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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
From the Providence Journal.

FROM the PROVIDENCE JOuTudl
- R. LUTHER HALSEY GULICK,
VU president of the American Edu-
Il cation association, which has re-
Gently been holding sessions at Columbia
university denies the statement made
that the American male is becoming eff
feminized through the preponderance of
women teachers in the public schools. At
the same time he admits that the acquisi-
ton of a few feminine qualities would
greatly improve rather than hinder the
character of men. 1t is his belief that
the progress of civilization consists
largely in the "taming'' of men.
To prove that effeminacy has as yet
made little Roadway with boys in the
secondary schools and the upper grades
of the elementary schools, Dr. Gulick
notes that football is not becoming pro-
excessively ladylike. Neither do the rec
ords of our police and chldren's courts
indicate a lack of masculine qualities.
Coming to the adult American" he con-
tinues, the business man is better known
for daring than modesty, the achieve
ments of the army and navy do not indi-
cate effeminacy, and whatever else may
be said of our political representatives.
they are not as a class spineless and
weak. 1t is true that our great schools
do not afford to the boys those opportu-
mites for punching one another's heads
that the British commission considered
so necessary to a boys development"
DIR. Gulick's cynical attacks upon foot
ball and legislatos may not be wholly
unjustified, but he is certainly in error
when he advocates the tanning of the
male by an infusion of feminine quail
ties. What boys and men of this age
of colossal commercialism need most is
more manly virtue, and it is to be had in
far greater abundance on the athletic
field than in any institution for the de-
velopment of ladylke manners. If the
spirit of fair play which the Anglo-Saxon
observes in sport. especially of the rough
er sort, We're brought into the business
and political world there would be far
less complaint of special privileges for
the powerful than there is at present.
Daily life demands no standard of honor
higher than the sportsman's; every man
shall have square DEAL is the language
of the card table. not of the seminary
for young ladies.
In New Bedford recently an owner OF
nearly all the old whalers that now hail
from that port bitterly complained be-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
MR.. DIXON DEFENDS HIMSELF.
Says Richard Weightman's Criticism
of "The cIansmans Is Unjust.

To tie Editor of The Age-Herald:
My attention has been called to the en-
closed clipping:
Richard Weightman takes exception
with Thomas Dixon on that incident in
The Clansman' wherein a trusted family
servant outrages southern girl Mr..
Weightman believes, and believes truly,
that there is no more touching and pa
thetic picture of devotion than that shown
by the old time darEes to their old time
masters, and those members of the fami-
~ who dwelt in the big house. Even
new, as the former slaves pass away,
their departure Is sincerely mourned, and
their last days are made comfortable by
the white people with whom they have
been associated so long. Mr.. Dixon, Of
course, appreciates this phase of southern
life, before and after the war, but the
revolving crime which forms a climax
to his book and its attending circum-
stances, are, to say the least, rare in the
annals of the south. he negro servants
who served quality were as rule the
soul of honor and trustworthiness."
Permit me to call to your notice the
fact that a grave injustice is done me
in this paragraph which I am sure The
Age Herald did not wish to repeat.
Mr. Weightman is a southern man who
has seen the light, that is he has been
illumined by accepting an office from a
republican administration. 1 do not say
that this is a crime, or in any sense repre-
hensible, but I do say 1t disqualifies such
a man to speak as any longer a represen-
tative southerner Mr.. Weightman delio-
erately and wilfully. Tor a purpose mis-
represented 1.-THE Clansman' in his attack
to which I am replying this week. The
statement that anywhere, either in THE
I,eopard's Spots" or 'The Clansman
describe trusty family servant as out
raging a southern girl of the household
is a lie out of whole cloth. No such incl
dent occurs in any of my books and
Mr. Weightman knew it. On the other
hand | draw the faithful house servant
"Mose" in 1.-The Leopard Spots ana
Jake" in The Clansman," in heroic out
lines while distinctly portraying Gus
as lying, thieving, bastial, scoundrel' as
a slave and as freedman.
Sincerely,
THOMAS DIXON.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
SELL TIE PEOPLE.

If you want to live without working
Sell the people.
Don't depend on common Sinking,
Sell the people.
Gold bricks, wind and sailed mines.
Bait that's tied to attractive lines,
For these most every sucker pines.
Sell the people.
Trot out the money they call green goods,
Sell the people.
When they cry out take to the woods,
Sell the people.
1t makes no difference how far you go,
When victim bites he's never slow,
Because he likes to be swindled SO,
Sell the people.
If you want to win a reputation
Sell the people.
If you want to rule the whole nation
Sell the people.
Be on the inside of every deal,
Don't listen when the live ones squeal.
Then they'll know your powers real,
Sell the people.
This world is a very funny place,
Sell the people.
The best man doesn't always win the
race,
Sell the people.
But if you desire to be truly great,
To have an auto and live in state,
Dictate prices and make a freight rate,
Sell the people.
PAUL COOK.
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Frances Eoreiun Minister.

France is delighted because M. Del
casse,' who has been at the head OF
the Foreign Office throughout the ad-
ministrations of Brisson, Dupuy, Wal
deck Rosseau, Combes and Rouvier,
will remain on the Quai d'Orsay. The
Moroccan incident and the neutrality
trouble In the far east call for the
firm and experienced hand of Frances
great diplomat, who has brought
France up from low level to strong
position in European politics. 1t was
no easy task to gain for France a good
position after the war with Germany.
Delcasse's career is full of diplomatic
victories. He kept France from going
to war with England and Fashoda, and
now England and France have become
to some extent allies in Africa. He
has been a valuable man to France,
and France rejoices because his serv-
ices are still to be rendered in her
behalf
The withdrawal of M. Delcasse's
resignation means that the Moroccan
policy of France will be firmly main
tanned, and so will Frances relations
with Russia, and the recent Anglo
French treaty win be properly re-
spected. There will at any rate he no
surrender to Germany, although Ger
many will be assured that the open
door in Morocco is as much for her
good as for the good of the rest of the
world 1t is far better that Morocco
be opened to the world and built up
as Algeria has been than to leave that
country in its present turbulent condi-
ton. France can do the work, because
she lies all about Morocco. The Kai-
sers Intervention, if made effectual,
would keep the land of the Sultan full
of bandits and misrule. The truth is,
the meddlesome policy of Germany
has led to her isolation, and she no
doubt is trying to regain her lost po-
sition. The continuance of M. Del
casse in office is defeat for the Kai.
ser an. victory for England in
Mor5cco-Egyptian affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26

states in the cotton belt The farmer
and the business man will join hands
in inviting the investor and the man
ufacturer and the farmer to come in
and settle down and become neigh
bors and citizens.
The approaching parliament will
first of all assure all that the south is
not unhealthy and that all rights are
secure in it. Sanitary conditions in
the south will be proven to be highly
favorable, and investors will be shown
that every vested interest is carefully
respected ana protected In the one
case official testimony will be pre-
scented. and northern investors will
youch for the other.
Thus far the south has not attracted
either the capital or the population its
climate soil ana natural resources
justify, and the parliament which is
to sit in Washington next month
hopes to open the way to desired
change in the flow of both capital and
population The building of the Pan
anna canal and the rising Importance
of the Mississippi Yalley will both aid
the south, anG the parliament hopes
to accelerate the movement until all
the lands and opportunities are occu-
pied and utilized. alabama should be
well represented in the Southern In
dustrial Parliament.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
A Stitch in Time.

John Collier and Harvey Smith, two
negroes who have been indicted for
the crime committed in Decatur in
January last, are to be taken to Deca-
tur next week and put on trial. No
lynching has occurred in this state
this year, and none should be permit
ted to occur at Decatur. The good
people of that prosperous city do not
desire it to become known as the
lynching locality of the present year,
especially when no excuse for lynch
ing can be found. The two negroes
will be speedily tried and as speedily
hung if they are found guilty. If they
are not guilty, they should not be
hung, much less lynched.
Governor Jelks can readily prevent
action ON the part of the vicious in the
case OF the indicted negroes. He can
protect them by the use of troops, and
thus aid the good people of Decatur,
and preserve the splendid record the
state is making in his administration
in favor of law and order. He can
readily ascertain the need of troops
in this particular instance, for the
sheriffs alike of Jefferson and Morgan
both know what the conditions will
be when the two negroes are removed
to Decatur for trial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
Has FAMOUS Parts.
SHOCKING sTockINGs.

From the Philadelphia Record.
IT saw pair of those new skin-col-
ored stockings for women the other day, "
said keen observer yesterday, "or, to
be more accurate, 1 saw part of pair.
L understand an attempt has been made
to introduce them in Paris, but on this
side, it seems, there is doubt as to
whether they can be made to go, and
don't wonder. Those 1 saw were being
worn at the time and it is only because
am not affected with heart disease that
1 am here to tell the tale, for the shock
was certainly startling. They are en-
tirely different from the ''fesh-colored''
affairs seen sometimes on the stage. and
look exactly like the real article. l be-
lieve they came in several different
shades, so that exact matches may be
had The effect is not pleasing some
how. They make you think of the bare
legged men you see at the seashore dur
ing the bathing hour. However, l sup
pose we can get used to anything"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR.

Congressman George Washington Tay-
Tor of Demopolis, who has represented
the First Alabama district in the Nat
ional House of Representatives for sew
eral years Is registered at the Morris
Mr.. Taylor is member Of the appropria-
ton committee of the House and has rem
dered the state and the south some valu-
able service in this capacity. He is ex-
ceeingly popular in the First district and
has been elected from time to time over
several strong and popular opponents.
Mr.. Taylor served through the war be-
tween the states entering the Confed-
crate army at fifteen years of age as a
courier at the headquarters of General
George P. Harrison.
Congressman Taylor has been mem
toned as a senatorial possibility but has
declined to consider himself as prob
able candidate for the senate. Ala
bama," said Mr. Taylor. is the best repre-
scented state of the union in the United
States senate and it is my hope to see
our veteran senators remain in that body
as long as they so desired"
In discussing the railroad rate question
Mr.. Taylor said: Both parties are
pledged to take some action looking to-
wards the regulation of rates and 1t is
my opinion that the next Congress will
pass a bill to this affect. The sentiment
as to what is the logical methods to regu-
late the rates is evidently divided The
conservative sentiment, however, seems to
favor giving both the railroads and the
shippers the right to appeal to the courts
from the decision of the commission en-
powered to fix rates."
1.-THE Republicans will, of course, frame
the measure and as the democrats are
pledged to reform they will eventually
vote for the bill, as decided upon by the
majority The democrats will doubtless
introduce a substitute to the bill but in
the end the republicans with their over
whelming majority will dictate the sub
ject matter of the law
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN REAL LIFE

From the New York World.
A big red automobile which killed a
man in Brooklyn street last Wednesday
night left one of it's sidelights as me-
mento of it's chauffeurs hurry to get
away The lamp came off when the ma
chine bumped trolley car. 1t was badly
smashed. but detectives working two
days put enough of the glass front to-
gether to make out the license number
of the auto An arrest resulted which is
expected to clear up the case.
In Frederick, Nd, Sheriff Young is en-
joying the glory incident to the capture
of three factory firebugs whom he brought
to bay by means of thumb-prints on a
gate, foot prints in the mud, the kind of
cotton waste used in starting the fire and
the stamp on the beer bottle in which oil
was brought to soak the waste.
These interesting cases show that not
every Sherlock Holmes is bound up in
book form. Also that having the will to
be a detective has much to do with being
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
CIVILIZATION DOES NOT
MEAN TANNING THE MALE

cause the youthful Yankee no longer
wishes to go to sea, not to speak of run
ming away from home to ship as cabin
boy or foremost hand. Its a rough life,
l KNOW" said the old whaler, but it
teaches courage, self-reliance and great
daring. The young men trained in the
school of the ocean will strike out in
business for themselves when they settle
down on land, but most of the boys of
the present day are content to work be-
hind a counter or in someone else's Of
flee, with never a thought of independ-
ence. | fear the American stock is fast
deteriorating. The old manly qualities
of the race are disappearing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
HOW TO KNOW BUGS.

From Harpers Weekly.
At the seventeenth annual meeting of
the Association of Economic Entomolo-
gists held recently in Philadelphia. the
society recommended the general adop-
ton of a uniform nomenclature for cer-
tain insects. these names being the ones
internationally current among scientists.
The following insects among others,
should henceforth be known as follows:
American ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Amer
icana L; Bedbug-K linophilos lectularia
l.: observation-disclosures grandis Both;
Observation-Disclosures dlspar l.; house,
fy-Musca domestica l.; San Jose scale
Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst; silkworm-
Bombyx mort L: tomato-worn-Phlege-
thontius sexta John
With these names in mind. it is claimed
that any bug and the scientists list may
be readily recognized.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
Southern Industrial Parliament.

On the 23d day of next month there
will be an assemblage of southern rep
resentatives in Washington to discuss
commercial fellowship, industrial
growth and southern possibilities. in
general Every southern state and al.
most every southern city will be rep
resented Nearly every industry in
this section will be represented. The
railroad builders, the miners, the lum-
bermen, the ironmakers, and the va
ried industries will be there in the
person of delegates, as well as the
agricultural interests of thirteen broad
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
A Prediction Verified.

This defalcation of Frank G, Bigelow,
the Milwaukee bank president said
prominent lawyer at the Hillman last
night, illustrates once more the truth OF
what Mr.. James T. Hayden, the president
of the Whitney National Bank OF New
Orleans told the American Bankers asso-
citation four or five years ago.
Mr. Hayden was discussing the question
of embezzlement and defalcation, and he
made the point that, in the last analysis,
no device could be invented by human
ingenuity that would be sure preventive
against Irregularities so long as dis
honest hand guided the pen that made
the entry. In a word the truth of that
statement has been driven home with
terrific force by this Milwaukee incident
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
General Harrison.

General George p. Harrison of Opelika
is in Birmingham. He is here for the
purpose of taking part in the unwilling of
the Confederate monument at Capitol
Park this morning. General Harrison is
commander of the Alabama division of
Confederate veterans He is at present
state senator from the counties of Lee
and Russell and for several years repre-
scented the Third district in Congress.
General Harrison has frequently been
mentioned as candidate for governor but
he declines to discuss his proposed candi-
dacy at this time.
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THE RESULT.
Way down south in Dixie,
The farmers talk a lot,
But they reduce the acreage
OF cotton not a jot.

A Chicago preacher woke up his con-
gregation on Easter Sunday by reciting
an original poem, which was termed
scholarly, correct in meter and deep in
meaning" 1t is related that the poem
actually engrossed the female members
of the congregation to such an extent
that they ceased studying Easter hats
on other heads and turned their atten-
ton to the man in the pulpit. In most
cases it would be taking a mean advan-
tage of a flock for pastor to infiict
an original poem instead of a sermon,
but where the composition is really
worth while the sermon poem might
become very popular, especially since it's
musical cadence and rhythmic flow would
prove admirably soporific.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26

Born, Philadelphia, February 20, 1873.
Debut as an actor, Washington, 1888.
With Macready and Booth, 1915.
Stage manager, Baltimore, 1853.
Stage manager, Richmond, 1854.
In England and France, 1856.
With Laura Keene, Ne7 York, 1857.
With Keene and Sothern, 1888.
Created Rip Van Wrinkle, 1853.
Went to Australia and England, 1860 s..
Died April %, 1905.
Has Famous Parts.
AS Rip Van Wrinkle, in RIP Van Win
kle.'
As Bob Acres, in 1.-THE Rivals"
AS Caleb Plummer, in 1.-THE Cricket on
the Hearth"
AS Mr.. Golightly, in Lend Me Five
Shillings."
AS Newman Noggs, in Nicholas MCKEE
by"
AS Dr. ollapod, in THE Poor Gentle
man."
AS Asa Trencharda in "Our American
Cousin
AS Dr. Pangloss, in 1.-THE Hei--at- Law"
AS Marrall, in "a New Way to Pay
Old Debts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
REFLECTIONS o. A BACHELOR

From the New York Press,
A homely rich girl can get married to
poor man as quick as pretty girl to a
rich man.
The more frils woman has on her
clothes the more she puts on her COM
pany manners.
College education is such failure for
some boys that they don't even know
anything about athletics when they come
out.
A mans idea of good summer vaca-
tion is where he can wear his old clothes;
woman's Where she must wear lot of
new ones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
About Persons.

H. S. Davidson of Montgomery is at
the Morris.
Thomas ]. Robertson of Montgomery
is stopping as the Morris
Acknowledgment William w. Brandon
of Tuscalooss is in the city.
President ,ohn w. Abercrombie of the
state university was in Birmingham yes
terday.
Cant. w. y. Lay of Gadsden. one of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
Sunday School Workers.

Birmingham welcomes most heartily the
delegates to the convention of the Ala
ba1na Sunday School association. Sum
day school work was never so systemat-
ically conducted as it is today and the
hearts of the teachers and superintend-
ents we're never more thoroughly enlisted
in the good cause.
The convention will be in session until
THURSDAY night and six or seven hundred
delegates will be in attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26

IN OW that the Fourth of July is
MI coming on apace, it is timely
that Professor William stoddard
Franklin, head of the physics department
of Lehigh university. shouf announce
his invention of a toy cannon that is
guaranteed to be as noisy as the best
old line ordnance and as harmless as
cannon made of candy. The new jubila-
ton continuance for small boys operates
on the principle of the gas engine. An
electric spark ignites gas and air, cork
shell is hurled with loud explosion and
the flame emitted from the weapon is of
such low temperature that it wouldn't
efen scorch tissue paper. Five thou
sand shots will not cost more than five
cents and the cannon won't blow up
boy. Truly, here we have the acme of
all that is to be desired in a toy cannon
noise. flame and smoke. together with
economy and safety. If Professor Frank
lin does not reap fame and fortune from
his invention he will be the victim of
peculiarly untoward circumstances. By
getting busy he will still have time to
put his cannon on the market before the
arrival of the glorious Fourth.
That was a beautiful tribute paid Jo-
seph Jefferson by his old friend and inti-
mate, Grover Cleveland. Even the char
acteristic Cleveland ponderosty could not
destroy the depth of feeling revealed in
this homage to the genius and lovable
disposition of Joe" jefferson.
GREEDY JACK HoRNER.
| Little Jack Horner
| Sat in a corner
And formed a pastry trust.
He devoured that pie
With many a sigh.
And then he ate up the crust.
The statement is heard on every side
that there is land can be no successor
to Jefferson in the role of Rip Van
Wrinkle. Much of the charm OF the char
acter has departed with the man who
played 1t, but histrionic ability is a
Characteristic of the Jefferson family, and
Thomas Jefferson, a son of Joseph Jeffer-
son, has been well received in the part
made famous by his father He has
been playing RIP Van Wrinkle" for the
past several years, since the elder Rip
became too feeble for extended tours,
and it can be said that he gives a per-
formance which is at least artistic, even
though it lacks the individuality of Jo-
seph Jefferson. For the sake of the
father, the son will be welcomed if he
wishes to take up the mantle which has
but lately dropped from the shoulders
of the most widely loved man on the
American stage"
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GRATIFYING.

From the chicago Record-Herald.
Henry Watterson is writing about Pom
peii. We are glad to report that the
colonel finds nothing in the buried city
to remind him of the democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26

The Huntsville lynching is coming
up in the supreme court, and when it
does we will know whether a lynch
ing of the racial sort is contrary to
the federal constitution.
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that eftys most prominent citizens. is in
the city.
John B. Knox of Admission is in Biz
mingham.
L. NJ. Mosely of Union Springs is in
Birmingham.
George r. Mason of Columbiana is In
the city.
A. l. Jackson of Wilsonville is in the
city.
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BAD EITHER WAY

from the Cleveland Leader.
Mr.. Wiseguy-No. l don't want any Of
those sausages; I'm afraid of trichina.
The Butcher-I assure you there's no
danger of trichina in these sausages.
Mr. Wiseguy-Well, hydrophobia, then
It's Just as bad.