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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-11-14
IN EFFECT Nov. 2, 1902.
TRAINS NORTHWARD.

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The age-herald., 1902-01-26
: ACTRESS AND PLAYWRIoHT.

From the N. Y. Mall and Express.
 There is a very pretty quarrel on be- tween Mrs. Brown-Potter, actress, and Stephen Phillips. playwright. But. with -all respect to the feelings of the lady in the case, clossic authority, at least seems to support the poet. Mrs. Brown Potter resigned from the company which is to produce Ulysses in London next month because she was forbidden to play Calypsos twenty-two minute love scene with all the the passion and emo- tion of which am capable" That means, unauestionably, the loss to the modern stage of very interesting scene. Yet, when calm reason asserts itself there can be no doubt that had Calypso been such a perfervid person instead of the calm Greek demanded by the playwright, the original .globe-trotter would have torn up his return tickets, and ended his wan derings before they were fairly begun, leaving Homer with material only for a short story instead of an epic.
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
NEW FAD OF WOMEN.
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From the Washington Times.
 New York physicians have confessed to a serious alarm in connection with new habit adopted by fashionable women.
 The motive is the improvement of the complexion, and the means adopted Is camphor eating. The number of camphor eaters among well-to-do classes in this and other cities would, 1t is said, cause a sensation if known. Of course the practice is carried on secretly as far as possible
 The idea seems to prevail that this gum, taken in small and regular doses gives a peculiar clear creaminess of complexion, and scores of young women buy it for this purpose The habit is. moreover, very difficult to cast off. for camphor pro duces a mild form of collaboration and stupefaction; and in many instances, where very large doses have been swal- lowed the habit has become a sort of slavery
 Camphor-eaters all have a dreamy, dozed and very listless air, and in most of them there is an ever present long ing to sleep, or, at least, to rest. Ex- treme weakness generally follows the taking of regular doses; and cases have been seen where it has been almost diff flcult to tell the effects from those of al- cohol As to the complexion. if ghastly pallor be an improvement camphor cer- tainly produces 1t.
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
Honest Elections.

Now that the electors are about to be listed, it is time to begin the or ganlzation in each and every county of Honest Election Leagues. Every county in the State needs them, every city, every beat for that matter, for every part of the State has become rotten, politically speaking. Elec- tions are and long have been a farce, but under the registrations that will soon be made every county, city and locality can have honest elections if it be so minded.
 But it cannot have them by sitting still. Activity is needed, and activity of an organized sort will3be the more effective. Let every county seat at least organize an Honest Election League, rand membership be sought that will reach every beat. The ras-' cality and rottenness of long standing cannot be stamped out except through the most determined and effective action on the part of all honest men in county. Let the league gather fund and let the ballot-box rascals be told that any repetition of their ras- cality must be accounted for in the courts. Let them know that arrests will follow ballot-box trickery of any sort. Give wrong-doers of the past fair notice to quit and if they persist lock them up and see that they are fully prosecuted.
 For this purpose organization is ], better. It is absolutely needed in some counties, and there is not county in the State that cannot be- benefited through an Honest Election League. Put the rascals out.
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
The Seaboard Air Line.

"The Seaboard Air Line Company will run its trains into Birmingham some tirne within the next fifteen or eighteen months, but just how I am not prepared to say" remarked a wide-awake citizen yesterday.
 "A great many stories have been pr 'nted in the papers about the Seaboard Air Lines plans for reaching this city, but some of them have been so improb- able as to be absurd.
 "In the first place. the Seaboard Air Line will have no trouble about terminal facilities here. It will not have to slip in or sneak in or resort to any policy of mystery so far as entering the city goes.
 "Vice President Barr, who has charge of the operations of the Seaboard Air Line and who has great deal to do with shaping its general policy, does not hesitate to say that he will have tracks here in the not far distant future. It may be that it's trains will first come to Bir- mingham over the East and West road. But a shorter route will be selected in course of time. if not at the start.
 ''The Birmingham and Atlanta Air Line Company, chartered in this city a few months ago, Is likely to be the Sea boards permanent route from Atlanta to Birmingham. This line has already been surveyed at cost of s1o,OOO. From Bir- mingham this projected line is to run a little to the south, just as the Southern Railways line runs a little to the north It is believed the work of construction will be under way before next summer"
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after no faster than the rest of the country. But the most astonishing fact consisted in the statement that the North, full of large cities and mills and gaining directly from immigra- tion, is actually growing slower than the South. This news came as a sur prise to both sections.
 In trying to explain this change Director Merriam says the large cities in the North are growing much faster than those of the same size in the South, but that this difference is bal anced by an extremely rapid growth of small towns and cities in the South and by the high rate of increase of the Southern rural population. He pre- sents these interesting figures:
 The per cent. of increase of population living in places of sizes indicated from 1s90 by sections:
 25OOO and over. North. 42.2; South, 91.0 West, 47.3; fin United States, 41.o.
 5000 to 25OOO, North. 22.7; South, 269; West, 17.9; in United States. 23.1.
 4.OO0 to 5000 North, ZIG; South. S7S; West 507; in United States. 3G.7.
 Incorporated places of less than 4,- Ooo. North. 27.9; South i44; West 465; in United States 33.0.
 Rural. North, 12 South, 17.9; West, 22.0; in United States, 9.4.
 These facts show that the South is in the much sounder condition, for the rural population is handsomely increasing in the South, while in the North it is at a standstill. It further shows that the smaller towns In the South are exceptionally prosperous, and that the larger towns only are tagging. Town congestion prevails at the North, while in the South the rural population is increasing steadily and handsomely. We trust the re- verse will never be the case in this section.
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of Birmingham, which takes in a much city by the census report of 1900. In ad- dition thereto. a large percentage of the arrests made by the police force of Bir. mingham come from an element dumped on us from all parts of the State without our consent. I refer to the convict class,
 who invariably remain in this county af- ter they have served their terms at either Pratt or Coalburg until again arrested Tor the commission of some other crime.
 The records in the sheriffs office will Fear me out in the assertion that fully 30 per cent of the convicts liberated at either Pratt or Coalburg who remain here are returned to either place within year of their liberation for the commis- sion of some other crime and that a large proportion of the arrests made by the police of Birmingham are from among the population of the outlying dls- tricts. hence Birmingham should not be chargeable with percentage of crime based on a population of 10000, when as a matter of fact the record of 10.009 comes from arrests made from a population of fully 100000 people. 1t is but fair to Bir- mingham that this statement should be made in order that the outside world, which is not familiar with conditions as they exist, may be informed of our true position, thereby correcting any errone- ous impression they may get of our moral status by a comparison of the great num- Der of arrests with the census reports of 1900. FRANK P. O'BRIEN.
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
Books Instead of Turnlps.

Let us hope the marketmen will not accept the narrow quarters offered them in the new city hall. The al- lotted space is not large enough to acdpmmodate them, and the city can not afford to perfume the new building with the scent of stale meats and vegetables.
 That space is needed for a public library, and to hand it over to other purposes would be the sorriest sort of economy. A public library is no longer a public convenience-it has well-nigh become a public necessity. If the space in question is not handed over to a public library, then the city will be compelled to build a library building at an expense far ex- ceeding that of the space rejected by the marketmen There must be Riblic library in this town, and that, too, very soon. This is the 99th town in size in the country, and it is safe to say the 98 larger towns each and all have public libraries. For that matter hundreds of smaller towns have them, and as things are going this town will soon have an unenvi- able reputation in that respect. Peo- pie will come to think that we do not want books because we do not or cannot read them.
 It is the best economy to hand over the market space in the city hall to library purposes. It will hold at least 25,000 volumes, and 25,O00 volumes well selected and well maintained will meet the bookish needs of tue people Of this town, The High School Lii brary consists of about 10000 volumes
 and the other 15,O00 volumes can be quickly gathered.
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
Senor " "A1accaroni" and the Yellow Yawp"
 Entertain the Famous Grid Iron Club

Washington, Jan. 25.-The black and white flag of the Grid Iron Club fioated over the Arlington Hotel all day and tonight the Washington correspondents composing that famous organization as sembled beneath their emblem for the seventeenth annual dinner More than two hundred gentlemen gathered in the handsomely decorated banquet hall and for four hours were entertained with the many interesting and unique features of a grid iron dinner. The menu was a newspaper, "The Yellow Yawp." It was pertinent and impertinent allusions to guests and public affairs.
 One of the best features was "A Coun- try School" in which a grid iron class gave an exhibition. answering questions upon various timely topics. which usual ly turned into jokes upon some of the guests. The school had songs. recita- tions and compositions for the same pur- pose. "Senor Maccaroni," personated by a m ember of the club. gave an exhibition of wireless telegraph pictures. showing amusing cartoons of a number of public men and their close connection with re- cent events.
 The selection of a delegation to wei come Prince Henry afforded an oppor- tunity for more fun at the expense of men who are prominent in public life. Reciprocity was given a hearing and de- nied to all nations except Cuba and pre- sented to her in the form of balloon, which ascended to the ceiling as soon as Cuba reached for it. "The Previous Question was enforced by a member in executioners' robes and mask and no speaker was allowed to exceed the limit. General James H. Wilson was presented with proper costume to wear as an ambassador to the coronation of King Edward and Captain c. F. Clark, for merly of the Oregon, the ambassador for the navy was given an ovation as he was hero over whom there was no dis pute.
 There were a number of excellent speeches, President Roosevelt, Postmas- ter General Payne. Senator elect Cor man, Senators Hanna, Platt of Connecti-
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
Warned Against Liturgy.

'Dr. A. L. Phillips, general superin- tendent of Sunday schools and young peoples societies in the Southern Pres byterian Church. delivered lecture at Union Theological Seminary in Rich mond few days ago in which he cau- tioned the students against the introduc- tion of liturgical services" said a Bir- mingham man who takes a deep interest in church work.
 Nearly all of the Protestant bodies are falling more and more into the litur- gical line and in some of them it is op- tional whether the pastor uses full liturgy or not. Many Episcopal churches are almost as liturgical as the Catholic Church, and many of the Methodist churches are as liturgical as the low Church of England.
 ..The Presbyterians, like the Baptists, got far away from the old forms and cere- monies. but not a few Presbyterian di- vines In scotland and the United States,
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
The Late pr. Broun.

Dr., William LeRoy Broun was not only a great educator but a man of gen ial spirit and broad sympathies," said an alumnus of Auburn last night.
 While physics was his speciality Dr. Broun was a literary man and was ex- ceptionally fond of Shakespeare, Scott, Thackery and Dickens. These authors he had at his tongues end and quoted them often in Illustrating truths in the realm of physics. Dr. Broun was also racon- teur. Few men could tell better stories or tell them with more zest.
 Like all learned men in science Dr. Broun believed in the principle of evolu- tion. but unlike some of them he re- tained his faith in the Christian religion. He was an earnest Episcopalian and of ten read the service in the church. With him sceience was one thing and faith was another"
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
The Princes Sundays.

Ut seems that Prince Henry is not the church goer that his brother, the Elm peror, Is, for no church service is includ- ed in the schedule for the three Sundays he is to spend in the United States said a minister of the gospel yesterday.
 "The Emperor is seemingly very de- vout man. He not only attends church regularly on Sundays but he occasionally breaches from the pulpit. Every speech he makes has a religious flavor. Ger many Is full of agnosticism, but the Elm peror goes along on the old lines of evan geic Christianity without being upset by the so-called higher criticism All this may be affected to be sure, but so far as the world knows William is thoroughly in earnest.
 "Phince Henry is no doubt a good Christian at heart. and is probably a church goer at home. He may think a quiet Sunday outside of church is best in a strange land"
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
THE rIURrTUR OF THE WORLD.
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elor or two and there are many widow CTS, but they are past the age of theatre parties and dances. Connected with Congress are a considerable number of young men who have positions of their own in society and enjoy it. But all the higher officials in the great departments are married and most of them elderly.
 Generally speaking, the people of Washington and the clerks in the great departments have no connection with off, ficial society.
 And thus we have the manlessness of society from the marriageable girls view point. The men of importance, almost all of whom have families, do not bring their sons to Washington, except in rare instances, and that accounts for the com parative scarcity of young men. The sons are at home, while the fathers enjoy society as relaxation from official cares. Fathers and daughters are plentiful on all occasions. as are mothers, the fathers making merry with girls as young as their own daughters and daughters happy with men as old as their fathers This will strike the new observer as being odd, and then he finds it interesting.
 On such occasions as great balls young society men in large numbers come hither from Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, and then the girls have their own way. t-
 Southern girls remark upon what they consider the great number of good-look- ing men and the few really pretty women seen in the streets and other public places. Yet in a mans view pretty women are seen in multitudes. All the types of this country adorn Washington. The fair and gentle Southerner with her exquisite ly soft voice, which seems to be always saying good mawnin'' is fit counterfeit for the majestic Westerner with her twang and her stride and roses in her cheeks; and foil to both is the rosy New Englander with her slimness and her Rs and Gs. and the clear-eyed. trim and athletic New Yorker, who, however we'll bred she be, seems to sound the name of her town as Moo Yark just as she says Noopert.
 But they are lovely and altogether charming, all these types of the incom- parable American girl-the brightest and most charming in the world to be sure. The typical American man hasn't got anything about his physical makeup toN cause him to admire himself he is by no means the highest development of man: but his womenfolk, his mother. sister, sweetheart, daughter, aunt and cousin these are the elect of the earth tram scendantly lovely, good and lovablel
 The Master will pardon America of many sins because of America's angel women.
 Everybody has sweetheart. every body says" and that sweetheart Is not in the moon. She is in America! @ LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER. '
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
Care of Confederate Veterans.

When Congressma Rixey of Virginia proposed that the United States sol, dier homes be opened to all veterans of the civil war, Union or Confederate, on like terms, there arose a debate that was full of human kindness, full of patriotism, full of brotherly love- MT. Rixey's statistics were very sound He showed that of the s145,000,000 paid each year to old soldiers a good part came from lean Southern pockets, and yet not a cent of it goes to the old soldiers who fought on the other side in the civil war.
 All these things are very true-all very pertinent perhaps, and persua- sive, ebut nevertheless the facts re- main that the soldiers of the Confed. eracy would not be at home in federal homes, and that the aid they need should come from their own people. Pretty speeches cannot set aside in. exorable facts. Logic and statistics cannot overcome due pride and a reasonable sub-consciousness. Despite the fact that the South is taxed to pay pensions to one million persons and to keep in homes 45,000 more, yet no Confederate soldier will knock for admission at one of those homes.
 But if the fraternal feeling should increase 1t may be that homes will be built by the government for helpless Confederate veterans, and there is no reason why the veterans should refuse to accept the hospitalities and aid thus separately extended by common country.
 Until this be done the Southern peo- pie should and assuredly will provide up to their means for the disabled Con- federate soldier. We are quite sure," says the New Orleans Times Demo- crat, "the world will pardon the South ern people if they prefer, out of their comparative poverty. to shelter the heroes who lived and were ready to die for their country. There are some
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manless society of this capital of the nation; and that fact was meant to be stated in the outset of this murmuring, but the necessity of women to men and men to women in the problem of the worlds happiness forced itself to the dominion of a mind that is largely filled with thoughts of goodness and glory of women.
 It will astonish you to know that the higher society of Washington is dis tresingly manless. It is almost as bad as a summ CT resort on a weekday. There are no men," the women say, and that is a subject upon which they are confessedly infallible.
 At every White House reception to so- ciety there are maidens who are manless. It is a constant experience there to see young women who are fit for a throne lettering majestically in the wake of mama and papa, while beautiful girls who are manless swarm in twos, threes. lives, any number. Here and there are seen young school girls in short skirts being allowed by indulgent parents their first glimpse of the world of society, and apparently surprised, and apprehensive of their young men. Graybeards and other elderly heads of families,. fat and lean, valuable and silent are too plenti- full perhaps; but the men girls wish to meet are few, very few.
 The loveliness of woman is upon wo- man wasted. The few girls who are ac- companied by men are with them ordi- narily throughout the evening, for a man could not with entire propriety lose sight of a girl for whom he was responsible in such large and crowded assemblage: he might have great difficulty in finding her to say nothing of her reasonable em- barassment.
 The White House receptions begin at 9 o'clock in the evening. but most other receptions are held in the afternoon and at them men are even scarcer than at the Presidents. Som etimes a drawing room will be crowded with women with but two or three unmarried men. There are no men," is ever the plaint.
 That there are some girls especially charming who always have men in eager attendance upon them is as true of Washington as 1t is of any and every other community; but the ordinary att tractive girl has little chance here, for the men are not here for them to charm
 This man1essness of Washington as 1t appears to the society girl is easily ex- plained. The White House makes so- ciety here and society is therefore off, cial though in 1t are many winter resi- dents of the capital who are not con- nected with official life. In this official life going to make society there are very few unmarried men, young or otherwise Amongst the four hundred and fifty who constitute the two houses of Congress there are, of course, no young men in the society sense. There may be bach
The age-herald., 1902-01-26
A Historical Matter.

When Charles Francis Adams, a de
 scendant of two Presidents, showed ] by indubitable evidence that but for the decision of Gen. Robert E. Lee just before Appomattox the South
 would have been rent and torn and devastated by guerrilla warfare, like that now raging in South Africa, the country was not a little surprised. The subject has since been fully dis
 cussed, sometimes with fairness, but
 oftener with bitterness and sectional feeling, and the concensus of opinion Is that Mir Adams told the truth, and no doubt history will so state, and stb honor the great commander.
 The position taken has been espe- cfally assailed in the North, where 1t has been asserted that the South was in the spring of 1865 heartily tired of the war-tired of President Davis, and completely exhausted. The South never was exhausted to the point that the Boers are and have long been, and yet the latter fight on, and so could the South have fought on; and as to Jefferson Davis no man was re. : ceived with more enthusiasm and pop ular acclaim than he was wherever he appeared in the years intervening I between the war and his death. The late Confederate President was the 1Sol of the Southern people.
 Beyond all reasonable doubt, MT. Adams brought out and established an2 important and interesting piece of history-one that will rebound to the honor of the commander of the Army oS Northern Virginia-one, too, that history will accept as the reason of the quick ending of civil war and the speedy acceptance by the South of ats4 plain results. It was the very essence of patriotism and good sense, and General Lee will be honored on account of it by just men in all parts of the country.