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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-28

4 ing letters to men whom they meet So
cially, VINO are supposed to be friends
| Of their husbands, and IN one case the
man who is more nearly a gentleman
than any other in the book. simply
tears such letters in two and losses
them into the waste basket. There is
| hardly, in the whole story a character
who could decently pass muster among
ordinary men and women, the two who
are supposed % be patterns of good
pess being singularly destitute Of hui
NOR and common sense.
If the smart set be like this, SO
heartleSs, so corrupt, so cruel, our con
Clusion is tFat its career must be short.
There IS far too much essential 1ealfty
/ in America &c endure very long that
hich is wholly false and meretricious.
We are rain TO believe. however,
that the picture is overdrawn. There
must be behind the silken portieres and
velvet nanglngs Of these exquisite
homes some who have kept unharmed
a faired ideal. All the young women
who go to French dressmakers and
weer gowns that cost a fortune are not
like poor Lily Bart. who from baby
hood had been taught that the only life
worth living was a life of display, and
that II were better to die and be dore
with # than to be out of the fashion.
All the LiCIl WHO understand the uDS
and downs Of finance and whose names
are spells to conjUre with in the mar
ket, are not soIdid and mean and ra-
PaciOus. Our Hebrew fricn6s have a
right TO protest against their repre-
sentative In these pages that profess
to depict with truth the successful
climbing Of one of their race TO the
perch which seemed to him a fitting
soal for his ambition Notwithgtand-
ing the melancholy muddle of It all.
there must linger shredS of human
kindness and commonplace goodness
in the smart set.
Yet the picture points a moral and
indicates a warning. It is like a dan
ger signal on the road. We in America
are stirling forward at a tremendous
pace We are becoming nomadic; no.
contented with permanence and stabiI-
ity. with homes that gather to them
selves the sweetness of fond associa-
tons and the glory of old traditions
we are becoming accustomed to a
migratory life.
A man need not be a multi-million-
aire to own three or four homes and
spend only a fraction of the year In
any Of them. Families not of the
smart set are too prone to disintegrate
The wife and daughters are not un-
willing to let the ocean roll for months
together between themselves and the
hardWOCking father, who is busy ac-
cumulatfng more millions at home
Young men too early allowed control
Of large sums grow irres ponsibIe and
wasteful, and, alasl end by filling the
grave of the drunkard or the suicide
All history combines to prove that too
much luxury breeds corruption, tempts
individuals to dishonesty; and menaces
the very continuance of a dominant
people. That which happened in the
dim past to Greece and Rome may
happen to America in the twentieth
century of the Christian era if we
shut our eyes to lessons that are given
IN the slimpses we have of the smart
set.
Copyright. 1906, by Joseph B. Bowlesl
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-28
Glimpses of the Smart Set
BY MARGARET E. sANesTER.

Those of US who are outside the
smart set and who have no wish or ex-
pectation ever to be within 1t, have of
course only vague idea of the life ii
leads. What is called the smart set
Includes only a few among the great
mass of Americans, most Of us being
working people, to whom each day
brings q routine of duties and who are
perfectly satisfied if we make both ends
meet and have a little over at the end
Of the year.
It would not be fair to say Of the
smart set that it is composed OF the
Idle rich. They, too, are in the minor
ity. a great many wealthy men and
women arc anything but idle They
toil as strenuously as the poorest, they
dc q great deal Of good, often without
ostentation, and they are not even on
the edge Of the set about whom we
are thinking.
A woman may wear sables and dia-
monds, go to Europe every year, live
In great elegance and entertain royalty
and still be as sweet and simple and
gentle as her neighbOr who manages a
small income with economy and makes
bright her little ZONE
It is not what we have, but what we
are, that makes true womanhood lively
and charming A man may admins
ter millions and be as good and true
and honorable as the humblest clerk
In his employment It is a dangerous
doctrine which teaches that the poor
are better than the rich, because of
their poverty, or the rich worse than
the poor because Of their wealth. Au-
tomobIes are not inventions of the
devil. nor are sumptuous houses dens
Of inquiry
We who have no acquaintance with
the smart set except as the society col
umns In the newspapers report its go
ings to and fro, its weddings, divorces
and remaTTiages, have recently been
afforded peep at it In the pages of a
popular novel, said to be written by
one who has had special OPPORTUNITIES
for knowing whereof she speaks The
glimpse OF the smart set given us in
this romance is distinctly depressing
Gathering about a central figure, that
Of a beautiful orphan girl, are men
and women who seem to have about as
much Of the milk Of human kindness
In their veins as wolves in q pack The
women gamble, the men do worse. As
for any ethical standard, if the House
OF Mirth" is to be trusted. it does not
exist in the smart set. Men and wo-
men are openly or furtively unfaith-
full to their marriage vows; a married
man does not hesitate to take a con-
temptible advantage OF the helpless
ness Of a girl who has been his wifes
intimate friend. Men sneer at virtue.
think the worst OF each other and of
the women who are their kindred
Chivary IS apparently a lost art
Honor is a faint mirage on a remote
horizon. A girl incurs financial obH-
cations from a man, and hencefOrth
becomes more and more entangled I'm
A web OF duplicity, and in meshes
which fatally 6nSnare her. Her inten-
tions are Lot evil, but her very inabiI-
tty to comprehend that any values be-
yOnd those that are financial are
rot evil. but her very inability to COM
prehend that any values beyond those
that are financial are known in the
world. comrlicates the situation for
her. Married women write cOmpron1is-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
IN THE BIRMINGHAM
 REAL ESTATE MARKET

Local real estate circles yesterday were only moderately active. There were pa- pers for five transactions, involving amounts which exceeded S1OOO, filed in the probate clerks office, all of which were in either city residence property or suburban tracts. The five deals involved aggregately $lO,55O, an average of s2l10 The following is the list:
 S. T. Barrett to Allen J. Krebs, lots r s, and 1O of block I, East Birming- ham, the consideration for which was $l600
 Sheppard Lumber company to F. G. Sheppard. the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section s. town ship 195, range {. west: also the north half of the southeast quarter of the north half of the southwest quarter of section 13, township b, south, range ? west the consideration for which was $lO0O.
 R. A. Clayton to NJ. s. Blank, lot 9 in block ,, Woodlawn. the consideration for which was $120O.
 Birmingham Realty company to Henry G. Robinson lots 19 and 20 of block SiS, Birmingham, the consideration for which was $3OOO
 l.. J. billion to Lewis w. Ruffner, lot in block 237, Birmingham, the con sideration for which was $375O.
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for persistence" where the polcyholder was willing to await the disbursement of funds under the deferred dividend plan, rather than surrender q portion of the earning power of the funds through q more frequent accounting.
 S. H. Wolf of New York. attorney for the New York Life Insurance company, defended the deferred dividend system
 Governor Cummins of Iowa said:
 An ideal situation would not permit any dividend. Insurance companies should not take from policyholders one penny more than is necessary to come directly out of the contract entered into. When we attempt 10 disassociate the legitimate from the investment companies we shall have entered upon the right course. There could be no partnership between policy holders and companies.
 ''I believe that mutual companies should not be permitted to write other than participating policies. The tendency of all legislation should be -to limit the in- vestment feature and enlarge the indem- nifty.
 "The poll eyholder is at the mercy of the company under the deferred premium system. There is a sentiment in my part or the country to compel the company to disburse the funds entrusted to it's care every year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
STOMACH ON THE BRAIN.
What if Man Gain the Whole World,
 and Lose His Appetite?

The man with well-behaved stomach never thinks about 1t. He eats what he likes and likes what he eats. He knows he'll enjoy it. because he knows he has a stomach that will easily digest it. All things look good to him; he will sit close to the table, and with a merry twinkle in his eye and a world-peace expression. he will start on the deli cious meal before him.
 But the man with the bad. brashy, gurgly stomach is the man who is all ways thinking about It. He can seldom eat what he most likes, and seluom likes what he eats His stomach worries him before meals, after meals and between meals It is on his brain. It robs him of his cheer and interferes with his daily work Around him is a dark spirit which presses itself forward in his thoughts, crying: "I am agony, am disgust, 1 am nausea. I am sickness, lanquor, worry. I am conceived in quick lunches and DADDY food, and nourished by gulpy meals I rob brains of their force and bodies of their life. I steal away nerve and vim. bring heart disease and apoplexy I make the world a pit of weariness and darkness. I am woe I am death. 1 am dyspepsia. But yet. I bring also hope light and future heal.-., be- cause by my gloomy presence l give you warning and a chance to escape me-
 rms IS q Ddu uItdill, Dul II IS lHe udilN dream of the dyspeptic. If 1t were not for the white we couldn't tell the black. If it were not for dyspepsia, we couldn't know the joy. the happiness of a we'll ordered digestion. All the world looks bright to a man of good health. and good health Is impossible without a good, hardy stomach. And any sick or weak stomach can be made a good. strong one by just taking something which will digest your food for you. instead of letting your tired stomach do it. Stuarts Dys- pepsia Tablets are the most effective lit tie tablets in the world for this very thing. If you feel oioated after eating, or you have nausea, aversion to food, brash, irritation sour stomach, heartburn or dyspepsia Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets will stop it because one grain of an in- gredient of these tablets will digest 3Ooo grains of food.
 Your stomach is overworked. Let it take a rest You're not yourself when you have a bad stomach. These tablets will do the work that the stomach has to do and make you feel brisAl think clearly and give you ambition and power to concentrate your attention on your work. You'll feel good. You should al ways have box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets on your dining table. They will make you get all the good possible out of everything you eat, and you'll enjoy it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
w. B. LEEDY & co.

FOR SALE CHEAP. Sl5,000-150x140; on Third ave, rapidly com ing into business; one-third cash bal ance long time at per cent, will take this property. s6OO0-2O0x24O; partly improved; railroad front property; fine location for lum- Der yard; big Improvements going up near 1t; on Belt line. s12. .500-Two-story brick store on 20th St., paying almost 10 per cent on good lease by very responsible people; half cash will do.
 S75O0-9-room house on 1ith ave, South, near goth St, renting for $50
 s. E. THOMPSON, Agent. Bell Phone 24 e23 Fist Street.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Stockholders Meetinq.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power com- pany will be held on Tuesday, February G. 1906. at II O clock a m., at its office in Birmingham, Ala, for the election or directors and the transaction of such other business as the meeting when as- sembled shall deem necessary or proper. At this meeting the following resolution will be offered
 Resolved That Section 1. Article l, of the Ry-Laws, be amended to read as follows
 "The annual meeting of the stockholders of this company shall be held on the second Monday after the first Sunday in February of each year, at it's office in Birmingham, Ala, for the election of di- rectors and the transaction of such other business as the meeting when assembled shall deem necessary or proper 1-25-12t J. P ROSS. Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
I am
Wears Out the Nerves.


 Do you realize that pain is weakening, and exhausts your vitality? Don't you remember how completely worn out you felt after that last attack of headache, neuralgia, backache, periodical or other spell of sui ferlng? Nearly every case of inflammation, apoplexy, paral- ysis. epilepsy and insanity is directly due to the weakening influence of pain upon the brain nerves? For this reason every one who suffers from pain of any kind should not fail to get relief as quickly as possible.
 You can do this by taking Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills others do.
 T have used Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills for years, and can say they have never failed. I always keep them in the house. in fact l had rather be without sugar than the Pills Pre- vious to using them I had always suf- tered with sick headache. sometimes being in bed for three and four days l had tried nearly everything I ever heard of; some would seem to help at first. but after a short time the effect would wear off. It is five years now since I began taking Dr. Niles Anti-Pain Pills. and the results are as good as at hrst.o
 MRS. W. II. MARSHALL.
 Sopris. Colo. pr. Miles Antl-Pain Pills are sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first package will benefit. If 1t falls, he will return your money. 25 doses, 25 cents. Never sold In bulk. Miles Medical Co.,, Elkhart, Ind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
REAL ESTATE.

FOR RENT. 2z24 7th ave. g rooms. l1S0 N 17th st., : rooms. 1217 N 18th st., rooms. 20SIs \. Fist st., 9 rooms. 1909 Ave. H. rooms 12l1 S. 18th st., F rooms. 9Ol S. 18th st.. rooms l221 s. 11th ave, rooms. 1928 Huh ave-. II rooms, south. 1926 S l2th ave. rooms. Velma Station Gate City ear line, broom house and acres of land. We write all kinds of insurance, nego- tiate loans. make bonds. etc. UNDERWATER REAL ESTATE
 AND RENTAL co.
 n. U. Jpil1 II, President. Both phones 6l3 310 N Fist street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
Non-Union Miner Shot.

Nashville, Tenn. February 1.--While cutting timber for the Reed Hill mines near Tracy City, Tenn, this morning, Obery Caldwell, non-union sympathizer, was shot from ambush by an unknonwn party and fatally wounded. Two buck shot took effect in his neck and one in his shoulder. Bloodhounds have been placed on the track of the assassin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
LEEDS RESIGNS.
William B. Leeds Is Entirely Out of
 the Rock Island Company.

New York February 1.-William B. Leeds today resigned as chairman of the board of directors of the Rock Island company. and also as a member of the finance committee and the executive com- mittee of the same company. The resig- nation was accepted by the board of di- rectors. The vacancies caused by MT. Leeds action were not filled at todays meeting.
 John J. Mitchell was elected director of the Rock Island company to succeed Marshall Field
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE. $S5, 5OO-14Ox150; corner 16th st. and ad ave. $i0OO-Alley corner; 45Nl00, with Groom house; close in. S60O0-Iot 25X140 on Second avenue, two story brick on front and 4-room house on rear; rented at s35.
 FOR RENT Brick store on car line; Avondale, s17.50 1902 11th ave, south ! rooms. s30 11O5 N. 14th st; Groom and bath, S15 per month.
 L. G. PETTYJOHN, Phones 465 and 1Ol. lS26ls Sd Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.

REAL ESTATE BARGAINS. SS50O- Corner lO0x10O; renting for $iS0 per annum. S650O-l0Ox140: eight 4-room houses rent ing for SSO per month: a splendid in- come proposition. sl0,O00-1o0x295; on Belt railroad rents Tor Sli0 per month. S45ep-Four new houses; renting s620 per year.
 Several nice. residence lots at sl6 per front foot
 w. G. OLIVER & CO. a05 Third Ave Phones leSs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
LOST, SPRAYED OR STOLEN.

S95 REWARD for return of black and white pointer bitch. about 4 years old slightly undersized: answers to the name of Bess. Black head and ears,
 with white streak from nose. Return
 to 1240 Louise street. or phone 931 or 2722 N. M. Walker. 1-31-f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
INSURANCE REFORM URGED IN CHICAGO Commissioners Assemble to Discuss the Subject MMENDATl0NS MADE cummins Says Policyholder Is at the Mercy of the Company Under the
 Deferred Premium
 System.
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE

Chicago. February -Four governors, representatives of thrty-two states, members of state commissioners confer- epce on uniform legislation and repre- sentatiYes of the National Underwriters association were recognized as duly ae- credited delegates to the national insur- ance convention called by Insurance Com missioner Thomas E Drake at the in- stance of President Roosevelt, which eon- vened in the banquet hall in the Palmer house today
 Discussion of the deferred dividend sys- tenn of life insurance occupied the atten- ton of the delegates and at the close of the afternoon session that topic, together with a number of others to come before the body, was referred to a committee. No action of a decisive nature was taken.
 Thomas E. Drake insurance commis- soner of the District of Columbia, pre- sided at the opening session and called the convention to order.
 The roll call on permanent organiza- tion was presented by A l. Voorhis of Ohio, naming Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota as chairman and Frederick H. Nash of Massachusetts as secretary. The report was adopted unanimously
 Governor Johnson in taking the chair spoke briefly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

-2-4t-fri-sun-we -wed-sun
 S15,OOO.OO To loan on improved real estate in blocks of 5000 more. Apply to Don (. B. Van DuZen,
 12l-l28 South Twentieth Street. North Birmingham s275O-Nice 6-room house, Broom servants house on ear line, near churches and schools North Birmingham, Ala; just completed; never occupied. If you are looking for home, this is the best thing you can get.
 (. M. GREEN & co MPANY
 Both phones No. '.
 FOR RENT S-story building, suitable for wholesale trade; will improve to suit tenant. Warehouse on Avenue c and 22nd street. Vacant property for rent; vacant property to improve for tenants. Offices and sample rooms, and all classes of property for rent
 GEORGE 6lL5E. Bell phone 24 223 21st street. We have had listed with us. for sale. several very choice South Highland homes. Also a few choice lots on and ad- jacent to Highland avenue. If interested we would be glad to have you call on BROWN BROS. & co Ground Floor, First National Bank Bldg.
 Bell Phone 3SA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
Will Formulate Bill.


 The report of the committee on perma- nent organization recommended that committee of fifteen be appointed by the chairman to formulate a bill or bills with Q view to the establishment of auniform system of statutory regulation Of legal reserve life insurance in the several states.
 The committee was instructed to give particular consideration to the following subjects: Deferred dividends representa- tive form of government in mutual com panies, publicity. limitation of life insur- ance investments, limitation of eNpendi- lures to loaning and restrictions in cost of new business, limitation of amount Of business and assets, method of determin- ing loading, non-forfeiture provisions, in- Vestments in individual states Of a per centage of the reserve on the business in such states, reports in annual statements of dividends. aid credited or provisionallY credited under different forms of policies a the several ages of entry and several years in force
 A motion by Samuel B. Davis, insur- ance commissioner of Nevada, that committee on credentials be appointed by the chairman brought out a demand from C. W. Scoville of Pittshurg. presi- dent of the national commission of life underwriters, to have a voice in the a1- fairs of the convention.
 Mir. Davis declared that he desired to limit the voting powers to the state in suranee commissioners and attorneys gen. eral.
 MT. Scoville declared that he was pres ent by special invitation and possessed rights equal to those of such state or ficials as might be in the convention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
Rural Carrier Appointed.

Washington, February 1.-(Speeial.)- Newton Ingle has heen appointed regu- lar and George w. Curtis substitute of rural free dilvery route No. 1 at Double Springs.
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Offered Some Suggestion.
 1. That he believed official action by other states should await the coming in of the Armstrong report
 7. That the insurance corporations and their directors have the power to bring every action to recover wasted funds, which the people of the state of New York, through the attorney general, could bring.
 8. That such actions as may be neces- sary and proper should be brought by the directors and their responsibility should not be shifted.
 4. That if such course is not sincere ly and thoroughly pursued the state may be depended on to act.
 Insurance Commissioner R. E. Folk of Tennessee led the discussion following the reading of Attorney General Mayors paper.
 He offered a resolution providing that it be the sense of the convention that in all deferred dividend contracts now ex- ing to each policyholder and that any issue of deferred contracts be prohib- ited.
 He said he regarded the present system as being at the root of the greater part oi the evils and abuses brought to light in the life insurance system. The pres ent arrangement. he declared, constituted gambling contract which he considered opposed to public policy.
 Insurance Commissioners Host of Wis ccnsin and Wolf of California spoke Tn favor of the resolution.
 Takes Exception to Declaration.
 President R. R. Weeks of the New York Life company took exception to the declaration that the deferred dividend system constituted a gambling contract. He defended the system as 8 reward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

FOR SALE. SIP 50 per ft.; near Magnolia Hts; gut tered, curDed, macadamized a bargain. $SOO0-SeVenth ave. corner; rents $960. $ll,000-5th ave. property; rents $10SO. S25,0O0-l00Nl1O; 5th eye. near new depot s50O0-Desirab'e; close in; 6th ave lot. $l2, 5O0-50N140; End ave, neal 24th. S200OO-lmproved 2nd ave. cor, $5500-50x95; ith ave. and 18th st; impvd. $42,000-5-story brick; rents s45OO S2,500-First ave. store: 20th and 2lst sts. $15 Per Foot-Pretty Highland ave. lot. $S150-10x240; Ave. K near 18th st. $S00c-2-story brick; rents $2400. $65 pr. A.-l90 acres, l1s miles Boyles Gap SA000-Brick store; Eth st.. Ensley; rents S420.
 $525O-Elegant new West End place.
 MCCONNELL G ANGLIN, Phones 1928. 201S Third Ave.