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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
BIG FAMILIES
Were Common in North of England
in Olden Days.

From London lid Bits
The north of England seems to be fer
tile soil for large families, for in 1897 we
read of a Cumberland man and his Wife
accompanied by thirty of their children.
all attending the christening of the thir-
ty-frst child, and in earlier years an
other north countryman, Thomas Green
hill, applied to the then Duke of Norfolk,
earl marshal, for am augmentation to his
coat of arms on the singular ground that
he was THE seventh son and the thirty
ninth child of one father and MOTHER
In Conway churchyard there was to be
seen--it can scarcely be there today-a
tombstone bearing the following remarlla-
BILE epitaph: Here lyeth the body of
Nicholas Hooker of Conway, gentleman
who was the forty first child Of his ia
Their William Hooker, by Alice, his wife.
and the father of twent y-seven children,
1881"
If a mans family be considered as in
Guiding all his defendants, that of Peter
Smith who flourlshed in New Jersey in
the seventeenth century. is entitled to a
high place of honor, for at a recent an
nual gathering of Peters progeny no
fewer than 1000 met and dined together
under the apple trees i'm the orchard at
tached to the ancestral homestead.
In families it Is not an unknown thing
for one child to be old enough to be his
or her great grand child. Thus the eldest
son of Thomas Beatty of Drumcondra
had passed his sevent third birthday
when his youngest brother qualified for
he cradle. When William Frost of Gal
play, near Ripon, died in 1889 his eldest
child was a sturdy boy of lightweight
summers and his youngest was barely
sixteen, and the Lady Powercourt of to-
day is half a century older than her
latest brother
There are cases on record where CEN
fury or more has divided the wedding
days of father and son. The first Earl
Of Leicester was first married in 1775. and
his son led his second wife to the altar in
August, 1875. while Capt. Francis Maude,
who was married on June %. 1919, was
following the example his father, Lord
Hawarden, had set him ninety-three years
earlier in 1856 But both these cases are
quite eclipsed by that of General G. Stew
enson of Bristol, who was united to his
third wife in, 1894 at the age of eighty
two and whose father was first wed In
1904, the year of Blenheim. This SEEM
ing mpossibility Is accounted for by the
fact that the father who was born in
1890 was married for the third time at
the age of seventy. and the general was
the son of this late union Thus we get
the remarkable result OF a man whose
father was born in Charles lis reign
of many people still living.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30

1t is claimed by the management that
the third act of THE Factory Girl
Charles L. Blaneys great labor play,
which comes to the Bijou this week, is
one of the most impressive and stirring
scenes produced upon any stage. 1t shows
the interior of an aluminium factory in
full operation. The noise of the turning
wheels, the clatter of the belts, the hum
ming of the dynamos and the flashes of
light from the electric switchboard, help
to make the tragedy of the scene convinc-
ing and thrilling in it's realism. An i'm
mense steel plunger rises and falls with
| clock-like regularity and the villain, af-
ter having killed his father by forcing
him against the electric switchboard, at
tempts to cover his fiendish crime by
| throwing his brother senseless upon the
moTfng carrier of the hammer The
scene as the carrier, with its human
freight, gides slowly toward the massive
plunger moving with tremendous force
up and down. is described as intensely
dramatic and impressive.
The carrier is separated from the plum
ger by thread of space when the res
cue comes in a decidedly thrilling man.
ner a the hands of the little factory girl
who comes to look for her sweetheart.
Separated from the factory proper by a
solid wall of glass, she skaters 1t to
fragments. the effect being as If she had
thrown herself bodily through the glass.
and the climax is said to be one of the
most original ever conceived
But the play is not all sensational by
any means 1t tells story of absorbing
interest, of the bitterness and stern real
tiles of q working girls life made Joyous
by the ultimate triumph of love.
Carrie Graham employed in the Hart
man aluminium factory, is loved by Tom
and Rodger Hartman. the two sons of
her employer; one with a love omen and
honorable. the other with a desire base
and ignoble. Salie French. forewoman
of the factory and Rodgers paramount.
soaded to madness by jealousy, places
several pay envelopes I'm Carrie Graham's
coat and accuses her of the theft She Is
arrested. thrown into prison. brought to
trial and exonerated in a scene stirring
in its appeal to the sympathies of the
audience. The dramatic action is relieved
by stream of ripDling comedy, and Gin
ger and Mary with their extraordinary
love-making, are amusing every time
they appear.
The indications are that there will be
busy times ut the Riiou this week a "The
Factory Girl" hes proved ore of the sub
stantial hits Of the season. The company
Is a large and capable one of thirty peo-
pie. Among the more prominent mem
hers of the cast are Lon Hascall T. Grant
Gibson, Charles F. Keane. Guy Rawson.
VIII II. Stevens. George o. Beavan Will
liam !. Dale Alex S. Dale Jerry Driscor.
Caroline May, who appears in the title
role Ella Cameron. Marion Hyde. Hattie
Remple. Beth Kaufman Frances Clare
and Elizabeth Dale
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COSTLY ENGINEERING WORKS.
Maximum Cost of Panama Canal viii
Be $23o,50o,oo0.

Henry Harrison Suplee in the Forum
1t may be of interest to call attention
to the fact that in engineering. as in other
departments of work and activity, the
things which are considered of the great
est magnitude and Importance are by no
means those of the largest cost and diff
Guilty Thus, the Simplon tunnel. impor-
tant as ii is in connection with the open
ing of new routes from Italy to the North
sea, is estimated to cost about 100000,
or less than one-third of the cost of the
New York rapid transit subway. The
maximum estimated cost of the Panama
canal. cut to sea level. is $3.50, 500 600. while
the estimates for the new subways in New
York city alone, not including that al
ready completed. amount to $3.50, 000, 600.
1t has been estimated that the works
row projected and partially under way in
and about New York at the present time
will involve the expenditure of nearly
$3.50 600 600, These works include the
Pennsylvania railroad tunnels and termi-
nal. $4,000. 900; the Identification of the
r,ew York Central lines entering New
York with the reconstruction of the
Grand Central station, S45, 000. 900; new SUBJ
WAYS m Greater New YORK;, $50 ~ oro;
Manhattan. Blackwells' Island and other
bridges Ss6 500 600: extension OF the New
York water supply, 5000 000 improve
ment of the harbor and the dredging of
the Ambrose channel $4,000, 600 Similar
great expenditure are planned about Chi
cago. 1t has been announced that extern
sive railroad improvements and connec-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
Name for Great Men.

From the Kansas City Journal
There are more Grant townships in
Kansas than any other kind. TWENTY
eight bear this name The fact that
Grant was doing things and making news
when the townships of Kansas were be-
ing named Is chiefly responsible for this
The name of Lincoln is a close second
There are tWenty-seven Lrcoln town.
ships in Kansas. Other statesmen are
well represented There are twentY-three
Logans twelve Shermans. eight Harri-
sons, nine Jacksons, six 3lanes and four
Clevelands. Many townships are named
after states. There are six Ohio town.
Ships and four Illinois townships.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
Autos for Two the Fad.

Alex Schwalbach i'm Leslie's Weekly.
Abroad. high-powered touring cars seat
ling two only are popular. because the
gentleman owner who understands his
car prefers to drive it himself, with his
wife or good friend for companions
instead of a chauffeur. Another reason
for Its popularity is the absence of the
big tonncau I'm the rear. which does not
look well empty and filed reduces the
speed Besides, two are company, and
three or more are a crowd. Here the fad
has come also.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30

the evolution of Japan was the spread Of
the English language The war seems T.
have given an impetus to this
Ones first Introduction to a country
says Mr.. Shelton in talking about this
comes generally with the handling of
its money, and the first Japaaefe bank
note you get bears ON its back sue prom
Use of the bank to pay. written III English
con the railway stations Vol see the
name in English, and also suen familiar
signs This way in and This way out
1t is the fashion of the country 10 &C.
quire English
"The natives will ask you to write out
sentences which they don't understand,
and you see them trying to learn them.
Almost unconsciously jarau Is adopting
the Roman alphabet. Business Japan
needs English typewrters and that is
about all"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
NO POLICE GRAFT JAPAN.
Tale of Rescue of Diamond Lost by
American Tourist.

From the Washington Post.
William II. Shelton, the artist. returned
recently from a visit to Japan. While
there he was impressed very much by the
japanese police. He came away with the
idea that the japanese police department
was much superior to other police de-
partments, principally owing to the APP
parent elimination of graft.
'While / was at Nagasaki," he says,
"Captain Barker an American quarter
master there, lost very fine uncut dia-
mond. He hadn't an idea where he had
lest 1t. He sent word to the police and
a regular policeman came around and
made inquiries about the stone.
with the poiteness that is character
istic of the country the policeman an
nounced that it would give the police
great pleasure to find it If they could
Several days later he appeared with the
diamond, which must have been very hard
to find, owing to its being in an uncut
state.
"He handed it to Captain Barker with
a bow and walked away. True to his
American instincts. Captain Barker called
him back. reached down into his pocket
and pulled out couple of yen, which he
offered him.
1.-THE policeman seemed to be both sur
prised and offended was against all
the rules of the police, he said to accept
such gratuties from anyone.
81 found later just how serious It would
have been if he had taken it. 1t seems
that the policemen in Japan are recruited
from the middle class and punishment for
anyone caught grating means much more
than dismissal from the service or I'M
prsonment. 1t means loss of caste.
"A man dismissed from the police de-
partment for such an offense no matter
what his previous rank In society, be-
comes a marked man and is regarded MS
cooie. the lowest class of society As
a cooie nothing Is left to him but hard
labor for the rest of his days"
, Mr. Shelton said that what struck hiri
as one of The most marvellous phases IN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
Mail Orders Filled in
the order Received

Living out of Birmingham need
not bar you from the advant-
ages and economies this sale
affords.
You can order by mail with
positive assurance that every
thing is absolutely as repre-
scented.
We would gladly send sam
Piles of these special things but
if former sales can be used to
judge by the delay would cost
you the opportunity to get the
goods, selling will be too brisk
Mail orders filed as they are
received.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
Horse tights Three Men.

From Country Life in America.
The general feeling among the cow
boys seemed to be that when an "out-
law or untameable bronco had been
saddled and bridled the trouble was over.
the mere riding being matter of detail.
1t was seldom that fewer than three men
succeeded in saddling and bridling one
of these outlaws" Even with his fore
legs roped together and a man hanging
on to each ear, an OUTLAW" would rise
on his hind legs to escape the bride.
On one occasion an OUTLAW took the
arm of the cowboy who proposed to ride
him in his teeth. lifted him high In the
air and shook him savagely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
RUBBING Ii In.

From the Detroit Tribune.
He had proposed to the frigid-hearted
maid, but in vain.
But" he protested 81 cannot live
without you. darling"
THAT" she rejoined -cily, will be good
news for the undertaken"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
steeIe-smith, 1923 Second Ayerue
This Week the Sale of Silks and WOOIenS

cng t Hmtc h entire ydfal wooden is in
il p re a ar r ga tina
la e idy ut pn an poie y bng ts
chtncu ret tunsr buyngpu bkn the toih eprcH ont
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
There are Many More Silks
Than We Set down Here

LOO, 1.25, and $50 fancy tafetas
and Louisine. The highest grades
and the newest combinations to be
found in the New York market.
Messalines and chiffon finished
taffeta and Louisines, changeable
and two tone effect and subdued
Roman stripes. This 0En
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
AMUSEMENT
AT THE slJoU.

, All the week, with maDnees Tues
, day, Thursday and SatVrday-'1rhe
|, Factory Girl"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
These 90 On Sale
Monday Morning

Earlier than usual this yellow Tiche"
semi annual sale of silk and wooden
goods will prove doubly interesting
to careful, prudent, thrifty women.
More timely and therefore the
greater economies because they are,
from start to finish, desirable things
Things you need for suit or skirt,
or shirt waist, and little folks frocls
for summer wearing; those who learn
quickest will save most.
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b &c
Wash SILK. Third
Unidentified

One lot of striped and corded wash
silks; an unusual 35c quality DOC
dt...
Best quality of imported kaiki wash
silks, plaids and Dresden stripe ef-
fects, an excellent soc OSo
quallty, at. ............ wv
19-inch Printed Pongee Silks, blue.
green, black, and browns, 0Qo
with white dots... .......... ~OC
SOC quality of 23-inch OSo
wash Foulard... =. ......... wv
19inch figured white wash OQo
Silks, zoe quality, at.......... oOO
Dress Patterns
Suit thai sold at $1.25 a rSo
yard, this sale... -. -. NV
Suit patterns that sold at I OO
s1.75 a yard, at. ........... Law
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
All Six Suits Reduced

The ready-to-wear shares
in this First of May Sale and
in no half-hearted way.
We cut the price on every
silk suit in the stock. Suits
whose style is par excellence,
the best---the very things for
now and all the summer
another sale that will show
you the salient grasp Steele
Smith has upon the market.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
All VOiIe Prices
Cut

A handsome quality of Chiffon Wolfe,
AZ inches wide, light gray, brown,
light blue and royal; an ex- $40
ceptional 75c quality, at........ .coO
handsome weave of flecked Wolfe,
brown and white and gray, with Go
white; regular price $1.00, at. Wv
A fine high-grade Chiffon Wolfe, our
regular unexcelled $1OO quality, in
champagne, light blue cream, royal"
navy and china" blue, OK
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Taffeta Suits in green and black;
waist has plain tabled yoke, with two
broad plaits over either shoulder,
plated puff extending from yoke;
fancy cuffs and collar finished with
ruche; clustered plaits on skirt
stitched to knee. Regu- 10 OA
lar price $500; at. ... IC'oO
Taffeta Suits, in two-toned green
and red fancy designs, with surplice
waist, braid trimmings and small gilt
button; full plated skirt. A perfectly
tailored suit. Regular OF OO
price $4,000; at........... ~I'OO
Heavy Taffeta Suits in red, tan or
two-toned brown; a dressy suit, with
surplice waist and vestee of all-over
lace. The stirring across shoulders
gives fullness; trimmings of leather
buttons and braid; very effective
sleeve; skirt tucked to give fullness;
fancy double shirred ruche on flare.
Regular price $500; 90 SA
a.. -. -. ...''''...
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01
The woman.s Club Movement

In the beginning. as is the case with ev-
cry new creation. ii was chaotic. indefinite,
apparently without settled design. The
women themselves were not quite sure
what they were organized for. When ask
co. What do you do?' What is the
good OF organization for women" What
do you expect to accomplish" the an
swers were necessarily vague. About the
only definite thoughts In the minds of the
women at that time were. that by organ
lzing they could more readily compare
IDEAS and bring greater numbers of wom-
en- into communication with each other;
and also that by combination they could
acquire more knowledge I'm a given time
than they could individually. For in
stance. one woman would take a special
subject. study il more or less carefully.
and then give to the others the result OF
her Investigations. so that the whole body
would get some idea of that subject Each
woman would gain knowledge in proper
ton to the amount of interest which she
took I'm the work. With each taking a
different topic, a great variety OF infor-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01
UsELEssNEss OF OLD MEN

Zone of the sapient professors, DR.. WILL
lam Osler. of Johns Hopkins university.
gives IL as his opinion that all the great
things in this world are done by men who
are under forty years of age. and that men
are useless and even dangerous after they
are sixty. at which age he thinks they
ought TO be chloroformed-)
Come, let us kill the old men off, they're
only in the way:
The young men are the ones we need and
they alone should sway.
There's poor old TolStOy: how unwiSe and
mean his actions are
Compared with those OF Nicholas. the glo-
rious young car.
Let every man be chloroformed when he
has reached three score.
He has no right to linger on, his useful
ness Is DER:
How grand the world might be today II
Gladstone. Tennyson.
Grim Bismarck and great Hugo all had
died at forty-one.
Turn out the fossils, Give the boys a
chance to write and rule;
a man at fifty is no man-hes but a
headstrong fool
There England trails away behind-her
rulers old. poor thingi
But see how Spain looms at the front with
her sublime young king.
S. T.. kiser In Chicago Record-Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01

necessary to obtain a legal separation.
there are none in which the 'cruel and
inhuman treatment allegations in any
way approach those OF Mrs. Christie
pher Berry. the wife of a wealthy
banker of Holloway Road, Battersea,
London Mrs. Berry had a few COM
plants which she thought justified her
in seeking divorce and the court held
her case under Amusement. In adj
dition to speaking harshly TO her, Mrs.
Berry said, her husband amused HIM
self by dragging her around the parlor
by her hair. thrusting his fingers into
her Mouth and down her throat, fast
ening her hair to a door knob and oc-
casionally pulling out few handfuls
throwing her down in a muddy street
and running her gown. slapping her
face until II was black and blue and
pushing her into the river. Besides
this. Mr.. Berry was in the habit. when
the humOr seized him. of consuming
large quantities of liquor, and his wife
says on one occasion he drank a pint
Of old Scotch whisky inside of four
minutes-an act which did not i'm
prove his temper nor add to her peace
of mind.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM

Lorgnette chains of. unmatched
stones are among the 3eweIry novelties
or the iate season, one worn by Mrs.
Borden Hartman in the METROPOLITAN
the last time she went to the opera
being a striking specimen of the fad.
NO two stones in hers were alike. nor
even of the same kind. Therefore. as
the chain was long. they necessarily
covered the whole. range of gems. Next
the clasp was a diamond big enough
and lustrous enough to deserve a soil
taire setting. Then came a ruby. a
sapphire, topaz. OPAL turquoise. pearl,
emerald, tourmaline, beryl, ONYX. car
nellan, carbuncle, agate, garnet. and
perhaps dozen more of Jewels rarely
seen in such harlequinesque propin-
guilty. or course the stones were spac-
ed out with gold links, for there are not
enough different sorts in the world TO
make a solid chain of such length. The
intervals were not long. however, and
the whole had Neapolitan ice cream
effect that certainly was unusual. Nat
urally the stones were as nearly of a
size as possible. but it was out of the
question, evidently, to have them en-
tirely so, for there remained a dispar-
ity between the smallest carbuncle and
the biggest garnet Mrs. Harriman's
jeweler could find. Husbands with few
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01
Mr.. TAFT EXPLAINS
EMERGENCY CONTRACTS
Answers Criticism of Acts of Panama
Canal Commission

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Emergen-
cy contracts for supplies by the Pam
anna canal commission without legal
advertising for bids were discussed at
today.s meeting of the cabinet. Secre-
tary Taft explained that two weeks or
more ago he had sent to the commits
sion for all emergency contracts that
had beer made. He had gone over most
OF them and was inclined to the opinion
that, Ia such as he had examined. the
commission had acted wisely. Some of
the purchases perhaps were open to
unfavorable criticism. but it was re-
markabie. he thought. in view of the
necessity for haste in procuring many
or the supplies. particularly medical
supplies, that criticism should not lie
against more of the contracts made.
To retute the charges Secretary Taft
laid before the cabinet a statement
showing every contract made by the
commission from May l.. 1904. to Feb.
l, 1905. with full particulars as to the
publicity given by advertisement and
the precautions adopted to secure the
commission
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01
MRS. CHADWICK WOULD
BE TRIED ELSEWHERE
Claim Is Made She Could Not Get a
Fair Show in Cleveland

CLEVELAND. o., Feb. 2S.-Mrs.
Chadwick declared today that her at
torneys would apply for a change OF
venue in connection with her trial in
the United States district court. She
said the action would be taken on the
ground that District Attorney Sulli-
van, who will prosecute her case IL tried
here. is related to Judge Taylor and
that owing to the strong feeling ex-
listing against her in this city. fair and
unprejudiced trial could not be secured
Judge Taylor today overruled the mo-
ton that indictment against Mrs. Chad
wick be quashed. Mrs. Chadwick en-
tered a plea of not guilty to the two
additional indictments. charging con-
spiracy. Her trial will commence be-
fore Judge Taylor Monday. the con-
spiracy indictments against her being
taken up first uta
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01
Help Out the ,Pinos

NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-Announcement
is made OF the formation OF the Filipino
Progress association. the purposes OF
which are declared to be: ITO procure
and disseminate information concerning
the industrial, commercial and political
conditions in the Philippine islands; to
promote Legislation favorable to the Fill
pinos and to promote the fulfillment Of
the hope expressed by President Roose-
Welt in his message that the Philippine
islands shall stand in some such relation
TO the United States as Cuba now
stands. Jacob G. Schurman is president
OF the association and Horace White
treasurer and the vice presidents include
Andrew Carnegie. President Charles w.
Eliot. Cardinal Gibbons. President David
Starr Jordan and Prof. Henry Van Dyke