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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
BE MY SWEETHEART.

By Eugene Field.
Sweetheart, be my sweetheart
When bee and bud and babbling food
Bespeak the birth of spring;
Come, sweetheart, be my sweetheart
And wear this posy ring.
Sweetheart be my sweetheart
In the golden summer glow
or the earth afiush with the gracious
blush
Which the ripenng fields foreshow;
Dear sweetheart, be my sweetheart
As into the noon We CO.
Sweetheart. be my sweetheart
When falls the bounteous year,
When the fruit and wine of tree and vine
Give us their harvest cheer;
o, sweetheart, be my sweetheart
For winter it draweth near.
Sweetheart, be my sweetheart
When the year is white and old,
When the fire of youth is spent forsooth.
And the hand of age is cold
Yet sweetheart, be my sweetheart,
Till the Year OF eur Love be told.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
A Commercial MAGAZINE.

1.-THE proposition under consideration by
the publicity committee of the CONNER
cial club to issue monthly magazine
TO advertise Birmingham is a good idea
in my opinion" said Secretary ]. B. Babb
last night
1.-THE plan, as I understand it, is to
publish the periodical for gratuitous dis
tribution to newspapers, Industrial and
commercial organizations over the coun-
try where the most good can be accom-
plished. The magazine should be carefully
prepared and printed in attractive sytle
and should be a monthly history of the
development of the district. 1t should
give all the information relative to the
industrial and business growth of the
community and should give In attractive
and convenient form just the inforna-
ton that prospective investors would
like to know.
II believe that n publication of this
kind, prepared under the auspices of the
Commercial club. would provide the most
practical and effective means of adver-
Using the district that could be devised"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
MOBILES PAVING.

From the Mobile Register.
Birmingham newspapers make record
of the many visits paid to their city
by persons who have heard Of the fine
street pavements there and want to see
what has been accomplished in street
paving by modern methods. There are
no such visitors to Mobile, and we are
glad of it. If they should come and
see our asphalt, that was at first our
pride, and now is so full of holes that
wait for months without receiving the at
tention of the repair gang, they would
see that our methods are anything but
MODERN and that would be of no credit
to Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
OUR KINGS AND THE CHORUS

neely, president of the stewpan trust,
the multi-millioniare who married Henri
eta de Courcy, the dancing girl in the
'Peekskill Bill company"
And, whether it happens to be in Pitts
burg or Butte one may hear:
yes, indeed all up this side of the
sareet and down the Their those beauti-
full mansions are occupied by multimi-
lionaires or their sons or favorite neph-
ews who have married dramatic stars.
No, there is not the best of feeling
among them. The high-priced chorus
girls scarcely speak to those who were
in Decent vaudeville, while the emotional
actresses seldom receive any of their
neighbors who commanded salaries of
less than $500 a week in professional
life.
Then, again if you happen to be travel
ing, with couple of theatrical mana
gers, you will hear one of them saying 10
the other in the smoking room:
mo, you don't hear of me taking
bunch of chorus girls to Butte. The last
time We visited that town we left eight
of our leading girls there. Yes they are
all settled comfortably, but we are not
matrimonial agency"
And if you will listen, you will likely
hear the other one say:
1--WE have aclause in our contract this
year which prohibits the marriage of our
chorus girls with Pittsburg mu1tmillion-
aires until the close of the season, eN-
cept where indemnity is provided for in
the marriage settlement. l have lost
three beauties to Pittsburg this season,
but we were taken care Of
So there was no necessity for all this
fuss over the marriage OF the son of the
candy king of Pittsburg. He had done
nothing unusual.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES


R. D. Bruce of Danville, Ky, president
of the Central Land company of Birming-
ham. is spending a few days in the city
looking over his property here. He is
an enthusiast on the Birmingham propo-
sidon and says this is one of the finest
places on earth.
II would move to Birmingham were 1t
not for the fact that l am tied down ia
Kentucky pretty extensively" said Mr..
Bruce yesterday. Il have considerable
interest here and large interests in Ken
lucky I think Birmingham one of the
best business towns in the south and its
future is very bright. l would like to
live here for many reasons were it pos
sible.
q expect to be here until Thursday
night, when l return home. have been
interested here many years and have
watched the city and the district grow
with a great deal of interest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

a little encouragement goes a long way
with happiness.
Love in cottage is safer when the
cottage is paid for.
When people get rich social station wor-
rles them far more than poverty ever
did.
In some cases. a promising young man
is not able to pay up when his promises
fall due.
When you are down and out just be
glad that you are not a door mat that
everybody wipes his feet on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
EASY NAM e.

From the Charleston News and. Courier.
So far as we are informed there is no
name in the South Carolina house of rep
ressntatives worthy to be pronounced by
the side of that of the Hon. Sam Will
John, member of the Alabama house
of representatives. Mr.. Johns name can
be handled as easily, it will be observed,
- q double aud strsat car a. FERRY boat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

A LITTLE HOME WITH YOU.
\ A little home with you would be
castle, dear, more grand
Then any by the sounding main
Or in a foreign land,
Surprising all that story books.
Have ever pictured true,
For Love would be the builder OF
A little home with you.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
It's foolish to be poet unless you are
rich enough to be able to afford it.
When a man will admit his coffee is
cold it's sign the honeymoon is over.
woman doesn't have to get the legis-
lature TO change her name: minister
can do it,
No matter how many times a girl
dreams. it's either about a pearl neck
lace or orange blossoms.
A sleeping car company could make
lots more money if it hung the passeng-
ers up on pegs. and they would sleep
mat a. u>AlA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
Suburban DEVELOPMENT.

81 see signs of considerable develop
ment along the South Ensley and the
Owenton car line just outside the city of
Birmingham said Mayor n. W. Scott
of Ensley yesterday
"A spur track is being laid out from
the main line to Ensley on the Smith
property Which, I understand, is for
the purpose of hauling material to fill in
the lots and grade streets and sidewalks
1t is said that this large tract is to be
improved and opened to settlement at
once. This promises to be very attrac-
tive section when it is properly improved.
Over on the Owenton line. west of
Smithfield, some choice highland prop
erty is being opened up and improved
with good streets and cement sidewalks.
This section will be especially attrae-
tive for residences
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
LIFE IN A SIBERIAN PRISON.

Gregori Gershuni, Russian Social Revolu-
tionary Leader. in Lesles Weekly
Winter. fanged and remorseless as win
ter is in those regious only. had fallen
or Siberia with sort of hungry ven
geance. and heightened the long jour-
ney interminably. Cooped UP in a convict
car, which was divided into some twenty
small, badly ventilated cells, it seems
a miracle that We did not perish miser-
ably on the way. One or two emaciated
wrstehss. bitten desnlY hy exposure and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
SAFE.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
A man may
l. Have earned Ave or even ten mill
lions by advising corporations how to vio-
late the law with inpunity:
.. Regard legislation as merely a device
for fooling as many of the people as
much OF the time as possible:
3. Believe in his heart that democracy
is only that mask of depotism which
happens to be fashionable;
4. Look upon taxation as the ostenta-
tious taking OF mans handkerchief to
cover up the furtive taking of his watch
9. Be
a. Liar.
b. A cynic,
c. An iceberg OF selfshness
And not be a safe man in the political
sense. but the chances are that he is
such.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

In April Edward Everett Hale will
BE So years old, and Boston proposes
to celebrate the day by handing the
author of 1.-The Man Without a Coun-
try" a purse containing $4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

While everything about Harry Thaw
has been written, that fact does not
prevent enterprising papers from tell
ing it all over again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

The candidate of the rubber trust in
Rhode Island is not securing votes sim
ply because two other millionaires are
pitted against him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
BAILEYS WAY.

From the Youngstown Telegram.
Senator Bailey believes in being elected
first and running chances of being in
yestigated afterward
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
- -~s----
BlRMlNGHAM'S BIG STICK,

From the Gadsden Journal.
Birmingham is going after that sub
treasury with big sticl-industrial sta
tistics showing an annual pay rail- reach
ing close to forty million dollars a year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
About Persons.

T. L. Wainwright, prominent cotton
manufacturer of Stonewall Miss, and
Major yveems Of Shubuta, Miss. spent
yesterday IN Birmingham. They We're
in conference here with several cotton
men from various parts OF this state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Those who are assailing Chairman
burton are those who were not able TO
put their jobs through his alert and
honest hands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Two hundred and thirty nine report
ers are engaged in presenting the vari-
GUS phases and features of New York's
great society tragedy-ths Thav casa
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

They are skating in the streets of
Venice simply because they are frozen
over The esteemed gondola is enjoy
ing a well-earned vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
CALM OPINION.


We talk about the problems of the day,
The monstrous evils to be swept away,
At public meetings waxing very warm
Aroused by what we deem a public harm.
We waste a lot of time in idle CAB,
With cynios looking on and keeping tab.
What most is needed in the land, l wis,
Is nothing more nor less than this
More living that is right more thinking
clear.
More friendliness to all and more good
cheer.
More tolerance for those who do not
please.
For we ourselves, perchance. may be Of
More simple comfort and less empty
noise,
More native dignity and equipoise.
Less criticising heard throughout the ma
ton,
Less running after nauseous sensation,
And more contentment shown with what
we ares
Since few of us can ever hope to star.
a boy opened a burglar proof safe
the other day with a hairpin. The man
who invented the hairpin bullded better
than he knew.
ONE WAY TO LIVE.
So many varied creeds there are
TO make us live Alright
That most of us are in the dark
And never see the light.
The Golden Rule is pretty good.
And If you'll live by that
You'll never have a chance to grow1
And never have a spat.
A ST. Louis maid who claims that she
does not want more than 81 a week for
clothes couldn't get pair of refined
stockings for that.
WAY DOWN EAST.
The lovely snow falls to the earth
All ON a winter day, ~
And then poor father hustles out
To shovel it away.
Sometimes a bark ashore may be that
of the honest watchdog.
Another disadvantage of living in Pitts
burg is that you are the recipient of so
much gratuitous advice from cody towns
like New York and Chicago.
what Women Can't Do" is under dis
cussion. For one thing, they can't pass
by mirror without looking in it.
MAN OF THE HOUR
The man who has a future
Nowadays is far outclassed
BY the chap who has a. million
And a dead and buried past
MAY a girl do her mending In 4
street carp? is asked. Some men might
mend their manners there.
Positively no more on swettenham. 1--WE
do what we promise"
The peek-a-boo crop was not hurt. 1t
hasn't bloomed yet
1t will also be February Thaw.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

It is possible that The Hague confer
ence will be held in June, when the
June bride is busy with her bushes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Chancellor Day wants more trusts
and fewer labor unions. He is Bro.
Archbolds right hand man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

If you desire to vote for mayor walk
up to the collectors office and pay
your poll tax.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

The German government is behind
Admiral Davis, and the British govern
ment ought to be behind" Governor
Swettenham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

New York patronizes the Thaw trial
in the daytime and "salome" at night,
both being off the same piece, and both
much to its liking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

John Dryden's chances for re-elec-
ton have been so poor that no guaran-
tee company would take the risk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Contractor Bangs missed a fine
chance to become famous, and it looks
like another case of an undesirable
relative.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Scarcely twitter is heard from Will
liam Jennings Bryan these days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

singed little by early frosts, but they
invariably pull through.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

friends pursue their way, there by his
gravesides will the noble dog be found.
his head between his paws. his eyes sad
but open in alert watchfulness, faithful
and true even to DEATH"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
A COMPLAINT.

Chunk" Chunk the heaters go,
Bringing in the coal,
Can't get warm enough, it seems
Not to save my soul.
Chllliness about my spine
Exc around my feet
Most too cold to take a nap.
Most too cold to eat
Wish to goodness l could see
Gentle Spring advance
With a wreath upon her hair,
Leading in the dance.
Haven't any use for frost,
Or a wind that blows
With an icy breath that ships
Off a fellows toes.
Give me sunny. flower time
And ~the signing June,
When the birds sing all the day
And at night the moon
Smiles, upon the sleeping earth
All the darkness through,
Till the rosy Dawn appears,
Walking in the dew.
Nothing like the summer time,
When it's good and warm.
Then | know that old la grippe
Cannot do me harm.
Can women be friends?" asks a con-
temporary. Not if they live in the same
block.
With Tillman and Bob Taylor both
in the Senate, Mr. Fairbanks is apt to
forget himself and, fancying that he hears
the rattle OF the bones, say, Gentlemen,
be seated.'
THE SPOILED MAGNATE.
Observe his pose.
And knowing look,
But pause before
You throw the hook.
Remember that
He's had a lot
OF idle talk
And published rot
To swell his head
And make him think
He puts the world
Upon the blink.
In glancing over a list of Tate fiction"
one is tempted to wish that it had been
too late for publication.
When Freedom unfurled her banner she
had no idea that it would become less
familiar to Americans Than the label on
meat cans.
In Germany hello" girls suffer from
nervous prostration. Over here they may
suffer from chewing gum and love. but
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

The Conried version of "Salome" is
a nightmare mixed with good dose
of delirium tremens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

never from nervous prostration. That IL
confined strictly TO the chaps who want
to get certain number in a hurry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

The cold waves are coming fast, al
most treading on each others heels.
1ney are trying to make UP lost time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

John F. Wallace is to some extent
indicated by Shonts' resignation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

The presidential succession seems
to interest everybody except Theodore
Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

The Panama canal commission is an
institution that declines to stand pat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Mr.. Shonts says the Panama canal
will be completed in eight years, but
he talks now as an outsider.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Let us hope a stage version of the
Thaw case will not follow "Salome."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

The next message will be the Presi-
dents nineteenth during the present
session.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

President Castro holds on to life in
characteristic fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

What Mars. Conner says seems to 60
at Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

The copper trust is the next on the
investigation list. 1t sadly needs look
ing into.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Morgantown, Ky. hasn't had any pa
pers for week, as a result of the floods.
and is way behind on the Thaw case.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Railroads in Alabama will be re-
quired to give a strict account Of them
selves by the present legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Pullman car tips amount to $1,000
QUO year, and no rate bill can regu-
late them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

boy opened burglar proof safe
the other day with hairpin. The man
who invented the hairpin bullded better
than he knew.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Washington Bureau Age-Heraid 1871
G street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

st. Louis maid who claims that she
does not want more than 81 a week for
clothes couldn't get a pair of refined
stockings for that.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

The Golden Rule is pretty good,
And If you'll live by that
You'll never have a chance to growf
And never have a spat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

ONE WAY TO LIVE.
So many varied creeds there are
To make us live Alright
That most of us are in the dark
And never see the light.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
WAY DOWN EAST.

The lovely snow falls to the earth
All on a winter day, /
And then poor father hustles out
To shovel 1t away.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Can women be friends?' asks con-
temporary. Not if they live in the same
block
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

With Tillman and Bob Taylor both
in the Senate, Mr.. Fairbanks is apt to
forget himself and, fancying that he hears
the rattle CT the bones, say, Gentlemen,
be seatedn,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Sometimes a bark ashore may be that
of the honest watchdog.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. post
office as second-class matter under act
of Congress March 8, 1879.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-06-28

the recent membership contest. Mrs.
Parker presided over the coffee and
Mr.. Bartlett had charge Of tho tea
while nearly everybody had hand
at the big boilers of lemonade.
After dinner, boat riding and
wading occupied the time of the
moro energetic members while blan-
kets and pillows spread under the
trees occupied the attention Of the
weary ones. Toward evening there
were races for the boys and girls. In
the race for boys from 8 to ia, Earl
Elliott won aud Sally Huges won the
girls race. The 10 to 10 year races
were won by Ebert Harvey and Edna
Cornell, One other race eligible to
ladies from 10 to 20 was won by Clara
Calhoun. Then followed tug Of
war with S. Bowden and s. s. Prem
tiss as captains. This was fierce
struggle and was finally won by Mr..
Bowden's side. Then the ladies had
their try at the rope, Owlen Hughes
side winning.
Supper was served aud at about
z O'Clock the picnickers were ON the
way home. tired but happy.