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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
COSTLY EASTER OUTFITS

tons that adorn this gown were painted II France, and the little gown, though un. obtrusive, is a model of elegance. The hat that goes with this gown cost the wearer just S65, and is a most modest affair of hand made straw, with trimming of velvet ribbon, crushed brown roses and paradise aigrette. But it's the stylg the woman paid for in this hat, not the material. Fashioned by French hands, il bears about it that indescribable air of smartness that an American production somehow fails to achieve.
 Then comes milady's gloves, also im- ported, and exactly matching her gown. These cost s6 and her parasol, brown to match the rest of her toilette, with an old ivory handle cost $50. That's on ac- count of the handle. A lace Veil to top this costume cost s25, but 1t is real lace. and the duchesse lace stock was another matter of $25 The diamond horseshoe which fastens her collar in the back cost S35O, and is a simple little affair, which she could not possibly get along with out. Shoes to match the gown were SIP and the silk stockings in openworll
 
 cannot go into details regarding her lin- gerle, but 1t took cool s25O to cover the cost of this portion of her Easter toilette Then there is the bunch of violets, with out whcih no woman's Easter toilette is considered complete, and the one worn by Mrs. Millionaire must contain in its center a single glorious orchid for which Mir. Millionaire will pay just $50. A handkerchief to wipe her dainty nose, s25, and a golden purse. topaz studded, $3G0 will complete her toilette, provided she is not compelled to wear wrap to church on Easter morning. This being neces- sary, she will throw over this dream a Japanese-y affair of black satin and dull gold embroidery, which was imported, of course; and cost S20O.
 She will look beautiful, no doubt and as much. if not more, than he did on that Easter morning a few years ago when her outfit cost just 1-10Oth of what it will next Sunday morning.
 That was the morning that the question that had been trembling on his lips for weeks was asked, and her answer was ''yes," but I'll venture that she looks no sweeter to him in her S17O0 toilette than she did then.
 Tomorrow I will tell you how she man aged to dress and captivate the million aires heart in her SIT Easter outfit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
National Negro Fair.

The leading eolored people of the coun- try are taking q live interest in the Ma tional Negro fair that will be opened at Mobile next fall.' said gentleman from that city.
 "fhe movement is highly eommendable and will no doubt be means of inspira- ton to the race. The fair association has been incorporated under the laws of Ala bama with q capital stock of s4000O which will be increased, it is said, to $125,000
 ''The plan Of the association is to hold the fair for four consecutive years, beginning next fall.
 Agents are now in the field preparing exhibits, and 1t is claimed by those in charge that the prospects are good for one of the most credltable eXpositions of the kind ever held in this country. The Rev. H. N. Newsome of Mobile is presi- dent and general manager. He is being assisted by twenty-three vice presidents, selected from the leading business and professional men of the race in the uni- ted States. Eight thousand shares of the capital stock of tho association are being sold to investors who are taking an interest in the success of the enter prise,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
LIVES WITH BULLET IN BRAIN

From the New York Tribune. The physicians of St Gregorys hospital are interested in the case of an Italian who has been in the hospital for two weeks with d bullet in his brain, as the result of a shooting scrape. They have been trying to remove the missile. The man was shot two weeks ago and was brought to the hospital on March s. When examined by Dr. Duncan, the house sur seon, 1t was found that the bullet had entered the brain tissue. The Italian was conscious while undergoing the examna- ton, and suffered great pain.
 The following day the man was put on the operating table. Dr. Duncan assist ed by Dr. David. Dr. Stewart and Dr. Sheldon. probed for the bullet without success. The doctors then decided to cut out part of the skull to find the bullet but were again unsuccessful. They found that the skull was of un- usual thickness. Another attempt was then made by scraping around the vault of the skull, but with no better results The doctors said the bullet must have become embedded in the center of the brain.
 Another femafkaDle feature about the case, said Dr. Duncan, lis that the bull let has fractured both orbits. and the mans sight is still unimpaired. In ordi- nary cases a patient would lose his sight Since the operation the patient has not shown any signs of failing, despite the fact that the bullet has been in his brain for two weeks Hc was walking around the wards yesterday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
Gross Earnings of Southern Railroads

The four chief railroads of the south cast are the Southern, the Louisville and Nashville, the Atlantic Coast Line, and the Seaboard. From 1902 to 1906 the passenger traffic receipts of these roads were increased 57.2 per cent; the freight earnings 556 per cent, and the total gross eatnlngs 55.9 per cent. The four roads have in four years added 4013 miles to their track equipment, and they have nut on their track 1921 additional locomotives, 603 passenger cars, and 37,S63 freight cars.
 The increasing business of the south is made apparent in these figures, and the four roads tap every state in the southeast. Perhaps no better meas ure of the volume of business can be found than the gross earnings of rail roads, and the four railroads men, toned certainly represent the south east.
 The southeast is, in ether words, one-half bigger and stronger and more active than 1t was in 1902. The fig ures presented are those for the cal endar year 1906, and they are com pared with those for the year 1902. We give below the gross freight earn ings of the four roads,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
Carolyn Prescott, in Pittsburg Sun.

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 rz HERE is q woman in this town | NE whose Easter outfit is going to | AO cost $17O0 Don't believe it? Neither did l until l had talk with the young woman who helped to buy it. Now here is & secret for the initiated, those who are poor like myself and who pick up their gowns here, there anywhere where they can get the most for their money. Know then, that some of the exclusive stores now have buyers" women who are up to the latest in everything, and who are employed by the stores at very | high salaries to tell people what they want.
 A woman who has scads of money comes into the store with a vague notion that she wants an outfit and wants to spend a great deal of money for it, but hasn't a very clear idea of what she really does want Being afraid to trust her own judgment she seeks out the buyer" a clever woman who knows her business, and after a seance lasting anywhere from one hour to an entire day, the woman's fat roll of greenbacks is transferred from her gold purse to the coffers of the dry goods store; Mrs. Millionaire leaves the establishment the possessor of a perfect, tasteful and albeit very costly ward- robe, and nobody is any the wiser when her friends congratulate her upon her eX- quste taste in dressing.
 The buyer, a clever little creature, with an unlimited capacity for compelling other people to spend their money, let me into the secret of the most elaborate and costly toilette that is going to be worn in Plttsburg Easter morning, and | am letting my women readers into the se- cret, for I know they will be interested in hearing of pretty clothes. and as for the men-well they won't read this any way. when they find out what 1t is about.
 The woman's gown is what would be termed a dream It was imported and cost her just exactly $350. That isn't much for an imported gown. but it's what goes with it that brought the cost of her toilette up to s1700
 It is rather plain, but made of beauti- ful satiny brown broadeloth, one of the most exclusive colors this spring shows. Underneath is a silk lining of the same cut out and embroidered to show the lin- ing The belt and bodice is of velvet, waist is imported from Brussels. The but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
HELEN GoULD'S ROMANCE.
No Man Shall Marry Me for My Money" She Said When a Child.


 Mabel Potter Daggett in Broadway Maga- zine.
 That love which the Bible calls "char- ity'' is the word writ largest in Helen Goul's life. No single thread of romance seems to fire with color the web of her days, woven in all the soft pastel shades of sympathy and sacrirce.
 One summer night she sat with a friend amid the purple bloom of her wis taria covered piazza at Lyndhurst. The setting sun landscape bathed in the soft afterglow of the half light that helps the heart to expression. The small white hand shaded her brow a little as she looked out among the trees. No she was saying, what you imagined was never so. I did not love him when 1 sent him away. Long ago I made up my mind never to think of any man like that Almost it seemed as if the slender fingers pressed against her temple was trembling now, but 1t might have been only the play of the shadows. '1 am neither brilliant nor pretty and" she added, firmly mo man shall marry me for my money" duke and count and a bishops son are among those whom rumor has had it would have wooed if she would have listened, but there is no record that they stirred the calm measure of her heart beat. Then there came rich manufacturer and philanthropist and the world waited a-tiptoe. This" they whispered, lis Helen Goulds romance
 But it was not. The man, it is true, had said, "She is my ideal woman" But hundreds of soldiers and sailors and rail road men of the country over have cried, Mine. tool" and America has come to believe that Helen Gould has given her heart completely as her fortune to the good that she can do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
TULIPS IN ODD DESIGNS.
An Arbor of Dogwood or a Bed of
 Tulips Attractive on Table.

From the London Queen.
 Beautiful table decorations for Easter may be arranged for little expense if early spring flowers are used, or, if the designs are made at home, hothouse blooms may be secured for comparative ly small cost.
 An artistic ornamentation that may be easily made is a round bed of moss and foliage in which the flowers appear to be growing. This floral piece should form the center of round table.
 The whole center of the table should be occupied by the bed of beautiful blos- >soms only sufficient space being left on the cloth for the guests covers, the usual small glass and sll--er articles of table garnitGre etc.
 The messy bed must be formed of the best leaf moss, in which the stems of the flowers keep their position firmly and securely, while little reddish brown ber- berries makes the foliage border. One or two single pink tulips introduced in this scheme are effective. but nothing in the way Of foliage other than the delicate pale green tulip leaves and the berberis round the outside of the messy foundation is necessary.
 A novelty in the floral decoration of a long eirner table is made of four slender colImns, upon which are entwined strands of smax or similar Greenery. The ends are drawn together in the center and tied into a foliage bow. The flowers grouped round the base of the columns are arranged in water as are those esfa ai.,y i,, fDr of lrhnIG ana tho ends of the creeper, too, are kept in the hidden water vases so that the whole decoration is provided with the moisture necessary to keep it fresh and bright for several hours.
 A series of these pretty floral arbors arranged in varying heights down the table, each provided with it's carefully s..aded electric lamp and decked with flowers of suitable size and height forms a most elegant and striking floral decora- tion for a large t..nner party, and this method of keeping all the flowers and foliage in water all the time makes 1t possible to use almost any kind of blos- som tta at the decorator may choose.
 The large design is suited for a table lighted from overhead so that none of the blossoms may De dDONe tle HSntS, dS would be the case if table lights were used. So, to take the place of candelabra or table lamps, the two tall floral columns supporting bouquets of fine roses tied with bows of ribbon are a pretty substi- ute and serve both to correct any ap- pearance of fatness that might otherwise be noticeable and to offer scope for the ever favorite method of using the dainty smilax 'greenery whose graceful festoons reach from the top of each column to the central group of roses in the middle of the cloth and to each corner of the table, where they re scrolled round little blue and white china fern pots, each containing a tiny dwarf Towering myr- tie. A. cluster of rose blooms at the base of each column and another at each end of the table complete this pretty and attractive scheme of table decoration The same design is charming carried out in tulips, red, yellow or pink, with plenty of their own pale green foliage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
Italy Defended

Congressmen Burnett and Under wood will have their hands full when they return to their native land If they ittempt replies to an article directed against them in Appleton's Magazine The article in question was written by saetano D'Armato, deputy chief of the bureau of license of New York city. t is defense of the Italian people against the charges brought by Messrs. Burnett and Underwood on the floor If the House of Representatives
 Nr. D'Armato does not think the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
Confederate Veterans.

q think large contingent of Camp Hardee. United Confederate Veterans, will visit Richmond on the occasion or the unvellng of Jefferson Davis monu- ment in June," said Adjt J. l.. Darby.
 "Eyery veteran will be eager to take the trip, and as tse railroad are offering very cheap rates the majority of our members will be able to attend the re union. It will do us good to see the old battlehelds of Virginia and feel the throb that comes from thinking over and talk ing over the heroic deeds of the past
 .''rhe ticket which carries the veterans to Richmond will be good for the James, town exposition, and of course all of us will go to Norfolk to see the great naval display''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
Under Contract Live or Construction, Projects,

The assignment of 1755 miles to the Cvlf and Mississippi Valley States is promising and Is fully justified for the Illinois Central, and the Brunswick lines win build many miles in this state this year, and both are well ad- vanced towards terminals in this city Both will enter Birmingham this year Other states, notably Louisiana, will do as well.
 Other long lines are being pushed 10 completion, including the extension of the Florida East Coast railroad to Key West, and the Friscos extension to or towards New Orleans. and a long railroad reaching from Norfolk to tho heart of the West Virginia coal fields Labor is scarce and high-priced, and some of the railroads are encountering difficulties in securing money for ex- tensions, but the Railway Age is cer- tainly within bounds when it puts the wears constructioR work at 4OoO miles as against 6100 miles last year.
 By the end of the present year this district will be pretty well equipped with railroads. The Mobile and Ohio, the Illinois Central, and the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic will all be
 
 will complete the list of southeastern systems. All will then have secured Judgment in this district, and if we are to acquire new roads we must be- gin to look across the Mississippi among the rivals of our own Rock Island road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The average man thinks he's an orator when he's only foghorn.
 Some boys do well even to learn in col lege what kind of neckties to wear
 Where the photographers make their money is out of the pretty girls,
 When a woman says she has no clothes she means somebody else has more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
CONSCIENCE IN RAlLROADING.

From the Ohio State Journal.
 The idea of Hartman, that a man may, by q little three-card monte game of finance. build up a fortune of millions without adding an engine or a rail to the enterprise of which he is trustee, is trea- son to honorable railroading and ought to be embodied in the criminal code. What is wanted is a conscience in rail- roading, as well as in shoeing a horse or selling pound of sugar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
Open Air Concerts.

Every large city has free band concerts in the open air during the summer and l hope Birmingham will have such con certs this summer said business man "A fund sufficient to employ large band to play daily could be raised without much trouble. I understand that first- class music every day for ten weeks would cost about $3OoO.
 "The city government is not able to pay for band concerts, but if individual citizens will contribute small sums the necessary amount would soon be in hand -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

The Barons are beginning to throw straight, swift, and quickly, and on April they will be up to their mid summer standard. Get ready to greet them on that suspicious occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
HOW TO RUN A NEWSPAPER

From the Peoria Herald-Transcript. When a man goes astray
 Keep 1t out. When the critics roasts a play
 Keep 1t out. When two men in anger clash; When a merchant goes to smash; When the cashier steals the cash
 Keep it out. When they quarrel in the church
 Keep it out. When a teacher wields the birch
 Keep it out. When nine women fair to see Whisper something over tea Print it? Goodness gracious me.
 Keep 1t out!" When two statesmen make a deal
 Keep it out. When another tries to steal
 Keep it out. Stories thin and stories tall: Good and bad and big and small < uything that's news at sll- Hear 'em shout:
 M 'ISeep 1t out!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
DiSPROPORTlONATE.
holic Standard.

From the Catholic Standard.
 See here" cried the cat, 'are you really determined to drown me?''
 '.1 am replied the man. You killed our canary, and I believe in "a life for a life -"
 But you're bent upon taking nine lives for a life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

The New York Central handled 51,- 40 cars in one day, and yet it is ready to threaten the legislature of New York with non-action if it passes the Hughes public-utility bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Senator LaFolette bulks larger in He is fast becoming Wisconsins big man. His pompadour certainly out ranks those of all the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
OPPORTUNITIES MISSED.


 Just see what an education you have missed by not applying yourself like your brother Henry
 Yes, ma'am. He can deal four aces from the bottom of the deck quicker en a rabbit can get through an open fence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
Railroad BuiIdinu This Year

Last year 61oo miles of track were added to the railroad mileage of the country, and the Railway Age con- cludes, after a comprehensive survey of the situation, that about 4000 miles will be laid this year. We give it's table, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
DON'T ADVERTISE IT.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 What Attorney General Bonaparate said was that if the states want to bring in immigrants they must keep it dark as other importers do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
PAST THAT STAGE.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
 Tom-T suppose Werner is deep in loves young dream
 Dick-Oh, he's past that stage He's troubled with insomnia now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
ONE OF THREE WAsHINeToNs.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Where can I get a book on Washing ton?'
 e., B. T. or D. C.?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
DADS RECOLLECTION

From London Answers. "Dad!"
 Yes, my son."
 What kind of wood do they use most in tanning?"
 When, when l went to school, my boy. they used birch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Boss Ruef is getting into deeper water, and so are the rascals who fur nished him with money to corrupt officials. The latter should get the big end of the stick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Congressmen returning from junkets to the isthmus report an absence of Chinamen and mosquitoes, the twin plaques of the Pacific.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Memphis big issue is six street car tickets for twenty-five cents. It is a practical issue that touches all Mem phians who are not hardened walkers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

The President is not yearning for railroad advice at present. He needs time in which to assimilate the tons of it he has on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
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The great increase in the receipts of the Atlantic Coast Line was due in part to the purchase or construction of 2571 niles of roadway, but even that fact does not lessen the marvellous story of growth in the southeast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
FUTURE HARRlMANS.

From the Denver Post.
 Whenever a boy plays train now adays in Cheyenne his mother thinks he'll be a second Hartman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

President Bonilla is at present a ruler without a capital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

When the umpire says 'play ball" on April 9 the warm season will be here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

The railroad situation was discussed at the White House on Wednesday, and the doors were barred against railroad presidents, who are still swarming there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
WON'T SuRSIDE.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Ex-Senator Burton of Kansas fails to appreciate the beauty and utility of ob- livion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Judge George Gray would have to explain why he voted to give s20,000, GOO for the Philippines in case he be- came the democratic nominee for President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Graft is considered in San Francisco more devastating than fire and earth quake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

The hot wave is holding it's own re- markedly well It comes straight from the tropical southwest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Many people will go to the James town exposition without stopping to ask what 1t is about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Mayor Schmitz says he is able to tell where he got it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Secretary Taft will soon supplant Uncle Joe Cannon as nine-days' won- der at Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

A wet wave from Medicine Hat would be welcomed. What is the mat ter with Medicine Hat, anyway?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Fort Dodge, city in Iowa, requires all bachelors to marry under penalty of deportation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Hartman prefers the penitentiary to the poorhouse, even if the former be compulsory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Mr. Cannon was compelled at Colon to endeavor to catch the quarantine officers eye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

Congressman Mccall says the Pan ana canal is feasible, but that it will come high. We must have it, he should have added
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

It was Pobiedonostseff who excom- municated Tolstoi, and he would have banished him to Siberia if his courage mad not oozed out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

There is nothing flirtatious about our hot wave It has come to stay whether people welcome or hiss it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

The lunacy commission has sup planted the petit jury in the Thaw case, and the work of the alienists goes playfully on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

EXSenator Burton's new anatomy of melancholy is not of absorbing in- terest in these days of the Thaw trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

British insanity experts got no fees in the Whiteley case in London. That kind of nonsense is not tolerated in England