and that the new
residence will be completed SOmetim
this spring. over 20 acres are being
set out Ia orchard, in which the high =
est class fruit trees will be planted
for many of which 81 each was paid.
This is the farm that Mr.. Moore
claims will be a model unequaled by
any farm in the United States
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-24

The hotels and boarding houses of
the city. crowded as they already are,
yvill not begin to take care Of the visit
ing Knights and Sisters and call is to
help in the matter and to show their
hospitality by entertaining the guests
of the local lodge. All who can do so,
will confer a favor upon the knights
if they will let the same be known at
once
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-24

is one well known. In the dual role Mr.
Streete~ plays a difficult part but as
always. he makes good. Miss Bryan as
"Sybil' is excellent, as is also Miss
Rounds as Poole" Francis Ellis as
Mr.. Utterson' and Harry Terry as
DIR Lanyon" are a clever pair. The
bill is repeated tonight and tomorrow
afternoon at the matinee. The pictures
of the Passion Play are intersperseo
between the acts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-24
BANKER ROSS GUILTY.

jury at Salem, after % minutes
deliberation. found j. Thoburn Ross,
former president of the Title Guarantee
X Trust company of Portland, guilty
of misappropriating over quarter of
a million dollars of state money. The
many legal technicalities which Banker
Ross interposed to escape an actual
trial We're swept away. and the Jury
had little difficulty in arriving at a
verdict from the evidence that was in
be expected that Ross viii use every
artlfice known to the legal fraternity
TO escape the punishment which his
conviction warrants yet the mere fact
that he was found guilty should have a
Wholesome effect in curbing dishonest
blnking methods which have been so
prevalent in the past. The failure of the
Title Guarantee & Trust company re-
Nealed state of affairs almost incon-
celFable 1t was found that Ross and
other officials of the bank used thou
sands Of dollars of the depositor's
money N financing their own private
enterprises and in many ways violated
the national banking laws. The former
nigh standing of Ross in Oregon's
hn&nclal circles. evidently had no eff
1ect on the jury and the verdict of
guilty returned was strictly in accord
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-24
MODEL FRUIT FARM.
Paseo Men Arrange to Plant ard Irri
gate 20 Acres.

TWO carloads of pipe arrived thi.
week from Seattle for the Moore farm
TWO miles West of town, which when
laid will reach a distance of four miles
says the Pasco Express. G. HI. Tyson.
the foreman on the farm, has been busy
for several days seeing to its delivery
from the cars. The pumping plant
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-24
ROYAL TIME FOR
LODGE MEMBERS
GREAT PREPARATIONS MADE TO
ENTERTAIN DELEGATES TO
KOF P. CONVENTION.

Great preparations are being made
20 entertain delegates to the grand
lodge o. Knights of PytliaS which
meets in Walla Walla next month. May
~ to Il Inclusive The program for
the three days has been outlined and it
assures tie visitors. of whom there will
be about 1000 and excellent time while
they are the guests of the Garden City.
On Monday will be the gathering Of
the delegates and there VIII be no
regular exercises for the day. In the
evening ar informal reception will De
given tie guests in odd Fellows tenn
ule
ON Tuesday morning. after an add
dress % welcome by Mayor Kellough.
the opening session of the grand lodge
will be held in the DAD Fellows tenn
pie while the first session of the Pyth-
ian sisters will be held in odd Eel
lows hall. corner of Fifth and Main
streets. At / o'clock parade will oc-
cur in which the uniform rank of the
Knights and Pythian sisters. the Off
GERS of TIE grand lodge and the visit
ing knights. will participate
Competitive Drill.
\ competitive drill of the uniform
l.. ~
on the Whitman college campus. in
which ~ least five teams will take part.
Tuesday evening the degree team of
CoIfax will confer the rank of page
uron several candidates.: and in the
skating rink a ball will be given by the
Pythia" sisters to which invitations
VII later be issued
On Wednesday morning and after
noon sessions Of the grand lodge of the
knights ana of the sisters will be neld
in their respective places of meeting. In
the evening the, dramatic club of Cola X
will give the fraterna play upon which
the order is founded. Damon and
Pythlas. This will be given in the
keylor Grand. a parade will be given
also on Wednesday night by the
knights of Khorassen, the special order
of the Knights of Pythias. Also on this
night ceremonial will be held in Arm
DRY hall which will be the occasion of
the inlatition of about 100 members %
the order.
Thursday the day will be occupied
with grand lodge sessions and in the
afternoon the farewell sessions will he
held
Hustle for Accommodations.
One of the principal things now
b0therinS the local lodges of the order
Is the accommodation of the thousand
guests VINO are to be in the city at
that time.