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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
DISCUSSION OF RECENT
INCIDENT IN SMART SET
From the Louisville courier-Journal.

From the Louisville CourierJournal
Tile newspapers are making an ado
(OD over an incident which came to
pass at Delmonico's the other
evening, where, at a function of some
members of the smart set, a colored lady
became the piece of resistance, as We
Irish say
1t is due the truth of history to OBJ
serve that the colored lady was not among
the originally invited guests. In point of
fact. she belonged to a company of show
people exhibiting in one of the Broadway
theatres and came to instruct the swells
in the mysteries of the cake walk. They
took such a liking to her, however, that
the line of distinction was quickly oblit-
Grated the host leading the Queen of
Midnight through the giddy mazes of
the dance and the lily white bellies of
the court circle making her at home and
inviting her to other entertainments book
ed then and there and pledged in fagons
of foamng champagne.
The Courler-Journal Is asked by sew
eral of its esteemed contemporaries for
an expression of opinion upon the new
departure.
1t is not, we take leave parenthetically
to remark, altogether a new departure
Several OF the swells named as of those
present. are known to have acted with
in their rights If questioned, these
might trace their own origin back to the
rich red blood of Ethiopia-nor. In some
cases. very far back sither-and they ala
but honor their race In honoring the dusky
representative of the vaudeville stage.
The Courfer-Journal is not engaged In
the work of sensational specification. 1t
leaves that to the yellow journals If 1t
had meant to reduce great ethical ques-
tion to the dimensions of vulgar scam
DIAL. II had examples in plenty. Without
any effort, or connlyance on it's part the
truth OF all it has said of the self-elected
smart Set is being constantly illustrated
and enforced. and, If 1t thought it needed
any vindication, II might we'll rest upon
the continuous performances from Cairo
to Newport from Dresden to Buffalo, and
all around the circle of swelldom, be-
tween Hell and the Iron Works
Our appellants are hypercritical. That
little colored stunt at Demonico's is but
a trihe odorous as it may seem to out
siders, 1t was quite in the family. Now,
as of old the poet may sing:
You may break, you may shatter, the
vase as your will,
But the scent of the niger will hang
around still"
1t was hardly 30 bad as the Seeley
dinner and. we are told, Is to be re-
peated at sherry's and the waldorf-As-
toria- And why not? Fashion some-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Spring.

According to the almanac the season
of spring began at six minutes past
o'clock Saturday afternoon. and will last
nlnety-three days, seven hours and fifty
minutes, ending on June %, when sum-
mer is scheduled to take its place re-
marked New York man. but in point
of fact the real spring this year began
with the month which is commonly re-
garded as the first of the spring months.
March showed its lions teeth only a
day or two at the opening, and then came
a series of balmy days in which nature
seemed to awake from her winter sleep
and the revivifying of green things be-
gan. While those who regard an early
spring pesmistically have not failed to
predict that that with April weather in
March there will surely be March weather
in April. there is nothing as yet to con-
firm their forebodings."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
The crawfords of Brooklyn.
Parls Correspondenoe.

From Paris Correspondence.
During the recent examination of the
documents found in the house of the
fiumberts in the Avenue de la Grande
Armee. M. Leydet. the JUICE d'instruction,
brought to light curious fact. He found
that papers signed by the mysterious
Crawfords. and sent to lawyers acting for
them In France, had been originally for
warded to America from the chief Paris
residence of the Humberts. These papers
were also letters containing instructions
and also powers of attorney, or other le-
gal notices. The documents were for
warded from Paris to Brooklyn West,
and the envelopes were marked with the
number of postofficel in that locality.
At Brooklyn West the papers were re-
ceived by an agent of the Humberts, who
sent them to the French solicitors or no.
taries supposed to be acting for the
Messrs. Crawford. NJ Leydet also found
that these transatlantic communications
| ceased after the Humberts left Paris for
Madrid. Nine. Humbert herself has been
reexamined about the Crawfords but she
still maintains her obstinate reticence,
and continues to assert that she will only
speak out at her trial. All she would say
was that the Crawfords. whom she intro
duced to the lawyers and others at her
house, were genuine brothers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Definition of a Word.

Here is one derivation of the word
canard. said a literary man.
"A canard means, in French, a duck;
in English 1t has come to mean a hoax
or fabricated newspaper story. It's origin
is amusing. About fifty years ago a
French journalist contributed to the
French press an experiment of which he
declared himself to have been the au-
thor. Twenty ducks were placed together
and one of them, having been cut up into
very small pieces. was gluttonously COB
bled up by the other nineteen.
Another bird was then sacrificed for
the remainder. and SO on, until one duck
was left which thus contained In its in
side the other nineteen. This, the journal
list ate. The story caught on and was
copied into all the newspapers of Eu-
rope. And thus the 'canard became inn
mortalized.
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Good Joke.

Il saw a good one played on a news
paper man yesterday" said a pedestrian.
u. ]. Ashton, purchasing agent of the
Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company,
met this newspaper man in the corridor
of the Woodward building and asked him
il he didn't want some news, and was
even kind enough to hand his friend a
pencil to write 1t with.
"He then started off giving some ficti-
tious item and his victim started to write.
THE pencil, instead of the regular
graphite, contained black India rubber
on the inside, and writing with 1t was a
good deal like trying to write with a
rubband band.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

times takes its cue from politics, and.
until the end of the national convention
period of next year, the colored brother
will be in evidence-why not the colored
sister? What is sauce for the gander is
good enough sauce for the goose. Be-
sides, the colored lady is yet a novelty
in society, and the swells-bored with
routine-naturally preferring gamey
diet-cannot be blamed if they establish
the cake-walk as a regulation feature of
their functions, particularly when the
recognition of Dnah will fatter the
racial prediction of Gwendolen and
Maud Thus blood, which is said to be
thicker than water, promises to become
at least as thick as champagne.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Census Losses in Counties

Sixty-four counties in this state
showed in the census report of 1900
handsome gains over the figures Of
1S90-gains ranging from 51,919 in
jefferson to 23S in Coosa and 254 in
Barbour All the other counties but
two showed increases exceeding 1000,
up to Jefferson's great figures. But
there were two counties that actually
lost population in the decade These
were Cleburne, which lost ~ people,
and Lawrence, which lost COL. 1t is
difficult to account for these losses
when the whole state showed gain
in population of 315,6S0, or more than
20 per cent.
But similar losses occurred in other
states, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Edward After Two Years on Throne


Sidney Brooks In Harper's Weekly.
King Edwards accession marked time
of amnesty. The past was put away and
forgiven. If not wholly forgotten. The
indiscretions Of youth which we're neith-
er few nor of little moment were buried
out of sight, and the country entered on
the new reign with full confidence that
King Edward would not prove second
Charles, What Is pardonabe In a
Prince of Wales cannot be condoned In a
king, was the text of the many SER
mons with which the English press paved
the new monarchs way. Whether the
sermons were taken to heart and acted
upon by their recipient is a point on
which there are more opinions than one.
London clubmen and society leaders
will smile IL you put 1t to them, and
will answer with an indignant and unan-
imous ''Yesi" What, at any rate, Is GER
tain is that veil Is drawn and that the
king is very much more tender of popu-
lar susceptibillties than he used to be-
That perhaps Is as much as one can ex-
pect of a king these days. 1t Is certainly
enough to satisfy England which is not
an exacting country below the surface
and will forgive man almost anything
If he will only take the precaution to at
tend church regularly People generally
have quite made up their minds that the
wild oats period is definitely over, and
that nothing now remains to Cause I'M
easIness. That there used to be -uneasi-
ness is undeniable. Indeed. for many
years, Queen Alexandra as Princess OF
Wales had considerably more OF the af-
fections and esteem of the country than
her husband. But now the king is COM
pletely re-established. and has hold
over his subjects that 1t would be diff
cult to exaggerate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
New Cornaratinn Bills

Governor jerks has signed eight of
the bills presented by Senator Hall,
merchant and sawmill owner OF Mont
gomery Hill, and there are two more
bills that go over to the September
session. These bills have not attracted
much attention, but they are neverthe-
less far-reaching, and they may render
Alabama the parent home of corpora
tons, second only to New Jersey.
These bills are extremely liberal to
incorporators, enabling them to form
or alter corporations in any way al
most they prefer and on easy terms
One of them authorizes a corporation
to increase its capital stock up to $10,-
100000, and to decrease it at will,
either at the demand of a majority
vote of stockholders. The bill, how
ever, provides that neither stock
nor bonds shall be issued except for
money, labor done, or money or prop
erty actually received, and all fictitious
increase of stock or Indebtedness shall
be void This, however, will not pre-
vent water" for property" and
''work" can be valued to suit the
wishes of incorporators.
Another bill permits corporations to
be merged by majority vote of stock,
provided two-thirds of the stockholders
in number assent, and the charters OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
BASIS OF A SELECT LIBRARY.

Richard LIE Gallienne in April Success.
/ think that a limit of three books will
usually allow a very fair representation
of a novelist. For instance, Thackeray
Is fairly represented by Vanity Fair"
Henry Esmond" and "Pendennis" and
Dickens by "Pickwick," David Copper
field" and Martin Chuzzlewit." Walter
Scott would not suffer by one choosing
"Ivanhoe," THE Bride of Lafnmermoor"
and 1.-THE Heart of Midlothian" Tom
Jones" would suffice for Fielding, and
pride and Prejudice" for Jane Austen
THE Mill on the Floss" for George Eliot
and "The Ordeal of Richard Feverel' for
George Meredith. Taking only the great
| outstanding figures, Tolstoi need only be
present with Anna Karenina" and War
and Peace" and Emile Zola with say
Drink" and THE Dream" "The Three
Musketeers' and the Count of Monte
Cristo" would suffice for Alexandra Du-
mas, and Les Mserables'' and "Notre
Dame de Paris" for Victor Hugo. 1t is
harder to say Of the vast mountain range
of Balzac ON what particular peaks our
choice should fall, but probably here
again the most popular books win prove
the most typical--"Le Pere Goriot," "Eu-
gene Grandet' and 1.-THE ASS Skin"
| am not, 1t must be understood. maxi
ing any list of books without which,"
as the booksellers say, no genteman's
library Is complete" l am only taking
a few standard authors for the purpose
of illustrating principle of selection
which mist perforce operate in a small
library If our library does not can
not contain the best books 1t must GER
tainly contain some of them, and, how
ever idiosyncratie its owner, 1t must bear
the stamp of a general distinction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Picture Postal Cards.


Il saw on sale at one of the news
stores some time ago Birmingham souVe-
mir postal cards. said b steiner nut
I find none here now. The eards con
tanned pictures of blast furnaces ana per
haps over feature industries. sneh ear"s
should be on sale at all the hotel news
stands Visitors to Birmingham would
use them freely.
For years picture postal cards nave
prevailed in European small towns con-
ducing to the promotion Of their pun
licity. and hundreds Of American VISITORS
collect them as they go about and make
them into Interesting albums when they
get home. In America We seem to be
behind the times.
These cards can be furnished by local
dealers at cost of from 1 cent each up
ward, and 1t only costs cent more 10
mail them. For / cent postage they may
be sent to any part of the world II there
is no writing on them, and a cent VIII
carry them anywhere in America with as
much writing as can be laid on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
The ornhana, Home.

The ladies' of st. Pauls church are or
ganizlng to give a grand bazaar soon at
ter Easter for the benefit of the Orphans
home at East Lake The orphanage will
be furnished in comfortable style and
will be conducted by the Sisters of Char
ity
The ladies' hope to realize a large sum
in their entertainment, and they will not
he disappointed. Something like $4,000
will be required to start the institution.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Sportsman in Maine.

Next seasons hunting In Maine VIII
have to be done under a license from
the state commissioners of fisheries and
game, for which the nonresident sports
man must pay SIS said well Informed
sportsman. 1.-THE law, which has Just
become operative by executive approval,
provides that the commissioners, with the
approval of the governor and council, are
authorized to establish regulations for is
suing the licenses. Applications for IL
censes must be made in writing. All
money received for licenses is to be PAID
to the state treasurer and be used by the
commissioners under the direction of the
governor and council for the protection
of moose and deer. The commissioners
have authority to adjust and pay out OF
the funds received for the licenses actual
damage done growing crops by deer. This
is a step toward reform which has long
been urged by New England sportsmer.
The Maine commissioners look for a reve-
nue. of $4,000 next season from licenses.
This is on a basis of 1000 huntsmen from
outside"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Counties Lose:

Illinois is very prosperous state,
and yet six of her counties lost popula
ton, and in imperial New York twenty
two counties scored losses. In Texas
thirteen counties had only decreases to
show, and SO on to the end of the list
Illinois, New York and Texas are GER
tainly states in which no decadence is
taking place, and yet in each were
counties that were retrogressive In
population in 1900 at least.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

FROM the New York Press
You can never make woman see that
1t is lie just the same II it sounds well
to tell.
The things that a bachelor does not
know about married women they will
manage to teach him.
When woman gets out of bed on a
freezing night to shut the window, 1t
takes a husband to snore loudly when he
Is SO cold he hasn't been able to sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
This Age of limitations.
From Judge.

From Judge.
You deny said the upright judge,
'fhat you are a combination in restraint
of trade and yet you acknowledge that
you have cornered the entire supply OF
imitation silks
I'VE acknowledge that your honor"
smiled the president of the combine. .bur
the law only takes cognizance of realities.
We contend that we are merely an imi-
tation silk trust"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Lost Opportunities.
From Bits

nIoih lll-bils.
Two newspaper boys witnessed a per-
formance of Hamlet" In the last scene.
aIter Hamlet has killed Laertes and the
KING and the queen have died of poison
and Hamlet of a poisoned wound, one
Of the boys exclaimed:
Il say, Jim. what a fine old time that
must have been for extra specialist
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
THE WHITE LAWSON is QUEEN.
A New carnation Blossom Has Taken
All the Floral Honors.
PROM the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
The white lawson carnation is the
queen of the springs new blossoms. All
the florists are talking about it. all the
flower fanciers are trying to buy 1t.
The new queen came from Long Island.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

The Colombians have all the litera-
ture they will need this year If they
attempt to read all the speeches made
on the canal delivered in the American
senate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
About Persons.

James w. Orr of Richmond is at the
Hillman.
G. Whitfield of Demopolis is stopping at
the Morris.
Frank N. Julian of Tuscumbia is at the
Metropolitan.
NJ. l.. Anders of Springfield, ILL.,, is at
the Hillman.
S. D. Lazier and family of Belleville,
Canada, are at the Morris.
Paul Roberts and S. j. Bowie of Annis-
ton are at the Metropolitan.
]. e. Duckworth and wife Of New Or
leans are at the Hillman.
s. w. Crook of Gadsden Is at the Morris.
Gordon DuBose of Columbiana is at the
Metropolitan.
w. b. Gilman. who is connected with
the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron COM
pany at Sheffield. is with his mother at
East Lake, who is i'll.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

Hinky Dink again proposes to gather
in aldermanic honors In his adopted
city. That city seems to be acquiring
the Hinlly, Dinll habit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

The Panama hat will be unusually
popular this summer, but every man
who wears one will not be Panama
canal contractor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
HoBsoN's CHOICE.

From the Admission Evening Star.
Hobsons choice just now seems to be
Bankhead's seat in congress. but II will
require lively campaign to bring it
about
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

The death damages paid by the New
York Central railroad on account of
the tunnel accident already exceed
100000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

Jingc's death was caused either by
separation from his helpmeet in the
London zoo or by the parting verses
OF Punch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

The old woman who lived in a shoe
lived in China, and President Roosevelt
seems to want her to immigrate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

The Presidents itinerary stirs up the
politicians along the route more than
1t does the bears at the end of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

Tom Johnson of Cleveland and
Golden Rule Jones of Toledo have both
been renominated and both will be
reelected
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

The esteemed Cleveland journalists
have whitfield their hero's age down to
&c, when he is in the 6Sth year of his
age.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

st. Louis new boom is to be of the
boarding house variety, with plenty of
bugs thrown in.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
WILL He WEAR 1T

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Senator Morgan may as well don .
Panama hat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

The Burdick case affords many
women to the acre.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

Addicks understudy is earning the
senatorial salary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

Articles on the outlook for 1904 have
sad way of late of overlooking the
name of David Bennett Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

The Americans should not be start
led If the ghost of De Lesseps appears
to them at Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

Governor Yates is very popular IN
all states except Illinois.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

It is no longer high tide at Memphis,
that town having passed 1t along to
vicksburg and New Orleans. No town
wants It.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

Major Plimley is the victim of an
aristocratic administration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

Venezuelan designations do not
count.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

That seyen-ton elephant that died for
love at sea may become a mermaid
OF a derelict.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

President Castro will issue on Thurs
day a new and improved kind Of resig-
nation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

West End park is beginning to re-
acquire the baseball habit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

Mr.. Cleyeland's presidential boom is
still confined to Park Row, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

The hard coal report came too long
after the strike to create a sensation.
Evening journal., 1903-03-26
sHAD FISHERMEN ARE
HAVING GOOD LUCK
Funeral of Young Graham
viii Be Held Tomorrow
Afternoon
speeIal 10 IA Eveninr Ionrnal

Special to the Evening Journal
New Castle. March 26.-Almost all
the fishermen of this city who intend
fishing have their nets all ready for
business. The catches yesterday were
very large, one boat bringing ashore
sixty-four shad Numerous others made
small catches.
The funeral OF John Graham. who
died in the Delaware Hospital viii
mlngton, will be held tomorrow after
noon ut O'Clock. The services will be
held in Emmanuel Church. The pupils
Of the High School. Of which he was
member. VIII send a fine lot of flow
ers.
New overhead switches are being
pghced in service on the local trolley
line at the switches between this city
and Wilmington. There also will be
one placed at Rodgers siding on the
Delaware City road.
The Rev. G. w. Prettyman. the new
pastor of Nazareth M. E. Church. will
preaeh in that church at the Sunday
morning service.
a. dangerous hole has been washed
out of the centre of the roadway OF.
posite the gate leading to the Tomar
| farm, on the Newport road.
Presiding Elder and Mrs. William G
IIoOns arrived here yesterday from tn,
Conference held at Easton. Nd. anS
left again today for that place.
t James T. Biggs has been mentionc'
? as a candidate for the Trustee Of III,
1 Commons.
3 John Becker who has been Ill will
e typhoid fever, is able to sit up in hi
r room.
Harry Rothrock is also improving.
e Mrs. Henry Wilhelme was in Phila
). delphia yesterday visiting her littl
n daughter, who recently underwent a.
|, operation for spinal trouble. She vii
/. retu1n home in about o week. com
t pletely cured.