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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
Women Wage Farmers.

Professor Patton of the University of Pennsylvania has expressed his be. lief that "young married couples of the middle classes" whose respective earnings before marriage were from BIO to SIP a week, should continue to work and earn until the husbands in come alone amounts to not less than $20 per week Dr. Franklin H. Gid. dings, professor of sociology in Colum- bia University, thinks that women, married or unmarried, should be freed from all conventional shackles and per mitted to take their chances in the in dustrial world with men.
 These opinior5 relate to very deep social problems. Dr. Patton's plan has, however, been widely tested in the Old World, where both husband and wife are in thousands and tens of thousands of cases income producers. But their joint labors have settled no social problems in the old countries. and like policy in this country would settle none here.
 Dr. Giddings' proposition is much disputed. The men workers say the women workers decrease the average wage paid to all. But in the long run women workers will organize them selves, and then wages will be brought to parity perhaps. Unmarried women think, even if they do not speak out, that the married women should keep out of the field of labor, because the latter has a breadwinner in her hus- band, and there are of course many who say woman's sphere of labor is in her own home.
 These deep and intricate contentious can never be settled by academic dis cussions. They are to be tested in udlly cApSllcHCe, anu lO Tule Ol dCtlOu or line of demarcation for all can be drawn. What suits one person does not suit another. The most that can be said is that womanly independence is desirable, and a woman who can achieve it in work fit for women to do has won a victory in the industrial struggle. The day Is passed when labor per SC by anybody is degrading. Helpful work is good alike for purse, health and dignity-for both body and soul, and no one need be ashamed of it. It is what we are here to do. It is natures law, and it fits men and wo- men alike, the married and the un- married, and each one is left to take up the details of the problem in a strictly individual way.
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fitted for work in the home, on the farm, in the workshop, and in the ex- ercise of the duties of the citizenship. They do not come to work out any po- litical schemes, or any preconceived racial theories. The common enemy is illiteracy, and they wish to work with us in putting it down.
 The members of the conference will be warmly welcomed The subject of the conference is practical, noble and wholly praiseworthy. Let us meet them without reserve, trusting them fully, and acting with them in an un- dertaking that is as patriotic as it is colossal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
MARTIN SNYDER,
Who Saw the First Man Fall In the
 Civil War. Is Dead.

Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati En-
 quirer
 Lima, Ohio.-Martin B. Snyder died of heart failure today while en route from this city to his home near Conner. He was one of the wealthiest pioneers of AL len county. He served as volunteer and manager of ordnance in the civil war, and tried in vain to save the life of the officer who hauled down the Confederate flag at Alexandria, Va.
 Snyder, then purchasing horses for the federal government, was a guest of Land- lord Jackson, who announced one morn- ing that he would raise the Stars and Bars over his hostelry. Snyder advised him not to do it, and followed the land lord to the roof, just as Col. Elmer B. Ellsworth and his troopers rode into the city, Snyder and Landlord Jackson had but just descended when Colonel Els worth ran up ard tore the flag from its mast Landlord Jackson shot Colonel Els worth as he descended the steps, Snyder unavailingly striking his arm to avert the murder.
 Snyder was 75 years old at the time of his death and Ellsworth Is famed in his- tory as the first man to fall in the civil "
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lsII WORTH WHILE?

By Joaquin Miller. Is it worth while that we jostle brother. Bearing his load on the rough road or
 life? Is it worth while that we jeer at each
 other. In blackness of heart!-that we war
 to the knife? God pity us all in our pitiful strife! God pity us all as we jostle each other; God pardon us all for the triumphs we
 feel When a fellow goes down; poor heart
 broken brother Pierced to the heart-words are keener
 than steel, And mightier far for woe or for veal. Were 1t not well in this brief little
 journey, On over the isthmus. down into the
 tide. We give him a fish instead of a serpent Ere folding the hands to be and abide. For ever and aye, in dust at his side? Look at the roses saiuting each other; Look at the herds all at peace on the
 plain; Man. and man only. makes war on his
 brother. And dotes in his heart on ms peril anu
 pain, Shaned by the brutes that go down
 on the plain. Is 1t worth while that we battle to hum ble Some poor fellow traveller down into the dust? God pity us all. Time too soon will us tumble.
  All men together. like leaves in gust; All of us humbled down Into the dust.
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Reducing lIIiteracy.

Representative and capable and pa triotic men from both sections will meet in this city this week to con sider public education in the south. The souths percentage of illiteracy will be discussed with the view of find ing a remedy. It is abnormally high. In this state it is over 40 per cent, when it should be below per cent. It is much below per cent in Ger many. In fact, in that country it is in danger of disappearing altogether.
 In the coming conference Bishop Galloway of Mississippi, a Methodist, will confer with Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts, an Episcopalian; Pres ident Charles Da5ney of the Univer- sity of Tennessee will exchange views with President William Dewitt Hyde of Bowdoin college, Maine; Governor Montague of Virginia and Editor Tal- colt Williams or Philadelphia will swap wisdom gained in public em- ployment, and so on to the end of the list
 Plenty of the names in the lists of our guests this week have become famous, but better than fame is the
 
 fact that there is not a self-seeker in the entire number. They meet here, coming from all parts of the country from Texas as well as from New Eng land-to advance the interests of all by efforts to reduce illiteracy where 1t is highest. They desire to ascertain the best manner in which the children Ipr today can be educated-how they tcan contribute to that result, so that those children of the south will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
Union of Noodle Makers.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 The noodle makers, of course, have a right to combine and form a union. A noodle maker is a useful person, quite as much so as a spaghetti maker, and when we see that meeting Is called for today at Cleveland, O., to which all the noodle makers In the United Sates have been invited to send representative dele gates. we realize that another uplift in the realm of labor is about to take place. The formation of this union means either that the noodle makers will receive more pay or that presently we shall be without noodles in our soup-that we take it only as conSomme, crumbling our own bread in 1t in lieu of noodles.
 The art of eating soup containing these long, slippery attenuations of flattened dough has grown greatly In this coun- try, and paved the way for spaghetti. An apprenticeship at poising a noodle or several of them on a soup spoon ana transferring them to the mouth without permitting them them to slip off and re- turn to their native element. as if they were so many cells, Is one that 1t takes some years to acquire. Those who be- come past masters with noodles are en- titled to take a higher degree with spa ghetti. after awhile thrty-two degree spaghettists will be admitted to the ranks of asparagus eaters who employ no table implement at all and perform the most wonderful tricks without depos- iting any melted butter where 1t should not be.
 Since the noodle habit has grown, the noodle makers have increased greatly in numbers; that they desire to form a ''rhore perfect union." as our forefathers formed the first one, shows that they begin to feel their strength. The project has every promise of success, though there Is many a slip between the soup and the lfp 'a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
MemorlaI DaY.

s"Tuesday will be Memorial day when tattered figures in gray will occupy again the eyes of those who live in the south," said lawyer. "As each sue ceeding year passes the broken ranks of the Confederacy go more haltlngly along the way and the number of old soldiers is appreciaby less.
 Not much longer will the veterans pa rade the streets and gather again to tell their stories of the midnight raid, the campfire and the battlefield. In a few more years there will be no more reunions. The Confederate veterans will have passed from the land where they fought so gallantly for a hopeless cause.
 There is no north and no south In a factional sense The saying is trite and shopworn. Of course the events of the sixties are no longer remembered with bitterness but that Is no reason why the Confederate veteran should be neg form and querulous stories of the war are not as interesting to you of the younger generation as they are to him the more is the pity.
 While we cheer the old soldiers and deck them with flowers on occasion, un- fortunately we are too apt to overlook their need of creature comforts and many wasted old man who lost his property in the war would end his days more peacefully if his wants were supplied.
 For what he did and what he repre- sents the Confederate veteran is entitled to the first place In the south's sympa- thies. Therefore. 1t Is every person's duty to lend the encouragement of his or her presence to the exercises on Mmorial day. Let the new south help the old south to scatter flowers on the graves of the dead, for in few more years there will be no Confederates. All will sleep together be- meath the sod on which they fought so sturdily, and their valor will be a mere matter of history.
 ''When Tuesday morning dawns join the old soldiers and the Daughters of the Confederacy in their patriotic exercises. They need your presence more than your tears If you feel inclined to rebell against the forced observance just re- member that the day Is sacred to the Confederate soldier, a figure that is wor- thy of emulation but a figure that will never again play thrilling role In life's drama.
 "Of heroes there are many, thanks to the spark that sometimes nashes up in the breast of man, but Confederate heroes now alive are few in number By all means the south should keep those re- maining heroic and not pathetic figures
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
RaeJ0,,es

over seven stories high. This will do away with sky-scrapers and perhaps, 1t is after all a good idea After build ing has reached twenty stories it ceases to be architecturally beautiful and be- comes monstrosity. If all city build ings were of a more uniform height busi- ness streets would present much more pleasing appearance. graceful struc- ture should certainly not exceed seven stories and a very pretty building can be erected only four stories high. The sky- scraper is very useful for economizing space, since 1t costs nothing to pre-empt the sky, but it could hardly be called beautiful.
 It Is amusing to note that the first off, fender against the new "Jim Crow" reg ulations promulgated by the traction lines of Richmond, Va, was a white man and not a negro, as most people would have supposed. This man seems to have been only too lazy to move as there were few people on the car at the time. The negroes are said to be very orderly un- der the new regulations, although few are riding. In one or two towns the blacks have endeavored to boycott street cars because they were separated from white people, either by Jim Crow" parti- tions or separate cars, but their indigna- tion seems to have evaporated in a vast amount of talking. P. C.
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an able man, he sought to overthrow Tammany. He did 1t and had New York s delegation to the national convention in structed for Judge Parker, over the pro- test of the New York city delegation.
 Though Judge Parker be an able, con- servative, just man we must remember that this Is local politics in New York state. Though the state delegation be in- structed for him if Tammany rebels there will be trouble in the election. Judge Par ker is good man, but the country should not be swayed by the victory of one fac- ton in New York over another. New York democrats are as cold as a silver dollar left out overnight in zero weather They want to know whats in It for us." There's no sentiment, no anything else in 1t for them. It is merely dominance in the political world. They would have the country mere tails to the kite they throw to the political breezes to sail among the clouds of success.
 What's the use in the sensible people of the country whether they be of the south, the north, or the west trucking to the peanut politicians of New York and getting on the band wagons of either the Hill or the Tammany Murphy ele- ment of New York?
 If the democrats nominate a wise and conservative man he will get New York 8 vote. If Parker is the man with whom we can win the delegates to St. Louis will nominate him. But no more should the south and west be swept off it's feet by a victory in New York of one set of democratic politicians over another than by similar victory in Indiana or Illi- nojs
 For my part don't like the cold blood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
Russia and the Confectionery.

Wharton Barker, once the populite candidate for president, was at one time the trusted agent and adviser Of the Russian government in industrial enterprises, and he has printed in the l Independent the substance of a con- versation he had with Alexander H., then the reigning czar. When France and Great Britain proposed joint rec ognition of the Confectionery by the European powers he at once sent fleets to San Francisco and New York in order to emphasize his opposition to the plan of joint recognition of the Confectionery. The czar went on to say:
 "All this did because of love for my own dear Russia, rather than for love Of the American republic. l acted thus be- cause I understood that Russia would have a more serious task to perform II the American republic, with advanced industrial developments were broken up and Great Britain should be left In con trol of most branches of modern indus trial development.
 Moreton Frewen further explains the situation. Writing to the New York Tribune relative to the sending of J. o. L. Lamar to Russia by Secre- tary of State Benjamin, he says;
 "On his way to Russia Judge Lamar stopped in Paris, where after several interviews with the Due de Morny, he was presented to the emperor, and Louis Napoleon assured him of his own knowl- edge that 1t would be worse than fruit less to proceed on his mission to St. Pe- tersburg. The emperor then told his vis- itor: The emperor of Russia Is at this moment struggling with movement in his own dominions in the shape Of Polish instruction, the aim of which IS cognate to that of the Confederacy. The effort of the Confederacy to disrupt the union and establish independence repre- sents to the minds of those In control of Russian affairs the doctrine of separat- ism, than which no doctrine could be more odious at St. Petersburg
 Whether the secret of Russia's op- position to the Confederacy was hatred of separation or hatred Of England, 1t is plain that she was persistent and efficient foe of the southern movement, aiding in every possible manner the federal side. There is feeling that the diplomat ic correspondence of the Confederacy will have to be carefully searched be- fore the truth in relation to the ap- pearance of Russian fleets in San Francisco and New York will be fully explained The subject is a very inter- esting one, and as forty years have elapsed, there is no reason why the entire truth should not be brought out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT NEW YORK'S
 ACTION AND DAVID B. HILLS POSITION

ed methods of New York. Yet like Judge Parker, and his silence. Like all others he has fool friends, who have made ef- has made effort to make him his man. And Hill has used the Belmont fund to make Hill and incidentally Parker.
 But for the Hill self-raising ascendency have little doubt but that Parker would have himself been strong with Tammany. Hill wants control in New York and to name the next democratic candidate for governor. It is a New York fight and we of the country must be made the tools.
 Therefore I say let Alabama and all the southern states send good men to the national eonvention and send them un- instructed.
 Speaking of New York politics am told 1t cost William R. Hearst $1OO,000 to get the democratic nomination for congress in a safe democratic district from which his election was assured.
 Perry Belmont, brother of August who has been recently liberal to Hill, paid $5,OOO for nomination to congress some years ago. Oliver H. P. Belmont paid a similar sum when he went to congress In 1898. In other words it is the cash which makes things go in New York. Politics is business. not a sentiment in New York.
 The lamented Amos Cummings. and even Sunset Cox, were each taxed s5ooo for a congressional nomination. It cost Cummings half his salary to go and he had to do newspaper work to make ends meet.
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IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt.

Chancellor ]. H. Kirkland and Mrs.
 Kirkland of Nashville will be the guests of Mir and Mrs. Belton Gilreath during
 the conference for education in the south. | Chancellor Kirkland Is at the head of Vanderbilt University, the largest and strongest Methodist institution in the south. This university was founded by Commodore Vanderbilt, who was mem- Der of the Northern Methodist church.
 He and his sons contributed to its es-
 tablishment and endowment more than
 S2, 0O0o0O.
 Chancellor Kirkland is recognized as a
 very able man. He has written luminous
 and convincing articles for the northern
 magazines on southern education, and
 has been prominently connected with this southern educational movement from the beginning.
 He visited Birmingham some time ago with Bishop Galloway. and they were
 both MT. Gilreaths guests at that time. The chancellor is from MT. Gilreath's old state-South Carolina.
 Speaking of Vanderbilt and Chancellor Kirkland yesterday, MT. Gilreath said: ANOA ihcIH euucdtOIS ItSl d great iuItI-
 est in Vanderbilt, because of the fact
 that 1t was founded in the south and by northern philanthropist, for the special
 benefit of the people of the south. And,
 notwithstanding the fact that 1t Is owned by the Methodist church, south, it is supported by both northern and southern people.
 Chancellor Kirkland sent me some
 time ago copy of the New York Post. in which there was column and half about Vanderbilt University. The gist of the article watts that Commodore Van
 derbilt had a noble purpose in founding
 this institution in the south, namely, to
 try and heal, as far as possible, some of the bitterness which then existed be-
 tween the north and south on account
 of the war Such being the case enthusi-
 asm should be aroused more than ever in southern Methodist circles In behalf of the university, so that the present Van derbilt generation may know that we ap-
 preciate what was done for us by the founder of the family"
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At East Lake Next Summer.

When all the work planned to be done at East Lake has been completed the people of Jones valley will be sur prised and pleased with the prepara- tions made for their entertainment and comfort in the hot months of the year
 The ride to East Lake after sundown
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Bright Boy Plays Butler.

At recent social entertainment for the senior class of the Pollock-Stephens school the other night" said member of the younger society set last night. "a well known young man blacked his face and played the part of butler. He met all the guests at the door and took the gentlemen's hats and coats and after wards assisted In waiting on the table. He played his part so we'll that no one but the hostess knew of the deception until after all had gone home. Many of the young people thought the remarks of the butler rather witty but they had
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 When a man never wants to go fishing it is sign that he has given up drink Ing.
 The nice thing about girls fitting schools is that they don't know too much when they come out.
 A girl calls it mighty clever of her to send flowers to herself to make the girl next door sick with envy.
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may be Judge Parker. He is an able
 jurist, a well balanced man, and popu- lar in his state He knows enough not to talk. He is simply a democrat, who has rendered wise judicial decisions and has made no political enemies. He is a close personal friend of David Bennett Hill. This man Hill is astute, able, tricky, ambitious and cold. Above all he is am- bilious. He has been governor of New York and United States senator from New York. He has been candidate for the democratic Presidential nomination He has been student and a politician all his life. He has no faults. He has never smoked a cigar, never taken a chew Of tobacco, nor a pinch of snuff; he has never taken a drink, not even of mild wine, of New York vintage And above all he brides himself that he has never loved a woman-not even in his ooyhood days did he ever kiss a girl or tell one he loved her. He Is a priest of woman haters-a man without a love-
 have known Hill for many years. In lSsS he wanted the democratic nomina- ton for the Presidency and he made a tour through the south seeking delegates His cold blooded, calculating manner and methods drove men from him. He was stronger before than after his tour. The story of his defeat is well known
 He afterwards went to the senate. In that body he was for Hill all the time. His ability no one doubted his selfish- ness was likewise recognized. His every move and act was for Hill. He was al- ways for Hill.
 In the recent contest in New York he has been wise. He picked a strong man and made him his man. He had the Bell mont money behind him, and with 1t. and
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The Providence, Rhode Island, Jour- nal speaks of Congressman Under wood as "one of Leader Williams more capable lieutenants," and in these later days of the session he is certainly filling the Journals bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
FRANK V, EVANS.

Alexander City Outlook Frank V. Evans special correspondent of the Bir- mingham Age-Herald, was here the past week, and gave our city splendid write LID in Wednesdays Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

Thomas w. Lawson will be sure ing the Standard oil company, and ne should receive the hero funds first and biggest medal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

Andrew Carnegie's contribution of million dollars to the republican cam paign fund is still delayed in the mails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
TAXES SEVEN CARS.

From the Gadsden Times-News: It will take seven freight cars to carry Vulcan Birmingham's iron man. to the worlds fair at St. Louis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

Jim Hills threat to leave the north west unbefriended and alone may have moved the court to pity.
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The cartoonists are roasting MT. Hearst, and he Is not in position to object He has done too much roast ing himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

Parkers campaign does not draw heavily on his nerve power. One can keep still without becoming over. fatigued.
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Adlai Stevenson stands ready to serve as vice-presidential candidate again if no one else is willing to fill the gap.
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Russia no longer needs an outlet to the sea for her navy Is glad to be sealed up at home.