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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

attend only morning service and Sunday school, father, mother and the boys stay ing at home In the evening. When the boy sare tired of reading, and restless Dick reaches the point of T don't know what to do, mamma this plan has been used with success The four of them all look at some one picture. each study ing 1t from the individual viewpoint, and then each writes a little story about it, which they read aloud. This has proved to be of absorbing interest, and it is easy to see its value as an educative force In the family mentioned the older boy Is fond of history, and his story is apt to have a historical setting, while small Dick is more imaginative.
 "A little attention given to the subject shows how the picture will tell different story to as many persons as look upon it. Say that it Is a very barren scene only a poor log house set down in a lonely place. To one person it suggests a shelter for a merry picnic party caught in a storm, or a place of concealment for a fugitive; to another it was here noted general passed the night with his staff; {; to another it was the birthplace of some man like Abraham Lincoln, whose life has blessed the world.
 It will not be difficult for father and mother to weave In some moral or re- ligious lesson; not tack 1t on at the end barefacedly, and thus force it upon atten- tion, but so permeate the story that 1t steals into the mind unawares.
 Judicious mothers realize that children cannot be kept to the strictest rules of Sunday observance. They should not be so brought up as to hate the day, be- cause they are forced to sit still and suck their thumbs. Provision must be made for suitable activities, in which the restless young bodies can find motion, or else be held quiet because the young brains are intent on some pleasing sub ject. That mother will accomplish much who makes her children happy on Sun day, with a happiness which they are taught to connect with the heavenly Fathers love.
 There were many children in one house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
THE SERVANTS

By Franklin P. Adams, after Kipling's ''The Ladies' We've taken our cooks where we've
 found 'em;
 We've answered many an ad; We've had our pickin' O servants, And most of the lot was bad Some was Norahs and Bridgets; Iillie, she came last fall; Claras and Fannies and Lenas and An
 nies,
 And now we've got none at all. Now, we don't know much about serv-
 ants,
 For tal1in' 'em all along, You never can tell till you've tried 'em And then you are like to be wrong. There's times when you'll think that
 they're perfect;
 There's times when you'll think that
 they're bum; But the things you'll learn from those
 that are gone
 May help you with those to come. Norah, she landed from Dublin. Green as acushla machree Norah was willing and anxious To learn what a servant should be. We told Mrs Kirk all about her She offered her seven more per NOW Norah she WOrkS, as you Know, Tor
 the Kirks-
 And we learned about servants from
 her. Lena we got from an ''office;" Lena was saving and Dutch Thought that our bills were enormous, And told us we spent far too much. Lena decamped with some silver, Jewelry, laces and fur She was loving and kind, with a socialist
 mind
 And we learned about servants from
 her. Tillie blew in from the Indies, Black as the middle of night Cooked like a reg lar Savarin- Kitchen was shiny an bright. Everything ran along lovely Until-it was bound to occur She ran away with a porter one day But we learned about servants from
 her. We've taken our cooks where we've
 found them.
 Yellow and black and white; Some was better than others. But none of the lot was right. And the end of It's only worry And trouble and bother and fuss When you answer an ad. think of those
 we have had
 And learn about servants from us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

as Addison in his English Poets," gives Dryden first place. not excepting Shake speare.
 The late Sir Robert Loders splendid collection of paintings contained two Gainesboroughs which were bought from Christie's by MT. Asher Werthelmer in the spring.
 One of the portraits represents Gaines boroughs daughter, Mary who in 17sO married the famous hautboy plaver Johan Christian Fischer The second nor trait Is of the artists wife. Margaret Burr
 From the Chateau de Biron Mr I. Pierpont Morgan has loaned the Metro politan Museum of Art two splendid pieces of sculpture, the "Pieta' and the group of the 'Entombment." MT Roger E. Fry, in writing of these. alludes to "a certain primitive strength, in the 'Pieta" and points out that "in passing from It, with all it's native richness and naivete, to the great group of the 'En- tombment, the student can recognize that In the lew years which have intervened between the execution of the two a change has just begun to make itself felt. change that was destined all too soon destroy the great native tradition of French art and leave in it's place sterile hybrid manner"
 But before going into details of style MT. Fry takes up the nature and pur- pose of such compositions as that of the "Entombment." Even to this day In some parts of Italy and Sicily certain scenes of the life of Christ are enacted by means of images. The best known of such scenes he states to be the "Prese- pio," or Nativity represented by fig ures sometimes life size sometimes smaller, set in a background in which the stable at Bethlehem Is represented often with elaborate realism while at Eas- ter modified representation of the burial of Christ is also carried out
 A portrait of the Hon. Chief Justice Falconbridge, executed by MT. E. Wiley Crier. attracted a great deal of admira- tion at this seasons exhibition of the National Academy of Design. MT. Crier has also painted Sir William Mulock, formerly postmaster general of Canada, and a portrait of the Duke of Connaught (for the Masonic Temple of Toronto), in full regalia of grand master.
 The art galleries of NJ Knoedler & Co.,, New York, ars always largely pa tronized. The convenience of location, Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth street. makes 1t delightful stopping place at any time, and one is always sure of a beautiful exhibit. The midsummer col lection has shown some admirable work by American artists. The canvasses in- clude Julia Among the Roses." by MT. Ridway Knight; 'Moorish Market Day." by the late Edwin Lord Weeks; Havana Harbor," by J. R. Woodwell. and the pointers Sam and Mireille," by MT. P. l.. Rosseau.
 AThe well-known landscape artist, Miss I1tt l,a. aa1 ofI Iap summer studio in Keene Valley, Adiron- dacks She is spending the heated term in Western Pennsylvania, where she will make some studies.
 Miss Conan considers no locality in America equal to the opportunities afford- ed by Duchess county, New York. for ;ler class of work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
CURTAINS AND THEIR
 CARE

A correspondent in southern news paper gives some good advice upon the care of the curtain, which is such a nec- essary thing when curtains are to have rest during the long, hot summer The article says:
 When the curtains are taken down for the summer too much care cannot be ex- pended upon them, for they are not only difficult to replace, but they are the most annoying things in the world to make for the particular windows of the house
 The heavy ones should, of course, be folded lengthwise in half and laid fiat, particularly If they are velvet. A very good idea is to first lay a sheet upon an unused bed; upon this lay the curtains, folded in half, inside out, one on top of the other, and then cover the whole with another sheet
 If they are going to be kept in the storeroom two chairs may be placed back to back-though not too close together and the curtains may be spread over them and covered with sheet There will then be no unsightly creases to mar them, and they may be rehung."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
THE MERRY WIDOW HAT

Any woman who has Merry Widow Hat (and is there a modish one doesn't possess severalD can make many uses of it when she isn't wearing 1t. If all the pretty ones she owns are in use, just follow the rules suggested by the writer of a widely read New York paper. The correspondent says:
 Purchase the untrimmed article, re- move the crown and insert a sofa pillow in the opening.
 "It will make an excellent veranda seat for the summer cottage. %
 Buy the extra heavy straw variety and remove crown same as before. In- sert a rubber pad with name of apart ment house lettered upon it in the aper- ture, and use for door mat.
 "One modshly trimmed hat elevated on a pole in the center of a field should keep crows at a distance. It can be taken down during a shower so as not to de- prive the vegetables of moisture.
 Trim carefully in the usual way and leave it in the front dooryard. The neigh bors will all envy you your beautiful flower garden
 "When drowning. push the head up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
WHERE SOME NOTED
 AUTHORS SUMMER

One would have to take an antipodal journey to discover the hiding places of many of the noted authors of the day. From all corners of the earth one hears of some celebrity at work on a forth ccmng novel or resting after completing the arduous task of launching one.
 Mrs. Humphrey Ward is at her English home once more, having sailed from Quebec after a tour of the western world Mrs. Wards lineage Is most interesting, being a granddaughter of the famous Dr. Arnold, who wrote Tom Brown" and a neice of Matthew Arnold.
 MT. Freerick s. Isham Is on his way to China, and writes amusingly from Russia en route. Like MT. c. B. Shaw, Mr. Isham is a teetotaler, and in speaking of the enormous prices charged for bev- erages there, he says: Keep away from St. Petersburg unless, like myself you are a convert to the belief that tea is a sufficiently stimulating beverage for the biped family"
 Mrs Gertrude Atherton is spending the summer in Munich.
 Max Pemberton Is in his English home enjoying a delightful time. He is an ex- pert motorist and his Motorists Note- book, which appears in the London Sphere, is the most popular thing he has done for the magazines.
 Juliet Wilbur Tompl1ns is summering in Italy. Her novel of western life, "Dr. Ellen" is in its fourth edition.
 Maude Howe Elliot. after two years of life in Spain with her artist husband, is now In Rome. She is writing her impress sions of things she saw and heard in the Spanish provinces.
 Marjorie Bowens summer is being spent at her home in England. Her real name is Gabrielle We're Campbell, and among her greatest admirers is Mark Twain, to whom she dedicated her first book, ''The Master of Stair'
 Grace Denio Litchfield, whose novel, 'The Supreme Gift has given great pleasure to hundreds of readers, is one of the few authors who are summering in this country. She is in the hills of New Hampshire, dramatizing her book
 Warwick Deeping is at his pretty cot tage in Battle, Sussex, in the old Hastings district.
 At Versailles, in peaceful retreat, Is Pierre de Noalhac. Unpublished letters at the Bibliotheque Rationale have given this popular writer an opportunity of dis covering many interesting things regard ing Madame Vigee-LeBrun. whose life and character he is studying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

hold where the parents had no intention to allow laxity in Sunday keeping. But these parents were wise enough to know that the little people must have some amusement. They were allowed a wide range of Bible games, which they played only Sundays, One was after this fashion: A child asked a question, What does the window make you think of?' and the answer would be, Noah opened the window of the ark and he sent forth a raven" Possibly the very words of Scripture were given, for these children were well trained in Bible read Ing; or the account might be expressed in childish language. What does the door make you think of?' and someone tells the beautiful parable of the Good Shep- herd, who said: 1T am the door" Illus trations might be multiplied indefinitely. This play fixes incidents of Scripture in memory, and so associated them with everyday life that they will exert a con- stant influence.
 Few realize how entertaining Bible mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
WHO'S WHO IN MUSIC

Lima Cavaleri, who has been so popular at the Metropolitan opera for the past two seasons, has scored great success recently in London in the roles of Manon Lescaut and Fedora.
 In Berlin, Lili Lehman recently sang Donna Wanna in splendid revival of Don Giovanni.
 Clotilde Rressier- -Gianoli, whose su- parb "CaImen' at the Manhattan opera placed her among the worlds greatest artists will be heard ill the part for the first time at La Scala next season. Tristan and Isolde will have a new musical setting by the well known French composer, Claude DeBussy, whose Peeas ct Melisande was one of the novelties of the operstic season last year in New York.
 Louise Kirk by-Lunn, who has been one of the Metropcli.an's most popular at- fractions, will next season be heard for two months in Hamburg, and afterward in the large German cities. She will be replaced at the Metropolitan by Matja Neissenstone.
 Following the example set by Edythe Walker and Olive IT emstad, next season Eleanora de Cisneros will attempt dra- matic soprano roles, instead of her erst- while contralto repertoire.
 The Metropolitan will have three Toscas in the psrsonnei of the soprani for the season of 19OS-,)9-Epma Flames, Geral- dine E'alrar and Emmy Destnn.
 Quo Vads will be the foundation of an opera, the text of which is from the pen of Henri Cain, while Jean Nougis has composed the score.
 Richard Strauss will present his opera, Electra" in Paris as we'll as Germany. It Is to be hoped that the opera will meet with greater success than Mrs Patrick Campbells presentation of the play. The opera contains one act and nine tableaux, and only four roles are assigned, namely: Electra, soprano: the Queen mezzo; Orestes, baritone, and Aegiste, tenor.
 Iseyl, Sarah Bernhardt's play which Armand Sylvestre wrote, has been used by Eugene D'Albert for operatic theme. The opportunity for brilliant spectacle will be afforded, the plot being version of the legend of Buddha. Desdemona has been added to her repertoire by Nellie Melba. who expresses herself as charmed with the possibilities of the wonderful role.
 TACT. I went to a party with Janet,
 And met with an awful mishap, For I awkwardly emptied cupful Of chocolate into her lap. But Janet was cool-though it wasn't For none is so tactful as she, And, smiling with perfect composure, Said sweetly, "The drinks are on mev
 Harvard Lampoon.
 
 THE CENSUS TAKER.
 What's your name, sir?'
 Wood"
 "What's your wife's name?"
 Wood of course"
 'H-m; both wood. A-ah, any kind ling ?''-Success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
SUNDAY EVENING
 WITH THE CHILDREN

How to interest children on Sunday evening is a question which many moth CTS have almost given up in despair
 After long, fretful summer day. when the temperature is almost unbearahle
 the little tired tots are worn out by even ing and 1t takes a clever brain to invent suitable occupation for them. Helen Haw- ley, a writer of keen interest on suh- iects pertaining to children, makes some excellent suggestions in an article en- titled, Sunday Occupations" She savs.
 "In a certain family there are two bright boys, aged about IA and 10. The church is rather far away, so that thev
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

through the crowh. sacrificing the trim ming, and adjust the brim under the arms. It should act as a life preserver.
 Turn untrimmed article upside down and affx to tripod. It will do for makeshift poker table
 Set the decanter inside the crown and arrange glasses around the brim. This will be unique salver for serving liquid refreshments"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

The man who is worthy of being leader of men will never complain of the stupidity of his helpers, of the ingratitude of mankind, nor of the inappreciation of the public. These things are all part of the great game of life, and to meet them and not go down before them in Encouragement and defeat is the final proof of power.-Elbert Hubbard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
S25O REWARD

S250 reward for information leading to the arrest and con viction of the parties who dy- namited Finlay Fuller's house at Brighton on the night of August 3. Woodward Iron Co.,, by A. H. Woodward, V.-P.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
ART FOR ARTS SAKE

Three superb Turner paintings are now in the possession of Americans. From the Holland collection, sold at Christie's in London recently M. Knoedler & Co. of New York paid s66,O0O for the famous "Mortlake Terrace" and resold it to an American. Before the Storm" and "After the Storm were purchased by Reinhardt of Chicago and will be in- cluded in g. western collection shortly.
 Ruskin in his Modern Painters" gives Turner precedence over all older artists,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
White Steamer Wins Everywhere

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
SOME INTERESTING
 PEOPLE

The literary and dramatic world has been greatly interested in MT. G. B. Shaw's recently production in London, en- titled, Getting Married" MT. Shaw re- fuses to have 1t called play" but says 1t is a "conversation.' Recently a typo graphical error (and is there any one who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

ratives are to the little folks and to chill dren who have represented them the char acters will never appear mythical, or so dim, seen in the far past, as to be un- real.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
Squelched.

He-But the worst of you Americans is that you have no leisured classes
 She-Indeed we have. We call them tramps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
BURGERS
Sensational Bargains From All Over Store.

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 New fancy belting in black, green, brown, navy and Copenhagen blue, per yard ...-.. .t........-..'... ".oOc
 Diana Ribbon Combs. made up with two pretty bows, in any color satin ribbon, each ....................-. .75c
 Swiss and Cambric Embroidery. from six to nine inches wide, open and close patterns. 25c value. yard 1bc
 Val. Lace Insertion and Edges to match. round thread, square mesh and ruby Val, 15e value. yard ........ ..IOc
 Alover Lace-Point de Paris and Yals., 20 inches wide, in beautiful pat terms. few pieces to close out. Sold up to $3.50 a yard, at yard -9Sc
 Full line of wool plaids, suitable for children's skirts and dresses, new fall patterns, yard s1.00 and. ......... .7Sc
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 Infants Short Dresses, lawn and Nainsook, daintily trim med with lace and embroidery. Values up to $1.39. Entire lot at, each .75c
 Baby Caps, made of lawn, trimmed with lace and em- broidery. These are slightly soiled, but are as good as new when washed. Worth up to $150 each ........ .25c
 Children's Muslin Gowns, tucked yokes or low necks, with hemstitched ruffle in neck and sleeves, soc values, each -.... .39c
 Boys Waists, Mothers Friend" make, colored and figured, in the shirt, blouse or shirt waist, 50c values =. .35c
 Chambray Bingham, all good colors, absolutely fast, 10c values, yard .51ac COM PANY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
THE CENSUS TAKE

''What's your name, sir?" Wood"
 ''Whats your wifes name?' Wood, of course" 'H-m; both wood. A-ah, any kind ling ?'-Success.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
Of
THE NEXT HOUSE
227 REPUBLICANS, 164 DEMO
Gratis WILL COMPOSE IT,
SAYS LoUDENSLAGER
HITCHCOCK HEARD FRO NJ
Says Worw From Kentucky and
Tennessee Shows Taft Has More
Than Fighting Chance in
These States.

New York, Oct 29.-Representatiye
Henry c. Loudenslager Of New Jersey
secretary Of the national Republican
cong ssional committee, in charge OF
the New York headquarters of the
committee during the campaign, to
day gave out his estimates Of the com
pleXion OF the house Of representa-.
tiyes Of the sixty-first congress.
From several thousand letters re.
celyed,' said Loudanslager and from
personal interviews with politicians
and other observers fro mall sections
o fthe country | am convinced that q
conservative estimate of the political
complexion of the next house is thai
it vii show 227 Republicans and lC4
Democrats.
Il am confident the election results
win give an increase in the numbe'
Of Republicans rather than a dc.
crease
Chairman Hitchcock. CT the Repub
licah national committee, is still Of
the opinion that Nevada win be very
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30
u. 5. WARSRIPS
At AMB0Y, CHINA
EIGHT VESSELS OF ATLANTIC
FLEET ARRIVED THERE
THIS MORNING.
SQUADRON HAD DIVIDED
When TWO DAYS Out From Japan
China Will Lavish Elaborate
Entertainment On the
American Ssamen.

Anoy, oct. a0.-The eight battle
SHIPS comprising the second squad
ron of the American Atlantic feet,
under command cf Rear Al niral
Emory, arrived here this morning
friday after an uneventful voyage
from Yokohama TO the Chinese the
visit Of the Americans is cf far
reaching Importance and every prep.
araticn has been made net only to
extend to the representatives of the
.lTnited States a fattering welcome,
but to impress upon them China's de-
sire rfeyen more cordial relations
with the republic than have pre-
walled hitherto.
The sixteen ships Of the feet left
Yokohama together Sunday morning,
Out divided into two squadrons when
TWO days out, the first under the
command Of Rear Admiral Sperry
heading for Olongapo, Philippine
Islands and the second under Emory
bound fcr Annoy The two sluadr3ns
will iciu forces again a Manila, the
aeand division being scheduled to
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30

.Tfft request his congressional com
M tee to make known the source Of
It's campaign contributions Taft's
position with respect to labor was
Soundly scored and once again Bryan
charged that a high protective tariT
was the mother Of panics. The fea-
ture Of the meeting was the fact thGt
itw as presided over by Thomas w
Meacham, president of the Syracuse
Chamber Of Commerce.
Throughout the day the Democratic
candidates themes principally We're
honest in government" and "Repub-
lican claims for prosperity,
He spoke at Cohees, Utica, Rome
Oneida and Canastcta, referring to the
preparations being made for a Repuh
lican demonstration in New York City
Saturday night, and said they woul5
do better to spend their money for
lodging the unfortunate people who
sleep in the city's parks than to spend
it in red fire, bands and costly reynew
ing stands
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-30

close. but lts quite confident Of Mon
ta0a. Iniorwation from leaders in
Kentucky and Tennessee continue g,
reach headquarters and is 10 the o.
fecth that the Republican candidate
has more than a. fighting chance ir
those two states.
While be feels sure about Maryland
he thinks the fight will be close there
Both Senator Lodge. of Massachusetts
and Secretary suaus. of the depar-
mout ot commerce and labor. prp
dict that Taft and Hughes will carr
The state of New York hy large ma.
iorities Chairman Woodruff esti-
mates Taffs piB8ritt az least I35g01
and Hughes I5.0HH
Congressman Haley OF Oregon
said.
Taft viii carry every state wess
o fthe Mississippi with The possibl-
Exception Of Missouri. oklahoma. Tex
as and Arkansas. TAFT and Sherman
win carry Nebraska by frH9 to I1-
laH."