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The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

The New York Sun refers to the Presi-
dent as an irresponsible. unscrupulous.
and dishonest autocrat," and "a hair
Drained fa2atic, and constituencies dema-
gogue' Outside Of that, however. even
the Sun must admit that the President is
all right.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23
EOOIiNhneHS.

Some Of the stars is bigger than the
moon"
Nor"
Fact"
"G'wan! Don't you s'pose l kin see2"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

Perhaps a number OF newspaper cor
respondents VIII not thoroughly appre-
ciate Mr.. Roosevelt until another man
actually is on the White House lob.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

Brother Charles" was some pump
kins in that mlx-up. too. Don't forget
that
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

Trying to make both ends meet has
made many a man crooked says Drift
Armstrong. Not honest trying.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

Knox and Hughes almost tied for sec
ond place in the ballotlng, and It would
have been a mighty little second place
for two men 10 OCCUPY AT once
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

The per capita circulation Is figured
to-day at 1880 whereas a short while
ago it was figured at 1855. Now, what
on earth could have become OF that
stray nickel?
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23
The society Novel.

when does real love beg!n?" murmur-
ed the heroine
That's easy" answered the hero
When the author runs out OF epigrams.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23
shifting.

All sorts of weather, 1 declare,
In the spring occur.
Ny lady knows not which TO wear.
Peek-a-bOO or fur.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23
His Currency,

This cash register you sold me Is a
fraud" declared the country editor.
Just like the sample" argued the
salesman.
Il thought that was a model in minia-
ture, Why. man. / can't put potatoes,
turnips. and the like in these tiny bins"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

The Hon. Grim Jiggs comes back TO
Congress after campaign that cost his
opponent according to that gentleman's S
own figures. nearly 5000 The present
Congressman appears rather an expen-
siye proposition even to try to unput.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

The Gotham Weekly Gazette was also
vindicated
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

Caleb Powers denies that he will 20 OF,
the lecture platform. This, doubtless.
was an ante-pardon promise exacted of
him by the governor Of Kentucky.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

The Republicans needn't be putting
themselves up inordlnately. All Of those
lemons they handed the Democrats
at Chicago viii be promptly returned,
with interest. at Denver.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

Former Senator Hill denounced Bryan
vigorously just before departing for Eu-
rope recently. Mr.. Bryan didn't need It;
he already had the nomination cinched.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

Oh. you needn't mention It. Everybody
knew you knew # was going TO be Taft.
all along.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23

Many Of the Republican leaders,
the stalwarts and lately numbered with
the allies, would be tickled half to death
II Henry Cabot Lodge would take the
campaign management He IS very popu-
lar with them. II not Lodge, they would
like q see Beveridge made chairman. He.
too, IL very popular with them. II not
Beveridge, tbon Loeb would suit them 10
q nicely. He Is their Joy forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
To the Lady of the House.

X/oU do not envy very much the wives
 of the very rich. do you2 Or do your 4 Well, permit me to suggest that these women. as a rule are the most dissatis- field. the most restless, the most unhap- py, of any women in the world
 They happy?
 How can they be when they depend upon the shells rather than the kernels of life? Great houses, sumptuous fur nishings, costly gowns, jewels, automo- hises-these are shells, mere limitations of a happy state.
 You, madam, live in a cozy cottage. You do your housework, aided, it may be, by one domestic or none. You do the thousand and one chores of busy wife and mother. You are not idle, neither are you a mere drudge
 Consider the ways and means you have for happiness the rich woman does not have.
 For instance, when the rich woman gets a new gown it brings her no special thrill of pleasure. All her life she has had expensive garments. She feels no more joy than does well dressed wooden doll.
 But you, madam-your new gown or cleak that you have bought out of your savings or from the slender purse of a good husband-what a triumph of man. agementi Yours is the pleasure of dih- cult accomplishment. The garment stands for something earned. The joy of earn tug comes not to the rich.
 And so of the overcoat for the husband or the new suit for the boy, the hat for the girl. Trihes? To the rich yes; to you epochs of the family hfe-oe- casions of satisfaction, treasures to be thankful for
 You see, madam
 There is a profuson that becomes com monplace, and there is a scarcity that makes for variety and contentment.
 Now, starting with this matter Of clothes, you can figure out a thousand sources of happiness the rich mans Vile cannot know
 Do not envy the rich wife.
 Home to her is not much more than a hotel, place of transient lodging, a point of departure Her husband is mere- lythe man who signs big checks for the bills. Her children, if there be any, are creatures to be turned over to the tender mercies of nurse or tutor.
 Idle, but worn with dissipation; free, but satiated with useless luxury-why, these women are rather to be pitied than enviedI
 Once in awhile a rich woman discards the shell and finds the kernel-employ- ment worthy of an immortal soel-and in these labors finds her happiness But There are few such.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
"Hominu Drauons.n

For five minutes after the automo- bile stopped before the door the rest of the family coaxed and argued before they could persuade the maiden aunt to get in.
 q am afraid the thing will blow up or something" she said, "and I certainly don't want anything to happen that will prevent my getting up r. New Rochelle. l haven't seen Jennie for six months. don't want to be fooled out of my visit today"
 "Oh you will be all right, Aunt Mary!'' laughed the man who wore the goggles and a mask. You are not coming back, you know, and we are sure to get up there. Most automobiles get to their des- tinations in safety. It is on the return trip that the machinery cuts up high jinks. Statistics on motoring prove that. Nobody attempts to explain the situation, but it is a fact that nine-tenths of the accidents are coming home. It seems as if Providence meant folks who own auto
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
To the Man of Fifty.

It is common to advise the young man, but who advises the man of fifty? !?
 The writer who is himself half cen- tenarian, ventures few observations.
 Two perils especially face the man of fifty years and tend to make him old slothfulness and pessimism.
 He is apt to say-how often do you hear it.-"Well I have made my fight Let the youngsters carry 1t on." Mistake He who hauls down his flag is whipped, and A whipped man is neither ornamental nor happy Don't retreat when the battle Is half won.
 To retire" at fifty is treason!
 And the spirit of pessimism also comes to suggest that, although you have giv- en yourself for the public good, the world is no better for it. You reflect have tired in all good faith. have failed. am tired. I want to rest"
 No
 The man of fifty, if he would keep young in spirit, must have his visions even as the boy.
 There are plenty of battles yet to fight that will bring back the fine flush of en- deavor and the fine edge of hopefulness as in the old days There are many noun tains to be climbed whose glorious sum rlits are worth the effort
 Do not say, 'I have earned a rest That is on par with that other saying, 'eThe world owes me a living" You owe the world a thousand times more than it owes you. Pay upl
 If you have lived decent and worthy life if you have been useful to the world heretofore. you are in good shape to pay a part of your obligation to society There is work that only your matured exper- fence can do.
 , Roll up your sleeves, Fiftyl \Do not listen for a minute to the cynic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
HEART TO HEART TALKS
By EDWIN 4. ME Copyright. 1908, by Edwin A. Nye.

that one girl remarked to my daughter: I have a new pair of shoes. They cost $121. What did yours cost? And was the shamefaeed reply, I said mine cost ss or SlO
 AS matter of fact" said the mother, my girls shoes cost $3, and I spent an hour trying to convince my daughter of the insignificanee of wealth and the silly vanities of those girls"
 We'll
 Can anything but selhshness and fol- ly and hard heartedness and envy re- suit from such snobbery?
 Can a girl whose mind and heart are set upon the trappings of wealth to the exclusion of things generous and noble and true make much of d mother? And would any man want to marry these silly moths except for their money?
 What may you expect from a girl who Is trained from her infancy in the ap- praisal of a woman's dress and servants and equipages and who bases her ideals of what Is good on such appraisals?
 Is it any wonder there are so N<ny heart burnings and skeleton closets and divorces and scandals in high society?
 We need another Thaci1eray who will puneture the snobbery of modern board ing schools.
 We need a new Vanity Fair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
You Are a GodI

Judge Lindsey of Denver
 Every man found guilty in my court of cruelty to animals must go to jail I will have no other sentence in my court for that crime"
 o just judge!
 jail sentence is not too severe for the man who maltreats the brute that serves him. Let that sort of man medi- tate in his cell the responsibilities of living soul that has been given domin- ion over the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air.
 .He is my propertyi" says the owner Yes, in sense, but your defense is the defense urged by all the cruel task masters of the time.
 What a noble friend is the horse!
 He was mans helper from the ear Hest times He has plowed mans felds carried his burdens and borne him in battle Civilization would have dawned more slowly but for him. Often abused often neglected he is always the willing ready slave.
 What right have you, simply because you have a bit of paper called a bill of sale, to mistreat your horse? Your race owes his race more than you can ever pay.
 And the dog.
 He was the friend of the stone age man. Always, anywhere, he has been
  devoted guardian His name Is sy- nonym for loyalty.
 And the COW.
 Why, that gentle creature has been the foster mother of the race of men for thousands of years.
 And the birds
 "The groves were Gods first temples" and the birds were the first choristers. To all these man is God.
 Will you, their deity, to whom they look up with dumb and humble rever- ence-wlll you give them for their wor- shpful fidelity to you and yours injustice and harshness and cruelty?
 For shame!
 As your God rules you, willing sub ject with gentleness and compassion, so ought you to rule in kindness.
 To your dumb servitors you are God. And as you hope by your service and worship of your Master to merit his low ing and tender care, so ought you to re- ward the dumb suppliants who serve and worship you.
 'The merciful man is merciful to his beast"
 If you are unmerciful, how can you hope to obtain mercy?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
snobbery in Girls Schools.

A Chicago mother who sent her daugh- ter to boarding school of high preten- sions in the way of scholarship tells this story:
 q asked my daughter after few days how she liked the private school and how she got along. My girl said
 Well, mother, it is a very nice school, but the little girls are the strangest crea- lures you ever saw. The first thing they said was, How many carriages have your" And I said, Why, we haven't any carriage"
 And what do you think. mother, be- fore l could finish it a little girl turned up her nose and walked away from me and said to another girl standing close by:
 "Whats she doing here? Why, they haven't even got a carriage!"
 And I said, went on the child excited ly. I've haven't a carriage, but we have an automobile" Oh, have you? Well it's all right then, but we have three carri- ages, an automobile and runabout and seven servants, and my mother has thity- five pairs of shoes"
 Mother continued the child, think of any one having thirty-1ve pairs of shoes! She fbbed, didn't she?
 Being questioned further, I discovered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
VIRGINIA CITY TODAY.
The Gold Seekers Have Gone and the
 Town Is Dilapidated.
From Outing.

From Outing.
 Virginia City is indeed strange town A living skeleton. In the height of its op- ulence 1t boasted a population of SO.0oo Today there are less than one-tenth that many. Dilapidation and ruin are seen on every hand.
 The chief streets terrace along great hillside. Farther up the slope are wastes of sagebrush growing in stunted clumps that half hide the earth with their gray twigs and foliage. Down below is valley where the mines have dumped vast heaps of waste.
 The entire region is a wild upheavai or hills and around the horizon are seen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

i, ranges of snowy topped mountains. The only trees are an occasional gnarled scrub pine or dwarf cedar few feet high
 The town streets are rough and dirty and as I walked about I was constantly encountering old tin cans and getting my feet tangled up in wirs from the baled hay Buildings in good repair are rarities There are tottering fences and ragged walls and broken roofs and smashed glass and many windows and doors are boarded up.
 The search for gold has resulted in tear ing the country all to pieces. Every where the hills are dotted with prospect ors holes From any height you can see dozens-perhaps hundreds. They suggest the burrowing of woodchucks or prairie dogs. The region along the Comstock lode abounds too, in deserted shafts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Your Face.
"A womans face Is her fortune" So saws the adage.

"A woman's face Is her fortune"
 So says the adage.
 And so is your face your fortune, whether you be man or woman. Your character Is engraved on your face as a map is engraved, so that he that runs may read 1t.
 You cannot conceal this map of your character. There 1t is, as plain and readable as a sign board.
 The physignomy tells.
 Your countenance is as telltale as the face of clock. The dial plate points to what Is going on within
 For instance.
 Shame sends the red blood to your face, or fear makes 1t white, or anger empur- pies it, or selfshness hardens 1t. Like wise nobility stamps the face, courage uplifts 1t, pity softens 1t, love ulumines it.
 Silently, surely, the recording goes on, and finally the cumulative mark be- comes indelible.
 Two sculptors-thought and feeling-are always at work on your face. Their deli cato but forceful chisels grave their lines, and they make no false strokes.
 Note the wrinklesl
 The real wrinkles are in the mind and heart-twists of thought and emotion. Strain of mind and anguish of spirit simply are recorded on the face The wrinkles are soul wrinkles, whether of benevolenee or selfishness, love or hatred. or what not.
 Some wrinkled faces are beautiful You have seen them-wrinkles of good humor and kindliness Some wrinkled faces are ugly-wrinkles of surly minds and greedy hearts
 Do you want a youthful face?
 If so, there Is but one way to get 1t. It is not the way of comestics or massage. It is the way of youthful thoughts and feelings. You must be youthful within. Your mind must hold youthful pictures and your heart youthful feelings. The sculptors cannot ingrave enthusiasm that do not exist.
 Do you want a good face?
 If so, there is only one way. It Is not the way of hypocrisy. You cannot deceive the sculptors, nor mask your soul from them. There must be goodness within. Your thoughts must be clean and your feelings humane.
 Your face Is your fortune because
 You there advertise the best you are and the best you can do or the worst you can do and the worst you are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Drove the Lassie Insane.

Snobbery that led to tragedy-that is the story that comes from Omaha, Neb
 Alma Servine, the daughter of a well to do Nebraska farmer, went to Omaha to pusue her musical studies.
 She had talent and was a lovable girl who made many friends in Omaha until
 One day it came out that Alma, being short of money, was doing domestic ser vice a part of her time for wages and for the use of a piano for practice.
 'tW-h-a-t?" said this girl coterie.
 Why who would have thought it?' urged this shoddy aristooracy. If we associate with this girl we are likely to lose our social standing"
 And so they snubbed the poor girl sav agely
 They drew their skirts aside and re- fused to speak to her. They served mo- tice on the music teachers that unless she was barred fro mthe studio they would quit. In self defense the teachers refunded Alma's tuition and dismissed her.
 And these feminine snobs did this act of barbarlsm in the name of "gentiltyr'
 One wishes that were the end of their malicious snobbery, but it wasn't. One wishes Alma Servine might have con sidered the source of the gross insult and gone on her way oblivious. But she was a girl of tender susceptibilities, and when her IflenQS IuIueu lnelT Ddchs upou her the iron entered her soul.
 She went insane!
 Convicted of the crime of being useful to society as well as ornamental, she was sent to an asylum. And there she she is mot a hired girl but great musician.
 She is pronounced incurable.
 And this in America--in America, where most of the people are decended from peasantry in Europe that was so poor 1t had to emigrate to make livingl
 Poor Alma Servine!
 Did she not live in a country where ora tors prate so much concerning the dig nity of labor?'
 Had she not heard so much about the real aristocracy of service?' Was it not urged upon her that in our day the highest duty one can aspire to Is the duty of helpfulness and that only the useless idle should be the outcasts of society?
 Beautiful ideals these.
 But these were only dreams that Alma Servine could not make come true.
 She was guilty of doing what the grandmothers of the Omaha girls had been proud to do-worlSing in the kitchen and washing dishes!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

mobiles to have good time and then pay for 1t on the way back.
 Before he had finished talking Aunt Mary had climbed into the machine
 Well she said doubtfully, IT you are sure about that I suppose might as well go"-NeW York Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO
 PUBLIC OFFICE IN FRANCE
BY PAUL VlLLlERS.

When no victims were forthcoming the swindlers would explore the pockets of overcoats Occasionally they would visit castle on the pretext of buying 1t. Hav- ing struck up an acquaintance With the owner, they would induce him to play ecarte and, of course, they always won The gangs orG anzation included count inghouse, a decoy, who was instrumental in securing haul received 40 per cent of the proceeds, the remainder being equally divided among the other members. Re- gently the gang made a big haul in Swift zerland and returned to Paris, where sev- eral members fel into the clutches of the police The leader was identified as a man who has several times been expelled from France. Finding that he was about to be arrested, the chief conceived the
 idea of calling at the detective offices and offering his service In an espionage affair. Through him the authorities learned that the gang consisted of A members including two Americans, the son of an Austrian statesman and the son of a Russian general. These men gener- ally acted as decoys. Another of the swindlers is known to have paid well known, but always hard-up, French count $2eO0 for the use of his title
 A woman in Brussels, who was doubt Ing the cONSldiCy Ol iici huSDAiiNt '" prominent woolen merchant Van Op, has carried out a diabolical act of revenge. When her husband retired to rest, she placed a kettle of water on the fire, wait ed until 1t was boiling and then carried it upstairs. Pulling the clothes from her husband, who was fast asleep, she poured the water over him, scalding him to death. She is now In jail.
 The French Minister of War, General Picquart anounces his intention of send ing five French officers each year to study the organization of the Japanese army in Japan itself. General Pfcquart has realized that much of the progress of Japan is duo to the Japanese assimila- ton of Western methods and he believes that French soldiers may in turn learn much from the East. He will select every year, therefore, five French officers who know English well, and send them to Ja- pan for two years. He has also started special classes this month for the teach ing of Japanese to officers who wish to go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

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