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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
MY LADY WHO SMOKES

From Love And All About It." by the
London Novelist, Frank Richardson.
~ iris whes desire to be loved by
W. right-minded men with noble
~ natures should not smoke.
For women, smoking seems to be a
very unbecoming habit Today the ideal
woman is a delicate vision of huffiness,
moving to the rhythm of frou-frou, Per-
haps the best definition of the perfect
woman of fashion is the almost classic
dainty rogue in porcelain" Conceive
such dainty rogue with the atmosphere
of tobacco on her lipsl Surely the dainti-
ness much vanish in such an atmosphere
and when the daintiness has gone it is
somewhat futile to be a rogue.
Do women really like smoking? doubt
it. And on these grounds: To a man the
most precious smoke of the day is that
which takes place Immediately after
breakfast. Let us assume that all men
who smoke do so from a genuine love of
the practical Indeed, l can think of no
other motive that can possibly influence
them to adopt so costly and unproductive
a habit. Therefore. if woman does not
indulge In an after breakfast Whit, can
she lay claim to being genuine smok-
er" in the highest and most beautiful
sense of the word-whatever that may be ?
If she smokes to soothe her nerves,
surely this is a matter for her medical
man. If she smokes incidentally, need
she take her medicine in public place?
The fact that woman suffered from an
acute sore throat would be no excuse for
her If she garsled at the Carlton.
If the woman smokes for the sake of
appearance, what is the object shee at
tains? The beauty OF her fingers, the
fash of her rings, come into notice as
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
CANDIES IN GOLDEN GLOBES.

From the New York Press.
Oranges stuffed with bonbons are among
the new desserts. Tie skin is taken off
with as little damage to it as possible.
Holes are bored into the rindless fruit
and tiny canoes are pressed into them,
AFTER which they ARE stopped with plugs
of orange meat. All sorts of dainty
confectionery is available. Chocolates
give a delightful piquancy to the dish.
So do nougat. pistachio, creamed wal
nuts and dozen other kinds of goodies.
When the orange has been stuffed, its
skin rs slipped on again and the 81. is
closed with fancy ribbon, tied in big
bow. All the feaster has to do is to pun
the ends of the bow, unlace the ribbon
from the edges of the slit and take out
the fruit Each new bonbon is a fresh
and delicious surprise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
IN VALUABLE antidote for the So
V with which we have been flooded
which we have been flooded for
several years-at least for, that portion
of 1t picturing the four-footed denizens
of the forest as of high moral character
and quite free from the criminal in
stincts of homo sapiens-will be found
in the February issue of McClure's Mag
azine. 1t is an article entitled the
Psychology of Wild Animals" by Will
lam T. Hornaday
Even before his connection with the
New York Geological Park, of which
he is now the director, DR.. Hornaday
has a large personal acquaintance with
wild animals, and since his establish
ment at that institution he has played
host and jailer to pretty nearly every
animal production of nature worth ex-
hibiting-from polar bears to Surinam
toads.
In the first place, Dr. Hornaday ex-
plodes the notion that any intimate ac-
quaintance with the moral and mental
processes of wild animals can be at
ladhSu ny d STUDY OIL them IN the Wild
state. mo matter how we'll a hunter
or field naturalist may learn the men,
tai processes and traits of a free wild
animal he writes, "he cannot possi-
bly, measure its intelligence, nor sound
the depths of Its moral possibilities
without making it captive and study
ing it in captivity" While crime may
not be common among animals freely
roaming their native aaunts 1t is a
well-defined feature of their life in
captivity. And the murder-lust-a sort
OF primitive brainstorm-is a not in
frequent occurrence in all menageries.
Indeed, this sudden madness to kill
something is one of the principal dangers
with which the overseer of such an in
stituton has to cope Furthermore, be-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Alabama Coal Trade.

THE coal trade has been dull for
several weeks, but this cold snap will
naturally stimulate it for a few days at
least" said a well known mine opera
tor. "The steam trade will revive
with general Improvement in indus
trial conditions, which is expected be-
fore long.
THE coal production of Alabama IS
now at the rate of only about 1000 900
tons But business may pick up suf-
fieiently to bring the years total to
something like 1880 900 tons. Thir-
teen millions in 1906 was the highest
record output. Mining capacity has
been largely increased within the past
two years and with prosperity in full
swing again Alabama's annual produce
ton will easily reach the $4,000 900
mark
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
WIFE PRICED HIM.
What a Man Found Out Through a
Want AID.

From the New York World.
LOST-Photograph of young man, high
ly priced by the owner, in 18th st.
Finder please return to Mrs. Bogner,
Fl w. 101st. st.
When John /Bogner. newly married
man, saw this advertisement in The World
yesterday he felt all his newly-wed hap
piness oozing out from the ENDS of his
hair, which roseA in wrath at the words
highly priced APPLIED by his wife to the
lost photograph of young man. He
dashed back to his fiat, where wiley was
feeding the canary bird, and burst in upon
her to confront hers with her perfdy.
And from the flood of reproachIul ques-
tons which ratified around her ears as
to the mysterious photograph Mrs. Bog
ner found refuge in tears.
II never meant you should know l
had lost it," she said at was the pic
ture that you gave me the day We became
engaged, and was taking it to be
framed, and the wind blew So and in
holding up my skirts I dropped the
picture
There was a reconciliation straightway
in the Bogner family and the hungry
canary bird was completely forgotten
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
AMERICAN HERO WORSHIP.
How Col. Henry Watterson Views This
Growing Weakness of Ours.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Once upon a time Congress debated
whether 1t should adjourn for half an
hour to pay its respects to washington
and congratulate him upon the occasion
of his sxtieth birthday, and though the
ayes had It," the discussion showed the
extreme hesitency of the fathers Of the
republic toward anything that might
wear the appearance of sycophancy and
adulation.
They were not Doors like the men of
the French directorate, nor democrats of
the school even of Franklin and Lincoln.
gThey were for the most part English gen.
itlemen. But they had separated them
selves from royal forms and ceremonies;
from the pomp and circumstances of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

tensity and of Photographic accuracy.
She stirred up the pharisees and hypo-
crits in way that has done lasting
good. The world is no worse for her
literature and probably much better,
while there is less of sham prudery ex-
tant. 1t is'a long road from Ouida to
Elinor Glyn, and not wholly an as
oending one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
Quotinu Scripture.

"A prominent minister of the gospel
in an eastern city, was lamenting what
he termed the decline in religion" said
a layman, land he pointed out as one
of the signs of decadence the fact that
public speakers no longer quoted from the
Bible, as did the distinguished orators of
ante-bellum days. But the foremost
stump speakers and in the estimation of
many, the most brilliant and forceful ora
tor of today, William Jennings Bryan,
never delivers an address of any kind
without drawing on holy writ for Illus
trations. 1 heard Bryan deliver great
tariff speech in 1892 and about one-third
of it was made up of Bible quotations.
And Mr.. Bryan is one of the younger set
and one of the most progressive public
men this country has produced.
II think the average educated. man of
the present time knows just Is much
scripture as If he had lived in Va past
generation; but the public debator or
lecturer has not, as a rule, the aptness
which would enable him to use it with
out appearing pharisaical or without
being accused of cant. Mr.. Bryan quotes
scripture without affectation President
Roosevelt does likewise. The latter has
even preached from the pulpit For a
layman to use scripture aptly, without
being sacriligious, requires certain art
And Bryan has that art to perfection.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

The Chicago convention bids fair to
be gathering of officeholders who
will proceed to get active in politics
despite all orders to the contrary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

Those Strathmore students who put
a cow into the girls dormitory evil
IDENTIFY consider milking one of the fine
arts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

Count Laszlo Szechenyi will be all
right if he becomes exactly different
at all points from Count Boni de Cas-
tellane. He does not need any better
rule.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

Thomas H. Benton advocated pri-
maries more than seventy years ago,
and his plan is simply coming into
general use.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

King Edward has been on the throne
seven years, and no mistakes are
charged UP against him. He is sur
prise to his own subjects.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

If Uncle Sam does as much to Har-
riman as he did to Rockefeller the for
mer will wish he had kept out of the
merger business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

Gladys and the count are now. strug
Cling with the language problem.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

Between the Vanderbilt wedding
and the Thaw trial, to say nothing of
the snow storm, New York had busy
January.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

1t is to be hoped Mrs Eddy's guards
are not harboring in their bosoms any
Malicious Animal Magnetism.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

Have no fears about a government
deficit so long as Judge Lands is at
hand to impose fines for rebating.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

New York rejoices that it has sub
ways and tunnels against heavy snow
falls.N
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

No Rockefellers attended the Van
derbilt wedding. They belong to rival
houses of our esteemed nobility.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

The ground hog and st. valentine
are February's celebrities and patron
saints.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

That Hungarian count is now where
the meat ticket problem does not OBJ
trude.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

The unemployed will soon be wanted
out on the farms, but they may not
take kindly to agricultural work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
NOT THE KIND HE WANTED.

From Harper's Weekly.
Little Willie ran away to hunt red
skins"
..YesY"
but he didn't find any until his
father had finished with him."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

The straw vote is becoming more
numerous, and it is a sign that the
campaign is warming up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

The stockholding employees of the
United States steel corporation are
PLAYING in great luck.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

Hungary has sent us a lot of men,
and now we have sent her a slice Of
the Vanderbilt fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

The Catholics outnumber all others
in the land of Roger Williams-Rhode
Island
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

Those who desire to ask Mr.. Bryan
to get out of the race might try the
1ong-distance telephone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
PINK TEA PIFFLE.

From Young's Magazine
Carsone-Every Jack has his Jill, you
know.
Gebhart-Sometimes he has the other
fellows as well!
Does he make love nicely?" asked the
Sentimental Girl.
You bet he does" replied her friend.
'Why he kisses in waltz time"
1T hear that when Jack Gayleigh Wis
tied Miss Lowcutts box at the opera the
other evening, he covered her with
kisses
well I'm sure she needed to be COW
cred with something"
Helm sorry, but ] must ask you to
release me from our enga cement.
She-Whatl After all the pains l took
to reform you?
He-That's, just 1t. My feelings have
changed. You've made another man of
me.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03

Bank depositors are no longer
scared at their shadows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
About Persons.

c. B.. Werner of Tuscaloosa is at the
New Morris.
Morris Gardner of Mobile is at the New
Morris.
N. A. Lapsley OF Admission is registered
at the New Morris.
-
s. H. Card of Tuscaloosa is at the New
Morris
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washington Bureau Herald. 1921
} street. N. W.
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Entered at the Birmingham Ala,
postoffiee as second class matter uhuer
act of Congress March 3, 1917.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
EDUCATION OF THE RUSSIAN
Average Man or Woman of the Middle
Class Is Well Taught, Says
Writer.

The "Intelligenzia" of Russia,
writes the Hon. Maurice Barring in
"A Year in Russia" is, properly
speaking, composed of every one who
can read or write. But the term is
generally used to designate those
members of the middle class who
belong to the professional classes
doctors, professors, teachers and liter
airy men. The average man or wom-
an of the Russian middle class is
better educated than the average
English man or woman of the same
class.
They are saturated with the for
eign classics. They often speak two
languages besides Russian, and they
are conyersant with modern thought
In the various European countries,
so far as it is allowed to reach them.
They are taught at school things
which will be useful to them.
Every one receives a general foun-
dation Of knowledge. The average
Russian boy knows more about Eng
lish history than the average English
boy, let alone European history. A
cultivated Russian of the middle
class is saturated with John Stuart
Mill, Ruskin, Morley and Carlyle,
and Shakespeare, Milton and Shell
ley are treated as Russian classics
Youths Companion.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28

Springs TO locate. Mr.. Shouse vii
engage in the grocery business there
L. w. Marshall returned Monday
evening from a brief stay in Kansas
City.
Misses Susie Brawner and Florence
Becker visited in Kansas CITY
Tuesday.
Mrs. H. B. Tunstall returned Mon,
day evening from a trip to Chila.
Gothic.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. VIM and Miss
Lee Meng spent Tuesday in Kansas
City.
DR.. G. W. Hyde and Rev. R. T.
Mansfield vent to Corder Tuesday
ing to attend the Sunday School con
vention.
Pres. L. W. White went to Kansas
City Tuesday to attend the meet
ing of the Baptist State Board of
Educators.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
SEE VALUE in ESPERANTO.

Consul Norton Of Chemnitz, Ger
many, says that public recognition
of Esperanto is steadily advancing
in Germany; general attention is
awakened to its trade value; great
weight is being laid on its use by
the blind, SO that the number of
publications available for their use
cal be notably increased and that
a million or more people are using
the language. The postmaster-gen-
eral of the United Kingdom has
admitted Esperanto on the same
footing as modern European Ian
guages for use in telegraphing and
the japanese minister of foreign af-
fairs has advised his countrymen to
master the language.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
Delightful Birthday PARTY.

About fifty young people were the
guests OF little Miss Margaret Hor-
tense Heathman Friday afternoon
from 3 to atthe home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. o. Heathman, on
College street, the occasion being
the hostess fifth birthday. The little
guests enjoyed themselves immensely.
The principal diversion Of the after
noon was the old but interesting
game, pinning the tail on the donkey.
Prizes were awarded as follows: girls
prize 70 Miss Dolly Maud Davis, and
girls consolation prize to Miss Mary
Ellen Silver. The boys prize was
won by Master Edward Gabel and the
boys consolation prize went to Master
Billy Bandon. Many beautiful pres
ents we're received. The refresh
ments consisted Of ice cream, cake
and candy.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
MAKE THEIR OWN NCUBATORS
The Megaphode, an Australian Bird,
Has No Trouble Matching Out
Its Chicks.

In the incubator the pale yellow
chicks, their soft down not yet quite
dry in places, fell, in their attempts
to rise and walk, like men dead
drunk.
"There's another" said the chick
en- farmer, as an excited little head
came out Of an egg. 'Wonderful
things, these incubators. Would you
believe that there's a bird that
makes them?
eyes, sir; a bird, the megapode,
makes its own incubator every time
it has a nest of eggs; it isn't both
cred, like other birds, with the long
and monotonous work of setting.
1.-The megapode halls from Aus
tralia-the Barrier reef country. Its
incubator is a simple affair, merely
a great mound of leaves. In these
leaves it .buries its eggs, knowing
that in that hot, moist climate the
leaves will ferment, and in their fer
mentation give off just enough heat
to hatch the chicks.
"Who can deny intelligence to this
bird, which makes its own incubator
to hatch out its own eggs??"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
THE INADVERTENTLY FAD.

The idea Of ambidexterity, so
popular a little while ago, is going
out even faster than it came in.
"Time given to the left hand"
said a school teacher, sis time taken
from the right. In making the left
hand more skillful you make the
right less so. An a~mbidextrous ma
ton would produce no Michael An
gelos, no Laliques. They used to
say that Japan was ambidextrous,
but that is not true. There is no
more ambidexterity among the
Japanese than among us. Do you
know the only place where ambidex-
terity is frequent? In lunatic asy-
lums. Idiots are nearly always am
bidexterous."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

eyes" said the thin party, "I'm
going to change my boarding place.
Those three-course dinners are too
much for my digestive apparatus"
"Three-course dinnerp' exclaimed
his friend. "Of what do they con-
sist?"
Napkins, ice water and tooth
picks" was the reply.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Chas. Keith of Higginsvine was
here Tuesday.
Dr. J. e. Tucker went Odessa Mon
day evening on business.
Judge j. E. Burden wenrt to Kansas
sas City Tuesday on business.
Miss Katherine Fulkerson spent
Saturday in Kansas City.
Chas. Lyons went to Kansas City
Saturday morning on legal business.
Miss Nancy vivion returned from
Kansas City Monday evening.
Geo. B. Gordon went to Kansas
City Tuesday to spend the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ofell spent
Saturday in Kansas City.
Aubrey Wright went to Waterloo
Friday evening for a short stay.
Herbert and Miss Clara Zimmerman
and Edward and Miss Amanda Marcks
spent Sunday in Napoleon.
Mrs. ]. Q. Cope and son, j. O., Jr.,
went to Kansas City Monday for
a brief visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Crenshaw re-
turned to their home in Kansas City
Sunday evening after a visit with rel
atives here.
Mrs. George r. Cooper returned to
her home in Kansas City Saturday
morning.
Mrs. Clarence Vivion returned Fri
day evening from a visit of several
days in independence.
Mrs, Ryland Todhunte1 returned
Friday evening from a trip to
Warsaw and Clinton.
Morris johnson of Boonville ar
rived Saturday morning to spend
several days in this city.
Mrs. J. o. Lesueur and son, WILL
lam, left Saturday morning for a trip
to Texas.
Mrs. U. G. Phetzing, who has been
visiting in Kansas City for the past
few days, returned home Friday
evening.
Mrs. j. c. Casper, who has been
visiting relatives in this city fer a
few weeks, left Friday evening
for her home in Cheyenne Wells,
Colo.
Mrs. NJ. L. Vaughan of Wichita ar
rived Friday evening for a visit
with the family of DR.. M. G. RobeI is
in this city
Mrs. Howard Henry and little
daughter, Virginia, returned Fri
day evening from a trip to Chilhowee
and Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Shouse left
Saturday morning for Eldorado
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o MUCH.

Johnny said to his father tho
other day: "Father, have you ever
noticed how often mother says: And
so on, and so on?'"
ooh, yes, Johnny" was fathers
reply, looking sadly at the breast Of
his shirt; "but it never applies to
buttons. my boy"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
H GENTLE HINT.

ooh, that | had an ambassador
at the court of Lowell" sighed the
bashful swain, with downcast eyes.
GA minister would be good
enough for me-" replied the demure
maiden.
"Arabella !"
Herbert Punch.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
WANT TO GROW TALL.

Miss Janet M. tombstone, a teach
er in a girls school at Kanazawa,
Japan, says that japanese girls have
begun to take a great interest in ath-
letics. They are especially anxious
to become tall and walk a great deal
in the hope that it will help them
in this respect, as they do not wish
to remain little people.
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A GOOD AVERAGE.

Madge-How did your summer
campaign pan out?
Dolly-It was fairly successful. I
captured five engagement rings and
only two Of them turned out to be
paste.
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OVERTIME E.

The Professor-Come to my
house tonight, and I'll find you
some work.
The Wayfarer-Impossible, sir. |
belong to the mendicant's branch of
the Professional Loafers' union, and
they won't let us work overtime
Sketch.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
JUST WHAT SHE WANTED.

The lecturer had been describing
some of the sights he had seen
abroad. "There are some spectacles,'
he said, chat one never forgets."
81 wish you could tell me where
I can get a pair Of them," exclaimed
an old lady in the audience. '1'm
always forgetting mine.n