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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
Southern Negroes at Panama.

There are those who think the Pan
anna canal can readily be constructed
by means of laborers drawn from the
gulf states, but this is mistaken
view OF the situation. Nothing of the
sort is feasible. The negro of these
states could not stand the climate and
malaria of the isthmus, having been
born and reared in healthful districts
in the temperate zone. A southern
farm laborer can stand a great deal
of sunshine, but he is not accustomed
to the weather conditions of the canal
strip, and he would not do much labor
there Many would die there.
Nor is this ALL There is no surplus
of labor in the gulf states. There is
an absolute deficiency in this district,
and labor could not be taken from
these states at low rates of pay, or
at all without disturbing the labor
situation in these states. Nor is this
all The negroes of the gulf states
cannot be induced to face the fevers
of the isthmus. They will not go in
considerable numbers. A few may be
willing to go, but they will demand
good pay.
The result will be that the labor
needed in the construction of the
canal will have to come in part from
Colombia and Central America, but
chiefly from the crowded islands of
the West Indies. No matter where it
comes from, it cannot at any rate be
drawn from the gulf states of this
country. Friction upon friction may
arise in connection with the race prob
lem but the fact will nevertheless
abide with us that the negro is here
to stay. Here his work will be done.
and here his children and his chill
dren's children will work out the race
problem, how or how soon no one
knows. But few or none of them viii
go off to the isthmus to dig the big
canal. This much is known The rest
of the race problem is unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
Musical Notes,

The Banda Rosa, which will be heard
in two rich programmes a the jefferson
next Thursday, is a symphonic organiza-
ton of rare excellence. 1t is indeed, in
the critical judgment Of many musicians.
the best brass and reed band that has
ever been heard in the United States.
st. Paurs choir is well advanced in the
study of Gounods Troisieme Messe Solen-
nellie to be sung on Easter. As a rule
the choir does not begin to rehearse the
Easter music until after Lent begins
but it started ON the Troisieme last fall.
intending to give it Christmas. The
Paulist mission In December interrupted
the rehearsals and for that reason it was
decided to transfer the new work to
Easter. 1t is a beautiful mass, one of the
most heavenly ever written. In addition
to this messe solennelle Rossini's "Innam-
atus' from "Stabat Mater will be sung
by Mrs. Putnam, accompanied by chorus
and orchestra
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
Consolidation of Iones Valley.

The Greater Montgomery bill is now
law. This will give Montgomery a
present population OF $4,000 and a
population in 1910 of, perhaps, 10000.
Under the last census Birmingham
was outranked by Mobile, and under
the next census it promises to be out
ranked by both Montgomery and Mo-
bile.
And yet Greater Birmingham con-
tains more population than Montgom-
cry and Mobile combined, and every
day is knitting the valley together
more solidly. The gaps are fast filling
up, and the entire valley will soon be
filled with people who earn more per
capita than those in any other COM
munity in the south. Now, why can
not these people so closely bound to-
gether by common drainage, common
water supply, common interests and
common troleys, be legally united,
thus gaining for each and all the adj
vantages that go with large popu.
lation?
The answer is not difficult The tax
dodger and few local office holders
are opposed to consolidation, and
Greater Birmingham thus becomes
difficult, if not impossible.
The subject is now before the peo-
pie of Jones valley and the legisla-
ture, and unless Birmingham is will
ing to accept third place under the
next census something must be done,
and that, too, speedily. Action must
come at the hands of the present leg
islature, for the next one will meet
close upon the taking of the next cen
sus. and consolidation cannot be per-
fected by one legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
Madame Davenport.

Madame Charlotte Goliere Davenport
of Paris and ST. Petersburg, who has
made so brilliant an impression in Bir-
mingham, gave a short talk Friday after
noon at the Cadmean circle. She holds
informal receptions every day in her
apartments at the Hillman. and as she
combines the wit and brilliancy and mag
netism of the French woman. and Incl
dentally tells many women how to retain
their charms, she is being greatly sought
after
Madame Davenport is considered one
of the leading thinkers OF this country.
In Boston. New York. Newport and
Tuxedo. she is familiar figure in the
exclusive set and has long been the
rage in the satin circle. Nearly forty
years ago she was the sensation of Eu-
rope for her marvellous skill in fencing.
She has too sons in the Paris salon,
and her family is a distinguished one.
Madame Davenport will leave Wednes-
day for Knoxville and will return to
New York early in Lent
Her talk to have been given tomorrow
evening at the Pollock-stephens institute
has been postponed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
apIckp Johnston as 4 HumorIst.

LIN JOHHSlOn aS . tiN'iSt
"one of the most laughable things /
ever saw was Dick Johnston's rendition
at the Press club entertainment of Mayor
Drennen's acting as Trebonius in an am
ateur production Of Julius Caeser in this
city several years ago" said an old citi-
zen last night.
ITO see Mel in the role Of a Roman was
ludicrous in the extreme. and Mr.. John-
ston's imitation was almost perfect. one
who saw Mr.. Drennen, George Ward ana
others on that memorable occasion can
fully appreciate Mr. Johnstons 'take-on'
and as Mr. Johnston himself was a mem
Der of that famous troupe of amateur
histriones, it is made even more ridicu-
lous. The colloquy between Ward and
Bremen behind the scenes as TO who the
crowd was laughing at was a rare piece
of humor. and that exclamation by Ire
bonius as to .Whur's Cassius atg' will
always be a signal for a laugh.
Mr.. Johnston's mimicry of Mr.. Dren-
mems walk and his accent IN those early
days. l think is one of the richest things
the Press club has ever sprung on its
honorary members"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
MORE WATER NEEDED.
BattIeshlp Alabama Cannot Enter Mo-
bile Bay.

From the Mobile Register.
number of Birmingham people write
that they are coming to Mobile next week
to see the United States battleship Ala
hama. 1t should be made known to them
that the Alabama will not be in Mobile
not even in Mobile bay; for the reason
that vessels drawing over twenty-four
feet cannot cross the outer bar into Mo-
bile bay.
In the lower bay, in the basin known
as the lower anchorage" there is thirty
feet and more depth of water, but this is
not available for the battleship, as there
is not over twenty-four feet on the outer
bar. AS the Alabama draws twenty-six
feet, she will not be able to enter the
waters of Alabama, but must anchor out
in the Gulf of Mexico, off Fort Morgan,
in waters that are often rough and to
small craft dangerous. particularly at
this season of the year.
This condition illustrates and makes
plain the need of a greater depth of water
over Mobiles outer bar. Frequently We
have steamships here that cannot take
on their full cargo and that leave here
without taking their full supply of bunker
Goals because they draw more water load
ed than we have in our channel or on the
outer bar.
The outer bar is narrow. 1t is believed
that a modern, deep-sea dredge could do
the work of deepening it in two or three
weeks time and the money, $4,000, has
been appropriated by congress for this
work; but the dredging contractors have
no suitable dredges for this kind of work
and will not undertake it. The govern
ment has some dredges that could do the
work. but they were built for special
work at the ports of Galveston and Sabine
Pass. and cannot be obtained for this
job now As 1t will cost about $4,000
to build such dregeboat as would be
required and as our appropriation is only
$4,000. the engineer in charge here can
not build the dredge; and. as such
dredge would not be a suitable one for
the work in the channel up through Mo-
bile bay. 1t would not be advisable to
build one for only few weeks service.
Captain Cosby. the efficient United
States engineer in charge here. has used
every effort to get this work DONE Our
congressman. Mr. George w. Taylor. has
made diligent efforts in the same direc-
ton. Captain Banner. the chairman of
our local joint committee, has been in
constant correspondence with the authori-
ties in Washington and here, and hopes
through the aid of the local committee,
to reach Galveston during the summer
This time the Alabama comes here on
pleasure bent. but suppose We were at
war and our navy wanted to come into
Mobile bay for coal. or supplies. or pro-
lection? What sort of fix would the navy
be in then? This IS something that should
be thought of in time of peace The ur-
gent thing however. Is the relief of our
commerce. This port needs the deeper
water-needs 1t badly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
PAPA MIRAsILls.

From the New York Sun.
Twenty-Five years ago the spokesman
of the Conclave, the Cardinal Dean. an
nounced to the multitude assembled in
front of st. Peters great joy: I'VE
have pope. Gioacehino Peeci, who as
sumes the name of Leo Kill
The marvellous old man has lived to
celebrate the twenty-ffth anniversary OF
his accession. and in the next few weeks
will also observe other extraordinary
.jubilees." and likewise his ninety-fourth
birthday. There is every prospect that
he will surpass the years Of Peter as they
were surpassed By mis- predecessor, Plus
TX.
Advanced years have had no effect on
Leo NILS administration of the Papacy,
the most active and vigorous pontifieate
in centuries. honored well nigh as much
by non-Catholics as by the Catholics
themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
WHAT 1T LACKED.

From the New York Mail and Express.
Ex-S Senator Pugh of Alabama is fami-
liar and highly respected figure In the
national capital. where he spends the
winter months. To a caller the other day
he recalled speech he made as repre-
sentative in the Thirty-sxth congress,
advocating the constitutional right of a
state to secede. from the Union.
Il was very proud of that speech, :"
said Mr.. Pugh. 1T received the unpre-
cedented compliment of being reprinted
in the London Times Soon after its
delivery, I called on President Buchanan
.Pugh' said he, I heard so much about
your speech that read it all through.
It's rhetoric and eloquence are fine. It's
only fault is that it is devoid of common
sense
Il thanked the President for his quail
fled compliment. OF course, didn't agree
with him then. But if 1 were to read
that old speech today l am inclined to
think that might admit that he was
right"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22

Sunday baseball, no doubt they will
have 1t. The Memphis of old was a
gay city, given beyond question to
chariot races and the like. 1t boosted,
too, bulls of high degree. but there is
no record that the ancient Memphians
INDUCED in bull fights, and it is GER
tain they never sanctioned Sunday
baseball, for no regulation balls have
been found in a mummified condition
in the tombs of their heroes. 1t is
reasonably clear, therefore, that they
had no grandstand pitchers. And,
alas. old Memphis fell into the hands
of the coons of those days, the Ethe-
opeans, and was turned into a rock
quarry to serve the needs OF Cairo
Let us not imagine. however. that
modern Memphis will be turned to
such base uses even to crafty Nash
Vile.
But all this is neither here nor
there. Memphis can have Sunday
baseball if it wants It. Birmingham
does not want 1t. Public sentiment in
this town is not built in that way, and
the local managers OF baseball have a
healthy respect for public sentiment.
They know that all shades of thought
and opinion here love baseball, ami
they do not propose to foster preju
dice and harm to themselves by at
tempting to introduce Sunday base
ball They propose to let well enough
alone, wholly regardless of what Men,
phis may or may not do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
RED-AEADEo BOYS AND GIRLS.

From the Philadelphia North American.
English scientists have been collecting
statistics regarding the aptitude Of
school children. Among the interesting
results of their observations are facts
which show relation between color of
the skin and hair and mental proficiency.
They say that the authenticated boys
are generally at the head of their recita-
ton classes, and that blond girls are
the best at learning.
The auburn and blond girls come out
best in arithmetic. but are not good at
composition. Dark-haired children Of
both sexes seem to have better imagina-
tive qualities than the fair ones, and have
much better style in composing The
dark boys behave better than the fair,
and are more sensitive to praise or
blame Probably the reason is that the
auburn and blond children. being Of
Flemish origin, are more phlegmatic than
the dark ones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER II ALAssMA
Spirit Of the Constitution.

The effort to keep Mayor Bremen
In office indefinitely is directly con-
trary to the spirit of the new eensti-
tuition, which Enthusiastically favors ro-
tation in office. 1t provides that the
governor. lieutenant governor, state
auditor, secretary of state, state treas
urer, superintendent of education and
commissioner of agriculture shall hold
office four years, and that not one of
them shall become his own successor.
Each must be content with term of
four years, and all the machines in
the world cannot add another day to
it. And so it is with the sheriff. He
can hold office four years and then he
must step down and out, making room
for some other citizen of the county.
The plain intent of these constitu-
tional provisions is to prevent ma
chine building, and while the letter of
Lie OISd11C law uOto AAOb apply " III
mayoralty, yet the spirit of that instru-
ment certainly does, and We will VIC
late that spirit and the wise policy
that permeates the new constitution
if we vote to keep the chief executive
officer of the city in office byond four
years. The chief executive officer of
the state and the chief executive Of
ficer of the county are ineligible as
their own successors, and the spirit
of this excellent provision should be
preserved in the chief executive Off
Ger of the city.
This subject was fully considered
by the trainers of the new constitu-
ton, and their deliberate Judgment
was sanctioned and ratified by the
people of the state. In substance it is
thus recorded that four-year term is
enough in the case of executive off
GERS, who have such ample opportu-
mites to build machines. If they must
go out of office at the end of four
years, there is no prize at stake that
would justify the expense and trouble
of machine building. None would be
constructed. No governor would build
a machine to be used by another
statesman. No sheriff would be so al
truistic as to build for a neighbor.
And if we limit our mayors to four
years not one of them will attempt
such a task. Other cities are cursed
with machines, and we should see to
it that the most promising city in the
southern country is not afflicted in a
like manner. We can best accomplish
this by giving our deserving mayors
four years in office, and no more.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
About Persona

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Order and Mrs.
Gray will leave Wednesday for Florida.
They will spend a day at Jacksonville.
Mrs. L. a. Shpman, and will then go to
Palm Beach, where they will be at the
Hotel Poinciana.
j. J. Gray, Jr.. manager of the furnaces
of the Sheffield Steel and Iron company at
Sheffield. was in the city yesterday.
j. L. A. Thomas. a large coal contrac-
tor of Dallas. Tex. was in Birmingham
yesterday.
William w. Thompson of Cleveland,
Ohio, is the guest of his brother, Mr. s.
E. Thompson.
Mr.. Rudolph c. Mehrtens of the United
States navy has been the guest of his
cousins, Mrs. S. E. Thompson, Mrs. Red
dinghaus and Miss Gehas. Mr.. Mehrtens
was on the Olympia with Admiral Dewey
during the battle of Manila.
President T. j. Simmons Of Shorter Fee
male college. and Mrs. Simmons, with a
party of young women, passed through
Birmingham last night on the Southern
en- route to New Orleans.
j. S, shannon of Carbon Hin is at the
Metropolitan.
J. L. McConaughty of Montevallo is
registered at the Morris.
W. B. Adams of Garnsey Is stopping at
the Hillman.
]. A. McClusky of Talladega is at the
Metropolitan.
John ]. Nolan of New York is stopping
at the Morris.
Among the Birmingham people in New
Orleans for the carnival are; Col. w. III.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT POLITICS
in BIRMINGHAM AND ELSEWHERE

were present the newspaper makers and
many of the leading citizens Of Birming-
ham. The newspaper boys attempted to
Jolly him; and they did. but Wardsproved
a match for all Of them. He made one
of the cleverest talks l ever heard. He
was jolly and witty and wise. He is
really an orator of no mean proportion.
man who can handle himself as well as
he did on this occasion. can speak with
credit on any occasion lie is young, it is
true. and he has made some mistakes
and some bad ones perhaps--in his polit-
ical career, in that he has antagonized
some of the leading interests of Birming-
ham: but I believe that if Ward is
elected mayor of Birmingham he will be
as conservative and as wise as any. busi-
ness man of this city could be in the Of
fee of mayor l don't believe that the
people of Birmingham will make any mis-
take in eleeting George Ward mayor.
The Press club smoker at which Ward
made the little talk I have just referred
to. was perhaps the brightest entertain
ment ever given in Birmingham. 1t was
purely informal, so to speak. The news
paper men of Birmingham simply met to-
gether to enjoy themselves; and they in
vited to meet vita them many of the
really bright people. of Birmingham. They
didn't have a banquet nor anything ex-
pensive. They simply had sandwiches and
cigars and some beer for those who might
like the brew of Birmingham But they
had wit and wisdom galore. They told
among themselves and to their friends in
both prose and poem what they thought
of Birmingham and the people who
make it.
As natter Of fact Birmingham really
has the cleverest and brightest set of ac-
tive newspaper workers that I know OF
in any city in the country. They know
lows when they see it, and they have
the cleverest conception of actual wit
and hunor to be found anywhere. 1t is
pleasure, really, to be with men who can
be witty without being wicked. There
vas not a word said that could net have
been said in the presence of ladies. and
yet every word said there afforded a
laugh or a serious thought. The men who
write the news for ewspapers-who tell
What they see and hear evefy day-can-
not always put into cold print just how the
everyday happenings impress them.
Therefore. occasionally the Press club
meets. and those who compose it tell
among themselves ard to their friends
the impressions made upon them of the
hs openings which they chronicle.
1t was indeed a treat to hear it, Those
who were not there missed the eleverest
show Birmingham has had this winter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Only brute will take kiss from
girl without pretending he had 10 steal it,
girl who can fill up her boot tops
just by sticking in her feet seldom minds
rainy weather.
A man who has nothing to lose is al
ways willing to arbitrate whether the
man who has something shall lose 1t.
When a woman's husband tells her he
has gone into district politics she begins
TO study up on White House etiquette.
Women who go in for holding offices
in societies and leagues would do better
for their country by holding chairman
ships Of large-sized families of children.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
Pay of Legislators.

In New York the Legislators are
paid $1,000 a year, and in llll-
nois $1,000. Whereas in Alabama
they are paid but 5000 in four years.
In Illinois a bill has been presented to
increase the pay of lawmakers to 81,
900 a session, and the general sentl-
ment of the state seems to be that
$1,000 would be low salary for good
legislators, the other sort being dear
at any price.
Illinois has had much trouble over
legislators who foraged for an ade-
auate salary among the trusts and like
concerns, and she begins to think that
an adequate salary would bring in
men who would not seek to raise their
salary by serving in the third house
also. What is wanted is men who will
not listen to lobbyists, and it is diff
cult to say just how they can be Sc
cured. II would be unfortunate to
have legislatures made up largely of
very rich men, and poor man needs
a larger salary than Alabama pays.
Where the liue should be drawn it is
difficult to say, but 1t should be some
where between the Illinois proposi-
ton and the Alabama stipend, which
is probably the minimum allowance
per annum in the country, for an Ala
bama legislator serves four years at
$50 a year.