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Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-13

DR.. Henry Clews in an address de-
livered recently said: "Panies come in
cycles and it will be years before an
other one can strike u.s." We sincere
ly hope that the interval between us
and another panic may be for years
and may be forever
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-13
MS PA r IN SM
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Andrews system is Better


Andrew Carnegie's assertion that
the United States has the worst mon
ey system in the world will cause
some smiles. There are many persons
who would like to get on to the "sys-
tenn by which Andy gets about $685.
100000 annually without earning
dollar Of It.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-13

Before the fleet leaves San Pedro the
nautical vocabulary of current chron-
iclers will have been exhausted, but we
know that it won't have that effect on
patriotic readers.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-13

The police who taided the gambling
games arc trying to turn back faros
army, hallelu."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-13
Transmutation

Transmutation
ever stop to think what becomes of
the wornout billiard balls?"
"Never knew they wore out"
"They do and they are cut up into
dice, thus continuing to remain in the
realm of sports"
ST see. That's when ivories are
made into bones"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-13
cl EAR. CRISP AND CLEAN
WHITE MANS BURDEN

HINDUSTAN or India was annexed
III gradually by the British in order
IL that various large commercial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
DIR. KINNEY'S LECTURES.

Mrs. Dita H. Kinney, superintendent army nurse corps, in the office of Sur geon General sternberg, Washington, D. C., will deliveg a series of five lec- lures on Nursing in the Home" begin ming the morning of March 24 at Il o'clock and will lecture each morning until Sat urday the 18th. These lectures will be delivered at Cable hall 1916 Second aye nue.
 The lectures will be under the auspices of the General Sumpter Chapter, Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, whose guest Dr. Kinney will be during her visit 10 Birmingham.
 The lecture course has been warmly in- dorsed by the leading physicians of Bir- mingham. Besides the D. A. R.'s, who will be patronesses of the course, a num- Der of other prominent women have con- scented to act as patronesses.
 Dr. Kinney is a woman of charming personality and her ease as a speaker is said to make her especially delight ful in these informal talks on nursing in the home.
 The series will take up the following subjects:
 1. The sick room, it's selection, care, furnishing and ventilation. The care of bed patients, baths, cause and preven- ton of bed sores.
 ?. The care of convalescents. Food in health and disease, notes and recipes.
 g. Sick children. Simple notes on pulse temperature and respiration, their rela- tion to each other in health and dis ease.
 f. Infectious and contagious diseases, their cause, prevention spread of such obligations to the community. Special notes on typhoid. scarlet fever, measles, tuberculosis, etc.
 g. Emergencies and care of simple in- juries. Furnishing the family medicine closets.
 Principals of large schools have found it necessary and helpful to have Mrs. Kinney lecture to their pupils. She has also lectured to girls clubs and given ''instruction to attendants" The instruc- tion to the latter has been specific. This is limited to the duties of an attendant in care of the sick room, on taking tenn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
BELLIES AND BEAUX IN SOCIETY
 CIRCUS.

The Society Circus to be given to- morrow evening at the Jefferson the atre by the Athletic club will assem- ble a large and brilliant audience, all the boxes being engaged and hun dreds of seats have been secured in the parquet.
 Lieutenant Governor Gray and Mrs. Gray will have box. Dr. and Mrs. William Mudd Jordan will be in one of the boxes, and among others ar ranging box parties are Mir. P. V. Hall, MT. B. M. Starnes and MT. H. F. Lati- mer.
 There will be two performances both of which promises to be largely at tended.
 The most entertaining features ever given by the club will make the So- ciety Circus the best in the history ot this popular organization Professor Miles is confident that the features are the best yet arranged.
 Besides the members of the club who will take part in the programme there are a number of young women who Have generously dSSlSleu lo Hldht lH6 programme entertaining. Rehearsals have been held daily at the Hillman under the chaperonage of Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Jordan. Among some of the prettiest features will be the Merry Widows, a novelty in the way of a double sextette, introducing new vau- deville features. It is composed of Miss Alice Fa1lon, Miss Sadie Gillespy, Miss Lizzie Morris Mason, Miss Kath leen Nixon. Miss Donald Seals and Miss Florence Smith. They are assisted by Messrs. James Bolton, Hill Ferguson, Robert Gregory, Tracy Lay, Bert Meadow and Ernest Sifford
 Miss Mary Sue Brazeal. in a beauti- full exhibition of pedestal club swing ing, will be assisted by Misses Ellen Norton, Mary Ellen Perkins, Ethel Colvard. Eula Whatley, Kathlyn Hern- don, Judith Jones' Mildred Seals, Mary Snyder, Alberta Rogers, Mary Rogers, Dorsey Harris, Dorothy Roden Davis, Eleanor Roden Davis, Grace Latimer, Lillian Hughes, Edna Miles and Florrie Miles
 An athletic dance by Messrs. Will Moss, Jim Hard, Gilbert Greene Charles Stobler. Albert Manly, Giles Mcqueen, otice Wilson, George Shir- ling, Billy Cobbs, Ezra Hilty. Harry Miles and Edwin Miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
HOW WALL STREET STARTED

Frederick Trever til In Harpers Maga- zine for April
 On the morning of March 31, 1644, a man 1 of clerlxly appearance might have been seen standing at the entrance to the dilap- idated fortress of New Amsterdam, with a sheaf of oiAcial papers In his hand. ls was not an inviting prospect which confronted the observer that raw spring morning, for the roughly built. wooden houses scattered about the fort looked sadly weatherbeaten, and the struggling, ill made roads and paths which served as streets were Uttered with refuse and rubbish of every sort and ankle deep in mud.
 The man at the fort did not, however, waste much time in gazing at these dis couraging surroundings. They were fami- liar to him in every dreary detail, for Cornelius Van Tienhoven had been sec retary of the council at New Amsterdam for many years, and If he had ever been disturbed by the prevailing wretchedness of the town It had long since ceased to afford him the slightest concern. Slowly turning his back to the view, he tackled one of his. official documents to the wall of the fort, and then swinging about and picking his way across the miry ground to a convenient tree, affixed another pa Ter.
 Van Tfenhoven's handwriting was easily read. Indeed, good penmanship was the only qua.lfcation he had ever displayed for his office, and that virtue had wholly failed to endear him to the populace, who hated the very sight of his clerical fist. The particular notice he had tram scribed that morning, however, was sin gularly free of offense. It merely re- cited a resolution of the director and council of New Netherland that a barrier be erected at the north of the settlement. sufficiently strong to prevent the strayins of cattle and to protect them from the Indians, and warned all interested per sons to appear on next Monday, the 4th of April, at o'clock" for the prose- cution of this work.
 It was not long, therefore, before the,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
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 One box tablets equals more than two bottles liquid. Whites vaucaire Tablets contain the genuine imported Galega (Goatsrue) and Lactoph osph ate of Lime. Are perfectly harmless. Solu- ble and easy to take; $1 per box. 6 for t5.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
NEW PLAY FOR MRS. CARTER.
John Luther Long VIII Portray Heart
 lessness of New York.

The glitter and glamor of New York and the heartlessness with which the great city crushes the unsophisticated victims of its manifold fascinations, will be shown up realistically in the new play which John Luther Long is writing for Mrs Leslie Carter. The novelist and playwright is here this week to confer with Mrs. Carter
 An up-to-date play? That's the in- tention," he smiled. "One that will give Mrs. Carter full scope for the play of temperament and also a chance to show that she can do something more subtle than the plays she has so far been seen in.
 The American play Is the thing now Nine-tenths of the successful ones are American. Not that regard New York as typical. It would be misfortune if it were. Here in Cleveland, for in- stance, 1t seems to me people are more direct and straightforward. I can fam cy dramatic situations from bringing an ultra sophisticated New Yorker into the simpler, more 'come-at-able' life of a big town of the Middle West. Then again I've often thought I'd like to write a newspaper play. Realistic Il floor; men hard at it.
 We have no name as yet-for Mrs. Carter's new play. Sometimes the name is the keynote, as in Madame Butterfly for instance; then again it is the last point to be settled. Five hundred names were considered before The Darling of the Gods was chosen. It had been one of the first suggested. but it's length was against it. Yet tt caught the public fancy"
 Playwriting is not the work, how ever which Long enjoys most. "The short story is my favorite" he con- fessed. T believe it to be the highest form of American literary art today. Seven thousand to 10000 words, for in- stance, is the length at which I prefer to write. Many of the long novels of the day would be improved if they were cut to 35,000 words, but the pub fishers won't have it so. They hate to put out a dollar book. My rule is, when a story has told itself, stop"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

oolonists were hard at work at the pro- jected cattle guard, and within a few days it stood completed. There is no au- thoritative information as to how it was constructed, but there is evidence that 1t consisted mainly of untrimmed trees felled at the edge of the adjoining forest and piled together to form a sort of bar ricade, and that it's northern line, running certainly from the present William street, New York city, to what Is now Broadway, and possibly from shore to shore, marke the farthest limits of New Amsterdam, as it then existed, and practically determine the location of Wall street.
 Such was the origin of the best known thoroughfare of the Western Hemisphere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

Charley Williams of Coalburg MT. Hous- man of New York, MT. Charles Griffin, MT Hayes, MT. Frank Armstrong of Columbus, Miss; Mrs. Babor of Virginia. Capt and Mrs. Thomas Dawson, MT. and Mrs. Dayie, MT. and Mrs. A. D. McCor- mick, MT. and Mrs. Jack Justice and MT. and Mrs. Lattimer of Anniston.
 Mrs. Robert H. Pearson will entertain the members of the Highland Book club on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
 Mrs. A. B. Leonard will entertain the members of the Music Study club on Thursday morning at her residence, 1925 Eleventh avenue. The subject will be Wagner.
 Mrs. J. C. Scott of 1130 North Twenty eighth street will entertain the members of the Foreign Missionary society of the First Methodist church at o'clock on Monday afternoon. All interested in mis- sions are invited.
 Mrs. A. b. Meadows entertained the members of the Womens Christian Tenn perance union on Tuesday afternoon at a delightful reception preceded by an in- teresting programme. Among the musical numbers was piano selection by Mrs. Dobbs, vocal solo by Mrs. Heiser, and a temperance song by little Miss Jose phine Meadow. Mrs. W. H. Jeffries gave a talk on temperance work. The Rev. MT. Dobbs discussed the relation between the church and the w. c. T. U., and Mrs c. s. Bissell read a paper on the father of prohibition, giving the career of Gen. Neal Dove of Portland, Me There was a dialect recitation by Miss Blanche Spain. About 50 guests were present.
 Mrs Mark Colbert, who has been the guest of Miss Lucille Lane for the past week. returned to Atlanta today.
 A musicale will be given on Tuesday evening, April 2, at Cable hall, which will be under the auspices of the Home Mission society of the First Methodist church. The programme will be a de- lightfu1 one, number of prominent musicians to take part. It will be ar,- nounced later.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Frances are spend- ing some time at Pass Christian.
 Mir and Mrs. M. B. Starks and their little son are at Pass Christian.
 Mrs. John s. Jemison will entertain the members of the Cadmean Circle on Fri day afternoon.
 Mrs. Algernon Smith will entertain the Shakespeare club on Friday after noon.
 The last of the lseries of grand con- certs given by the Treble Clef club will be on the evening of April 2S at the Jefferson theatre.
 Mrs. James w. Donnelly will entertain Tuesday afternoon from to in compli- ment to Dr. Dita H. Kinney or Wash- ington.
 A called meeting of Pelham chapter, Daughters of the Confectionery, will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock with Mrs. c. M. Tardy 12o5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

Our prices are correct. Our goods are perfect. Our house will treat you right. What more could you want? Write for price list; or ask your neigh Dor, he has one. Campbell Burton Co.,, Box 358, Memphis, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

perature and pulse of a patient; in prep aration of poultices, baths, food, in use of disinfeotants. A certain amount of phys iology was taught Mrs Kinney had pupils occasionally visit the hospitals with her but in order to prevent any claim of an "attendant' to the skilled position of a trained nurse, the certificates each one received on passing the examination stated her qualifications for the limited duties of an attendant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs. Henry B. Gray has returned rom New York
 MT. William Payne of Valley Head was in town during the week.
 Mrs. Joseph Wallenstern, her son, and accompanied by her parents, will leave Birmingham the latter part of the week for Cincinnati. After a visit there they will go to St. Louis to join MT. Wallen- stern, and will make their home in that city
 A number of young women have or ganized sewing club, which meets semi monthly, and the objects of which is to contribute regularly to charitable causes Mrs. Harry Lee Koenig is president and Mrs. sFrank Bell is secretary, the mem bership including a group of fashionable young women, among whom are Mrs John Oates, Mrs. Clark Williams, Mrs. Chaplne Hodges, Mrs Eugene Ensien Jr., Mrs. Fred Winkler, Mrs. Allen Dur ham, Mrs Oscar Hayes, Mrs. J. Berry Baugh. Mrs Robert Meyer, Mrs. Brooks Forbes, Mrs. Owen Gillespie, Mrs. Rob ert Hood The next meeting of the club will be with Mrs. Clark Williams A piano recital was given at the Acad- emy of Music on Thursday, with Miss Daisy Woodruff Rowley as director. Ihs programme was as follows: Blossoms ............''DuNerhoS
 Elizabeth B. Wilson. Scarf Dance ..Chamhnaue
 Mary Jones. Valse -. .. .... ....-......... ..honlef
 Margaret Lewis. Polish Dance .. :. ...... ..ScharWenka
 Wnnifred Sicholas. Melodie from "Freischutz' ......Wepsr
 Virginia Ford. Valse Lent .... ..........Scnutl
 Lille Mae Lisle. To Spring .'........Gries
 Rosa Goldstein. Tarantelle ., '.heiler
 Mona ..iepard. Polacca BrIinante .........s .WeDec
 Bessie Hand. RicOrdat ....... '.HoetsSh"ii>
 Bessie Holt. Variations on an English Air ..Thalberg
 Edith McCrery. Rondo Capriccioso ..... .Mendelssohn
 Abbie Murphy.
 Mir. R. M. Griffin. superintendent of inc Flat Top mines, and Mrs. Griffin gave house party at Flat Top. beginning Thursday and ending yesterday. de- ,irhtfuf dance was a feature of the enter tainment provided by the host and host ess. Among the guests were: Miss Vir- einia Hand1ey. Miss Beatrice Simpson, Miss Jessie Griffin, Miss Bonnie Cham berlain. Miss Townsee of Coalburg, MT. Frank Armstrong of Columbus. Miss MT. James Brooks. MT. Deicie of Flar Top. MT. Townsend of Coalburg, MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

 South Tenth avenue, to discuss ar engagements for the approaching U. q D. convention to be held in Birming ham.
 Mrs. J. V. Aliens luncheon to Dr. .Dita H. Kinney has been postponed from Tues day until Wednesday.
 MT. Wilson Brown will leave today for New York.
 MT. w. H. Woodward will leave to- day for New York.
 Miss Mary Cameron returned last night from the Womans college, Bal timore. She will pass the week with her parents in this city.
 Miss Annie Bradford has returned to Huntsville.
 Miss Frances Jones has returned to Huntsville, after visiting Birmingham m Mrs. Mollie Reed of Ath ems is visit ing friends in Birmingham. Miss Ada vandegrift of Athens is in Birmingham.
 
 Miss Martha Bell has returned frorl Anniston.
 Miss Carrie Long and Miss Margaret Sprott of Jasper were the guests of friends in Birmingham during the week.
 Miss Frances Griffin and Miss Abbot Spratlin were the guests during the week of Mrs. Samuel Will John, at Rosemont
 Miss Annie L. Williams has return ad from Mobile.
 Mrs. T. B. Dilworth and Mrs. W. N White of Jasper were in town during the week.
 Miss Louise Perry the young daugh- ter of Mrs. Louise Bankhead Perry, has returned to Jasper
 Mrs. W. D. Jelks will probably spend a part of the spring season in Birming- ham.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert King have re- turned from Jasper.
 
 ed from Talladega, where she was matror of honor at the Moodie-Burr wedding. MT. R. F. Thedford of Columbus. Ga. is in Birmingham.
 MT. A. D. Jordan has returned from Huntsville.
 Mrs. M E. Crew is in Goodwater. MT. and Mrs. J. n. Maddox have re turned to their home in St. Clair county Judge Thomas Bradford has returned tc his home in Centre
 Mrs. J. M. Mclaughlin and Mrs. Bur Forney have returned to Springville. Miss Florence Smith is the guest o friends in town.
 Mrs. Benjamin Cooper has returned from Opelika.
 Miss Beulah Moritz is in Montgomery. There will be a call meeting of Pel ham Chapter. Daughters of the Confed eracy. Wednesday afternoon, March 25 at s:so o'clock, with Mrs. c. M Tardy, 12o Tenth avenue, south. The report of thu committee on arrangements for the con vention will be read, special committees appointed and work assigned. Other bus mess of direct importance to the chapte will be presented, and a large attendance 6 urgently requested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
The Aftermat

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 wont we have no Christmas muv- ver?"
 NO. children. At the last race meet your father contributed all his money to help improve the breed of horses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
LENTEN TOPICS OF GENERAL INTEREST," WHAT
 SOCIETY IS DOING THESE BRIGHT SPRING DAYS

1 Mrs. Augusta NJ Statzer of Erie, Pa,
 first vice grand mistress of the ladies l auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad lfalnmen, who Is touring the south on an inspection trip, was the guest of the | local auxiliary yesterday afternoon and
 last night at a reception rendered in her
 honor by Vulcan lodge No. S1S, at Mac cabees' hall.
 The Sunday evening services at the First Christian church, corner Fifth ave-
 nue and Twenty-frst street, will be some what unusual. The Baraca and Philathea Sunday school classes have arranged the programme Rev. A. R. Moore will
 preach on "The Christian Ideal" and there will be solos by Miss Virginia Cheek and MT. Charles K. Hogan. Other Baraca and Phlathea classes and all young men and women are most cor dially invited. At the concert at the Southern club this evening the following programme will be given: Overture-Walkuere (Wagner). Selection-Ipagliacci. OeoncavallD. Serenade-Clarinet and cornet (TitD. Selection-Freischuets Cweber.) A Day in Venice-Four movements, (Nevins).
 selectlon-The Jolly Widow (RequesD, 0ehar).
 Waltz-Morgenblae (Strauss). Potpouri-Popular songs, various com posers.
 Intermezzo-Pandora, (Maurice). Overture-Poet and Peasant, (Suppe). Mrs Hanah Cohn of Memphis is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Julius Jafrc, 1925 11th avenue, south Trey will be at home this afternoo and evening. , Miss Saliie Mi.lar and little niece, Mary Leigh, of Greensboro, are the guest of Mrs. Paul Williams this week. MT and Mrs. J. c. Willis of Philadel- phia are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Nice, South Nineteenth street. The Rev. r. ". Ambler will conduct the Il a. m. services at St. Mary s-on-the- Highlands todav
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
The Reason for MarryInq.

From the Harvard Lampoon. They say that he married her for her money
 And what did he do when she lost her wealth."
 'He lost his reason:'