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Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-22
Who Preeedes.

In opening a heavy door which
swings inward it is necessary for q
man to preeede woman, tnen hold the
door back while she passes through.
In opening an ordinary door man
should stand aside and allow the YOU,
"a to pass through AFsG
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-22
SCHOOLGIRLS ROOM
ONES ROOM REFLECTS GOOD
DEAL OF ONES CHARACTER.

College Colors of Brother or Cousin
Predominate Many Rooms-single
Good Picture Means More Than a
tumble Of Photographs-The Diff
Aculty Of Keeping Ones Desk Or
derly-Note Of Exquisite Refine
ment Pervades the Ideal Room Of
q Schoolgirl.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-22
az MARaARET e. sANosTER.

copyright, 1906, by Joseph b. Bowles)
Not long ago I had the pleasure
Of visiting several schools for girls,
schools in which the students repre-
sented nearly all the states In the
union. They we're veritable rosebud
gardens Of girls. Seldom have seen
SO many pretty DNaids together as in
these institutions where young women
In the sweet flush Of the dawn, just
the place where the brook and river
meet, were gathered to be educated.
Before the number of subjects with
which they were familiar 1 bowed my
head in humility, for girls are far
more learned now than they used to
be. Yet, learned or not, in every success
| sive year a girl is as like the girls who
went before her as the daisies Of one
season are like the daisies Of another.
A number Of girls invited me into
their rooms, and entertained me there.
Now, whether you believe It or not,
when girl lets one look at her room
she reveals a good deal Of her char
acter. A mans room hardly reflects
his preferences and tastes as a girls
does hers. All the rooms visited left
on my mind a general impression of
banners, photographs and bric-a-brac.
There were cushions as a matter of
course, and most rooms had little Ia
bles with a tea service and book
shelves on the walls in which were
the favorites OF their owners.
If a girls brother is in Princeton,
/ 10 tbo onJor 80
her room. If in Yale she is probably
devotee of the blue, and so on. The
college colors of brother and cousin
are Loyalty adopted by schoolgirls.
IS a rule, girls have too many
small objects in their rooms which
| have to be taken care of and which,
on the whole, leave the effect of a
crazy-quilt on memory. Fancy being
| Ill in room where photographs are
pinned on every available space on
the wall, and fancy waking up at
night with the moonbeams streaming
through the window and lighting the
faces Of all the kith and kin, the
girls one went to school with last
year, the cousins in California and the
ideal maids and matrons of Shakes
peare or Petrarch or the earlier myth.
,,"gy.
l give you my word that have seen
specimens of every age, from early
Phoenician and Greek art to the most
popular New York studio, huddled to-
gether in the room of a single college
student. Poor child! How could she
ever get her ideas in order with so
confusing a tumble about her wherever
she turned?
AS to photographs, so far as the
family is concerned I advise limiting
the number to the dearest dear.
Ones mother is ones patron saint A
girl away from home always wants
to say good morning to her mothers
picture when she begins the day, and
to bid that dear mother good night be-
fore she lays her head on the pillow
On the wall 1 would have one Ma
donna, not more, and that should be
the one among Madonnas that loved
best. All the other pictures after
those of the immediate family circle
I would keep in a drawer or a box,
taking them out and looking at them
from time to time, but not allowing
them either to distract my attention
or to ask from me the care that is
needed II they are to be kept from
the all-peryading dust.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-22
In Miles,.

Whats the difference between n
Jap snidler SuA RussitA3"
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make H. oleyela'.d Plaie peA.As.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-22

A desk Is a necessity for a girl If
she has many letters to write or much
work to do in preparing essays and
theses or other written work.
II she be orderly and systematic she
keeps her desk with neat precision
and can put her hand in the dark on
anything she wants. II you happen
60 be a girl whose desk is usually at
skies and sevens you will tell me that
you find occasional clearings up much
easier and simpler than continual tidi-
ness, and also that you never have
any trouble in finding a paper unless
some one else takes upon her the task
Of arranging your desk for you.
know that you are right. The one In
diyidual possession which no one
should invade or modest without au-
thority from the owner is a desk.
Polly may keep hers in exquisite
neatness. May, on the contrary, will
frequently leave hers in what looks
to an outsider a fearless mess. But
It is the privilege Of both girls to
close the lid and to answer no Ques.
tions. AS matter OF choice, / think
the neat girls methods are the bet
ter, but, as we all know, there is
such a thing as worshiping system to
an extent that it defeats its own end.
Keep your desk and your bureau
drawers, your closet shelves and every
thing In your room In perfect order
II you can, but do not forget that to
get the days work done we'll and
thoroughly one must sometimes saori-
fee O little utder.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-22

When / think of an ideal girls
room, my hrst dream is Of purity.
Therefore I like a white room with
pale gray paper on the walls. a small
bed Whitley covered and curtained
with perhaps few roses sprinkled
here and there, sparsely, on the GOV.
erlet, snowy curtains at the windows.
ioopea back with delicate mink. and II
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Sky Scrapinq Era.

While steel frame buildings in Bir- mingham are no longer novelties, the simple exercises which attended the erection of the first column Of the fifteen-story office structure at the northeast corner of First avenue and Twentieth street yesterday was of especial interest for two reasons. First, the occasion aceentuated the fact that Birmingham had outgrown the ten story habit. Second, during the cere- monies the announcement was made by authority that all obstacles in the Hotel Jefferson enterprise had been re- moved; that contracts for the material for mammoth hostelry at Fourth ave- nue and Twentieth street had been made and that the work of construction would proceed without delay.
 These two sky scraper projects one of them under way and the other soon to be under way-will give a re- tnewed impetus to building operations in Birmingham and will make record in this city's solid advancement
 The fifteen-story sky scraper-to be styled the Brown-Marx-makes the fourth steel frame office building erected in Birmingham within four years.
 In the toasts offered yesterday due honor was accorded w. H. Woodward, the pioneer in steel frame building in Birmingham; and also Eugene Brown and Otto Marx, who originated and are carrying through this towering office building. It was MT. Woodward who erected the ten-story Woodward building at the southwest corner of First avenue and Twentieth street. It was Mr Woodward who headed the company that erected the magnificent First National Bank building at the corner of Twentieth street and Second avenue, and 1t is MT. Woodward who heads the company that will build the Hotel Jefferson.
 MT. Woodward is proverbially mod est but when the history of Birming- ham Is written his name will be high on the roll of the potential men who by their pluck and public spirit have promoted the prosperity of the city in a large and far-reaching degree.
 That Birmingham is the coming city of the south is now a trite saying, but yesterdays ceremony inspires fresh confidence in all the claims that have been made for Birmingham and the Birmingham district. It helps mark indeed the fulfllment of prophecy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
THE HEIGHT OF NICHOLAS
 LONGWORTH'S AMBITION

way he will get it-just plain Nick Long worth. You understand"
 ''He is a very happy man, of course?"
 "He is probably as happy man as ever saw" said the ex-Mayor. And there is no reason why he shouldn't be. Not only that, but all the attentions that have been showered upon him have not made him in the least lofty. He is the same old Nick. The most democratic affair that have ever witnessed were the ceremonies attending upon the marriage. Just stop to think. The daughter of the President of this great country, and a popular Amer ican as Roosevelt is, and as popular man as Nick is, East and West, North and South. yet everything was as stripped Of formality as is any good old-fashioned American wedding. There is no room Tor anything but straight-out and thorough democracy in the Roosevelt household, and Nick is just as plainly and just as strenuously American as Is the family of which he has had the good fortune of becoming a member
 MT. Fleischmann was at his desk Tn the big offices of the Fleischmann com pany early this morning. He was busiiy engaged in looking after matters in con- nection with the great Fleischmann plant at Fishkill, where fire caused consider able damage a few days ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23

it goes back to the House well loaded up with amendments, and the terms of the bill as it will become a law re- main to be disclosed. That it will be- come law seems now to be assured.
 The bill was originated in the in- terest of the lard and butter interests in the northwest. It was devised by MT. Hepburn of Iowa in order O check the use of cottonseed oil in lieu of lard and butter, and no doubt the four southern democrats who alone voted against the bill in the Senate were thinking more about cottonseed oil than they were about the sovereign rights of the states. The truth is, everything should be done to keep lard taken from cholera-infected hogs out of cottonseed oil, rather than the reverse, for nothing could be freer from disease germs than the vegetable product after the seed had been cooked in an oil mill. The pure food bill may hasten the day when hogs fat will be banished from the kitchen altogether. It certainly will be ban ished if the manipulators of cotton seed oil will refine that product until all objectionable qualities are elimi- mated. The movement in favor of pure foods calls for more, not less, cottonseed oil, and it should put an end in due time to the use for cook ing purposes of hogs fat.
 The vote in the Senate was 63 to 4, and no doubt the federal government will soon begin to put stop to all adulteration and misbranding of foods, drugs, medicines and liquors. If it can prevent the sale of impure whis- ky, it can certainly go the rest of the distance and no one will regret the new departure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Nought shall make us rue If EnaIand to herself do rest but true
 king John.
General GrOsyenOr Defeated.

eThe sage of Athens" has met hls Waterloo, and the seat that he has filled in Congress twenty years will know him no more after March or next year. The sage is none other than Charles Henry Grosyenor, who lives in Athens county, Ohio. In his district are seven counties, and Chilli cothe is in one of them, and in Chilli cothe lives A younger orator who has at length defeated the veteran prog nosticator of the republican party. Chilicothe is a town of about 15,O0O people, while Athens, in Athens coun- ty, has less than 2500
 But the trouble was that Athens county did not stand true to her son, and he was simply overwhelmed in the convention, the first and last bal lot standing 7S for Albert Douglass, the new boss, and 20 for the old war rior, who had served his party in pre- dictions many years. Even his own county had turned against him. The typical delegate rarely fails to support a rising power.
 The coming man is 53 years old, while General Grosyenor is 73 years old. and this perhaps tells the whole story in Ohio. Alabama does not, how ever turn her veterans out of the con gressional pasture after long and sat isfactory service. No such case IS recorded in the history of this state, and the indications are that none will be, at least in the immediate future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
An Experienced Builder.

Louis J. Boyer, superintendent of con- struction of the Brown-Marx office build ing, is a veteran in this line of work. He represents John Griffith & Son, the we'll known contractors and has superintended many of the tallest buildings erected in this country
 T could not recall all the steel frame buildings whose construction have super intended" said MT. Boyer yesterday. T have been in this business for 15 years ever since the first steel frame building was reared. I remember when people said that steel frame buildings would only be seen in great cities like Chicago and New York; but I predicted at the start that the time would come when cities of forty or fifty thousand popula- ton would demand this class of office structure"
 Mir Boyer has a host of friends in Birmingham. He is a Knight of Colum- bus and is one of the faithful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Sarah Bernhardt's Tent.

The threat of Mime. Sarah Bern hardt to appear in tent in the Texas and California towns whose theatres are closed to her, was not "a bluff at all. She meant every bit of it, and the tent has been purchased. It is fully equipped tent in which 4750 people can be seated. Presumably the seats in 1t will rise from a central circular space, as they ordinarily do in circus. This tent is to be used at Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Waco San Antonio. Galveston and Houston, in all of which the first-class theatres are closed to her. and also in the cities of California
 She is also to play in Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta, as well as in New Orleans. This great actress who may never visit this country again does not at present propose to play i'll Birmingham, but now that she has tent there Is no reason why she should not come here, or for that matter go to Montgomery and Mobile.
 Her tent tour will doubtless be de- layed until the weather becomes se- curely mild throughout the southern country, and then a play in tent can be made as acceptable as in a play house. Whenever she can appear suc- cessfnlly in the Texas towns she could do likewise in the three Alabama towns, and bit of joint action could perhaps induce her to include Alabama in her farewell tour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Lynchinu in Alabama.

"Will The Age-Herald,' asks the Opelika News, please let us know whether or not Governor Jelks has really put a stop to lynchfng here in Alabama. Somehow it appears to us that we have read something like that some several dozen times in the col umns of that paper within the past year"
 The Age Herald regrets to say that Governor Jelks has not put stop to lynching. The lynchers at Elkmont were permitted to go unpunished, thus spelling the record of last year, and encouraging similar outbreaks in the present year.
 Two lynchings have already oc- cured in this state this year-one at Gadsden and one at Andalusia. The telegraphed account of the latter case was, it appears, incorrect. The Ozark Southern Star says it was lynching out-and-out. It furnishes these par ticulars of mob rule in Andalusia:
 Views of the crime spread broadcast early this morning and a posse searched for and found the negro who was iden- tiled. He was then lynched. Later, 1t is stated that the negro's body was tied behind a buggy and dragged through the dust to the city as an object lesson to all who saw it. In front of the court house a picture was taken. It seems that those composing the posse who did the work are unknown. or if the people know they are not talking about it."
 The mistake made at Elkmont is bearing natural fruit, and the only way in which the new movement against law and order can be checked consists in a strong detective effort at the two storm centers, the one being in north Alabama and the other in south Alabama. The offering of re- wards will not do 1t. That sort of thing is not even a joke. It is merely a waste of printers ink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Steel Workers,

''It might surprise people to know that the steel frame of this building will be completed within sixty days said one of the prominent men who was present yesterday afternoon when the first col umn for the new 15-story building was put in place. These steel structure workers will complete this work just as rapidly as 1t can be done, and they will add a story about every four days for the next two months.
 ''Have you watched those fellows work? They are accustomed to hustle and from the time they commence in the morning until they stop in the afternoon they are as busy as bees. Workmen from the north are trained to work earnestly. When they work they work and when they play they play.
 "one who is watching them work would think that they had some propelling force back of them driving them all the time. Loafing Is unknown to them during work hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Senators by Popular Vote.

The south has blazed the way to Re- form in the Senate by adopting the method of selecting United States senators by direct vote. It cut out, or rather cut around, the provision in the federal constitution very much as our forefathers the electoral college plan of that instrument. The constitution is only sacred, it will be observed, when it suits us.
 The republican party is the pluto cratic party of the country, and it dislikes. as a rule, anything of pop ular nature, but even that party is be- ginning to break away from the sys- tenn of selection named in the con stitution. Massachusetts and Iowa both want primaries. Illinois is swing ing over that way, and even New Jer- sey is seriously discussing the new plan. After this year Pennsylvania is to have primaries for the selection of all local candidates, and it is believed this will lead on to the selection of state officers and even senators in a like manner.
 No part of the country is free from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
The Last Livinu.

But one member of the Confederate Congress" said Capt. J. Lawler Darby yesterday, Ifs living. He Is William T. Tibbs of Murray county. Georgia. He lives on farm three miles from Spring Place. the county seat of Murray.
 He is now in his ninetieth year, but and quite active physically
 He was elected to the Confederate Congress from Tennessee. defeating Judge A. s. Colyar. He served but one term in Congress, because he considered it his duty to go to the front in the army which he did, He shouldered his gun and Judge Colyar was elected to succeed him, but he lives today the sole survivor of the Congress of the Confederacy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Handsome Moose Head.

"I've just received one of the hand somest mounted moose heads I ever saw" said T. T. Ashford last night. 'The head. which is unusually large and finely mounted, was sent me by Sir Thomas Johnson, of Winnipeg, Canada. fine specimen of moose horns Is not so com mon now as a few decades ago, and the intrinsic value is considerable. The im- port tax, which has to be paid before they can be brought across the Canada line. is probably $75.
 '',The moose like the buffalo, deer and other of our large game, has become al- most extinct Still. however. in the wilds of the far north this kingly beast Is stila found. The horns will adorn my country home.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Hepburn Pure Food Bill.

Fully fifteen years ago the agitation in favor of a federal bill calling for pure foods, drugs, medicines and liquors was begun, and the Hepburn bill is the net result. It forbids the sale of adulterated or misbranded foods, drugs, medicines or liquors in the District of Columbia, the territo- ries, or our insular possessions, and it prohibits the shipment of such goods from one state to another, or to a foreign country. The prohibition of interstate shipment is based on the control by the general government of interstate commerce.
 The Senate has passed the bill, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
The Goose Quill.

T don't know when I have enjoyed anything as have the Press clubs Goose quill" said an old newspaper man yes terday. This miniature newspaper got ten out for the clubs annual banquet is so candid and free from restraint that it is an oasis in the desert of modern newspapers, which have to be so care fully written to avoid the libel laws. and to keep in line with the advertising and circulation departments.
 Walter Blackman. John Henley and the other newspaper men who got up the 'Goosequill, are the brighest minds in Birmingham when it comes to express ing their thoughts in an attractive man. ner Their humor is of the most refined kind. and those who were written up enjoyed their roasts as much as the other readers.
 T hope the Goosequil will live for many years.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
WlNDMILLS AS NEWSPAPERS.

From London Tit-Bits.
 In Holland births, marriages and deaths instead of being recorded In newspapers, are indicated by windmills. When mill Ter gets married he stops his mill with the arms of the wheel in a slanting posi- tion and with the sails unfurled His friends and guests frequently do likewise with their mills. in token of the ceremony To indicate a birth the wheel is stopped with the arms in a slanting position, but at a more acute angle than for a mar riage and with the two upper sails un- furled. Should a miller die the sails of his mill are all furled, and the wheel is turned round until the arms form an up- right cross, in which position they are left until after the funeral has taken place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23

From the Macon Telegraph.
 Mr. R. R. Poole, commisisoner of riculture ana immigration, for Alabama. mas addressed letter to the farmers of the state which in view of the season of the year is extremely timely. He caI1s attention to the fact that large quantities or corn and meat are being sent into the state at the present moment and he ear hestly urges 8 larger increase in corn. oats' alfalfa, peas, sorghum, sugar cane etc. Mir Poole seems to regard it as A most serious reflection upon. the farmers of Alabama that they should leave to tba northern farmers the business of supplv- ing the southern plantations with nrov- ender for man and beast in order that the southerners may raise whatever crops they may choose to pitch. He goes so far as to say that the farmer should abandon poor land for crop pur poses and conffne his efforts to such land as will produce a profit from his labors. "The poor land" he says. "can be utiliz- ed to good advantage for grazing and stcck raising purposes. and he quotes Prof. Duggar as saying that "one-third of the lands being worked in Alabama were unprofitable and were robber-lands. robbing the other two-thirds of their profits"
 This is a suggestion that the Tele- graph has not heard made before, but as it is worthy of consideration in Ala bama so is it in Georgia. Along with the raising of cotton at high prices should go ever increasing food and cattle crops