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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
To AUTUMN.

By. John Keats.
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing
sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and
bless
With fruit the vines that round the
thatch caves run.
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage
trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the
core;
To swell the gourd. and plump the hazel
shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding
more.
And still more later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never
cease
For Summer has o'er-brimmed their
clammy cells.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy
store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may
find
Thee sitting careless on granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing
wind;
Or on a half-reaped furrow sound asleep,
Drowsed with the fume of peoples,
while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined
flowers
And sometimes like CLEANER thou dost
keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook
Or by a cider press. with patient look.
Thou watchest the last oozings, hour
by hour.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay,
where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy mu-
sic too
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying
day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy
hue,
Then in wailful choir the small gnats
mourn
Among the river shadows. borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or
dies;
And full-grown loud bleat from hilly
bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble
soft
The redbreast whistles from a garden
croft,
And gathering swallows twitter in the
skies
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
The Rise Of Edwin BaWley

Mr.. Hartman is dead and it is al
ready becoming apparent that what is
known as Hartman control" is being
modified when he himself is no longer
here. His prestige was even more
powerful than his individual holdings
or even proxies. The Illinois Central
and the Erie have not acted, and their
action is looked forward to with deep
interest in Wall street.
And in the meanwhile a new king
has arisen who is engaged in linking
together railroads after the manner of
the late Mr.. Hartman. The new
railroad king is Edwin Hawley, So
years old. He was born in New York
state and he has been engaged in a
quiet way in managing railroads in
Minnesota and Iowa all the days of his
active life. He has now left his
western habitat, and has become as
continental as the late Mr.. Hartman
was at the zenith of his career.
He controls the Minneapolis and st.
Louis, the Iowa Central, the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, the Chicago and AL
ton, the Toledo, st. Louis and West
ern, the Hooking Valley, the Toledo
and Ohio Central, and, last but not
least, the Missouri, KANSAS and Texas
railroad. He becomes a to-partner with
Mr. Yoakum and the Rock Island rail
road in the control of the Missouri
Kansas and Texas. n this way an
other great personal bystem mas beel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19

slaves collar with Mahone's name on 1t.
Maj. John W. Daniel, a splendid soldier
and a matehless orator. succeeded Ma
hone in the Senate and the latter after
wards ran for governor and was defeated
by an overwhelming majority The man
who had only short time before been
all-powerful was forced ANONYMOUSLY
into retirement He did not bear up under
defeat and after losing his hold on his
political machine he fell sick and died
broken-spirited man.
Governor Conner politically is as exact
ing as General Malone was. He requires
his partisans to wear his collar. Any man
who deserts him now is, according to
his own language. skunk. Fine talk
for the governor of Alabama to usel The
governor as a prohibition amendist leader
is foaming at the mouth, just as General
Malone did when he was nearing his
political grave. Politicians of the tyrant
sort never last very long in the SOUTH
or anywhere else for that matter"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
REMARKABLE DWELLING

walls are in hard white plaster their
simplicity contrasting sharply with the
gorseousness of the wood finishing.
The sliding doors between hall and din
ing-room are of plate-glass panels of the
finest grinding and polish, and this scheme
has been carried out in all the important
doors both upstairs and down. Between
dining-room and kitchen the door Is mere
ly of plate-glass, and transparent. The
windows. even in the back kitchen, are of
enormously heavy French beveled glass
so clear that one is hardly conscious Of
their presence.
At every turn the visitor will be met by
his own image, advancing or retreating,
or siding away from him at an angle.
From one point in the parlor a person
can stand and see all the persons and
objects in the dining-room and even into
the kitchen.
Upstairs several bedrooms are finished
In the parquet flooring and stained imita-
tion of mahogany as below. They are
spacious and well-lighted, the same grade
of glass being used here as elsewhere. In
the attic are three servants rooms,
reached by stairway of highly polished
mahogany steps, uncarpeted.
A Masonic design on tiny light placed
in the front gable will also peep down at
the passerby from its high nest. There
is a special switch in the attic for turning
on and off this gable light
In the basement heavy glass doors sep
arate the apartments, which are we'll fin-
ished in cement floors and white, hard
plastered walls. Throughout the base
ment the hinges. doorknobs, ETC., are of
brass as good as is ussally found on front
doors of ordinary houses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
THE sLAPsTIcK.
Old But It Never Falls to Draw
Laugh.

From the Bohemian.
For the benefit of the incredibly in
genuous it may be explained that slap
stick is an instrument made of two bar
rel slaves and a fiat handle. BY means
of stout nails or bolts the sterns Of the
barrel slaves are fastened to the handle
This brings their forward ends into 5ux-
Imposition, but makes them miss actual
contiguity by the space of from three
quarters to seven-eighthss OF an inch. II
now becomes apparent that II the COM
pleted slapstick be grasped by the handle
and brought down smartly upon some
solid or semi-solid object, the two slaves
will come together with sharp Click.
In the hands of a skilled virtuoso this
click takes on thousand varieties and
meanings In It's primary form 1t may
mean only tag, you're it!' but when
keyed up by superhuman exertion to
thunderous violence it may signify any
thing you please, from simple knock
out to utter humiliation.
Unless you have seen true artist WELD
the slapstick you have never fathomed
the ultimate depths of comedy. Going
further, it may be said with assurance
that you have never really laughed. Be
hold the assistant comedian in the CEN
ter of the<stag provoking the willing
smoker with his stale wheezes. Suddenly,
from the third groove, the chief Gomez
dian energies. sneaking softly and with
slapstick in hand. Shorts of anticpa-
ton are shot through the smokers. The
assistant comedian keeps on; the chief
comedian sneaks closer. Then, while the
whole house hold breath, the slapstick
rises in the air and begins to describe
its exquisite parabola. A half-second of
dead silence and-bing! bang! bling!
"Har! Harl Hart" You laugh once
more the cosmic laugh of schoolboy.
You lean back in your chair, throw back
your head and howl. The tears run down
your cheeks and your midriff aches with
the violence of your merriment. All
around you sounds the deep booming Of
q thousand whole-souled Ruffaws. Tho
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19

From the Washington Post.
At the beginning OF the 18th century
the English language was spoken by TO-
100000 people At the beginning of the
10th century that tongue was spoken by
CANT to predict that English will be the
language of more than half of the then
existing Caucasian race upon the advent
of the 21st century.
An accomplished linguist made remark
that IL he would court his lady love he
would speak the Italian, when praying to
God he would employ the Spanish, when
oonversing with friends he would use
French. and when making a trade there
was nothing like the English And that
is the secret of the marvellous expansion
of the use of the English tongue. This is
the age of commerce, and there Is a d.
rectness in our language that Is found in
no other; and candor is the soul of all
legitimate trade.
When the Plantagenets first reigned in
England Chaucer was not yet born. nor
He found Latin the tongue of polite
Speech and even Bacon wrote his MASTER
pieces In that language. Elizabeth spoke
it. It was the tongue of the court and
of diplomacy. and such it remained until
supplanted by the French, which is yet,
perhaps, the language of diplomacy in
congresses of tho powers
But this is very different age from
that when Louis XIV reigned when Bo-
lingbroke was minister, when voltaire
was the first man of letters In the world.
1t is the age of trade, and the English
tongue has taken Its place as the domi-
nant speech of the world.
And why not? Shakespeare wrote 1t, as
did Milton. Chatham spoke 1t, as did
Burke. Dryden and Pope, Swift and Ad-
olson employed It. 1t Is the richest Ian
guage in the world, having gathered its
inexhaustible stores from every other
tongue 1t could lay hands on. 1t Is the
language of history and of poetry, of de-
bate, and of eloquent defamation; but
above all 1t is the language of commerce,
and bargains are struck by means of it.
While the first senate In tho world
hung on the splendid periods of "the
grand old man." Chinese merchants were
exchanging tea for cotton fabrics upon
terms expressed in the tongue that
Shakespeare spake."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
What Is Before the Pennla

Those who say the issue of the
campaign is whisky or no whisky"
are either insincere or inaccurate.
They must know that the pending
amendment could not make prohibition
in a general sense more intensive.
/. more drastic, than the statewide bill
IEakes it supplemented as it is by
the Carmichael bill, the Fuller bill
and various other bills. We now have
prohibition, of the most strenuous sort
except that persons home cannot be
searched unless there are good grounds
for believing that that person is
about to commit an indictable Of
Tense.
How then can the issue be said
to be in a general sense whisky or
no whisky" when, indeed, it is
whisky or no whisky in the homes
of the people?
The ratification of the two sections
of the pending amendment can have
no other net effect on the liouor sit
uation in the state. 1t cannot make
prohibition more prohibitory, for that
is impossible 1t can, however open
the way for an extra session of the
present radical and Concerted legisla-
ture and the enactment Of statutes
that will take away all the safeguards
against searches and seizures in ones
home. If the amendment leaders
would be frank and open for a mo-
ment they would admit this. 1t is
mefest nonsense to say that constitu.
tional prohibition would take the sub
ject out of politics, for statutes would
be required to support it and render it
effective.
This amendment movement is sim.
ply and solely a movement to de-
stroy the sanctity of homes so far
as liquors are concerned. 1t is a
movement to render humble homes
at least the scenes of indiscriminate
searches for liquors. 1t is a move
ment to take away SO far as liquors
are concerned the wise provisions oil
the code and of the constitution it
SEN.
II the leaders of the new crusade
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19

From the Spokane Spokesman Review.
IN MONG the strangest houses on
WV record perhaps. in the United
States is that of Alexander Stu
art of Waitsburg, a one-time farmer. He
has spent the best part Of two years In
personally supervising the construction OF
his residence, which. when completed
will be one OF the finest examples OF inte-
rior finishing in the northwest, respiend-
ent in mosaic floors of oak. mahogany
and maple, shining with 30 plate-glsss
mirrors, which weigh nearly half ton,
and glowing with the dark red of fir. fin
ished in imitation Of mahogany.
To outward appearance the house is an
ordinary two-and-a-half-story residence
of the better type on an ordinary street,
in an ordinary but pretty country town.
The first thing to attract attention IL the
yard, which, except for thin strip for
roses and a strip of lawn some 10 feet
wide on the other side is plastered over
with cement. In this cement yard there
are two large circular openings to the
soil, which will be utilized by shrubbery,
otherwise the exterior is hard and gray.
Once within, however, the eyes are dag
zled with the elegance, which, even in the
unfinished state. is everywhere apparent.
The floors are of rare parauetry design,
with the elegant rug finish" This design
runs through the living room. dining
room, hall and parlor, though no two
rooms are foored in the same design.
The baseboards, door facings. etc. are
Of curly fir. with the grain brought out
clearly in deep red mahogany stain. Fine
pressed headwork adorns sll the corners,
giving a sense of riotous richness. The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
Suggests White Wings Squad.


squad of white wings for keep
ing clean Birmingham's streets is what
is desired by G. T. Brazelton, secre-
tary of the Birmingham Motor club, and
he suggests that the Board of Aldermen
make an appropriation for employing
these sweepers.
ut was not until my return from the
Atlanta pathnnding tour that I realized
how dirty the business streets of Bir-
are swept once every "a hours by Street
Commissioner McCartins chain gang
crew." he said. las we rolled into
Birmingham on the return from Chatta-
noog everyone commented upon the
amount of trash on the streets, which
had evidently accumulated in less than
"a hours. At the time it was q little
early for the sweepors and the town
presented an extremely unsightly ap-
pearance. We rolled into Chattanooga
and Atlanta over smooth, clean streets
and the sight OF our home streets in
such dirty condition caused a feeling
of depression.
There should be at least half dozen
men in the white wing squad. Give eacn
one a small hand cart with broom and
shovel and keep him moving about re-
moving the trash. 1t will give us clean
streets, which will make everyone feel
better
Commissioner McCartin could hardly
establish a white wing squad with his
present appropriation and it is up to the
Board of Alderman to authorize this ad-
ditional expense. Mr.. McCartin has
worked wonders with his street force of
city convicts and the council should COM
plete the good work by keeping the town
clean all day. 1t is my belief that IL
one of the aldermen introduced a reso-
luton providing for this that 1t would
be unanimously adopted. But anyway,
we need it and need it bad. Birming-
hams streets are entirely too dirty, and
this is the only remedy"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
Political Parallel.

Governor Conner as a politician and Co
merism as tendency hurtful to the DEM
ocratic party, recalls very forcipiy Ma
hone and Mahoneism in Virginia In the
$685. said a member of Birninghams
Virginia colony.
General Malone started into politics as
a democrat. but he formed a coalition
party of his own, made up of republicans
ana disgruntled democrats. He finally
landed as a United States Senator In the
republican party and Notwithstanding his
famous utterance while still in the Sen
ate, I am better democrat than Ben
Hin,' he took part in republican caucuses
and voted regularly with the republicans
He had been dashing commander In
the Confederate army and was greatly es-
teemed by the men who fought unoer
him; but in politics he was veritaoie
tyrant. He was boss in Virginia Tor sew
eral years. During his sway no man couio
hold any public office unless ne ~ore q
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
MOnStrOuS PrnpnsltiOn

Alabamas "Old Guard" opposing
the constitutional amendment, is naue
up chiefly of distinguished men, who
are permanently out of politics, but
who furnish splendid examples of
patriotism and moral courage. The
ratification Of the amendment would
he regarded by these brave anu
thoughtful Alabsmians as nothing
short OF a calamity. Col. Hilary A.
Herbert, who has shed great lustre on
Alabama and who is recognized today
as one of the strongest statesmen the
south has ever had, in submitting his
objections to the proposed amendment
speaks in a tone of alarm that should
cause every libertyloving citizen TO
ponder well and work with all his
might to prevent its adoption and to
overthrow an intolerant political ring.
ITO my mind this proposition is as mon
strous as was the action of radicals, who
in Congress took advantage of the pas
sions and prejudices of the war to force
through the fifteenth amendment, giving
universal suffrage to the negro
Monstrous is a strong word, but who
knows better than Colonel Herbert,
battle SCARED soldier, and resolute
leader in the dread days of reconstruc-
ton and carpetbag villainy? Yes, it is
monstrous. and freemen are aroused as
they have not been before in many
a long year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
Coming To Rlminaham.

II am to take up my residence in Birm-
ingham as soon as my house on Sixth
avenue is vacant" said C. Kreis, mana
ger of the Kreis Novelty house while
/ have one place of business in Atlanta
and another in Chattanooga, my Birming-
ham business is fast increasing and in
tend therefore to make Birmingham my
headquarters. Atlanta and Chattanooga
are very good cities, but Birmingham
for me-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
POOR "CHE-ILD,u

From the Green County Democrat.
When the different minded advocates
OF the proposed constitutional amendment
get through telling the people what 1t
Cooks like and on December i, when
it Is brought back to its father, Judge
Weak1ey; It's step-father, Governor Co.
mer, and its godfather, Brooks Law
renee, and to all its adopted relations
ambitious politicians, we predict that this
child is going to be orphaned, disowned,
disinherited and cast out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
NOTHING BUT POLITICS.

From the BIRMINGHAM Times.
Brooks Lawrence has been unable to
eliminate Weakley and Conner with their
political ambitions from the great ques-
ton now before the people of Alabama.
To a man up a tree the question might
look like a great moral issue, but the
voters know it Is politics, politics and
nothing but politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
lntersst in Hlah.class Music.

Spencer Jones Of the well-known firm
of HaenseI &, Tones of New York, man
ayers for Walter Damrosch and other
noted musical attractions Is at the flor
ence. He has booked Mr.. Damroseh and
his orchestra in nearly every considerable
city in the south for next spring. DAM
rosch will omen his southern tour in Rich
mond and will conduct festival In Nor
folk. in Spartanburg S. c., in Augusta,
in Jacksonville, Fla, and in two OF three
Texas cities. Atlanta will have no big
music festival next spring, owing to
the fact that the Metropolitan opera has
been engaged to give five performances
there in May.
From Texas Mr. Damrosch will go to
the Pacific coast for a three weeks tour.
Mr.. Jones SAYS that the only open dates
Mr.. Damrosch now has are April 49, 20
and 81 which have been reserved for
Birmingham, and which will probably be
booked this week. Damrosch is signed
for Chattanooga Monday, April Is, and
Mobile Friday, April o. His festival solo
artists for the spring season are Sara
Anderson, soprano; Mabel Van de Veer,
contralto; Reed Miller, tenor, and Marcas
Kellermann bass.
1.-THE interest in high-class music in the
United States has increased fast in re-
cent years" said Mr.. Jones, land the
south in this respect is making rapid
strides. Mr.. Damrosch is now great
favorite all through the south, as he
has long been in the populous centers
of the north, and on this trip have
found the people who are interested in
large musical attractions exceptionally
eager to have Damrosch in the coming
spring. The fact is that I never had
a more satisfactory business trip than
1 am now having in the south"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
THE DEcADENT DRAMA.

1 hate to see a problem play
In which the leading lady
Feels often called upon to say
Her former life was shady
Birmingham Age-Herald.
But to the modern problem play
The old Is not a marker;
For now we hear the lady say
Her future will be darker.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
We're sore upon these problem plays;
The heroine's too buggy
With tho dark villain, he whose ways
Makes all her present muggy
Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
DISAPPOINTMENT DUE.

From the Talladega Reporter.
The results of the coming election have
been fixed and fixed. None guess at less
than 1900 to 10000 majority for the
amendment. Prophesy is not The Report
ers long suit. And yet somebody's going
to get disappointed. Wait and see.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
DANCER |. Rlaatinn.l

'I think it high time for attention to
be called to what seems to be an act of
carelessness, not to say lack of considera-
ton. in the blasting that is being done
in the cut at the base of Red Noun
tain," said J. F. Ratclif. 1.-THE residents
of that neighborhood have been thorough
ly aroused of late over the manner in
which the blasts are being made. This
afternoon in particular l was In the VI
entity of Nineteenth street and Nelson
avenue when a number of blasts were
made in succession. Although I was at
least two blocks from the scene Of the
operations. several rocks of considerable
size fell near me.
fI am sure all the residents of this
section would be glad II something could
be done to better the conditions as they
stand. As 1t is, children as well as 9TH
ers are likely to be injured by the rocks
that fall SO plentifully"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Religion is mostly matter of little
opinion and much argument
A mans religion toward others begins
and ends with what 1t may be able to do
for himself.
woman never forgets to say her pray
ers and never remembers to balance her
check book.
Most of the trouble that we make for
ourselves comes from our trying to make
it for somebody else.
Some men have such poor head for
money matters that If they put counter
felt quarter In the collection plate the
grocer or somebody would work 1t of
oih>them again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19

Ferdinand Pinney Earle says he IS
tired of America, and America fully
reciprocates the sentiment. Earle and
his affinities should seek obscurity in
Paris
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19

We now know who is the greatest
American, and 1t was neither Herr
Hans Wagner nor Col. Tyrus Cobb. 1t
is Babe Adams.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
Note Of prosperity Everywhere.

A. H. Ford, president of the Birming-
ham Railway, Light and Power company,
has returned from the east. whore he had
spent several days on business. He said
there was note of prosperity all through
the country.
81 found business men in New York
extremely optimistic" said Mr.. Ford
Conditions are improving everywhere and
the Birmingham district is sure to get
a good share of this prosperity The
general outlook is bright indeed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19

To Mr.. Cranes great credit be 1t
said, he did not blame it on the re-
porter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19

The federal government should be
be able to find nobler tasks than the
poisoning Of prairie dogs. The official
poisoner claims to have killed 10000
prairie dogs in the last eight months