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POPULAR ALABAMA BOY WHO HAS BEEN MAKING GOOD IN THE REALMS OF SCIENCE Miller Reese Hutchinson Is Edison’s Right Hand Man and He Has Achieved Fame by Inventions By CMDE ’IV. K\MS IN the opinion of Thomas A. Edison, the wizard of e’e-tricity, Alabama should he proud of Miller Reese Hutchinson, formerly of Mobile, but now of Orange. N. .! The opinion cf Mr Edison is concurred In by Auburn men. That opinion is also concurred in by her majesty, the Queen Mother Alexandra of England. That Mr. Edison has made no mistake in his esti mate will furthermore be concurred in by all thoughtful men of tHis state. The work that has been done by Miller Reese Hutchinson is of the Edison type. He is a genius that has gone forth from Mobile, his former home, and ha> achieved fame and wealth though still very young. Ecw cf Alabama's sons have done so much work of a creative kind. Certainly none have achieved that eml 0 nenee such as to cause the crowned beads of all Europe to entertain Him and call him a hen factor of the human race. Reese Hutchison is so little known in this state by our newest citizens; lie is so modest and so seldom here to form new friends that a brief summary of his 1 career that is destined to he even greater would surely be of wide and compelling interest at this time. PARENTS STILL RESIDE IN MOBILE He was born in Mobile. His father re aides there now and is a merchandise broker. His mother is living there also. Reese Hutchinson is from a line of Scotchmen that were romantic, wise, rest less. clannish and staunch. His grand father was lost in a shipwreck off the coast of Cuba while commanding a mer chantlne vessel His widow, with her son, the father of Miller Reese Hutchin son. came to Mobile, where in after years Reese was horn. He grew up much as all hoys must grow up, without causing any pyrotechnics. He is a nepiiew of Mrs. Joseph O. Thompson of Birming ham. He went to Auburn and there studied electrical engineering. He finally made a connection after graduation with Thomas Edison, 'The Old Man,” as the youngsters call him. He studied hard. He sleeps little, just ns the “Old Man” sleeps little! He leaves the table hungry, as the “Old Man" leaves the table hungry, lie Is the “boss” of over 200 men at Orange. By applica tion and natural talent he perfected a device to render hearing easy for those practically deaf. He was a loser finan cially on that. However his fame came with that Invention. The Queen of Eng land reigning then with the great Ed vard heard of the Mobile hoy. She sent a special courier to this country request ing that Miller Reese Hutchinson come to her at Buckingham palace and help her solve a problem of deafness that was! attacking her. CORDIALLY RECEIVED BY ROYAL FAMILY The youngster went. That was some! years ago and he is only 35 now. He was received with al! the ceremony flue to such a situation. Tie was entertained by their majesties. Tie cured the Queen, or pt least materially helped her. He left for Scotland to visit some friends, and while there was summoned to the Queen on the Isle of Wight, where the royal yacht was moored. Tn the presence of the King and the members of the royal party the youngster of Mobile and 4he graduate of Auburn received a gold medal of merit studded with jewels in Teeognitlon by the Queen of his great Fervlees to humanity, of which she was personally a benefiiciary. From that, to the remainder of the Eu ropean courts Mr. Hutchinson’s path was «asy. He was received by all the Kings and Queens and made “much over.’’ Ho returned to America and Mark Twain Faith unto him: “Reese, old lop. you have been received by the Kings of Eu rope and the bums of Paris: it only re mains for you to meet the President of America, now and you will 1».* through.’’ He was shortly thereafter presented to T. Roosevelt, at that time reigning in Washington, to whom he quoted the statement of the late M. Twain. “T. R." was delighted. At a luncheon given him Peeso Huthinson sat on ti e President’s left and the governor of Colorado on the President’s right. The governor of Colo ' rado wore the ear patent of Reese Hutch inson. which brought him fame. He Is chief engineer for Edison, lie is the “Old Man’s" confidential and chief MILLER REESE HUTCHINSON Mobile boy, who came back from New York to Auburn home coming New Wireless station just presented to Auburn by Mr. Hutchinson. It is the most powerful station owned by a technical school in the United States. NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASKS FOR AID TO CARRY ON THE ORGANIZATION’S GREAT WORK The Birmingham social settlement or Neighborhood House and Day Nurseny makes an appeal to tiie public for aid. This institution is the youngest, yet BAIR AND SKIN BEAUTY PRESERVED BY CUTIOIRA SOAP Assisted by occasional use of Cuticura Ointment. Cutfcura Soap aDd Olntmenteold throughout the WWld. Scad postal lor liberal sample of each mailed tree, with 32-page book on the tkin aud scalp. A4draM“Cuticura." PCW. XSF. Costoa. # ¥ one of the largest of Birmingham's char itable organizations. It has been man aged by a board of women who repre sent all that is earnest and true and those who give to 4s needs may know that their trust is not, misplaced: These women include the following: Mrs. Sterling Foster, president: active members. Mrs.' John Kan 1, Mrs. J. C. Maben, Airs. Ned MeDavld, Mrs. Robert Jemison, dr., Mrs. Otto Marx, Mrs. Henry HoW/.c, Mrs. A. H. Ford, Mrs. J. B. Mg Cormack, Mrs. Oliver Bartlett, Mrs. Rich ard Massey, Mrs. W. D. Smith, Mrs. Marie McBee. Mrs. A. B. Loveman, Mrs. d. \V. Donnelly, Mrs. A. J. Bowron, Mrs. Victor Prowell. Mrs. Victor Han son, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. 8. K. Greene; ad visory board, Mrs. d. H. Phillips, Mrs. C. 1» Spencer. Mrs. C.‘P. Orr, Mrs. Sam uel Adler, Mrs. B. F. Roden, Mrs. 8am Earle, Mrs. Felix Blackburn, Mrs. Cul pepper Ex inn, Mrs. Frank Glass. Mrs. A. VI Woodward, Mrs. N. P. Cocke, Mrs. Oscar Hundley, Mrs. l„ouis Saks, Mrs. Frank Nabrrs. Mrs. K. H. Tytwiler, Mrs. Harrington F os and Miss O'Neil. rl lie I my Nursery for babies and chil dren o! widowc-l working mothers who go out to toil in the factories and shops has boon the most prominent feature, but now the settlement work connected w: h the home lias grown in such rapid proportions that the finances of the in stitution cannot keep pace. '1 he Neighborhood House shines like a beacon light to all who are in distress. A friendly visitor and nurse goes into the homes of all who need her. The or ganization reaches over lot) families and over & v> persons, [t co-operates with the juvenile court Boy’s club,-Young Men's Christian a; gelation, Young Women’s Christian association and all churches and hospitals. It is a milk dispensary, where the lives of numbers of babies an nually are saved. An occasional child Is sent to the country‘to return strong and well, and oh, the gratitude and trust given to tlie home for these deeds of mercy! There are cooking classes serving arid millinery classes for little girls of all ages—a bov scout club and evenings for the working girls in the community. These are only a very few of the forms of work done at Neighborhood House. Much a worthy institution must suc ceed. It is to Kirmingham in her grow ing need what Hull House is to Chicago. For the sake of these little ones whom its walls shelter the ladies ask you to give. Send donations to the president or to any active member of the board. The women of this club would particularly appreciate yearly subscriptions, though donations of afiy amount would be grate fully received. Are the Japanese Vain? From the Portland Oregonian. It would be a woeful day for Cali fornia if it should trim out that “the great white race” with which the people of that excitable commonwealth proudly claim affinity- originated in Africa, while tile true Aryans are the Japanese. To put it less offensively, there is a school of highly respectable scientists who teach that we Anglo-Saxons are Afri cans. perhaps negroes, while the glory of pure descent from the father of all the Aryans belongs to the Japanese. If this strange doctrine should prevail we can hear with prophetic ears the | chords of sobs that would rack Califor noa from Yreka to San Diego, and there is a fair probability that it will pre vail. Pretty nearly every question that anybody can ask about races is debat able. “Pure blood" is as mythical as Adam. When Max Muller talked about “Aryans” he meant nothing more than people speaking the Aryan tongues. He was not concerned at all with their blood or the color of their faces. The expression “Aryan race” meant nothing to him. and it means scarcely more to any scientist. It is Mendel’s laws which are playing hob with ‘the old race the ories. Evolution by mutation might very well have produced a white varia tion from some African stock, say the Hottentots, and if this happened to have survival value, it would persistently re appear by Mendel’s laws, no matter how much it might be mixed with other traits. Thus a jingle white progenitor migrating from Central Africa to Eu rope might have fathered the entire Caucasian stock. This becomes all the • more likely when we remember *how easy transit was from Africa, to Europe when Sicily wus connected With the African main. On*the other hand, mi gration from Asia to Europe lias al ways had to overcome seri.ous obstacles. The only practicable land passage crosses the straits at? Constantinople, and has • only been effected by great military'forces. . . ■ As lor the .Japanese, they rtiay* have descended from the white Ain.ua who still live in that- country, though in decay. Undoubtedly die Ainus,were the original settlers in the islands, and it is only necessary to show that they were Aryans to make the Japanese the true heirs of that racial glory which Cali fornia has been unlawfully appropriat ing. Has Just Presented Power ful Wireless Station to Auburn—Something of His Personality adviser. He patented the (Maxon horn, which he sold for SdtM.OOo. after receiving a quarter of a million in royalties. Me is the inventor of other electrical devices that are of great merit. PERSONALITY IS CONSTANT DELIGHT His personality is one of the finest ever. At Auburn last week the most eritical in spection would fad to distinguish Reese Hutchinson as a great man and a recip ient of such fame and wealth and posi tion. He is small of statue. He wears very j ordinary clothing, excepting the garments are of the best materials and fabric. His person is undecorated with jewels. He wears no secret order pin’s. ^*o diamond blazes from his shirt front His hat was not nifty, but was neat. He wears prin cipally how tics. Nothing about him would call for a second glance except tlxs eyes. In few heads have there ever been set such wonderful eyes. They flash and dart with such lire and spirit as to in stantly remind one of his great lield of work—electricity. The-, are piercing, but not challenging. They are brown, hut soft at times. APPEARS EAGER TO BE DOING SOMETHING He appears restless. He seems eager to be doing something. His compelling personality when one gels within range comes absolutely from the optical inspec tion to %/hich one is subject. At Auburn, where he Is loved and greatly admired, lie was surpassingly modest. He made no effort to receive attention or admiring glances from the dancing belles. He appeared unmindful of his own greatness and received his old fellows with that heartiness and that democratic warmth that doubtless accounts for a part of his tremendous success. It is generally known that he gave Au burn a wireless station and that be sent a message of love and respects to the “Old Man” at Orange. NT. J. He made no noise about that, although it cost a great deal of money and Is absolutely modern. He had no trumpets to blaze forth as he sent the first message cristen ing the station. When it was over he did not appear on the campus and receive the idoliziag glances of the communing alum nus. Taken as a whole, viewed calmly and without prejudice. Miller Reese Hutchinson is a great man. He is one of which this state should he proud. He holds two degrees from Auburn, one of them being the honorary bachelor of science? LETTERS TO EDITOR Our Foreign Service To the Editor of The Age-Herald: What is the matter with our foreign business? The answer lies in the rotten condition of our consular service. The majority of the people who are representing America in a business way are foreigners. What do these people know' or care about American business? Why are not these places filled by na tive born Americans, who know' our busi | i>ess and will work to secure it? What does the department of state j mean by allowing this condition of things tb exist? The following is a partial list of our ■ ■■ ■ -■.■■■ ■ - foreign business representatives, with their nativity, and this will give you some idea of the conditions which militate against the business men of America in securing foreign trade. In Austria, in the town of Reichenberg, the vice consul is Mr. August Osterman, born In Holland and appointed from Aus tria. In Trieste Mr. Vincent Bures, the dep uty consul is Austrian. At Lyons the deputy consul, Mr, Ver ehon, is French. At Roubaix Mr. Alfred Harrison, the deputy consul, is an Englishman. In Germany, at Aix-la-Chappelle, Mr. Reuters, the vice consul, is German. In Brunswick, the vice consul, Mr. Secckel, is German. At Cologne the vice consul. Mr. Lesim plc, is German, and the deputy, Mr. Van dory, is a Roumanian In Erfurt. Mr. Hoffmann, the vice con sin is German. At Hamburg 11*. . MnmmenhofT is an Englishman ami appointed from Ger many; is the vice consul general. At Lclpsig the Ice consul, Mr. Frlcke, Is a German. At Munich the deputy consul general. Mr. Cotter, is an Irishman and appointed from German v. At Neureniberg Mr. Bock is German. - i Stettin Mr. Schmidt, the vice consul, is German. At Bradford the vice consul, Mr. Reu ton, is English, and the deputy is Eng lish. In Bristol the vice consul, Mr. Castle, was born in England and appointed from England. M Bulrsen the deputy consul is Eng lish. At Cork the deflVity is English. At Dundee the vice consul is Scotch. At Dumferlline the vice consul is Scotch. At Hamilton, Canada, the vice consul is a Canadian. At Liverpool Mr. Pierce is English and so is Mr. Watson English and both are deputy consuls. in London the deputy consul general. Mr. Jameson, was born In England and appointed from England. At Manchester Mr. Thomas, the vice consul, is English, and the deputy con sul. Mr. Moseley, Is also English. At Montreal Mr. Gorman, the vice con sul general was born In Canada and ap i pointed from Canada. At Newcastle-on-Tyne, England Mr. Nixon, the vice consul, is English. At Athens the vice consul general, Mr. Melissinos, is a Greek. At Rome the deputy consul, Mr. Masel lis. Is Italian. ! At Turin the vice consul. Mr. Gianolio, is Italian. In Norway, at Bergen. Mr. Beyer, the deputy consul, Is Norwegian. In Christiania the vice consul general Mr. Da hr, is a Norwegian; the deputy consul general, Mr. Guttormsen, is also a Norwegian. In Roumania, at Bucharest, Mr. Boxs hall is an Englishman and appointed from Roumania. In Russia, at Batum, the vice consul, Mr. Mattievicn, Is a Russian. At Riga the vice consul, Mr. Hill, is a Russian. At Warsaw the vice consul, Mr. Fuchs, is German and appointed from Russia. In Spain, at Barcelona, the deputy con sul general. Mr. Takes, was born in Hol land and appointed from Spain. At Gerez the vice consul, Mr. Fernan dez, is Spanish. At Malaga the vice consul, Mr. Geary, is Spanish. At Valencia Mr. Chesney, the vice con sul, is English. In Sweden, at Gotehorg. the vice consul, Mr. Hartman, is Swedish. At Stockholm the deputy consul gen eral. Mr. Bagge, is Swedish. In Switzerland, at Basel, the vice con sul, Mr. Hollinger. is Swiss. At Geneva, Mr. Mtinier, the vice con sul, is Swiss. A Zurich, the deputy consul general, Mr. Gubler, is Swiss. THTRSTON H. AELEN. Florence, June 6, 1913. WIlLEn TO MANAGE Former Representative of Pickens to Look After Anniston End Anniston. June 7.—(Special.)—Elbert ' D. Willett, former representative in the leg islature from Pickens county, now a prominent attorney of this city, will man* age the campaign of Cu.pt. Richmond Pearson Hobson in this city in his ra e against Senator Joseph F. Johnston. Mr. Willett carried Pickens for Hobson ami believes that he will be able to swing Calhoun into the Hobson rank, although the friends of Senator Johnston are be coming very active in this section oT the state. The friends of Captain Hobson say that he will be given a material boost by the chautauqua which lias been holding forth at several cities In the state this month. Senator Johnston's friends are stressing his services to Anniston in helping locate I the permanent maneuver camp here, and will ask Captain Johnston to come to j Anniston as soon as the taritY measure is disposed of in the Senate. State Manager Thomas E. Kilby is still without opposition for lieutenant gover nor. and there is still said to be a very slight chance of his having opposition. He has returned to the city after a visit to several of tlie political strongholds of the state and says that he was received favorably wherever he went. Irish Census Returns From the Manchester Guardian. The complete returns of the ensus of Ireland for 1911 were published re cently in the form of a blue blook. The chief features are that while the popu- , lation for the decade under review con - , tinned to decline, there was an appre ciable decrease in the number seeking occupations in other countries, while the fact that education showed marked , progress is shown by the increase in th? number of persons receiving instruc- j tions at the various establishments and the marked decline of illiteracy. An in , crease in the number of marriages is perhaps evidence of more settled con ditions generally. The population of Ireland on April 2. 1911. was 4.390,219, occupying 861,87!! inhabited houses, as compared with 4,458,775 and 858,162 respectively in 1901. Figure's are adduced showing an increase of the civic population accom panied by the decrease in the rur,> 1 areas, 2,919,024 persons occupying the latter as compared with 3,073,846 in 1901 and 3,460,637 in 1891. In no pro vince, hut Leinster <9215> was there an Increase of population. Munster. I ! ster and Connaught showing declines respectively of 40.693. 1 130 and 35,943. Slxtv-nine per cent of the number of families lived in less than flvr rooms. 21 per cent occupied two rooms, 25 per cent three rooms, and 58,250, or 6.4 per cent, were occupiers of one room. There was a distinct decline In pau perism; 77.1 84 persons, or one in every 57 of the population, were returned as receiving poor law relief, as compared with 101,297 in 1901, or one in every 44. On the night of the census the lun » tics numbered 23,994, and the idiots 44 1:5. giving a total of 28.437, as against 25. 050 in 1901 and 21.188 in 1891. The highest proportion to population was one in every 136 for Leinster. The number of marriages registered during the 10 years ending March 51. 1911. w.is 227.628. the births 1.023,211 and the deaths 764.81 1. An examination of the tables showing the returns under religious professions shows that the Roman Catholics num bered 3,212,870, or 72.9 of the popuih-' tlon; the Protestant Episcopalians 576, 611. or 13.1 per cent; the Presbyterians 410,525, or 10 per cent; the Methodists 62,3,32, or 1.1 per cent; all other denom inations (and religion unascertained i 85.852, or 1.5 per cent. In reckoning the number of Illiterates the age of nine years has now been substituted for that of five, and or this tasis it has been ascertained that 3,154. 514, or ,37.6 per cent, arc able to read und write, 115,051 'to read only, whilst 331.317 can neither read nor write. The number of persons In attendance fur Instruction in 1911 was 701,807. or 16.05 per cent, as compared with 875,312, or 15.15 per cent, 10 years previously. Thai for 1911 is the highest percentage yet recorded, and the Improvement exists in all the religious denomination. Lived 92 Years on Tea From Judge. A man In Joplin, Mo., says that lie lias lived to be 92 years old by drinking sassa fras tea. We have lived in Missouri ourself, and. worse than that, we have tasted sassa fras tea. We don't envy the Joplin gentleman in the least. Our father al ways liked sassafras tea—that Is, he al ways liked for us to take it. 1-le said it thinned the blood in Hie spring. Then bo would catch us. hold both of our hands and proceed to thin our blood. He would pour the tea down our throat and hold our nose till we had to breathe and swallow it. We would yell at the toil of our voice and tell him we would rather have hloodllke molasses than take any mure of tliut tea. but lie would only reach lor an other cup and our nose. Mother would stand there sad. but cheering ns on by telling us bow much better wc would feel after our blood got thin, and how all growing boys needed it. and how Susrni took It without a word. If you would listen to father you would think our blood was as thick as sausage and that we would never see May tlpwers unless we held our nose twice a day. Father was good at that. He didn't know anything about Jiu-jitsu or half-nelsons, but when he reached for us to have our blood thinned we couldn't lift an eyebrow until the last bit of sassafras was drained. It took a surprising amount of sassafras to (bin a person's blood. It seemed enough to us to raise Clear creek before father would say: "Well, sou the tea seems to lie doing its work. You can stop now and take It only every other day.” Wooden Leg; That Won a Husband From Tit-Bits. Augustus Hare used to relate how a certain lady was wooed and won for the sake of her cork leg. One day. not long after her marriage, she was. during her husband's teni porary absence, urged by curiosity to open a wardrobe that had always been kept religiously fastened, and found therein, to her terror, two wooden legs, each of which was labelled with the name of a lady, carefully put away on one of the shelves. Filled with dismay, she sought some mutual acquaintances, to whom she con fided her gruesome discovery, only to he assured that, although the false limbs were indeed those of her hus band's two former wives, there was no cause for alarm, for her husband, who i had originally wedded a one legged lady, had be« n so happy in his marriage that, on her death, he had vowed never I to male again save with a wife simi lar! y ci reumstanced. A short while afterwards be met t lady who fulfilled the required stipula tion. Her he courted and .won. .His second venture, even more felicitous than the first, had caused him on his beloved partner's decease, to renew his former vow, the outcome of which was his prescent lutppy .union. This explana tion calmed the wife’s alarm, for she now recognized that the wooden legs were not only mementoes of vast but guarantees of future happiness. Souvenirs Monday -AT COLLIER’S Every Lady Patron Gets a Beautiful Potted Geranium On Monday every lady patron will be presented with a potted geranium. We have two hundred of these plants—some single blossom, some double-—in white, pink and red. Come and get one—we will begin to give them away at TEN O’CLOCK, and will continue as long as the supply lasts. ' ■.. \ - Special Prices for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on Many Wantable, Seasonable Articles. Thermos Bottles, the best in the world. Keep liquids hot for 72 hours; keep them cold for 24 hours. Quart size, $2.00; pints.$1.00 ^Colgate Ri blton Dental Cream 19c Rexall Tooth Paste.19c Lyons’ Tooth Powder.19c Euthymol Tooth Paste.19c Rubber Bathing Caps—All rubber, all Col ors; standard 75c grade. Introductory Price for AQt* three days .TwC Fountain Syringe—Two quart. “Wear ever” Syringe, maroon rubber, seamless; worth $1.25 everywhere. Iutro- QQ^, ductory Price for three days .... Ol/L Hot Water Bags—No. 2 “Wearever” Bags, seamless, maroon rubber; good value at regular price of $1.25. Intro- QQ ductory Price for three days _ 0«/C Rubber Bath Sponges—No. 3 size, first All 25c Tooth Brushes.19c Prophylactic Tooth Brushes 25c Rubberset Tooth Brushes .... 25c Best 25c Nail Brushes.19c grade maroon rubber. Delightful to use giving a gentle- massage that's healthful and refreshing. Introductory iQ* Price for three days ... Ice Bags—English Bags, with screw caps, cloth covered; regular 76c article. Intro ductory Price for 4.Qtf* three days . rt*7v/ Rubber Gloves—Maroon household Rub ber Gloves, useful in a hundred wayB. In troductory Prices for three days: $1.00 Gloves for 79c; AQn 75c Gloves for . ‘xUK/ Specials for Men at Collier’s Wines! Special for ' Three Days Garrett’s “Virginia Dare” Wine; regular 75c /IQn brand . Sandeman, Buck & Co. Palma Sherry, Imported by us; wp? — worth fl. Special. • RAZORS—We have a sample line of fine Razors, worth all the way up to $3.00. Your choice 25c Briar Pipes, hard rubber stems; some straight, some bent, some screw, some Blip. 1 $1.00 and $1.25 Briar Pipes, genuine amber stems, all Wf* styles. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday . I Uv Two 10 cent cans Three Feather Smoking Tobacco. -| Special for three days. A*Jl< Seven 5 cent Cigars, Franklins OC _ or Mango, for. MuC Trusses Trusses and Abdominal Sup porters of the most scientific and approved patterns, fitted by trained attendants. Stationery Special! One pound of extra fine Lord Baltimore Linen Paper, with 50 envelopes to match; Monday, Tuesday and JJf Wednesday . 4DC