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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 ~ ROF. GOLDWIN SMITH -,redicts 1" that American home life will dis
 appear entirely. He sees in the present drift of things the manifestation of a higher education and a growing de- sire to be independent of servants. There will be, he believes, steady stream from homes to hotels and apartment houses' until the servant question will have been solved by aboshing it.
 In the large cities such tendency is plainly manifest, but 1t is not clear that the American people as whole are de- serting their homes. They cling to them in spite of the horrors of the servant problem, and many stout-hearted Amerl- can women solve the problem by doing their own work. They groan beneath the drudgery. however. and while much in genuity has been employed in inventing iabor-saving devices, much of their work remains the same monotonous. melan- choly grind.
 The most depressing feature of house. work, according to the most reliable in- formation obtainable, Is dish washing. Many a housewife could do all the rest of the work. and would gladly do so' 1T she could dodge the dishpan. Concen- trated thought upon this matter has evolved brilliant idea, which Is freely given to the world. Why should there not be a clean dish supply system In cities and suburbs. with morning deliv- cry by automobile, and simultaneous col lection of dishes that have been usedf The business of supplying clean toWeis to business offices has developed into permanent and profitable institution The s,nnlving of clean dishes to households in neat dust-proof crates ought to de- velop into a business worthy the attention of eager promoters.
 Such a system would require large cap ital for the purchase of a plant consist ing of manifold patterns of dishes which would be rented to households at nom inal figure. A central dishwashing plant fitted with modern machinery and con ducted with scrupulous cleanliness, after the manner of the great hotels, would pc part of the equipment. The delivery sss- tenn would consist of swift automophes, driven by uniformed and polite oehs- erymen. The responsibility for preahaso could easily be placed, and unaer propef conditions such an item wouiu ho' oe nearly as large as 1t is under the present system Every household would nave at It's command an abundance or dishes or any desired pattern, easily expanded on occasion to meet the requirements of en- tertaining.
 The establishment of a clean dish sup ply system in every large city would be strictly in line with the tendency of the times. No doubt. as capitalists perceived the millions in it, there would be mer- ger of individual systems into one gigan- tic trust. Such trust. however, would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

dered the Mikado the real ruler of the country. Later on the Mikado granted as a gift constitutional rule, reserving, however, autocratic power in an emer- gency.
 The survivors of the noble daimios wno established in power the Mikado are highly regarded in Japan. These men are in no sense official, but they are very close to the Mlkado. They constitute the Elder Statesmen to whom the Mikado turned when Theo- dore Roosevelt appealed to him not to let indemnity become a bar to peace. Ito is one of the Elder Statesmen, and Yamagata is another. Their number is not known.
 They made peace possible by advis- ing the Mikado to waive the claim of indemnity. They did this in the inter- est of peace. They took away from Russia all thought of revenge. They left the Russian government in posi- ton to maintain itself, and to carry out a treaty. While obtaining all that the war was begun for they took away the sting of defeat. and Russia is gratified and satisfied. The Elder Statesmen saw that Japan had won all she needed-all the glory and all the prestige in the Orient they could covet, and they know that Japan will in peace times grow much faster than Russia can or will, and time will show that the Elder Statesmen acted with remark able foresight and rare wisdom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
Third Term Possibilities.

Will Theodore Roosevelt, the peace maker, be his own successor in the White House? This question has been rendered prominent by the affirmative action of the envoys gathered at Ports mouth, and the consequent Joy of the world
 The question of nomination comes first, and the opinion is freely ex- pressed that the republican party will take advantage of MT. Roosevelt's new reputation as peacemaker by forcing him to become the party nominee de- spite his positive assertions to the con trary. When he was governor of New York he did not want in 1900 the nom- ination for vice-president, but his party needed him, and he was induced to ac- cept the nomination. So we may safely assume 1t will be again if the republi- can leaders become convinced that he alone of republicans can win in 1908. True, he has declared that under no circumstances would he again be can didate for the presidency, but there is wide difference between a declara- tion on the night of election in 1904, and the campaign of 1908. The party magnates will determine the question of nomination, and means will be found to secure the nominee's acceptance os the task. Few or none can resist an appeal that is unmistakably genuine, coming as perhaps it will from friend and foe alike.
 But the day of nomination and the dcy of election are two different days. The nomination of MT. Roosevelt in 1908 necessarily involves the third term issue, because he will have served eight years, lacking but five months. As MT. Roosevelt said on election night last November. the people would re- gard in that matter the substance and disregard the form.
 It is difficult to predict what will take place three years hence, but if MT. Roosevelt retains his present pop ularity and prestige the party will not hesitate to face the third-term issue. It was almost persuaded to do so in &rant's day. and 1t will perhaps be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
AtIanta,s Yellow Fever.

q was sorry" said the ex-Atlantian who Is always in evidence, Ito hear that my native city has been added to the in- fected town of the south The case of fever was however, imported.
 "The question now arises, has Atlanta any stegomyias among her mosquitoes7 IL 1t has stegomyias then of course yellow fever can be as readily transmitted there as it once was in Quebec. It is idle to say that one city has stegomyias and the next city has none. The case in Atlanta will of course, be carefully screened, and no infection. ir is fair to presume. will arise from 1t.
 Tt is folly" added the ex-Atlantian, "to open any city in the cotton states to all corners, and Atlanta probably begins to see where 1t made mistake. Yellow Jack Is not fellow to trifle with in a gulf or south Atlantic state.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
POSTAL CARD FAD.

From the Springfield Republican.
 The fad for souvenir postal cards has the countrytin it's grasp and everyone Is suffering It was bad enough in Europe a year ago, but things over there were merely ehilds pastime compared with the conditions now existing in the United States. Everyone's hencoop now decor ates a post card and everyone's friends are painfully aware of the fact. Some of the pictures. which show the chickens gone to roost, or the good old white mare eating cornstalks, are very pretty and are a decided addition to the cluster of yellow and purple immortelles on the mantlepece. But now the craze here has even run away from Paris, and some of the cards are disgusting in their so- called humor. The comic" cards had to come, and the obscene ones followed closely in their wake, and spread with such rapidity that the postal authorities had to take notice of them. Now orders have been issued that all such cards be thrown out of the malls, and thousands of them are arriving at the dead let ter office. The sender never signs these cards. so 1t is impossible to run him down and dole out the richly deserved punishment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
Condition of Park.

q am surprised that the circle. or small park at Five Points, is not kept in bet ter condition" said resident of High land avenue yesterday.
 "vistors who drive over the Highlands are almost sure to pass Five Points and they certainly will not be favorably inn pressed when they see the uncut grass and the weeds In this little park.
 ''The park could be made one of the prettiest spots In the city if a little work were done on it every day or even once week. The other parks in Birmingham are kept in good condition by the city and I do hope that this particular one will not be neglected any longer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
Our New Russian Peril.

Darkest Russia, rid of war, presents a new peril to the world in the form of cholera. In progressive countries the "comma bacillus" Is well understood, and sanitation is able to conquer spor- adic cases of the disease of the germ when they appear. In Russia, however, where neither sanitation nor intelli- gence are in full control, the bacillus of cholera finds a soil and field open to it's dreadful activities. Russia adjoins East Prussia, and the disease has thus been carried into Germany, and a Rus sian emigrant afflicted with 1t has died in a hospital in Hamburg.
 The Asiatic or Russian bacillus will be intelligently combatted in Germany, and on account of the heavy Russian immigration movement, it will be watched for at the New York quaran- tine, where extra precautions have all ready been taken. Between action in Hamburg and action in New York, 1t is scarcely reasonable to expect that the peril bred from Russian ignorance and slovenliness will be visited upon this country.
 The cholera epidemic of 1892 and 1893 killed in Russia about 800,000 per sons When the disease afflicted this country in the seventies of the last cen tury the nature of the short, rod-shaped germ of cholera was unknown, and the fact that rivers as well as drinking waters may become infected was not well understood. The disease Is not contagious in the sense that smallpox is, but 1t is a disease that quickly in fects the soil and water of a district. It will not be permitted to diffuse its germs in the soil and waters of this country hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
Crowds at Station.

"I have never seen such crowds at the union station as there are tonight" said w. Barnes Morgan about 10 o'clock last night.
 T have been here every night for the past month. and 1t seems to me that there are twice as many people here tonight as on any previous night that I can re- member.
 ''The extra crowd does not seem to be confined to either race. The white people are present in greater numbers than have ever seen before. and the negroes are thick as peas in a pod.
 ''The size of the crowd shows two things: First, people are travelling. Sec ond, the people are prosperous or they could not travel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Getting Rid of Surplus.

Within the last few weeks the Bir- mingham police department has made strenuous and successful efforts to rid the city of idlers and vagrants," said Judge Feagin yesterday, "and as a result of these efforts Birmingham has been cleared of many such characters. In the past two or three weeks several young white men have been arrested and have been put upon good behavior pending their se- curing employment. A large number or young negro boys have been arrested for similar offense, but instead of send ing these young boys to prison, where they would in all probability imbihe tho traits of confirmed criminals and become such themselves. members of these little boys families have been allowed to select homes for them in the country and l have sent them there where they will be removed from the temptations of city lire and from the contamination of those vices which has been the ruin of the character of so many of the youths of our city.
 "I am firm believer in the theory, or rather fact, that the greatest evil which befalls society is permitting young chil- dren to grow up exposed to the tempta- tions and vicious allurments incident to congested centers. The downfall of all ancient republics was caused by the en- neroation of the character of their citi- zens because of friyolous dissipations and idle amusements of the youth of their cities. The evil influences of idleness have engulfed many promising young men, sapping the handspring of sturdy, virtuous and virile characters. The greatest curse that threatens our repub- lie is the idle and dissipated classes in our cities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
ALAS, GEORGE ADEI
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
 Poor George Ade! He is about to be engulfed by flood of money. he fears. The cash is pouring in upon him so fast that be does not know what to do with 1t and has appealed to friends for sug- gestions. His earnings from his plays and books last year. 1t is stated, amounted to $150,000, and will be very much larger next year. He will have ten theatrical companies on the road paying him royal ties, besides which his publishers are con- tinually annoying him by sending him checks. He has bought automobiles and yachts and clothes until he is stocked up with those things; he has eaten the most expensive foods that his dyspepsia will permit; he has travelled and tossed money at the birds, nevertheless his bank ac- count keeps on growing like a bamboo vine. The query arises, why doesn't Ade get married? It Is a safe wager that he would have little difficulty in finding some charming young thing who would quickly solve for him the problem of getting rid of the surplus money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
GROWN UP?

By J. w. Foley. I been loolxin' fir some children Thet I used t know; Used t see 'em in tn papers
 Twenty year ago: Thought I used t hear 'em playin' Right around my door; Have y seen 'em-Riley's children7 Don't they play no more? Say, but them was really children; An 1 used t read About Annie-Orfant Annie
 An I often heed One of 'em, I thought. a-singin'
 Right around my door; But I haven't seen lem lately
 Don't they sing no more? Wy, I've set an read about 'em An 1t almos' seemed They was yourn or mine. a-mebbe. But mus a dreamed. An I thought I see one standin'
 With her dress all tore, An her golden hair all tangled Don't they play no more? Wy O course-I wasn't thinkin'- They're all growed up now, It was years ago I knowned 'em, But it seems, somehow, Them 'ud allus be but children:
 Might a-known afore Thet them children-Riley's children, Won't come back no more!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
Musical Culture.

''Ivhe National Conservatory of Music of America, founded in New York by Mrs. Jeanette M. Thurber, has just opened it's twenty-first scholastic year yesterday" remarked a musician. This is the only school of music chartered by Congress. It was established purely for the advance ment of musical art and is not money making institution in any sense When the revenues exceed the expenses the extra money is devoted to the extension of musical culture.
 ..The faculty includes Joseffy, Lichten-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
Japan's Elder Statesmen.

In peace times and under ordinary circumstances Japan has constitu- tional government, but in times of war the Mikado has powers exceeded by those of none of the other sovereigns except possibly the Czar and the Sultan of Turkey. The government of Nippon is imperfectly understood. It is com plicated, and growth of revolution. The Mikado himself had no power un- til the revolution of thirty-seven yeafs ago, when the leading daimios upset shotgun rule and the tycoon, and rem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
COMER IN THE RACE.

From the Selma Times.
 In announcing MT. Comer's return from Tate Springs. the Birmingham Age-Her- aid remarked that MT. B. B. Conner, candidate for governor. has returned from Tate" That is right, Tn emasses all regard him as in the race for governor, and what is more. he is going to win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man could avoid lot of trouble by never being born.
 A boy can fool his mother as easily as she can fool his father.
 Women all ought to favor their hus- bands smoking because 1t consoles them for staying home.
 Next to putting money in the collection plate woman takes the most pride in having her son pass 1t.
 When a girl wears white stockings and gets them muddy she might as we'll have a big mustache for all the impression she can make on men.
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fully persuaded in 1908 that the time has come to break down the unwritten law, and MT Roosevelt, the individual, will then have to obey the will of his party by swallowing the words he ut tered four years before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
POSSIBLE SOLUTION OF
 THE SERVANT QUESTION

constant menace of losing business in competition with the housewife's reliable right arm. So long as the trust served the household cheaply and faithfully it would be welcome an auxiliary in solving the. servant problem.
 This suggestion is offered in behalf of the housewives of America. partly in d spirit of apprehension lest in the pro- cess of feminine emancipation mere man may yet have to wash the dishes him. self
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

The Empress Dowager of China has come out in favor of parliamentary gov ernment in her country-twelve years hence. She dislikes to be sudden in her political efforts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
THE REST.

From the New York Mail.
 Southern cotton planters are wearing buttons inscribed, "We Will Bust Wall Street." When they set mad they press the button. Wall street does the rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

Mayor Jim Woodward has been cen sured by the city council of Atlanta, which is much easier than impeach- ment. He sees, however, that his true sure seat is on the water wagon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

Peace in the Far East affects even the stolid rusty stocks of pig iron in furnace yards. Strange to say, it rem ders them frmer, and they look pretty substantial now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

Secretary Taft is coming home. and Miss Alice Roosevelt and a select party of Congressmen are going to run up to Pelzn to drop in on Tsi An.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
FELT NATURAL, NO DOUBT.

From the Richmond News-Leader.
 "A Chicago man has been robbed by footpads in Berlin" Must have felt like humming Home, Sweet Home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

JOHANN HocH. at present of Ghi- f0U cago, is out in an interview on
 - '.Dr. Witzhoff," who is something of a married man himself. As matter of fact, in an interview is about the only way Hoch can come out just now, but we will let that pass. No one would att tempt to deny that Johann Hoch is an authority on matrimony. ''Dr. Witzhoff' is accused of marrying 1000 women and is also something of an authority on the subject. MT. Hoch says that almost any man can marry a thousand women if he is attentive and persevering. "All women who are not married want to get married. Some are discriminating; the majority are not. Men of brains and physical attractiveness are not the most successful with women. It is the man who Is sympathetic and attentive. A good promiser' can do almost anything with women." Now MT Hoch is neither a Shakespeare nor a George Meredith. It appears that he Is only bigamist, but who shall deny that his words have weight? Marry a thousand womenl" Think of the possibilities! But who wants to marry a thousand women, any way2 When everything is all right one is enough and when everything is all wrong one is equal to half dozen
 The most remarkable trait shown by the Japanese since they sprang into world prominence is their good sense. Appar- ently, they never make mistake. No matter what the circumstances, they al- ways do the right thing" It would seem that these Oriental Yankees have pur- chased immunity from the tendency to err which is so characteristcally human. They appeared for a moment to have been outgeneraledx at Portsmouth: per- haps they were. but note the subtle ap- peal to the good graces of the powers in their explanation-"for the sake of humanity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

The men who borrowed money from the Equitable society are serene. They are letting the society and it's old di- rectors do the floor-walking act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
In the Servants, Hall.

From ''F1iegende Blatter."
 First Butler-Are these cigars im- ported?
 Second Butler-No, extracted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
WILL HOLD THINGS DOWN.

From the Washington Post.
 MT. Bryan will start for Manila on September 15. MT. Bourke Cochran will be home about that time. prepared to go on watch until Bryan gets back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
BEAT THE MIKApos.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 We take 1t that even the Japs will now admit that ''the illustrious ancestors" of our MT. Roosevelt must have something on those of the Mikado.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
ELIGIBLE.

From the New York Herald.
 Peace orator says the army of the fu- ture will be a police force. Oyama needn't worry; his name is his fortune. kind slrs, you see
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
PuzzLINo.

From the Washington Star.
 Spain can hardly believe that this peace enthusiast, Theodore Roosevelt. is the man who showed so much spunk down in Cuba a few years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

The Shaw-Cummins controversy is stirring Iowa to it's depths, and some of it's depths need a stirring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

Secretary Bonaparte is trying to find what high official led up to the dep'or- able negligence In the Bennington's engine room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

Imperial bans do not, alas, stop boy cotts, and the only antidote is just and satisfactory treaty, not made in San Francisco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

The Czar has got rid of the Japs, but the bomb-throwers continue to be ready to get into his midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

The Filipinos will be apt to trace their new outbreak of cholera to the visits of American Congre5smen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

New Orleans proposes to make the fight of its life in the hope of eradicat- ing the fever this month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

The advisory or consulting engineers are now at work on the Panama prob lem, trying to earn their liberal fees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

The dove of peace was sheltered un- der the wing of the American eagle, and it accomplished good work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

The Chinese have also boycotted American ra'iroad concessions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

Portsmouth feels today that the en- voys were altogether too nasty and impetuous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

The third-term wave is in our midst, but it is not warranted to stay until November, 1908.