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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
WIT OF HERR RosENrHAL.
Sayings, Most of Them With Sting
 Attributed to Pianist.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 No other pianist ever had such a repu-
 tation for saying witty things as Moritz
 Rosenthal. Since his arrival in New York
 this year he has proved that his wit is
 quite as spontaneous as it is pointed.
 The other night he dined at the home
 of his manager Henry wolfsohn, in East
 Seventeenth street. MT. Wolfsohn lives
 in an old fashioned house and his dining
 room is in the basement. q must apologize always for my very
 low ceiling" Mir. Wolfsohn said, but we
 are accustomed to this dining room and
 never would be willing to give it up.'
 "The ceiling is low" said Mir. Rosen- thai; "so low that you ought to serve only
 fried sole here"
 "One of the managers I had was al-
 ways trying to find something sensational | by which to attract attention" he said l the other day, land long after I had ceased to play under his direction he came
 to me for advice. He was a pianist him.
 self, although poor one, and had become
 an impresario after he had failed as a | virtuoso.
 "'What can I do,' he said to me, to
 make this concert attract the public? l WduI lO uO SOiltlIllllB lO 6tI llC 1OhNCit ' talked about
 "'Take the largest hall in Vienna I
 told him, and charge no admission fee.
 The hall will be crowded " Yes, I know it will he answered, but I will not make any money by that
 " You just do as I tell you I urged him. You get the hall packed with people by letting them in free. Then you play
 the first number and the last on the pro- gramme. Let the other artists come in
 between your selections
 " Yes, but then?'
 ""rhen put notice on the programme
 that everybody leaving the hall after your first number will have to pay gull den. Everybody will get out rather than | listen to you second time and you will
 do -a good business
 Whether or not he took my advice I | never knew. He was the same pianist | who once gave a concert at Salzburg. When he entered the concert hall there | was not a soul visible. Tn his astonishment 1 he jumped down from the platform and
 rushed out to the doorkeeper. What in the world is the matter? he
 asked Has there been a mistake in the | hour? The audience has not arrived Oh, yes it has, answered the door 1 man. The audience is smoking a cigar
 now in the corridor. I will go out and 1 call 1t in. <"
 | MT. Rosenthal is often willing to be | witty at his own expense. ''In what do I take the greatest pleas ure?" he repeated after reporter had | put that question to him. ''Well, I some times think it is in reading critical praise | of my piano playing. Then decide that | it is. after a1l more from reading severe 1 criticisms of other pianists." Twill you just write me a word or l two in my autograph album?" begged
 a woman during the progress of a con cert given by Bernard Stavenhagen, the | German pianist. Just a word or two with | your autograph"
 Stavenhagen turned in despair toward | Rosenthal, who was standing with him | in the artists room. Write a word or two for the lady,' urged Rosenthal, write her your reper- | toire.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
No Longer a Republican.

The annual message of the President is a long document, and the everyday man full of his own tasks will be very apt to skip many parts of it, but the careful reader of the whole of it will not fail to see that 1t is essentially Rooseveltian, with but trace here and there of republicanism in it.
 The President has cut loose alto gether from the dominating influences of that party--from it's spirit and life--' and he stands today in his own shoes John Sharp Williams says they are democratic shoes, and it must be con ceded that they are at any rate good counterfeit.
 Perhaps the most remarkable feature of Theodore Roosevelt's political ca reer has been his ability to foresee public sentiment. He has foreseen it of late, undeterred by the numerous and insidious retainers of Privilege True, he lacks the courage to propose tariff revision directly and squarely but if he can induce Congress- to levy inheritance and income taxes, he will bring about tariff revision. He is at heart revsionist. It is safe to say that 90 per cent of the country will support his inheritance and income tax propositions, but the other 10 per cent is well entrenched and it may delay the leyying of the proposed taxes. II cannot defeat them, and revision of the tariff is therefore in sight on Roose yeltian and democratic lines.
 True, too, he did not have the cour age to urge in his outspoken manner publicity of campaign faRds- He should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
MT. Sheppard's Income Tax Bill.

Congressman Sheppard of Texas has the honor of introducing the first in come tax bill. He drew it on the lines of the law of 1894, making it, however. more drastic to meet the new benefit. and-burden principle.
 On all incomes above $4000 he pro- poses to impose a tax of per cent {; above $S000, 3 per cent above $16,O00, 4 per cent; above S32,000, per cent, and above $64 900, 6 per cent. Noth- ing is exempted except the income from United States bonds.
 Under this bill John D. Rockefeller would chip in about $1,500,000 a year, and the other great lights and mag. mates and bosses of the republican party, including, of course, Simon Gug- genheimer of Colorado, would contrib. ute good round amounts in order that their share of the public burden shall be brought up to their share of the public benefits. Theodore Roosevelt says the burden should meet the ,bene. fit on the square, and what he says is supposed to go in the republican party He may use the Big Stick to make 1t go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
Biz Increase.

"There has been an increase of over b per cent in the number of passengers on the street cars of Birmingham within the past year." said J. A. Emery, gen. eral manager of the Birmingham Rail way, Light and Power company, yester- day. we now haul a little over 10000 people daily on the street cars of Bir- mingham.
 Atlanta street cars probably carry s5,- 900 people daily, the Memphis cars about 75OOO and the Chattanooga company about 5000. Birmingham is little behind Mem phis and Atlanta, and is gaining on them both. By the first of January, 1908, the street car system should carry about 90,- 900 people daily in Birmingham, as the number will increase materially with the new lines we are to open"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
Hinh Priced Money.

Call money continues to command from 10 to 27 per cent, and time money is strong at or 8 per cent. These quotations have not been equaled since the strenuous first week in September, when call money was bid up to 40 per cent. At that time the New York bankers drew heavily on London for gold, but this it cannot do at present.
 The present calendar year has been singularly productive of freak money rates-of outbursts of stringency, and high rates for call money. In it's open ing month call money went to 60 per cent; in April, to 30 per cent; in Sep tember, as stated, to 40 per cent, and in the last week of November to 27 rer cent. There are few, if any, paral. lels for these figures.
 The strangest thing about these money rates is that no one seems to be seriously concerned about them Formerly much stress and much nery' ousness went with tight money and the exhaustion of bank reserves, but !. nowadays no one seems to consider them significant. Perhaps they are not for the country is full of prosperity Business Is rolling along in unprece dented volumes. Let us hope there are no breakers ahead, and that tight money is no longer danger signal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
STORIES OF GREAT EDUCATOR.
How Charles Mclver Bought Vest In
 London for His Negro Servant.

In the December Worlds Work Walter H. Page. the editor, writes appreeiatively of the life and work of the late Charles McIver of North Carolina, perhaps the most useful southerner of his time, for he was a great educator. Among other things MT. Page says: A friend who went with him into Europe few years ago tells these stories:
 Just as we were about to leave Lon- don on our way home I went with him into a clothing store. He bought a very loud, checked English waistcoat. What on earth are you going to do with that? ? l asked His reply was, "I couldn't think of anything that would please Zeke bet ter Zeke is a negro janitor at the col lege and he had been in Dr. McIver's ser- vice for twenty years.
 "One of the McIver family negroes, ramed Giles, worked on the college farm. Giles sometimes got drunk. Once his bibu- lous habits got him into trouble and he ran away and nothing was heard from him for some time. One day Dr. McIver received a letter from him from Norfolk, Va, asking for a loan of $50. He did not wait to write. He telegraphed the money A few mornings later, Giles was discovered at work at his old duties on the farm as if nothing had happened. Nobody knew when he came. Nobody asked explanations Of course he paid the money back"
 He said to his teachers, "There is nc especial honor in teaching one class, over teaching another. To teach seniors is no more a distinction than to teach classes in the preparatory department There is no higher or lower in our work | except as measured by service" With a definite philosophy of human l improvement. with a cheerful, balanced view of life, here was a born leader in a democracy who really believed in the people, and who proved by leading an educational revolution Git has been noth- l ing less) that an uncompromsing faith in them is abundantly justified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
NEATEST TOWN.

From the Louisville CourierJo ournal.
 The neatest town in the world is Brock, Holland town of 27O0 inhabitants where Edam cheese is made. No horses are al- lowed in Brock. so great is the enthus- iasm for perfect cleanliness, and the sun shines whenever it is above the horizon, instead of peering through the smoke and looking like large blodshot eye, as is the case in most American cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
MORGAN ON ILLUSTRATIONS.

From the Washington Herald.
 Senator Morgan was told yesterday that the President would probably soon send a special message to Congress on the Panama canal.
 "'S that so?" somewhat grumpily in- quired the veteran Alabamian.
 'Yes," he was assured; and it is fur ther reported that the message will be profusely Illustrated
 "Umph' grunted Senator Morgan, q suppose it will be filled with MT. Roose- velts picture as he is about all there is to the Panama canal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
PIE AND PIETY.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
 A well known Episcopal bishop. while travelling through his diocese, was enter tained by New England woman famous for her good cooking. As the bishop, ike most of the clergy, was very fond of good things to eat, he partook freely of the de- licious mince pie which was made in his honor. Not long after, the bishop, was taken suddenly i'll, and seemed to be un- dergoing great mental, as we'll as ,jnysi- cal, suffering, But, my dear bishop sure. ly so good man as you cannot be afraid to die"
 '-Oh. mo-" the bishop replied; not afraid to die, only ashamed to die"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
THE SINCE
HG oiNOEh By Robert Louis Stevenson. D,;.bt ic thA ,-;,.. of x.o...1.

By Robert Louis Stevenson. Bright Is the ring of words
 When the right man rings them. Fair the fall of songs
 When the singer sings them. Still they are enrolled and said On wings they are carried After the singer is dead And the maker buried Low as the singer lies
 In the field of heather, Songs of his fashion bring
 The swains together. And when the west is red
 With the sunset embers. The lover fingers and sings
 And the maid remembers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Street Car Manners.

Please say something in the paper about the man who persists in sitting crossways or diagonally on the seat some- times when ladies are compelled to take a seat by him." said man who is very consderate of others.
 T find this all too common for Bir- mingham, a southern town. It is not thoughtlessness always, but it is brutal coarseness sometimes, I feel sure. Of course, real gentleman would not be guilty of it, but it takes all sorts of folk to make city as cosmopolitan as Birmingham. Give the seat hog a jab for me, please"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
LOVE WILL FIND A WAY.
nm the Chicago News

From the Chicago News.
 The beautiful girl tiptoed into the library, where her father was reading the sporting page and nursing gouty foot.
 "He-he has come. father, she fal- tered.
 Who has come?" roared the old gen tlemen.
 Why Claude.
 What, Didn't he promise never to cross my threshold again?'
 ,He-he didn't cross your threshold, pa He steppedvthrough the trap door on the roof You sde. he came in his airship."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
SOCIETY.
AMERICA AND BUSINESS

moth public works, for which in less fortunate time capital would be unob- tainable.
 Such is the general confidence that no- body is afraid to spend lavishly. In Chi cago no business man ever thinks of counting his change at hotels or restau- rants for money is made so fast that nobody cares about a few cents or dol- lars''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
SUBURBAN BRIBERY.

From Puck.
 The Local Boss-Now of course, Mir. Earlytrane, I wouldn't try to influence you for the world, but this lady is Della McSlannigan, and if you do vote right Della will go home with you and work for SIP a month. Incidentally. she'll agree to stay a year at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
A FRAUD.

A FRAUD. The rhymer who Pretends that he Is always brim- Ming full of glee and says Cheer up' Six times a day, Declares "A cinch It is-be gay;' Who seems to love His fellow man And jollies him
 The best he can, Is apt to be
 A faker who Is doing what
 He's paid to do. As like as not
 When night descends And homeward to His wife he wends His way, he'll raise An awful row And wear a frown Upon his brow And kick the cat And slam the door, And do as he
 Has done before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
REJECT E Q.
From Judge

FrOn JUuSt.
 First Magazine Editor-Here's a bully story, but it doesn't appeal to the women.
 Second Magazine Editor-Let's use it. It's so unusual that it might make a sensation. First Magazine Editor-No. I'm afraid it's too good to print.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 One of the easiest things to do Is not to be hero.
 If a man had hundred rich relatives, they'd never die.
 Sermons wouldn't be so bad if they were never preached.
 It makes a young man crazy mad to hs cali-l boy and an old man not er
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

From the Houston Post.
 One of our advertisers asserts that "a smile from the cook brings a smile to the housewife" That is, if the cook is judi cious enough to withhold her smiles from the houseWife's husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

"The" Allen has given much to char ity and has always stuck to his pecu- liar code of morals, but that does not make him good man in the eyes of the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Henry G. Davis declines to stand for the vice presidency in 1908, but he says his refusal is not on account of age or poor health. He is still young and vigorous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

LIFE.
 Days and nights,
 Lots of sights
 Shown to you and me.
 Good and bad,
 Glad and sad,
 Things that should not be. Frauds and fakes,
 Some heartaches,
 Pain and pleasure, too.
 Bitter, sweet,
 Hard to beat
 Life is always new. "pm so lonesome" says widow who offers only s5 for good looking" hus- band. We can't see how she is very lone some. Fifty-seven varieties of notions were found on the person of a female shop litter the other day, not to mention other notions that she had in her head.
 SENSIBLE VIEW. Don't knock the neighbors where you live, And should you think that they Are not as good as you, no doubt They'll let you move away. About the most human talk made by John D. in some time was his tribute to mince pie. It was tough luck that the Pullman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

The swollen fortune that Russell Sage left will not exceed $100,OO0, ,0O0, nor fall below $6o,OoO,O00. Either way it is badly swollen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Pittsburg and Secretary Shaw have fallen out and a modus vivendi is de- clared to be impracticable, for both have got their knives out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Senator Tillman's fluent tongue is still a subject of discussion in the esteemed country north of Mason and Dixons justly celebrated line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

The New York Sun bit off more than it could chew when it opposed the con- firmation of MT. Moody. He will go through as If greased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

The duke that Miss Shonts is not to marry is the black sheep of the family. Miss Shonts ascertained that fact in the nick O time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Congressional oratory is on tap again, and so is the Congressional Rec. ord. It is not easy to say which is the greater affliction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
JOHN LIS PHILOSOPHY.

A good fellow who has rid himself of his coin, can't always choke dinner out of the fellow who was his friend in prosperity and the reverse in adversity.- John L. Sullivan in an interview.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Captain Hobson has his heart set on making some sort of record as a Con- gressman, even if he has to make it in society
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Instead of eating his heart out with remorse, James Hagen Hyde seems to be having a pretty good time abroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

MT. Hearst says he will accept an. other nomination whenever circum- stances make it imperative. He's true grit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
A REPEATER.

What will Congress do this time? Same old stunt of yore. Talk until the country's tired, Then converse some more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Austria has adopted manhood suf- frage and is happy, and Russia should do likewise. This advice costs nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Let us all be thankful that this is to be short session of Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

New England expects to defeat the ice trust by cutting this winter an un- usual quantity of natural ice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Policeman Cain, who won fame in the monkey house, has been transferred to "Goatville," but Caruso sings on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Dr. Parkhurst says Mrs. Parsons plan of trial marriages is but scheme to bring in consecutive polygamy. He is agin' it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Herr Conried has decided to forgive Boston, and will give show there in the "opery" house tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

The weather man refrains from bring ing on us a wave direct from Medicine Hat Many thanks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

A list of those who are talking glibly about war with Japan should be kept for future enlistment purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Vice President Fairbanks is culti- yating a sunny disposition. He needs all the warmth he can muster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Senatoreect Jeff Davis will start his milegae and salary when he goes tc the Senate even if he does not start anything else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

The President has so many reforms on hand he will not be angry if we re- iect his spelling scheme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Nevada's gold hunters are shivering in the absence of some cars loaded with black diamonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Shop early if you have any mercy at all for overworked clerks and porters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Little chaps are counting the days and their fathers are counting the dol lars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Speaker Cannon left his room in a mess, but he got to the House in time to preside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES.

company should be fined s75 in Pittsburg just at the time when so much money is needed to buy the porters Christmas presents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06
SMILES.

We can't say it too often. Do your Christmas shopping now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

In saying that his daughter had good horse sense," MT. Shonts intended to be complimentary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Santa Claus is banishing football, politics and even Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

H UNrER-sMIrH is an earnest man on who tries to keep up with af-
 affairs and has keen nose for politics During the past week his friends, and particularly his wife, noticed eer- tain distraction in his manner. He ap- peared restless and uneasy, as if wait ing for something to drop. Any one could see that he was facing an ordeal which he was anxious to have ended
 Last Monday Hunter-Smith's alteration was alarming. His wife tried to keep him at home for the day but her efforts were unavailing. All Monday night the un- fortunate man talked in his sleep, re- beating over and over again this sem tenee, Tt will be released for the after noon papers of Tuesday," Through the forenoon of Tuesday friends of Hunter Smith feared that he would lose his mind
 When the first editions of the afternoon papers came out he grabbed one, rushed home and locked himself in the library. When the dinner hour arrived he did not appear. Mrs. Hunter-Smith pounded in vain on the door, Eight, nine, ten, eleven midnight and Hunter Smith remained in the library. Mrs. Hunter-Smith retired to bed, having assured herself by peep ing through the keyhole that her spouse did not contemplate suicide As the dawn was breaking she was reused by a Whoop from Hunter-Smith. Bursting into the room, he shouted. Thank heaveni I've finished reading the Presidents messagem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Buy your Christmas presents early and avoid temptation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Last call TOT rallrOad passes.
 THE TOMORROW MAN. The tomorrow man puts off the work He ought to do today And that's the reason why, methinks When very old and gray, He'll take some pains in telling what Retarded his advance, Protesting that he failed because He never had a chance.
 SOCIETY.
 Corbin, Ky, December Airs. Carrie Nation has arrived in town to assist in a campaign for local option. Mrs. Nation Is accompanied by her hatchet. Let us hope that Santa Claus never reads those lists, beginning, FOR HIM' and FOR HER. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

It is about time for the Christmas neck . tie joke to appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

W. D. Lanier and A J. Eaton. Jr. are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in It's circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. post office as seeond-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

Last call for railroad passes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-06

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