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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
MRS. EDDY ON THE
 HUMAN RELATIONS
MOBILE WRITER SAYS WRONG DEDUCTIONS ARE MADE FROM MRS. EDDYs WRITINGS ON THE SUBJECT OF MARRIAGE.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Let us briefly consider the sayings quot ed in your columns from the June Me- Clure's about Mrs. Eddys teachings on family relations and marriage. The writer erroneously states thus: Mrs. Eddy apparently believes that. Jesus Christ taught us to ignore family reia- tions.' The question from Jesus say ings which follow are all to be found in the gospels, and no one will deny that Mrs. Eddy quoted them correctly. The deduction which she makes therefrom is by no means the ignoring of human rela- tions and consequent disregard of result ing duties To a careful and conscien- tious reader of Science and Health," Mrs. Eddy's line of reasoning would clearly show that she is arguing for the spiritual origin of man, and her aisd- ment is assuredy borne out by the say ings of Hebrew prophets and bards. and by those of "the man of Galilee' and of the apostles. God, or Spirit, being the source,. His child, man. must be spirit ual. There is no need to discuss here the question of material phenomena as my object is simply to show that Mrs. Eddy does not teach the disregarding of hu- man relations Among the many miscon- captions of Mrs. Eddy's teaching, this as- sumption is one of the most unwarranted. Those who endeavor to live according to the teachings of Christian Science bring out greater harmoy in their family reia- tions. for they are learning to act with more wisdom and love. In winning true happiness mankind is ever finding that spiritual ascendency over animal ten- dency is essential. Human experience In all ages bears. out the statement that repudiation of human duties and obliga- tions IS not found among the spiritually minded, but among those seeking selfish ease and pleasure and the vanity of self exultation.
 Throughout His career, Jesus was ar guing by word and deed for the recogni-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
East Lake Casino.

The management of the Casino at East Lake offer to their patrons during the present week high-class vaudeville. Reai- izing that in the summer season theater soers desire fun in punches and not any .'plot' shows, efforts were made to collect some of the best vaudeville attractions on the road As the result of these efforts it has been possible to present this week some of the best known vaudeville per formers on the stage at the present day.
 There will be on the bill Chick and ChicNets. an indominatable pair of fun makers and grotesque cyclists; Gertrude Fiske, prima donna, soprano; Gurleyl ana Keenan, comedy sketch artists; the vanderns, family presenting many sen sational novelty acts and others. During the coming week the general admission price will be 25 cents For matinees, which will be held Wednesday and Saturday, the prices will be 10 cents for children and 25 cents for adults.
 The night performances will begin at S:45 o'clock. It is believed with the begin ming of next week the admission to the park will be discontinued, although this is not positively known. Whether or not this occurs, reserved seat tickets to the Casino can be purchased uptown at the cigar stand in the Brown-Marx building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
ADJUSTMENTS.
"East Lynne"

Beginning Monday night, the Baldwin Melville company will present beauti- fully staged version of East Lynne'' at the Bijou theater. So far the company has appeared in "The Man on the Box, "The Love Route" "Under Two Flags and Host 24 Hours. The presentation in each case was a distinct success ana the Baldwin Melville company has won warm place in the regard of local theater- goers. The play for this week, East Lynne will be staged equally as well as its predecessors, which means that there will be nothing lacking in the scenery and costumes. MT. Baldwin and his capapie assistants have already done themselves proud in the matter of providing appro- priate scenic effects and it will be the policy from week to week to put on each play in the best possible manner, not overlooking the acting strength of the company in the assignment of parts
 Although East Lynne has been played by companies good bad and indifferent from Maine to California and from the great lakes to the gulf, 1t still has pow erful hold on the public. The play Is domestic tragedy, in which the pathos predominates, and it seems destined to go on from year to year as one of the fa- vorites among that class of theatergoers who want the stage to portray life in It's simplest and most affecting forms While sad as could well be, and while buckels of tears have been shed over Ease J.ynne," it is so fascinating to most peo- ple that they go time and again to i've through the familiar scenes Of the play and to behold again the characters WHICH are already stamped on their memory.
 The members of the Baldwin Melville company will find congenial roles in East Lynne" Miss Wheatley is an emotional actress of much abillty ana she will no doubt do her best wofK since coming to Birmingham as the prih- cipal woman in the play Miss Wheatey has won her reputation by her success full interpretation of emotional parts such as she will have this week. It will be her first interpretation of such role during the current engagement of the Baldwin Melville company. MT O'Connor MT. Julian. Miss Gleason and other members of the company, not overlooking Miss Sinnott. who has become a great favorlte here. will be suitably cast. Since most of the players are already familiar with the lines and situations of East Lynne, the opening performance promises 10 pe unusually smooth and flawless.
 So far the engagement of the Baldwin Melville company has been a pronounced success The attendance from week to week has been surprisingly good, in spite of indictment weather and strong attrac- tons elsewhere. It has demonstrated that Birmingham is willing to patron1ze 1lrst- class summer theatricals when made worth while The week beginning tomor- row night bids fair to eclipse the preced- ing weeks, on account of the great popularity enjoyed by East Lynne.
 M,baI k1ekipIev Connipd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
THE NEW MANAGER AT THE MARVEL THEATRE BRINGING
 FINE ATTRACTIONS HERE

Messrs Hamrick and Barbour. the own CTS, who have made the Marvel a theater Birmingham is proud of, have now placed there an experienced and very capable manager in the person of Arthur G. Hull. He for years has been handling the higher class of talent all over the United States and now controls many fine artists in the south, all of whom he intends bringing here
 He is ar energetic young man and his clean-cut refined manner wins him friends everywhere From his wide ex- perience he is able to discern between good and bad talent and he promises Bir- mingham nothing but the best
 The Marvers program for this week ap pears in other columns of this paper. Look it over. MT. Hull says it is fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
The Tattooed Man.
"1t is perfectly true You can heat a tatton


 But you can't beat a tattooed man."
 Perhaps that is the reason why the practice of tattooing appears to be on tine increase in the navy. An interesting arti- Gle in the current number of the United States Navy Medical Bulletin, citing the records of the receiving ship Independ- ence, proves thereby that this style of adornment is becoming more and more popular with His Imperial Belayingpins Jack Tar.
 At the same time it is shown that the natives of Japan, New Zealand, and the South Sea Islands. who once practiced this art to a considerable extent, have, at the insistence of the gentle mission aries, been persuaded to abandon it.
 Whether or not tattooing ever had any religious significance is a debatable qucs- tion That the subcutaneous emblazon- ment, however, was mark of distinction as well as of artistic decoration is a fact agreed to by all anthropologists.
 Just why the missionaries should have opposed this practice isn't altogethe er clear It certainly is to be more highly recommended than the scarring indulged in by the negro races (and the German duelists), or the piercing of the facial or gans for the insertion of rings.
 And when one has a limited wardro oe to say the least, tattoo marks are com promise to modesty, and are certainly much less ingenious than the naked skin. Certainly, even a born prude can gaze upon the tattooed man in the side show without the slightest ser sation of embar- rassment.
 And while in our eyes a tattooed native of the Gilbert Isles may seem grotesque, or even non compos mentis, in their opin- ion, no doubt we. with our tight faces, cur high heels, our wigs and false teeth, monocles, and pegtop trousers, appear equally delirious.
 The author of the contribution men, toned states that 60 per cent of the men who have served ten years or longer in the navy are tattooed. And this is just as it should be. Who would give a cent for Jack Tar who on his honest fin, could not exhibit mermaid or Japan csc dragon to the admiration of the Los Angeles maiden; or on whose hairy chest was not portrayed a Venus, sea ser pent, or the Stars and Stripes?
 It has frequently been remarked that fly-by-nights and other persons of a doubtful character sedulously avoid any such permanent marks, which might, un- OCT unpleasant circumstances, lead to their Identification.
 With Jack Tar mo such precautfon IS necessary. This brand of the sea stamps him as Neptunes own, and quite pre- dudes the possibility of desertion With him, as with the natives of the coral isles, these mutilations constitute badge of distinction. and just as the azure of the tattooing needle is indelibly worked into his skin, so ineradicably are his affections impressed in the navy blue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14

in the music, as on the veterans marched. legless trousers, sleeveless arms, and bul- let-shattered limbs seeming to find strength in some invisible power that bade them throw away the cruteh and go again into combat with the vigor and zeal of the sixties. Men who had gone through life, with a wooden substitute dragged wearily in place of the strong limb that had been sacrificed Shiloh, Gettysburg and the Wilderness, caught a feeling of pulse and blood and sinew in that mechanical relic, and they marched with the spirit of fresh youthfulness, forgetful of bodily pain or weariness. Soi- diers danced as they tramped along; men threw up their caps into the air, shouting themselves hoarse, rending the air in twain, while leaders who had un
 flinchingly and smilingly faced the call mons mouth, wept like children, and women became hysterical and rushed into the midst of the ranks kissing the old sol- diers, showering flowers upon them, the whole city mad with an indescribabie frenzy the like of which has never before been witnessed on the earth As they marched down into the great auditorium, the chorus of sweet Southern women caught up the refrain, and business men, -everyhody-people who had rever been known to sing note, split their throats in the one mighty musical unity the had broken over them. One old sol dier, leaping upon the platform where the choir were standing, having nothing else to wave, pulled off his coat and swung it wildly round his gray head
 while the people far out in the galleries echoed back the melody until the whole city of Birmingham, with its 7500a vis4 itors was one mighty chorus; old men rer. mbering how in defeat the strains of Dixie" had nerved their tagging arms 70 victory, and Lee, Jackson, Stephens, Davis-the whole Southland, was again alive before them, breathing, moving, ac- tive, and the land for which Dixie" was the pean, an assured reality-and tho valrous cause victorious Leaping to the side of his general, one weeping shattered veteran whose coat was armless shouted: If we had them before us now, I'll be d-d if we couldn't lick then."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
ObeyinG Mother.

From Harper's Weekly.
 A man had just arrived in Massachu- setts summer resort. In the afternoon he was sitting on the veranda when hand some young woman and her six-year-old son came out. The little fellow at once made friends with the latest arrival.
 What is your name?' he asked. Then when this information had been given, he added Are you married?' 4sr
 q am not married,' responded the man, with a smile.
 At this the child paused a moment, and, turning to his mother, said:
 What else was it, mamma, you wanted me to ask him?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
Winter Weights.

The summer weight. including spring overcoat is abo ut one-half the above or II pounds. The freight on g pounds at three-quarters of cent per pound IS, therefore. 16ia cents: and on the summer weight SA cents. The value of the above outfit commercially runs from about $35 to nearly $2O0 The freight is no per ceptible percentage. S5 hat is carried for less than one-third of cent. If car ried free. the hat would still be sold for S5. The consumption of sugar per capita
 in the United States is 76 pounds per an mum; the rate, New York to Chicago, Is 26 cents per 100 pounds. or about 20 cents per capita per annum; the coffee con- sumption is ten pounds per capita, on which the freight, at p cents per 100 pounds, is less than cents per annum; the tea consumption is about one pound
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
Useless Washing.

From the June Bohemian.
 Mother-Whar yo' goin chile?
 Daughter-Ah's goin nex do t play on Mrs. Jackson's piano.
 Mother-Wash yo' dirty hands fo' yo' do, den!
 Daughter-Ah aint goin t play on nuthn' 'cept de brack keys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
Mabel Mckinley Coming.

As an added feature for this week Manager Jake Wells of the Wells The atrical circuit, who has several weeks remaining under contract made with Miss Mabel Mckinley for his vaudeville programmes, will send to Birmingham th is talented vocalist and composer for an engagement of one week at the Biiou. Miss Mckinley is a niece of the late President Mckinley. She decided to enter vaudeville several years ago and her success was instantaneous Snc has also won fame as writer Of songs. some of which have been sung every where in the country. Miss Mckinley will sing her own compositions ana other selections during her engag j. ment. She will appear on the pro- eramme at the Bijou as an extra fea- ture and will appear as a special num- Der during the performances of East Lynne"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
PREACHED RACE EQUALITY.
White Man Is Peted With Rotten
 Eggs in Humboldt.

Humboldt, Tenn, August 2.-(Special)- Because he preached negro equality on the streets, a white man by the name of Andy Bixley of Sellersburg, Ind. was last night pelted with rotten eggs, and was placed in the city lookup over night to prevent further trouble
 A negro man and woman were preach ing on the public square, when dis turbance broke out in a crowd of pedes- trians which had congregated. The dis turbance evidently enraged Bixley, who was bystander, and he approached the middle of the crowd and began a har- angue about a negro being as good as a white man, declaring that the negro wo- men of Humboldt were as good as the white women, and saying that no Chris tian would refuse to sit at a table and dine with a negro. In few minutes the air got full of flying eggs and the man was run off the streets. Threats were freely indulged in and Bixley was put under arrest.
 He gave d muddled story regarding himself this morning and left the inn pression that he is a religious fanatic. He was taken to Trenton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
PROTEST AGAINST
 CLOSING OFFICES

Jackson, Miss, August 2.-(Special)- The railroad commission has begun to hear from the several towns and villages from which the Western Union desires to take it's agent and close it's office. A few days since the Western Union peti- toned the commission for permission to close offices at 96 different stations, and this petition has aroused a great deal of antagonism, as will be seen by the follow ing petition from West. It is signed by about 40 business men of West, and reads
 we, the citizens of West, Miss, peti- tion your honorable body that you do not allow the Western Union Telegraph com- pany to close it's office at this place for the following reasons:
 Said company pays only 10 per cent of the receipts to its employees, and 1t has offices already established, and therefore cannot be at too much expense to main- tain office.
 West ships oyer 4OOO bales of cotton, and we are thrown on the telegraph office almost exclusively to get cotton quota tions on account of the recent Boddiel law, and to the fact that the telephone is not to be relied on at distances such as Mem- phis and New Orleans. In buying grain, meat flour etc., we are always given prices subject to immediate acceptance by wire which means telegraph. In case of sickness and death of relatives or friends, when at considerable distance. the telephone is not to be relied upon. west has a bank, 12 houses of general merchandise, one drug store, three groc- cry stores, besides five more stores Tn course of erection, and new four-gn battery system. All these various indus- tries need quick service such as only a telegraph office can give For these and many other reasons, we the under signed citizens petition your honorable ! hodv not to grant their request.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
CRISIS AVERTED.
House of Lords Yields on Old Aoe
 Pension Bill.

London, August 2.-(Special Cable. l. The House of Lords yesterday executed a masterly retreat on the question of the amendments to the old age pension bill and thereby averted what was expected to be a dangerous crisis of the liberal government.
 As already told, the House of Com mons had disagreed with the amend ments made Thursday by the House of Lords to the old age pension bill, with the exception of a few of minor inn portance.
 The speaker previously had declared that the principal amendments, including that of Lord Cromer, limiting the opera tion of the bill to seven years, were breaches of the privilege of the House of Commons.
 When the rejected amendments were returned to the House of Lords the lat ter protested against the attitude of the commons A resolution was passed by a vote of 37 to 23 refusing to accept the re- lection as a precedent, but the peers did not insist upon the amendments, thereby averting what would have been a dis turbing crisis.
 Parliament has adjourned until Octo- Der 10. The royal assent was given to 15s new acts of parliament, including the old age pension bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
INNER HISTORY OF
 THE REVOLUTION
TURKISH AFFAIRS EXPLAINED BY REPUTABLE LONDON COR REsPoNDENT-DIPLOMATS ARE SURPRISED AT DISCLOSURES.

New York. August 2.-lSpeeia1. 1.-The Sun publishes the following from its London correspondent:
 The inner history of the revolution in Turkey is now available. It come7 by messenger fro ma source in which reliance can be placed.
 The writer emphasizes at the outset that the important events of the last few days surprised the acutest mem- bers of the diplomatic corps, as com pletely as they did the Sultan himself. The country had not the slightest sus- picion that the whole of the European Turkish army had become unit for rebellion. It was known that the navy was liberal in sympathies, but the nay, did not count. The army was differ ent matter. It was the only support and reliance that Adburs autocracy possessed. The police and civil au- thorities were of little account
 This is what happened. according to our informant.
 The thing began at Monastir fev' days ago when the garrison mutinied and killed their general, palace ia vorite, and took their arms and equip ment and the cash that was in head quarters and went into mountains.
 The Sultan ordered the troops at Salonica and Smyrna to crush the re- bellion. but they refused to move. Sew eral palace officials who were sent to investigate were shot down by soldiers. These events were not part of tn ? young Turks programme and their hand was forced by them.
 The Moastir mutiny was however, only slightly premature and the sold iers soon precipitated a crisis. Their leader telegraphed direct to the Sul- tan:
 Proclaim a constitution at once ol will march on Constantlnople with 300, 900 men,
 It was the first intimation Abdul hac of the trouble. The grand vizier ad, vised him to yield. The Sultan re plied
 T cannot do this thing without con- sulting the other viziers, Saaid and Kaimal"
 The old viziers came and said:
 No, you will lose all if you yield this is only the beginning of their de. mands."
 The next day came another warning signed by General Nias1er:
 Tn case you do not proclaim a con stitution immediately I will order tha your name next Friday is not men toned in any mosque in all Stamboul
 Consternation filled the palace. Tn, Sultan called conference of his mos trusted ministers, which lasted unti o'clock in the morning, but nothin, was decided.
 The next day came another peremp tory demand from the revolutionar. leader:
 T demand release of all politica prisoners"
 After it was done then followed sucl scenes of joy and loyalty as rarel- have been witnessed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
FATHER IS GIVEN
 CARE OF HIS CHILD
LOWER COURT HAD PLACED CHILD IN POSSESSION OF ITS REVERSED BY SUPREME COURT.

Jackson, Miss, August 2.-(Special)- Justice Calhoun of the supreme court granted a snupersedeas at g o'clock last night, giving D. A. O'Neal, a promi- nent lumberman, possession of his 2-year- old daughter, Flossie, who was last week awarded to the mother, the divorced wife of O'Neal, by Chancellor Lyell. The chancellor had today refused the super sedeas, as that would virtually have been to undo what he did when he award ed custody of the child to the mother after hearing worse than Thaw case tes- timony for a week. Mrs. ONeal is in South Mississippi with the child, but is ordered to have 1t here tomorrow, and to return 1t to the father, where it will re- main till the supreme court passes on the decision of Chancellor Lyell, which will be next winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
HARD TO DO JUSTICE
 TO RICH AND POOR ALIKE
BY WILLIAM ROSTER.

Hot Springs, Va, August 2.-(Special.)- Tt Is a very different problem, very dif- ferent. indeed, to make the adminstra- ton of justice equal to the poor and the rich alike"
 With a grave countenance and putting more than the usual emphasis into his words, William H. Taft gave utterance to this sentiment yesterday.
 Tn what direction does the difficulty lie?" he was asked. There are the laws in the statute books, presumable enforce able against the rich and the poor alike.'
 "The difficulty" replied MT. Taft, lis in the advantage the wealthy man has in the employment of the best counsel and that he is able to afford the expense and wait the result of protested litiga- tion"
 And what is the remedy?"
 There is no absolute remedy" was the answer, "the best that can be done is to render the administration of justice prompt"
 The conversation had drifted upon the improvement of the administration of justice. both civilly and criminally, MT. Taft emphasizing both of the latter ex- pressions, and though no reference was made to the s2s,OO0,0oo Standard Oil fine, there was a significance of absolute agreement between MT. Taft's views and those more freely and pointedly expressed by President Roosevelt upon the slip up of justice in that case.
 So strongly does Mr. Taft feel upon this general question that he has se- lected "The Delays of Litigation" as the topic for the address which he will de- liver before the Virginia Bar association at this place next Thursday.