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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
URGES YOUNG GIRLS TO SING.
Mime. Blauvelt Says That Health Inn
 proves When Voice Is Used.

From the New York World.
 At a musical breakfast given in her honor at the Plaza hotel Saturday Mime. Lillian Blauvelt, speaking of the value of instruction in singing, aside from attain ing the correct method as an art, said:
 ..There are many reasons why l should advise all young girls to sing. Not the least important Is that it is good for the physical health. I have known persons to have been saved from consumption by course of singing lessons, which tends to establish the correct use of the voice as well as stimulate the natural love for music. In every one there is a germ of power to appreciate the finest music, and the easiest way to express that apprecia- ton is with the voice. All are capable of being taught to sing-to express spon- taneously the finer emotions.
 .'I said All are capable of learning to sing but to this I make one exception. The person whose ear is physically defect i've not only should not try to learn to sing, but cannot learn. In regard to this I recall an incident told me by well known opera singer about a young woman who had most peduului 'oiee' ooe SooAu not carry tune unless off the pitch. Act ing upon the advice of her despairing teacher, she consulted an aurist who dis covered that there was some malformation in the inner ear. The sound waves as they struck the drum produced wrong sound impressions. She gave up singing and devoted herself to the piano. As she had the notes to guide her she was not dependent upon the ear, and so, while her singing was a failure, her instrument tai music was success. and today she ranks as one of the leading pianists in Europe.
 q am great believer in slow, healthy, consistent development. There Is no royal road to learning, and 1t Is only by diligent study and incessant work that one Is able to grasp the inner meanings of harmony
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
LOMBROSO ON GHOSTS

istics, and what each of them has said to her In the previous three seconds; given to seeing visions even that of her. own ghost; passing rapidly from joy to grief and even to rage; full of strange phobias such as the fear of staining herf hands; pre-cognizant of what is goings to happen in each seanceas
 "At the beginning of the trance her voice Is hoarse Tears and precipitation flow abundantly. Tremors and shorter, slower breaths come. Her hands and feet are seized with jerkings, every little while becoming frigid, At last in the trance, she becomes pale, turning her eyes up- ward and her sight inward, noddlng her head to right and left: then she passes into the state of ecstacy, exhbiting-and this Is an important point-many of the gestures that are frequent in hysterical fits, such as yawning, spasmodic laugh ter, frequent chewing flash of clair. voyance; now and then an odd word perhaps scientific term, perhaps in a foreign tongue. Eusapia Is unlettered and knows no language save Italian.
 Toward the end of the trance, when the more important phenomena occurs she falls into oonvulsions. crying out with moans and shrieks; or else drops into deep sleep while-and this is another im- portant point-from an aperature in her head-a depression of the left parietal wall-there blows a. vapor, sometimes warm, sometimes cool, and sensible to the touch This vapor is peculiar to Eusapia and is found about no other medium.
 Let us consider this vspor a moment exhalng from that curious wound in her head. The wound was caused in early girlhood by the blow of a stewpan or by fall. Sometimes Eusapia says the one, sometimes the other. But this cu- rious wind blows also frem her left leg. It blows out her skirt with a steady, swelling effect; and when that skirt so blown, touches an article that article is either drawn back smartly against her leg or else it leviates-rises gently in the air But more of that you shall see later.
 "She finishes her trance and awakes often to cry out at an hallucination or a delirium, vomiting, unable to walk be- cause of true paresis of the legs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
UP HIS SLEEvE.S
From the Mobile Register.

We do not know whether Governor Co., mer actually said it, but it sounds like his saying. Our Montgomery special of Saturday reported that the governor has declined to say what he would put in the call, believing that if he did so the opposition to his proposed acts would have time to crystalline and make a fight before the legislature.
 If this is a true reflection of the gov ernor's thought, we respectfully suggest that he does himself injustice. It Is the same as to say that he has plans that will not stand public scrutiny; that what he wants to do will be defeated if the public should have time to meet him in a free and fair field. It means, fur ther, that he is not governor of the whole state but political leader of a faction, and that, to uphold that faction, he must resort to dubious ways, and even to se- crecy in the management of his office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
Hotels South and North.

q used to think that the small-town hotels in the south must be far behind the hotels in the smaller towns of the north" said prominent business man, but I was mistaken. While sta tioned in Chicago two ye%s ago travelled through Illinois and stopped at almost every town in the interest of the concern which I represented. The hotels everywhere were poorly kept The cooking was bad and nearly every where there was a lack of modern sanitation. I found very few hotels in Illinois that compared even favor ably with the crossroads hotels in Alabama. It was all surprising to me and I have quit knocking our coun- try town taverns in this part of the union."
 "A travelling man who listened to this talk relating to hotels spoke up and said 'sI agree with you about the hotels Of Illinois. And the same hotel conditions exist in the small towns of Ohio. The fact is that the crossroads town in the north looks very much like the crossroads town in the south. There is the same amount of country store loafing and the same di- lapidated appearance in the rural vil- lage wherever you go-north or south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14

the fastening devices of the oeeident, but even in the period when western learning and western methods are rap idly adopted and assimilated in China no demand for pins and the like arises. It is a people accustomed to the tying and untying of strings, and no matter how much westernism they may ab- sorb they do not seem to be inclined to use pins. The Chinese are pinless people, and therefore happy and con- tent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
SENATE NEGLIGEE.
Natty, Nifty and Hilarious Clothes
 Worn By the SoIons.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Washington, D. C.-Just how hot 1t has been in the Senate chamber I do not know. It has been hot enough to take the starch out of any linen and to Timber the vetebrae of the most ardent in surgent. No weather has yet been dis covered that will make senators stop talking, but the kind we have experienced has done the next best thing-it has caused them to cut their speeches down very materially. During the past few weeks there were several days when the temperature of the Senate chamber must have been at least 100, and it really was a great hardship upon the older mem- bers to sit there during the long ses- sons.
 But the heat caused a sacrifice of sen- atorial dignity in the matter of dress, and negligee is now the order. Vice President Sherman appears very often dressed in white duck, with white stock ings and shoes. Senators Scott of West Virginia, Dick of Ohio and Fletcher of Ohio are attired likewise, except when their pretty suits are in the laundry. Senator Newlands of Nevada evidently has laid in supply of summer f1annels. He appears almost every day in a new suit of white, some of them with a small black stripe, and others cream colored. MT Newlands has a rather thick supply of sandy red hair, which makes striking contrast to his summer garb. Bacon of Georgia and Money of Mississippi are wearing wash suits of tan color, which are comfortable If not so showy as f1annels. Jeff Davis of Arkansas is still hanging on to his Prince Albert coat of light color, but has sac- rificed his vest to the season.
 The niftiest shirts seen in the Senate are worn by Root of New York and Lodge of Massachusetts. Both these emil nent statesmen display some beautiful shades of madras goods stylishly made Knute Nelson, the veteran Norwegian senator from Minnesota, evidently be- came infected with the gay spirit of the season and left .his vest at home the other day. And to make the play strong
 he sported a shirt that had all the crea- tions of the younger men faded to 6 | frazzle. It was a pleated bosom eff | feet of a shade of green that would bt | hard to duplicate. It's ten to ont | bet that none of MT. Nelson's women folk | bought it for him; he sure picked Il | out himself It was the incest piece o
 wearing apparel in the Senate chamber and created quite a sensation.
 | By actual count on humid day bu | 15 senators stuck to high collars anS
 there were AT pairs of oxford shoes in thu 1 Senate chamber. Big palm leaf fans arr 1 distributed by the page boys for the us' | of the senators and about 50 gallons O
 lemonade are consumed during day bl | these statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
FORTY MILLIONS IN AUTOS.

From the Worcester Telegram.
 Automobiles to the value of more than s40, 900 have been registered in Massa- chusetts since the first of January. That beats all records for this state. and 1t is equaled in only two other states. The six-month-record Is larger than the reg istration of the whole of last year. The number of new machines in tho state this year is more than 1900 and 1t Is gainging rapidly. Some buyers of weeks ago are still waiting for the motors to be delivered. Those who have received them paid the state fees for registration to the amount of $127,s1S. One of the highway commissioners says that the reg istrations are coming in at the rate of S6 a day, but he does not know how long that will last. He Is sure that 1t will make the spring estimate of 10000 for the year look small, and that the esti- mate at the same time that the state would take in s1O0.o0o for registration fees this year should have been doubled.
 Clerks of the highway department have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
IAN OPPORTUNITY LOST

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. ~ ROF. HERBERT L. WILLETT of |" the University of Chicago has launched a fresh attack upon the suffragette movement. He declares that it comes too late, whereas a good many pressed the belief that the movement was launched ahead of time. "The woman of e9s B. G." declared the professor in a recent lecture, were fit for the exercise of the right of suffrage. Today they arc not" The very audacity and originality of this new assault upon the propaganda are calculated to spread confusion and panic in the ranks of the suffragettes. With one rhetorical sweep the new antag onist sets at naught the doctrine of feminine improvement out of which the fabric of the demand for suffrage is fash ioned Has woman deteriorated mentally and morally these past 5000 years, in spite of her emancipation and education? If she was qualified for the right of suffrage 1892 years ago, did she voluntarily de- cline to burden herself with the heavy responsibilities that the privilege imposed. as further proof of her superior wisdom? passed forever, and is the claim of the modern suffragette outlawed by the stat ute of limitations?
 Professor Wilett is bold man. His sta ton in life proclaims him not altogether without wisdom. Less resolute men who consider his present attack fatuous may
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
Pensions For Dickens Granddaughters

The granting by the British govern ment of a pitiful pension of $2'0o to each of four granddaughters of Charles Diel.ens came as a shock and a pain to many good people. Many thought that the copyright laws were defective that permitted the descendants or so nopular an author to become poverty stricken.
 To this day the works of the great novelist and humorist sell almost up to esix best sellers" David Copper field and a score of other stories from the pen of the great writer of the VIC torian age are found in every consld- erable library. It is said that no pub fisher of the works of Dickens mas ever failed to make money from them. Publishers today are coining money from them. and yet the granddaughters of the man who wrote them are in want. 1t is one of those cases lna' should not occur, and yet there seems to be no cure for it. Copyrights cannot % down forever, and they cannot well be extended to all descendants or dead author. The truth is, Great Britain should have found way to grant the granddaughters of Charles Dickens a larger pension. The civil pension list has long existed in that country and the rolls carry many a name that lacks the merit that goes with the four granddaughters of man who has delighted millions with the works of his pen, and who is today read widely and accepted in all Eng lish-speahng countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
CAUGHT DEER IN BATHTuB.
Unusual Experience of Providence
 Citizen and Policeman.
From the Providence (R. Il Bulletin.

 From the Providence (R. I) Bulletin.
 Trapping a deer in a bathtub is alto gether novelty in the hunting line, yet such was the termination of deer chase in this city Saturday.
 Shortly after s o'clock Saturday morn ing Patrolman Frank Schiller of the Fourth station saw deer on Fountain street and tried to lassoo 1t with a piece of electric light wire. The deer dodged him and ran through Washington to Dean street, where 1t vaulted a fence back of Michael J. Kilroys house at 256 Dean street.
 One of the rear windows was open, and through this the deer made a dive. Mir Kilroy was in his kitchen, and, hearing a hubbub in his bathroom, hastened to as- certain the cause. To his amazement he found a deer lying at full length on it's back and in the bathtub Just then the police officer arrived, and after consider able maneuyering they got the deer on it's feet. A rope was used to lower it to the yard and it was led captive to the police station. From here it was transferred to Roger Williams park
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
LOYAL, BUT COULD LOVE TWO.

From "The Confession of a Rebellious
 Wife" in the July American Magazine
 Now I am going to say something that many people will dispute: When woman. one who really Is woman. has once truly and deeply loved a man, she can never wholly stop loving him. For that man she will always feel certain ten derness. I still have a great tenderness for Frank. And I have, too, an even greater pity. Perhaps I pity him chiefly because he has never for one moment sus- pected how felt toward him. He could not possibly conceive of my being rebel lious. If he were to read these words it would not occur to him that I could have written them. In spite of all his shrewd- into the weaknesses of business men, he has never doubted my loyalty. l could have friendships with a dozen men and he would not raise a question even in his own mind. That confidence is dear to . woman, even if she knows that she does not deserve it. In one way do deserve it. Never. for an instant, have been att tTacted to another man. And yet l be- lieye I could easily love another man. l could even love two men at the same time, one of the two being Frank. At this point perhaps I become shocking. Mere ly to love two men at the same time is scandalous in a woman. Yet many men can and do love more than one woman at the same time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
From Hampton's Magazine.

From Hampton's Magazine.
 | N EsARE LOMBROSO has joined V the ranks of modern scientists - who are Investigating the ghost. Like many others, this eminent Italian criminologist started in as skeptic, pooh-poohlng the idea that psychic re- search was anything but bag of tricks. Since his experiments upon Busapia Pal adino, however, he seems to have changed his mind. Eusapia is probably the most famous medium in the world, and Lom-. broso went into her case with the great est possible scientific accuracy. He tells about seeing the medium lifted bodily to the top of a table by the invisible force of ghostly hands; about her lower limbs completely dissolving while she was in a trance; about touching living hands which foated detached, in the air; about the queer antics of an overcoat.
 "Once one of the experimenters at the beginning of the seance had laid his over- coat on a chair beyond the reach of the medium. At the close 1t was seen that several different objects had been brought and laid on phosphorescent cardboard that was on the table, The owner of these articles recognized Lneiu dI Once aS having been in an inside pocket of his overcoat. Hereupon the medium began to lament and make signs of displeasure, complaining of something that had been put about her neck and was binding her tight. We produced, light and found that the overcoat was s1ot where it had been originally laid. It was on Eusapia, her arms being slipped Into 1t, one in each sleeve. Yet. during the sitting, her hands and feet had been always controlled In the usual way by the two who sat next her.
 Let us consider this famous medium, Eusapia Paladino a gray-haired. stoutly built woman, 55 years old; Italian born, at the little town of Murge; abandoned by the roadside, then nursemaid; then professional medium; poorly educated and generous to the poor. An abnormal wom- an in many ways, with now and then hints of the epileptic. the paretic, the hysterical; left-handed, possessed of an extraordinary memory-she can shut her eyes quickly and recall the outlines of seven people at a time, their character
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
IN HOIEL LOBBIES
Smoke Abatem ent.

Now that the heated season is on and every door and window is kept open, we have fair chance to see just the amount of smoke that blows in our homes and places of business" said W. J. Cam eron, Jr.
 There is nothing that is so Injurious to the welfare of any community as dirt. and there are few better ways of pre- venting it than by abelishing at least one of the many causes. Smoke can and should be prevented. Look where you will in the large cities and there is never cloud of smoke to be seen in the bus mess district but in this fair city of ours We see smoke on every side.
 Tt should not be necessary to pass law that would force man to save money for himself. but 1t is sometimes necessary.
 "A smoke ordinance in Birmingham would not only save money for the plant in operation, but would mean a saving of hundreds of dollars to the merchants whose goods are now being soled by the smoke and soot."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
MORO HERoIsM.
rom the Mindanao Herald

From the Mlndanao Herald.
 The action of the Magay Moros, who put out to Santa Cruz with cholera aboard rather than take chances on in- fecting this city should be published to every native on the island with suitable appreciation of the high-minded and heroic conduct of these men. To steer directly away from their homes and friends and from medical aid, with their dead lying in their boats. for the sake of the city, reveals a measure of heroic self sacrifice than which the most enlightened peoples can boast of no greater. These men should be given gold medals lettered in their own language that their fellows may know the esteem in which we hold such conduct. This episode furnishes an eloquent comment on the work of ipstruc- ton that has been going on since the epidemic of 1902.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
Rirminaham,s Proaress.

During the past 12 months I have visited every city of importance in the middle west and in the south and in few have I seen evidences of such sub stantial growth as I find here in Bir mingham,' said A. V. McEllery of St. Lauis Certain it is that no city of the 100000 population class has made such handsome improvements in the building line as Birmingham. I first visited Birmingham 10 years ago, and while many optimists were making great proph ecies then for It's phe- nomenal growth, doubt if any one ex pected to see such a well-built city as greets the eye today.
 "The development in this district has been extensive, especially within the past three or four years, but it is safe to say that inside of another three years far greater things will be accomplished. In 1920 Birmingham should be the largest city in the south, with the possible exception of New Or leans"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
StringS Instead of Pins

The American woman remains the victim of the pin habit to the end of her days. She feels unsafe without ready access to supply of pins. She puts dangerous pins in her hair and less dangerous pins in her clothes. She cannot dress without them, and to a limited extent mere man in this country has also contracted the pin habit.
 Not so in China, where five times as many people live as find habitation and a home in this country. There is not pin in all China, except possi- bly among some transient foreigners. There is no pin factory, and no de- mand for pins arises there. Buttons are freely used, but never for fasten- ing purposes. Buttons in that country are ornamental, and large numbers are used in that way. All fastenings of clothes are accomplished in the vast Chinese empire with strings, knotted or looped. This is the rule regardless of sex The Chinese wo. men know how to make their hair fasten itself in place. No buttons, pins, hooks and eyes, buckles or other similar devices are employed in China.
 Tho Intelligent Chinese know about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
Plain Facts ln Plain Words

Speaker Joe Cannon had to sit still and hear-the truth once in his life when Congressman Hefin discussed the Aldrich-C Cannon tariff bill now be- ing juggled with in star chamber MT. Heflin discarded all courtesies of speech in order to present in words that burn the true nature of the spoils scheme that has been devised to build up the few in the east at the expense of the many in the rest of the country MT. Speaker" he said, 'I want some one on that side of the House to tell me the difference between the bold robber who holds you up on the high way and robs you of your money, and the government that does the bidding of band of robbers who prescribe the conditions by which you shall come and surrender your money. One takes his chances: he hazards much, runs the risk of losing his own life in his efforts to rob others, while the other gang uses governmental machinery to hold up and plunder the citizens, and in the name of law commits its crime against humanity.
 Their patriotism is measured by the size of the fortunes that you permit them to filch from the American con- sumers. The stars on the flag look like dollar-marks to them and the stripes represent the special favors that they enjoy at the hands of gov ernment controlled by the republican party.
 "Yes, they take the flag of this | union and, as it were, stamp 1t all over with the dollar-marks of their ill-gotten gain, and plant it in the colossal for tunes of the crafty and the avaricious Let us be manly enough to take il down and tell its enemies that oul fathers and the God of our fathers in tended that that flag should represent the dearest and most sacred principles of human government-the rights and liberties of the people,"
 For once the truth was plainly and fully told in the presence of the Speaker and all the other hardshel standpatters except, of course, the handful engaged in clinching in confer ence the work of the robbers in either house.