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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

honor of her fifteenth birthday anniver-
sary. Games were played and refresh
ments served. The guests were: Pearl
Johnson. Marie Moynier, Belle Will
liams, Sallie Edmonds, Beulah Wat
son, Bonnie Litzenberger, Letha Crane
and Ella Hinsdell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lederer of Fort Col
Inns, Colorado. are the guests of their
father and brother of this place.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

A paper pattern OF this garment can
and directing 1t to The Heralds pat
tern department. 1t will be sent post
paid. within three days. on receipt OF
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

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In today's Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

School girls always need good supply
of dresses and the one here portrayed ts
made with suspenders that are beoom-
ing to the young girl as well as her
elder sister. The skirt rs tucked and is
in two sections. while the guimpe Is sep
arate. The pattern Is In . sizes-6 to Il
years. For a girl of years. the guimpe
requires s1z yards of material 20 inches
wide. or 1E yards ae inches wide; yard
OF wide insertion and x yard OF narrow
insertion The dress needs ~ yards OF
goods % inches wide. ~ yards SO inches
wide. or yards A or 80 inches wide; 7k
yards OF edging. Price. 10 cents.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
HERALD'S PATTERNS

Different patterns every day. Up-to-
date styles.
Special NOtice-These patterns can he
delivered by mail within three days
after the order II received by Tho
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
NEcKTIE STOPS A BULLET
Parent Fires Pistol In Dark Hall, Mis-
taking Boy for Burglar, but
Does No Harm
snecIal to The Herald.

NEWBURG. N. Y, Feb. 24.-Ross r.
Brown. seventeen years of age. narrow
ly escaped death last night. being mis-
taken by his father for a burglar. The
elder Brown has some mining stock
and imagined that thieves were PLAN
ming TO break into his house and steal 1t.
He started last night with his wife
to attend the Methodist church In Mat
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
RIslna remperatures In East

BY Associated Press
CHICAGO. Feb 24.-Temperatures at
7 a. M: Boston, Minneapolis. "a; New
Yorw 49, Philadelphia, Chicago. 36i
Washington. 80; Cincinnati SO; st.
Louis, 81.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

looking to the cutting down of our rep resentation in Congress and in the electoral college. and on the stump the republican spellbinders rehearse it to show that the south is over-repre- sented. It is worked in every possible manner to our detriment. We can put an end to such talk and such efforts by going to the polls today, and on all subsequent election days.
 The voter should not injure his state and section by carelessness and indif- ference. The act of voting is usually easy. and convenient, and even where it is not it is clearly the duty of every man to go to the polls. He owes that much to himself, to his state, and to the south as a whole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
Bearishness In Cotton.

"Cotton has experienced nothing but de- clines of late" said man lest night. "It seems to be going down of it's own weight, And it certainly looks reasonable that it should. The movement into sight for last week was by over one hundred thousand bales, the greatest on record. The favorable weather map, which has prevailed for some weeks, has been an- other bearlsh influence, and the ginners report, to be issued on November s, will it is. believed, be bearish.
 Tt is not to be wondered at then that the trade almost as whole is bear ish. You couldn't find bull with d seach light. Yet, it should not be for gotten that at many times like this, when cotton seemed to stand friendless and alone, the trade suddenly experiences d change of heart toward the staple, and boost 1t ere you are aware.
 Its bad policy not to recognize the force of public sentiment, to get frozen in one attitude toward the market, but it is equally bad policy not to recognize the fact that sentiment nearly always carries the market to extremes, and that reaction are sometimes sharp and dras- tic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
RIDICULOUS STRAW VOTES.
0rom the New York Sun

From the New York Sun.
 Two years ago, and a year later, the folly of putting any reliance on straw votes" taken before election day was demonstrated unanswerably. The results of the elections in 1905 and 1904 discredited entirely the prediction forecasts which were based on postcard canvasses, the polling of business men and the like. It was permissible to hope that this par ticular form of campaign idiocy had been so thoroughly exposed that the public might escape it's infliction in the future.
 This year the old fraud is on hand again, however, apparently in the best of health. With the utmost solemnity one newspaper shows by quoting 5000 vot- CTS that Charles E. Hughes is sure of election a week from Tuesday. With equal seriousness another proves that Will liam R. Hearst will be victorious at the polls. Goods to suit every taste; and none of them worth the small price for which they are offered to the public. These prediction guesses serve no useful purpose and furnish no information worth having to the candidates, their support CTS or the electorate generally.
 One thing only is shown by such can vasses They prove concusively that many citizens appreciate the advantages of the secret ballot and object to making announcement of their political prefer ences to strangers. This is part of that growing independence of party, charac- teristic of American politics in these later days, which makes each years ante-elec- ton straw polls" more worthless than those that preceded it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
Prnnosd Division of Labor.

The Lancashire mill operators Will soon send a commission to this country to select some big cotton plantations to be conducted not only for profit but also as an object lesson both in the respect of cultivation and in the re- spect of baling and handling. Lanca- shire is confident it knows the cotton business from A to Izzard, and 1t pro poses to lift the cotton producers or the south out of the slough of ignor- ance The southern planter may think he knows how to grow cotton in this climate and to bale it, but Lancashire says he does not and it is coming over here to convert him to British ideas. methods and conceit.
 The commission may possibly estao- fish in this country some mills at or near the plantations they propose to cultivate. Right here is a chance for compromise. and mutual benefit. If Lancashire will spin here the cotton 1t grows or buys, the south will cooper ate with it. Let it ship cotton in the form of yarns. This would take away all it's objections to the baling of raw cotton, and it would put the south and Lancashire in partnership. We would be content to do the spinning, lettlnS Lancashire do the weaving and dyeing and printing. This division of the work should be satisfactory to Lancashire. It certainly would be to the south, where the staple is to be grown.
 The British commission is said to be looking towards Texas. It really does not matter in what state it grows cot ton, provided it will let us have a hand in it's manufacture. The spinning or the crop is our legitimate share. The time will come when all cotton Will De shipped away from the cotton fields in the form of yarns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
Big Hats Enjoined.

"Dnring the run of Annie Russell at the Astor theatre, in New York, this sea- son. considerable trouble was experienced by the managers, Wagenhals x .kemper, in getting the women to remove their headgear," said an advance representa- tive. "This trouble was generally with those who came from out of town as New York women are in the habit or so- ing to the theatre hatless.
 "Evidently the women from out ot town places feared that their waves would be damaged. or that some one would not see their Paris millinery creations they had just purchased at the New York depart ment stores. To get around this the man. agers ordered an entire new form of ticket, upon the re>erse side of which was printed: This ticket is sold with the understanding and agreement that # a lady uses the same sine will remove her hat upon the request of the management or of any employe of the managers
 "The courts have recently ruled in New York that a theatre ticket is a contract between the purchaser and the holder, and Managers Wagenhals & Kemper be- lieve that they have settled forever the question of big picture hats in the the atrep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
Our Title Seekers.

It will be difficult to arouse much sympathy for the American women who bartered millions for empty honors. Coronets are not necessaries, and they are not a bit American, and when young women with their eyes wide open accept such notorious char acters as husbands in order to win tawdry titles, they will have to go along without much home sympathy.
 Both Castellane and Marlborough had led profigate lives. The male members of the Gould family knew or could readily have known what man. ner of man Castellane was, and Marl- borough's life was even worse. The father of the English bride was and still is living. He must have known what the bridegroom's habits were He readily could have ascertained the facts by inquiries made in this country.
 The long and short of the matter is, tainted money was swapped for empty titles, and two American women got the worst of the bargain. They lived as long as they could with husbands who were compound of all that is vile and repulsive, and then sued fol divorces, or at least for separation.
 The outcome of the Castellane-GoulC and the Marlborough-Vande affairi should teach a moral if it does no adorn a tale. The new-rich of this young country should make better bar gains. If they feel impelled to buy empty honors, let them at any rate see that their lives are not to be marred by brutes of the Castellane or Marl borough sort. Let them see to it that they get a situation that is endurablc when they pay their money. Better still, let them remain Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Studying the District.

A. l. Findley of New York, editor of the Iron Age, the leading journal Of the metal trades in America, is at the Hillman. He arrived Saturday and will remain in this section of the country until the end of the week.
 MT. Findley comes to make a careful study of the improvements of the larger industrial plants of the district He in- speeted the Tennessee companys works at Ensley yesterday, and today he will visit Thomas. Before leaving the district ne will visit Trussville and Gadsden.
 Birmingham has made wonderful strides since l was here seven years ago. I am greatly impressed with the hand some character of the new buildings and the fine condition of the streets.
 "Everybody knows of Birmingham, but comparatively few people in the east ap- preciate the extent of the development work that is in progress here abouts.
 "The men in control of the Tennessee Republic companies are expending mil lions on improvements and expansion. They have laid their plans deep and well, and it is only question of time when this district will be a marvel in the way of iron and steel production.
 Birmingham is destined to be the great center of the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
Intelligent Horses.

trhe police department has two very intelligent horses" said Officer Mingea last night. the driver of the patrol wagon. You can hear one of them snoring right now. He is sound asleep. This is his off, period and he is taking nap. The horse lies on bed of straw provided for him and sleeps from about o'clock at night until il o'clock. At that hour, he returns 10 duty. and it is never necessary for enc of us to awaken him. Whenever the clock strikes the eleventh hour, Jim stands upon his feet.
 ''FEe sarle is true of the other horse. After it's term of service .- concluded, it is led to the stall, and as soon as a fresh bed of straw Is prepared, lies down and goes soundly to sleep. Both horses snore in their sleep, and until the time of their return to duty arrives, it takes a consid- erable noise to arouse them. Both horses are exceptionally intelligent, and as they have long been in the service of the city, they perfectly understand their business and know what is required of them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
Go to the Polls Today.

There is virtually but one militant party in this state. Another party ex. fists here for office-holding purposes only, and public sentiment finds no expression in it. But because there is but one party in this state the voter should not stay away from the polls. Such a course is hurtful to the voter himself. It leads on to indifference Tn public affairs in the individual himself, and that means that he is lapsing into a state that will soon separate him from full citizenship. Every citizen should for his own mental and moral good be a full citizen, and to be that he must vote at every election.
 The harm done by indifference to the suffrage franchise goes beyond the in. diyidual. A light vote in the uncon- tested states is paraded in many ways to our injury. The Crumpackers use it in Congress as basis for propositions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
GIRLS, BE "oELIeHTFuL."
The Spectator. on Hubert Bland's Let
 ierS 10 q Dlnghter." :"

The Spectator, on Hubert Bland's Let
 ters to a Daughter"
 The great aim which this most mod ern instructor of youth sets before his daughter is that she should be delight full" and to this end almost all his advice is directed. It is the one accomplishment which will last, he says. "We can keep our daughters silly, but we can't keep them young" A middle-aged woman. if she is not 8 delightful woman, is noth- ing. Now no one in the world, in his opinion, can accomplish this task with out trying If you wish to be universally delightful, you must be prepared to make of yourself a work of art. Nature has given you the materials it is for you to work them up, remembering that natur- ally gifted young woman is no more a delightful young woman than a box of colors is a picture E
 A pretty girl of what used to be called parts" is sure to be pleasing to men on this score she needs no advice, unless it be to avoid the temptation to let vanity mike her exacting. But with this suc- cess she must not be satisfied "Double your efforts to be delightful to women. D exhorts the anxious father, Suffer bores gladly" and make no display of unusual erudition but rather, conceal all intel lectual advantage. Above all prejudice must be avoided. A delightful woman cannot be prejudiced. All men and women have right to their own opinions. but none should g~ s'' 'a- to he ''ar.''' anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
From the New York Globe.


 N MOTHER thirty-four miles of \YV polar desolation has been invad- ed by man and the artic record of due nort.hing' brought back to the United States, where it belongs. By a dash unrivalled in speed with the possi- ble exception of the Duke of the Abruz- zi's, in 1900, Peary has pushed the Amer can flag up to S7 degrees minutes nortk latitude-within about 200 miles of that mysterious and much-sought geographic point through which the polar axis of the earth emerges.
 It has been repeatedly and somewhat consistently pointed out by the stay-at- home geographers that the attainment by man of this purely mathematical point can result in no practical advantage to any one. Hence it follows, of course, that the money and lives spent in striving for it are uselessly thrown away, all of which is doubtless true enough from the purely scientific point Of view.
 But. nevertheless. the dreams of every arctic explorer are haunted by visions of the pole, and all are anxious to risk their lives in efforts to accomplish this stirring feat. The less abstractly scien- tifc portion of the population is with them in spirit and greets every gain with unscientific joy By these people, there fore, Commander Peary's new record, al- though it still leaves us 200 miles away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
Settlement of a Strike.

The strike of the machinists of the Southern railway has been settled" and the men have gone to work This Is good news to all shippers, even to all travellers, for the equipment of no road can be kept in efficient operation without the help of machinists. The coal operators will rejoice with the coal consumers, and all along the line there will be gladness over the result reached after a delay of four weeks.
 The details of the settlement have not been made known, but it is gen erally believed that arbitration is the tending parties together. The South. ern railroad management early sug- gested arbitration as a method of set clement, and no doubt the executive committee of the machinists saw the fairness of the suggestion and accepted 1t in whole or in part.
 Arbitration is at any rate a reason able method when labor and capital fall out, or for that matter when two individuals or nations disagree. Long before this century is ended arbitration will be universally recognized and re. sorted to. War of all sorts is going out and peaceful arbitration is coming in as one of the best fruits of civilization, humanity and progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
Relief for the Pitchers,

The committee on rules of the Amer ican and National leagues is to meet at an early day, and then the proposi- ton to exempt the pitcher from all batting duties will be taken up and considered. Possibly it may be adopted!
 It is not proposed to limit the bat ting to eight players, but to have a bench batter who steps to the plate when it is the pitchers turn. This would add interest to the game, for all spectators desire to see good deal Of batting. The weak and uncertain bat ter is tiresome to all lookers.on. The batting of pitchers is as a rule farce "a dash of cold water in the face of spectators when the game is hot ana strenuous.
 Besides, the pitcher should not be overworked. He needs nine vacations in each game, for it is he that handles the ball as many times at least as all the players supporting him, the catcher only excepted. While the game as it stands is as fair for one side as the other, the suggested change should be made simply because it would increase interest in the breasts of spectators and good sport is what all want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
GOVERNMENT BY WITCHCRAFT.
Sultan of Morocco Employs Sorcerer
 Who Controls Him.

Mogador Cor. in Pail Mall Gazette
 After a triumphant progress from Fez to Marrakesh-whch means some thirty days on camelback-the great sorcerer of the Moroccan Soudan is due to arrive here in a few days. What may happen in the Picture City, of Moulai Abd-ul-Aziz dur ing the stay of the redoubtable chieftain and his blue-robed followers it would be unwise to predict. At every other place honored by the presence of these ruffians there has been one or more displays of anti-European fervor; notably at Casa blanca and Marrakesh, as by this time is known to all the reading world; and the authorities, Moorish and European, are looking forward to a more or less lively time.
 Meanwhile the story of this mans rise to his present position of absolutely hyp- notic influence over the Sultan and his advisers is worth some attention from the large section of the public interested in the Morocco of today Before me lies a printed copy of Ma-ul-Aynin's sole liter ary claim to sanctity. It is entitled ''Mofd Arrawi, ala Anni Almokhawi' (Anglice, "The Cream of the Commentaries; I be- ing the Consiliator'') and forms a brochure of some twelve pages of Arabic explaining the devotional uses of the Moslem rosary of 100 beads. The name of the author is given in full-Mohammed 'Mstapha, son of Mohammed Fadhl, son of Mamin-followed by the title by which he is known throughout the realm of Western Islam, Ma-ulAynin, or Water of the Eyes It is, moreover, stated in an appendix that the booklet was pub lished in the year of the Hegira, 1910 Qourteen years ago), by order of his late majesty, Moulai Fl Hassan.
 This reminds one that Ma -ul-Aynin s first exploit as a sorcerer was to discover water in the Moorish Soudan. Naturally, in the sun-scorched plains of lserguin. no claim of the supersitous devotion of the blue-robed tribes could be greater. To the denizens of many thousands of square miles of the western Sahara Ma-ul-Aynin is a greater diviner than was Moses to the ungrateful Israelites in the desert of Neribah. But in his relations with the Sultan's government there is. of course, something else Rightly or wrongly, he is believed to control the tens of thous- ands of Mohammedans who people the Adrar and neighboring districts. which have been for some years regarded in Morocco as buffer territory between this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
NEWSPAPER INSANITY.

From Punch
 7:SO a. m.--Alarm goes off. Query '1s lunacy increasingly"
 732 a. m.-Drop off to sleep again. Query: "Do we sleep enough?'
 S3O a. m.-Wake with a start; take breakfast while dressing. Query: Do we eat too much?" Rush to station, miss train through being knocked down by Vanguard" Query: Are motor buses dangerous?''
 9:15 a. m.-Arrive office late. Head of firm already there. Query: Are you worth your money?"
 D. m.-Go to lunch. Give waiter pen ny. Query Are tippers moral cowards?'
 1:i5 D. m-Buy two bananas; rush up and down Fenchurch street to find place to put skins; fail to do so.S
 1:59 D. m.-One minute to get back to office: in desperation throw skins in street; policemen rush from all quarters. Owing to ccuitous route taken to avoid them am late at office. Lose situation. Query: "Is alcohol worthless as a rem edy?"
 D. m.-Leave office have banana fallp on own skins. Query: "Have we lived before?''
 D. m-Arrive home; tell wife about my dismissal, Query: Docs woman help?"
 10 D. m.-Retire to bed for the night, cursing my luck. Query: Are we grow ing less religious?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
cuReINe A GREAT RIVER.

From the New York Sun.
 The engineers who for many months have been trying to bring the Colorado river again under control, have finally succeeded. They have turned the river back into it's own channel, and it now flows in it's usual course to the Gulf of California instead of pouring into the Salton Sink, and wasting the lands that river, entirely abandoning it's old chan nel, had followed it's lawless course north- ward, destroying much property and threatening millions of dollars worth of fruit, farm and grazing lands
 This arid region had been turned to good account by an irrigation system sup piled with water takn from the Colo rado river. Unfortunately, no control works had been built at the head of the main canal that tapped the river, and the latter deepened and wdened the en- trance into the canal until the whole river poured into it. The natural river channel became dry. and as the irrigation sys- tenn could not carry off the entire flood flow, there was great damage to the dtches and crops, and large lake was formed, covering about 25O square miles at the lowest part of the sink, some 26O feet below sea level.
 Nearly 5000 people had settled in the basin of the Imperial valley, and were raising excellent crops of barley and al- falfa. They had opened many stock farms and were raising the date palm; and the shipments of products from this verdant | oasis were said to exceed those of any other town in southern California. But prosperity was checked by the unwel- come floods and the pioneers have await ed anxiously the abatement of the evil They are now thoroughly convinced that | too much water is a nuisance, and they will doubtless take good care in future | to keep this desirable commodity duly l harnessed and under control.