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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03
Friday.

Etude club meets with Mrs. ]. o..
Severns In afternoon.
c. l. S. c. meets in afternoon at Ii
brarby club rooms.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03
Bedroom of the Future.

lxh.-s NMfE
EwT Bedroom Of the Future. Tw7
1t is beautifully proportioned. There
rs no fireplace, and n perplexed by
that until | find a thermometer beside
six switches ON the wall. Above this
switchboard is a brief illustration.
One switch warns the floor. which is
not carpeted, but covered with a sub
stance like soft oilcloth; one warns
the mattress. which is of metal with re-
sistance coils threaded to and fro in
1t, the other warns the walls in var
ious degrees. each directing current
through a separate system OF resist.
ance. Beside the bed, and TO be lit at
night by a handy switch over the pill
low is little clock, its face flush with
the wall. The room has no corners
to gather dirt; wall meets floor with
a gentle curve. and the apartment
could be swept out effectually by a few
strokes Of a mechanical sweeper. You
are politely requested to turn a hanile
at the foot of your bed before leaving
the room, and forthwith the frame
turns up into vertical position and the
bedclothes hang airing. You stand at
the doorway and realize that there re-
mains not a minutes work for anyone
TO do.-Modern Utopia
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Miss Corrlne Stevens returned to Al
va Tuesday. after spending a pleasan
vacation with home folks.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Mrs. May PEBBLES and son Waiter Wis.
itS few days with Perry friends.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Miss Lou Strang will return tonight
from pleasant visit with relatives and
friends in Northwestern Kansas.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Rev. and Mrs. Davidson and daughter,
Miss Agnes, Of Oklahoma City. and Miss
Susan Davidson. Of Omaha. Neb.. were
here New Year day the guests OF As
sistant Attorney General and Mrs. Don
c. Smith. Rev. Davidron is pastor OF
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

DR.. Franklin p. Wood is here from
Kansas City this week. the guest Of Mrs
Eva Eager.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Mrs. Frank Frantz came over from
Pawhuska yesterday evening. remaining
over night a guest at the Royal and
leaving on the morning Denver. Enid
and Gulf for Enid She was accom-
panied by Mrs, Harrison, OF Pawhusxa.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Mr.. Oscar Niles is here from Kansas
to be present tonight at the marriage
of his brother. Captain Alva ]. Niles, to
Miss Ethel McNeal
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

The young son OF Judge and Mrs. A
C. c. Bierer is reported quite III.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Manager Stinson, OF the Capital Grain
company. left this morning for Kend-
rick on business.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

T. ]. Turpin, general agent for the d.
L. & O., returned to Enid on the morn"
ing train.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

George Lewis has returned from a
holiday visit with home folks in Mis-
souri,.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Oklahomans are now experiencing the
very first disagreeable weather condi-
tions of the season OF 1905-06.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Mr. Willard Lindwall was married this
morning at six o'clock by Rev. Dodson.
TO Miss Magdeline Milan. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lindwall left on the northbound Santa
Re for Parsons, Kas., where they are
at home to their friends.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

s. jackson is here today from Okla
homa city, coming up on the morning
train.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

A. w. Frederick, soliciting agent for
the Mutual Life Insurance company, is
here from Chickasha on business.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-03

Misses Maude Mcqueen and Jennie
Stewart have returned to Oklahoma City
after having spent a pleasant yacation
with home folks in Guthrie.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
Downfall Of the Machine.

Malcolm Patterson, Congressman
from the Memphis district, energies
from four-days battle in a state CON
vention a victor, bearing away the
unanimous democratic nomination. for
governor of Tennessee. The victory
Of Mr. Patterson is all the more signal
because at the outset he was not well
known throughout state that spans
the country from the Mississippi river
TO the Blue Ridge but he stumped
every county. leaving in each dis
tinctly favorable impression. The vic
tory is therefore largely of a PERSONAL
nature.
1t goes. however, somewhat beyond
it, for it is another blow aimed at
state machine. Governor Cox had the
state machine and both United States
Senators behind him, and this has
proven, as 1t had elsewhere, a weak.
ness. No state machine has won Of
late victory. All have been voted
down. Even in Pennsylvania the ma
chine went down a complete wreck,
and signs are not wanting that the
machine in New Jersey is going down,
too. So it was in Tennessee.
Malcolm Patterson won a personal
victory, but he could not have done it
if he had not fought the machine. The
democrats of Tennessee want new
deal, and this is why they selected ex-
Gov Bob Taylor for Senator and NAL
com Patterson for governor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
Interest In Music.

Progress has been made In musical Gull
ture In the United States, said an old
music lover, but 1t will be yet many
years before Americans as a people will
rank unsteady with the people of Ger
many and otlier European nations.
Many causes are assigned for the lack
of musical taste and musical achievement
but one of the basic troubles is the poor
teaching that is found In this country
and the lack OF discrimination on the part
of parents in selecting instructors for
their children. While there are compe-
tent, conscientious teachers in every large
community, the poorly equipped are much
more numerous Parents are often ig-
norant and lacking altogether in artis-
tic feeling. and think that any cheap
teacher will be good enough for the child.
The only music such people know about
or care about is mediocre stuff The idea
of music being an art to be studied Sc
rously never entered their brain.
But in spite of discouragements the
artistic standard is being raised and in
the very large cities good music is great
ly appreciated by thousands"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
Siftina of the leans.

Nearly a third of the seasons games
have been played, and it is now plain
that the teams in the Southern league
are as evenly matched as they ever
have been in the past. No team is
walking off with the pennant. The
most that can be said is that the teams
of New Orleans and Shreveport are
strong, and that the teams of Mont
gomery, Nashville and Little Rock are
weak Memphis, Atlanta and Birming-
ham are wabbling as uncertain quanti-
ties in the center of the percentage
table Not one of the teams is out Of
the running, not even Little Rock
The home team has not fully met
the expectations based on its opening
games. It's fielding, base running and
box work are satisfactory, but its bat
ting is below the average of the league.
Its batting averageis below 250, when
1t SHOulu ne dDOHt IL, vi at i0uol lung
up to it. All players can not bat up to
300, but no player in the Southern
league should bat below $50. The
inc should be drawn somewhere, and
$3.50" seems to be the place to draw It,.
However, 1t is not always feasible
to swap horses while crossing a
stream, and the batting of the home
team cannot be bettered by unjust
criticism. 1t has long been held in
practical life that what cannot be
cured must be endured. 1t may not
be possible to raise the batting aver
age of the team except through a just
appreciation of what it does accom-
plish. In order to get out of the sec
end division it has hard work to DO
and all here at home can tighten the
task by extending praise in every In
stance where praise is due.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03

From the Washington Star
Captain Hobson, it is stated, encouraged
by his nomination to Congress, is taking
himself at NATURALIZATION in politics.. and
encouraging his friends in their talk of
him for the presidency. The episode at
Santiago is a feature In the calculations.
That was very fine and will live in his
tory, but could It be capitalized at this
day, or later, at a winning figure in
presidential contest? 1t is to be doubted
Your war hero, like a cake is best when
hot from the griddle. General Grant
found his opportunity In 1868 in the en-
barrassments of the republicans Andrew
Johnson had plunged his party into no
end of trouble, and hero was demanded.
AS usual, there stood Grant ready for,
and equal to, the emergency. He was
elected with shout. In 1880, fifteen years
after the close of the war the demo-
Gratis in an emergency tried a war hero,
but failed with him. General Hancock
had fine record as a soldier, and was an
attractive man, but the country was busy
then with civic problems, and wanted
man with civic experience to handle them.
velt's success in the New York guberna-
torial race in his part in the war with
Spain OF course the fame OF the Rough
Rider and the achievement at San Juan
hill gave him much popularity. But he
had national reputation before the war
began. and his war record was but an
additional and his latest, decoration. If
he had beensunknown at the breaking out
of the war it is to be doubted II the repu-
taton he, brought home from Cuba, high
as it was, would have made him his
party's leader in the empire state of the
Union in an important political campaign.
Captain Hobsons laurels as a brave
sailor will always remain green, but IL
he is ever nominated for the presidency
1t will be for achievements in another
field And he has yet to make good in
politics. Everybody should hope that he
may at least develop into a distinguish
ed civil servant of the government.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
WHAT ARE THE SUDRAS?
Unhappiest Beings In the World-the
Laborers of India.

OF the laboring class of India, Charles
Edward Russell. in the June instalment
of '"Soldiers of the Common Good" in
Everybody's Magazine, has written this
powerful description:
''You may see thousands of Sudras in
any Indian city, and when you have OBJ
served them well, you will burn with in
effable rage against the whole Hindu sys-
tenn. Those strange brown men, thin and
sinewy, wearing a dirty rag about the
head a dirty rag about the 1oins,. that
you see ramming macadam in the streets
of Bombay, are Sudras; those men with
the vacant, pathetic, listless faces. that
never speak word as they work, never
exchange a glance, never heed a passer-
by, never look UP, never for an instant
turn their gaze upon the blue sky, or the
flaming sunset, or q flashing bird, or
gorgeous carriage in the street. or the
soldiers marching by with blaring pahd'
the human machines, the downWard-gaz'
ing. mechanical contrivances, the mex
that have no consciousness OF man ex-
istence except TO ram macadam all day
and at night creep into their filthy lars
In the mud and cline of lonely corners
they are Sudras. they are the iaporihs
class Of india No man can look upon
them without deep horror and pity beyond
all words That such things should haVe
the shapes and bones and hands ana eyes
and mouths of men seems to lower every
heholder in his own estimation and to NIL
him with awe and vague alarms. IL these
things can be men, how far then IS any
man from the other beasts that cilmo
and clatter in the forest?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
Immense Crowds.

q have rarely seen such large crowds
at the union passenger station as there
were tonight" said man at the station
last night. There are always large
crowds here, especially on Saturday
night. but I believe that the number
was larger tonight than have ever seen
before
THE same conditions were true on the
streets tonight. There was an immense
crowd of shoppers an unusual crowd for
Saturday night. 1t was difficult for one
to get about the streets with any degree
of comfort
Il do not suppose that In any other city
In the country the crowds are as large on
Saturday night In proportion to the pop
ulation as in Birmingham This Is due
in large measure to the fact that prac-
tically all the workingmen in the city
and the suburbs receive their pay on
Saturday afternoon"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03

cause in such hands the infant death
rate is doubled. There is the long and
short of the question. and the man who
stands ready to cry out too much gov
eminent" probably has no babies of
his own, or else he has not considered
the dangers to babies shut up in inn
pure milk.
John Spargo, in his volume The
Bitter Cry of tho Children" says the
whole milk supply of every city should
be the subject of municipal manage.
ment and control, and special arrange
ments should be made for dealing with
the milk intended for infant eonsump-
ton" In many cities water is munich
palized, and the milk that babies drink
needs municipalities even more. 1t
needs more care than water does, and
the lives of 100000 babies in this
country are at stake.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
Bounds Of the District.

Every man makes his own lines
when hes speaks of the Birmingham
district. 1t is a mental process of an
individual sort Some say the Bir-
mingham district is no larger than
Greater Birmingham, or Trolley Bir-
mingham, as it is sometimes called.
Some expand it to include all of JEFF
ferson county, and Engineer George B.
Kelley has recently published map
of the Birmingham district which
sweeps in all within a circle whose
radius is rs miles and whose focal
point is Birmingham.
All these bounds are, however, of
local nature. They hold good in the
individual map makers mind, and the
most cireumscribed are good in Bes-
semer, and in Gadsden any map that
does not infringe upon the Coosa is
acceptable. But as one journeys away
from Birmingham they begin to lose
their force. They may be good in
Montgomery and in Sheffield, but in
Mobile and Decatur they are loosely
held and just as soon as the traveller
crosses the state line. no matter In
what direction, they lose all their grip
and meaning.
The outside world, even that part of
1t In Atlanta and Chattanooga aud
Memphis and New Orleans, knows but
the one Birmingham district, which IN
cludes all plants, furnaces, mines and
minerals in Alabama. This is perhaps
unjust to Sheffield, to Gadsden, to An
niston, to a dozen other localities In
this state. but the outside world will
have it so. and there is no help for it,
no cure, no balm in Gilead or Gadsden.
When one gets to Pittsburg or New
York the magic word Birmingham" is
all that is heard, and in London and
other across-the-sea centers there is
firm belief that all the minerals of the
south are located in or very near Biz
mingham, Alabama. They will have 1t
so, and no amount of missionary work
seems to be equal to the task of con-
verting them to the subdivision. They
swallow Alabama whole as they do
ill. and it is labelled Birmingham"
Mind you, The Age-Herald does not
say this is Just, for every Alabama
town should have right to have a
district of its own. We are simply
stating what is, not what should be.
For state purposes it is possible to
have a ,Bessemer district. or Gadsden
district, or a Sheffield district, and so
on, but for world purposes it is impos-
sible, for the wicked old outside world
beyond the states bounds will not have
| it so.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
EDIcT ISSUED
That Feathers Must Disappear From
Ladies' Headgear.

Special Dispatch to the CINCINNATI En-
quirer.
New york.-Commissioner Whipple OF
the state forest, fish and game depart
ment is going to be the most unpopular
man In the United States as far as the
women are concerned, for he has issued
an edct that he is going to see the laws
enforced which provide that no more
must feathered things adorn the head
gear of women.
The Indians may wear feathers. but
the lovely women will be obliged to go
about with their bonnets untrimmed ex-
cent for flowers and ribbons. But just
wait until the milliners get after the COM
missioner, they say.
The penalty of each violation of the
law is fine of $50 and an additional s25
for each bird or part thereof sold. 1t
will be. therefore:
Fine of SIS for each part of an ostrich
sold. No one buys an entire ostrich to
decorate a hat with.
Fine of SIS for each part of an alba
tross. heron, condor, duck eagle, ETC.,
sold.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
Municipal Milk Supply.

The malnutrition that comes to 3,
300, 900 babies in this country through
the consumption of impure milk is sim
My stupendous. 1t is incalculable. We
need not stop to estimate the number
OF babies that are annually killed In
this reckless country through the no
torious impurity of the national milk
supply If the exact facts could be
ascertained, a shudder would pass over
this country, and the call for reform
would not go UNDECIDED
The efforts of Nathan Straps in New
York city are well known, but 1t is not
so well known that the city of Roches-
ter, N. Y, a town nearly. as large as
New Orleans, established pure milk
stations, thereby cutting its infant
death rate in half. There is no reason
to believe that Rochester was In any
respect exceptional. What has been
done there should be done elsewhere.
The sale Of pasteurized milk should
not be left to private hands, simply be-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
A MOSQUITO Bite.

1.-THE New Jersey mosquito and the
corporations having a home in that COM
monwealth long ago made the state IA
nous, or perhaps more accurately, noto-
Iious," said a gentleman last night. who
had recently been in the east.
while I've been convinced for long
time that the trusts incorporated in Jer-
seq are PRETTY serious questions for we
poor folks to contend with, I've looked
on the mosquitoes as a joke, but l tell
you I'm dislllusioned now. Those New
Jersey mosquitoes are really dangerous.
One of the insects bit me on the hand
the other day-and you see the shape it's
in now-all bandaged up as If a snake,
instead of a mosquito, had bit me. Ala
balna mosquitoes have been biting me
more or less for the past half a century.
and I've never cared much about 1t, but
I don't give the Jersey insect another
chance-no, sir. Talk about Louisiana
stegomyias being dangerous, they're
harmless as houseflys in comparison with
the bird bred on the New. Jersey
marshes"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
LARGE Pluus.

Il notice that on nearly every corner
in the business section of Birmingham
large fire plugs are taking the place of
the smaller ones that have been in use
for so many years" said a man who has
taken much interest in watching the de-
velopment of the fire department under
Chief Bennett.
"These big plugs have openings for a
very large suction pipe to the engine
and also two smaller openings on which
lines of hose may be attached without
running the water through the engines.
"A number of plugs are being placed
in the center of the blocks. adding ma
terially to the water supply In case of q
large fire. The department is now well
supplied with engines. and large number
of engine streams can be brought to bear
on a blaze"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
Gratitude in a Statue.

When a statue, probably cut In Ala
bama marble of the finest grain ana
color. is completed, this city will sim
nly have paid a debt due to one who
gave her life untiringly to the children
of almost an entire generation. she
came in contact with class after class
through a course of twenty-five years,
and the sum total of her influence and
good works cannot be told in even
n statue. But 1t is the best the former
pupils and other friends of the dead
teacher could do, and it is to the credit
of this city that the statue in question
has become fully assured. 1t Is mat
ter of a few months only. The artist
who will probably be selected Is one
of the best in the country, and he VIII
find the once familiar figure, not III
the pure white marble of his native
Italy. but in the creamy white marble
of Alabama, than which there is none
better.
1t is to be hoped the statue will be
nlaced not in Capitol park, but in East
mark, near the top of it, and the pedes'
tai should bear a bronze tablet that
will tell to succeeding generations how
long Mary Catalan wrought in our
nublic schools, and where her life
work was done. It was done near
East park.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
GALVESTON IN QUARANTINE.
Vessel Has on Board the Crews OF
Captured Fishing Boats.

Galveston, Tex, June 2.-The steamship
Galveston arrived in quarantine from Pro-
gresso, Mex, this morning having on
board the crews of the three fishing boats
which were captured in the Gulf of Cam
peche by the Mexican government the lat
ter part of April.
There are eighteen men in the three
crews, eight of whom belonged to the
Lizzie B. Arms of the Gulf fisheries fleet
of this port The Galveston is in quaran-
tine, no one is allowed aboard and nothing
further than the fact of their arrival could
be learned today. The vessel will be re-
leased and allowed to proceed TO Texas
City Monday night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
Church Attendance,

Il have no statistics to go by. but I
the percentage of church attendance in
Birmingham is as large as that of any
city of its size in the country" said a
citizen. ION every fair Sunday the con-
gregations in all the churches are large. 1
do not know of a single preacher who
speaks to many empty benches.
IF there is anything in church activity,
1 would think Birmingham would in time
become more law-abiding. While major
ity of our people are peaeeable and well
disposed, the percentage of crime. espe-
eially in the way of bloodshed, is far too
large"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-03
SEARcHLlGHTS ON GEAR.
placed on Fortifications of Cronstadt
to Protect Emperor.

st. Petersburg. June 2.-Several strong
searchlights have been mounted on the
fortifications of Cronstadt to command
the palace at Peterhof, and a guardship
has been stationed just off shore.
These precautions indicate the extent
of the inquietude for the safety of the
imperial family. Revolutionary agitation
among the sailors at Cronstadt is reported
to be rampant, and the fear is expressed
that they may secure and train some of
the guns upon the Emperor's palace across
the bay.