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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05
LUcY.a'

By William wordsworth. Three years she grew in sun and shower; Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower
 On earth was never sown; This child to myself will take; She shall be mine. and I will make
 A lady of my own, Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse; and with me
 The girl, fin rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power
 To kindle or restrain. 'She shall be sportive as the fawn That wild with glee across the lawn
 Or up the mountain springs; And hers shall be the breathing balm, And hers the silence and the calm
 Of mute insensate things. ''The floating clouds their state shall lend To her: for her the willow bend;
 Nor shall she fail to see Fen in the motions of the storm Grace that shall mould the maidens form
 By silent sympathy. ''The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear
 In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward
 round, And beauty born of murmuring sound
 Shall pass into her face. And vital feelings of delight Shall rear her form to stately height
 Her virgin bosom swell; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live
 Here in this happy dell'' Thus Nature spake-the work was done How soon my Lucy's race was run!
 Sne died and left to me This heath, this calm and quiet scene; The memory of what has been.
 And never more will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05
$2e FOR STEEL RAILS.
Pool Is Reported to Have Fixed the
 Price for 1903.

New York, June 1.-The steel rail pool Is reported to have fixed the price of steel rails for 1903 at BPS ton, the rate now prevailing. A large number of or ders for next year already have been placed among them. several from import ant railroads both in the West and East
 Heretofore the pool has not fixed its price until fall. but owing to the large demand and to the fact that the entire production for 19g2 is already sold, 1t was necessary this year for the manufacturers to take earlier action than usual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05
RoosEVELT's STRENoTH.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
 (Rcp)
 he-nominaticn of 1904 Is more depen- dent on President Roosevelt than Cn any ether man. For iliul Is his great personal popularity with the u.csses of the people. Against him are the wishes of a number cf the old-time leaders, the dislike of cer- tain of "the money kings" and the tradi- ton that attaches to Presidents who have become such by succeeding to the Prt sidency from the Vice Presidency on the death Of a President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05
Melons and Peaches.

Georgia peaches were plentiful on Mcr- ris avenue yesterday but the quality was poor. They were small and hard. but were in fairly good demand at $1 to $1 .25 a crate.
 The first carload of Florida water melons will be due here tomorrow. The Irice will be from $50 to $35 a hundred. Another carload will be due Saturday, and by Monday the market will be we'll stocked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05
GREATEST HOTEL IN THE WORLD
New York Letter in the Chicago Record
 Herald.

Herald.
 Another hotel, and the greatest of all, the most magnificent in the world, is to be erected in New York. The Plaza Ho- tel, built less than eighteen years ago, long one of the show places of the city, Is to be destroyed to make way for the structure now planned. Capital to the amount of 10000 GOO Is to be invested in the enterprise. The greater share of this sum Is to be furnished, 1t is understood, by men whose fortunes have been creat- ed out of the steel industry Among them are Charles M. Schwab, president of the steel trust; John J. Mitchell, pres ident of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank; John w. Gates and c. A. Elem ing.
 As 1t is now planned the new hotel will have "a frontage of 200 feet In the plaza, while in Fifty-ninth street, overlooking Central Park, the frontage will be 25O feet. The structure will be of twenty stories and in design will be in keeping with it's proportions.
 From the New York Life Insurance Company the Plaza Hotel has been pur- chased, and with it three lots in Fifty ninth street The purchase price was $3, 900 and the deal was carried through by the George A. Fuller Company, the Central Realty Bond and Trust Com pany and Hallgarten & Go. One of the interesting features of the purchase is that the property was paid for with cash making 1t the largest transaction of the kind that has ever taken place in this city. The men interested in the deal re- gently purchased a large block of the preferred stock of the George A. Fuller Company, a preliminary of the transac- tIar cornDleted today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05
Charming Soubrette.

"The people of Birmingham will be de- lighted with Miss Erma Read of Nash vile, who will begin an engagement at Lakeview next Monday night" said a Nashville man at the Metropolitan. "She is a charming soubrette and cannot fail to make a great hit.
 Miss Read is not only a bright and graceful actress but she sings well and her songs will win spontaneous applause"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 In the sophisticated innocence is paler than skinned milk.
 Miliners wreck bank accounts and dis figure marriage certificates.
 Platonic love is like gambling in the stock market-too one-sided
 There is too much briar stitching in the mantle which charity lends to others.
 Some men are so naturally enthusiastic that they can fall in love with a woman who wears short bicycle skirts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05
Cotton Acreage.

Washington, June 4. . Gotten condition acreage is three-tenths or one per cent less than the acreage planted last year. Condition Is 95.1. About 27.S7s, 900 acres, or 72,C00 acres less than revised for last year. Acreage for year 19O2-1903 of about 27, ,450, 000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05
WATER CURE AND FIRE CURE.

From the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times
 Union.
 Those who condemn the cremation of a negro in Texas might punish cruelty in the Philippines; those who condone tor ture in Texas need not be so mortified by the Water-cure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

David Bennett Hill seems to labor under the impression that he can force himself on the Democrats without showing that he can carry his own State or without retracting his income tax views. But he is mistaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

A rich Mormon, named Reed Shoot. proposes to go to the Senate from Utah, and to carry all his wives to Washington and to see that they en- ter society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

Mark Twain has incurred the dis pleasure of the Russian government, but he has been L-L-Lded by the university of his native State
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

When the dove of peace really alights there is much rejoicing. As Benjamin Franklin once said, There never was a good war or a bad peace"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The cutting down of the army to 66,000 men raises the hope that it may yet be brought down to 25,vv, the old Democratic number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The warlike Boers of the Cape and of Natal are to be punished, but the Boers in the Transvaal and Free State are not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The typewriter who prematurely gave out President Palma's first mes sage is now languishing in jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The beef trust, like the hard coal trust, also refused arbitration. Com pulsory arbitration is. now needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

King Edward has set the fashion of movable birthdays, and women of cer- tain age will certainly adopt 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The President blue pencilled the army to a certain extent, but third of what is left must stay in the Philip pines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

King Edward reigns, but Lord Sails bury rules, especially when peerages are to be handed out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The Molineaux trial, second edition, Is now progressing, and it promises to last a month in the present court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

Gov. Jeff Davis of Arkansas has been accommodated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

Potts is vindicated, for the Emperor William consented to know him,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

Fumigation follows close behind the Shah of Persia as he advances across Europe to London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The ultra fashionable man wears S10O Panama hat, marked up from $5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The David B. Hill Presidential boom is keeping that income tax question out of sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

Three African Kings are in London to show King Edward how to do the business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

England has annexed the Trans vaal, but it has annexed bread duties as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

Neither Upton nor Willy Wally Astor is able to collar a peerage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The London celebration over the coming of peace discounts the corona tion circus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The outdoor American is now at his best.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

The beef trust, like the hard coal trust, also refused arbitration. Con- puisory arbitration is. now needed. The typewriter who prematurely gave out President Palma's first mes sage is now languishing in jail. King Edward has set the fashion of movable birthdays, and women of cer- tain age will certainly adopt 1t.
 -s- King Edward reigns, but Lord Sails bury rules, especially when peerages are to be handed out.
  Fumigation follows close behind the Shah of Persia as he advances across Europe to London. The David B. Hill Presidential boom is keeping that income tax question out of sight. The London celebration over the coming of peace discounts the corona tion circus.
 Three African Kings are in London to show King Edward how to do the business.
 England has annexed the Trans vaal, but it has annexed bread duties as well.
  The ultra fashionable man wears S100 Panama hat, marked up from $5.
 
 Potts is vindicated, for the Emperor William consented to know him. l Gov. Jeff Davis of Arkansas has been accommodated.
 
 The outdoor American is now at his best.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

any Characteristic Trait of any Par
ucular Kind, as our Old Friend and
Room Mate. Mr.. Gilbert, would have
expressed it.
The Woman who had to put up with
him days Week had found out a.
great many Things about him. She
could tell at least a thousand Anec-
ootes to prove that he was the most
eccentric, abSent-minded, careless.
short-sighted Ninny that every COM
united Matrimony. Nearly every Re
mark that was made suggested TO her
a little Story regarding one of Henry S
Star Breaks.
Henry always forgot to mail any
Letters given to him. Henry was a
Noodle when it came to matching
Dress Goods. Henry always allowed
the Butcher to give him the Short End
OF 1t. Henry was a Mark for Book
Agents. Henry would be lost if he
didn't have some one to put the Studs
IN his Shirt and lay out his Clothes for
him. Henry couldn't remember Two
Minutes where he had put anything.
Henry was forever bringing most pc
culiar People home to Dinner. Henry
had the tackiest lot of Friends she had
even seen. Henry had been Engaged at
one time to the dizziest looking Thing,
Henry seemed to be a perfect Slave to
Tobacco. And so so.
The Horrible Example would sit and
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

Geishas-famous for their beauty and
their wit, but not necessarily for their
morals, to make themselves agreeable
to him. Both wives regard this as a
natural feature of hospitality. AS you
drive through Shiba at night you will
know where the Japanese gentleman is
enjoying himself in his primitive way
by large wooden lanterns with paper
glasses and projecting caves, and by
the rikshaboys smoking, and doubt
less scandal-mongering, at the gates.
You will hear the tinkle of the
samisen and the poor little Geishas'
voices. Sometimes, if the night is
hot, and the banqueters have reached
the drunken stage, the shutters will
be taken down and you will see the
party enjoying itself. The japanese
take their pleasures badly; the host
and his guests sit in a semi circle
more or less drugged with gorging and
sake, and the Geishas are ranged in
semi-circle opposite if they still have
a soul for music, or come closer and
enchant them with prettiness and
witness. The japanese do not laugh
for pleasure or kiss for love; they have
a derisive laugh to show anger, and
they CYCLE at wit, but the hearty Eng
lish laugh of enjoyment is unknown to
f!lsEs.
A Spree in Kobe.
We went to such tea-house at
Kobe. L wanted to stay ip the garden,
the size of a back yard. which con-
tanned a river and a waterfall and
lake, and ever so many little islands
connected with hog-back bridges, gar
nished with Pagodas and the musn-
room-topped lanterns which arc never
lit, and sbrines and lighthouses all Of
messy old masonry. The lake didn {
seem to contain any water. though I
was assured that this was the case.
It's top was paved with broad lotus
leaves, from which sprang. like "rowDs
standing on scepters. huge rose col
Ofed blossoms, and al round the lake
were freaks IN naples.
The tour de force. nr tree taught
70 grow IN the shape Of n junk, looked
as Ike a ship AZ any other JUNK. The
HhOle scene looked Ike a WlilOw-Das-
tern plate, converted BY .be moon into
q garden fOr a toy nation. n made me
feeI quite ike y poet. but our host Rad
not taken as there for poetry. but for
= spree. We we're SAD dogs. Our little
sumner houses W0g only llt ~ Two
rush nEhfs a. fau eau1ie-Ffieks ~
Bfeaa3lf iran. Then some little NOUS
nsess esnoe aHd brought iu Gelena. ~
egUid nj sing. and 4aganfse alsheF,
s#3eb He eogic ncf esf. aHd sake.
gfieh $50 o1aI1 ~ drink. ~ ~ might
naFe WaFmse ~ oaf Wofk 81 Maa =
aei9 niNff ~ eel az ecie Cheer fhfff
as nezaaMAe phfe pietYffsqeeBsss
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21
QUEER EXPERIENCE
OF LONDONERS

London has been having all sorts of
curious, new experiences entertaining
the "Colonials." who came from the
four quarters Of the globe for the cor
onation. Not the least of these was
when the titled fashionables of the
metropolis and the Maori soldiers as
sembled in Queens Hall to listen to the
singing of Te Rangipai. the new con-
tralto from New Zealand, who, on the
death of her mother, will be the Prin-
cess of a great Maori tribe.
The singing Of the Princess, says the
Philadelphia North American, despite
its charm. was not the striking feature
of the evening. This was furnished by
the Maori soldiers. At given signal,
suddenly, without warning, they
sprang to their feet and as from Que
man came Il curious half groan, half
shout of tremendous volume, reverber-
ating throughout the whole building
As 1t came, so II abruptly terminated
and was followed by a low, subdued
murmur, accompanied by the methodi-
cal beat OF the mems feet on the floor
Then again the deep bass OF the Mao
ri warcry thrilled the crowded hail.
Repeated several times. with the same
strange pauses emphasizing rs force
gradually the cry Of the men became
quicker az they became more excited.
and the broken chorus Of sound lieCame
deep sOnOrOus chant, rising and fall
ing wlth the spirit ~ the theme. Their
bodies swnyed. they lunEed with their
arms from side - Side. bat always To-
Fefhef and iu time a. the beat 81 their
feet
suddenly there responded a sharp.
crisp Haiti ETfry man arop-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

ped hard into his seat and
all smiled happily at the
thunders of applause, which greeted
the conclusion of this remarkable per-
Torrance. The extraordinary, fierce
intensity of the war dance and their
terrific expression of countenance as
they warmed to their work caused the
English to reflect with deep satisfac-
ton on the fact that these fierce war
riors, when they fight, will be along
side of the British soldier.
The Princess, known likewise as
Nine. Fanny HOWE, is a daughter of
Col. Porter. G. b., the distinguished Of
ficer who was in command of the Sixth
and Seventh New Zealand contingent
in South Africa, and is now in COM
mand of the New Zealand contingent
in London.
One of the treasures of the Princess
is a carefully carved jade god. the
great treasure for 300 years of the
tribe to which she belongs. This is al
ways seen at her throat, suspended
from a chain.
The Maori soldiers were the chief
object OF interest. however. and the
Londoners gravely announced that all
the troops belonged to the best Maori
families" when entertaining these
dark-skinned 'colonials."
Considerable amusement was caused
by a mistake made by many WELL
meaning London women who wanted
20 entertain the HaJah OF Jaipur. In
addition 10 having his own name on
his visiting cards, he had that also OF
his own special god printed above.
Various hOsteaseE who invited the
halah % their parties were surprised
and hurt az receiving no answers 10
their pressing invitations. Their sur
prise was even greater on learning
their mail had been addressed 70 the
goa and not 10 the Raiah.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21
TEA HOUSES
AND GEISHA GIRLS
Douglas Saden Describes Two Institutions Of japan
That Have No Counterparts In This Coontry.
Copyright, 1902, by Douglas sladen.

them, though you give them to your
'rikshaboy as soon as you are out of
sight. Etiquette is the Kaiser of
Japan.
The Geisha IL Great Consider.
1t is no good looking at Geisha while
you are going through these tortures;
you are not in a state of health to
make allowance for their voices or
their music, and their wit is lost upon
you, which is perhaps just as well. The
Geisha, except in the kind of ballots
you get at the Maple Club, does not
suit Europeans. She dances without
her feet, and sings without voice.
She does not, as the unco' guild assert,
belong to the Oldest profession in the
world-not necessarily. Her real func-
ton is to console the dissipated Japa-
nese for the absence of actresses in his
country. Madame saba Yacco is a Jap
anese woman, but Western idea.
japanese ladies have actors to fall in
love with, but the Japanese man has
to fall back on the Geisha. The an
cient Greeks did not have actresses
either.
Perhaps their plays were as dull ION
the stage as japanese plays, which
run their banquets close. ThS ancient
Greek was as wise as the modern Jap;
he did not want to be separated by the
footlights and the cat-gut tortures of
the orchestra from h D goddess. The
wisest of the ancients, like the Japa-
nese, did not hang about stage doors,
or send jewelry on the off chance to
actresses whom they did not know.
If you ask man to dinner and take
him to the Gaiety afterwards. you
spoil his dinner or lose half the per-
Torrance. Instead of going to the
Gaiety the Japs make the Gaiety come
to them. japanese wives are not taught
accomplishments, but virtues, which
are their only reward. The japanese
man wants something more than an
actress. The Geisha is expected TO be
excellent in that way, and to be at his
beck besides; when he is too idle to at
tend any more to her dancing and sing
ing, he beckons her to come closer and
entertain him with her Establishments.
Not Always Beautiful
Geishas are not always beautiful;
they are always elegant and clever;
they are the best-cfessed women IN
Japan-the japanese do not think u
lady-like for their wives 20 dress well
Wives wear a sort Of half-mobrnlng,
and no wonder. The Geisha begins
training for her future bOnOrs early.
Girls are chosen for clsYerness - seven
or eight years old-beaUty ~ only con-
sidered skn-deep for a Gelsba. They
are trained in dancing and Singing ana
the art u Conversation
srhe latter Is most important
Geisha has constantly ~ b. ban9ylns
,sit ,3tb sake-fuddled admirers and 10
switch lovers 90 ~ or she 3 ekfefa-
80 10 sing and dance ane f1ay Atg
uausic-hau artlst lu l.onafh VIVA
promise 10 shoot hefsef ~ enc Hppi4
f.r 1. n
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

Nights trying to think up Schemes for
helping the Dumb Animals and the
Waits and that is why 1 desire to put
you next to some poor little rikas who
are being cut out of nearly All that
makes Life worth living for the aver
age Kidlet. We have right in this cruel
City lot of Children who never lad
the Fun of getting out in a Vacant Lot
and playing House with a Store Box
and some broken Dishes. They never
ran Foot so that they could
squidge the Mud between their Toes
the one True Pleasure on which the
Gods have set no heavy Price. They
never went Fishing in their lives and
the poor little Boys never went swim
ming in a Crick and got their scanty
Wardrobes tied into Hard Knots. The
unhappy Children to whom l refer are
confined in large Stone Houses where
they are condemned to a constant as
ISOLATION with frozen faced English
Servants and the Governess who got
the Position because she was a Chro-
mo. The Gripman's Offspring may
watch Mother hang out the Wash and
see Father sail by on the downtown
Car, but the Little Ones for whom I
am pleading get a peek at their Par
entS about once per Week and in
preparation for this Ceremonial they
are dressed up until they can't sit
down. They never play Hockey because
they are not permitted to go near the
Public Schools and the History of the
United States is locked away from
them for fear they may find out that
all Kids are created equal. Unless we
do something to rescue these unhappy
Youngsters. fear that the Girls will
grow up with a perverted Preference
for busted Princes and the BOYS will
sit around all their Lives, apologizing
for their Native Land
That was the End of the Speech, for
he was the only one left in the Room.
MORAL: The Rescue Movements
never begin at Home.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

Tea-houses and Geisha-girls make
up that mournful ceremony a japanese
banquet; the food is of no consequence
to a European.
Taken separately they are not bad:
Your own dinners at the foreign hotel
would be much enlivened by perform
ances of Geishas-they would do as
well as a Yeomanry band. And tea
houses are not so bad if you don't take
their tea, though their teas are less
awful than the dinners. unless YOU do
the correct thing and take sailed cher
ry blossom with them.
Japanese dinners are refined kind
of torture; you are expected to sit on
your heels and eat off the floor. Lovely
little Mousmees. with scarlet petticoats
come and kneel before you. But what
is the use of it when you are kneeling
yourself, because, not being a Jap, you
can't sit on your knee? Besides your
mousmee spends all her time in play
Ing hide-and-seek with your sake DOL
tie. No good restaurant will let you
drink sake that isn't hot enough. and
as YOU don't drink it at all. it soon
gets below the proper point, and your
mousmee goes for more. You are be-
having very badly. The Japanese never
Keeps his sake waiting.
Japanese Food "a Great Trial.
The food is a worse trial. Live hsh
might do if you could persuade your
self to treat it like an oyster, but sea-
weed soup, and lard sweetmeats, ami
custard made with pickle and fish
juice, are novelties too striking for the
male European stomach. When you are
browning you catch at straws, and
when YOU are having a Japanese han
quet you catch at anything you know
ny sight like a plum or potato, but
II Is only subtler form of torture, for
1he plum is sure to be sailed and the
potato cooked in syrup.
LVen ii the things We're good 10 eat,
you couldn't help yourself with chop
SUCKS; ats too much like eating soup
win fork. Undeterred by your Tot
gauAs' the dinner goes on for hours,
nile you wonder which will bapp N
nIst-your knee joints give away or
s'"f calves go fiat. II you have been
20 japanese banquet before, you prop
"ufself up against the wall. That is
.e only way you can sit on the floor
NUTS. The moEsmees are 80 pref
n ana 50 nice that il you do get up 70
I've they always persuade you 10
Aneel down again.
And when IL IS al over comes the
+MNliiaest cut Of all. POliteness de-
.ahda that you should make a separ-
e heuse for each dish you cannot
lis no use. for as you are getting
,..- your rksha, your m0usmee hands
Pile ~ white wooden boxes in
,s.N hhe has carefully packed every
, s"e could moi eat for you 70
Xxx. your honorable family. and eti-
demands that you should lake