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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

do with our ex-Prisidints is on'y im- portant to tn ex-Prisidints thimsilves. We'll say to thim: We've often told Us we were tn most enlightened, tn freest, tn kindest, an best people in tn wurruld. We'll, we're goin' to do somethin' fine f'r ye. We're goin' to make ye wan iv us. Last week ye were our sarvant Ye said so, though ye often come out an batted us over tn head with a potato masher. Ye were our sarvant, but we're goin' to promote ye. We're goin' to make ye an equal We're goin to take ye out iv tn kitchen. There's a new cook in there now. 1 can hear him throwin' ye'er soup stock out iv tn window an sayin' that ye've injured tn stove beyond ray pair. Take that big aisy chair near tn fire, fall to with knife an fork, an thank tn Lord ye don't have to ate ye'er own cookin'.' An tn ex-Prisidint squares away an puts in tn rest iv his life criticism tn manners iv tn family an mutterin' between his teeth, What a bum cook
 But 1t must be har-rd job to let go iv. It's sthrange thing, tn diff renee between tn man without a job d citizen in Prince Albert coat an a plug hat goes up Pennsylvanya Avenoo followed be two milishy rigimints, th' chamber iv Commerce iv tn Disthrict iv Columbus, tn walters union, an tn Wash'nton baseball team. He's an American citizen with a plug hat an a Prince Albert coat, an that all he is. Near ivrywan calls him be his first name. He climbs up on tn grand stand, me frind Melville Fuller, that used to have an office in Dearborn sthreet befure he abandoned tn law. says few wurruds to him, an sud denly he's as much changed as if he'd been born again. Tn about two min nyts he gets a boost tn like iv which was niver known. A King is always goin' to be King. But no wan is iver goin' to be Prisidint until about twelve o'clock noon on tn fourth iv March, an in minnyt afther he's not King, but an ace. He's tn whole thing. He sweeps tn boords. He may be a little scared at first, but there ar-re plenty to tell him that annything he does Is all right. What kind iv blooin' is 1t that ye put into tn sea to make 1t so blue, Misther Prisidint?' "Tis fine moon ye've ordhered out tonight His story Is tn best story iver told; tn foorth-class postoff1ces rock with laughter at his jokes. A Gin'ral in tn army steals tn fountain pen that he signed tn bill fir dhredgin' Akefnakee Creek with. Two millyon childher ar-re named afther him. It isn't sthrange that befure he's long in tn office he begins to wondher whether il he goes out somethin' won't crack
 is tn gr-reatest thing in tn histhry iv tn wurruld that a man that's held
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
Mr. D001ey's Philosophy

watch, counted up tn cash, an am waitin' fir some thriflin amusemint, like a visit firm ye. There's nawthin
 else to think iv, an think about that. But if ye think much about annything, no matther how thriflin' 1t may be, 1t gets to be as big as a lone house painted red. I begin to think iv naw- thin but our ex-Prisidints. They threaten tn land. They obscure tn
 sun. They're divastin our crops. I'm no sooner settled down to sleep thin an ex-Prisidint is knockin' at tn dure seekin' shelter. I must get up an give him me bed an go to sleep on tn Lure. Tn ex-Prisidints will eat us out iv house an home. They'll increase so that in few years respectable people will have no say In tn governmint iv tn counthry. They'll be formin' unions an leagues: they'll boss us; they'll tyrannize over us; we won't be able to say our souls ar-re our own. On tn other hand, If we don't threat thim right, what'll happen? They'll have to take to ignoble pursoots; ex-Prisi- dlnts will be panhandlin' on tn sthreet
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<<V SEE," said MT. Dooley, "our frind Tiddy Rosenfelt has been

frind Tiddy Rosenfelt has been
 \ turned down fir tn job iv Pris- idint iv Harvard Colledge."
 .eWas he looldn' f'r tn job2" asked MT. Hennessy.
 '.It appears 80" said MT Dooley. lie says not, but he must've put In an ap- plication with sample iv his penmah- ship an sthrong ricommindations IT m Taft, Foraker, Fairbanks, an bryan' fir an aged scholar Twin in Matsachoo- setts, has reluctantly consinted to nave himsilf intherviewed on tn supJlcK' He is an overseer or undhertaker, as we might put 1t, iv that proud cimitary iv meditation, as Hogan says, an ne speaks as follows: I have heard It bruted in tn public prints that an ad. has appeared in tn personal column, suggistin' that gintleman approachln fifty, sound in all particulars, was de- sirous iv obtainin' position as Prlsl- dint iv a university situated in some town near Boston. Address I. h' Wash. D. O. suppose he means liar ward. It's a very laudanum ampluon' but is he qualified f'r tn job? l think not. It Is perfectly nachral f'r man who has held tn comparatively fnno- cint place iv Pr,S1dint iv tn United States shud wantsto go higher. But must flag his vaultin ambition. Speakin' as tn on'y survtyin' mimoer in Danvers iv tn class iv eignteen eight - ruff - ruff - ruff = run-run -Havud-Good gracious, I've swal- lowed me teeth-no, it's all r1ght-l wish to say I'm again him. I stand committed to- ayether Profissor ii. Jiggs tn well-known botaist or J. O. Pillscory, tn prom hint banker iv Bos. ton. We must have no Prisidint 1T Harvard who has iver been brought In contact with that coorse, predytory, crool. vicious anymile, The Boy
 .'When tn sayin' was raypoorted to Tiddy Rosenfelt, he give light laugh that blew down great trees an. wrecked number iv small craft on tn Pottymack, an says he: Pooh! I've as much thought iv bein' chief iv tn Apache thribe!
 "Whin tn Apaches heerd what tn Prisidint said they were much dis turbed. They say they ar-re an active people, but it's wan thing to be out all day scalpin their neighbors an it's another thing to have to put in twinty- four hours on tn job. Even an Apache requires a certain amount iv sleep | hey say that if Tiddy Rosenfelt car ries out his threat, they'll put on their pants an come into town. There's a good deal iv feelin' on tn subjick. Tn Apaches say with truth that Harvard Colledge give Tiddy Rosenfelt to tn Nation an ought to take him back. Harvard Colledge says Tiddy Rosenfelt didn't come firm there. There's a diff'rence. Tn Apaches say he's . Har-
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corners; they'll be grindin' hand organs; they'll crowd tn thrades an profssyons; they'll desthroy tn dig nity iv tn office so that no wan'll iyer again thry to be Prisidint.
 "Tis fearful prospict, but on'y f'r while. An thin wake up. Ye poke ye'er cherry face into tn dure an Pm brought back to earth. I raymimber that In me lifetime there have niver been more thin two or three ex-Prisi- dints alive at wan time. That makes me aisy. WhatIl we do with our ex- Prisidints? says ye. I don't know what to do with tn Eyetalians, tn Huns, or tn naygurs. They're too nanny f'r me. But whin 1t comes to dalin' with two or three old gintlemin out iv a job, I'll tell ye what I'll do. I'll do nawthin'. That's what I'll do. Amy man that gets to be Prisidint iv tn United States don't need to have amy conservator appinted fir him. Ye bet he don't. A man with that much luck cud make livin' takin' chances on sofa pillows at church fair.
 NO, sir, tn question iv what we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
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ish funeral with it's accompanying mourn ing is a sight to be seen. The Jewish cemeteries are nothing like ours They have no tall monuments. The vaults arc dug out so that their tops rest even with the surface of the earth and they are covered with marble slabs of the same size and height so that the whole ceme- tery appears to be one great marble floor.
 Upon each slab are called Hebrew characters giving the names and ages of those dead and bob up and down as they wall out their grief I visited one of the largest of these cemeteries this afternoon. Its marble floor seemed to be spotted with white tents. and as I got closer I could see that each of these tents was Jewish woman shrouded in white, mourn ing her dead.
 There was a chapel at one end of the graveyard, from which came great noise. I entered and found that a fun eral was being celebrated. In one room was a coffin standing upright against
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trousers are one of the features of the afternoon parade in the Rue Bab Azoun. The brooches of the women here in Tu- nisia are somewhat more hidden, but those of the Jewesses are always in ev- idence.
 1t Is only when upon the streets that the Arab woman wears these very full trousers. They are removed as soon as she comes home and other pantaloons take their placestheir places. The latter are made of silk or China crepe; they are loose at the bottom and reach only to the knee. In addition she now wears a chemise which Is tucked into her trousers, and above these a jacket of brocaded silk. She wears a silk sash wrapped about her waist and may have several vests of gay colors fastened with bright buttons. Her headdress consists of 0 small velvet cap, which comes to a point over the crown, and on her feet are slippers embroidered with gold.
 They Like Jewels.
 All African women are fond of jew elry, and the well-to-do Mohammedan girls have necklaces of pearls. earrings of precious stones and bracelets and anklets of gold. The poorer wear silver and those who have nothing will load them selves down with brass and white metal
 AlhU0dg HAAA Sdl PA lS1a oS IAAo AAN'AiI1A of ornaments which even the common Arab girls wear. Little tots of six and seven have heavy silver rings on their anklets, and gold rings as big around as an afterdinner coffee cup saucer, not only in the lobes of their ears, but also in the rims all along the top. This is especially so of the Bedouin girl, who often carries the wealth of her whole family on her person. The Kable woman covers her breast with jewelry, and wears enormous errings and anklets and plns, which will weigh pound or more each.
 During my trip down into the western desert I had to spend a night in first class car with a rich Arab chief and his wife and their two little girls. When the woman came in she was so bundled up that one could tell nothing as to her clothes. As the night went on, however, her overgarments were thrown back and I observed that she was dressed like the Queen of Sheba in her glory. She had a half dozen bracelets on each of her arms Her fingers sparl5led with dia- monds, and she wore great gold rings In the sides and lobes of her ears. She had little cornucopia cap on her head. This was of red velvet embroidered with gold, and she wore a spangled shirtwaist over a white chemise of fine wool. She was tattooed on chin, forehead and cheeks. Her lips were painted with rouge
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come into his office on his stummick now gives a hearty smile at his argy- hints There's nawthin' he can do as well as somebody else. Our old Frind Rutherford B. Hayes was a good Prisi- dint fir wan that got into the job with a dark lantern an jimmy, but as raiser iv chickens there wasn't an old lady with four cochin chinys in Ohio that didn't look down on him. It makes a lot iv diff renee in tn game whether ye'er dealin' or bettin'. I'm lofty an imposin' man to ye, Hinnissy; but what kind iv a figure wud I cut on ye'er side iv tn bar? No, sir. take back what said about glvin' up ma job as Prisldint in this bar to Tiddy Rosenfelt. He can't have it. I'm a candydate f'r reiliction fir tn tenth term, an tn divvle take George Mashn an his example.
 "Yes, sir, 'tis a great question what we'll do with our ex-Prisidints. But It ain't ra-aly much iv question, afther all, dye mind. It's somethin' I think iv whin I've read through all tn adver- tisemints in tn pa-apers, wound me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
GOLDEN FLOWER A TRAVELLER.
Long Flights of the Birds in Their An.
 nual Migration.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
 watch the sky on a bright. sunshiny day at this time of the year." said H. R. Walmsley of the National Audubon so- ciety, "and every little while you will sec flashing toward the north a small. bright object like brilliant yellow star. It Is visible for only moment while 1t Is between you and the sun, then 1t Is gone It is a golden blower on his way to the Arctic ocean. These birds are now passing over St. Louis by thousands, but they are rarely seen save on the wing in lne Mississippi valley. for they seldom alight in the daytime, stopping to feed only at night, and so quickly that they rarely attract attention.
 ''The golden blower is a true globetrot- ter. He goes north, how far nobody knows, for he has been observed in the highest attitudes attained by. man. makes his nest on the arctic ice with a handful of moss, in a few weeks the young are ale to fly as well as their parents, and the whole family starts south again. The Mississippi valley is the northbound route of the blowers as we'll as of most other birds that make long migrations, but the golden plovers do not go in flocks like ducks and geese, but singly, or at most in twos and threes
 ''Those that we see now passing over St. Louis we shall see no more until next spring, for when they start south they follow the Atlantic coast. In Sep tember they stop for three or four weeks In Labrador and the Hudson bay region to feast on the crow bemis and become very fat. then in October take straight course over land and sea to Venezuela where they arrive year after year on the same day of the month. There they rest and recruit. then go on south, fol- lowing the season, as far as Patagonia, and turning north again at the approach of the southern winter.
 Thus these little yellow stars that we see fitting over St. Louis in the bright sunlight travel every year very nearly 25,O00 miles. But distance Is nothing to a blower It can fly 500 to 1000 miles a day. Those that will alight to pick up a few seeds in the Missouri river bottom to- night had their supper last night on the Atchafalaya and by tomorrow night will be feeding by the lakes of Minnesota"
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At the present time, owing to the ad- vancement of modern civilization, these plural marriages are steadily decreasing in number. This Is the rule in all Mo hammedan cities. Here in Tunis most of the natives now have but one wife; and such is the case in all the cities of AL geria. The cost of living is steadily in- creasing, and the women demand more and more. They are patterning after the French ladies in their tastes, and it Is only therich who can keep up more than one household.
 Moreover where several wives are hcrded together under the same roof and in the same quarters, there is sure to be discord, and It means both peace and economy to have only one The Arab women of the better classes are a dead load on their husbands, for they are sell dom more than children in character They have no education to speak of, and they must have servants or slaves to
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and they will not allow such of the Arabs as become naturallzed to have more than one legal helpmate. I heard of a young man in Gran, the son of 8 shek, who thought that it would be fine to be French citizen. He took out his papers, and shortly thereafter want ed to marry. He had already one wife, and the license was therefore refused Upon this he was disgusted, and said he wanted to be a pure Arab once more.
 Down in Figuig, on the edge of Moroc- co, I was told that 1t Is the custom for the Moor of that region to marry at eighteen or twenty years of age, taking a wife of thirteen or fourteen. About ten years later he adds another young maiden of the same age to his house. hold. When he gets to be forty he takes third, and at fifty a fourth so that he has always one young wife to wait upon him throughout his earthly career As the new wives come in the older ones step back to the rear and act as their servants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

which his wife brought him. A divorced wife always gets an allowance.
 If his wife has no children the Tunisian Jew has the right to add a second wife to his family, and a dead mans brother IS expected to marry his sister-in-law even if he Is married already. I am told that marriages sometimes occur between uncles and nieces, and that. as far as possible, families combine to keep the fortunes In their own clan.
 These Jewish marriages arc usually made by the rabbis, and at the house of the bride. Here the rabbi covers the young couple with veil and directs the groom how to put the ring upon the brides finger.
 About a week before the wedding the public festivities begin, and from that time on the girl has to go through @ lot of ceremonies without power of hin drance. The older women of the family take hold of her. They first put her in a bath, where her body is covered with an ointment which. when dry, Is pulled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

the wall, and. beside it. on the stone floor, covered a silk sheet of bright red, lay the corpse of a man. About him were a number of Jewish men in Arab clothing, weeping softly; while In the next room were the hired mourners who are brought in for such occasions at so much per wall. These mourners were Jewish women, ranging in age from a fat maid of eighteen to a weighty old lady of sixty or more They numbered fifteen. and I ventured they would pull down the scales at a ton and a half. They sat on the marble floor, with their feet under them, and swung back and forth, bobbing their heads to the ground, as they fairly howled out a chorus for which the fat old lady kept time. As the mourners saw me making a note, the wailing subsided for a moment; but as one of the bereaved family came in it burst out louder than ever. Such mourn CTS are common to all oriental countries, and they vail here for the Arabs as we'll as the Jews.
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hammedan has the right to four wives upon earth. and, when he

legged, that 1t was she who popped the question. He lived with her for twenty five years, and, during that time, took no other wife. A month after she died. however, he became betrothed to a girl of seven, and he married her two or three years later. This second wife was the beautiful Ayesha, whom he preferred abo all others to the day of his death.
 Mohammedan Women.
 These facts form the basis of the Mo- han1medan's idea of marriage. He be- lieves that the prophet had the right to more wives than his followers, because he was favored of Godi and there was a chance that he might generate race of prophets to succeed him. This chance failed; but nevertheless he still sticks to the limit of only four wivesi and tho Arab judges of Tunisia and Algeria will not recognize as legal any more than that number.
 Indeed. in Algeria. the French arc now trying to cut down the size of tho harem;
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of, leaving the skin perfectly clean and as soft as when she was born. Her hair Is then anointed with jet black pomatum, which gives 1t a gloss, her eyelids are blackened and her eyebrows are marked out and joinedx by thick line of red paint. At the Same time her fingernails are covered with henna, and even her toe nails are made red.
 After marriage the woman becomes to a largeextent the servant of her hus- band If she Is poor she cooks the meals, and, no matter how we'll off her hus- band Is, she is expected to make his bed and wait upon him. She alwas eats at the second table, for in the ordinary Jew ish household of Tunis there are always two meals, the first of which is for the men.
 Jewish eneterles.
 The Jews here are very particular as to their religious observances. Their shops are shut up Saturday and their wives do not cook or sweep on that day. They are affectionate with one another, and a Jew
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
BY F. P. DUNNE

this job shuld be willin' to dhrop down to tn sthreet level, where he's li'ble to be run over be dhray if he isn't care ful. wondher if amy iv thim iver was willin'. l suppose they're helped be tn thought that if they thry to set too long in tn chair they'll find a tack in It."
 What wud ye do if ye were an ex- Prisidint?" asked MT. Hennessy.
 Well" said MT. Dooley, ''if wanted somethfn' rale hard to do, somethin' that wud keep me busy an take up all me time to tn end iv me days, I'd t.-ry to be Prisidlnt again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
Some of the strange costumes of the girls of North Africa
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cCoRDING to the Koran, the Mo

Copyright, 1907, by Frank c. carpenter)
 Tunis.
 A CCoRDING to the Koran, the Mo "A hammedan has the right to four A wives upon earth, and, when he goes to heaven, he will receive in addi- tion seventy-two black-eyed houris, ever beautiful and ever young When there, he will have children or not, according to his wish, and the offspring will grow in an hour to the stature of their par ents. Mohammed himself is said to have had about twenty wives while on earth, and. when he died. he left nine, each of whom had her own house not far from the mosque at Medina. Mohammed started out by marrying a widow. Her name was Cadijjah, and 1t was her money which gave him his first boost into prominence. He was about twenty five years old at the time, and was one of the finest looking young beaux of Arabia. CadiJjah was forty, and, 1t Is al-
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Copyright. 1907, by Frank c. carpenter.)
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-05
ROCK WEDDING.

The Mock Wedding which occurred
Tuesday evening at the Union Congre-
gational church was success, they re-
port clearing neat sum Of $25 co.
The contracting parties were little Anna
Porter bride and Master Norman Blag-
burn groom, the Brides gown was Of
white satin with train and carried brid-
al roses, the maid of honor Beatrice
Turner was gowned in pink satin and
carried roses, the best man was Lewis
LaCour. The arrival Of the ceremony
was announced by the strain of
sweet wedding march played by Mar
gerite LaCour The ribbon bearers
were Alma Turner and Dorthy Hughes;
the flower girls and boys were Enola
Thompson, Geneve Tomlin and Charley
Turner; the ring bearer was Lillian
Russ The marriage service was read
by Alvin Blagburn; Master Joseph La
Cour gave the bride away. About
fifty friends and relatives of the bridal
party were given reserved seats. The
four little girls sang and Margerite
LaCour played an instrumental solo.
This is perhaps one Of the first enter
tainments given Of its kind in any Of
our churches; imuch credit should be
given Mrs. VIM, Coalsoh in her effort
to make this success. Az
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-05
EDITORIALS.
GLORIOUS FOURTH.

Yesterday was our Independ.
ence day, so decreed by the laws
of our land. It was this day 201
years ago the thirteen colonial
colonies threw off the British
yoke and declared themselves in
dependent and a free people, af-
ter a long and bloody struggle
for this independence. We in
this generation cannot fully real
ize the hardships, privitations
and the many burdens they suf-
fered. They we're barred from
speaking, writing or even worsh-
iping God according to their con-
science. This day ment a great
step forward in the ranks Of hu-
man achievements. It laid the
foundation for a broader civiliza-
ton, nobler manhood; and to-
day we breathe these guaranteed
rights as though they were God
given as if we had always, had
them. May the American people
ever nourish cherish and hold
those precious heritage vouched
safe to them by their progenators
and wave the red white and blue.