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MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
MUS. WALTER tARWEl.L OF
CMC A (i O A SD MA SIIISC TON
is nouns a Tin; no sou.
Is Daughter of the Wife of Stephen A.
Douulan. Herself a I amoui livllc.--HuabnnU'n
rather lieu on Life a
I'oor Hoy,
Who In the tnotit beautiful woman In
America? TIiIh wmh Hi" iiHHllotj re
cently profioimdcd In connect lou with
the preparation of u llimity Hook
wtilili whh designed to mil nt some
thing like I wmty-flvo W4 IfirN jht ropy.
It was liil'iuli'l to jui-hhiI In tho ex
pensive volume portrnlts of I ho hand
somest women In each of tlio prlncl
pal American cMIoh but oiiu member
of the fulr wx was to ho selected as
pree ml limit ly the tnoMt beautiful crea
lure In Miss Columbia's domain.
Naturally there was great rivalry for
tbo honor and tho persons who nut In
Judgment upon llxi photographs of
beautiful women which were submit
ted In the contest hn rather ilitncult
lime to reaeh a dwjHtoti. Finally, tlw
Cholco fell iiH)ll Mm. Walter Kurwell
of Washington, T V. and (lilcago who
won a brldo of but a few month wlmi
the niof'vl (incNllon wa decided In
lim favor. In arriving at n decision
the Judges til lid led the feutuiCH of
each, subject critically just tin a per-'
M D S WAI TFD
AWAanrn nesr pkic a me most
ralght Judi'e the good qualities or
a plciuio and tlie award watt made to
Mrn. FarweU oh the iiokhchhot of tbo
greatest (k'gree of perfection in every
attribute of wwiuttily beauty.
For tbo lienellt of luiy person who
might bo dinned to find fault with
the decision of tho rommltteo it may
be said In simple truth that none of
Mrs. Farwell's likenesses do her Justii a
.She a tall, Kiirpasslngly graceful wo
man of tho type so often referred o
nt) the "fllbson girl," with slender Uit
IKTfert llgure; it niarvelously eleuV
eoinplcxlMi; balr that Is tinged wlih
gold; and a very animated manner.
She has been' famous ever since Bhe
first entered society for being ono tit
the best, or rather one of tho most ar
tistically gowned women in the pitliTTc
eye.
Mother Was a famous Beauty.
Mrs. Farwell comes by her beauty
as a rightful heritage from her mother
who was the most famous beauty of
her day. Uefore her marriage Mrs.
Farwell was MIbs Mildred Williams.
Perhaps this name does not suggest
ught unusual to the older generation
of our readers but the hidden- signi
ficance will be dlBcloBod when it is ex
plained that Mrs. Williams, the mother
Of this stately beauty of tho present
day was in earlier years Mrs. Stephen
A. Douglass, wife of one of the fore
mnnt niHn of hia dav and herself fam
ous as the greatest beauty of the per-
M .
Some time after the deatn of Ste
phen A. Douglass his widow married
Gen. Williams of the United States
Army. For a time the couple lived
In Washington but Oen. Williams who
was a man of some note became so
Incensed at hearing himself reforred
to only as the husband of the former
Mrs. Stephen A. Douglass that he se
cured a transfer to a Western army
post and remained In the wilds of
western America for many years, not
returning to the capital city until
his wife's beauty was lea conspicuous
than formerly and he was himself less
sensitive on the eooe of personal vanity.
MIhh Mildred William wan a ureal
hello from the very day thai hIjm rnude
her flrnt formal Ikiw to tho Hoclal
world. To ho Hiiro ttho bad no dower
but Iht own marvelous beauty but she
made what the gossips pronounced a
"gnat catch" when she married Wal
ter Harwell of (Sileago, one of the most
prominent, young millionaires of the
Windy City.
Started with $U3 Capital.
Youiik Farwell lit the son of ex-Senator
Farwcll who started In life an a
poor boy at Fainted l'ot. New York,
later removing to Illinois and eventu
ally koIok to Chicago on a load of
wheat with but $lo In bis pocket
lie secured employment In the coun
ty clerk'a ofnee; later became teller of
a bank and finally established with his
brother tho great dry goods business
which to this day causes tbo name of
Farwell to lie well known In mercan
tile circles. In 1887 tho Farwell broth
crs built tho Tex aa State Capitol re
ceiving In payment therefor more than
3.000.0DO acre of land. Much of this
land they aold but ronHlderable bold
I n kb of It went to form a gigantic
ranch which wag Blocked with 150.000
cattle and helped materially to awell
the Farwell fortune.
Uoth of Kx-Hi-nator Farwell' daugh
ters married men well known to the
public no that tho beautiful Mrs. Wal
ter Farwell has two very prominent
ulsters In law. One is Mrs. Reginald Do
Koven, wife of tbo well known com-
FADWFI I .
KCAunita woman in amfrica.
tinner of KoJiln Himd Ami other nneraa.
and the other Is Mrs. Hoburt Chatfleld
Tayier, who has gained fame and for
tune as a writer or novels. Mrs. f ar
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 sister-in-law, Mrs. Do Koven,
hay a huiidsouva home.
Orltfa ofEuslcr.
Easter Is so called from the Saxon
goddess, Easter, or as others think.
rrom tue saxon. usier, to rise.- in
tho Fast tho day is known as the
"Bright Day", and In Bohemia as the
"(ireat Night"
The RussJuu Eustcr.
Easter Day Is set apart for visiting
In Hussla. The men go to eaoh other's
houses in the morning and Introduce
themselves by saying, "Jesus Christ Is
risen." The answer Is, "Yes, He Is
risen." The people then embrace, give
each other eggs, and drink a great
deal. They present a colored red egg
to tho priest of the parish on Easter
morning. The common people carry
one of these red eggs In their hands
upon Easter Day, and three or four
days after. They use it In token of
tho Kesurrectlon, whereof they rejoice.
Oriental Esg Gamblers.
Hyde In hist description of Oriental
sports, tells of one with eggs among
the Christians of Mesopotamia on
KnBter 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 tho one that struck It. Immediate
ly another egg is pitted against the
winning egg, and so ou till the last egg
wins all the others, which their re
spective owners shall before bave
won."
Thft exeat malorltv of Italian Immi
grants como from the southern prov
inces, mainly Sicily and Calabria. They
are farm bred.
FAIRBANKS IS ACTIVE.
UOKKlSi: TO SkCUKB PLUMES
l Olt THE 1'KESWESTIAL NOM
IXATION IX W08.
In Sure of Indiana Delegation-1
Also Counting: on Illinois, and
Thinks Lhancea Good In Ohio At
Work. In South.
Vice-President Fairbanks Is 6 feet.
.'I Inches In height, the tallest man In
the Senate. Ho Is also looming up
pretty tall as a presidential candidate
for 1908.
rnless other candidates bestir them
selves, Mr. Fairbanks will at. no distant
day have a sufficient number of dele-
VICE-PRESIDENT FAIBBANK5.
gates pledged to make him the most
formidable candidate for the nomina
tion. Mr. Fairbanks has bad the Presi
dential bee In his bonnet for many
years. He was a great favorite of
President McKlnley. and many persons
believe that Mr. McKlnley desired to
see Mr. Fairbanks succeed him in
the Presidential chair.
There have recently been long con
ferences between Indiana politicians,
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 hence.
Beverldge Is In Line.
Everything is said to be lovely for
Mr. Fairbanks in Indiana. He has
cleaned t the opposing faction in the
Republican party there, headed by the
youthful Senator Beverldge, 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. Stuiator Beveridge is no longer
in a position to hamper the progress
of the Fairbanks' boom in Indiana. In
tike factkjiial fight over the State chair
manship, Mr. Beveridge suffered an ig
nominious rout, and even if he does
not train with Mr. Fairbanks in the
future, he will not actively oppose
him.
Follow Ins Senator Hanna's Methods.
In hia cam I mi to secure delegates
for William McKlnley in 1816, Marcus
A. llanna began his operations in the
South. He bad securely nailed down
that section before the representatives
of other candidates bad begun to work.
Mr. llanna enlisted In the cause a
number of young men, who went out
looking for delegates and got them.
Mr. Fairbanks knows something about
the methods of Mr. llanna, and his rep
resentatives are now treating with
loading 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 con
vention. This fact is keenly appreci
ated by Mr. Fairbanks.
Chances In IHlnols.
The VUo-Presldtrtit is certain of In
diana's delegates, and he is counting
upon Illinois. His fortunes in that
Slate are in the hands of Charles U.
Dawes, former Comptroller of the Cur
rency, one of Mr. Hanna's "young men"
in the pre-con vent Ion campaign made
in tire interest of tho candidacy of Mr.
McKlnley. Fairbanks had strong and
influential friends in Illinois and his
chances of socurlng 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 believe the next standard
bearer of the Republican party will be
a western man, Ohio 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 believe
that the rivalry of Taft and Foraker
will prevent either of them securing
the united support of Ohio's delegation
to the next convention. Therefore,
Fairbanks Is figuring on the Buckeye
state. Some of the Hoosier's friends
are very enthusiastic, and to bear them
one would think that the formalities of
a nominating convention and an eloo
tlon might Just a well bo dispensed
tlth.
Of i-ourse If Mr. Roosevelt should
run for reelect Imi, u It Is being
prominently argued that lie will,
notwithstanding bU publbly expreH
ed attitude agalnxt another term, It
Is admitted that he would lie the prac
tically uiianliiMMiH choice for limn I na
tion a ltd the work of the Fairbanks
party would have 11 Id vain.
INDIA 'H ItlCUEST POTEXTA TE.
He Owns a Carpet Made of Precious
Gems and Diamonds and Rubles
by the Bushel.
During the stay of the Trlnee 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.
ihls is the Calk war (or Rajah) of
Baroda, a potentate who well illus
trates Milton's famous line concerning
the "Barbaric pearl and gold" which
the "gorgeous East" showers on Its
kings. No doubt, In point of annual
Income, there are richer men Mr. John
D. Rockefeller, for Instance but, from
the standpoint of personal possessions
the Ualkwar probably has no 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 so colossal that
a description of it outdoes the "Ara
bian 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 ran be better indicated
by the statement that It is aliout four
yards square and composed of ropes
Of rubles, diamonds, pearls, woven into
a regular carpet well-denned pattern
and border. Thousands of dollars'
worth of Jewels, every one 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 occupies an odd cor
ner, and is shown to visitors as mere
ly but one of the treasures of the
palace.
Less of a curiosity, but far more
valuable. Is the Gaikwar's diamond
necklace, a trinket the value of which
several times make a man a million
aire. This necklace is the most mag
nificent in existence. And even the
honor of possessing the second finest
is denied to the rest of the world, fpr
that elso is amongst the Gaikwar'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 diamonds of the purest
water, which includes in its glittering
rows the famous "Star of the South,"
the fourth largest diamond in the
world.
Such a dazzling collection such a
'welter" of jewels was, needless to
say, not made in a single life-time. For
centuries t lie Gaikwar's ancestors have
been accumulating their treasures, un
til to-day the jewels alone could be
measured in bushels. As for the rest,
there are pictures in bronzes and stat
uary to the value of several millions
of money.
A royal procession in Baroda is
worth going many miles to see. Horses
and elephants, all splendidly capar
isoned and blazing with gems, lead the
way; but the cynosure of all eyes is
the Galker, not merely because of his
personality, but also by reason of the
stupendous wealth represented by the
jewels with which he adorns himself.
He Is, perhaps, the one man in the
world who could wear that mammoth
amongst gems the great Premier Dia
mond, without Incongruity,
Sleeping Cur Aequuintanees.
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 or the Exeeu
tlve Mansion.
"Who's that?" queried the Congress-
man.
"That's Archibald Roosevelt," be was
informed.
A moment later another youngster
appeared through the same door and
Mr. Smith repeated his question.
"That's Kermlt," said one of the
guards.
Just then a third boy came Bwirling
along on roller skates.
"I guess that's another one of the
Roosevelts," euggested the man from
Maryland.
"Yes," was the answer, "That's
Quentln."
"By gum," commented Mr. Smith.
"they've all got names like sleeping
cars. I feel Just as if I were Btandlng
on the station platform at home watch
lng the limited express shoot by."
Why Use ForeeT
With heavy foodstuffs I certainly am,
My system loth to encumber;
That's why I am fond of magazine Jam
Full or good things current
number.
Nearly all plants wltb purple blos-
eonis contain poison.
A DARKY CHRISTENING,
MEIRD SCENE AMONG THE
SOUTHERN COLORED BAP
TISTS FEET WASUMNG.
Third Letter of Account f Trip Into
the Sunny Southland. Interest
lng Visits to Jackson viMe, Savanna)
and Richmond.
The first Sunday we spent In Eustls
we drove to Lake Oracle, ust In the
rear of the hotel urounrtw, to witness
the Baptist colored immersion. It was
a perfect June mrnlnK, with settings
of pure gold. It difl not seem possible
that it was windy March at home. The
orange groves reachad down to the very
edge of the lake, which lay placed, like
a mirror. Several of the guests rowed
acj-oss from the hotel to witness the
ceremony. Presently the preacher, fol
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 candidates
who felt so happy, that two men were
obliged to carry her out of the water.
In the evening we all drove to Egypt,
the colored settlement, and I never in
my life attended such a service. It was
the flr:it 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
are lined, two lines at a time and
such 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
sisters. The sermon was the most
rambling discourse imaginable, begin
ning with Genesis and ending in Reve.
Intlons.apcompanled. w ith vigorous pan-
tomlne 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 ber until
she became quiet Then the collec
tion was taken up, each one going up
to the table and laying bis money on
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I,; while all the time this dreadful
singing continued without a break or
interruption.
Modern Amazon.
Then "Aunt Savannah." the Captain
of the frail sex, became busy. She
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was attired In a white and i gray cot
ton mother hubbard gown tied around j
the waist with a white apron;raround
ber neck she wore a black, furicollar
and on ber bead a very broad.brimmed
black hat turned up on oneside in)
a Jaunty manner. This colored lady,'
weighing 285 pounds, as I was told
proceeded to set the communion table.
From his chair In the pulpit, the min
ister called out, "Let us know. lter
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when you are ready, and well begia
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 babies,
and I don't know why the babies were
not killed. Such a scattering I never
aw before. 1'audemoclnm reigned, bit
all the time the plate of bread was be
ing passed.
Washing Their Feet.
Then came the "foot washing." Two
ten-cent basins were placed on the
table; the men and women took off
their shoes and stockings; the preacher
washed the first elder's feet, wiping
them with the towel which was girdled
around bis 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 then
began a like ceremony on the sister's
side of the church; and all the tine
the dreadful singing, shouting, clap
ping of hands, stamping of washed and
unwashed feet continued In a deafen
ing racket Finally the table was tak-
en away, and we saw the "Holy Dance.'
The men and women formed a rlnf,
whirling round and round, swayln ;
their bodies, clapping hands, singinp,
shouting, swinging and wringing their
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