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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
BUILDING A MESSAGE

eral conferences with the President, al, most the sole topic discussed being some feature of the forthcoming message. but incidentally the political situation in the senator's state will be referred to, and when the statesman leaves the Presidents offlce he almost invariably replies to the anxious inquiries of newspaper men re- garding the purposes of his visit that he discussed with the President the political situation in Pennsylvania" or whichever ms state may be. For instance, Senator Knox has twice come to Washington tbi. Tall specially to discuss with the President feature or the message, but the state- ineht sent out by newspaper correspond ents was that 'the junior Senator from Fennsylvana discussed with the Presi- dent the political situation in his state n Ana, 1t is almost needless to say m one would ever have been any wiser had MT. Knox been the sole source of in formation regarding the object of bis visit to the White House.
 Do senators always speak their m;nds freely and does the President alwavs 'ake their advice?" has been asked of q person Ill position to know the facts. 1AH ahlrinatlve to the first question and negative to the latter was the renlv lt IS Tact that the sincerity of tba Fresident when he asks for advice is so apparent, even when the request cones III the form of few words scribbled m the margin of the proof that senators rarely or never hesitate to resnond frank ly to his appeal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
Emeruency Currency.

The American Bankers association merce are formulating a bill which they expect the republicans in Con- gross to pass. In a general way they expect Congress to authorize emissions of currency during periods of distress. This emergency currency is to be taxed from to per cent. The object of the taxation is to induce the banks to call it in as soon as the emergent times have passed by. The proposed cur rency is to be issued lon the general credit" of the issuing bank.
 This would practically be the old state-bank plan, and if the government would remove the 10 per cent tax on state-bank circulation, the plan would go into effect at once and in the most comprehensive manner.
 True, the national bankers propose to take the money derived from tax on the emergency currency, and make 1t a guarantee fund to be used to meet the liabilities of any bank that does not redeem the emergency currency it may have put out.
 So long as the controlling forces in the republican party will not take the shackles off of the state banks, the plan proposed may be the best that can be devised. 1t will be laid before Congress, where it will doubtless be- come to all intents and purposes an administration measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
The Cotton Convention.

"The most interesting assemblage of persons in Birmingham for the new year thus far announced will be the meeting in January of the Southern Cotton con vention," said a man who watches the trend of matters closely.
 '"rhis meeting will bring together the most representative body of men rom the cotton-growing states that has come together since the great New Orleans convention. Many important questions will be considered during a five days meeting of committees and convention"
 "One very important step under con sideration is the forming of great cor- poration with slOO.O00 10000 capital to build warehouses and to purchase cotton at certain levels of prices for the purpose of obtaining a fair price for the staple from spinners and speculators. The shares are to be made $5'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
Amelia Binsham's Charitable Work.

Miss Amelia Bingham who comes to the Jefferson theatre tonight, is becoming noted as a manager of benefits. for she has carried one to success during every one of her seasons in New York. ITO one who understands the arduous duties involved in securing the services of noted actors" said a histrione, "the co-opera- ton of theatrical managers and the ar engagement of programmes likely to be attractive to the weary theatregoer, it seems almost incredible that a woman who acts role, manages a playhouse, conducts a large household and enter tains often and lavishly, can find the time necessary to devote to the or ganization of testimonials. Mime. Janaus- chek, Mrs. Edwin Knowles, the wife of the late Edwin Knowles. a well known theatrical manager, and Miss Clara MOT ris, have been the patrons for whom the actress-manager has worked untir- ingly, and with gratifying financial sue cess"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
"Rubberine' Not Provincial.

Rubbering' is considered by some peo- pie to be provincial" remarked a man about town. "But that is q great mis- take. The fact is the bigger the town tho more the people rubber New York, for example, is filled with rubnerers.' People who have lived there all their lives take the keenest interest in every thing going on, and they don't make any bones about showing it.
 If there is anything curious in shop window they stop and look. No matter how trivial the sight may be, if it is new it will soon attract such crowd that the police have to take a hand and clear the sidewalk. It is interesting to see how quickly a throng of hundreds will gather about any kind of an object that is at all unusual.
 ''Take a stand in front of a show win dow, where there is some unique display -an electrical device, an automaton, a picture or most anything. Pretty soon somebody else will stop. Then another and another will step aside from the passing stream of humanity, just to take a look, and in less time than it taxes to tell it the crowd, growing by geometrical proportion will widen out to the curb. policeman will shortly come up and cause the crowd to move along only tc do the same thing again in a few min utes with another bunch of 'rubberers.
 ''So prone are New Workers to this habit that fakes are often perpetrated ny some fellow who suddenly stops and looks in- terestedly in a window just to see how many people he can fool.
 london is the same way. only, per haps worse I saw in a paper the other day that traffic was actually blocked on Fleet street merely by woman having her shoes polished. It was stated that there was nothing in the least uncom- mon in the appearance of the woman, on the sight of her having her shoes pol isned was slightly removed from the normal.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
SOUTH AND THE PRESIDENCY

Editorial in the New York Sun.
 Now, we know of no unanswerable reason why the south should not present it's own candidate for the presidency in 1908. That section furnishes two-thirds of the partys brains, four-ffths of it's virilty, and practically all the voices in the national councils. Why, then, should it not, as the provider of the banquet, abandon the role of the poor relation and refuse longer to sit below the salt?
 
 There are some truly great men in Congress from the south. Not many, but some. In civil life, however, men of high intelligence, Of pure and lofty ideals, of compelling force, of brilliant initiative, and of splenddly substantial achievement are to be met at every turn of the road. Whether they could be 1ured from the enterprise of upbuilding to the avanescent glories of public life is another question. In the old days, when the south furnished the ruling class, or most of it, to the nation, it gave it's men of leisure, of secure fortune and position-men far above sordid and mean temptation-men misguided, if you please, but of punctilious and passionate self respect There may be New South" We hear much of it in after-dinner ora tory and hectic journalism. But the only New South demonstration we have act ually witnessed of late was that fur nished last month by the Atlanta riots. The south is very much in purpose, char acter, and sentiment what 1t was fifty years ago. The difference, purely super ficial, is that its ruling classes are now devoting themselves to material achieve ment, and as a rule leaving to others the pursuit of petty office and emolu- ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
ALABAMA PRESS

Ozark Tribune: Make the indolent move along. Let him understand there is no room for him in Alabama.
 Greenville Advocate: Thenext Ameri- can heiress who marries abroad ought to have a divorce coupon attached to her marriage certificate.
 Gadsden Journal: The three days the President spends at Panama will probably be the most strenuous ever experienced in the languid atmosphere of the isthmus.
 Montgomery Times: Fifteen and a half million dollars are needed for the defense of the country in 1907. Is that against the trusts or against invaders?
 Huntsville Democrat: A bigger wheat crop and a richer corn crop is reported, and the consumers are looking forward to more and better biscuits and hoe cakes at lower price.
 Montgomery Advertiser: As the Ports mouth Star sees it, the people of this country "are prosperous in spots" We suppose the "spots" are formed of the Rockefeller class.
 Livingston Southern Home: Senator Depew is said to have regained complete control of his nerves. All he has to do now before making his debut into society again is to regain full control of his nerve.
 Union Springs Herald: Quite a discus sion has been raised recently as to the respective abilities of men and women an in executive way. One woman claims that women would make far better bank CTS than men. There is no question in the mind of the average man, but that women would make much better tellers, any way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
PUMPKIN-PIE TRUST.

From The Washington Post.
 As a whole, the American people have exercised patience and discrimination in dealing with the great corporations which have gained control of the necessaries of life. In spite of the clamor of dema- gogues and the savage outbreaks of as- sorted sans-culoties, the public has been forbearing so long as the monopolsts seemed to furnish wares of good quality and at a fair price. The theory that com binations worked for economy of pro- duction and standardization of product appears to have been received with some degree of appreciation.
 But when conspiring and greedy capita, seizes upon and attempts to debase the badge of prosperity itself, the public will call a halt. If it is true, as rumored that the pumpkin pie has fallen into the hands of trust, which seeks to impair the quality while raising the price, the whole nation will revolt There is a lurking demon in every man-the savage Is not far beneath the surface. One of the most subtle and potent agencies of civilization has been the pumpkin pie. Destroy it, or debase it, and the fiend in mankind will be let loose. The opium eater will go to any lengths to obtain his sleepy drug, but the pumpkin pie eXerts a still more powerful influence over it's friends. They about 1t. With it, enjoying its yellow, glorious, golden influence, the United States has become the leading nation of the cath, Without it, or with a base imi- tation of it. will come confusion, paraly- sis, and anarchy.
 To be served with machine made un- attractive, unspiced, counterfeit pumpkin pie is to be deprived of pumpkin pie it. self. There can be no substitute for real pumpkin pie. The attempt to tamper with this fundamental truth reveals the fatuous ignorance of the trust conspira- tors. They do not appreciate the fact that respectable citizens by the million will join the proletariat and tear the whole social system to fragments If they are deprived of pumpkin pie It will not do to say that the trust is turning out "something just as good" Every native born American inherits an intuitive knowledge of real pumpkin pie. He can- not escape the exercise of this mysterious faculty if he would. It is bound up in the very roots of his being. along with love of home and mother.
 If the coal trust, the ice trust, the oil trust, and all the other trusts are wise. they will see that there is no pumpkin pie trust. The public is a patient ass, and will bear many a burden. But there is q limit that cannot be passed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
HAST PATROCN

New York Correspondent. cino;nnat,
 Times-Star.
 Ane last representative Of the patroon system instituted by Peter stuyvesant wa. counted out of American politics al +ba recent election, when Congressman wads- "oi'h ol New York, was retired to private ilie' It mas been Wadsworths boast in times past that he was invincble En- trenched in the Genesee valley. where ba owns vast estate, it has been his nleas. ure to play the part of a great landed proprietor. His tenants were exnected to vote his way. Most of them had looked up to the great Wadsworth family all their lives. Many of them were born m the farms they tiled. It was no wonder that Wadsworth's friends hattered hin, py caliing him the Hast patroon," or that he really believed his power unshakable. But he had forgotten the power of the independent voter in these United States and the fact that the feudal system was rather definitely obliterated some genera tons ago. So he took hand in the con- spiracy to gerrymander Senator Stevens out of the seat he had earned And he championed the cause of the ooleo dealers. as against the very farmers who paid him yearly rents And, last of all, he ven- tured to set himself up in opposition to President Roosevelt, when the latter de- termlned to clean house in the Chicago stockyards That was the finish. His ten- ants abandoned the Wadsworth banner, and he was decisively defeated And it Is not likely that he will be returned to congress, for all New York seems to be heartily happy at bidding farewell to the Hast patroon."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
THE CAVALIERS SONG.
By William Motherwell.

By William Motherwell. A steed. a steed of matchIess speed, A sword of metal keen, All else to noble hearts is dross, All else on earth Is mean The neighing of the war-horse proud, The rolling of the drum, The clangour of the trumpet loud, Be sounds from heaven that come: And oh! the laundering press of knights, When as their war-cries swell, May tole from heaven an angel bright. And rouse a iiend from he'll Then mount then mount, brave gallanta
 all,
 And don your helm amain; Deaths couriers, fame and honor, call Us to the field again. No shrewish fears shall fill our eye When the sword-hilt's in our hand Heart-whole we'll part, and no whit sigh For the fairest of the land: Let piping swain. and craven wight Thus weep and pulling cry; Our business is like men to fight, And hero-like to die
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
About Persons.

Walter Seed, treasurer-elect of the state, after spending the day in Bir- mingham returned to his home in Tus- caloosa, yesterday afternoon.
 William Sheehan and Lorenzo r. Wood ruff, both of the editorial staff of the Montgomery Advertiser, are in Birming- ham, Mir Sheehan leaves this morning for Anniston. and Mr Woodruff will remain in the city until after the Au- Alabama football game.
 Fulton s. White agricultural editor of The Age-Herald, and horticultural com missioner of the Rock Island system, was in Birmingham yesterday. en route to his headquarters in St. Louis. after delivering a lecture at Baton Rouge. La.
 
 James A. Anderson of the University of Alabama is in town and will remain for the Auburn Alabama football game tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
Inc New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Smoking would be worth twice what it costs if it was against the law.
 An uncomfortable thing about being rich is the way you have to try to hang on to it.
 one of the easiest things for a girl to do is not to be in love when she thinks she is.
 The only place that people can yell as loud as in an argument is at a football game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
MORNING.

 Life seems brighter in the morning, Hopes renewed at break of day. When the big, wide world is waking Gloom and shadows pass away. Nothing like the frost for tonic When a nip is in the air Cures a case of blues that's chronic, Gives the laugh to every care. Life seems brighter in the morning, When we rise up feeling fine, With heart so light and merry That we just forget to pine. Yesterdays hard knocks seem trifles, And we're strong again to face Any sort of tribulation
 In the tightest kind of place. Life seems brighter in the morning, Arms are stouter for the fray. When the dawn advances smiling Who would not indeed be gay? That's the time when life's worth living, That's the time when troubles flee, That's the time when starts the music That's the time of joy for me. If you means business, send her cook book for Christmas.
 The discovery of a new comet doesn't create much noise. What we want to do is fly-and fly high.
 A female patient of a beauty doctor is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

A CINCH. He never rises with the dawn, He never works at all, He never pays the slightest heed To proud ambitious call. He never follows any rules Laid down to make us great, He never makes single move To better his estate. A worthless lout. of course hut be Is far removed from worry. His daddys worth a million. SD He doesn't have to hurry Noise and flourish of papers is the sort of soothing syrup handed out to the American people as a cure for trusts. PRIDE BEFORE A FALL The auto car doth bubble forth
 And smelleth like a skunk Behold, it goes with all its gear
 But cometh back as junk. An Ohio man holds the worlds record for weeping Let's hear from the smilers, Let's hope that we won't see it spelled 'Xmas,' any more. Cassie Chadwick is a model prisoner. She might as we'll be- A preacher discusses What the world needs" Shucks! let's be sociabIe and talk about what we need
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

A woman in Ohio who was found sit ting on the roadside babbling of green trees and sparkling brooks may be a poet, but she is crazy, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

The Pullman Car company is now doing business on a $100,000,0 ,000 basis, and the Pullman car porter is in a position to be more pompous than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

New Mexico permitted Bull Andrews to count himself in again, and this goes to show that the territory is not yet fit for statehood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
FAVORABLE OMEN.

Arthur Carr and Maggie Carr, divorced, were reunited in Kansas by their baby. With this experience in coupling Cars, the child should grow up a railroad man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

The western land and timber thieves are rejoicing over Secretary Hitch cocks retirement. They seem to think they did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

The President is commander of both the army and the navy, and he may conclude to make a pop call or two when he is again at sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Short whisky is barred by Uncle Sam. Henceforth, when you order your whisky straight" it will reach further.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Secretary Bonaparte proposes that party bosses be chosen each year in primaries, but the bosses know a shorter and surer way than that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

The coal of the world is practically mined by Anglo-Saxons, and this is also true of the worlds gold, silver, copper and diamonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Ohio refuses to get behind Mr. Taft, and he may have to accept a place on the supreme bench after all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

The Utes are now all Roosevelt men, including American Horse, but none of them have yet taken a bath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

MT. Loeb, who is serving as Presi. dent ad interim, may really be select ing his cabinet position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Mark Twain says 70 is the age of discretion, but in some cases he should raise the age considerably.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

It is consoling to know that the third term problem will never worry the average American citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

The Platts and the Castellanes di- vided almost simultaneously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

making an awful howl because he took a dimple from her face by mistake A woman could not lose anything more valuable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Anna Gould married Count Boni, it is true, but did not Evelyn Nesbitt marry Harry K. Thaw?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

The President sailed OCT summer to his destination. It took three ships to land him at Colon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

1 HERE is such demand for ad- lCp vice these days that the multi
 tude cannot be satisfied. Of all the dope passed out through the medi- um of the press, none draws more zeal ous readers than that which appertains to health. While people are becoming skeptical of information which will lead them at a swift gait to large pile, they still devour talks" on hygiene and longevity. But to our task:
 Eat but once a week. Your stomach loves leisure.
 Don't eat anything that tastes good.
 Eat slowly. You and dinner can thus be made to last longer.
 Get plenty of fresh air, even if you have to send out for it.
 Exercise your arms and legs instead of your tongue.
 Cultivate cheerfu1ness and raise crop of smiles at home.
 Drink water-if you haven't 15 cents in your clothes.
 Sleep, even if you miss all the fun by doing so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Missouri is losing democratic voters to Oklahoma. Her loss is 0klahoma's s gain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

And then, no doubt, we'll VOW that they Are not worth doing, any way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Miss Braddon has just issued her sixty-second book and can now stand on the sixty-third.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Hope is the architect that builds castles in Spain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Government by wireless works smoothly and comfortably, and it may prove popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
PRESS POINTS

Washington Herald: A Pittsburg man wept when he recovered his lost violin, and the chances are his neighbors did too.
 Atlanta Georgian: Ex-Governor Odell gives some indications of a disposition to run amuck in New York politics. It seems safe.
 Jackson Clarion-Ledger: The talk about Canadian annexation won't down. Even the Kanucks are growing to like the suggestion
 Shreveport Times: The Duke of AIarl- borough's wife is to pay him $10O0O0 per annum alimony. This is where Count Boni wishes he had married a Wander bilt instead of Gould.
 Houston Post: It is said that the wom- en of New Yorl's Four Hundred go into conniption fits when one of their num- Der imports a new poodle. We are glad to say that it is the new baby that continues to produce excitement in the neighhOrhoOd in TeXas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16
A GRoWL.

It's don't do this and don't do that.
 Until this life seems tame and flat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Perhaps we'll find before we're througt A few small things that we can do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

The White House tennis ground is the training ground of cabinet officers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

To prevent old age-dle young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-16

Cape Hatteras was calm and serene when the President passed that way.