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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
From the National Review.

From the National Review.
~ AN President Roosevelt name his
W. successor? That Is question
- great many politicians are ask
ing, and the answer means much more
than the mere question would imply. If
President Roosevelt is powerful enough
to be able to control the decision of
the next republican convention he will
continue to be President in fact--assum-
ing the election of the republican candi-
date-although not in name; the Roose-
welt dynasty may be interrupted, but
the Roosevelt policies will continue with
out break. But If the convention acts
without regard to his wishes, rather in
opposition to them, the next republican
candidate will be what Mr.. Roosevelt
terms "a reactionary,' and what his
opponents call by the more pleasing name
of "a conservative.',N To the conserva-
tive, Mr.. Roosevelt is>intensely radical,
too radical, in fact, for their peace. To
Mr.. Roosevelt the conservative is re
dictionary" one who would destroy all
that Mr.. Roosevelt believes he has ac-
complished since he has been in the White
House. How much Mr. Roosevelt has
already accomplished is not to be de-
termined while history is In the making,
and criticism unsoftened by the perspec-
tives OF time needs revision by the his
torian; but nevertheless the verdict of
the contemporary historian cannot be
safely ignored. The Sub, republican
newspaper, reaches the conclusion that
the President has done incalculable harm
and Thus arraiRns him.
Look at the state of the country. Class
Is arrayed against class. The relations
between the employer and the employed
are destroyed and enmity and hatred have
taken their place. The rich are held up
to universal execration and are assailed
in the pillory which Mr.. Roosevelt has
built for them. All over the land there
is impatience with the law and intoler-
ance OF judges. The constituted authori-
ties are set at Defiance
From whom did the people derive
their new-found hatred of wealth?
WHO seduced organized labor from
the paths of industry and sanity? Who
became its self-constituted champion when
he wanted to secure its votes? Who Joined
a union and prostituted himself and his
high place in his lust for office?
ITO whom do we owe the growing con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
MEAGRE WAGES IN JAPAN.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Up with the sun is the Japanese
farmer. Rather, he is up before day
break and at work in the sterile fields,
whose productivity has been exhausted
except under high fertilization. He
returns to his little shanty at nightfall.
To the vie wof the foreigner he never
rests, and for this never-ending labor
he raises a crop Of rice or corn that
does not support his family for the
year. His clothing consists of loin
cloth in summer and coarse cotton
suit in the winter. He simply Is an
example of all the laborers and arti-
sans of Japan. All work hard to live
and all receive compensation COM
mensurate with that of the farmer.
This is an average scale of daily re-
turns: Laborer, 10 cents; mason, els
cents; artisan, 10 to 20 cents; clerk,
40 to so cents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
MY GARDEN.

By Tillie r. James.
She considereth a field, and buyeth It;
with the fruit Of her hands she planteth
vineyard"
The field" is but garden small,
And late it came into my hands;
1t rests Abeside mighty wall,
That shuts it off from other lands
The great, wide fields I sought for, mine
With all their wealth of fruit and vine!
How rich the dark brown earth up
turned,
90, mystery of the hidden seedD
Where in Gods message is discerned
The while toll gainst brier and weed
And watch for shine, or pray for shower
To glorify my fruit and flower.
bend above this little place,
In peaceful joy, for o! It's mine,
And this one hours tender grace
These blooms so bright, with breath
divine
The endless arch of blue above.
The robins rhapsody of love,
Fair little garden. mine own share
If wealth and honors of the earth!
Thou modest love, thou needest care,
To me treasure of true worth,
] only pray, | only ask
That He grant strength for the great
task.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
The Piano Trade.

lone of the best evidences of Alabama's
prosperity and advance in musical Gull
ture is the expansion in the musical in
struments trade" said Robert l.. Seals
who has been engaged in the piano bus
mess In Birmingham since 1882.
plano sales We're few and far between
when | started here, and While l have
no statistics at hand, the aggregate vol
ume, OF business of the various piano
houses is enormous. birmingham has
come to be one of the leading musical
instrument centers in the south. Years
ago only rich or very well to do people
bought pianos and organs. These things
were regarded only as luxuries Now the
piano comes under the head of house,
hold necessity. And a much better class
of pianos is sold today than in by-sone
years. We often hear a good deal oil
talk about the slow growth of musical
taste In America, but SO long as high
class pianos are increasing in demand
think the musical atmosphere must be
better than croakers would lead us to
believe 1t is"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
FAT SINGERS.

From the New York World.
It is said that Mr.. Hammerstein is not
ready to sign a contract with Sig Ancona
for next season unless the baritone agrees
to take at least five inches off his waist
measure. Says the Manhattan impresario,
according to a morning newspaper:
He's too fat to look any part but Fal-
staff, and II he comes back here next
winter without having taken off that ex-
ira girth there'll be nothing doing so far
as the Manhattan opera house is con-
cerned. That's one of the definite condi-
lions in his contract. Dalmores goes to a
gymnasium every day. and there is no
reason why they should not all do that
when they're too fat.
Mr.. Hammerstein has put an unerrng
finger upon one difficulty of stage illusion.
Dramatic effect does get a considerable
Jar when the tenor who walls his sorrow
to a $1,000 audience is so fat and jolly
looking that cynical human experience re-
fuses to believe that there is much the
matter with him after all.
Anti-fat reform might go further than
the opera Suppose General Bingham
were to rule off the police force all the
men who cannot wear a fifty-inch belt
and run 100 yards in twenty-three sec
onds. Suppose Mr.. Shonts were to dis
charge all the fat Inter.-Met. conductors
for taking up too much room in the cars.
Suppose
But the movement will die very near
its interesting source. Even Mr. Ham
merstein will never dare offer an anti-fat
contract for the signature of one of his
sonranos
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
Plays on Heart Strings.

"Of all the great singers, none has
played on the heart strings more effee-
lively than Madame Sembrich," said
MUSICIAN I'm her Birmingham engage
ment this distinguished artist will give
us, no doubt, variety Of style. I hap
pened to be in New York when she made
her debut there. 1t was in Sunday
night concert at the Metropolitan opera
house. The late Anton Seidl was there
with his orchestra and It was one of the
most delightful entertainments l ever
attended. Sembrich took the audience by
storm and she has been singing to
crowded houses ever since.
"Sembrich was Prince Won Bismarck s
favorite singer. She sang for the old
Chancellor the native melodies of the
fatherland, the melodies redolent of the
soil. He loved them best, although Sem
brich, then but a girl. was equal to al
most any colorature role of standard
OPERA"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
CAN HE NAME SUCCESSOR

| tempt for the law and the widespread i'm
patience with Its processes and disrespect
Of its officers that we see throughout
the country? Can more shocking or
dangerous example be set before the peo-
pie than that of the President of the
United States rebuking an honest Judge
for rendering an opinion according to his
conscience. which opinion was dlstaste-
full to him, the President personally?
When the President of the United
States inveighs against wealth and casts
about publicly for means to pull it down
he invites violence. His idea implies vio-
lence, and the imagination of the people,
already most unwisely inflamed, will give
practical issue to It.
"A reaction in our prosperity may not
be due for some time, but Mr.. Roosevelt
is seemingly bent on precipitating it."
1t is generally admitted that Mr.. Roose-
welt will not again be candidate. The
decision which 1t is believed Mr. Roose-
welt has reached is variously interpreted.
Some men believe that Mr. Roosevelt Is
himself conscious of the fact that his
popularity has reached it's zenith, and for
him again to offer himself as a candi-
date would be to run the very probable
risk of defeat, which would be an in-N
glorious ending to notable career. Other
men dc not concede the wane of Mr..
Roosevelts popularity, but fear two
things may outweigh even the popular
approval of his course. One is the still
virile tradition that two presidential terms
must constitute the measure of any mans
ambition, and In a third term lies the
menace to the liberties and free insti-
tuuons of the republic the other is a per-
haps not ill-founded belief that all the
power of plutocracy will be exerted to
prevent Mr.. Roosevelt serving another
term. From these premises 1 think this
conclusion can be reached II Mr.. Roose-
welt Is powerful enough to name the can
didate he may perhaps be powerful
enough to secure his own nomination,
but whether himself or another, 1t will
be a man who thinks as he does and
who will take him as his model; and IL
the convention is deaf to his voice 1t will
be because the country has again be-
come frightened of radicalism and wants
time to catch its breath. That has hap
pened before. -imerica is at heart con-
sentative, with an almost Unsuitable de-
sire to try radical experiments; but It
stops experimenting when the border
line OF danger, Is approached.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
Mr.. CIeyeIand's 70th Birthday

Grover Cleveland reached his 10Th
birthday anniversary last Monday and
he was at the time in the south en-
loving his customary spring outing.
He was not enjoying that outing at
luxurious hotels, for he was engaged In
killing ducks wherever he could find
them. He seems, in other words, to
be in his customary health, and 1t Is
well known that he has an iron con-
stitution.
Speaker Cannon is II years old, and
no one considers him too old for pub
lie service. He expects to be re-
elected speaker, and Illinois proposes
to present his name next year for the
presidential nomination in the repuD-
lican national convention. He is
clearly eligible, for he Is as alert as
he was twenty years ago. So Is Mr..
Cleveland alert.
Alabama's two senators are enough
to show that some men refuse to be-
come stale even after four score years
of life and service. Some no doubt
wear out sooner. This is why the
Osler scheme of age uniformity is
often a misfit. 1t does not fit our
Alabama senator's, and 1t does not fit
our only ex-president or our brisk and
picturesque ex-speaker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

his knitting and looking out for number
one
Montana was a place of strange and
weird experiences in those days, anyhow.
When I first went there, twenty-seven
years ago, there was not mile of rail-
road In the territory which, was very
sparsely settled. Primitive methods of
life and Justice prevailed. When a bad
man appeared he was simply put out of
business, as in the case of the fifty-seven
who were strung up by the vigilance
committee a little before my time. Shoot
Ing scrapes were many, and punishment
for the settlement of personal difficulties
in that manner were few. Women were
scarcer than nov and sometimes caused
trouble. The unwritten law was hon
ored. Instead of any repugnance to kill
ing. I have seen men presented with
medals for killing others and thus giving
needed relief to the community"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Holy Week.

In the llturgcal churches today is known
as Palm Sunday. It is the beginning Of
Holy Week when every part of the liturgy
is directed to the memory Of the passion
and death of the Redeemer. The offices
are especially adapted to excite in the
heorts of the faithful sentiments of com
passion for the suffering of Christ and Of
sorrow and detestation for sin.
The Greeks and Latins anciently called
this week the Great Week." or the
Week of Sorrows ST Chrysostom
says: I'VE call It the Great Week, not
that 1t consists of a greater number of
days, or that the days in it are longer;
but on account of the great things which
God has wrought in it
On Palm Sunday the church Aonors the
triumphant entry Of Jesus into Jerusalem,
when many of the people cut off branches
from the trees ard strewed them in the
highway along which He was to pass In
the Catholic church palms are blessed
and distributed to the faithful, just be-
fore high mass.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
CLARK LIKED TO SING.
I'm the Washington Post

From the Washington Post.
twenty-five years ago ] frequently
saw William A. Clark, who has just re-
tired from the United States Senate,
standing on a stage coach and singing
the star Spangled Banper.'" testified
Frank A. Miles, ranchman of Kalis-
pele, Mont, in the lobby of the Airing
ton last evening. "On such occasions the
future senator always felt very happy
and wanted TO entertain those of us who
gathered around. | understand that he
likes to entertain his guests by singing
even in these days. He was then a SPLEEN
did business man. too, tending strictly to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
BLACkMAN'S CARTOONS.

From the Demopolis Times.
Cartoonst Blackman of The Age-Herald
sees a world of trouble for the game war
dens from a source we had not thought
of, viz: the females who adorn their head
gear with birds and their plumage. Last
Fridays paper contains one OF his excel
lent cuts showing the poor warden be-
labored by one of the gentle sex whilst
several more of them are at her back
ready to help.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Letters canceling orders for ex-
pensive automobiles are being re-
ceived by eastern manufacturers In
increasing numbers. These letters
are written by Wall street brokers
who see no lambs In sight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

The King of Siam Is coming east,
accompanied by twelve of his wives.
Senator Plat, assisted by Senator
Smoot. Is expected to greet him in
this country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Side whiskers are known by various
names in England, such as mutton
chops, ear muffs, book markers, let
us-prays, etc. Here they are often
called animated feather busters"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

The flurries in Wall street are OPP
Grating to render the streets safer be-
cause they are decreasing the orders
for racing automobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

The Harrimans and Hills are begin
ming to appreciate the existence and
ptwer of public sentiment. They are
cultivating what they llong ignored.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

The death of Thomas Bailey Aid
rich leaves but three grand old men
in iterature-William Dean Howells,
Mark Twain and Edward Everett
Hale
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

All the teams are winning the pen
nant, but the subject will not be fully
ripe until April 9, when the Coal
Barons will begin to think it over
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
UP TO BIRMINGHAM.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Birmingham is TOO great Of heart and
future for the record of Bloody Bir-
mingham."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Three tickets are before the voters
of Wichita Kan. One is known as
"wet' another as very wet" and the
third as Just moist"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Hetty Green says public benefac'
lions by other people are none of her
business She should have said "all
benefactions, and let 1t have gone
at that.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Mr.. Roosevelt declines to referee
the race of 1908. He has aspirations
OF his own in 1912, and he does not
desire to make enemies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

The hypothetical question in San
Francisco addressed to the officials
is, Where did you get it," Few of
them are ready to answer It.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

The Japanese tendency is increas-
ing In American fashions. The world
is beginning to look. towards Toxic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Chancellor Days humps are more
than plutocratic aid can cure, and his
esteemed pen is enjoying long-feit
rest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

The San Francisco corporations and
the San Francisco supervisors see the
penitentiary yawning for them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

DR.. Allen McLane Hamilton swore
that Czolgosz was crazy, but he was
executed in the orderly course of
events
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Both Fairbanks and Taft were born
in Ohio. The fat and the lean, the
cold and the hot, come alike from
that prolific state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

John D. also is in favor of federal
regulation of railroads. Chairman
Yoakum poses as the original pro-
poser.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Washington Herald: That sturdy Amer
lean, John Lawrence Sullivan, has closed
the discussion by saying that Longfellow
was de real goods
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Newark News: DR.. Hammond kindly
comes to our rescue by explaining that a
brainstorm is something like Psycopone-
STA. Now, will you be good?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Houston Post: 1t is said that some
northern negroes are touring the south
in the interest of Senator Foreaker for
President, and are using the Brownsville
incident In the hope of controlling the
southern delegates. If they had any sense
they would drop the Brownsville incident
and rely on the old-fashioned 80 bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Savannah Press: There has never been
a spring in which there was displayed q
greater variety of woozle-bugs, red rig
ailgs and brainstorms than the present
season has brought forth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

he is, not afraid of Roosevelt's big stick;
he has a block system even for. that.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
PRESS POINTS

lists disagree, timid sanity may assert
itself
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala.
postofflce as second-class matter under
act of Congress March 8. 1879.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-16
LAND FOR THE
MID.PACIFIC COLLEGE

The old Kidwcll estate, compris-
Ing about 81 acres of land, was pur-
chased yesterday by the Hawaiian
Board. 1t inaugurates the first move
toward the development of higher
learning.
Upon this lately acquired property
the Mid-Pacifc Institute will be To-
Gated The Institute will be con-
solidation of Mills Institute, Hawaii
ahao Seminary and the japanese
Boarding School.
The location chosen by the Board
is an ideal one and within easy reach
of the street-cars.
There will be two sections to the
institution. one for girls and one for
boys. A special feature of this tenn
pie of learning Is that its character
will he intcrdcnominational There
will he departments where the hand
will he trained as well as the head.
This institution is one of the most
promising features of Hawaii's flu
turc.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-16
Big OIL SHIPS

Within the next two weeks Homo
lulu will receive in her harbor the
two largest oil steamers which have
ever been here. The Porter, the new
steamer which recently came around
Cape Horn from the Newport News
Shipbuilding Co.'S yards, should ar
rive here with a cargo of fuel oil for
the Pacific Oil Transportation Com
pany about April /. The Santa Ma
ria, the big oil tank Of the Union Oil
Co.'S fleet, should be here even be-
fore that. Neither of these ships has
been In service for more than few
months and both will now pay Homo
lulu visit for the first time.