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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Conducted Correspondence

Conducted Correspondence
Mr.. Eddy Immediately filed revised spe-
cifcations, and for three years conducted
correspondence with the patent COM
missioner. 1t ended in the patent exam
liner admitting the soundness of Eddy's
contentious, but asked him to submit for
inspection a mirror made after his for
mula.
This proved to be difficult He had
trouble in getting glass of light pink
shade. Manufacturer after manufac-
turer to whom he applied had never
heard of any such glass. He wrote to
England and continental manufacture
ers, only to receive the same answer.
Eventually, one manufacturer in
small town in Germany wrote that he
had produced such a glass many years
before and thought he could do 1t
again. He did produce 1t.
When Mr. Eddy received the plates
he had them grouped, polished and sill
vered and when the patent examiner
received one he promptly allowed the
patent. Patents have been secured In
practically all of the great manufac-
turing countries of the globe.
Not Colorless
"What we call white or colorless
glass" says Mr. Eddy, "is not color
less, for however it may appear on
first sight there is invariably tint of
green, sufficient to emphasize the blue
of the silver backing used for mirrors
MY theory was this: BY balancing the
color components In the glass so that
the selective absorption in the glass
would compensate for the selective re-
Election of the silver backing, neu-
tral mirror must result. Evidently,
this meant the use of some pink pig
ment so light and pure that the blue
would be completely neutralized. How
ever, it seemed so simple to me that
1 thought surely some glass manu-
facturer must long ago have thought
of it. and | hesitated about mention
ing it to anyone.
"The sodium of green glass will, of
course, be cheaper than the kind pro-
pose using. but precisely the same ap-
pliances throughout are used l used
a very similar mixture to that used
in making plate glass of the better
grade, the principal difference being
that I insist upon greater purity of
materials, with little more care and
time in the making, and the addition
Of a small amount of coloring pig
ment."
Mr.. Eddy has had one or two of
these mirrors made ard they sustain
the claims made for them. The per-
son who looks into one of these I'M
mediately after having had glimpse
of his familiar outline in the ordf-
nary mirror is struck by the glow
of health in his own countenance that
he has seen in others. but which he
had thought was lacking in his own.
Not only is the blood tint of the
cheeks reproduced with absolute
fidelity, but the hair has life TO II
that is startling to the one who has
seen 1t only through the old mirror.
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WOULDN'T BE SECOND TO
AN AMERICAN HEIRESS
Queen Of Italy Was Anxious to Marry Her Sister Pucy Prn
Vera of Montenegro to Duke Of Abruz but Latter
Scoffed at IdeaFavorite Child Of King Nicholas is,
Like Him. Writer Of Poetry, but Like Him Also
Is Fonder Of Trouble Than Tranquility

Cettinje Montenegro, July 5.-(Special)
Princess Vera King Ni.itas youngest
daughter, and the apple Of his eye has
inherited all her fathers courage and
enterprise; in fact, she and her youngest
brother, Prince Peter, are the most like
their thoroughly sporting parents. Vera
not only nursed the sick and wounded
during the war and the siege of Scutari,
but also watched the battles from close
quarters, and knew all about the va
rious positions of her fathers troops In
different to the bullets which went flying
round her, she stood ON the rocks from
morning till dark, watching her country
fight for freedom and development. 1T
is the most exciting thing L ever saw in
M life, ,"'she told me, her beautiful dark
eyes shining 1T is so splendid to think
that even today when the world has got
SO fat and comfortable. people have still
courage to fight 1t is so silly to talk
about universal peace. 1t will never come.
People must fight, if only to keep them
selves IT. The world is far too fond
of luxury nowadays. l and my brother
Peter find this when we go to stay with
my sister, the Queen of Italy. We both
enjoy 1t for a time. because there are
so many interesting things to see; but
we soon long for our Montenegrin noun
tains, and our rocks, and simple living
people"
In peaceful times the princess rides,
shoots, plays tennis and walks long dis
tances. She studies many European Ian
guages, and, besides her own, speaks
English, French, Russian, Italian, Greek
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Church Window Broke

Mr.. Eddy was visiting his old home, a
little town in New England. when, pass
ing a church just after severe wind
storm, he saw that tree limb had broken
stained glass window. The fragments
lay on the ground. One of the pieces
showed only a hint of color. Turning it
edgeways, he saw that 1t was a light
but beautifully tinted pink. He carried
1t home and laid it on a highly polished
silver card tray. AS it lay it was a
perfect mirror. The countenance that
looked out at him from 1t was diff
ferent from the one that was reflected
In a mirror above him that he was start
led. The familiar reflection from the COM
mon mirror showed an apparently amaze
mic countenance, pale, with yellowish
discolorations, the eyes dull and the hair
lifeless. The improvised mirror disclosed
a countenance suffused with a pink flush
and hair that looked distinctly alive.
But this phenomenon was but the real
ization of theories that Mr. Eddy had
long held. A relative who had made inn
portant discoveries along other lines adj
vised him to patent the idea. Accordingly
he prepared specifications and sent them
to Washington. His was rejected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

have in mind reproduction of wild
bouquet. Don't you think it would be
worth framing?"
We have often thought of a book we
used to have in schoolhood days, 1.-The
Language of Flowers" This only gave
in our gardens, but later years we had
the life in the mountains of Blount coun-
ty and can recall more strange
plants that sprung up on every side-they
had language Of their own-we did not
read it then. but later years, among the
changes time has wrought we look back
upon the very flowers and hear them
speak of a sacred past Miss Hill must
paint her wild bouquet and keep it fresh,
for some day Birmingham is going to
climb over those highways and byways.
Asphalt paths will crush the buds that
peep now from under the leaves, and CIV
| ilizaton will plant new shrubs, the old
trees will be hewn down and hedges will
grow in their stead, and the tame violet
will supplant the wild. Tn after years
this old bouquet will in its own language
tell the story of her pioneer work in
painting pictures of things she found
around the hillsides that used to be.
Every picture that hangs on her wall
today will hold some local interest in the
future history of Birmingham.
When Miss Hill initiated this local in
terest into her studio work. she had no
idea of its significance. She simply de-
sired to paint from nature. and went out
in search of crude material She did
not find it unadorned, but found the beau
tiful shades of the firmament lowering
over a foundation of rock and foliage
that made art worth while
The love of art has grown with Bir-
mingham. We can recall what problem
1t was to get the artists together and
then to get the public to the artists.
Probably nothing has been more benefit
cial to these interests than the Birmng-
ham Art club. The individual interests
of each studio has been fostered through
annual exhibitions, which have proven
not only very attractive to the public but
profitable to the painter. For the artist
who makes a sale is painting dollars as
1t were and 10 matter how artistic to
grow and produce results there must be a
practical side to the undertaking. Tho
Miss Hill frankly said, when asked which
work she considered best, "As a mother
loves her child, so an artist loves her
work. l have no favorte. With your
child you can easily see where you can
help, encourage and improve. Just so
with each picture; as L see them I can
retouch. put a little color here, Or
tighten little there, but / love my work,
not with that satisfied love. though. l
only love it to grow and make each pic
ture a reproduction of the original. Like
the whole problem of life each picture
is study and as we touch the canvas to
reproduce an object, there must be just
the same accuracy to make perfect out
line as does It. require truth in the formal
ton of character"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

"A visitor 10 the city sometime ago was
being driven around to see the length and
breadth of Birmingham. She had known
the place when she bought her railroad
tickets from box car at the only station
then, and she had kept in touch with the
history of its building. but she had never
dreamed of such growth as she was
shown.
The beautiful houses, the tall business
houses, all seemed to have sprung up SO
quickly; but her amazement was great
when we climbed the Altamont road and
she looked down upon the entire district
first, panorama of housetops, then
flames of furnaces and the smoke float
ing over the scene with the SUMS rays
peeping through the denseness.
Beyond were sloping hills green fields
and distant views of ore mines. She had
spent years abroad, among the scenes
of Europe and she exclaimed, There is
nothing grander TO be seen in Switzer-
land'
We had often been told that the Amer
ican tourists were wild over foreign seem
cry, when our western mountains afforded
such wonderful points of beauty; that we
neglected to appreciate the opportunities
of our own continent in the fad for for
eign travel. Only a few years ago the
beautiful mountain scenery of North Car
olina lay unmolested and uhtraveed
Not many years ago when Asheville, N
c., was almost a wilderness of mountain
sprouts-today a city not only adding to
the state the history of beautiful land
scapes, of awe Inspiring mountain views,
but inviting the world to the benefits of
its health giving elements.
We have been so busy with the gold
making elements of our district that we
have neglected to appreciate nature, ex-
cept as we have dug for her metallic
charms.
There has been one silent worker, plod-
ding to make herself famous in herald
ing the picturesque views of the "Bir-
mignham district" and that indefatiga-
BILE worker is Miss Carrie Hill. She has
found language has failed to put on paper
the many beautiful hooks and corners
right at our doors. so with an artists en-
thusiasm she has placed them on canvas,
and on her studio walls hang nearly a
half hundred familiar scenes to those who
tramp at home. She finds the opportun-
ties for the artist who is ready to stretch
tent and with brush and easel work
among natures scenes at our very door.
In Shades valley she presents views that
are familiar to many who ride the high
ways in search of recreation SHE has
painted both the sunshine and clouds
that hover over the Magic City, and some
of the orchards that bore fruit when
Jones Valley was famous for its "Wine-
sap apples and Indian peaches" Again
she varies the rural search into another
picture, "A Vista in Capitol Park
Miss Hill is perfect "crank" over
things she has found here worth while,
and she has the accompaniments for
year round study in the woods, and as she
showed us her ''sketching luggage" on
this visit to her studio we wished we
were an artist that we might produce her
very picture in this story-an easle and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Solving a Riddle

From T1t-BitS.
"On May l every year 1 have a golden
head" For 40 years the worthy people of
Naples, including the most learned of
learned folk, endeavored to solve the rid
die of this enigmatic inscription on a
marble column, which an eccentric
Frenchman at the beginning of the nine
9enth century had erected in one of the
chief streets of the city On May ] for
a number of years after the erection of
the column people came and peered at it,
thinking that it's head would at least be
covered with gold. but no miracle hap
'ened and at last the people got tired
Of puZzling over the riddle and came to
the conclusion that it was but a joke on
the part of the Frenchman.
Then 1t occurred to the authorities that
probably the F'renchman had buried the
feasure under the column. They had
taken down, but nothing but earth was
found and the column was re-erected
Then came happy idea on the part of
snnibale Tosci, beggar as lazy and as
gged as only Neapolitan beggars can
ne, who early one morning passed the
column and stood and stared at the in
scription. 1t was a lovely summer morn
ing. and the sun, in a cloudless sky, cast
4 long shadow of the column on the
ground.
Il have it." said the begar
He told nobody that he blieved he
ad found the solution of a mystery
which had puzzled men for so many
years, but on the following first of May
he came to the spot with a pick and
shovel. He waited until the clock of the
neighboring monastery of San Vito struck
6, then he began to dig at the spot
touched by the end of the columns silad-
ow He had not dug very deep before
he came on leather satchel of French
vorkmanship, which he quickly seized,
oncealed beneath his shirt and retired
0 a lonely cotir ts ard to examine. Breath
assly he opened the satchel and found
within the sum of 5000. After all, the in
scription was true, and the eccentric
Frenchman had not lied
Although beggar, Annibale Tosci was
prudent man. He went away to Man
tua, bought small farm, and lived on
his own property, cultivating his own
vines and olives. until his death few
days ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

at several cents above the retail store
prices.
The largest profits must come from
superior marketing, and from special
market advantages in selling eggs and
stock. difference of only few cents
dozen makes a large increase In the
income when several hundred hens are
kept
neat package is a very good invest
ment An attractive shipping crate has
much to do with fixing the price of the
product The person who will take the
trouble to prepare a neat package may
be depended upon to be equally careful
and and painstaking about the quality of
the goods which he puts into it. Every
one who has had experience in shipping
eggs and poultry to market and who has
used attractive boxes and coops. can give
numerous instances of various orders at
tracted by the packages at the express
office or railroad station.
The first principal of good marketing
is to have good quality to sell. Quality
sells itself A fancy egg should be new
laid: that is, not more than one week
old when it is delivered to the customer.
1t should be free from any foreign flavor
due to improper feeding or to the absorp-
tion of Objectionable odors.
To produce eggs of the highest quality
requires skill and care. First, one must
keep pure bred fowls in order to get uni
formity In color, shape and size of egg.
Second eggs must be selected for hatch
ing that fulfill all the market require
ments for strictly fancy eggs.
| Eggs for a hrst-class trade must be
gathered regularly each day from nests
that are especially fitted. If there is any
doubt about the freshness of eggs, give
the customer, not the eggs, the benfit of
the, doubt. Do not take any chances.
One bad egg will ruin the reputation
gained by selling a thousand good ones.
AS soon as the eggs are gathered they
should be carried to a cool place and COW
cred with clean cloth so that dust can
not settle on them.
A damp cloth is required to rub off any
slight discolorations If it is necessary
to wet the eggs. they should be wiped
dry before being placed in the crate
They should not be washed unless abso-
lutely necessary, because washing de-
stroys the natural appearance OF the
shell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

and German quite duently. She Is tall.
slight, and very dark. and climbs her
native rocky mountains like channels.
None of the European princesses- who
visit the country can ever keep up with
Princess Vera when she is on foot or
on horseback She is not only an accom-
plished musician and inguist but can do,
and do well, many things of which the
society girl Is quite ignorant. OF course,
she can shoot a Turk with the best
woman In her country; she can, like her
father, write poetry. She can COOK. sad
die a horse, groom 1t, drive her fathers
motors. throw up earthworks, and dress
and bind wounds like an expert But
she hates the ordinary duties of a social
star 4 can't bear drawing room fiirta-
tions,, she told me Most of the fash
ionable young men | have met irritate
me. They all look foolish
1t is whispered that this was one rea-
son why she has always resisted her sis
ter's, the Queen of Italy's. attempts to
marry her off" At one time this lady
wanted hen to wed the Duke of Abruzzi,
whose love affair with Miss Katherine
Ellxins, the daughter of the American
millionaire, is famous. But Princess Vera
would not have him. HE is man, | VIII
admit that" she declared, but he Is in
love with another girl. m not going
to take another woman's leavings, even
though she is an American millionairess.
In Princess Vera the the Montenegrins
have a woman after their own heart.
Her brothers, Crown Prince Danilo, and
Prince MirlSo are not half so popular as
she and her brother Peter, so that Peter
may get the throne on his fathers death,
though he comes third. She is credited
with having promised If he does, to re-
main a maid and help him at home
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stool, umbrella and stand with case
of instruments df it were not for the sun
bonnet we might mistake her for a sur
geon) Somebody has just remarked
There is a tree doctor in town''-well,
we will call her that because she loves
trees and Brown-eyed Susans.
We asked her this morning about. the
wild flowers she came across a distance
from the roads, and she replied. "Oh,
they are gorgeous, and as you trammel
amid the grass and leaves the beautiful
specimens one finds are very unusual 1
particularly noticed a species of wild
clover; somehow | have the name of
horsemint in mind; somewhere | have
heard it; the flower is beautiful, a rich,
brilliant purple with lusty green leaf l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Eggs That Bring Top Prices
,In Far1n and Firessdic.

From Farm and fifesioc
In marketing eggs the highest prices
can be obtained in supplying retail
trade. This is also one of the most sat
isfactory trades to cater to and Is easy
to get There are hundreds of families
in every large town or city that are
looking for the person who will furnish
aggs regularly each week the year around
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Blank will be pleased to learn that their
son, Herbert Leon, has sufficiently re-
covered from his recent operation to be
taken home
Mrs. r. NJ. Brown and Mrs. o. L.
Stephenson are spending a week in Belle
Buckle, Tenn. Later they will go to Mem
tone.
Mrs. J. NJ. Caldwell Mrs. George Grey
ard Mrs. Charles L. Plosser are spending
the week end with Mrs. S. F. Caldwell OF
Jacksonville, Ala.
Miss Alice Gotten is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Douglas, in Mentions.
Mrs. H. Baum and her little daughter.
Beatrice, are the guests of Mr.. and MS.
Herbert j. Raum or Cliff road
Mr. NJ Levinson of this city will sail for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Fifteen Hundred Runners

From Popular Mechanics.
The greatest number of runners ever
contestng in a single race ran through
the streets of New York recently in a
12ss-mile Marathon, starting at Jerome
avenue and 1874 street. and ending at
the city hall. The runners taking part
were 1900 in number. and there were 300
prizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
BURNS WISH HAS
AT LAST COME TRUE
Nebraska Mans Glass Shows Man as
He Appears to Others-Patents
His Production

Robert Burns "Wad some power the
giftie gaze us to see ourselves as others
see u.s. has been answered by Seth w.
Eddy of Lincoln, Neb. Mr.. Eddy's achieve
ments consists in the production of a
mirror that actually reflects a person in
every particular, it's marvellous property
consisting in its faithful reproduction of
flesh tints, says the New York World.
Glass used for mirrors contains enough
green and blue tints, as a result of pres
ent methods of manufacture, to rob the
human countenance of those hues. Mr..
Eddys invention consists merely of the
addition to the plate glass making for
mula of pink pigment that neutralzes
these two tints and enables the user
actually to see himself as others see
him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
BIRMINGHAM FROM A VIEWPOINT

Something Birmingham Striving
to Mny
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

Europe on the steamship Kronprinzessin
Cecilie, on July s.
Miss Ivy Hall is spending the month g.
July with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
r. A. Stewart, near Fort Wayne. Ala.
Mrs. Jake Israel will arrive Sunday to
visit her daughter, Mrs. David Israel. on
Avenue |.
Mrs Hugh barr Miller and two sons
from Hazlehurst, Miss, is visiting he-
mother, Mrs. r. G. Lewis.
Miss Ella Lee Brewer has returned from
q two months trip to South Alabama, vis-
iting relatives and friends.
Miss Neppie Bell Camp left Saturday to
visit relatives in Louisville.
Serials
From Judge.
Silas Haycock was standing In front OF
modern skyscraper. Land sakesl'' he
snckered "Thar's some of them continued 4
stories I've heeard so much erbout
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
| HAPPY CHILD
|NAFEN HOURS
When Cross, Constipated, Fever
ISL. Give "CaIifornia Syrup
of Figs"

Mothers can rest easy after giving
California Syrup of Figs because in
b few hours all the clogged up waste,
our bile and fermenting food gently
moves out of the bowels. and You have
well, playful child again. Children
imply will not take the time from
LAY to empty their bowels and they
,c,ome tightly packed, liver gets
Iuggish and stomach difurdered.
When cross feVerish, restless, see
tongue is coated, then give this deli
iOus fruit laxative" Children love
g., and it can not cause injury. No
Inference what alls your little one-if
Ill of cold, or a gore throat, diarrhea,
stlmaChache, bad breath, remem
.rr. a gentle inside cleansing" should
!Ways be the first treatment given.
'll directions for babies, children Of
an ages and groWn-ups are printed
on each bottle
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" then
look carefully and see that 1t is made
by the california Fig Syrup Com
pany" We make no smaller size.
Hand back with contempt any other
fig Syrup.-AdV.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
When Mixed With Sulphur II
Brings Back Its Luster
and Abundance.

Gray hair, however handsome de-
notes advancing age. We all know
the advantages of youthful appear
anco. Your hair Is your charm. 1t
makes or mars the face. When 1t
fades turns gray and looks dry
wispy and scraggly, just few appli-
cations Of Sage ! "a and sulphur en-
hances its appearance a hundred
fold
DON'T stay gray! Look young!
Either prepare the tonic at home or
get from any drug store a 50-cent
bottle OF "Wyeth's Sage and sulphur
Lair Remedy" Thousands Of folks
recommend this rrady-to-use prepa-
n tion, because it darkens the hair
beautifully and removes dandrulG,
stops scalp itching and falling hair,
besides. no one can possibly tell as 1t
darkens 50 naturally and evenly You
moistnn a sponge or soft brush with
IT, drawing this through the hair,
taking one small strand at a time. BY
morning the gray hair disappears,
after another application or two, it,
natural color iH restored ana il be-
comes thirh. glossy and lusrugs. aud
ynu appear years yougor-tAdy.J