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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
An industrial Rome

The Salvation Army in the United
States has siXty-seven industrial
homes for the unemployed, and it pro-
poses to establish the sixty-eighth one
in this city. Our business, it says, is
mans need, not mans creed, and it
puts this rule Of action into active OPP
GRAFTON in its industrial homes. The
object of these homes is to help desti-
tute men to get a new start in life-to
get them empoyment-to put them, in
a word, on bread winning basis. In
doing this it utilizes the waste mate
rial from the homes, stores, Offices and
factories of the city. II uses waste
labor on waste material and while it
is doing this it endeayors to change
character.
We need such a home here in the
town, and The Age-Herald appeals
this morning to the benevolent and the
thoughtful to give the subject atten-
ton. The Salvation Army is well
fitted to do the work connected with an
industrial home, and it stands. ready
to do that work, simply asking the
good people of Birmingham to add the
money that the task calls for.
The industrial homes of the Saliva
ton Army are not bit tentative. They
have been in successful operation sew
eral years, and the organization knows
Just what work is to be done in them
and how to do it. They are based on
industry. and those only are received
who would rather work than beg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
Bills That Failed

The Legislature passed in thirty
seven days many important bills, but
1T did not clear the calendars of such
bills by any means. The house, for
example, altogether ignored the refer
endum proposition of biennial sessions.
How the popular branch of the legisla-
ture can consistently say that the
people shall not have an opportunity
to choose between biennial and quad
rennial sessions is a mystery, and yet
the Jones bill, after passing the senate,
was never called up in the house. The
friends of the referendum in question
should interview the members of the
house concerning this matter, for the
state cannot go four years without leg
islation except at the expense of
progress and development.
The John antilobby bill was passed
by the house to be ignored by the SEN
ate. and lobbying has suffered no
check whatever in this state. This
takes Alabama from the list OF ad'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
So so; these are the limbs of the plot.
King Henry Viii.
Unmarked Graves CT The Poor

Atlanta is shocked. Councilman Tay-
1or of that city has unearthed the dis
Pressing fact that it has been burying
its poor in Oakland cemetery and that
no record whatever has been kept Of
the long procession of the unfortunate
dead There is says the Constitu-
tion, "blank ignorance regarding who
or what is buried beneath that ugly
tangle." THAT ugly tangle' is the
place where Atlanta has buried its
poor for fifty years. The bodies known
to be there cannot be located, and
-'blank ignorance" expresses the stu
Rtion correctly.
AS Death is the only truly demo-
cratic institution We have the Consti-
tuition insists that the municipality
should treat all in Gods Acre alike
that it should at least preserve some
record of burials regardless of classes
or conditions and that 1t should care
for the graves of the poor to the end
of time.
The Constitution is in great part
right, but it is asking more for its
dead than was granted to julius Caesar
or to Alexander the Great or to a vast
number of the more recent great ones
of this world. The grave of President
Monroe is neglected and it is said the
grave of President Johnson is not
much better kept.
However the demand of the Consti-
tuition is reasonable, and no communi-
ty can afford to neglect the graves of
those who die too poor to provide for
the keeping of their own graves
Democracy should not be abolished, in
other words, in its last stronghold.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
Cultured People.

81 doubt if any city in the United
States of Birmingham's size has so large
a proportion of cultured people as ! find
here" said professional man who is
numbered among the new corners. In
every community charming women and
intelligent men are in evidence, but |
never expected to find so many college
bred men i'm Birmingham as | meet in
society here However, the fact about
the large preponderance of culture may
be readily accounted for by the great
number of technically educated men EN-
ployed by the industrial companies oper-
ating in the Birmingham district. There
are hundreds of engineers and scores of
chemists. and these added to the lawyers,
clergymen, teachers, physicians and men
and women of letters. give this city an
exceptionally large Intellectual set
Birmingham is becoming well known
as an educa tlonal center. 1t is unques-
tionably a center of culture"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

vanced states, and the senators will
doubtless have some explanations to
make in this matter at home.
The child labor bill was favorably
reported in the house, but some occult
influence prevented its consideration,
and the house was equally rude to the
Reynolds compulsory education bill.
These are companion bills. The Rey-
nolds bill was passed by the senate to
be ignored by the house after a favor
able report had been made upon it.
These bills are demanded by all that
is humane and kindly and noble in the
state, and it will be strange indeed if
the good women of Alabama do not
make their wishes concerning them
known.
Senator Blackmon's bill requiring
fire escapes on cotton mills; the bill to
regulate the sale of cocaine and other
sinlldI uIuSS, the Dill W pIoNlue DoohS
for INDECENT school children-each and
all were left on the calendar of one or
the other house, and yet all are bills
that public sentiment supports Posi-.
bly, some of the neglected bills will be
passed next summer, but the presump-
ton is that some hidden hand is pre-
venting each of the bills mentioned.
from becoming laws.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
Street Llahts

Birmingham needs a larger police
force, but the number cannot be ma
terially increased until the revenues of
the city are greater than at present.
But almost as effective as a policeman
in protecting property at night is the
electric light; and street illumination
is relatively inexpensive.
Many highways in residence sections
of Birmingham are without arc lamps.
For the illumination of the entire city
less than five hundred street lights are
now provided. One hundred additional
lights should be installed. Even fifty
would go a great way to advance light
less streets from the village condition
to the city class. Next in importance
to we'll paved streets is well lighted
streets. Let the Mayor and Aldermen
take up this matter promptly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Laeture Sunday.

Today is the fourth Sunday in Lent
known as NIl-eareme or Mid-Lent. In
the language of the church 1t is Laetare
Sunday, from the opening word of the IN
troit of the mass for the day-"Rejolce."
The affairs bare of flowers during the
penitential season, may be deeked with
this Sunday, and according to the rubrics
the principal vestments worn by the cele-
brant of the mass. should be Of rose color
instead of purple In great cathedrals
chasubles and stoles of rose are pro-
vlded. Such vestments are also seen in
the Paulist church in New York and in
perhaps a few other churches, but as rose
can be used only on one day in the year,
parish priests as a rule vest in the pur-
pie, the same as on other days in Lent.
Next Sunday will be Passion Sunday.
Next comes Palm Sunday, and then
Easter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
Had a Glass Eye.

From the Kansas City Star.
"Talking about beatin' the bank puts
me in mind of old Bob Potee," said Hank,
the old gambler "In an airly-day Bob
KEEP a. place down opposite where the
CITY hall is now. One evenin' a high
rollin' Dutchman from Cincinnati comes
into Bob's place I had the deal that
night. Dutchy played all night long and
till noon the next day and then he had
$4,000 of the banks money in his jeans,
..Then he stopped all of a sudden when
he seems to notice the sun come streak
in in on the layout, like a idea hit him.
".Here, Bob he says to Potee, Tn
tired o. this. Let's have change. III
bet Won a thousand l can shut one eye
and look at the sun longern you can
..welI. it sounded kind o. foolish, but
Rob Potee never was known to back up
on ANYTHING reasonable, and he took the
Dutchman on.
"'rhev put up the money, chose a re-
fierce and went out into the street ana
both of em shut up pepper and began
to stare old Sol out o countenance Wen,
Potee stood ii for about three minutes,
an then he began to squirnl, an the tears
run out of his open eye an We seed that
he couldn't stand it much longer.
But the Dutchman wasn't feazed at
ALL He Just held up his eye TO the sun
there like it was his natural element,
and gap on a-starin' at it until Ed Bellus,
a friehd of Potee's began to get crafty
and Suspicious, and sneakin up beside
Dutchy he poked his finger right square
into his gloomln' blue eye-and what do
you think? It was a glass eye the Dutch
man had. yes sir, sure's you're born, 1t
was a glass eye He could stood there
all day an stared at the sun with it.
"Of course, Potee claimed the money.
an we give it to him. We decided that
he'd earned it,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
DELIVERING MAIL TO THE DEAD

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Delivering fioral messages of love to the
grave is the latest task that New York
letter carriers have been called upon to
perform. Three uniformed en-
ployes of Uncle Sam were discussing
their work in the Brooklyn bridge sta
ton os the Subway the other night. II
had strange job the other day." said
one of the carriers. II delivered a
wreath of flowers to a grave. 1t was a
small wreath of immortelles in a PASTE
board box. The address was John Dove,
Woollawn cemetery. first lot right OF
Smith monument. Thousands of times
had passed that cemetery in my rounds.
but ] never thought to make delivery
to one of the tombs. Going in I found
the Dove grave easily. | brushed the
snow off the mound with my bag. and
taking the wreath from its box | laid It
on the bright, green grass. | consider
that the strangest experience of my many
Years of service
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
FAREWELL! BUT WHENEVER.

BY Thomas Moore.
Farewell! but whenever you welcome this
hour
That awakens the night-song of mirth In
your bower.
Then think of the friend who once well
coined 1t. too.
And forgot his own griefs to be happy
with you
His grefs may return-not hope may
remain
OF the few that have frightened his
pathway of pain
But he ne'er can forget the short vision
that threw
Its enchantment around him, while lin
gerng with you,
And still on that evening when pleasure
fills up
To the highest top sparkle each heart and
each cup,
Where'er my path lies, be It gloomy or
bright,
My soul. happy friends, will be with you
that night,
Shall join in your revels. your sports
and your wiles
And return to me. beaming all DER with
Too blest if it tell me that, mid the gay
cheer,
Some kind voice has murmured: 81 wish
he were herei
Let fate do her worst, there are relics Of
Joy,
Bright dreams of the past, which she
cannot destroy;
Which come in the night time of sorrow
and care,
And bring back the features which Joy
used to wear.
Long, long be my heart with such men,
cries filed
Like the vase in which roses have once
been distilled
on may break. you may shatter, the vase
if you will
But the scent of the roses will hang
round it still.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
Too Quick.

From Titbits.
Matrimonial Agent-Allow me to in
troduce you to Mile. Lucie Jobard, daugh-
ter of naval officer, highly educated.
excellent temper. delightful physiognomy,
born at Marseilles, 300, 600
Would-be ridegroom-I am sure mad
emoisele would suit Indeed, there
can be no doubt about it II she has got
100000 francs
Agent-Pardon me; not too quick. Let
me proceed. I was about to say, Born
at Marseilles 100000 inhabitants"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
Great Singers.

lone of the finest features of Madame
Sembrich's Concert company programme
this season is the duet between Sembrieh
and Ellison Van Hoose." said music
lover who heard these two artists in the
east recently. Il never heard two voices
blend So beautifully. Sembrich has a
wonderfully rare colature voice and few
lyric tenors are in Van Hooses class.
understand that they viii sing a duet
from one of the operas when they ap-
pear. in Birmingham in April
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A man can brag even about how loud
his baby can cry.
The worst thing about honesty is the
way you can't get rich by it,
1t never makes a girl tired TO dance
TIL it's time to get up the next day.
The reason rich men give you advice
on how to do 1t is because it isn't the
real way.
When a man has a really good dis
position it's a sign he has no relatives
he has to be nice to.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
NOTED ATLANTA MAN.

NOTED ATLANTA MAN.
Atlanta holds man who draws
The gaze of many eyes,
And when you know the reason why
You won't show much surprise.
The multitudes do gaze upon
His form in silent awe,
Because he is none other than
A friend of a friend of ThaW.
II he appears upon the street
Admirers dog his heels
And some. more daring than the rest,
Would know just how he feels.
He's talked about and written up,
Such fame you never saw
But then he is a Georgian and
A friend of a friend of Thaw.
His name is known to every one,
So great is his renown,
That hundreds do avow he's quite
The biggest man in town.
The mob considers him. forsooth,
Without single flaw,
And all because he claims to be
A friend of a friend of Thaw.
climbed Mount Ixlaceihuatl In Mexico.
A mountain with a name like that must
be much harder to scale than one with
a short name like mount Hood"
The sight of Birmlngnam's city jail
was such shock to a prospective prs-
oner that he broke away from his captors
and fed. Had 1t been an attractive.
homelike place, the effect would have
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
About Persons.

A. j. Goodwin the we'll known banker
of Anniston is in Birminshamk lie is
said to be interested in an important
business enterprise of local nature.
The Rev Rabbi Newheld will leave this
afternoon for Tuscaloosa. where he will
conduct services tonight according to the
ritual of the reformed Jewish church.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
EDITORS RISING.

From the Jackson Clarion-Ledger
The Alabama editors are growing ues-
perate, their Press association having
determined to invoke the aid of .ne
courts in testing the validity of the anti
pass law. All other Press associations
should join hands with the Alabama
scribes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
WOULD TAKE 1T HERSELF.

Mrs Emma Reba Bailey, a lawyer of
Birmingham, Ala. was the most COM
PLEASANT caller President Roosevelt has
had in many a day. She went to recon-
mend her son for the position of federal
district Judge, but acknowledged that she
would be willing to take the office herself
il the Presdent so preferred.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

The Wisconsin legislature has
passed law requiring hotel bed sheets
to be eight feet long, but it is silent
about the size of pillows, although
some of them are not larger than pin
cushions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

Marcella Sembrich and Ellison Van
Hose are to be heard in a grand con-
cert In Birmingham in Easter week
and already music lovers and fashion,
able society are beginning to make
their engagements accordingly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
OUTCLASSED.

From the Columbia State.
II am a king" says Adding Bob Tay-
lor But Theodore Rex ct Imperator
will declare him merely pretender
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

When Trouble has you going
Don't let him get you Gown.
A smile will make him sick at heart,
He'll love you if you frown.
Dismiss him in a hurry,
And II he begs to stay.
Why let him, but don't 1inger there
Just hasten on your way.
We all know Mister Trouble
And tho he wears disguise,
He very seldom manages
To take us by surprise.
So when you see him coming
In vestiture of gloom
Just step aside to let him pass
And give him lots Of room.
OF course. he's bound to catch US
A-napping now and then,
But that's the time to wrestle with
The strength of twenty men.
II you'll engage him boldly
And do your level best
To make him free his grip on you
Why, JOY will do the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

Several proper names in yesterdays
paragraphs were mispelled, by typo
graphical error, but we shall continue
to write quips and hope for the best.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

A candidate proposed for the place
of Spooner in the Senate is said to be
a good man. worth Several million
dollars" Such combination Is in
deed unusual.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

A Kentucky widow rode sixty thou
sand miles on trolley cars before she
died. Evidently she wasn't a strap
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

can industries, indicate the wisdom of
having fair tariff rates between this
country and foreign nations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
HIS SPECIALITY.

From the Kansas City Times.
is it strange that the signature of the
late Stanford White should look like the
picture of a butterfly?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

The name of the new Panama boss
Is George Washington Goethals. Long
may he wave and dig.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MIsTER. TROUBLE.

been different and the city would have
picked up fine, no doubt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

James J. Hill thinks the tide of
prosperity has turned, when as a mat
ter of fact he simply feels the coming
of spring weather in his thick under
clothes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

Secretary Taft will decide the cock
fighting issue when he goes back to
Cuba. He may put his foot down on
it, and If he does it will stay down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

Ex-senator Burton of Kansas will
soon be a free man, and he may seek
to regain his old seat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

Demopolis Times: The Alabama Press
association Is going to contest the anti
pass act of the Jim Dandy legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

Mrs. Eddy's son and granddaughter
did not like the absent treatment that
was accorded them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

The war between Honduras and
Nicarauga goes brayely on, but the
loss of life is not equal to that of
single New York Central wreck.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

1t is feared man may yet be shot
in the war between Honduras and Mic
arauga.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10
sLEEPYToWN.

Come travel the road to Sleepytown,
And oh, how short It seems
From the twilight doze and the breath
of the rose
To the beautiful land of dreamsl
Come travel the road to Sleepytown,
While the Sandman leads the way
Far over the hills and tinkling rills
Where gnomes and fairies play.
Come travel the road to Sleepytown
And dry your tears. my dear.
For the cares of the day viii vanish away
When elfin shapes appear.
There's joy on the road to sleepytown,
Where tired-eyed children go,
So hurry along with goodnight song
To the land of "by-o-lo."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

when Hartman owns all the rail
roads and John d. owns all the goods
to be transported thereon, then will
come the tug of war.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

General Booth of the Salvation Army
is not a bit afraid Of tainted money.
He knows how to deodorize it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

Montgomery Advertiser: Let Woman
Talk is the title of an editorial in
contemporary. OF course-how can you
help it?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

A large lemon tree will bear fruit
next year and a number of presidential
aspirants will be given specimens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

The latest junllet to Panama COM
prises fifty congressman. and not one
of them carries a shovel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

more than ever because 1t can earn so
much. The decline in steel values is
solely on this basis and is not SO far
a bad sign"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

A Connecticut girl who swallowed a
pin to keep FROM going to school should
have saved it for teacher.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

The railroads Nat permit hold-ups
should be held responsible for the re-
suits to their helpless passengers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

beyond his control.
Gadsden Journal: Two cents a mile
would probably suffice to pay satisfactory
dividends if the water was first squeezed
out of the stock of railroads.
West Alabama Breeze: OF that hiS sur
plus in the state treasury the legislature
can say: "veni vidi. Wei" for that sur
plus is now one of the has-beens.
Monroe Journal: With the Legislature
at recess and the Thaw trial nearing
conclusion the newspapers have the pros
pect of a dull summer before them.
Sheffield Standard; Some of the men
who are tearing their shirts for square
deal II politics would be better off by
expendng the same amount of energy
in the effort to provide square meal
at home.
Marion Standard: Birmingham has now
three lew judges: Sharpe, Nesmith and
Lane, offices recently created by the legis-
lature, and justice in the Industrial city
ought 10 and no doubt will have a fair
show for once.
Admission Star: The cynics argue against
revivals of religion. TOO many mush-
room converts are made" they say. There
Is some logic in that, but if one sinner
is permanently reclaimed, the preacher
will not have exhorted in vain.
Florence Herald Hon. A. II. Carmi-