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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
ACCEPTS NEW POSITION.
J. Whitman Smith Joins Forces With
 Armistead & McMichaeI, Inc.

Mr. J. Whitman Smith, one of the best known and most popular advertising men in the south, has connected himself with the progressive. advertising agency or Messrs. Armistead & McMichael, Inc, or Atlanta, Ga. and Louisville, Ky.
 For years Whit Smith has travelled the southern states in the interest of the Religious Press Advertising Syndicate, and more recently was connected with the Massengale Advertising agency. He IS personally known by all of the general advertisers, and also by the great ma- jority of the newspapers in the southern states.
 The business of Messrs. Armistead & McMichael, Inc., has grown so rapidly that their present force found it difficult to render the efficient service which their well known policy demanded In casting about for man of requisite capacity MT. Smith came in for consideration, anu after some negotiation the firm onered him such a lucrative position that ne lm- mediately accepted it, and resigned rom the Massengale agency.
 It goes without saying that Messrs. Arrnistead & McMichael Inc, have made a wise move in engaging the services of a man with the ability and the, experience of MT Smith. His technical knowledse of advertising will make his services in- valuable in the accounting department. The branch office at Louisville, KY, will neccesstate the absence/ofs both members of this concern often. MT. Smith will give his attention to the management Of the Atlanta office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
The Electric Elevator Now Running al
 the Mel estcr

From the Tuscaloosa Tirnes-Gazette.
 Ever since E. C. Snow took charge or the McLester there has been constant improvement visible all about the hotel In addition to the greatly improved cuisine and service generally, number of the rooms have been fitted with private baths, which was a convenience greatly needed All the McLester rooms are very large and well lighted and, now that private bathrooms have been put in, they are more than ever desirable.
 The artistic billiard and pool rooms III the basement have been mentioned before. They seem to increase in popularity as time goes on. and they are attractiverre- sorts, carefully conducted
 The latest improvement is the electric indeed the elevator has been running only a few days. It runs smoothly, however. as the Times Gazette can testify, and It is being used with great enjoyment by the guests of the hotel. This addition was made at considerable expense simply for the convenience of the travelling pub lic and patrons of the hotel generally. There is nothing a tired man hates mora than climb up even one flight of stairs, and, by installing the elevator, the Messrs Snow have made their fourth floor as de- sirable as thefr second The elevator IS of the latest and most 11aGroved pattern. and was put in at cosSW $3D00, put MT. Snow believes that the convenience Of his guests must be considered, at any ex- pense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
What Happens In the Cloak Room.

From Harpers Weekly.
 The other day a new Washington cor respondent stated that the democrats would be greatly injured by the panic,
 because they were preparing such fool ish banking and currency legislation in the senate eloak-room. This is a strange misconception of the deep significance of a cloak-room. The cloak-rooms are the
 places where senators indulge their fan
 cies In days when men told stories,
 Vest of Missouri was the king of the
 cloak-room, and Don Cameron was his lay
 figure. They rig jokes on new men in the cloak-rooms, and the last thing they do
 is to construct serious laws there The
 senators who spend most of their time
 scenting their own cloaks and those of
 their fellows which tobacco smoke are
 not often consulted on especially serious matters; they constitute the army" of the
 flag and follow their leaders Bryan
 did good deal in the coak-room to
 fasten the Philippine islands to this coul-
 try, and the Washington letter writers
 say that he has been alarming his anXi-
 ous friends by talking over financial measures there that he thinks ought to
 be adopted One of his most ardent sup
 porters has been so moved by the words
 of the Nebraskan that he took him over
 from the democratic cloak-room to the re-
 publican eloak-room just to have him
 talk it over with Aldrich and some of the
 others whose ideas needed fighting. It is
 said that when Bryan got through, Ald- rich, or some one else, was very polite to him and said that he hoped that Bryan would be the democratic cand- date. But this aside, when a real bill Is to be prepared 1t will not be thrashed out amid the chaff of the cloak-room, | but in some committee room. Aldrich | will do it in his little back office in the | apartments of the finance committed AL | lison may help. if the Iowans do not l think him too old. If Culberson has any amendments to offer he will prepare them
 at home. When George r. Edmunds and l Thurman wanted to draft bill or an l amendment Edmunds used to rise in his 1 place and blow his nose. Then he'd wart I out of the chamber. Soon afterward | Thurman would walk out at another door | They'd meet down in the judiciary com l mitte room, and there the | lsiness would l be done. The senators or visitors who l talk about legislation in the cloak-room 1 talk so much about it that they never | find time to put down any thoughts. if they really have any, on paper.
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John Dupee, George Thorne, Franklin MacVeagh, w. JJ Chalmers, W. c. Thorne,. Edwin A. Potter, Orson Smith, Frank O. Lowden and all the other mil- ilnoaires who make up the list of Chica- gos vastly rich.
 Marshal Field was often caught With out 10 cents In his pocket, but he rarely was placed in an embarrassing posiuon by the lack of currency, as everybody Tn Chicago knew him by sight and naturally his credit was good.
 Levi s. Letter and Potter Palmer had the same habit of carrying only small amonts with them. Joe Letter does not carry a great deal of currency on his per , son, although he usually has more with him than his father was in the habit or carrying, and often during the life of l.. z. the father borrowed from Joe when he needed a little currency for postage stamps or for tips.
 few evenings ago took hand in Q poker game at the home of one or Cni- cagos mllionaires, and when the time came to leash in" the millionaire. who acted as banker, had to borrow from his daughter the wages which were to be paid to the family laundress next day to pay his share of the losses.
 Ninety-five per cent of the employees of the millionaire merchants and manufac- turers Of Chicago carry more money With them than their employers. If R. T. Crane were to empty his pockets on one of the tables of his big plant and call upon his employees to come forward sing ly and empty theirs 1t probably would be found That nearly every employe Tn the Crane offices could produce more cur rency than the great boss himself. The same condition probably exists in every business establishment in Chicago.
 If any one of Chicagos millionaires should be called upon to produce from his pockets S20 in currency under penalty of receiving a life sentence for failing to do so he probably would be compelled to bow his head submissively and accept the sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Ready For ALI Corners.

From Success Magazine.
 The passengers were suddenly star tied by a shower of rice that fell from the brides parasol when she took 1t from the rack. The bridegroom, dark, stalwart chap, observing the smiles, placed his arm about his b1ushins bride and tn en faced the passengers with the following remarks:
 T reckon there ain't no need for me to say we ain't been married long but l can tell you all one thing. You don want to smile any more than's peflite; for she's my violet and I'm her shelter ing oak, and I weigh POS pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
FEW OF THE OLD
 TIME PLUMBERS Famous Turfmen Staked For tunes on Single Race MIR. FRANK SHAN'S KICK Wants Reporters to Print Losses Along With the Winnines-Mike
 Dwyer Was First Great
 Pluneer.

From the New York World.
 Turf statisticians who have carefully reviewed the season seem to have neg lected the p1ungers. who are supposed to have started the financial stringeney by tleir many coups, which in startling head lines added d spice to the game.> But, as matter of fact. isn't the race nearly extinct?
 One day at the old Garfield Park track in Chicago Frank Shaw called the turf scribes together and said "I don't mind it when you fellows print fellows losses along with a statement of his winnings That sort of evens things up, you know, and fellow wouldn't be chased by every creditor, aeause I'm as likely to have debts as any one else. Now yesterday, for instance, you said l won S2S,oOO on the third race That's true, but l quit the day $22,OOO loser"
 Shaw was at one time the heaviest plunger in the west and northwest. He would bet on the number of hairs in your eyebrows. But he's gone like all the rest.
 It takes nerve to be a real plunger. In the olden days of open booking at the track 1t was custom With many em- ployes to bet S5-haf their daily salary on the first race and continue a barley through the card, betting every dollar back on their choice in every race. A former judge, now dead tried this sys- tenn and one day picked six winners and was S20000 to the good. His choice in the seventh race was a 1-to-3 shot. but he went to it for his whole pile and it won. That's nerve. Many with S20,000 would have hiked it back 10 town and quit the game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
DUN'S REPORT OF BANK
 CLEARINGS FOR THE YEAR

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Beyond the Limit.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Mark Twain had tried to spring a new breakfast food.
 That's one joke the American public refuses to swallow" he remarked mer- rily, for even in the presence of de- felt he could be blithe.
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Servants Want More To Eat.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 'Ive just heard of a new effect of the present touch of hard times" said an employment agent a few days ago. People who work out Is servants for So much a week and board are kicking about not getting enough to eat. They say that people are buying a lot more closely In order tos hold down the grocer's and butchers bills, and yet the family eats as much as ever. The servants have to hold the sack. so to speak-and an empty sack at that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
The Card House.

From Puck.
 His father-What's that you are build ing, son--a castle?
 Little Charley-Course not, pop; it's a trust company.
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No TelIinq.

"wiggins is planning a sixtyday bal loon trip around the world"
 Indeed. What route will he take?" s'He won't know until he gets up."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

A course of ten Lectures is to be given at the Gable Hall, by Dr. Jas. A. Duncan. The first lecture will be given on Tues day evening, January 14th, at 8:15. Subject, "The Enchanted Forest. Tickets for the course can be found at the
 Cable Company,
 Adams Drug Store,
 Armstrong Hat Co.,
 Admission = Single ticket soc, season tickets for two $5; single season ticket $3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
arIy Wisdom.

Grumpy Uncle-I4 the child really precocious?
 Friend of Famly-Remarkahly so; 3 years old and hasn't said word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Cool.

Cool. From the Philadelphia Press. Towne-I see Galley had to pay $2O,OOo damages to that girl he tilted. Browne-Yes; and now he wants to marry her for her money.
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Mike Dwyer was probably the first real plunger to come into public notice. This man of iron never batted an eyelash even when on a close head finish there de- pended a fortune. The chances are that Mike DWyer had no nerves. Or, if he did have them, his outward show of feel ing was so repressed that there was no smoke visible of the fire burning within. There was no time when Mike Dwyer did not present cheerful, smiling face to his frineds Even when half of his body was practically dead he spoke cheerfully of the future and seemed to take enjoyment in the fact that he was existing.
 After Mike Dwyer came George E. CPiitsburg Phir) Smith, a young cork cutter, who made a lucky play in the poolrooms and finally drifted to the race tracks. He reduced racing to a science. Like Sherlock Holmes, he made observa- tions and -drew deductions. HPittsburg Phil" had carefully trained corps of assistants. Nothing escaped him. He was not content with the mere watching of the running of a race, but he care fully observed the preliminary gallops, and after a race he could be found cals fully watching each horse as he came to the judges. Their condition was noticed by the plunger for future races.
 Smith studied the science of chances. He knew just where smart money was being played. He knew the connection between bookmakers and owners. It took cold patient man to analyze all these things and profit by them. 'Plttsburg Phil was the man, and his vigilance never relaxed. The strain however, fi- nally broke him down.
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 Steve L Hommedieu flashed upon the
 betting horizon and was blazing star
 fol a few seasons. LHommedieu was a
 careless, loud-mouthed chap, who made
 big wagers on what appeared to be inn
 possible chances. There was something
 peculiar in the accuracy with which
 L'I1ommedieu landed these big wagers,
 as well the way certain riders per
 formed in the races, so the Jockey Club
 quietly instituted an investigation, which
 resulted in LHommedieu being warned
 off eastern tracks. LHommedieu has since frequented the western tracks sometimes booking, sometimes laying
 He has had his ups and downs, but more downs than anything else, and he is now off the turf for good. He was ruled off at Latonia for offering a bribe to a rider. L'Hommedieu was always very bitter l against the Pinkertons, who dug up the l evidence which resulted in the plungcr 1 being barred in the east. Robert Pinker- l ton, on a visit to New Orleans some 1 years ago, sat in Morgans restaurant i dining with a friend. LHommedieu en- l tered, He had been drinking. He saw :, Pinkerton and swaggered up to the de- , tectves table
 ] I've been looking for you" said 1 LHommedieu l. fiercely. You did me in
 the east; now I'm going to do you!" He whipped out a gun and pointed 1t at Pnkerton's head. Pinkerton never l flnched. He looked up at L'Hommsdeu l and laughed. He knew his man. L'Hom- medieu did not shoot. He permitted friends to lead him away. The man who had the nerve 10 risk a fortune on a
 horse race hadn't the nerve to kill the 1 man who was responsible for his down ] fall.
 Riley Grammar Is another plunger now a derelict. The tall, thin young man who stood on d booknaker's box at 1 orable HenA of Navarre-Domino
 east to 9 standstll is now content with
 modest wager now and then. Grammar l took in something like 1000 on that one
 race. He laid only against Domino, and
 the dead heat made him a few thousand l winner on the split.
 1 It has been related that Grammar was
 not wagering all his own money that day. i He had with him s50,000 to bet that Henry
 of Navarro would beat Domino. and q | great portion of the money was Byron l McClelland's. Grammar was quite plum l ger in his day. He did not last long 1 Joe Yeaser was another meteor. He l is a clever handicapper and a good judge 1 of form. He had one luck year. but his l money soon melte.l away. and he is up 1 and down, like the elevator man. 1 Of all the plungers, "Pittsburg Phl' 1 was the only man to hold onto his win | nings. He died a millionaire. Smith was | an exception. for lie did not depend on
 luck but made speculatfng on races a study and science
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Middle South there improvement at points St Louis small
  uresct Thede deaiad nrtfo oUoN
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'ir. Sanger tells hor Why. Everybody
gets compliments evceT tIs EGdiercp.
Weren't tSey stuuid not n sce how
badly that secoud act vas mauled that
SIR Charles was nufinR drcadtullv in the
drawing scene because Milddy was
IN the dressing o admiring hes mal,eup
instead OF waiting for hGr cue bohindr the
scenes is 0 sample Of theoomments.
Every year TIE conversations IRE about
the sane; every year the actors declare
they will never rave snoh 2 good time
again, that il was the pest play the best
cast, the greatest hit ever.
The success Of "She Stops to Conquer
encolraaed the individual classes ard
many o. the clubs to give playF, and in
10: sever1l precCdents were established
which have new grown intn customs. Each
class in turn rutert1ins the freshmen. The
seniors give a play, the juniors give an
entertainment and the sOphomoreS give
a show. Later in TIE year the %jrniors also
give a show N meet TIVE expenses Of the
junior ball and @Tha Mort1rboard.s
This show Is always sonnet hing more or
less original, because originality costs moth
ing and makes the returns Of the play so
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much greater. In return for all that il
lone for them the freshmen give a vatiety
show at the beginning Of the second term.
They are supposed to give an original
production, because this Is their first oppor.
tunity to appear in public and every class
Ia judged by the amount Of cleverness and
go which 1t exhibits on this occasion.
In 1909 'The Rivals was produced, but
by this time the Undergraduate Association
vas beginning TO feel the burden Of an
established reputation, Scenery was pur-
chased so that the committee would not
have 10 depend on sets that were for hire,
and besides the coach a professional make
up mar was engaged,
Romola Lyon wa again the leading man,
Captain Absolute, and the part Of Bob Acres
was so charmingly acted by Annie Fisher,
'O5, that everybody knew who would be
the college man when the older stars
had graduated. The parts Of Mrs. MoId-
prop and Lydia Ldn0uiAh we're well filed
by Alice Corey and May johnson, but only
the most remarkable girl acting ia ever able
to compete with the interest that centres
In the male roles.
The only notable instance in which the
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Surface, and though the character is not
attractive she made her usual hit.
In 1905 THE Butterflies with Annie
Fisher as the new star, was produced, but
modern plays are so unpopular with the
actors that Sheridan's Critic with Its
pretty eighteenth century costumes was
chosen i'm 1905.
The Last undergrad plsy y, 'Old Heads and
Young Hearts had four leading parts, and
the action Of the play was 10 confused that
no one has yet been discovered who under
stood what il was all about. The costumes
were in the fashion Of 1910, and the men in
their high stocks and frock coats looked
like pictures Of the old beGus come TO life.
Tho 'man Of the hour at Barnard was
discovered when the sophomores last year
produced 'Tho Amazons.' Florence Wyeth,
who played the part Of Bennington, ViScouni
Nterhg, was pronounced the only Barnard
actor who could look like a man In modern
clothes.
This year the class Of 1909 set aside ira
dition and gave the play If | We're King
instead Of some original show. Miss Wyeth,
who played Francois ViRoH, once more
proved herself a good actor Of masculine
roles, but her lGurels were shared by Jessie
Cochran az Huduette du HdmeL
just at present the Barnard STAN arc
hard at work ona production Of 'The Tam.
ing OF the Shrew.' This play was pro.
duced four years ago by the class Of 1905
as It's sophomore show with the Elizabethan
> as acted by his Majestie'S eruan
at We Black Friers and ye Globe
The story Of Barnard dramatios 10 not
without a word about the produo.
tons which the girls write. stage and act
without professional assistance,
The best Of these was the minstrel show
given by the class Of 1907 in its junior year.
and the "Dippidrome, which the olass OF
1900 produced two years ago. The 'Dippi.
irome' had two marvellous clowns, whose
we're Slivers and Vaseline. and In.
Vulnerable choruses that took on the college
life, OF these the most suggestive n was
The Pony Chorus" which was made IN
II several girls wearing about their neckS
IN pieces Of cardboard the Of handy
literal translations Of Horace, Plato and
Iivy. Then these little ponies" sang a
Iong Of how they trotted their way through
much 10 the amusement Of thu
ATTN and Greek professors who were sit.
ing in the fropt row.
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the shop early the next morning. and there
is a general disposition to take TO the wall.
But when tho oornetist bitches up his cuffs
and thumps the moisture from the instru-
ment to carry the air OF the latest march
twos;ep all ia joy once more.
Pastures are varied among these dances
arms radiate TO every corner Of tho heavens,
back angles resemble the charts in a cripple
specialist office, and those partners who
are quite finished in their work or accus-
toned to each other glide about with won
deriul Independence. seeming scarcely to
retain n firm sidehold. One mannerism
which might properly be dedicated to leap
year is demonstrated by an athletic chap
who gyrates gravely with both hands in
serted in pockets, the while his lady love
olings to him as best she may,
Beginners, on the ether hand, clutch for
dear life. as II determined each 10 avoid
going to the floor alone in the event Of
accident.
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heroine completely o~versha1owed all the
men IN the play wa in the fcIlOwing year.
when the class Of 1900 broke away from
custom and ave a. lis freshman play an
elaborate p:c AUCTION Of the Adventure Of
Lady Ursula. Blanche Marks. who played
the Lady, did such l!no work in the part
that she won immediate recognition as the
best actress In college,
In their sophomore year the 1905 people
made another hit, this time by entertaining
the incoming class with an original melo-
drama entitled Alice, the Mystery The
programme waS one Of the kind that
by the yard and at the head Of the bill was
this synopsis:
PILOT: 7oxlO0 in WoodiaEn Cemetery.D
Act l.-HOuse on the Clin. "Wretched and
alone"-'A Alice, ] love thee"-Nay. it cannot
be-For my sake do rot fight Villager
rs OF Despair.
act IL ria Ilroad bridge over roaring oata-
ract- Rsvengel!- Foiled again Mystery
last me cheeild-Grand Finale.
The roaring cataract was Represented
by an atmospheric green rug which even
he freshmen knew belonged TO the sopho-
more study when it wasn't representing
water. There was much bloodshed
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and mystery, the villain was roundly Kissed
whenever he appeared, end whom he was
killed in the last act a thunder Of applause
was heard in the gallery. where the sopho-
mores who were not ON the stage had placed
themselves, Throughout the performance
the actors we're literally pelted with cab
bages and onions-in short. the audience.
as IL often does at Barnard, had sthe best
time ever
In the following spring the Undergraduate
Association decided that something very
ambitious would have to be produced il
these minor performances we're to be ex-
celled. Accordingly, the play committee
chose The School for Scandal bought a
lot Of new scenery and repainted some
of the old sets that we're getting too
familiar
Blanche Marks was cast for Lady Teazle,
Li4ets, %sSOait tOoS tho par vi SIR refer,
and many Of the critics who saw the per-
Torrance declared that the Barnard girls
did much better work than the profess
SIGNALS who happened to be playing the
same parts not far away from the little
college theatre The stage was a bit small
for the drawing room scenes. as the college