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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
BISHOP POTTER WAS MAN
 OF BUBBLING HUMOR

is the daughter of a bishop. But until the wife of Bishop Potters nephew took to the professional stage nothing of the kind had happened in New York. It was once while celebrating founders night at the Players club that one of a small party In a corner joked the bishop about the propriety of his presence in club of actors. .......
 "Oh, I realize how well I am suited to this gathering" he said with twinkle in his eye. You know actresses will hap pen in the best regulated families"
 One of the stories that Bishop Potter always loved to tell about himself dated back to a visit to Tuxedo, where he went to confirm a class of candidates He stopped as usual at the home of mem Der of the church he was visiting. He passed a comfortable night and the next day returned to New York for other duties.
 Several days elapsed before he received a letter from his hostess In it she vague ly, but with evident concern, referred to the silver toilet set that had been spread out on the dressing table She even ven- tured to wonder If the bishop had by mis- take tucked it up with his own things when he went away
 It was then he remembered what had happened to the pieces. So he sent telegram to quiet the apprehension of the nervous hostess. It read:
 Not guilty. Look in the top bureau drawer
 The magnificence of the silver outlay had been too much for him, and on his arrival he had put into the drawer and used his own articles Then he had scared his hostess by failing to let her Know where he had put it before he departed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
The Bielitz Ghost.

Your place, sir, will never be filed" said reporter to Heinrich Conried, the retiring director of the Metropoli- tan Opera house of New York.
 MT. Conried shook his head and smiled.
 There was a ghost" he said, "a ghost in Bielitz, my native Bielitz. l will tell you of him.
 "The ghost haunted the inn. No body minded him, for in Silesia he was we'll known, but an Englishman stop ped at the inn night in the season, and to him the ghost had not been ex- plained.
 50 the next morning the English man came down to his breakfast pale, bloodshot, and irritable.
 Landlord, he said, tell me, is not my room haunted?'
 "Why, yes, said the landlord, didn't you know?'
 "'Of course did not know! What do you mean, sir, by putting me Tn haunted room?' the Engisnmah stormed.
 "'But the old fellow is quite harm less" said the landlord, reassurlngiy
 "'The old fellow?'
 "'Yes,' said the landlord. The gnost tie old fellow who built up the pusi ness He built it up, you know anu died, and now he can't rest easy pc cause 1t goes on as well as ever IL olo without him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post
 The late Bishop Potter had a dry wifi which sometimes favored his sermons put was perhaps more interesting in his private conversation.
 lie was never ritualistic. He refused ioi snort time to visit the most ad- Eahced or the ritualistic churches here Dut HIS refusal arose less from his obiec st11,, .o 'he services than from the dis opedience of some of the clergy in nar- sisting In practices against his authority iie frequently attended the most elabor- a.eiy ritualistic services. wearing onlv HIS lawn sleeves and black silk eown No"eVer ornate the vestments of the others might be. '"e
 It was after such a service that he mat o.io oi ms old friends, a woman active in ene work of the diocese, but rather nraI uuiceu against the ritualistic practices 4. ana you mean to say that you were at enat church, bishop?" she said to him one uay Don't you know they call thai outrageous?" '"' ID
 . on l cant say that do, Mrs. Smith," was the deliberate reply of the bisbon
 lie certainly has a right to he caIlad "a iather Everybody tells me that he has HVe very attractive children If five don,t sNe man a right to that title, I'd like 'o Know how many 1t takes"
 It was after the marriage of Risbor rot'er and Mrs Clarke that the story o oi HIS stepsons was told among his friends. The second Mrs. Potter had .eeeral sons who were grown up at the . time or the wedding, but much younger t .nah their stepfather. Bishop Potter also iiau several daughters.
 Do you know I think I'll ask your uaughters," Mrs Potter said one day to iier husband, Ito call me Elizabeth, by my first name"
 The bishop was contemplative for second
 rerhaps you had better not after all," ne answered, with his invariable calm ness. If you did, maybe your sons would want to call me Henry"
 The suggestion, made as 1t was in spirit of humor, appealed to the wife. and ms daughters were not requested to call her Elizabeth.
 The Potter family at one time represent ed the most conventional of New Yorks social ideas but that was as far back as the time in which Mrs. James Brown Potter became an actress. It was not, as matter of fact, an unprecedented thing Tor bishop to have relatives on the stage. Marie Wainwright. for instance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
NOTICE

The Tennessee Coal, Iron 6 Railroad Company will pay a reward of S2O0 for information furnished its attorney, result ing in the arrest and convic- tion of the person or persons, guilty of shooting Anthony Davis near Pratt City, on the night of August 21st, 1908.
 TENNESSEE COAL, IRON
 6 RAILROAD COMP ANY By George G. Crawford, Presi-
 dent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

case never would come to trial. And it did not.
 When I came back to Chicago l dis covered that the case had been dropped. It never has been heard of again.
 I noticed that no indictment had ever been returned against the man who trapped me, and I was pretty sore for a while. But did not see him, and after time my enmity wore away.
 It was the merest accident that I kept out of the pen at that time, and after ward l was more careful about taking up new line of graft with which I was not familiar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Young married couple want to rent furnished house, Soutn Highlands, for three, six or IF months; references given. Ad- dress S 80. care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

to me on commissions, and the manager told me to come back at 4 o'clock that afternoon.
 I didn't feel right about it, someway, and was tempted to clear out that after noon and let my s65 go. But it seemed foolish to be afraid without cause, and refused to obey the "hunch" 1 went back after my money.
 There was stranger in the office and the manager introduced me.
 MT Smith," said he, T want you to meet MT. Pinkerton" MT. Pinkerton bowed to me and I bowed to him with out offering to shake hands A slow, grim smile spread over his face.
 I looked from one to the other and saw that the jig was up.
 It was Matt Pinkerton, and he had a warrant for me.
 I attempted to play innocence, but In a few crisp, short sentences he showed me that he had conclusive proof against me. I would have taken year in the penitentiary at that moment and consid- cred myself lucky.
 I followed Pinkerton to his office.
 How did you get me so completely" I asked.
 He smiled but would not explain. Then 1t flashed over me at once. The man who was down on his luck, the old friend of mine to whom l had explained the graft, was traitor. He was In the employ of the Plnkertons. He had trapped me as neatly and completely as ever I had trapped a victim.
 I knew when to throw up the sponge I was held to the grand jury on $1,O0O bond, but on account of my perfect frankness Pinkerton did not attempt to put me in jail. I slept in the dormitory with his men, and would go out with a guard to get my meals.
 I became seriously i'll and I was al- lowed to go to Michael Reese hospital where I was treated as any other pa tient.
 A remarkable circumstance happened to me in the hospital-something l had read about, but always believed to be a fairy story My hair turned white in a single night.
 I did not know myself when the nurse brought mirror to the bed so that l could see what wonderful transforma- ton had taken place. When I came out of the hospital after seven weeks none of my friends recognized me
 Things fall out luckily sometimes, even for a con man. When I went before the grand jury I discovered that one of the Assistant States Attorneys-the one who had charge of the case-was a boyhood friend of mine. I will not tell his name, nor even the year when this occurred. I managed to give bond and left town, keeping in touch with Matt Pinkerton, so that when my case came to hearing I could come in and take my medicine. But was hopeful all the time that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
The Woman of 1t.

The forward movement of her sex Goes onward day by day And yet she off a street car gets In the same old backward way.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12
1850

Stein-Bloch Co.'s and others OF
the best and high standard make
OF America; worth up to s2oi
elegant materials; both dressy and
select business styles.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12
ALL HIS LIFE IN ONE HOUSE.

NEW YORK, Feb. il.-Over sixty
years a resident OF old Greenwich
village" once an aristocratic section
of the city and still containing many
landmarks OF its former prestige,
Thos. Thomas, very wealthy and
prominent resident of the district,
died yesterday while seated on the
doorstep OF the house where he was
born nearly three quarters of CEN
tury ago. Thomas was accustomed
daily to traverse the district, pausing
occasionally to look at the older
houses where he had entertained in
earlier days OF the villages prosper
ity, Yesterday he had just reached
the site OF his birthplace on Horation
street, where he usually stopped last
in his daily tour, Presumably ex-
hausted by the quickening of his
steps to escape a group of SNOWFALL
ing boys, he sank upon the porch
where policeman a Few minutes
later found him dead,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12
COALITION FORMED
LEGAL Wars Settled Over Moving
Picture Machines.
CORPORATION WILL CONTROL
The Moving Picture Business OF
the County Represents an Invest
ment of Over Fifty Million Dollars
With 1900 Show Places.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb, ii. - The
legal wars in which Thomas A. Edi-
son, the inventor, has participated
with moving picture machine manu-
facturcrs and dealers for the past
nine years, have been settled through
the formation in Buffalo on Saturday
of an $S,000,000 combination to con-
troll the moving picture business OF
the world. The moving picture busi-
ness OF the country, which this COM
bination controls, represents an in
vestment, it is said, Of $50,OOOO0O,
with $4,000 show places. Those in
the combination are Thomas A. Edi-
son of Orange, N, j.. Selig, Hahelm
& Company Of Chicago; Essaney &
The Citograph Co. Of New York;
Pate & Melliers, French manufac-
turers, and S. Lubin, Of this city.
Mr.. Edison will receive from the
combination 100000 royalty in re-
turn for which he Is to permit no
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12
DECISION IN A LEASE CASE.

NEW YORK, Feb. ll.--That a
lease OF an apartment in a hotel bars
the lessee from recovering damages
from the hotel for articles stolen was
decided yesterday by the appellate
division OF the supreme court Dam
ages cannot be claimed even if the
thefts are those of an employe; the
decision further holds in the case of
Chas. ]. Steinau, who sued the hotel
Majestic for the value Of scarf pin
that he knew no one but an employe
could have taken. The court held
that the plaintiff having leased was
not guest, but tenant OF the
landlord.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12
THE ASPARAGUS BED.

Burn off the asparagus beds now
and clean the ground thoroughly, ap-
plying manure plentifully. All bushes
and weeds that have not been cleared
from the ground will serve as harbor-
ing places for mice and insects.
When the materials on the surface of
the ground which have been destroy
ed by frost are dry, and the grass
Also dead, It is not difficult to burn
an entire bed over and thus consume
many seeds on the ground.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12
CAREFUL MR.. SMITH.

DR., Pill(meeting former patient) ~
All, good morning, Mr. Smith How
are you feeling this morningi
Mr. Smith doctor, does 1t cost
anything If I tell Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12
A pEssIMIsT.

so he has failed. | guess he
doesn't believe in his luck as he used
to-"
"Oh, yes, he does; more firmly than
ever"
"Indeed"
Yes, in his bad uck."-Philadel-
phia Press.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
it falls to cure. E. w. GROVES
signature is on each box. 25c.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12

Eczema, tetter and salt rheum keep
their victims in perpetual torment.
The application of Chamberlain's
Salve will instantly allay this itching
and many cases have been cured by
its seu. For sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12
SOLD.

1t was the first performance Of one
of those overadvertised shows from
New York.
"You don't think much of it." said
the manager in surprise. "Why, the
whole house is sold"
The critic smiled knowingly.
Il don't doubt it." he replied as he
jotted down another roast. Il heard
several people in the audience say
that same thing.'-Chicago News.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12

other concerns to use any OF his
patents, without which films cannot
be made.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-12

There is nothing woman enjoys
getting so much as letter from some
married woman that is stained with
tears.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-23
NJ arriage Follows
Meeting on Train


90 Are the poets right IN their
knocked the poverb cooked mats
cars of the moderns?
people that the day coaches
H. would kill sentiment IN the heart
that love making could not possibly
conducted either side OF the coaenes
provided by the Southern Pacific Perhaps the young man Of today
made less the of years ago. Dnt Is c
the beginning OF romance when
held many
local corporations
gentleman when he travelled and being
of saving o mind he decided all night
lady troubled insomnia decided to do likewise
This touched also their hearts, and hours
his Office telephone call from
lady.
lady has called me
up the phone thirty years
her but she
she all night with you"
excellent lady, Sam ady
/ will her" 4
this the official locked the OF his
Office and told Sam to take
old coughing apologehcaly gong
composition Don't look aarmed there are
% them"
Mighty poetry ah said Sam Mighty fine poetry that
kune o o kurnel, suah
The ribald understand the 1T
old gentleman
"Of l am wedding Didn't L read all
bride? can't do nun for
nowadays and Use by eatn de weddn cake
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-23
Reorganization
Of the Navy
Department

big taking to correct this
nferiori The conference may constituted of
line ocers the seagoing and its purpose pass on
certain defects alleged letter Commander Key AS
general result of the conference that the obec
tons raised by Key found be taken by something
like four-ffths majority
In that believe that the conference
proceedings except that
would be the good The navy matter
OF the highest every American everything
that was SAID and done conference known foreign
powers interested Indeed the whole subject tip discussion
and 1t likely that will the papers The
subject TOR discussion because apart matters
strucon the OF the department question
The bureau system the point attack Reuterdah writes
Here is briefly bureau
tenn The secretary the usually politician
nothing The
naval affairs The divided
eight bureaus under the The
admia belong civil
which military among
Under
material manufactured and maintained No officer
specially authorized the navy shall
for the which the
bureaus has equal authority They eight
ductng business by itself all independent
the
There unless
the Of the machinery such that becomes
land
into the stanehe
That he becomes defender
In word the department house against itself
Eight bureaus working mutual
ealoue and all reaching after and
sbe working force The proposition dant1,
related and arng elements something unity by making
them subject general staff and consolidating their functions
under single control.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-23
THE SMART SET

weekend trip Among those who viii
entertain on this occasion will be Mrs
Andrew Welsh Jr.. Mrs. Mountford VIII
son, Mrs. Charles o. Alexander and
several others.
Miss Edith Simpson left for New
York yesterday and will pass the win
ter in the east, where she will be the
guest of relatives Miss Simpson is
one of the favorites in local society
and her friends are regretting that the
remainder of the seasons festivities
will not include this popular girl.
Drummond MacGavin will pass
Christmas in town. but will leave inn
mediately after the holiday for Shasta
where he will remain for an indefinite
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Hooker of Bur
lingame have taken apartments at the
st. Francis and will probably pass the
winter in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Currier have
returned after an extensive visit in the
east and in Canada. They have been
away for several months and have had
delightful trip and their friends are
glad TO welcome them home. Mr.. and
Mrs. Currier will be at the FairmOnt
during the winter.
Dr. Harry Tevis entertained las;
evening at delightful dinner party
given at the Fairmont for less than =
dozen guests The affair was quite in
formal and the decorations were sym
bolic of the holiday season
Miss Ruth Winslow will entertain a
large number of young people at a
dance to be given this evening in Cali
fornia hall when the guests win be
only the very young girls who have not
yet made their formal bow to society
The list has been chosen from those
who are home for the holidays and the
affair will be in the nature of re-
union for the girls who are here from
boarding school for their midwinter
vacation.
Miss Maisie Coyle entertained recent
ly at q tea given at the Fairmont
Among those who enjoyed the informal
party were.
Miss Helen Gray Count d,Abbans
Miss Cecil COwles William Spraeue
Miss Erna St. Gear Frank N0urse
Miss Marie Churchill
Mrs Frank Liddeu has returned &c
her home in Los Angeles after a de-
lightful visit in San Francisco. where
she has been extensively entertained.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-23

n rISS MARIAN MILLER, daughter
IN III of Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. G. Miller,
N will make her formal bow to SO
ciety at an elaborate tea Janu-
airy 9, at the Miller home in Pacific ave-
nue.. The affair will be one of the
largest on the social calendar for the
new year. and probably several hundred
guests will greet the debutante at her
initial reception.
Edward Greenway entertained yes
terday at an informal tea given at the
Fairmont in compliment to Mrs. Arthur
Brander of Coronado. who has been
the feted guest at many affairs during
her visit here Among those who en-
joyed the reception yesterday were Mrs.
Brander. Mrs. Harry Holbrook. Mrs.
Alexander Hamilton. Parker Whitney.
Thomas Barber and several others
Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton was host
ess yesterday at an informal luncheon
given at the Fairmont for less than
a dozen guests.
Miss Helen Bowie will pass the hoH-
days out of town with her mother. Mrs
L. c. Bowie. They will leave this
week for Palo Alto. where they viii
remain over Christmas and probably
until after the new year.
Miss Justine McClanahan. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. McCianahan, will
entertain in the near future at a din
ner to be given at her home in Broad
way. The complimented guest on this
occasion will be Miss Anna Weller. who
has had large share of the holiday
entertainment. Miss McClanahan's
guests will be several of the debu-
tantes.
Captain Wilson Thompson Davidson
United States navy, medical corps, and
Mrs. Davidson sailed yesterday on the
Korea for Manila, and another couple,
who We're the incentive for a. large
farewell party at the dock. were Com
mander Hugh Rodman. L. s ". and
Mrs. Rodman, who are also bound for
Manila.
Mrs. Joseph II. Norris will entertain
today at a luncheon to be given at the
Fairmont for Miss Eliza McMullin and
Miss Anna Weller.
Although the plans for the ball TO be
given at the Burlingame club on New
Years eve are still indefinite, * is ex-
pected that large number OF society
people will attend from town. and al
ready parties are being formed for the
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-23
lmpertinent Question No. 50
What's the Biggest HoIdup?

For the most original wttest this questonhe
brlefer the beter-The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS
For the next five answers t he Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH Prize winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once Make
your short and SEND 1T ON A POSTAL
CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
TIE CALL
to What's Christina
yer street tsantaC
It's good excuse, anyway.
W. p 0. box kland
The "R. S. " p" of Christendona
0 SAINT streets
The something they don't ,van
afraid they'll give something we don'f
want
A time for giving forgvng gifts
TO l. Walter rst1et.
A TO tant hento forget and forgive
NJ Brckhur Oakland
One joy for the joyful crouch for the
grouchy -
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-23
Direct Primary
Bill Should
Pass as Drawn

California better direct primary any of the
swhich have preceded California great putting
the functions OF government where they belongn the hands of
people
Nearly years consumed in the preliminary investiga
tons and the preparation the bill proposed by league Every
phase the direct primary election
considered were the results flowing from their practical
application features OF other direct primary election
laws saved and adapted California Those
states that had failed were rejected There was no
need for theorizing
The bill by practical men, conspicuousy representa-
tive OF their respective political parties Each OF those had
rendered California distinguished public None any
sona selfish political interest ubserve They gave
and their best effort work fort people greater any
their accomplishments naturally their
efforts They have the people bill which could
completed and considered properly legislative
however good might be the the legislators
oed They have submitted bill which provides real direct
primary law bill which if fully and
honestly the popular demand for genuine direct primary system
hat bill contains no fads does pretend to far aeld
after the ancs OF those theorists who would egisate morals
1t party wrecker Rather it party that
provides simple method for placing party and the
selection partisan candidates public
great body OF paras, which the great body people
practicable measure, drawn by practical Direct P
mary leagues proposed bill has received
practical who believe the direct primary system
honest redemption OF the platform pledges made by all the great
political parties The official given by the
OF the San Francisco board supervisors
ncn and unusual appreciation OF the merits OF the proposed leg
islation.
The bin does appeal wish to evouonize
system popular those popular
who fat the wages Of their betrayal peo
pie The political bosses their and hired
mediums OF publicity need be expected approve
any other honest direct primary
The Los Angeles Times owned and directed by
Gray Otis champion machine politics mpacable
enemy organized labor the people generally is the
hst OF the against
ment of direct primary law He will undoubtedly followed bv
the lesser his heart
failure time w F. Herrin his
Otis engaged endeavor
bers OF the legislature that they safely disregard popular
Jorty Of 100000 which,
provides that the Legislature shall nonna
ton of candidates Tor public office"
Otis is engaged in thanless Call not prepared
to believe that Otis other induce
lator who viii assemble disregard
their personal pledges popular by ma
lori OF 100000 The Call believes that legislature
enact direct primary law The Call believes that majority
primary law Resting that belief The Call earnestly
dorse and recommends the OF the bill proposed the
Direct Primary league