Farm Notes, Choice Fiction, acral. Part 2. Current Topics. fre Le MAGAZINE NL, h - SECTION. BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 6 , 1906. MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. MRS. f WALTER FARWELL OF CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON IS HOLDING THE HONOR. LH} Ie Daughter of the Wife of Stephen A, Douglass, Herself a Famous Belle,~ Husband's Father Began Life a Poor Boy, > Who is the most beautiful woman in America? This was the question re cently propounded in connection with the preparation of a Beauty Book which wag designed to sell at some thing like twenty-five dollars per copy. ft was intended to present in the ex- pensive volume portraits of the hand- somest women in each of the princi- pal American cities but one member of the fair sex was to bc selected as preeminently the most beau. ®ul crea- ture in Miss Columbia's domain. Naturally there was great rivalry for the honor and the persons who sat in judgment upon the photographs of beautiful women which were submit. ted in the contest had a rather difficult time to reach a deciston. Finally, the choice fell upon Mrs, Walter Farwell of Washington, D. C., and Chicago who was a bride of but a few months when the mooted question was decided in her favor. In arriving at a decision the judges studied the features of each subject critically just as a per- MRS. WALTER FARWELL. AWARDED FIRST PRIZE AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN AMERICA, son might judge the good qualities of ( poser of Robin Hood and other operas, | & picture and the awerd was made to and the other is Mra. Hobart Chatfield | Mrs. Farwell ag the possessor of the | Tayler, who has gained fame and for greatest degree of perfection in every attribute of womanly beauty. For the benefit of any person who might be dispose! to find fault with the decision of the commitiee it may be sald in simple truth that none of Mrs. Farwell's likenesses do her justice She is a tall, surpassingly graceful wo man of the type so often referred %o as the “Gibson girl,” with slender bart perfect figure; a marvelously clear complexion; hair that is tinged with gold; and a very animated manner, She has been famous ever since she first entered soclety for being one of the best, or rather one of the most are tistically gowned women in the pubfe eye. Mother Was a Famous Beauty, Mrs. Farwell comes by her beauty as & rightful heritage from her mother who was the most famous beauty of her day. Before her marriage Mrs, Farwell was Miss Mildred Williams, Perhaps this name does not suggest sught unusual to the older generation of our readers but the hidden signi ficance will be disclosed when It Is ex- plained that Mrs, Williams, the mother of this stately beauty of the present day was in earlier years Mrs, Stephen A. Douglass, wife of one of the fore most men of his day and herself fam- fut 4a Vio preatan) beauty of the per Some time after the death of Bee phen A. Douglass his widow married Gen, Williams of the United States Army. For a time the couple lived fn Washington but Gen, Williams who was a-man of some note became so incensed at hearing himself referred to only as the husband of the former Mrs. Stephen A. Douglass shat he se cured a transfer to & Western army Miss Mildred Willlams was a great belle from the very day that she made her first formal bow to the social world. To be sure she had no dower but her own marvelous beauty but she made what the gossips pronounced a “great catch” when she married Wal ter Farwell of Chicago, one of the most prominent young millionaires of the Windy City. Started with 310 Capital. Young Farwell is the son of ex-Sen- ator Farwell who started in life as a poor boy at Painted Post, New York, later removing to Illinois and eventu- ally going to Chicago on a load of wheat with but $10 in his pocket. He secured employment in thé coun- ty clerk's office; later became teller of a bank and finally established with his brother the great dry goods business which to this day causes the name of Farwell to be well known in mercan- tile circles, ceiving in payment therefor more than 3,000,000 acres of land. Much of this land they sold but considerable hold- ings of it went to form a gigantic ranch which was stocked with 150,000 cattle and helped materially to swell the Farwell fortune, Both of Ex-Senator Farwell's daugh- ters married men well known to the public so that the beautiful Mrs. Wal. ter Farwell has two very prominent gisters.in-law. One is Mrs, Reg...'d De Koven, wife of the well known com: tune as a writer of novels. Mrs. Far well's home is In the beautiful family mansion In Chicago but she spends) much of her time at the capital of the | nation where she formerly resided and where her gisterin-law, Mrs. De Kowven, has a hendeome home. Origia of Easter. Easter is so called from the Saxon goddess, Easter, or as others think, from the Saxon, Oster.~to rise. In the East the day is known as the “Bright Day”, and in Bohemia a# the “Great Night" AI The Russian Easter, Easter Day Is set apart for visiting In Russia. The men go to each other's houses in the morning and introduce themselves by saying, “Jesug Christ Is risen.” The answer is, “Yes, He bs risen.” ‘The people then embrace, give each other eggs, and drink a great deal. They present a colored red egg to the priest of the parish on Easter morning. The common people carry one of these red eggs in thelr hands upon Baster Day, and three or four days after, They use it In token of the Resurrection, whereof they rejoice, —-— Oriental Egg Gamblers. Hyde In his desorption of Oriental sports, tells of one with eggs among the Christiang of Mesopotamia on Easter Day, and forty days afterward; “The sport consists In striking their eggs one against another, and the egg that first breaks is won by the owner of the one that struck it. Immediate ly another egg Is pitted against the winning egg, and so on till the last egg wins the others, which their re before In 1887 the Farwell broth-|§ ers built the Texas State Capitol re-| J FAIRBANKS IS ACTIVE, WORKING TG SECURE PLEDGES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL NOM« INATION IN 1908. Is Sure of Indiana Delegation-Is Also Counting on lllinols, and Thinks Chances Good In Ohio—At Work in South, Vice-President Fairbanks is 6 feet, 3 inches in height, the tallest man in the Senate. He is also looming up pretty tall as a presidential candidate for 1908. Unless other candidates bestir them- selves, Mr, Fairbanks will at no distant day have a sufficient number of dele cl ~ a ‘“ fo ’ VICE-PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS. gates pledged to make him the most formidable candidate for the nomina tion. Mr. Fairbanks hag had the Presi dential bee in his bonnet for many years. He wag a great favorite of President McKinley, and many persons believe that McKinley desired to Mr. Fairbanks succeed him the Presidential chair There have recently been long con ferences between Indiana politiclans, Mr. Fairbanks, and his friends, and there Is good reason to believe that a great deal has been accomplished in the way of perfecting the organization formed for the purpose of securing the Republican nomination for Indiana's son two years heace, Beveridge Is In Line. Everything Is sald to be lovely for Mr. Fairbanks in Indiana He has leangd wp the opposing faction in the Republican party there, headed by the youthful Senator Beveridge, who is un- derstood to have responded so readily to the treatment applied that he now gives three cheers every time the name of Fairbanks is mentioned in his pres ence. Senator Beveridge Is no longer in a position to hamper the progress f the Fairbanks’ boom in Indiana. In the factional fight over the State chair manship, Mr. Beveridge suffered an ig eT mr a nominioug rout, and even if he does| not train with Mr future, he will not him, Following Senator Hanna's Meshods, In his campaign to secure delegates for William McKinley in 15896, Narcus A. Hanna began his operations in the South. He had securely nalled down that section before the representatives of other candidates had begun to work, Mr, Hanna enlisted in the cause a number of young men, who went out looking for delegates and got them. Mr. Fairbanks knowg something about the methods of Mr, Hanna, and his rep resentatives are now treating with leading party men in the South, While the Republican party In the South is short on votes on election day, it Is long on delegates in the national oon vention. This fact is keenly appreci ated by Mr. Fairbanks, Chances In INinols, The VieePresident Is certaln of Ine diana's delegates, and he Ig counting upon Illinois. His fortunes in that State are in the hands of Charles GQ. Dawes, former Comptroller of the Cur rency, one of Mr, Hanna's “young men” in the preconvention campaign made in the interest of the candidacy of Mr, McKinley. Fairbanks had strong and influential friends in Illinois and his chances of sgcuring the delegation from that State are probably better than those of any other man who has been mentioned for the Presidential nom- ination, with the exception of Speaker Cannon. Mr. Dawes Is understood to be the western manager of the Fair banks boom. At least, such a report was circulated recently, and it has never been denied. The Vice-President and his friends profess to belleve the next standard bearer of the Republican party will be A western man. Ohlo has two favorite sons in the persons of Secretary Taft and Senator Foraker, Both are very strong In Ohio and both are widely and favorably known throughout the country. The Fairbanks men belleve that the rivalry of Taft and Foraker will prevent either of them securing the united support of Ohlo's delegation to the next convention. ‘Therefore, Fairbanks Is figuring on the Buckeye state. Bome of the Hoosler's friends Are very enthusiastic, and to hear them one would think that the formalities of Fairbanks in the actively oppose in| a nominating convention and an eo tod might just as well be dispensed with, Of course if Mr.” Roosevelt should run for reelection, as it is being prominently argued that he will, notwithstanding hig publicly express- ed attitude against another term, it is admitted that he would be the prac- tically unanimous choice for nosing. tion and the work of the Fairbanks party would have been in vain, Ri INBIA’S RICHEST POTENTATE. He Owns a Carpet Made of Precious Gems and Diamonds and Rubies . by the Bushel, During the stay of the Prince and Princess of Wales in India they will doubtless meet and be entertained by a personage who has every reason to be regarded as the richest of men in the Orient, if not in the whole world. This is the Galkwar (or Rajah) of Baroda, a potentats who well illus trates Milton's famous line concerning the “Barbaric pearl and gpld” which the “gorgeous East” showers on {ts kings. No deubt, in point of annual income, there are richer men—Mr. John D. Rockefeller, for instance—but, from the standpoint of personal possessions the Gaikwar probably has na rival in the world. When he came to the throne some twenty-five years ago the present ruler of Baroda found stored in the vaults of his palace wealth 80 colossal that a description of it outdoes the “Ara bilan Nights” itself. Certainly Aladdin never thought of a carpet of jewels, such as the Galkwar possesses. To say that there is nothing like it in the world is only feebly to describe its glories, which can be better indicated by the statement that it is about four yards square and composed of rubles, diamonds, pearl a regular carpet well-defined pattern and border, Thousands of dollars’ worth of jewels, every ons of the finest | quality, went to make up this wondrous | carpet, the product of three years work by skilled artists and jewel set ters. Now, if the Galkwar of Baroda were only moderately wealthy, this mon arch of carpets would doubtless occu. py the place of honour in his palace. But as he possesses jewels enough to set up a dozen ordinary monarchs the Jewelled tapestry occupleg an odd cor- ner, and is shown to visitors ag mere. ly but one of the treasures of the palace, lass of a curiosity, but far more valuable, is the Galkwar's diamond necklace, a trinket the value of which several times make a man a million. aire. This necklace is the most mag- pificert in existence, And even the happy of the second finest is denied to the rest of the world, for that also is amongst the GCalkwar's family jewels, being worn by his wife, who is, besides, dowered with brooch. es, bracelets, rings and other orna ments, the value of which is com- puted in millions of dollars. Another notable ornament worn by the Galkwar is a collarette made of five hundred diamo the purest water, which Includes in its glittering rows the famous “Star of the South the fourth largest diamond in the world. Such ‘welter™ say, not of ropes | 8, woven into | nds of a dazzling collection—such a of jewels—was, needless to made in a single lifetime. For enturies the Galkwar's ancestors have been accumulating their treasures, un- | today the jewels alone could be measured in bushels. As for the rest, there are pictures in bronzes and stat. ry to the value of several millions money. A royal procession In Baroda is worth going many miles to see. Horses 1 elephants, all splendidly capar ned and blazing with gems, lead the \¥: but the cynosure of all eves is the Galker, not merely because of his ersonality, but also by reason of the rtupendous wealth represented by the jewels with which he adorns himself He is, perhaps, the one man in the rid who could wear that mammoth mongst gems the great Premier Dia- nond, without incongruity. EE ——— Sleeping Car Acquaintances, Representative Smith of Maryland is the subject of a good story these days When he hears it he merely smiles and looks wise, Mr. Smith, the little narra tive says, was standing a few days ago in front of the White House talk. ing to two Secret Service men, when a boy came dashing out of the Exeou- tive Mansion, “Who's that?” queried the Congress man. “That's Archibald Roosevelt,” he was informed, A moment later another youngster appeared through the game door and Mr, Smith repeated his question. “That's Kermit,” sald one of the guards, Just then a third boy came swirling along on roller skates, “l guess that's another one of the Roosevelts,” suggested the man from Maryland. “That's “Yes,” Quentin* “By gum.” commented Mr. Smith, “they've all got names lke sleeping cars. 1 feel just as If 1 were standing on the station platform at home watch. ing the limited express shoot by." en — Why Use Force? With heavy foodstuffs I certainly am, My system loth to encumber; That's why | am fond of magazine jam Full of good things-—current number, ’ wag the answer, ct | are lined, { such Nearly all ts with purple blos or al Juss A DARKY CHRISTENING. SCENE AMONG THE COLORED BAP» WASHING, WEIRD SOUTHERN TISTS—FEET Third Letter of Account of Trip into the Sunny Southland, ~ Interests | Ing Visits to Jackscnvile, Savannah and Richmond, The first Sunday we spent in Eustis we drove to Lake Gracie, just in the rear of the hotel grounds, to witness the Baptist colored immersion. It was a perfect June moming, with settings of pure gold. It did not seem possible that it was windy March at home. The was attired in a white “andygray™cot- ton mother hubbard gown tiedlaround, the waist with a white apren;, around her necl; she wore a blackgfurdeollar and on her head a very broadferimmed black hat turned up on onaegside in a jaunty manner, This colored” lady, weighing 286 pounds, as 1 wag told, proceeded to set the communion table From his chair in the pulpit, the min- ister called out, “Let us know, sister, orange groves reached down to the very | § edge of the lake, which lay placed, like a mirror. Several of the guests rowed across from the hotel to witness the ceremony. Presently the preacher, (ol lowed by his candidates and flock, came | through the woods singing one of their wild refrains, A few words from the Good Book, a prayer, all kneeling, and then an exhortation delivered with much vigor. The baptism was quietly performed with the exception of the case of one of the sister candidate who felt so happy, that two men wer obliged to carry her out of the water In the evening we all drove to Egypt, the colored settlement, and 1 never in my life attended such a service. It was the first Sunday in March, which is a high day in the church—""The Prim- ative Baptist.” The church building is a little wooden structure with bare benches along each side and a rough table In front of a box of a pulpit When we entered, a prayer meeting was being held. As many of the native congregation cannot read, the hymns two lines at a time-—and strange music [I never heard. They don't seem to sing the words; it is just a loud monotonous refrain, and was perfectly deafening in that small building. The prayers were mostly ejaculations to the Lord. accompanied with clapping of hands and loud ex-| pressions from all the brothers and The sermon was the most rambling discourse imaginable, begin. ning with Genesis and ending in Reve, lations, accompaniad with vigorous pan- tomine of face arms and legs. Then the darkles screamed and yelled at the top of their voices and during all of which one of the sisters got “happy” and surged over into another seat, screaming and jumping up and down. Several buxom sisters held her until she became quiet. Then the collec tion was taken up, each one going up to the table and laying his money on sisters. at Le TE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT SAVANNAH, when you are ready, and we'll begin business.” “All right,” responded Aunt Savannah cheerfully, “Ise ready.” Then right in the midst of the ser vice another woman became happy, jumping over in the seat back of her directly among the women and bables, and I doa't know why the babies were not killed. Such a scattering | never saw before. Pandemonium reigned, but all the time the plate of bread was be ing passed, Washing Their Feet. Then came the “foot washing.” Two tencent basing were placed on the table; the men and women took off their shoes and stockings; the preacher washed the first elders feet, wiping them with the towel which was girdled around his waist; then passed the basin and towel to the elder, who washed the next one's feet, and so on until all were done. Aunt Savannah thea began a like ceremony on the sister's side of the church; and all the time the dreadful singing, shouting, clap- ping of hands, stamping of washed and unwashed feet continued in a deafen ing racket. Finally the table was take A LABYRINTH OF MANGING MOSS IN FUSTIS PARK, BONAVENTURE CEMETERY, SAVANNAN, GEORGIA, iL: while all the time this dreadful | singing continued without a break or interruption, A Modern Amazon. Then “Aunt Savannah,” the Captain of the frall sex, became busy. She en away, and we saw the “Holy Dance.” The men and women formed a ring, whirling round and round, swayisg their bodies, clapping hands, singing, shouting, swinging and wringing their TT (Continued Ob Dext paEe)
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