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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
MODERN HINDU WOMEN.
the Punjab Journal.

FROM the PunJaD journal.
Within five short years a great
change has come over a section of thu
native population of Lahore. Children
of native gentlemen can be seen being
taken out for an airing by ayahs
morning and evening. Certain bold men
have begun to take out their wives
in the evening for a drive in open
vehicles.
A week ago we saw the daughter of
man of position walking with her
father on the railway platform at La
hore. She was dressed in what seemed
like an English gown, had English
shoes on. and when her husband came
up left her father and walked about
with him. Her face was quite uncov-
cred Let those who have relatives in
Lahore go there and see for them
selves the state of things. They till
see wives going out shoulder to sh ould-
er with their husbands in the evenings
having said good-by to old restrictions.
man who would dare reimpose the
old manners on his womenkind would
receive scant courtesy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
POSTERS WARM HoBoos.

Los Angenes Cor. San Francisco Call.
The local police have inaugurated
crusade against the tramps who are in
Testing this locality that will make all
previous efforts seem Insignificant Thou
sands of posters are to be put up along
the railway lines between Los Angeles
and the desert warning all hoboes that
the police are waiting for them and that
they will be put to work as soon as they
arrive here.
The posters are worded as follows:
'Hoboes, keep moving. Rent is high
and food is scarce Taxpayers will not
support you. Long sentences on the
changing given here Sixty to 80 days
our speciality"
The idea originated with Marshal An
derson of Yuma, Ariz., who found the
scheme worked successfully.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
TITLES AT WASHINGTON

But you may object, every one refers to
and addresses the leader of the Marine
band as Lieutenant Santelmann." Very
true, and that is because Lieutenant San
telmann is not a commissioned officer.
He receives the title by virtue of his
position as leader of the Marine band,
which carries with it the rank of lieu
tenant, and therefore every officer,
whether speaking socially or officially,
is punctilious to use the title And so,
too, is the same care exercised by every
officer, should he have occasion socially
to speak to or communicate with an en-
listed man of any arm of the military
service to address him by his rank alone,
as Sergeant" Corporal" Private"
In the navy the discrepancy between the
official designations and social usage is
even greater No naval officer below the
rank of commander receives socially any
title other than Mr." while a commander
is always addressed as captain" That
is, mdshipmen, ensigns, lieutenants and
lieutenant commanders are all addressed
as Mr." except, of course, officially.
There are a few other complications in
the army and navy as the result of staff
titles For instance, the captain of infan-
try whomo you met yesterday may have
become major today by virtue of his
assignment to a staff position carrying
that rank, while when you meet him
next year he may have returned to 1.-The
line" and again become a captain. This
rule obtains only in the navy Rear Adj
miral William S. Cowles, brother-in-law
to the President, is now an admiral be-
cause he is filling the position of chief
of the bureau of equipment, but should
he return to ''the line he would again
be Captain Cowles" until he attains his
promotion to the higher rank.
Generally speaking, however, the diff
culties here enumerated cover practically
all the problems in titles which confront
the visitor to Washington or one who
may spend short sojourn near an army
post or military or naval college.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
Holds Out Ohe Day.

Eighteen hours of the year 1908 have
become thing of the past and my reso-
lutions are still holding their own" re-
marked a repentant man last night Il
didn't much believe l would last six
hours when l made them, but here L
have spent an entire day and haven't
sworn, smoked, drank or done any of
the many other little things which l re-
solved to do no more. l feel encouraged,
and while prohibition may possibly have
assisted me in keeping dry, 1 am CON
graduating myself for being a moral
man for at least one day
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A man's wife is very tactful to pretend
she is glad of it.
A girl that has never been kissed has a
very poor memory.
Any stout woman can get thinner with
the right kind of dressmaker.
If they had law for divorce from your
relatives, lawyers could make a lot of
money out of it.
When you make love to a girl she
marks lot of high-fown passages in a
romantic novel to see how near you can
come to them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
The Next Cotton Crop.

THE advance in cotton will strengthen
the farmers in their purpose to plant on
a large scale in the spring" said a local
cotton merchant.
THE acreage may not be a record
breaker but it will be as great as in any
previous year. Fertilizers, therefore, will
be in brisk demand. This will help the
railroads and will create a boomy feel
ing in business circles generally. A big
cotton crop in Alabama means prosperity
from one end of the state to the other"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
SILENT NOON.

By d. G. Rossetti
Your hands lie open in the long fresh
grass
The finger prints look through like rosy
blooms:
Your eyes smile peace. The pasture
CLEANS and glooms
Meath billowing skies that scatter and
amass.
All round our nest, far as the eye can
pass,
Are golden Encyclopedias with silver
edge
Where the COW parsley skirts the haw-
thorn hedge,
Ts visible silence. still as the hour
glass.
Deep in the sun-search'd growths the
dragon fly
Hangs like a blue thread loosen'd from
the sky
So this wing'd hour is dropped to III
from above, .tr'.
Oh! clasp we 20 ZINC h, -
DOVER s.sNt ift ~
This close c i1 3tN
When two
love
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
SUNDAY IN HOUSTON.

From the Houston Post.
On this beautiful sunkissed Sabbath
morning when the Lord and all His beau
tiful angels are with us in Heavenly
Houston-the City of. Anthems-it is a
sweetly solemn thought that but for the
guidance of a divine providence we
might now be shivering near some frozen
radiator in Miserable Manhattan instead
of plucking the blushing roses whose
subtle perfume sweetens our December
atmospher
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
St. Bernard College.

'St. Bernard college is having a most
successful year." said the Rev. Father
Boniface, o. s. b., the rector of the
institution, who spent a few hours in Br-
mingham yesterday. Its capacity in the
number of students reached its limit be-
fore Christmas. The boys are enjoying
the best of health and a better behaved
set of students cannot be found"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

ONE WHO WALKED APART.
He asked no odds from other men,
He fought his fight alone,
Nor craved a greeting now and hen
That bore a friendly tone.
His purpose high his dreams pure gold,
He bravely ought for truth,
Nor feared to squander, growing old,
The lusty fires of youth.
The world could never understand
What lured his steps away
From pleasures vain on either hand
That strewed the beaten way.
"a cold and selfish brute" they said,
Worldlings who did not know
The aforementioned price he paid,
His hearts consuming glow.
TITS hard to die unknown, unsung,
But so the dreamer dies.
Death seals the all-persuasive tongue,
The deep, unfathomed eyes.
No earthly voice will ever name
His sheart-ache and his rue,
No sounding trumphets e'er proclaim
The work he tried to do.
STRICTLY UP TO DATE.
81 have made a discovery"
what is it,"
1.-The water wagon is an automobile"
LICENSE.
Eyes. I know but there are no crocodiles
in Labrador"
This is not a scientific treatise; it is
literature"
OH, PSHAWi
After you, my dear Alfonso"
"Who?"
"A bill collector
so IT GOES
"A pleasant sort of ehapI What does
he do?"
Hes. pickle king" 4.
And the sour individual We met just
now, what does he do?"
"Oh, that's sugar magnet
THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH.
Dry
And all about, around.
No merry making sound,
No laughter and applause
No anything, because
The town is dry
Dry!
Full sadly they depart
Skilled in the mixers art
Cordial barkeepers who
Are feeling rather blue
And prone to cry!
Dry!
That's it, and nothing more!
The soda water store
Shall have it's little day
Oh, come, let us away
And heave a sigh!
Dry!
Dry as a powder horn,
Never since we were born
Has anything like this
Fer come to pass, you wis.,
Beneath the skyl
Dry!
And yet, it is not quite
So. On the closing night
Wise men laid in, we hears
Enough to last year
All they could buy!
AN INVITATION.
We herewith invite George Bailey's
high ball team to attend a Birming-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
LET US ALL READ,

Editorial in the January Century.
1t is said that in hard times people
buy books for presents, instead of more
expensive gifts. The writer's and
printers and publishers are interested
in this tendency. They think that there
may be a good deal in 1t. They hope
that people, in especially economizing
periods, may not only turn more than
ever to the buying of books and mag
azines for presents, but for reading 1t
would not be a bad outcome of hard
times IL people should learn to spend
more of their time in good reading
rather than in the highly expensive
amusements and distractions. The habit
of reading is not only profitable to
those who write, print, and publish,
but, if rightly guided vastly-profita-
BILE to tn ose who do the reading.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

1t is now Ex-Governor Vardaman,
who hopes soon to be Editor Varda-
man. He is climbing up right along.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Quentin Roosevelt has fallen in love
with the daughter of a postman but
he is young and he may fall out again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

At Pittsburg and at Cleveland all the
factories are to resume January 6, and
all the rest will fall in line pretty soon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

The cocktails have been rung out in
this county and it will not send Fair
childs delegates to Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Predictions are out that the republic
can ticket will be Hughes and Gov
ernor Wilson of Kentucky" The dem
ocratic ticket is to be, it is said,
Bryan and Gray of Delaware"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

A ten-day stop at Rio will enable our
jacllies to get their landlegs again and
to get ready for trip around the
Horn itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Senator Foraker's Endorsement of
the initiative and referendum indicates
that the Ohio contest is becoming ex-
ceedingly hot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

The revel cup and the wassal bowl
are souvenirs in this county now-just
heirlooms of a jovial and hilarious
past
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Senator Jeff Davis is going to New
York, and the New York World prac-
tically admits that the Money Devil is
becoming nervous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

The plumbers do not hold the pres
ent winter in high estimation. 1t is
not the ldhd they need in their bust
ness
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

ham Cocktail tournament in a speak
easy which shall hereafter be named
on some day or night which shall be
chosen later.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Chattanooga News: Mr.. Bryan is not
going to miss a single trick this time.
He is preparing for a bear hunt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
THE BEST OF ALL.

THE BEST OF ALL.
What is the greatest reward you ask7
To live in sweet content
And look far back through the golden
years
On lowly life we'll spent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
AROUND THE COUNTRY

Chattanooga Star: They say the lid is
on tight in Knoxville, but somebody has
opened the spigot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

The newest thing in politics is
drug store camarilla.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
HARDLY.

"A reformer says one way to solve
the servant girl problem is to put your.
self in her placer
I'm that case you wouldn't need a
servant girl"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Columbia State: When we speak of the
"pocket nerve" we do not refer to the
hip-pocket. That is absolutely nerve
less.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

on tight in Knoxville, but somebody has
opened the spigot.
Chattanooga News Mr.. Bryan is not
going to miss a single trick this time.
He is preparing for bear hunt.
Columbia State: When we speak of the
pocket nerve" we do not refer to the
hip-pocket That is absolutely nerve
less.
Florida Times Union: The Atlanta
spirit will not down. 1t is now advertis-
ing as the largest prohibition city in the
world
Arkansas Gazette: The members of the
Order of the third Term take another
bite of pie and wonder whether that will
be the last
Ohio Sun: A Philadelphia girls com
ing out" cost an even 100000. large
number of that girls fellow citizens will
agree to come out for half the money.
Washington Post: While the Pacific
feet is travelling at the rate of twelve
knots an hour, the stay-at-homes are
tangling up matters at the rate of one
knot a day.
Atlanta Journal A writing paper has
been invented that crumbles into dust
in twenty-four hours. 1t is especially
recommended for the married men that
write fool letters to women not their
wives.
Houston Post: We regret to note that
Governor Sparks of Nevada shows so
little fire in his correspondence with the
Great Conflagration of the White House.
And 1t is all the more humiliating when
we think that Sparks is a native of
Texas.
Portland, Oregon, Journal: Steel Trust
President Corey, it is reported, is already
tired of his vaudeville wife, and she is
equally tired of him, and there is talk
Of their becoming legally separated No
court should separate them on any pre-
text They should be required to remain
man. and wife until death parts them.
Is the law made to accommodate such
creatures as these?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Our American seamen behaved we'll
at Port of Spain, not a single saloon
having been gh-housed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
RISKY BUSINESS.

RISKY BUSINESS.
st bet myself dollar this morning
that I would get up when the alarm
clock rang"
"How did you come out?"
II lost"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Cheer up and put the year of the
Roosevelt panic behind you. This is
70 be a Bryan year
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Total. ........63, Az 1924 2O.1S
The heavy shortages are due to de-
sertions. The desertions are due to
short pay, to the lack of canteens, per-
haps, and to the nature of enlistments
The recruits are not as a rule of high
standing-quite the reverse. They de-
sert freely, and if present tendencies
increase we will soon have but skele-
ton of an army.
The remedy is larger pay, and Con.
gress would do well to give the subject
consideration. We must have an army
if we are to maintain a provincial sys-
tenn. Provinces and standing army
go together, and if We are unwilling to
give up our provinces we will be COM
PEELED to pay the enlisted soldier
enough to induce him to stay in har-
ness
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

William James Bryan is not the
youngest Senator ever. Henry Clay
was nearly a year younger.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

From the New York Press.
ffS HOULD 1 address him as
O Your Excellency,' as Mr..
President or as just 'Presi-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Florida Times Union: The Atlanta
spirit will not down. 1t is now advertise
ing as the largest prohibition city in the
world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

The water wagon came in promptly
on schedule time, and it is already
fully acclimated
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
NOT TAXABLE

NOT TAXABLE.
"Have you ever owned any real es-
tate?"
"Only castles in SPAIN"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES


ham Cocktail tournament in a speak.
easy which shall hereafter be named
on some day or night which shall be
chosen later.
HARDLY.
"A reformer says one way to solve
the servant girl problem is to put your.
self in her placer
I'm that case you wouldn't need
servant girl
THE BEST OF ALL.
What is the greatest reward you ask?
To live in sweet content
And look far back through the golden
years
On a lowly life we'll spent.
RISKY BUSINESS.
st bet myself dollar this morning
that [ would get up when the alarm
clock rang"
How did you come out?"
81 lost"
NOT TAXABLE.
"Have you ever owned any real es-
tate?''
only castles in SPAIN"
PRUDENT GIRL
''This Is a fast color"
''oh then couldn't think of wear
ing itr'
'TWOULD INDEED!
'Twould be most strange
If Maud has not
Yet learned the price
OF what she got
HABITUAL.
Harry Thaw's new plea will be tenn
porary chorus girl insanity"
THAT isn't temporary"
WHERE HE FAILED.
He blunfed his way to congress.
He bluffed his way through life,
But with all his knack for bluffing,
He couldn't bluff his wife!
RIPPLES.
Santa Claus, we understand, was
kind to the chorus.
Leftover bargains in Christmas
verse for sale cheap.
Eddie Foy playing Hamlet" ought
to be as funny as funeral.
1t will be pretty tough to have the
grip in a dry town.
No matter how plentiful the mis-
tletoe is, it all depends on the girl.
This is an inventive age. but the
world is making love in the same old
way.
This century will have 50 leap
years, and if girl can't get married
under those circumstances, she never
will.
Olga Nethersole will play "Sapho" in
Cincinnati next week. The report of
the Nethersole kiss will be heard as
far south as New Orleans.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

The late Senator Mallory of Florida
asked his congressional friends to cut
out lie customary funeral junket.
William James Bryan is not the
youngest Senator ever. Henry Clay
was nearly a year younger
Our American seamen behaved well
at Port of Spain, not single saloon
having been rough-housed.
Cheer up and put the year of the
Roosevelt panic behind you. This is
20 be a Bryan year.
The water wagon came in promptly
on schedule time, and it is already
fully acclimated.
-s--
The big junket will not be enticing
along the Patagonian coasts, where
the giants live.
The battleships are where they can
not take hand in the Rixey- Brownson
mix-up.
Over in Georgia an irresistible thirst
is up against an immovable blue law.
Port of Spain must feel lonesome in
these post-feet days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

The big junket will not be enticing
along the Patagonian coasts, where
the giants live.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

The battleships are where they can
not take hand in the Rixey- Brownson
mix-up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

HABITUAL.
Harry Thaw's new plea will be tenn
porary chorus girl insanity"
THAT isn't temporary"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Over in Georgia an irresistible thirst
is up against an immovable blue law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Arkansas Gazette: The members of the
Order of the third Term take another
bite of pie and wonder whether that will
be the last.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
PRUDENT GIRL.

PRUDENT GIRL.
This Is a fast color"
"oh then 1 couldn't think of wear
ing it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Port of Spain must feel lonesome in
these post-feet days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
OH. PSHAW

OH, PSHAWI
after you, my dear Alfonso
"Who?"
"A bill collector
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

'TWOULD, INDEED!
'Twould be most strange
If Maud has not
Yet learned the price
OF what she gotl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
Army kaY loo Small

We have the Philippin es, Hawaii and
Cuba on our hands, and Panama also
If we are going into the province bust
ness we will certainly need at least
two complete army cOrps-one for
movements in our provinces and one
for home defence
But we have no army at all that can
be considered trustworthy Desertions
are frequent, and the army's plight is
by no means creditable or reassuring.
The four divisions of the army stood
on October 10, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

Ohio Sun: A Philadelphia girls com
ing out cost an even 100000 large
number of that girls fellow citizens will
agree to come out for half the money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

WHERE HE FAILED.
He bluffed his way to congress,
He bluffed his way through life,
But with all his knack for bluffing,
He couldn't bluff his wife!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

LICENSE.
Eyes, I know but there are no crocodiles
in Labrador"
literaturei"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02

SO IT GOES.
"a pleasant sort of chap! What does
he do?'
Hes. a pickle king"
And the sour individual we met just
now, what does he do?"
"Oh, that's a sugar magnet"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-12
Academy Notes.

There are now a hundred and
FIVE pupils registered at St. Wen
ceslaus School. The Misses En-
ma Hruska, Mary Limpo, and
Laura Nordman are doing ninth
grade work. They have begun
Algebra, Physical Geography,
Rhetoric, Literature, and Ancient
History. We all wish them sue.
cess and hope that we may have
the Privilege Of following in their
foot steps. Willie Wagner, Will
lie Kudrna, Louis and Albert Kou
pal Peter Homer, Frank Chop,
Joseph Melichar, James Wurtz
and Rose Jasper of this vicinity
and Mae Verzani Of belmont
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-12

For a square deal good lumber
and low prices come to j. H.
Queal Co.