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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

famous society beauty" is once more OH every ones lips. For many seasons gossips declared she would never marry because she was tilted as a young girl by the man she loved. Her friends, how ever know that the man she would marry tomorrow if she could, is handsome Prince Francis of Teck, who has been de- voted to her for some years.
 King Edward will not hear of such q marriage, intimate as he has been with all the Yorkshire Wilson's. If Prince Fran cises sister had not married the Prince of Wales things might have been differ ent, but the King would not give his sanction to d marriage between a com moner and the brother of Englands fu- ture Queen.
 The King, who is an inveterate match maker, would like to arrange marriage between Miss Wilson and the swarthy Marquis de Several the Portuguese min ister. Miss Wilson likes De Several but absolutely declines to regard him as a prospective husband.
 The Marquis is very wealthy man and a very witty and amusing scompanion It was remarked at llle 1dlltOH itSldui ant that Mrs. Arthur Wilson was entertaining both Prince Francis and the Marquis de Several and the trio were in high spirits.
 MT. Austen Chamberlain continues to is- sue statements in regard to his father s satisfactory progress toward health, and those who are behind the scenes in poli- ties continue frankly to disbelleve them. A week ago the son of a famous states man received a letter from MT. Joseph Chamberlain which was not in the states mans own handwriting. in which the re- mark was made: "Cnhappily l am not able to put my pen to paper
 MT Chamberlain cannot even sign his name to checke and he suffers occasion-
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Special cable to the Age-Herald by Paul
 Lambeth. Copyright, 1907, by W. R.
 Hearst.
 r ONDON, March 2.-Mr. Alfred Van- derbilt has been putting in about A five and sometimes six hours solid work every day at No. F Hanover square, where he is busying him self over the great International Horse Show Round and round the square is slowly driven the smartest hanson cab in London This is the cab which MT. Vanderbilt picked up day or two after his arrival
 It is an ordinary public hanson, but the horse took MT. Vanderbilt's fancy, and the man looked smart, so MT. Van derbilt made a-deal at once with the man, with the result that the lucky diver was fitted out with brand new and extra smart livery and the glossiest of silk hats, while the horse was specially groomed and fitted, also at MT. Vanderbilt's ex- pense, with new brown harness.
 The cabman is In clover but the only things which worry him are, the long waits outside No. P and the dizzy circling of Hanover square and the chaff of the other cabmen, who are wildly jealous. These men follow him about and make pointed remarks, as only London cabmen can, about his classic beauty and his clothes and his hat.
 Mir Vanderbilt has engaged this cab for the whole time he is in London. No. F Hanover square is known as "The Farmer's House." There are polo pony societies, shire and hackney and cattle and sheep societies in the building. Eng nsh owners are going to make frantic efforts to eclipse the American horses at the show and the judges task is likely to be extremely difficult.
 The name of Miss Muriel Wilson. the
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of time Phyllis discards her canine com panion and becomes d "suffragette," whereupon the young man finds occasion to congratulate himself upon his escape. Pursuit is useless; l won't be taken alive was the notice Jonas Chuzzlewt tackled on his door the day he was to have been married. and no doubt Jonas might be considered wise for preferring a sudden death in resisting capture to the misery of a lifelong captivity with Cher ry. What would tax of sl0 $20 d year be to a man whose spirit cries out in the immortal words of Patrick Henry, Give me liberty or give me death'?
 Why don't the women stop and ex- anime the situation? Why don't they ask themselves If the fault Is theirs or the mems? The woman who is woman has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
GOING HOM E.

By Arthur Guiterman. From the Realm of Foil and Trouble, Toward the sunset keeps of Spain, Rolling iron miles behind us Westward speeds the lurching train. Fades the city's ragged skyline, Steepled roof and garish dome And I'm going home to Mary,
 Going home, going home! Grayness veils the whirling valley; Darkness sweeps across the gray; Lanterns red and green and golden Clint and glare along the way. Every ringing wheel and bearing Holds a jolly little gnome Singing Going home to Mary.
 Going home, going home!' And hear the chant re-echoed In the grinding and the jar, In the clanking of the coupler,
 In the clater of the car While the engine bears burden, Through a cloud of billowed foam Calling, "Going home to Mary,
 Going home, going home.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
On the Job.
From rIarper's Weekly

From Harper's Weekly. A Baltimore man, who was recently . passenger on Cunarder, tells of an in- cident of his trip that led him to the conclusion that your average seaman is not apt to waste much thought on hls personal troubles. This sailor had met with an accident the second day out. the result of which was a bad cut on the head. The Balt- n1orian was most solicitous in his in- quirles as to the seamans welfare when he next saw the captain. and would un- doubtedly have continued his sympathy had not q rough sea called to mind his own sufferngs.
 Several days later, when he emerged, white and weak, from his stateroom, he suddenly remembered the poor sailor. In the course of the day the Baltimore man saw the man. with a strip of plaster on his forehead.
 How Is your head?' he asked. sympa- thetically.
 West by south, sir" was the reply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

"HINGS may not be as bad in Ameri-
 ca today as they were in the state
 x of Denmark in the time of Hamlet, but that something is radically wrong may be positively affirmed if the trend of legislation in many states, and these the most advanced, may be regarded as an index.
 Iowa, Delaware. Missouri, Indiana and Massachusetts have bills before their leg islatures which propose to put tax on bachelors. Not content with taxing the bachelors, in Massachusetts petition, signed by wonlen after prescribing the tax at which celibacy was permissible between different periods in a mans life, winds up by recommending chloroform in large doses for all unmarried men of 40 years of age and upwards. The petition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
A LOST FRIEND.

By John Boyle O Reilly. My friend he was; my friend from all the rest With child-like faith he oped to me his breast. No door was locked on altar, grave, or grief; No weakness yelled concealed no dispe- The hope. the sorrow, and the wrong were
 bare, And all, the shadow only showed the
 fair. I gave him love for love; but deep within, I magnfied each fralty into sim Each l-topped foible in the sunset
 glowed Obscurng wales where rlvered virtues flowed Reproof became reproach, till common
 grew The captious word at every fault knew. He smiled upon the censorship. and bore With patient love the touch that wounded
 sore Until at length, so had my blindness grown, He knew 1 judged hi-, by his faults alone. Alone. of all men, l. who knew him best Refused the gold, to take the dross for test, At last it came-the day he stood apart, When from my eyes he proudly yelled his heart; When carping judgment and uncertain
 word stern resentment in his bosom stirred/ When in his face I read what l had been, And with his vision saw what he had
 seen. Too late, Too late! Oh, could he then
 have known When his love died, that mine had per
 pect grown; That when the veil was drawn, abased, chastised, The censor stood, the lost one truly prized. Too late we learn-a man must hold his friend IJnjudged accepted, trusted to the end.
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Countess is received everywhere on the same footing as her husband. She has won her way by sheer talent and inde- pendence of spirit
 With Americans, on whom the Kaiser, dotes, quarterngs are not considered. and Americans who marry German nobles stand a far better chance than Englesh- women
 Countess von Arnm, by the way, is now in London dramatising her book "Priseil- 1a which MT. Frohman will probably have the first call on. MT. and Mrs. liar, ry Lehr, whose reception by the Kaiser caused all the trouble in Berlin went on to Dresden, where Mir. and Mrs. Anthony Drexels pretty young daughter is fin-
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today in seeking remedy for disorders in the body politic?. Legislation. Let there be laws, laws, laws. We shall eat and drink and sleep according to the law. Yes, legislation offers a panacea for every i'll the state is heir to, there- fore let, us have legislation and plenty of it. In pursuance of this general be- lief in the efficacy of legislation several states in the Union have deemed it ad- visable to tax bachelors and, wonderful to relate, the bachelors are willing to pay the tax for the privilege secured thereby.
 More than hundred years ago Edmund Burke said the age of chivalry was gone and that the age of sophisters, ecSho- mists and culculators had arrived. "Out of the ashes of chvalry," says a later
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takes, not so much for his benefit as to show her own knowledge. These are the women whose husbands and brothers are to be found in the clubs listening to and telling stories In which the wit and humor count for more than the grammar, and where comfort for the moment trans cends culture.
 Is it not reflection on our civilization to find legisla lures, at the instigation Of women, passing laws to compel men to do what most men naturally incline to- wards? Why don't these good women stop and examine the situation? What has come up between the object and the inclination that keeps them apart? Men will not speak they simply suppress the inclination and leave the object to reach it's own conclusions. And what is the conclusion at which most people arrive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
BY F. I. MONKS.

no occasion to enquire. She is in de- mand everywhere and at all times. No legislation Is required to compel man to marry her or pay taxes. She is not the woman whose decolete Photograph adorns the society pages of daily news papers She is not the matinee devotee or the sodafountain patron. She doesn't dazzle her visitors with her beauty and brightness. nor does she disgust her father and brothers with her domestic mtidiness. When the new woman who asks for legislation calculated to com pei men to marry learns that men can no more be forced into marriage than horses can be made to drink. she wll also learn that amahilty is more attractive than culture, and that a gentle word will accomplish more than legislation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
CABLE LETTER FROM LONDON

the brilliant authoress of "Elzabeth and her German Garden" and other novels which were read widely in America as in England.
 The Countess, who is an English wom- an, a Miss Beauchamp, was made very unhappy during the early part of her married life by the snubs which she was forced to endure owing to the feudal German idea that as she had no "quar- terings' she was not the equal of her husband, and at dinners she was made to take the flower table,"
 For some time the Countess endured the treatment, but when she became a fa- nous novelist and wrote of her husband as .'the Man of Wrath" the Counts at ttude completely changed, and now the
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Special Cable to The Age-Herald by Nal
 colm Clarke. Copyright, 1907 by w. R.
 Hearst.
 H ERLIN, March 2.-Alarming rumors N concerning the Kaiser's state Of 0 health are again afoat, and all though no mention has been made in the press so far, it is said that another opera ton on his throat may be necessary to save his voice, which has grown per ceptibly weaker during the last six months, a fact which was very noticeable when he made his two recent speeches in the reichstag and at kiel, when the naval recruits were sworn.
 From a very reliable source l hear that there is every probability that the whole imperial family may go to milder clim- ate and spend a month or two in the Mediterranean.
 If this is true. the Kaiser will probably visit King Alfonso at Madrid, visit which is being strongly opposed by his entourage who fear an attempt will be made to take his life by the anarchists, who are more anxious to get him out of the way lndn any othei i"ioPO"A - arch.
 While in the Mediterranean the Kaiser will undoubtedly arrange to meet the Czar. who is to take much needed va cation. and who will shortly leave St. Petersburg with the Czar,na and the im- perial children.
 The Thaw case in New York, which is interest here has infused new life into the anti-vice so- ceties here
 Officials of these societies in Berlin claim that persons of the Stanford White class are quite numerous in the German metropolis and that an alarming num- Der of young girls are ruined by wealthy rones. some of whom move in the very highest society.
 Dens and studios similar to the infamous Madison Square Garden apartments are said to be scattered through the fash ionable quarter near 'Unter den Lin- den.r and the reformers claim that the noliee are well aware of the location and character of these, but hesitate to act, because raids might duplicate persons or high rank in the worst scandal ever un-
 
 yelled in Europe.
 Scandals of similar nature were, by the way. uncovered at Copenhagen, where the nolice were ordered to take up the affair bv the Danish minister of justice, but are now running into the sand, because per- sons closely connected with King Freder- ick,s court were in danger of being com promised.
 The reformers here hope to get aid in the anti-vice movement from the Empress, who is greatly interested in the welfare of voung girls and who has strongly sup ported the parties who are endeavoring to stamp out another great evil, the "white slave trade.
 Berliners are preparing for course or sun baths this summer, in accordance with the latest health craze Doctors advise the sun cure for every disease and declares that nearly every ailment Is due to lack of sunshine.
 A number of well-to-do people are get ling ready to go to Cairo to take the desert cure in the country surrounding the Egyptian city, where they will wallow in sun and hot sand, discarding the clothes ef civilization.
 Fer people who cannot leave the city the new apartment houses being built here Ere provided with flat roofs for sun hathing. and each tenant has portion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
BY PAUL LAMBETH

ishing her studies The girl, who is of course a great heiress, will make her debut this season at one of the later courts Mrs. Lehr intends to spend some weeks in London as the guest of MT. and Mrs Anthony Drexel in Carlton House Terrace.
 Every one is laughing at the decision of the new Marquis of Anglesey and Lord Compton, the heir of the Marquis of Northampton, to fly the country before the London season commences. These two young men, who will nc enormously wealthy and who are the greatest matr- monia catches in England. prefer to brave lions and rhinoceri rather than be chased by designing dowagers with iocl<s of unmarried daughters No soon had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

Lord Angelsey succeeded to the title held by his very eccentric cousin than he re- eelycd showers Of letters of invitations from old ladies whom he had never met. Young Lord Compton's coming of age last year was also remarkable for tho fact that he was literelly Surrounded by be- witchlng damsels who wished 10 tell him "the story of their lvces.n Both young men arc good d-loolling. modest and sports manlilSe, They intend to go out together 10 Ninool, East Africa, and do isome big game shooting, instead of attending dances every night in London. Lord Comptons father does not want his son 10 think of marriage until he is at least twenty-eght years of age. Lord Angel sey may possibly be kept In reserve for d royal or semi-royal princess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
TO HIS LOVE.
m Shakespeare.

By William Shakespeare. Shall compare thee to summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temper ate. poupb winds do shake the darling buds
 of May And summers lease hath all too short date Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven
 shines. And often is his gold complexion
 dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime de-
 clnes, By chance. or natures changing course
 untrimm'd d. put thy eternal summer shall not fade
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bill, which the old Emperor had to settle before the hotel owner would give up the baggage.
 The young lady is now preparing to enter a convent, it is said; not To take ing until the wagging tongues have lapsed into silence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
REST.

By Henry van Dyke.
 If all the skies were sunshine, Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling plash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence To break the endless song. If life were always merry.
 Our souls would seek relief And rest from weary laughter In tho nujat aruas of grief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

THE legislature has appropriated
 S25,0O9 for an exhibit of the re- sources of Alabama al the James town exposition. This is the first appro- pliaton of the kind that has been made by this state and marks a decided change in the attitude of the public towards ex- positions and other great undertakings of a like nature.
 It is certainly the duty of the state to set forth it's resources of all kinds in the most attractive manner and this will be the first opportunity that Alabama has had to provide for the collection, arrange ment and subsequent disposal of great deal of valuable material
 There are three things to be considered. First. the collection of the material. Sec ond, it's arrangement at the exposition. Third, it's final disposition. 1t has often been observed in connection with the great expositions that the tasteful and harmonious arrangement of a relatively small exhibit Is far more effective than d great mass of material improperly col lcted and poorly arranged.
 There will be many people at the James, town exposition and they will nearly all be in more or less of a hurry. They are
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attracted by attractive things and stop to give them more attention. The eye is caught by the evidence of care of a har- monlous plan well conceived and well car ried out, utilizing to the best possible ad- vantage the materials which are of the chiefest importance.
 There has not been an exposition in the country for the last fifty years in which Il : lack of care in the collection of ma teral has not been painfully evident When to this is added the still more painful evidence of lack of care in the arrangement the wonder is that as much good comes from the advertisement as does really come.
 To set forth in a satisfactory manner the resources of this state on an appro- priation of S25,OOO will require ability of no mean order. The interests of agricul- ture. of fisheries. of manufacturing, of transportation. of education, of mining and smelling will all have to be consid- cred if a well-ba lanced and instructive exhibit is to be made. The relative space to be given to these several matters, the extent and variety of the collections to be made under each head, the arrangement within the exposition and the care of
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I have had much experience in such work, from the Atlanta exposition in 1881 to the St. Louis exposition in 1901, and have no unquenchable craving to engage in it again. When one has been through three or four such experiences he is more than willing for some one else to have all of the glory-which is but little-and all of the money-whch is none at all
 There are many skilled men who have devoted themselves to just such work and they are competent. both by natural in- clinations and by training, to eXpend the money to the best possible advantage. Having decided upon the scope of the ex-
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POEMS YOU OUGHT 70 READ

Nor lose possession of that fair thou OweSt; Nor shall death brag thou wanderest in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
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them during it's course are enough to keep the commission busy. When one adds to this list the final disposition of the ma terial after the close of the exposition the situation becomes even more interesting,
 It is much more difficult to make a good display with $25o00 than many, otherwise well informed people, think. Only those who have had to do with exposition work can appreciate the difficulty involved, q difficulty large enough when one has plenty of time for preparation and which becomes almost heart-breaking when the time is limited.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-17
Pearl Button Sale Wednesday

All kinds Of Pearl Buttons on sale in
great lots at less than half regular
prices:
First Lot-Pearl Buttons on sale
Wednesday at, dozen ...........1c
Second Lot-Regular &c Pearl Buttons
at, doz ....... ........... y c
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-17
SPARRoWS FIGHT FOR HOMES
FlOckS of LsttIe birds Put Up PitifuI
Resistance to Work of
PrOgFess.

An unusual incident attended the dis
mantling Of the Central meat market at
the northwest corner Of Sixteenth and
Harvey streets when workmsn removed the
signs on the outside Of the building TO be-
Gin the work OF remodelIng the building
for use by Sherman & Mcconnell for a new
drug store.
Hundreds OF sparrowS, screeohing ahrilIy,
encircled the workmen and entered strenu-
Gus objection to the demolition OF their
homes behind the large signs. The crevices
were filled with birds nests ana the straw
and debris removed would have filled a
large packing box. but the work was not
viewed with approval by the homeless spar
rows, whose anger was plainly evident
The birds few In circles around their late
abode and appeared to be contemplating
an attack upon the marauding workmen,
but as their EFFORTS aid not deter the de-
struction. the birds gradually gave up the
unequal struggle and departed in search OF
new homes.