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The Washington times., 1902-12-28
Value of Self RELIANCE.

There is much more ia the considers-
lion OF this fact than may appear on
the surface. because children who are
so encouraged. or not encouraged as the
case may be, are better able 10 fiji po-
sitiOns. OF not TO iii them, creditabIy
in the years OF the future that destiny
may assign them.
child who has been encouraged al
home has within itself the self-conf-
dence and the self-reliance that makes
It feel that IL can accomplish any task
set before it.. Whereas. the young per
son. whether girl or boy. who has not
been taught that T. can accomplish any
task with judgment or with the hope Of
success. grows up with the feeling that
any effort. however vigorously prose-
cuted, will in the end be met only with
failure. consequently the staying quality
and the stamina necessary to success is
wanting, and il man or woman grows
up imprOvident parents are more often
10 blame than the child
/ believe that every effort Of a child
20 matter how crude or even ridiculous
the summing up may be. II praise Is
awarded and encoura cement given.
will lead to some little good IN the
The Washington times., 1902-12-28
Mainsprings Of Snccesa.


believe that encoura cement and ap-
probation are thu mainspriugs OF all
the success that one achieves in every
walk Of life. The child, with few excep-
tions, who is appreciated in school is
the child whose bright. happy face car
ried Of the prizes. The unloved but am
bilious child may win, but the real sat.
isfaction that nerves the little heart or
sends the glow Of pride into its eyes is
lost in dull. Iethargic acceptance Of
honor when parental pride fails to give
the winner the real stamp OF favor
AS the sri grows older the mother
who ails 70 appreciate. OF fails to win
the confidence Of her daughter. has only
herself 10 blame il that daughter. in her
longing for affection and appreciation.
strays from the beaten path 10 find il,
and in the end brings disgrace or sorrow
into the lives OF those about her.
The wife whose home is never gladden.
ed by kind words. or that praise fos
which a wOmans heart hungers. is the
wife who figures in divorce scandals. and
brings upon herself and others disgrace
and the contempt Of her kind
Does Not Crave Flattery.
woman's nature does not so much
crave the fattery that is attributed %
her vanity. but she does crave the ap-
probation that is the tribute exacted BY
her love. Women are really by nature
less inclined TO evil than a man. A man
goes around hunting for trouble and gets
into mischief from the pure love OF va
riety, and q longing FOR new sensations.
A woman. on the contrary. who loves
man is content in her home and would
care for little outside of 10 II the man
himself were true and treated her with
a consideration due her love.
The Washington times., 1902-12-28
BY KATE THYSON MARI.

n Tow this story will be a lively
IN dig at the men There are
L many women who wonder why
write so many mean things or
my own sex and never give a dig al the
opposite. when. gracious knows. the men
OFTEN deserve it. but I guess il is be
cause. personally. I enjoy a mans com
panionship more than ] do that OF a
woman. In this case however / take
a dig at both. the mothers who do not
appreciate daughters and husbands who
do not appreciate wives.
A large percentage OF girls who ara
lovable and sweet. who would be at
tractive if met even one step OF the way
are simply crushed or frozen by mother
having little sense Of appreciation Of an.
effort that a daughter may make
please. to be agreeable. or 20 be helpfv
This is TO be deplored for the sake
both the mother and the daughter
Instances are not rare where parent
particularly mothers, have spent .thci
dying hours in begging the pardon
girls whom in life they treated with ali
solute neglect, il not positive cruelty.
The Need Of Encouragement.
Now IL is impossible for a parent.
whether mother CT father. to wipe out
in deuth-bed repentance the injus-
tice or cruelty that may have extended
over years. Women are differently con
stituted. Some are afectionste and re-
quire in return expressions of affection
TO bring cut their best qualities Others
are morbidly sensitive. having little self
reliance. and need encouragement 10
every act and kindly attention they @,
tend. There are not a few women whul
little affection endows with m
strength or courage Of an Amazon. bu
who without that encouragement be-
come nonentities. unable to rise abov
the effects OF their environment.
have known girls. prize winners q
every honor a school life confers. who
never received even word of congratu-
lation or praise in appreciation OF II,
effort that IL may have cost them. O
the sacrifice OF the recreation hours o
scholastic year 10 win class honors
'iN 80 ""oSS PAL Futos HtcdAhF they
have paid the bills. thought that moth
ing further was due the child whosr
ineNperience taught no value OF class
distinction, but whose pride and am
bition and desire to win the approval
OF parents had nerved her to spend a
year o. the most unfagging effort. Such
indifference on the part OF parents IS
IN nay opinion tantamount to a crime.
and yet we're parents made to under
stand that they had been lacking in
parental duty they would feel outraged
and insuited.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
MRS. RoosEvELT's SUN BONNET.
New style Set BY Presidents Wife for
Summer War.

From the New York Journal
The latest addition to Mrs. Roosevelt's
out-of-door toilet is a fascinating sun
bonnet of white muslin and lace, strik-
ingly suggestive in its makeup of fine
puffs over reeds of the calashes, so con-
spicuous a feature of the toilets of the
grand DANES of a century or so since.
Being made of sheerest muslin, 1t is
not warm, as sun bonnets generally are,
and, being plentifully trimmed with lace,
it is dainty, becoming and bewitehing.
This fashion, inaugurated by the Pres
ident's wife. is likely to be copied by
every woman of means in the country
fortunate in the possession of a summer
home, where SO adorned she may spend
the morning strolling about.
Already the fashion has found an ar
dent follower In the Presidents sister,
Mrs. Cowles, who Immediately upon her
return from London a fortnight since
came for a stay of several days at Saga
more Hill.
No sooner had Mrs. Cowles seen Mrs.
Roosevelt's muslin and lace sun bonnet
than she borrowed one, and not content
simply with wearing it while here, carried
it off in triumph to her summer home
in Pennington, and from there to the
Catskills.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
Heredity and Genius.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Expositions of the laws of heredity fail
in affording no clue to the understanding
of genius. AS these laws of inheritance
are now expounded it would seem that no
offspring could ever rise above the aver
age level of preceding generations, and
we have all had thousands of common
place ancestors. In animals excellence is,
as a rule, easily accounted for; in man
it is not so. How comes it that In the
same family one member rises not merely
above all the rest, but above the bulk of
mankind? One only OF the Bonapartes
was a Napoleon; only one of the Shakes
peares could write Hamlet" And why
should the son of an ordinary Lincoln
shire farmer and his probably ordinary
wife have turned out not merely the
greatest natural philosopher of his time,
but of all time? We are still waiting for
a second Isaac Newton. To say that
such men are sports" is to give us a
word for thing, and merely to cover ig-
norance. The sport must re caused. and
what was the cause? The excellent work
being done in tracing the influence of
heredity only makes more astounding
these prodigies of genius
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
Success of STAGE People.

Probably the items floating around in
regard to the wealth of leading singers,
actors and actresses arc responsible for
the sudden determination OF so many
young men and women to go On the
stage" remarked Chicago authority on
theatrical matters
with these exciting and usually exag-
gerated figures in mind they cannot COM
fortably hold themselves down to the
humdrum occupations yielding but q
trihing income and no glory at all
Possibly in some cases 1t Is the glory
that beokons more alluringly than the
hope of gain but in either case, be it
profit or celebrity these novices desire.
most of them do not seem to understand
that supreme success means some kind
of special fitness. Exan Mrs. Langtry
and Maxine Elliott possess the endow-
ment of exceptional beauty and personal
fascination, whether they have anything
in the way of talent to support them
or not
There have always been instances OF
success based upon personal beauty, but
as rule we find this endowment insult
ficient unless accompanied by some in
cidental talent Lillian Russell would
never have been anything more than a
handsome figure or show girl as the
term now is, had she not been able to
sing. Mrs. Langtry's beauty could not
have kept her on the stage for the bet
ter part of twenty years had that charm
been Unsupported by grace and at least
some trace of temperament. Maxine
Elliott, who attracted but little attention
so long as she was only a beauty, COM
menced to make way for herself when
a certain budding talent enabled her to
appear to some advantage in the guise
of an actress"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
"WILD ROSE" FOR 400.
Unique Scheme of Mrs. Cornelius Van.
derbiIt.

From the New York Mail and Express.
For the first time in the history of the
New York stage local theatre is to be
closed for night during a successful
run in order that the members of
metropolitan company may take part in
private theatricals.
For a trine under $500 Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt has bought out the entire
"house" at the Knickerbocker Theatre
for the night of Monday. August 25,
when she has arranged as part of the en-
tertainment of a number of guests at her
Newport villa, Beaulieu. to have the first
act of THE Wild Rose" given by the en-
tire company now presenting that popu-
lar musical comedy at the Knickerbocker,
under the direction of George w. Led
erer
In addition to paying the Iederer
Amusement company for every seat In
the theatre, Mrs. Vanderbilt made lib
eral offer to foot the entire expenses for
each member of the company and pay for
the company's services, which will make
the entire cost for that part of the en-
tertainment at least $500.
1t was only after the exercise of much
diplomacy that Mrs. Vanderbilt was able
to carry out her novel scheme for enter
tanning Newport society. The arrange
ments were finally made through Baron
von Kap-herr, attache of the German
embassy at Washington.
1.-The members of The Wild Rose
company will leave town ON Sunday, Au-
gust "a, returning in time ror rehearsal
On Tu ssoay" said the company's man.
ager, H. Oppenheimer, today. THE mem
bers will travel In a special train de
luxe. and will spend Monday at New
port. Monday evening they will appear
at Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt's mansion.
This win probably be the only one
night stand The Wild Rose company
will play, but it will be a profitable one.
Mr.. Lederer Is out of town, and do not
care to say anything apour the cost to
Mrs. Vanderbilt of this brief entertain-
ment, but it will not be a trine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
WHO ARE THE LEADERS.
n the Huntsville Mercury.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
1t is only natural that In a great cam
paign In which principles are involved
the people should want to know the com
pany they are keeping before they de-
eide how to vote. That is not only ma
tural. it is right. The men who are
prominent in public life can more easily
see the probable effect of certain poll
teal movements than men who devote
their time to business and to other pur-
suits of life
An analysis of the situation is remark
able. Senator Morgan and Senator Pet
tus are both supporting Governor Jelks.
The nine congressman from Alabama are
all supporting Governor Jelks. The
state officials are every one supporting
Governor Jelks. Nearly every one of the
candidates for state offices are support
ing Governors Jelks. The leading men Of
affairs in the state whose interest in pol
tics goes no further than a desire for
political peace and an economical state
government are nearly every one sup
porting Governor Jelks.
Who then is supporting Governor John
ston2 Why Hon. Jesse Stallings who was
numerically defeated for governor two
years ago; the same man who was de-
feated for congress a few months later
and who then opposed the ratification OF
the new constitution. He is one. Col
William benson, the man who 'toted
his own skillet" In the Seventh congress
sional district several years and was de-
feated for congress is another. Col. z.
G. Bowman who was a popuist leader
in the worst campaign since reconstruct
ton days is another, and these three
are the only ones of prominence in the
state of Alabama.
This is a fair and truthful statement
are lined up. Is it probable that all the
of the way the leading men OF Alabama
gentlemen supporting governor Jelks are
wrong, and that the three supporting
Governor Johnston are ris-l The Mer-
curry thinks not, and the voters of Mad
ison county will join in that conclu-
sion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
Good Fertilizer.

"Seaweed has been washed Up of late
in large quantities along the Long Island
shore, for this is the time of year when
it seems to be most abundant" said L
New York dealer in fertilizer.
ut accumulates in thick ridges along
the water line. and # allowed to remain
any length of tine becomes rotten and
offensive. So it is that property owners
who can make no use of it themselves
sive the stuff away to whomsoever will
cart it off. There are many VINO are glad
to get it, for thers are few better things
for fertilizing the fields.
1.-THE weed is collected and hauled
away, ether to be dumped into pigpens
or heaped into stacks to allow 1t to rot
suffici emily to spread. The process of dis
indignation reduces its bulk about so per
cent, but 1t is so cheap and abundant
that this is scarcely considered a loss
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
The Baseball Situation,

The present baseball season, which
has been so disastrous to Birmingham
is practically over, and the enthusiasts
who have hoped for success despite
the heavy odds against them will have
to look forward to 1903 for vindica-
ton. To advance from the bottom of
the percentage column seems almost
impossible and the Birmingham team,
which started out with such bright
prospects, is destined to make an ig-
noble finish.
1t is clearly evident that the
strength of the league was under
estimated in making up the Birming-
ham team, and though it is now prac-
tically new club. there is nothing to
show an increase of strength. The
people of Birmingham love athletic
sport and their patronage of baseball
entities them to great consideration
when the management begins signing
a baseball club for 1908. The Birming
ham management is fully able finan-
cially to engage the best men procur-
able, and with a manager who knows
where to get such men there is no rea-
son why the city which gives the best
support in the league should again
suffer the disgrace of ending last in
the race for the championship PEN
nant.
1t is true the Birmingham manage
ment has been the victim of many
misfortunes, but all of their failure
cannot be attributed to luck. 1t re-
quires money to support a baseball
team, and this the public has fur
nished. On the other hand, 1t requires
good baseball to support a public, and
this has not been furnished.
The enthusiasm which existed early
In the season has abated considerably,
and it will require the best efforts of
I
the baseball management to reinstate
it. The public will not listen to any
more hard luck explanations, but if a
good baseball team is secured to rep
resent the most progressive city in
the south, support will, and should, be
cheerfully given.
1t is now up to the owners of the
baseball franchise to do something for
the people, and, seeing the errors of
judgment during the present season,
they will doubtless put forth their
best efforts to retrieve the loss and
regain the full confidence of the peo-
pie of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
JUSTICE HOLMES AND FATHER.

From the New York Evening Post.
1t is a striking tribute to the trans
parent enjoyment of paternal pride by
Oliver Wendell Holmes that the an
nouncement of the new appointment to
the United States supreme court will
make many a reader exclaim What a
pity that DR.. Holmes could not have
lived long enough to see his boy receive
this honort" The only son of the poet
and humorist, his fathers letters to his
friends from the very first showed his
cheerful confidence that the baby was
going to grow into a man of mark. In
MY Hunt After the Captain DR..
Holmes left on record, forty years ago,
one of the most charming mixtures of
paternal solicitude and humorous appre-
citation of the grotesque and the amusing
sides of war to be found in literature,
eliminating In this delightful sketch of
the meeting after a prolonged SEARCH
I'm the first car, on the fourth seat to
the right, l saw my captain; there saw I
him, even my first-born, whom had
sought through many cities.
How are you, boy?'
How are you, dad?
"Such are the proprieties of life as
they are observed among US Anglo-Sax-
ons of the nineteenth century, decently
Disgusting those natural impulses that
made Joseph, the prime minister of
Egypt. weep aloud so that the Egyptians
and the house Of Pharaoh heard nay,
which had once overcome his shaggy old
uncle Esau so entirely that he fell on his
brothers neck and cried like a baby In
the presence of all the women"
This was the time that Captain Holmes
was wounded In the neck at Antietam
forty years ago next month; the year be-
fore he had been wounded in the breast
at Bulls bluff; and the next May he re-
ceived a third wound. in the foot. at
Fredericksburg. But he had carried a
good constitution into the union army
when he enlisted, the first year of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
About Persons.

2. w. Laney of Abbeville is at the
Morris. He is clerk in the probate office
at Abbeville and is well known in Bir-
mingham.
s. H. Dent, Jr., of Montgomery is at
the Metropolitan.
Mat ]. Maxwell and o. K. Park of Tus-
caloosa is at the Metropolitan.
f. P. Cason of Talladega is registered
at the Metropolitan.
w. S. Myers of Fort Worth, Tex, is at
the Metropolitan.
H. o. Murfee of Marion is at the Nor
ris.
P. C. Roberts of Admission is registered
at the Morris.
Ed B. elders. a prominent attorney of
Demopolis, is in Birmingham.
George Lawrie of Montgomery is at the
Morris.
j. N. Stephens of Atlanta is at the
Morris.
G. ]. Rnn of Stevenson. Ala. is at the
NORTH
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
In Perry and LoWndes.

The Age-Herald rejoices to ascertain
beyond doubt that the repeated state
ments of the Johnstonite papers to the
effect that their combine had carried
both Lowndes and Perry in the selec-
ton of candidates for the legislature,
have been completely and fully re-
futed Not only are the nominees in
question supporters of Senator Pet
tus, but they are also supporters of
Governor Jelks, and both of the coun-
ties will doubtless give Governor Jelks
good round majorities.
1t is difficult, in fact, to name a
county that will not do likewise, so
strong is the tide in favor of giving
the new constitution a fair chance
running. 1t is running one way in
the state at present, and Perry and
Lowndes, we are glad to say, are in
the swim.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

From the Boston Globe
The people Of Massachusetts are glad
to see Oliver Wendell Holmes career
crowned with the honor Of a seat on the
bench of the supreme court of the Uni
ted States. which. even IN this period
of large fees, still is the highest honor
among lawyers.
Although Justice Holmes always is
thought of in this state as a young man,
it is true that he is somewhat past the
average age of appointees to the supreme
court. Indeed he is about as old as JUS
tiee Lamar was when Mr.. Cleveland
nominated the distinguished Mississippi
plan. At that time it was apparent that
the senate would have rejected the nomin-
alton on account of age had not Mr.. La
mars long service in that branch of con-
gress invoked senatorial courtesy.
Now. however, the nagging disposition
then prevalent is absent. and we may.
look for prompt confirmation of JUS
tice Holmes. who. physically and mem
tally, is in his vigorous prime
In character and intellect the new JUS
tice will be a strong addition to the
court He will carry into the conference
room liberal and well-stored mind and
import to the literature of the decisions
a clear and original style
Sometimes he has Illuminated the Mas
sachusetts reports with an automatic ex-
preston, as in the case of a New Bed
ford policeman who, being removed from
political activity appealed to the courts.
The contention was that in this country
a man has right to take part in poll
tics. Justice Holmes decided that while
every citizen has a constitutional right
to be a politician, every citizen has not
a constitutional right to be policeman
few quotations from his addresses and
opinions will suffice to indicate Justice
Holmes way of putting things"
Too broadly generalized conceptions
are a constant source of fallacy.
bad man has as much reason as
good one for wishing to avoid an encoun-
ter with the police.
We do not realize how large a part of
our law is open to reconsideration upon
a slight change in the habit of the public
mind.
Wnat nave we better than a blind
guess to show that the criminal law in
It's present form does more good than
harm?
I venerate the law. and especially our
system of law, as one of the vastest
products of the human mind
Law is the business to which my life Is
devoted
oF
fore the supreme court relates to the in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
PoPE's GIFT TO PRESIDENT.

From the New York Times
Bishop Thomas O'Gorman of Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, a member of the
American Philippine commission to the
vatican, who returned on Tuesday on the
steamship Hohenzollern, bearing a gift
to President Roosevelt from the pope,
will visit Oyster Bay on Saturday and
present the gift.
The gift which the bishop will take to
the President is a mosaic of the pope sit
ting on a terrace in the vatican gardens
surrounded by a number of attendants
and giving a view of Rome in the dis
lance.
Bishop O'Gorman explained last even
ing that when he went to Rome as a
member of the Philippine commission he
bore with him gift from President
Roosevelt to the pope, consisting of
very handsome set of President Roose-
velt's writings.
This made a very unique gift" said
the bishop, for there is no other ruler
in the world who is capable of making
similar present. The pope expressed him
self as delighted with the gift, and by
way of showing his appreciation sent to
the President through me the mosaic Of
himself. The mosaic is one of Corridrs
famous pictures. and at a short distance
looks almost like painting. Its coloring
is magnificent
Bishop OGorman said that between
now and Saturday he would go to New
port, where he would see Cardinal Glib
bons, who is now there. He said he bore
a special message of greeting to the car
dinal from the pope Later, he said, he
would visit st. Paul being the bearer of
similar special greeting to Archbishop
Ireland.