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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
THE HOTELS OF GERMANY


From the New York Evening Post.
= ERR EBERBACH. the chairman
B1A of a leading hotel syndicate in
Germany, is in this city studying
American hotel administration, and es-
pecially general phases of social comfort,
with a view to adopting them. wherever
possible, in his hotels. Besides examin-
ing the hotels of New York, Herr Eber-
bach has just returned from a trip to
Washington. His syndicate was organized
about a year ago, somewhat on American
lines. and it is said to have a monopoly
of the hotel traffic in the empire. 1t is
capitalized at $20,000,0oo.
This is my second visit to your coun-
try" said Herr Eberbach. Give years
ago, before the launching OF our syndi-
cate, 1 came here to get ideas for the
original plans. Now I have come again
to gain further knowledge. There is no
use disputing the point-you Americans
lead the world in developing new and in
look for the inspirations. After that,
Europe takes them up and pollshes them
to perfection. Fitting, is 1t not? You
would not have all the glory?
Primarily, wish to gain an intimate
conception of what Americans regard as
ideal in hotel lfe--to understand their
peculiar, intimate wants. The modern
traveller, and especially the one from
America, will have the best of everything,
and as Americans form the most import
ant factor in our European trade during
the season, it Is to our advantage to give
them what they desire. In a word, we
wish to place them in homelike surround
ings, so that they will be able to forget
that they are thousands of miles away
from home, In a monarchial land.
Then. there are many little ideas which
have picked up during the course of my
stay. Across the water, we are necessarily
handicapped by our smaller means. We
cannot do things on the lavish scale that
prevails here. There is not the tremen-
dously luxurious wealth in Europe that
there is In America. 1t is, then, rather
difficult to compare the hotels of the two
countries. To begin with, your country
has its abundant resources of all kinds,
It's national political and social condi-
lions, to say nothing of ready market
supplies-all in its favor.
And yet, limited as we are to more
modest resources and a strictly graded
system of social conditions, we have new
ertheless by indefatigable industry and
academic application succeeded in rising
to plane almost equal to your best and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
BREEDER OF DRUNkARDS.

From Current Literature.
AS the booted peasants and bespectacled
professors of this Duma stfove to follow
Vladimir Nicolaievitch Kokovtsoff when
that most bewildering of finance minis
tiers appeared to expound the budget, the
last month and the Paris of 1889 was, to
the way of thinking of the London Post,
perfect. What to do with the flnances?'
says Carlyle in his immortal history.
This indeed is the great question; a
small but most black weather symptom
which no radiance of universal hope can
cover" Mr.. Kokovtsoff revealed the ra-
dance of universal hope to the Duma and
revealed nothing else. He Is an urbane
bureaucrat Of a somewhat unusual type,
for he belongs to what in Russia is called
the old nobility. He is now sixty. All
he knows about money he learned from
White, whose subordinate he was for
many years The affabillty for which he
is somewhat noted enabled Mr.. Kokovt-
soft to meet the Interruptions of the dep
uticS With ocfciity, even years ago.
1t kept him on good terms with both
White and Phleve when that pair were
in hot dispute for control of the vacilat-
Ing mind of their master, the car. Mr..
Kokovtsoff Is like every well educated
Russian in his remarkable mastery of
French but he is an anomaly for a bu-
reaucrat, inasmuch as his education has
been of the western European sort There
is a sense in which he may be deemed
the greatest dealer in alcoholic drinks
this world has ever seen. for he was long
at the head of his country's national
monopoly of the traffic in intoxicants.
WHITE. in the plentitude of his power, was
wont to say that the problem of the
finances could be solved only IL the Rus
sian peasant would use more iron. Mr..
Kokovtsoff acted upon the theory that
the peasant should drink more vodka In
his eagerness to swell the revenue he has
maze his country the most drunken ma
ton in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Interesting and Useful.

"A most interesting and useful book is
the History of Jefferson County and Bir-
mingham, Ala, published in 1887, and as
1t Is out of print l hope the Commercial
club will take steps to have a new edi-
ton, brought up to date. published" said
q citizen. LAS a rule, the biographical
features of local histories are very unsat-
isfactory to the general reader, for the
reason that men who pay to have them
selves written up are portrayed in full
some language, while many prominent
man who declines to pay Is left out. In
the work refer to there is not the slight
est earmark of paid write-up, so far as
biography goes. And every sketch is
full of interest. The steel engravings are
particularly fine. The youngish business
men of the time were groomed in the
fashion then in representations
coats, buttoned high up, and straight
standing collars. BY the way the bust
ness men evidently paid more attention
to dress In those days than now. Busi-
ness men today are well enough groomed,
but leading citizens who were making
Birmingham in 1887 presented an excep-
tionally dressy appearance One smiles
in looking at the pictures of some of the
prominent men as they appeared twenty
years ago. DIR. ]. H. Phillips, for ex-
ample, seemed a mere STRIPPING. Judge A.
o. Lane wore bushy beard. W. j. Cam
erons mustache was huge. Col. L. W.
Johns wore a little goatee.
'And it saddens one to look at the pic
lures of those worthies-household names
in Birmingham-who have passed to the
great beyond.
1.-THE introduction to this Jefferson
county book was written by Henry Nc
Galley, civil and mechanical engineer,
chemist and geologist, who then held the
position of assistant state geologist. His
work was admirably done and it is highly
instructive today. This paragraph about
Birmingham might have been written
yesterday: Its industries are rapidly ad-
vancing and multiplying.
BY all means, let us have supple
mental history-a new edition Of truly
valuable work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
THE GLADIATOR.

by BYRON.
see before me the Gladiator lie;
He leans upon his hands-his manly brow
Consents to death, conQuers agony,
And his dropped head sinks gradually
low
And through his side the last drops, sbb-
ing slow
From the red cash, fall heavy, one by
one,
Like the first of thunder-shower; and
now
The arena swims around him-he is gone.
Ere ceased the inhuman shout which
hailed the wretch who won.
He heard 1t, but he needed not-his eyes
Were with his heart, and that was far
away
He rocked not of the life he lost. nor
prize;
But where his rude hut by the Danube
lay.
There were his young harbarians all at
play;
There was their Dacian mother-he. their
sire.
Butchered to make Romans holiday
All this rushed with his blood.-Shall he
expire.
And unavenged? Arise, ye Goths. and
glut your ireI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
Trend of Iron Production

In 1906 this county made 25,712, LOG
tons Of pig iron, an increase of 10.1
per cent over the production of the
previous year. This Is very creditable
to the country as whole, but what
concerns us in Alabama Is that we are
not keeping up with the procession.
The output Of this district in 1905 was
1,604,062 tons, and we should have
made 100000 tons more In 1906. but
we only made 10000 more, or 1874
S4S tons all told. We give below
a table that is instructive even IL not
1attering. 1t shows the percentages
# production in all districts in 1890
nd 1906, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
From Memphis.

J. C. Lovelace of Memphis is here. He
was formerly "a well known and popular
citizen of Birmingham and was connected
with the Gilreath Coal and Iron COM
pany He left this city to accept a posi-
ton with the John A. Denies Sons COM
pany, dealers in building material, Mem
phis. He has recently been promoted to
the office of vice president and general
manager of that concern.
"All branches of trade in Memphis are
fourishlng and business throughout the
south is wonderfully prosperous" said Mr..
Lovelace at the Hillnnan last night. ut
has been a year since l saw Birmingham,
and great improvements have been made
In that time. 1 like Memphis, but 1 will
never lose my affection for Birming-
ham,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
BETTING HIGH AT BRIDGE

keep the money. You won it, although
you didn't know what you were doing.
It's your luck, old boy. Go home and be
good There is no way of Strengthening
1t out, although l appreciate how you
feel
THE young man decided that he
couldn't do anything more and kept the
money. The other fellows who were in
the game were told about 1t and thought
it was a good joke on them.
Il inquired about the story and picked
up some information. L find that bridge
for s25 and $50 a point Is not an uncom-
mon thing in this office. There have
been games at 5000 a point, which Is
mighty tall gambling. / understand, too.
that this is not the only office where the
stakes are high
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
ALABAMA PRESS


Montgomery Times. Strawberries and
strawberry blondes both are looking
well, you know, In Alabama.
Pine Belt News: "why are so many
women invalfds?" asks Good Health.
Presumably, because the doctors need the
money.
Centreville Press: If the President will
put Senator Platt in charge of the Pan
ANA canal he need have no fear of his
resigning.
Andalusia News:The management is go
ing to provide a lovers lane at the
! jamestown exposition, but It will be I'M
necessary.
West Point and Ianett News: The pres
ent year In Alabama will be known to
future generations as the rule Of the
Comerites.
Scottsboro Citizen: There Is no better
county in Alabama than Jackson, and
eighty two per cent of the population are
white people.
Prattville Progress: shoestring that
cannot come united has been recently in
vented, but the girls are not making very
great demands for 1t.
Gadsden Journal: Birmingham has
raised the salary of its mayor to s50O0
This will no doubt be a new inducement
to willingness for patriotic sacrifice.
-"
Cleburne New Era: The mollycoddle
craze has struck the country almost as
hard as the boil weevil did several years
ago, but we hope 1t is with less damag-
ing results.
Wetumka Herald: The captains of in
dustry who are announcing that they will
take the public into their confidence, are
likely to find the public fighting shy OF
confidence games right now.
Huntsville Tribune: Our President is
suffering contradiction from two maRy
reliable sources. The first thing he
knows he will have built regulations for
himself which is not .enviable.
Baldwin Times: An Ohio woman has
been laughing for more than week and
cannot stop. The real funny part of it is
no one is able to tell what she is laughing
at. If she were an Alabama woman we
would say she was laughing at our legis-
lature.
Limestone Democrat: Edward H. Harri-
man has been added to the Ananias club
which President Roosevelt has created
for his own especial delectation. The men,
bers of this famous club might meet and
elect the foremost citizen in the land
as their president.
Florence Times: The weekly newspapers
are called on all the time to do large
amount Of free advertising. Some of
them are printing some of the laws Of the
state, to be read by comparatively few,
to the exclusion of general and local
news. The state should provide for the
publication of such laws as Immediately
affect the mass Of the people. Our legis-
lators, however, appear to think that as
long as a free horse will allow himself
to be ridden he ought to be ridden.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
Impressed With Birmingham.

~ am more and more impressed with
Birmingham" said S. D. Crenshaw Of
Richmond, secretary of the Virginia
North Carolina Chemical company, who
was registered at the Hotel Hillman yes
terday.
II have been visiting this city off and
on ever since the old boom days. l felt
years ago that 1t had a great future, and
the strides 1t is now making are fully up
to my expectations. Everywhere I go
people are talking about Birmingham, and
one has only to come here and look over
the district to be convinced of the sub
stantiall character of the industrial devel-
opment that Is under way.
IT was at the steel plant at Ensley and
was greatly interested in viewing the new
work in progress there. AS 1 returned
to Birmingham l saw a large piece OF
property that l was about to buy for
sec, 900 a few years ago. There was
hitch in the deal, and I knew I had
missed a profitable trade That realty Is
worth today four or five hundred thou
sand dollars"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
AN INCREASE IN PRICE.
from the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
"A piece of property changed hands
down at Canarsie not so long ago which
attests how values have jumped in this
part of the woods. said a real estate
man. This was farm which was
bought from the Indians about one hun
dred and fifty years ago for demijohn
of very bad rum. three empty bottles and
two old plug hats. l think the original
purchase was made by one Jacobus
Schenck When the farm passed out of
the possession of the family not long
ago 1t brought few dollars over $2SSo0O.
!. liberal estimate of the cost would
be 81"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
Shooting and Driving.

Things have reached a pretty bad
stage in this city when the only way
to stop furious driving is by shooting
at the driver" said a citizen. Everyone
knows how the innocent bystander is gen.
orally the victim when such means as
these are employed.
Several complaints have been heard
lately about the reckless manner in which
negroes drive wagons along the streets,
and round corners, to the danger of life
and limb of pedestrians. but 1t seems the
offense is'not confined to negroes. If a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
THRIFT.

From Harpers for April
A little boy and girl each had S for
Christmas. The boy said to the girl Sis
ter, you waste your money; you put it
in the bank, and he added. complacent-
ly. II buy things with mine.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

Foraker-Taft war in Ohio is the real
article. 1t is one of the inevitable
conflicts, and there is nothing to do
but to fight 1t out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

Speaker Cannon comes back con-
WINGED that American control of Cuba
will have to continue long while.
This may mean a dozen years or 1t
may forever.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
Americas {

The New York
considerable numbe
history in America
wer the question: ="
greatest America
agreed that Wasl
the union and ]
are Nos. 1 and
dertook to
widely and hop
No jury of 1
over No. 8. Tt
the professors &c
Lee, Hamilton,
Emerson. Agassi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

Atlanta will have a May music fes-
tival and Birmingham will have a
September Saengerfest. Both will at
tract crowds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

Telegraph rates have been read
justed, but all the adjustments were
upwards.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

The Northumberland squabble,
also of course, calls for a bigger navy
in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

Chauncey NJ. Depew spurned the job
that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas
Jefferson accepted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

At the present rate of increase the
national Ananas club will soon cease
to be select.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

The farmers are preparing to cut
coupons from corn and cotton instead
of stocks and bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

A moral obligation, to use Senator
Platts phrase, went with Harriman's
contribution of $4,000, and it failed to
materialize.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

All who deserve to become postmas-
ter of Chicago voted to make Postmas-
ter Busse mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

Hartman was warmly welcomed to
the Ananias club, which bids fair to
become overcrowded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

All was not lost In Chicago, for the
Hon. Hinky Dink was reelected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

Brother Parkhurst's church put up
a $4,000 Easter offering, thus break
ing all known records.
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-
Ohio to anticipate 1908. Perhaps this
Is true of some other states. In Ohio
It is certainly true, and II not rtate
they carry great deal o to
the acre. They are carry yo
national figures in Secret d
Senator Foraker, the fl
hopes to become Presit
latter senator to sue
The latter has a machiI
while the former has
but good deal Of
patronage at his broad
War between the tive
cause Senator Foraker
victory his own defei
poses therefore to n
in a primary to be I
next November. He
lenge to the Taftists
battle.
Mr.. Taft's brothe
edits the Cincinnati
poses to make 1t
dency OF the senat
to take both. The
says a direct con
friends of the admf
ident Roosevelt and
coming. Senator FL
discuss even the Tai
AS a matter Of Il
tary does not want
ate, and the Ohio
expect to secure t
an issue is an is
battle, and it may
the Taft forces
year against the
no one knows wha
be. Senator Forak,
confident and his !
pulse at all times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

Edward Henry Hartman considers
himself an issue of 1908, and he may
be right in that respect.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

The difference between Hartman
and Abe Ruef is chiefly an elisor.
Ruef has one and Hartman is still
elisorleSs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
No old maid ever lived long enough to
admit she was.
Noise is very useful for grand opera and
political debaters.
Calomel and spanking are both good for
early love affairs.
A man wouldn't mind being poor so
much if everybody else was poorer.
A woman likes to be proud of her hus-
band If it's only about how he once saw
the President at public meeting.
A woman doesn't worry man half as
much If she is sly as If she is sour.
A man who likes to kiss his wife
relatives would be very successful on the
stage.
A girl practices smiling to show her
teeth before looking glass the way a
man does dumbbells in a gymnasium.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

The simplifed spelling board is
bravely endeavoring to convince itself
that it has come to stay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

The $4,000 Hartman contributed
seems to be as much of mischief
breeder as the $4,000 Perkins contri-
button
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

James J. Hill has introduced the son
element in his railroad despite the I'M
pleasant experiences of other rail
roads
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

Chicago voted that l. M. o. Is not
sudden enough
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PRESS POINTS

Columbia State: Impresario Hammer
stein wishes to make the girth-line the
dead-line in art
Nashville American: Persia has only
one railroad, and 1t is only ten miles
long. This comes Of having no Harri-
man.
Youngstown Telegram: Off year census
reports are about as reliable as the cleo
ton predictions made by democratic
newspaper
Denver Post. Another millionaire has
married an actress. For the women 1t
looked as though the stage is a stepping
stone to more rocks.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: If Mr..
Hearst's mud batteries were steam
dredges what record he could make In
canal digging.
Spokane Spokesman Review; Boston
teamsters are threatening to strike for
more pay and less work. Have they got
a Shea in the Hub city?
Hamilton Sun: Some people are unkind
enough to speak right out and say that
Chicago voters had mighty little choice
between Dunno and Busse.
Shreveport Times: Those papers who
are running beauty contests are risking
woman in Louisiana lis, but we are not
saying.
Kansas City Times: To be strictly up to
date Mr.. Hartman should explain that
he noticed the wine tasted rather bitter;
and when he woke UP. behold The Letter
was gone!
Arkansas Gazette: Overseer voliva has
told the Zionltes that criticism OF him
must stop by May /. But this leaves his
critics a whole month in which to enjoy
themselves.
Pensacola Journal: Ex-senator Burton
of Kansas is trying to crawl back upon
the band wagon by alleging that the
sugar trust and President Roosevelt
caused his downfall.
Houston Post: The engineers at Panama
regard the greatGatum dam as a small
proposition after coming In contact with
the damn Uncle Joe constructed when
they held him In quarantine.
Dallas News: Governor Winthrop of
Porto Rico is preparing to receive Secre-
tary Taft with unmistakable evidences
of his most distinguished consideration.
That is the only proper way for a satrap
to entertain the grand vizier.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

The Hartman ruction is traceable
in the last analysis to matter Of
invitations issued by members of the
400"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
Warm Politics In Ohio

There Is a distinct tendency In
Ohio to anticipate 1908. Perhaps this
Is true of some other states. In Ohio
II is certainly true, and II not etate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

MONTGOMERY Times Strawberries and
strawberry blondes both are looking
we'll, you know, In Alabama.
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Entered at the Birmingham. Ala,
postoff1ce as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3. 1879.
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Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1421
G street, N. w.
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Columbia State: Impresario Hammer
stein wishes to make the girth-line the
dead-line in art.