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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
TROUBLES OF HER OWN.

Mile. Manhattan in New York Telegraph,
 I was enjoying a lovely little ramble in a car belonging to a suddenly rich and charming young actress, who was con- fiding her troubles to my sympathetic ear. "Ain't it awful?' she cooed. Now that I've got enough money to eat lobster Newberg twice day my digestion has given out and the doctor has put me OH a regiment (sic) of health fools"
 It Is the same dear damsel who ven tured to tell Ethel Barrymore. on an un- forgettable occasion, that she felt exact ly like Marie Antoinette being led to the gelatine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
JEWELS AS BAIL.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Although most women will go to ex- treme lengths to get their chauffeurs out of pawn, they balk at putting up an en- gagement ring" said the police lieuten- ant. "over a third( of the automobile drivers arrested for speeding are bailed out by means of Jewelry that their en- ployers happen to be wearing. I have seen fines paid with some valuable rings. bracelets, brooches and watches, but never in all that collection of jewels have I seen an engagement ring Wedding rings a-plenty are thrown in to make m the required amount. There doesn't seem to be so much sentiment attached to them. Somehow, after a woman gets married she doesn't mind using her wed- ding ring for utilitarian purposes, but before the ceremony the engagement ring is considered too sacred an emblem to be trified with.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
HAPPY ON 10 CENTS A DAY.

St. Louis Dispatch to New York Times.
 We have all we need, thank God, for our daily bread, and are happy say John and Marianna Szarmbeck, who live on 10 cents a day.. Both are close to the century mark and have been married 50 years. They live in 8 tenement house in the Polish colony of St. Louis, and while neither knows the exact age of either, they are old enough to remember the later days of the first Napoleon's reign.
 John worked as a stonecutter until he lost an eye eight years ago. Since then tn cir little reserve fund has been spent and John does odd jobs of mend- ing for his neighbors, which nets a scant dollar a week.
 They could have as much more as they needed, for none of the kindly folk that have lived with the old cou. pie in the tenement house would sec them suffer. The single dollar, how- ever, satisfies all their wants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for a vacation trip should have The Age-Herald follow them and thus keep informed about what is taking place in the city and state during their absence. The Age-Herad will be sent to them at any address at the regular price, and the address will be changed as often as desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
The Mining Engineers

The American Institute of Mining Engineers will meet this year in Chat tanooga instead of Birmingham as or iginally planned. The change was de- cided upon in August, during the min CTS strike in this district. October 1 was the date for opening the meeting, and as the time was drawing near, and as there was no assurance that the strike would be ended at the time the executive committee of the institute had to make final arrangements. We lost to Chattanooga the most import ant gathering from an industrial point of view that had ever been scheduled for this city.
 At the time the question was up for making change in the meeting place it was felt here that the strike would be ended before October, but those in charge of the matter thought it would not do to take chances, especially as many of the engineers were to be &C., companied by their wives. large part of the programme would have in- cluded visits to mining camps around Birmingham and the engineers them- selves. to say nothing of their families, did not like the idea of touring the district under turbulent conditions. Could any sort of assurance have been given that the strike would be thing ! of the past by October 1, change would not have been made; for as it turns out mining operations will be seen at their best from now on.
 But since it was deemed advisable to make a change Chattanooga was the logical place for the institutes meeting. It has been 20 years since this distinguished body met in the far soutb and the engineers will find much to interest them in Tennessee. But as the Birmingham district has the center of the stage in the south, it will be a distinct disappointment to the members of the institute that they have to forego the trip to Alabama. It is certain that large party will be organized at Chattanooga for an excur- sion to Birmingham; and all engineers
 who come will receive a hearty well come.
 But as the Birmingham district is reasonably safe from miners strike | within the next ten years, the repre- sentatives from this city should urge ], the institute to try this city again for
 the meeting in 1909 or 1910. If the custom of alternating between north
 and south be followed this section will
 not be chosen for next years meeting, 1 but we should have little difficulty in
 bringing the institute here in 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

rom the New York Press.
 .The surest way to be conceited is to have no reason for 1t.
 The reason a girl thinks her suitor has brains is her father knows he hasn't
 There's nothing can make woman so miserable as not trusting her hus- band, except trusting him.
 The interesting thing about having chil- dren is how unnteresting they would be if they weren't yours.
 man would rather think he under stands politics than know he under stands something respectable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
PROHIBITION vs. PROSPERITY.

From the New York Times
 The Maine prohibition law is an issue this month, the democrats espousing the cause of the "antis" Sheriff Pennell, in a speech at Gorham, notes that in the poor rum-ridden states of Massachusetts and New Hampshire the average citizen has s247 Il and $197 10 respectively, laid by in savings banks, while in Maine, under prohibition, the savings banks deposits are only $121.5 52 per capita. In Massachu- setts 10 in every 14 persons have savings accounts, in New Hampshire 10 in p, while Maine boasts of but 10 in 31.
 Wafving the moral question involved what effect has the passage of prohibition laws upon states material wealth? The Portland Press, defending prohibition, says that the sole reason for Maines poor standing as compared with neighborine saloon states is that they are prominent in manufacturing, while Maine is dis tinctly farming community
 When farming communities become scientific in their farming they will be more wealthy than their manufacturing neighbors. They are not so now. Massa- chusetts has passed the pastoral stage and is a rich industrial state. Besides the money invested in her costly plants and real estate, which offsets Maine's wealth in farms, the total bank deposits of Mas sachusetts amount to $40 per capita, while the total deposits in Maine are but s254. .57 per capita.
 How long would Massachusetts keep her army of tens of thousands of foreign mill operatives, which is an integral part of her industrial system, if licenses were re- voked and prohibition enforced in cities where it does not now exist?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

Togo's welcome to the American Fleet will not be modelled after his justly famous reception of the big Rus sian fleet. He is very versatile in the matter of welcomes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
WHEN THE SONG IS DONE.

When the song is done And his heart is ashes, Never praise the singer Whom you, silent, heard, What to him the sound? What your eyes fond flashes? When the singings over Say no word! Yet who darkling stool. Think, your noon of pr,i Can it glimmer down TO his deepest bower? Never round him shone Once your garden mazes; Now his wandering's over Bring no flower!
 By ARTHUR UPSON.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

Holland will not place frowning guns before the Venezuelan ports until No vember 1, but Castro cannot build a navy in the time given him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

Gen. Dan Sickles who killed Francis Barton Key, has taken back his sec. ond wife after a separation of 27 years. He is endeavoring to outdo the characters of romance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The sales of Upton Sinclair's latest book lag because the magnates de- scribed in it refuse to sue him for libel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The Duke of Abruzzi begins to think the course of true love does not run smooth on his side of the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

Speaker Cannon's name is no longer one to conjure with. It is now one to unload and apologize for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The shout Beat Joe Cannon" goes up in all parts of the land. He is the handicap of his party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The Toldo exposition has been post poned to 1917 when Americans can go to it via the Panama canal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The smiles on the faces of the De- troit Tigers are something Chicago canhot look on with complacency. They are smiles that will not come off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The rush of the teams pennantward fills the air, but tailenders are not greatly moved by it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

Japan begins to think it is expensive to pose as a world power, and America will yet think likewise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The republican party is twins in more states than Iowa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

Powder Trust T. Coleman Dupont continues to select and instruct the re- publican campaign speakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The Wright brothers are aviators who have the goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
Regarding English Education.

"The public school system in many cities-Birmingham among them-is ad- mirably organized and good results are seen from year to year." said a retired educator, but judging by the fact that large majority of boys graduating from high schools who seek admission to West Point fail to pass the examlna- tion, the public schools in general are not what they should be.
 An army officer who fills professor s chair at the United States military acad- emy at West Point, says that with few exceptions, the high school boys who come up for entrance examinations are sadly deficient in their ability to write good English. This should not be so. The Enelish language seems difficult to foreigner, but grammatical English can be acquired in school without painful ef- fort by children born in an English speaking country. The fault in the coun- try much lie with the school authorities. Even In our colleges, especially in the south and west, young men take degrees who are not able to write English that approaches anything like good style. This is a shame.
 "Ambassador Whitelaw Ried, on visit to this country last winter, delivered an address before the Association of Teach CTS of English in which he said that the school boys or even the domestic ser- wants in England, wrote better letters than many of those educated in universi@ ties in the United States. This may have been an exaggeration on the part of Mn Reid, but thousands of cases might be cited to show that English as she Is taught in some of the higher institutions of learning in this country is poor in- deed.
 "The poor practical work done in the department of English literature has been pointed out and harped on so much dur ing the past few years, that those re- ssponsible for results are making efforts to improve the methods in vogue, and in time the public schools and the col leges will, trust, turn out graduates who will be able to write well their moth- CT language"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

Chicago is beginning to accustom itself to living year without base ball pennant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The firing of Cannon begins to wake up the people of Danville, Ill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The truth of the Atlantic City shoot ing is known, but the people who know it won't tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

One hundred years ago locomotives were more in doubt than airships are today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

The campaign text books are neither sold nor read from River to River.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

prised to learn that he got it by hav- ing to wait every day at the Twen- tieth street crossing for freig..t trains to pass"
 THAT'S WHY.
 When woman calls
 Her husband "honey"
 It's just because
 She needs the money.
 CoNsIDERATE. I'm sick of this town. Where would you advise me to go?" Well. frankly, I'd hate to name the placer'
 WILLING TO HELP. ''Bencher was talking about committing suicide yesterday Did he get any sympathy?" Sure. Bouncer offered to lend him pistol''
 EASILY EXPLAINED. "Tightwad let a man have sSOO while he was out west" "Good gracious How did it happen?' "The man poked a six-shooter in his face.'
 THE FALL-DOWN COMEDIAN. In a dress suit coat and pair of tights He prances out before The myriad gleams of the bold footlights And causes a great uproar. While the sapstick slaps and the seltzer bot.
 Is worked for all it's worth IL. l4AN And simply shout with mirthl
 REPLIES. Birmingham was mellihuous last night with John Temple Graves. There was some disappointment over the fact that Mr Hearst didn't give trombone solo.
 Judging by the way George Bailey boosts Charlotte Walker, an outsider would think that he gets a souvenir postal card from her every day in the week.
 A great many rules for kissing a girl have been promulgated, but none of them ever advises that the kisser first gets the kissee's permission. An Atlanta man had four teeth pulled in order to get four drinks from a dent- ist. In Atlanta a tooth is a mere trifie compared to a drink. A sporting writer speaks of the imam ly'' way in which Runner Hayes has entered vaudeville. He seems to be out for the coin-that's all.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

Everybody is noiseless nowadays except newsboys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
coNsIDERATE.

I'm sick of this town. Where would you advise me to go?'
 Well. frankly, I'd hate to name the place!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
WILLING TO HELP.

WILLING TO HELP. 'Bencher was talking about committing suicide yesterday Did he get any sympathy?" Sure. Bouncer offered to lend him pistol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

o, What may man within hiE1 hide, Though angel on the outward side!
 Measure for Measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

prised to learn that he got it by hav- ing to wait every day at the Twen- tieth street crossing for freig..t trains to pass"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
EASILY EXPLAINED.

EASILY EXPLAINED. "Tightwad let a man have s9O0 while he was out west.' Good gracious! How did it happen?' "The man polxed a six-shooter in his face"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15

THAT'S WHY. When a woman calls Her husband "honey," It's just because
 She needs the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

the finest stores the best goods and the
widest selection. 1t naturally follows tnat
Washington stores have the widest selec-
ton.
AS was plainly stated in last Sundays
Star, Washington is composed Of peo-
pie from every land on the face Of the
earth. besides having a representative
from about every county in the United
States. Stores have to cater to this I'M
limited variety of tastes.
Another letters says:
eff you will send me some refund cards
in Virginia. They have to travel over
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac and the Chesapeake and Ohio
roads, which will not sell round-trip
tickets. The distance Is about 100 miles.
Il would like to know how it could be
arranged to get the fare refunded If they
should come to Washington. / will send
them The Star so they can see the offer
for themselves.
Now, just because the railroad has no
round-trip fare is no reason to scare
any one away from Washington. If there
only straight tickets. going and coming:
The Star can take care of them, too. All
they have to do Is to buy ticket to
come here and ticket to ride home on,
and come to the office here with your re-
fund cards punched.
Here is the third letter, a short one
but from long distance:
kindly mail me shoppers card and
particulars of your ad in Sundays Star.
Looks like business, that letter does.
The writer Of that letter lives in good
town But he probably knows that Wash
ington stores are seven miles ahead of the
procession. 1t may be that some of last
Sundays advertisements attracted him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

tiful terseness' without lacking In cumu-
lative effect. 1t puts reason above fancy,
efficiency above embroidery and tscto
above conjectures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
Arguments Of the Stores.

And one of their strongest arguments
is that the Capital city Of the nation has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

story stock of samples. two big ware
houses chuck-full of stock. and there is
no reason why any one cannot get what
he wants there.
Their carpet department is store in
itself. In. il there are every known
variety of carpets and rugs, from the
cheapest little hall room thing to
oriental beauty. handmade and exclusive
in weave and color. They pay close at
tention to this department. Their crock
cry department has everything in it, from
a soap dish to a dinner set of the rarest
French china. Their walls are covered
with pictures to suit every taste, and
there are enough lamps there to turn
night into day. Electric. portable, gas
and oil lamps are on hand in endless
varieties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
The Good Samaritan's Reward.
From the Autocar.


I was driving back from Weybridge one
foggy Saturday night when I found a
man unconscious in the middle of the
road His horse and cart full Of cab
bages were patiently waiting at the side
asked the bystanders to help him onto
the footboard of my car, and. as we were
starting. man came up, remarking
Another motor accident Take his num-
Der: have you got his number" My num-
Der being duly noted. we proceeded to
the Cottage Hospital. where on examina
ton l found the man to be dead drunk
but uninjured He left the hospital with
out thanks next morning. Net results:
He got q nights lodging, a bath (much
needed) and a breakfast. l got home an
hour late and had my number taken!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

ers have outdone themselves to make
things look attractive. Statesmen say
they are looking forward to the biggest
business in years because the buyers
simply cannot resist the exhibit of things
for sale
Inquiries Are Numerous.
There have been many to visit The Star
office asking information as to the scheme
Of paying fares to shoppers in Maryland.
Virginia, West Virginia and North Caro-
days Star and sent copies to their friends
and called here to make sure of the
details.
In every case they thought the scheme
was a dandy. And it is, too; any one
will agree to that.
Besides those who have called letters
have been received here from interested
people. Here is one of them picked from
the top of the heap:
Dear Sirs: Can you give me informa-
ton about the paying of Washington
shoppers fare l am resident Of Win
chester. Va, and would like to find out
about this, as I expect to do a good deal
of my winter shopping in either Wash
!nRton or Baltimore"
The quality of the paper. t.. character
of the handwriting and the general ap-
pearance of the letter show that the COM
munication is from lady of discriminate
ing taste 1t is to her that the Washing
ton stores are making their appeal
Arguments Of the Stores.
And one of their strongest arguments
is that the Capital city of the nation has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
FREE FARE FROM OUT OF TOWN
STARS OFFER TO SHOPPERS AT
TRACTS NOTICE.
INQUIRIES Are Numerous and Many
Are Taking Advantage Of Chance
to Buy in Washington.

The Stars offer to pay railroad fare to
shoppers who will visit Washington be-
tween now and New Year took well IN
more towns than one.
They began to come within day or
two after the offer was first printed.
They are still coming.
Every one who advertised expects a
great big delegation from out Of town
this coming week, and, of course is pre-
pairing for them. The stores are being
arranged for the holiday shoppers.
This year an entirely different appear
ance has been taken on by many stores.
The expert decorators and window dress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
Comets.
From the London Chronicle.

From The london Chronicle.
Halley's comet, which is expected to re-
turn in the spring of next year Will
hardly cause a similar sensation To that
with which many iof its predecessors were
received. in days when IL was universally
believed that the heavens themselves
blaze forth the death of princes" To
Evelyn a comet was very terrifying psie-
nomenon He notes the appearance of one
m January L. 1850. which he describes as
"a meteor of an obscure bright colour. very
much in shape like the blade of a sword"
sWhat this may portend. he adds. God
snlv knows: but such another phenome-
non ! remember to have seen in l6iO.
about the trial. of the create Earle OF
Stra ford, preceding our bloudy rebellion.
pray God avert His judgements"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
President Eliot's Literary Style.
From the Boston Herald.

Forming his literary style on Shake
speare, Milton and the Bible, discriminate
ing In his use of adjectives-the highest
test of style and of appraisal: contempt
uous of rhetoric for rhetoric's sake and
impelled by intellectual integrity to pre-
cision of expression and careful balancings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

of thought assured that the highest form
of influence Is rational and not emotional.
President Eliot has worked out, In the
course of the years, a type Of speech as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

distinct from the Corinthian eloquence OF
Edward Everett or the Doric form Of
Webster as can be imagined. 1t has
what the Earl of Aberdeen calls "a beau.