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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
IN HOTEL LOB3IES
WIthered Flowers.

I don't see why that withered deco
ration is not removed remarked gen
tleman last evening while passing WIN
dow which had been adorned for CHRIST
mas with evergreens that now were De
ginning to fade when those deeora=
lions We're placed there they orightened
and beautihed and gave cheerful thoughts
Of an approaching festival but now that
the glad season is past and the once
green leaves are yellowed and withered'
they contribute an air Of desolation and
depression.
"A vase of withered flowers conveys
similar impression. Nothing brightens a
room and pleases the aesthetic eye more
than fresh cut flowers. But after they
are dead you are intuitively annoyed by
their presence.
II have thought especially of this In
passing a cemetery. A day or two, pre-
vious loved ones had fondly tenderly
and tearfully placed wreaths on the lit
tie mound until flowers hid the cold
ground. Now they had withered, and
the ribbons that held them futtered IN
the breeze. The scene suggested desc
lation, death and decay. How much bet
ter II some one had carried the dead
flowers away in the SHIT though the
grave were left unadorned.s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

M FAINAfAsTER E. A. AUSTIN of
" the Santa Fe railroad has pub
nshed decree that henceforth
rubber and celluloid collars are ex-
tremely bad form when worn by the
passenger trainmen of the Santa Fe svs-
TEN. When the first offense is commit
ted there will be trouble, and If If Is re-
peated there will be serious complica-
tions which may eventually result in
some one being out of a job. Doubtless
collar that is not linen and can he
cleaned in a jiffy is great boon for rail-
road men who are much exposed to
CRIME, but the advantage to the wearer
is not at all commensurate with the
modification of spirit endured by passed.
gers who must witness this outrage on
their Suitability" without being able to
demand redress. 1t must be confessed
that there is an humble, apologize aspect
to every one of those numerous collar
travesties that make a brave show of
being linen, but are not. There Is nothing
more painfully cheap, more suggestive of
hall bedrooms, frayed trousers and
frazzled responsibility than the celluloid
collar. The Santa Fe man is right. The
Santa Fre system should not be brought
into discredit by its passenger train en-
ployes wearing celluloid collars.
Senator Fairbanks repels with much
ardor the report that he is dead While
there is something decidedly funeral
about Indiana's favorite son, something
of the undertaken, as it were the senator
Is not dead yet. He hopes to live through
presidential term before shuffling off
this mortal coil.
The man who invented the gold brick
is no more. However he can depart In
peace, safe in the assurance that he
leaves those behind who will gladly take
up the good work and attend to suckers
whenever opportunity affords. The gold
brick will be perpetuated.
Miss Letter Is now the bride of the
Earl of Suffolk and is not bit better
than she was before, when she was a
simple American girl.
The record of murders for the month
+ of December in Mississippi has a total
of fifty homicides. This is certainly
nothing to be proud of and shows that
certain isolated districts of the west are
/ not the only places In this country
( where mans life is In danger. OF
course a large percentage of the Missis-
sppi murders were committed by negroes
/ and the lawlessness prevalent in the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
DISLIKE RHODES BOYS.

From the Boston Herald.
According to the London corresponding
of the New York Tribune, the Oxford
dons don't like the Rhodes scholarships,
and when they think aloud they say So
They say Cecil Rhodes made a gigantic
mistake when he distributed his sehoiar-
ships all over the world America Is rich'
they say, and abundantly able to educate
its own. The idea of the dons appears 70
be that the South African Colossus ought
TO have given his money to the poor Eng
lish parsons and helped them to put their
sons in the way of getting on In the
world. It's another case of dissausned
heirs presumptuous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
WoMEN's STRANGE PETS.

From the London Daily Mail.
The prevailing craze for unusual pets
was exemplified at the opera at Covent
Garden the other night. when a we'll
known lady brought with her chamel-
con, with a delicate chain around its
neck, which enabled it to run up and
down the curtains Of the box.
Mime. Brenhardt and her tame leopard
were the sensation Of a couple of decades
ago. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan, Lord Cado-
gan's sister-in-law, had fancy for pois-
onuous snakes. One small snake she
frequently wore on her arm as a brace
let.
More pleasant as a companion was the
tame ottor which was used to follow
Lord Linithgow's sisters. Lady Dorothea
and Lady Estella Hope like dog.
Lady Anglesey possessed marmoset
no bigger than a mouse, which she used
to carry about with her, but it has not
been seen of late. so some evil has doubt
less befallen 1t. Lady Constance Stuart
Richardson has given up her snakes
Another lady kept hedgehog, which fol-
lowed her about with great intelligence,
but it had its drawbacks as companion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
MERELY A VlRGINlAN.
Washington Correspondent of the N
York World

Washington Correspondent of the New
York World.
Two men In a yellow car ON Pennsylva-
MIA avenue were disputing about the
proper method to find the cube root
of certain number. One held to one
plan and one to another and they be-
came earnest.
Senator Daniel of Virginia. sat across
the aisle. engrossed in his own thoughts.
He was staring straight out of the win
dow when one of the disputants leaned
over and touched tie senator on the
knee. saying. Excuse me, sir, but are
you mathematician?
The senator came out of his reverie
with start
mo, sir" he replied with dignity; Il
am not; l am a Virginian-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Graft Our National Vice.

The Black Diamond, a coal trade
paper of Baltimore, complains of the
prevalence of graft in the trade
"There is graft" it says, from the
Office boy to the president of the
largest corporation. There is no more
graft in the coal trade than in another;
nevertheless, there is some. 1t is prac-
ticed by the retailer. He gratis on the
jobber by deducting from invoice bills
whether he has right to or not. He
thinks because he is paying for his
coal he should deduct whatever strikes
his fancy. 1t is nothing but graft. The
shipper of coal frequently gratis on
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
The Homeless Fire Engine.

TT is a short. pathetic story, that of
the homeless fire engine remarked
member of the Frank Daniel company
1T dates back to the time. many years
ago When a fire broke out in the little
town Of Rye, up Westchester way, IN
New York state. The fire was a fierce
one and it seriously threatened some of
the pretty country cottages that beauh-
fed the place. Frank Daniels little
villa-not the imposing mansion that he
now possesses-was badly scorched, and
was only saved by the heroic efforts
of the villagers. who passed water buck
cts from hand to hand and finally ex-
tinguished the flames In sheer gratitude
Mr.. Daniels, who was then enjoying his
first twinkle in stardom and had no idea
that he would rise to the proud distinc-
ton of being a leader among comic
opera comedians. presented the village
with fire engine-one of the hand va
riety 1t was received by the town trus-
tees with appropriate ceremonies, and, af-
forwards, was harbored by the local liv-
eryman.
AN effort was made to raise the price
of truck house.. but without avail The
liveryman kept the machine for months
and then presented a bill for storage,
which was repudiated by the town coun-
ell. The engine was put out In the street.
A citizen took 1t to his stable, but 1t
was a nuisance and was again thrust on
the cold world. 1t passed from hand to
hand, and barn to barn, until now pas
sengers on the Fall river boats passing
along the sound and noticing a gaunt
and desolate object in a vacant lot on
the north shore, are informed that 1t is
all that Is left of the homeless fire
engine"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Hundred Thousand Rabbits.

II have never seen rabbits ard quail
in such abundance as l saw them on
Morris avenue the day before Christmas"
said William F. Sehlichter yesterday.
There were something like 100000 rabbits
on the market and the supply was In
excess of the demand. l marveled at the
great stocks of game and wondered where
1t all came from. Birmingham is vast
consumer of food, but the market was
greatly overstocked with turkeys and
game last week.
prices for vegetables and many other
commodities are much lower this winter
than last. Irish potatoes sell now for
co to IS cents a bushel against 81 year
ago."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
PERSONALS.
From Life.

From Life.
John w. Gates will star in Wall street
some tine during the coming season.
1t is rumored that Andrew Carnegie
will shortly start a new Sunday School
Bible class In opposition to John d.
Rockefeller Jr 1t will be Incorporated
and an issue Of the bonds Is promised
which Mr.. Morgan will market. Here
Is chance Zoe new Investment.
Russell Sage not being satisfied with
his incGmo this year and not believing
IN vacation, has applied for position
as bell boy at the st. Regis.
1t is rumored that Mrs. Mary B. Eddy
will shortly have her book, Science and
Health" translated into English.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
1t is the loose change that slips through
our fingers
1t is better to have been son-in-
law, than never to have loved at all.
For some time after a girl wears her
hair ON top of her hair, she wears moth
ing inside of It,.
II wives sent advance notices the way
insurance companies do when a premium
is TO be paid their husbands could re-
member their wedding day.
A woman likes to wake up in the night
and begin to cry just to be able TO get
mad over the comfortable way her hus-
band can sleep through it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
SEEING "PARsIFAL."
om the ProvIdence journal.

From the Providence journal.
"How's Parsifal? asked one citizen
of another yesterday morning. IT'S pref
ty fair as far as we've got said the
man addressed. I'm going right back. I
only came out for breath of fresh air
And l wanted to telephone to the house
and find out how my youngest daughter
Is. She was a little feversh when l be-
gan going TO Parsifal. and we were
afraid that she might be coming down
with diphtheria. What's the news here
in the city? Anything happened lately?
Yes, Parsifal is coming along as well
as could be expected, but it's rather con-
filming. And there's more or less hard
work to II, too, If you see 1t properly
I've a room here In the hotel and I'm be-
ginning to feel like vaudeville actor my
self Continuous performance and a
change of costume for every scene. That
is, when l went in yesterday at HIS
o'clock, I wore morning garments, Of
course. Then in the afternoon l shifted
to Prince Albert and spats. After din
ner | jumped into evening clothes, and
when midnight came l lodged around
here and slipped on my pink pajamas.
Baldwin. who's sitting next to me, was
in a nightgown He looked ridiculous and
out of place. Now I'm back in my bust
ness suit again. Some of them are rig
ged out with pillows and sofa cushions,
but l didn't pay 50 TO go to sleep. When
viii it be over? Nobody seems to know,
but l hope it ends pleasantly. think l
can SEQ way out of it for most of the
musicians and principal characters. but
along toward 3 o. clock 1t looked pretty
dark for all of them. Youll excuse me,
won't you? heard thered be something
dhiny at e.30 and I mustn't miss it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Heroic Flremen.

IF were an alderman l would move
to give a bonus to the fremen who
were in service at the big fire Wednes-
day morning from o'clock on" said F..
Caheen of Caheen Brothers.
But for the splendid work of the fire
department, our store would have been
burned.
II have watched many big fires, but
l do not recall ono where the fremen
displayed more daring than at the de-
structive blaze of Wednesday morning.
The men took terrible risks and it seems
a miracle that some of them were not
killed or injured"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
"JlMTOWN JUBILEE"

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Some of our contemporaries are liable
to get themselves uncomfortably and
unanimously swatted if they continue to
speak of the jamestown Tercentenary as
1.-THE Jimtown Jubilee" That is not at
all a proper way to speak of what, we
hope. will be thoroughly successful an
niversary of one of the most important
events in our history. An effort to cast
ridicule on the movement looks very much
like envy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
MEMORY.

BY Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
NV mind let's go a thousand things.
Tdlsa dates of wars and deaths Of kings,
And vet recalls the very hour
Twas noon by yonder village tower,
And on the last blue noon in May
The wind came brislxly up this way,
Crisping the brook beside the road;
Then. pausing here, set down its load
or pine-scents. and shook listlessly
Two petals from that wild-rose trea
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

state can be accounted for by the negro
population. From December to De-
cember Is forty-fve murders we're COM
mitted within the confines of the state
and many of the killings resulted from
crap games. In order to bring about
a murder all that Is necessary is to as
semble together two or more negroes
uncork a bottle of mean whisky and let
them begin to roll the bones.a II al
fight does not forthwith develop it will
be surprising.
There is a village In Ohio that is bless
ed with three mayors and the citizens are
new trying to determine which one OF
them is entitled to hold office. In the
average town 1t is hard job to keep one
mayor busy, much less three.
Half a dozen young women of Knox
ville Tenn in order to satisfy '5ustifi-
able curiosity went to a deputy sheriff
who had raided a gambling establishment
and caught a number OF young fellows
about town, with the demand that the
officer make known the names of the
culprits. They felt that they should not
be kept IN the dark when possibly some
their friends were implicated. The ar
gument of these young women was eff
fective-that is they will be told who are
caught next tme-but is is hard for a.
mere man to realize the conscious thrill
o. satisfaction these misses experienced
when they went to crafty "justifiable
curiosity" 1t is seldom indeed that vanity
fair has so good an excuse for prying
into matters that do not concern her
at all.
There Is something pathetic in the
plight of painters who have painted but
one great picture, novelists who have
written but one great novel and poets
who have sung but one great poem Yet
the man who can fulfill his mission in
the world by single notable achievement
is none the less to be honorea. although
he may not enjoy the widespread fame
conferred by those whose works are more
voluminous and be-gem their honorable
careers through a long term of years.
The examples of those men of the past
who have won renown by one achieve
ment are duplicated on lesser scale to-
day The men and women who write
one book or one poem that has the ele-
ments of Immortality in it and for the
remainder of their careers turn out rub
bish are almost legion OF course they
are not cast in the mold of their prede-
eessors, but they give a striking illus
tration of history repeating itself
P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
SANTA CLAUS IN MOBILE.

From the Mobile Register.
The new pictures put Santa Claus in
an automobile. but We should say from
appearances that he came TO Mobile on
a freight train about a mile long.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

Young Kingdom Gould has been
blacldisted by his own classmates,
although he fought their battle with
gun.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
MlSSING!

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The conductors of the Inside inn at
st. Louis say that they lost money. SO
did the guests. Who found it?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

Some of the Mormon apostles had to
set up and equip dozen Christmas
trees. How would you like to be an
apostle?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

From the Washington Post.
Colonel Greene may yet decide to hire
ar amanuensis and meet Colonel Lawson
or the field of honor in the magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

Panama could not indulge in earth
quakes while Secretary Taft was there
to hold her down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

The old political year is fading out,
tand pretty soon it will be as thin as
the democratic returns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

Senators Plat and Depew do the
talking while Boss Odell slips round
and checks up the votes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

The Japanese siege of Port Arthur
began ON February 3, and it will be
finished within a years time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

Sanity desires to know how he is ex-
pected to get into steam-heated houses
in this town next year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

Keep your eye on David Bennett
Hin, who is about to drop below the
political horizon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

The swearing-off period marches on,
and list of things OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
betmade up at once.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

ri Reynolds has got good deal to
swear off on the first of next year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

The January dividends will not make
good the Christmas expenditures.
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Frenzied bank accounts should now
be toned down and adjusted to the
/ new year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

The ehildrens faith in Santa Claus
is not SO great as it was a week ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

Hiram Cronk declines to die in order
to give New York a public burial.
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The MODERN FIELD.

Admiral Kamimura has gone west to
mix those Baltic fleets up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

The Garfield proposition is aimed d.
srectly at the neck of the New Jersey
4treasury.
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New York had it's January thaw in
December.
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Sunday school attendance will next
week fall off sadly and dishearteningly
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No one calls ON Lawson into court,
for they all know he can prove what
4 he says.
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Europe has no pauper problem, for
il ships them to America at cut rates.
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Depew and Plat are merely zemst-
vos. The cars name begins with
an 20"
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No communication will be published
without it's authors name. Rejected
manuscripts will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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L. H. Russ and ]. H. Caffee are the
only authorized travelling representatives
of The Age-Herald in its circulation de-
partment.
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~ ONDON, December %. = Some
~ plain common sense upon the
- flying machine problem and
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Washington Bureau Accelerate. 1921 g
Street N. W,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-04
ers' Day Attractions.
Saturday is a Mothers Day.

Joe fo- Dresses of plain color
and fancy cloths. All made
with the new long waist. trimmed
with braid and applique Sizes to
II years, at I9c. for choice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-04

The star showers OF, which a record has
been kept are all CLOSELY connected with
the comets from which lthey have been
shaken off at one tiinesor another. and
usually follow the orbit of the parent body.
1t has been estimated that the meteors
seen in the most recent astar shower OBJ
served here were travelling through the air
at the rate of about forty-four miles a sec
ond. Astronomers hope that the display
this year will be brilliant in order that the
which have been brought to a state of per-
lection during recent years may be used in
the observations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-04

set forth that Miss Hooff was arrested
without warrant. was unlawfully deprived
OF her liberty and that no charge was pre-
ferred against her. The girl claimed that
she is eighteen years of age, while Assist
ant United States Attorney Easby-Smith
asserted that she is only seventeen years
oid On this question the matter seemed
to hinge, and delay in the cause occurred
in order to await the arrival here of the
girls mother from Fairfax county, Va.
The mother failed to put in an appearance,
but the girls grandaunt was in court. and
she testified that Sarah is only seventeen
years of age, the witness obtaining that in
formation, she explained, from the girls
own mothers truthful lips"
Justice Wright declined to Fix bond for
the girls release pending an appeal that
may be taken.
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action of the grand jury bond being fixed
at $500
Williams is the man with whom Miss
Hooff was "automobilng' late Wednesday
night, when she was apprehended and es-
corted to the house of detention. The girl
admitted that since she left the home OF her
aunt, in the Astoria apartment house, she
has been living at Williams house. She
said she had had improper relations with
Williams and that he is married man,
but is living apart from his wife. On this
showing the warrant was issued for the ar
rest of Williams and the action of the
court in holding him for the action of the
grand jury was based
The petition for the writ of habeas corpus
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HELD FOR PARENTS.
Justice Wright Dismisses Sarah Hooff
Habeas Corpus.

After hearing late yesterday afternoon
Justice Wright of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia dismissed the petition
for the writ of habeas corpus filed in be-
half of Sarah +. Hooff for the purpose OF
securing her release from the house of de-
tention. AS an outcome of the inquiry
beEch warrant was issued for the arrest OF
Thomas Williams, said to reside at 855
South Carolina avenue. He was forthwith
taken into custody and held to await the