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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
JUSTICE TO EDITOR BARRETT

From the Atlanta Georgian and News.
The Georgian is an out and out prohi-
bitionist We print no liquor advertise
ments.
Nevertheless, in the name of the pro-
fession, we resent the attacks which are
being made upon Editor Barrett of the
Birmingham Age Herald by certain
wearers of the cloth, who exhibit more
zeal than discretion in the methods of
attack to which they have resorted.
Mr.. Barrett is "a Georgian. For %
years we have known him well. On
some issues we may be at variance, but
neither the honesty of his convictions
nor the purity of his motives can for
one moment be questioned.
1t is gratifying to note that the occu-
pants of the leading pulpits of Birming-
ham discountenance the attacks which
. have been made upon him. The ugly
filings at the editor have proceeded from
another class. And the methods of as
sault rather indicate that the primary
object of this unjust criticism of Editor
Barrett was self-exploitation.
Even in the best of causes The Geor-
gian can not Justify tactics which adj
nit Of serious question.
Let's be careful in choosing our blades
when we fight.
For we can expect to achieve no VIC
tories which will endure unless our
weapons are as clean as our flag.
Editor Barrett's signed. editorial in
Wednesdays issue of his paper is
Straightforward.
We do not wish to be unjust to the
wearers of the cloth who for the time
being have risen into prominence upon
the shoulders of the Birmingham edi-
tor, but Mr.. Barretts answer makes us
think of the lines of Burns:
! ken I'm ma the thing I should be
Nor am I cen the thing I could be;
But many times I rather would be
An atheist clean
Than under gospel colors hid be
Just for a screen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
STRAIN OF AEROPLANING


From the New York Times.
IN EW WORKERS have at last had
III a chance to see some real flying
with real flying machines. and
such of them as are in the habit of ex-
aiming as we'll as of experiencing emo
tions all admit that the spectacle of a
man moving at will through the air gave
a new thrill, pleasurable, indeed, but at
the same time so intense as to be dis
tinctly painful.
Reading about the achievements of the
aeroplane-as in the case of other novel
ties, New York sees this one good while
after it has become an old story in not
few other places, since New York rare
ly or never experiments-is a curiously
inadequate substitute for direct and per-
sonal observation. The innumerable print
ed accounts were all accurate enough.
SO far as they went, but nobody seems
to have been able to put into words the
impression which the actual seeing of one
of these flights produces. The thing Is
there, done before the eyes, and yet ac-
conflict with the instinct which says that
the thing is impossible
This form of locomotion differs from all
the others to which men have resorted in
that it involves three-dImensional steer
Ing Other vehicles move in a single
plane, and they go safely when they are
kept from going wrong to right or left.
The bicycle, to be sure, has to be bal
anced as well as guided, but as related
to its pathway 1t can move in only two
dimensions. The submarine to be frank,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
AERoPLANEs ARE CHEAP.
Mile-a-Minute Machine Can Be Bought
For $500.

Paris Correspondence London Express.
M. Santos-Dumont has just achieved
remarkable flying feat, and as a sequel to
It, has made a remarkable gift to the
public.
In his tiny aeroplane, of which much
has been heard, but which previously had
accomplished little, he flew from ST. Cyr
to Bue, a distance of five miles, which he
covered in five minutes, or exactly mile
a minute
The flight was over a deep valley COW
cred with trees and houses. and its object
was to make call on a friend, M. Cuff
roy, who is also experimenting with an
aeroplane, and with whom M Santos Du-
mont had made a bet of $40 to be paid
by the one on whom the first call was
made.
When the bet was made NJ Farman
was present and he secuted the idea of
such a journey being made in so small a
machine as that of NJ. Santos Dumont. He
wagered $40 that it could not be done, and
therefore by yesterdays flight M Santos
Dumont won two bets of $40 each.
The aeroplane has been christened by
M. Santos-Dumont Demoiselle. owing to
its smallness. Tt is less than 20 feet long
and 10 feet broad, while its total weight
when flying with M. Santos-Dumont on
board is only $50 pounds.
So small Is the machine that it has
only 10 square yards of carrying surface
as compared with the 70 square yards of
Mr.. Orville Wright's biplane. The motor
is an extremely light one and was made
at the Darrac works at Suresnes. 1t only
weighs 112 pounds. The remainder of the
machine is of canvas and bamboo and can
be easily carried on motor car.
After the flight M Santos-Dumont made
the remarkable announcement that he did
not intend to take any measure to protect
his invention.
''In my desire to aid the progress of
aerial locomotion,' he said, II have de-
termined to make the plans of my aero
plane public property. Anyone may have
the right to construct similar aeroplanes
and all they need to do is to come to me
for the plans.
1.-THE cost is not large, for, including the
motor, 1t comes to less than e120"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
Elght Weeks Oh

The election to determine whether
or not Alabama's constitution is to
be amended by writing prohibition in
the fundamental law. will take place
eight weeks from tomorrow. Questions
of politics and expediency are involved
to say nothing of principle.
The ratification of the proposed
amendment would promote the for
tunes of certain men consumed with
political ambition and would bring
the entering wedge of the national
prohibition party to disrupt the Ala
bama democracy and capture this
states electoral vote in 1912. The
compaign is under way and few voters
there are who have not by this time
got the political bearings we'll in mind.
AS to expediency, would it be right
to put prohibition in the constitution
before giving the recent drastic enact
ments a fair test? The Fuller law
is obnoxious to thousands of thought
full, high-minded men. 1t is far too
drastic and un-American to meet the
views of any but unreasoning fanatics
OF scheming politicians. What intelli-
gent voter, with any fairness or JUS
tice in his makeup, would wish to
incur the risk of fastening a consti-
tutional law on the state before pub
lie sentiment had had time to crys-
talize? Suppose the amendment were
ratified by meager majority, or even
by a decisive majority at this time
of hysteria and frenzied politics, 1t
would not indicate the sober public
opinion of Alabama. 1t would put
Alabama in anything but good light
before the country. The honest be-
lever in prohibition had better have
patience and wait a reasonable time
before attempting to force prohibition
into the constitution.
The Age-Herald has faith enough in
the voters to think that large ma
jority of them will Vi against the
amendment; but suppose the PROPOSE
| ton should win. AS .intolerable a,
the Fuller law is, the ultra legisla
ton that would logically follow would
make Alabama a commonwealth Of
spies. No home would be immune
from the searching process.
In the minds of good constitutional
lawyers and ex-governors, and in the
minds of thousands of patriotic, think
ing men, the proposed amendment is
absolutely wrong in principle. Any
state can have all the statutory pro
hibition its people want The consti
tuition is no place for it. Maine, where
| Eabitual drunkards are common, has
had it for fifty-odd years-all to the
scandal of Maine
Men of Alabama, do not allow your
selves to be carried away by preju
dice or passion. Do not let politi
clans or professional agitators deceive
you. Ponder we'll and be honest witt
! Yourselves and then "ouit Won like
| men"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

| has certain similarity to the aeroplane,
but even the submarine has a tendency
toward stability In its own element,
either at the surface or at the bottom.
and therefore the exception is only appar-
ent. Besides the submarine is not a
spectacle when it is summarizing, and
when it Is not it is only a boat like an
other
1t is in the three-dmensional nature
of aviation that the real wonder of 1t lies,
Its demands upon the aviators attention
are almost appalling IN number and con-
stancy. The aut lob list has to mind
what he is about not little. and a mo-
ments carelessness means disaster, but
his divagations from safety are all hori-
zontal. The road and gravity take care
of the others for him, while the aero
pianist can make mistakes all the way
around sphere. Hence, IN addition to
lending an attenu re ear to every sound
from a complicated and delicate engine,
he must manipulate one rudder for up
and down, another for right and left, and
two more at the ends of his wings And
all these must be combined and co-or-
dnated! Water is stability itself in COM
parison with The medium through which
he moves. When in flight. therefore, the
aviator is probably the busiest man alive,
and there Is not an instant of rest for
him till after Re has made his perilous
descent. Well might Wilbur Wright an
swer, ne did tine other day. when
asked when aeroplanes would be in as
common use as automobiles, "Oh! in a
million years, perhaps"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

it tastes. A glass of 1t warm, with sugar.
ish you. The water of the sea is so saline
I wonder nobody catches salt fish in it. I
should think good way would be to go
out in a butter boat. with a little melted
for sauce. Have you been bathed yet in
the sea, and were you afraid? / was, the
first time, and the time before that, and
dear me, how l kicked and sereamed-or
at least meant to scream, but the sea.
ships and all. began to run into my
mouth, and so / shut 1t up
Il think l see you being dipped in the
sea, screwing your eyes up and putting
your nose, like button, INTO your mouth
like buttonhole, for fear of getting an
other smell and taste. BY the bye, did
you ever dive your head under water and
try whether you could cry 'Quack'? Some
animals can. I would try, but there is no
books. / wish there were such nice green
hills here as there are at Sandgate.
They must be very nice to roll down, es-
pecially if there are no furze bushes to
prickle one at the bottom. M you re-
member how the thorns stuck in us like
penn'orth of mixed pins at Wansteaa?
Il have been very Ill and am so thin
now could stick myself into pickle. MY
legs, in particular. are. so wasted away
needles, and / am so weak I dare say YOU
could push me down on the floor. and
right through the carpet, unless it was
a strong pattern"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
Kansas Rich Widows

Kansas has become fairly prosper
Gus. Wheat did it. But prosperity
could not keep the men of Kansas
alive, and today the state is full of
widows who own property. This means
widows with great rich farms and
much collateral on the side. The poor
widow has disappeared in Kansas and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
THE PEOPLE WILL RISE.

From the Greenville Living Truth
The country people of the state of Ala
hanna along with some of the most
prominent men OF the cities are opposed
to the placing of prohibition In the con-
stitution and they by their votes will
show the politicians who are seeking to
perpetuate their political reign that the
day of the agitator will soon be over and
that the grand old state of Alabama
can take care of her own affairs with
out dictation from imported political
preachers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
HOOD AS A LETTER WRITER.
Lrror, the Chicapo News

Thomas Hood author of the ''Song Of
the Shirt" wrote some delightful letters
to children. Here is one to his little friend
May, dated July /. 1874: IF you want a
Joke you might push Dunnie into the sea-
and then fish for him as they do for a
jack But don't go in yourself and
don't let the baby go in and swim away.
although he is the shrimp of the family.
Did you ever taste the sea water? The
fishes are so fond of it, they keep drink
ing 1t all the day long. Dip your little
finger in and then suck 1t to see how
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

improvement have far exceeded my ex-
pectations. I frequently visit Omaha,
Denver and other western cities but
none of them can show the phenomenal
growth. judging from both the business
district and elegant residence sections, that
Birmingham shows"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

1t is a significant fact that all the
big building operations in Birmingham
attracting attention of late-office
buildings and the like-have been
financed and carried forward, not by
constitutional prohibitionists, but by
the opponents of the amendment seek
ing to put prohibition in the consti-
tuition. And it is another significant
fact that Birmingham is without the
S1,500,000 hotel projected some time
ago and which is supposed to be need
ed. Ask Mr.. Woodward, who erected
the Woodward building, the First Ma
tional bank building and the annex
to- the Brown-Marx, and who bought
a lot on which to build a hotel, what
he thinks of the proposed amend
ment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
Visitor Impressed.

~ was in Birmingham few years ago
when the first steel frame structure-the
Woodward building-was going up and
/ had not been here since until this
week." said Frank o. Farmer of St.
Louis. 1.-THE strides that Birmingham
has made will surely impress every Wis
itor.
when I spent several weeks here in
1900 | predicted great things for Br-
mingham but its growth and its solid
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
About Persons.

Among the prominent Alabamians reg
istered at the Morris are Emmett O'Neal
T. Lee Long and Lawrence Cooper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Carrie Nation is headed for Alabama
but from all prohibition accounts she
will find no whisky to empty into the
gutter. 1t may be, however, that a
few whiskyheads are left. If so, she
might tackle some of these.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

FATHER MENDs THE FURNACE.
rather said he thought he'd fix the fur
Said it wouldn't take him very long:
Didn't know just what there was the
matter
Only knew that there was something
wrong.
Took his coat off then went down the
Bumped his shns and made dreadful
noise;
Mother said, Run out and play. my dar-
ling.
Fathers talk is not for little boys
I sneaked out and by the coal chute list
To the sounds that came up from below:
Father swore and poked and pulled and
pounded,
Then he stopped awhile to puff and
blow.
Pretty soon there was a dreadful clatter.
And then things down there got awful
still;
Ma let out scream, ooh, what's the
matterY'
Then heard pa moaning. fit to kill
Pretty soon pa crawled up from the
cellar,
Blacker than a pot, and when he spoke
Sadly of the cinders that he'd swallowed,
1 just laughed SO much 1 thought I'd
choke.
Ma, she patched him up and rubbed his
bruises
Bathed his face and made him change
his shirt
Vowing she would rather have the fur
mace
Always out of fix than see him hurt.
Pa limped out and hurried to his office,
Looking like he'd just been in a fight:
When he left he said he ought to lick me.
And he may when he gets home tonight.
FELL RESULTS.
'T told a fellow yesterday to make
noise like hoop and roll away"
What did he do?"
Tile made noise like a Comanche
two fights of stairs"
DRAWING THE LINE.
I'm quite willing to wear smile"
Now. that's the way to talk"
But I'll be darned if I want the laugh
on me-"
SOILED LINEN AIRED
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shirts of Mobiles
vile Ind, are filing cross-charges In a
divorce suit.
FINE CONTROL.
He has fine command of language,
you say?'
Eyes, indeed; he can make a political
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

A Kansas minister has quit the pull
pit to become street car conductor,
saying that minister cannot lead an
honest life. A great many people
don't believe a street car conductor
can either.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Men of brains and unquestioned
morals often take the wrong side in
disputations over dogmatic theology,
church history and ethics. Why ?
Because of pride of opinion, as a gen.
eral thing, but sometimes because of
an obstinate nature which if not re-
strained resolves itself into pure Gus
sedness
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Santos-Dumonts latest aeroplane is
almost small enough to be kept in
the hall closet, ready for instant use.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Senator Joe Bailey was as choleric
as ever when he spoke of Mr.. Bryan's
indictment as almost mendacious. !"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Pessimists are people who don't like
DR.. Cooks story because he doesn't
tell about choking any lions to death,
no lions being at hand to choke
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

If there are any people on Mars
and they want us to know of their
presence now is the time for them to
set off some fireworks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

think I'll buy a winter suit,
And look quite nifty;
The cash have on hand s about
$11.50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

The Rochester Democrat and Chron-
icle speaks of "a bump for Mr.. Bryan
Only one bump for Mr.. Bryan? He is
to be Congratulated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

School children impersonated Cook
and Peary in the Hudson-Fulton cele-
bration. Their parents ought to have
been ashamed to let them fight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

A Pittsburg schoolteacher wants
$1,000 for every pound she lost
through worrying over being Tilted.
She estimates that she has lost 20
pounds
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

DR.. Cook is not a handsome man,
but he seems to have a serviceable
face.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Astronomers will tell you that
Halley's comet doesn't wear a rat. It's
back hair is all its own.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Mr.. Patten has still further demon
strated his levelheadedness by decid-
ing not to follow in the footsteps of
Sully.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
FAREWELL.

''I saw Griggerson sadly gazing at the
picture of woman this morning.
why, didn't know Griggerson was in
love-"
He isn't He was looking at the head
Of Columbia on his last dollar"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Geraldine Ferrar has again an
nounced that she is not upon the
verge of matrimony. 1t appears that
there are number of individuals of
the masculine persuasion who would
like to take the leap with her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
OPEN FOR BIDS.

speech and never use the adjective in
famous"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Discretion seems to be the better
part of aviation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

SOILED LINEN AIRED
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shirts of Mobiles
Vile, Ind, are filing cross-charges In a
divorce suit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

A NEWSBOY.
Plucky little fellow
Smiling through the CRIME,
Busy selling papers,
Cheerful all the time;
Sleeping in an alley,
Often hungry, too
Lifes bitter struggle
And it's up to you.
Maybe, in the future
When the years have passed,
You'll be called successful
And may tell at last
How you climbed the ladder
Quite undaunted still
Then, again, you may not
But hope you will
A WELCOME GUEST.
Lets send note around to Bikins,
inviting him to dinner"
"Why, he doesn't know single funny
story
IF that's the case, I'll just go around
and ask him in person."
RATHER SLOW.
IT'S he fast young MANI
81 hardly think so. 1t takes him half
an hour to walk by the home of his best
girl, even when he knows she isn't there"
THAT BOY AGAIN.
PA" said little Augustus Shivers.
well. what is it now?" asked Mr. Shiv-
ers, laying aside the ninth instalment of
Dr. Cooks journey to the north pole.
Are there any polywogs in the milk
of human kindness?'
AN OFF DAY
I'd like to sing little song,
A song surprising sweet,
But If I'd try to Tilt along,
'rwould be with hating feet
The springs of poesy are dry
l hate to tell you SO,
Because youll be disposed to cry
Your two eyes out I know.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
FINE CONTROL

FINE CONTROL.
He has fine command of language
you say?"
yes, indeed; he can make a political
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
VERY PLACE FOR RATS

I'm not surprised that most girls have
rats in their hair"
MOP"
1.-The hats they wear look so much like
barns"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
DRAWING THE LINE

DRAW ING THE LINE.
I'm quite willing to wear a smile.'
Now. that's the way to talk"
But I'll be darned if I want the laugh
on me-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Mary, this is mching maIlecho; it
means mischief Hamlet, ii:e.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-16
Care In Preparing Food.

In recent years scientists have
proved that the value Of food Is meas,
ured largely by its purity; the re,
suit is the most stringent pure food
laws that have ever been known.
One food that has stood out promi-
nently as perfectly clean and pure
food and which was as pure before
the enactment of these laws as 1t could
possibly be is Quaker Scotch Oats;
conceded by the experts to be the ideal
food for making strength Of muscle
and brain. The best and cheapest of
all foods. The Quaker Oats Company
Is the only manufacturer of oatmeal
that has satisfactorily solved the prob
lem of removing the husks and black
specks which are so annoying when
other brands are eaten. If you are
convenient to the store buy the reg
ular size packages; If not near the
store, buy the large size family pack
ages. ]