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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
JUNGLE REMusv AND THE NEGRO.

1 ffom the Philadelphia Inquirer
 MT. Joel Chandler HaEris of Atlanta has found a peculiar and important med lum for pushing his views as to the south In his new and widely popular Uncle Remus magazine This is almost the sole literary organ of the south but Mr. Harris is carrying out his announced policy of making 1t more than mere purveyor of high-class literature. He wants it to be an organ of the best thought of the south, and to accomplish this he has not indulged in the usual stereotyped editorial but has introduced one of his old characters of fiction as the mouthpiece of the conservative south ern view. MT. Bill Sanders of Shady Dale' is this stalking horse of wisdom givensin the vernacular and what he has to say is important
 MT Sanders Is none of your modern New South" business men, no encrust- ed ghost of the Confederacy. but an old gentleman of whig ancestry, a planter who fit for the Confederacy,". but who has learned much and forgotten a good deal. He is the type of southern farm CT who is trying to make the south ad- Just itself to conditions and to elevate the whole of the population, white and black, by sage philosophy and sensible conduct. That he represents a very large element in the south seems certain. MT Harris evidently intends it to be under stood that he represents perhaps a ma jorty. But it is the characteristic of this conservative element to say little lest they be mlsconstructed, while fire-eating politicians "cuss the nigger," arouse prejudiees and get the fat offices
 The philosophy of Mir Sanders (and of MT. Harris) Is that the south must stop throwing eplthets, frebrands and bullets al the negro and take up the situation seriously; to cease simply saying that 1t Is the souths burden and proceed to do some constructive work. Not 10 per cent of the negroes are totally shiftless or worthless and criminal. Not 10 per cent of the white of the south have any real quarrel with the negro as race or in particular. There are in every city or rural community some ::bad niggers," and some bad white men, who make a great deal of fuss and do Q great deal
 
 south. But the situation calls for calm treatment, and that is what seems to De coming If MT Harris can bring 1t about.
 Mir. Sanders says that the negro must stop depending on others and stand on his own feet, cease thinking that the northern people are better friends to him than the southern whites and proceed to work harder instead of loaflng so much. And he Is much sorrier for the white people of the south because of the At lanta riots and other lynchlngs than he is for the negro. It Is the southern white man who Is being injured by his own acts more than the negro who is sporadically lynched. All of which seems like sound common sense. It is to be hoped that the southerners appreciate the prophet who has arisen in their own section to tell them some wholesome if unpalatable truths. g.ul i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
Street Car Laughs.

"If the street car conductors have not police powers to keep order on the cars of Birmingham they should be given such power" said a distinguished vis- itor.
 "I was passenger on a street car from East Lake Friday night crowd of rowdies began ifnmeditely on the starting of the car from the Lake to make a rough house. They were not content to make themselves objects of contempt to the gentlemen but they went so far as to offend common decen- cy
 "A gentleman who remonstrated with the conductor for not keeping order and protecting ladies from such outrages was made the target for their misses. He left the car at Avondale to call for po- licemen to make an arrest. but the Bow eryites' had the care to leave the car before getting into the heart of the city.
 T understand that as soon as their names are secured the sheriff's office will cooperate with the street car company in giving them lesson that won't add to their social standing at least"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
THE FIRST NIGHTERS

dollars in ball every time his chauffeur Is taken to a police station on a charge of exceeding thesspeed limit Scattered here and there we see dressmakers who have succeeded in business and are de- voting tn cir leisure to art; we see and also hear music publishers who have won a deserved reputation for hard- smiting and responsible plams; we see wigmakers and corsetmakers wine agents, clairvoyants and the proprie- tors of all-night restaurants.
 In short, the New York frst-night audience Is the constant hope and Joy of every person so vulgarly eccentric as to desire advancement for the drama. Nothing come amiss to this select con- gregation. Ibsen, Shaw, Maeterlinck, Shakespeare, Conan, one and all, pre- sent their wares and receive their equal share of applause. One night 1t may be Mansfield In Peer Gynt." the next night it may be Eddie Foy in "The orchid" but what is that to these deep students of precious stones? We cannot charge them with lack of varie- ty, for we are taxed from week to week to keep pace with the chameleon changes in hair. What blissfully na- tural assemblage is the first-night showl Occasionally a blushing bride and a nervous bridegroom from afar may be detected by the awed whispers that mark their discovery of members of the 4O0 Poor deluded ones! Still, on second thought, in these cases ignor- ance is something more than bliss At least, the bride will have something to talk about, when the honeymoon is spent, and then there is always the doubt whether she would have been pleased with the genuine article.
 Little wonder managers place small faith in irst-night opinion, for these "regulars" come for the opening and are seen no more. To one without knowledge of their ways error as to the fate of a production is the easiest thing ina aginable For In the majority of in stances they have friends on the stage. and even without this incentive noisi- ness prevails. But it is not hard for the seasoned playgoer to mark the arti- fee in their acclaim. The sterotyped reception of each favorite, the wooden outburst at the end of each act soon is estimated at its real value, and 1t is not long before these hrst-n1gnters are dismissed as invariably misleading in their views of plays and players. The impression one has gained of them Is that they come from a different world they are apart from the lives of the masses: they suggest late break lasts in bed. many hours spent before mirrors. and an activity only equal to the period when electric lights glisten along Broadway and in the gilded res taurants with tn cir painted palms and their atrocious orch estras.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
StraddIina the Tariff Issue

Four years ago the republicans said the tariff should and would be re- vised after the election, but they did not do it. They are talking in like manner now, and there is not bit of heartiness or sincerity in their talk now, anymore than there was four years ago. Campaign funds" is the secret of their action now as it was then.
 Chairman Serene T. Payne of the ways and means committee-the com mittee that will be charged with the duty of revision if the tariff is to be revised at all; was recently inter- viewed. Here is what he said:
 "will there be revision after the presi- dentiaI eleotion?" he was asked.
 Mir. Payns, who is one of the, greatest tariff experts in the country, puffed at a long Havana cigar meditatively. Then he said:
 "I think the republican national conven- ton will decide that question:
 Are you in favor of tariff revision after the electionT'
 '1 have great confidence In a republi- can convention and in a republican con- gress. I am willing to abide by the de- Af4 any question relating to party politics.
 The long and short of the matter is, there will be no revision of the tar fir in the interests of the consumers instead of the robber barons until the the republican party Is driven out of power and the slush fund fully ex- posed. President Roosevelt loses his courage when he faces the tariff is- sue, and the rest of the party are practical standpatters. Why? The beneficiaries of the tariff, says the New York Times, "have in the past made out of their gains generous contributions to the campaign fund of the republican party. There has been pact between the republican party and the protected interests for mu- tual benefit and advantage" This Is the entire story-a story of slush funds, robbery of the many, enrich ment of the few, and general corrup- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
No Date Fixed.

''No date has been fixed for an election on the prohibition question in this coun- ty,' remarked an advocate of the afflrma- tive side of the question, and really it has not yet been determined that such election will be held. though it is safe to wager that 1t will be.
 Tt will require petition signed by about 5000 qualified voters, which petition must be presented to the probate judge, and he will then fix the date. as I under stand 1t. I believe both sides are anxious that an early date shall be fixed in or der that the contest may be settled, and the community will not be long disturbed by the bitterness of a conflict which can not be conclusive to business success and happiness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
WHY MEN AND WOMEN DIFFER.

S9diiSS ohlltl-
 A great deal has been said of the orig inal difference of capacity between men and women; as if women were more quick and men more judicious; as if women were more remarkable for deli caey of association and men for stronger powers of attention. All this, we con- fess, appears to us very fanciful. As long as boys and girls run about in the dirt and trundle hoops together they are both precisely alike. If you catch up one half of these creatures and train them to particular set of actions and opin- ions and the other half to a perfectly opposite set. of course their understand ings will differ. one or the other sort of occupations has called this or that tal- ent into action. There is surely no oc- casion to go into any deeper or more abtruse reasoning in order to explain so very simple phenomenon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
Books for Boys.

What do you think of the boy that never read Aesop's Fables?' said a man In speaking of current literature. ITO my mind he has lost one of the greatest pleasures of youth.
 "A few evenings ago I was looking over the books in q boys library and was quite surprised at not finding a copy of a book that I thought would certainly be there. I asked my young friend If he had not read 1t. and he had not 80 much as ever heard of the book. When 1 told him few of the fables he replied that they were the best nature fake stories he had ever heard. The idea, said he of a fox talking to an eagle, or a frog trying to puff herself up to the size of an OK is more than I can stand for. Give me Jesse James story every time,' and with that he produced a volume of Dead wood Dick, which he knew almost by heart
 Apart altogether from the amusement which I derived from reading Aesop, l learned many good lessons which served their purpose In teaching me how to know the shams and impostures to be met with every day in life On every side we look we may see wolves de- vouring lambs upon as poor q pretcxt as that given in the original, and never were there moro jackdaws strutting around in peacocks feathers than to- day.
 These little fables may not be in fine with the trend of current literature which devotes it's attention to the solu- tion of problems that should not be named in respectable company. The wholesome atmosphere that once sur rounded youth has been poisoned by foul vapors arising from tho putrid subjects which many of our modern writers dis sect with their pens.
 Laws which prohibit the sale of drugs and cigarettes as calculated to poison the body are all right, but much more impor- tant Is 1t to prevent the sale of books which poison the mind and are the cause of all the depravity which exists today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
Postmaster Returned.

Postmaster Carter returned yesterday from a trip north. looking in excellent shape. Said MT. Carter: "The principal object of my trip was to attend the Ma tional Convention of Ffrst-class Postmas- ters, which was held at Erie, Pa. We had an attendance of about 25O, and you know there are only about 360 of us In the whole country. The south was more fully represented than any other section, which was matter of comment.
 And by the way, the next convention is to be held at Chattanooga-first time the body has ever selected a southern city for its meeting place"
 Mr Carter extended his trip into Can ada and several eastern points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
Huuhes Versus Taft

Secretary Taft's effort in his Co., lumbus speech to please the masses without alarming the classes has not been rapturously received by either side. MT. Bryan says the war sec retary is a straddler on the railroad regulation question, the trust issue, and tariff revision. He has straddled all three, particularly the last-named
 He favors, too, government by in iunction. and he does net favor Tn this generation either an inheritance tax or a graduated income tax. There ,s DO real reform in his speech. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
Chances in China

The changes that are impending in side the tremendous possibilities that may follow the retirement of the Empress Dowager of China upon the next Chinese New Year. The Emperor himself, Is a weakling and when he showed unmistakable leanings to- wards new ideas and reforms the Elm press Dowager pushed him aside and took the direction of affairs in her own hands. And very capable hands they have proven to be.
 The Empress has, 1t is true. &C., cepted western ideas herself. She has of late became reformer, for the aged lady is a politician who knows when the time to conform to the trend of events has arrived. But as soon as she Is out of the way reform with B big 'R" will set in, and a new China will speedily be established, for the wave of western ideas has gone too far to be driven out or even checked. China will follow in the foot steps of Japan as rapidly as a vast territory and a vase population admit of.
 No one can say what changes or what things will take place after the retirement of the Empress Dowager, but 1t is not probable that Japan will permit any direct interferences by any western nation in the affairs of China. We are sending sixteen battleships to the Pacific, and acute observers say the movement relates for more to possibilities in China than to anything that has taken place or will take place In Japan. But no nation will be per mitted without war with Japan to at tempt to dictate to China, much less to seize any territory. China Is regaining territory, not losing it, and ! Japan is her guardian, and Is prob ably her ally. At any rate no nation will invite a contest with the victori- ous Japanese unless forced to do so by circumstances that do not exist .oday and that cannot be forseen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
NOT A SELF-MADE HERO.

From the Mobile Item.
 Paying a high tribute to ex-Governor Joseph F. Johnston, now United States senator, for his reply to Joseph R. For aker of Ohio, the Montgomery Journal says: "He did not believe in advertising and magnifying himself.'' referring to Senator Johnston when he was governor, "at the expense of the state. He believed that if there were violations of the law he should quietly as possible bring the violaters to justice. There was no need in making himself hero" Well said. Editor Hood, but who in the dickens Is the target put up by inference to be shot at?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
ANNEXATION PROBLEM.
From the New Orleans Times Demo

From the New Orleans Times Demo-
 crat.
 "The influx of undersirables sh ould, If possible, be checked. Already a preju- dice has been created by the crimes of the vicious foreigners in this coun- try and there are those who clamor for the exclusion of all immigrants. Good or bad, forgetful of the fact that their ancestors, more or less remote, were immigrants, and that the American stock was transplanted from foreign shores and has been enriched and in- vigorated by liberal infusion of foreign blood. It Is by no means an easy task to keep out the undersirables but 1t is certainly not impossible. We have so strengthened and improved our i'm migration laws as to practically shut out the newcomers afflicted by con tagious diseases. and If laws are pass ed empowering them to do so our inspectors will probably find a way to exclude the great majority of those morally diseased. Once we have ac- complished this. the perfection of system of distribution that shall re- lieve tho congestion in the foreign quarters of our cities and give the inn migrants a fairer chance to become prosperous citizens. the immigration problem will cease to exist and we shall probably hear no more of this indis- criminate outcry against immigration, which Is, to say the least, unfortunate and i'll advised"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 @.IME has brought the new dra- | (0 matic season to us, and once more we find the regular first
 night audience attending strictly and
 slavishly to it's trifiing business. It is
 an odd audience this, and 1t is doubt
 ful If New York has a more character istic collection to offer for the in-
 spection of cynical outsiders. For 1t ] Is typical of this metropolitan city, and
 still essentinelly foreign to 1t. The first
 night audience Is the New York of
 which Conan sings in his Tell all the | boys at Forty second street" topical 1 songs and which the happy o-lucky
 comedian paints in small talk to cram ing audiences in "one-night" towns. In one sense. our first -nighters are unique. They are a class, or an exhibit separate; they are as motley a crowd ever sailed under a Captain Kidd's banner,
 and the fairness with which they be- stow applause upon Mansfield and
 row of chorus girls proves conclusively 1 tn cir delicate art of discrimination and ! their special fitness to act as judges
 of the drama. When Chicago has
 first night It's substantial citizens turn
 out in their scores, and there is some
 chance of a true public verdict. In Boston, Philadelphia and other cities
 the coming of new play by Pinero
 or Jones or Thomas or Fitch Is the
 signal for a social outpouring but so-
 ciety is conspicuous by it's absence at a New York first night.
 i The call to the long seasons routine
 has the effect of stirring some resent
 ment at our mlsrepresentative first
 nighters with only check books to re- compend them. The curtain is up, and
 here they come, tardy as usual. They parade down the aisles with a great,
 swishing of fine garments; they march straight to their permanent seats. and proceed to bow to their neighbors. To the right is the poor young man we'd
 ded to the rich old woman to the left
 Is the airy young creature who several
 seasons ago abandoned the chorus for | better things. There are fat men and lean men. men with sleek hair, men
 without hair. It Is possible to reach
 out and touch the sh builder of a lawyer who has distinguished himself by hard
 service in the divorce court. and who has escaped with only one indictment against him. There is the big. broad
 sh ouldered individual who for few
 hours has escaped from the wearing
 duties of mana ging a gambling house | to further the interests of the theatre. We observe him sink comfortably into
 the front seat, where his right foot, l projecting from his crossed legs, in- i terferes with the work of the first violinist, but the gambler never seems 1 to mind. What Is a fiddler? Besides, the mans mind is busy with other | things. For instance, he has to ex- change loudly whispered condolences
 with the anemic looking young million
 aire about the incidents of an after noon in the race trick betting ring. By
 hand of massive proportions encased | in a white glove and dropped care | lessly over the side of an aisle seat we ! Identify the owner of several of the | fastest 2-year-olds of the year, and a l man who on-handsdly offers one million
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
FROM SIMPLE SOURCES.

From ATS Well That Ends We'll" He that of greatest works is finisher Oft does them by the weakest minister; So holy writ in babes hath judgment
 shown, When judges have been babes; great
 floods have flown From simple sources, and great seas have
 dried When miracles have by the greatest been
 denied. Oft expectation fails and most oft there Where most 1t promises, and oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair most
 dtsL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
Consider Patent Medicines.

"The weekly meetings of the medical society of Jefferson county are proving very interesting and instructive in some cases to the younger members of the profession said a doctor.
 "On Monday night, September 9, we will have the druggists of the county with us by invitation to discuss patent medicines as they affect the profession, their good or baleful influence on public health and morals This meeting prom ises to be quite one of the most inter esting Of any held for some time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
CHATTANOOGA STAR.

The Chattanooga Star issued Satur- day special edition of 64 pages which is said to be the largest paper ever gotten out in Chattanooga The Star Is only seven months old and its en- terprise Is most commendable. The paper has prospered exceedingly, as a glance at the extensive advertising pat ronage in It's special edition will show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A girl gets kind of lonesome unless she can feel jealous once in a while.
 A fat woman always loses weight If there are no scales around to prove it.
 Financing Is not going to jail wh en you would if 1t was only petit larceny.
 Women believe they are pretty be- cause maybe 1t might come true some day.
 A woman has such an imagination she can almost believe her husband is as smart as she tells people he is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
coMER "MENTIONED.'

From the Atlanta Georgian.
 Governor Conner of Alabama has dem- onstrathed an executive vigor and clear ness in dealing with the railroads which fairly places him in the list of eligibles as q southern nominee for 1oo&
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02
WALL STREET PRICES.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
 Prices in Wall street. according to the Birmingham Age-Herald have a small relation to real values. The ad jective is used advisedly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

Kansas has raised more broom corn that the railroads can haul away. It goes all over the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

The sale of the Philippines and the revision of the tariff are ques- tions that will rise up next winter to perplex the republicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

Judge Landis has nervous pros- perlty, not prostration. The other fel- lows are walking the floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

New Zealand is liberal, but it per mits women to sit in the lower house only of its parliament.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

The veteran Senator Allison, formal ly announces his candidacy for a sev enth senatorial term. He bids fair to be a record-breaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

The state fair in Indiana has been called off because 1t cannot procure a license to sell beer. And this, too, in the home of literature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

No one Is rushing in to settle the telegraphers' strike, and yet no strike could well be more distressing to the general public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

Possibly some of the other presiden- tial aspirants sent that explosive pack age to MT. Cortelyou.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

Attorney General Bonaparte's repu- tation as a cabinet officer will turn upon his success in making the Standard Oily pay that fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

England spent a billion dollars in the Boer war. and France may do likewise in warlike Morocco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-02

The new Singer skyscraper in New York will be outranked in height by the Eiffel tower only.