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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
BOARDING IN BOSTON

i sequently the majority of these houses are in the less desirable section of the city and in order to come out even they are usually in a crowded condition, but few even providing a parlor where board CTS can meet their friends A majority of the houses receive both sexes and the lodgers live without the normal restraints of home life.
 Boston was alarmed when it learned that 10000 young people who had come to the city for the sake of educational advantages were largely living under con- ditions where they were exposed to great moral dangers. The commission finds the whole problem a difficult one and raises the question of supervision of all lodging houses by the board of health but is not sufficiently clear upon tho course to make a positive recommenda- tion
 Those acquainted with the situation in Louisville must be impressed with the similarity to that in Boston in at least one regard-Louisville includes In it's boarding population as many students as any other city in the south and in proportion to the population as many or more than any city in the entire country Students as rule don't handle many gold certificates and are of neees- sity forced into the cheaper lodging houses, where in any city they are ex- posed to social evils.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
New Lizard Story.

"A Shades mountain man told me yes- terday of an experience which complete ly upset his nerves said L. E. Kley- becker. Thursday afternoon while he was going over some property a negro came up to him and began to brush at lizard which was on my friends lapel. It apparently disappeared and he thought no more of it for he took his coat off and shook it thoroughly. That night he undressed as usual for bed without a suspicion about the lizard.
 And the strange part about it is that the following afternoon while in his din- ing room my friend suddenly felt some thing in his sleeve. He seized it and thought he had found a lizard, but it again disappeared and 1t was two hours later when a member of the family found the little reptile under the table in the dining room.
 My friend says the thing was con cealed in his clothes for 26 hours and the final denouement turned his nerves topsy-turvy. It may not be amiss to say that my friend is strictly temperate and it takes a good deal to upset his nerves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
ROOSEVELT LEADS
 THE SIMPLE LIFE

Oyster Bay, March 7.-Further evidence that former President Theodore Roose- welt is leading the simple life in every respect was furnished today when Mr Roosevelt and his wife came through the slush and snow on foot to church. They had left Sagamore Hill, three miles from the village, at 10:3O a. m., the former President dressed in a gray sack suit and heavy russet shoes, the soles and heels of which were covered with hob nails. It was with his usual rapid stride that Colonel Roosevelt swung along and Mrs. Roosevelt had difficulty in keeping pace with him. Both were in their pew at Christ Episcopal church ten minutes before the hour scheduled for services. On the way from their home they met many of their neighbors and chatted with them. Everyone was surprised to see MT. and Mrs. Roosevelt come to church on foot. The children Miss Ethel and Kermit, were not so brave. They all occupied the usual family pew. MT. Roosevelt is a member of the Dutch Re- formed church, but he partook of the sacrament of the Lords supper with Mrs. Roosevelt and their children. The usual congregation, numbering not more than three-score, was present.
 In a special prayer, said during the regular recital of the morning service, the rector offered thanks for the safe return to his home of the former execu- tive of the nation and for the wisdom with which the last official administra- tion had been conducted Reference was also made in the sermon to the recom- mendation which MT. Roosevelt had made to Congress in behalf of the dependent children. The Roosevelt family left the church before the services were quite over and in that way the former Presi- dent escaped receiving the greetings of those present. He and Mrs. Roosevelt started out at brisk gait for the return walk of three miles to Sagamore Hill.
 During the entire afternoon MT Roose- welt remained in his library reading. He is thoroughly enjoying a much-needed rest. No visitors have been received at Sagamore Hill. MT. Roosevelt is spend ing his mornings indoors and afternoons out of doors. He insists on having certain amount of exercise in order to keep in trim for his African expedition.
 Early this week probably tomorrow MT Roosevelt will go to New York on bus mess trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
Future Vaudeville Artists.

"The training of the many thousand accomplished vaudeville stunts of the country goes on under various and TO- mantle circumstances, said an observer. "There happens to be one in course of construction fin Birmingham much to the enjoyment of favored few.
 Between the hours of and o'clock in the morning when the city Is asleep, and only a few stragglers occasionally interrupt two enterprising young fele- graph messenger boys labor untiringly toward the accomplishment of varied and difficult bicycle tricks.
 Under the electric light on Sixth ave- nue and Twentieth street is their stage. and their audience the alleged sleepers who dwell in the residences nearby All the neghbors have concluded that these two young geniuses are sure to win fame in the world of cycling. Dressed in their blue uniforms, they circle around the light ride on one pedal. stand on their heads and accomplish many other won
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Times Have Changed.

While there is perhaps as much alco- holic liquor consumed in the United States now as there was 50 years ago in fact, internal revenue receipts from the whisky tax show a large increase social drinking in the country home is going out of fashion," said an old Vir- ginian. .I can remember when nearly every sideboard in the south was well supplied with whisky and brandy and the children s well as the grown folks were expected to take few sips every day.
 Tt was not an unusual thing for the parsons to receive a portion of their pay in country-made brandy.
 "Times have changed. As rule min isters of the gospel are now total ab- stainers and the decanter has disappeared from the majority of country houses in the south.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
LIVELY CRUSADE
 ON TUBERCULOSIS

Pensacola, March Predetermined to exhaust every means in an effort to rid itself of that dread foe of man kind-tuberculosis-t state of Flor ida is witnessing a vigorous crusade against this disease. The campaign is being waged in every part of the state with exhibits Illustrating the ravages of tuberculosis and with lectures de- scribing the progress of this insidi- ous disease, and the methods necessary to combat it.
 The preliminary step in this aggres- sive movement will be the transfer of the National nti-Tuberculosis asso- ciation's headquarters, with its ex- hibits. from St. Johns to Pensacola dur ing the remainder of the 90-day cam paign in this city. At half dozen cities along the east coast there will be vigorous demonstrations against con sumption with the establishment of re- cruiting stations for the long continued campaign which will follow this pre- 1iminary movement. Tallahassee. Lake City, Ocala, Gainesville, Miami and Key West will be made local centers from which local skirmish parties will SCOUT practicallv all of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
.WhAT.Is TO COME.

By w. D. Henley. What is to come we know not. But we know That what has been was good--was good to show, Better to hide, and best of all to bear, We are the masters of the days that were. We have lived, we have loved, we have suffered-even so. Shall we not take the ebb who had the flow? Life was our friend. Now. if it be our Dear though it spoil and break ps!-need We care
 What is to come? Let the great winds their worst and widest blow, Or the gold weather round as mellow slow; We have fulfilled ourselves, ard we can And we can conquer, though we may not share In the rich quiet of the afterglbw
 What is ito cc-rc,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
GO-AS-YOU- PLEASE
 WALKING MATCH

New York; March 7.-Fifty-four pedes- trians, divided into 27 teams, started to- night in an international go-as- you please race at the Madison Square Garden.
 The duration of the contest will be 142 hours the finish being scheduled for 10 o'clock next Saturday night. special clay and cinder track, measuring 10 laps to the mile, has been laid. It is similar to that made for the recent indoor Marathon race, but much wider.
 Five thousand dollars in prizes is offered by the management. of which the winning team will get $500 and the next seven teams proportional amounts. The team partners can relieve each other as often as they choose, but neither can be on the track more than 12 hours out of 24.
 With the crack of pistol shot, 27 men plunged forward as one man at 12:05 this morning. Cheers greeted the athletes when they came on the track a few minutes after midnight.
 Willie Collier, the actor, fired the pistol which started the men on the long tramp. The men got away in good order, running at smart trot but some of them start ed to sprint to gain the honor of finish ing ahead in the first lap.
 The men selected to represent the teams at the start were: Cibot Terri, Feegan, Wolledge, Walker, Doms, Loeslien, De- varis Romarits, Rovoc, Calabro, Curran, Frazier, Higgins Davis, Phillips, Hegel- man. Kellar, Edlar, Driscoll, Spring, Met kus, Corey, Dineen, Harrington, Christie and Quackenbush.
 Tony Loeslien, wearing the hoodoo No. 13 was the first to complete the circuit
 Dineen of Boston was leading at the end of the first mile, made in 5:17. Prouty relieved Dineen after the second mile and led the pack at the finish of the fifth mile. His time was 1:05. Davis of the Indian team was second and only four yards away.
 At the end of the first hour Dineen and Prouty of the Boston team were tied with Davis and Munley, the Indian team, for first place, with miles and laps. Corey and Coleman of the Chicago team and Smallwood and Curran of the Scotch- Welsh team, were tied for second place, with g miles and laps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
HOPE ON NOVEL WRITING

a good teacher have fair opportunity. Structure lies in arranging what you have invented and observed (by virtue Of your faculty and your instincD to the best possible advantage, in beginning at the beginning, going on to the middle. and, most important of all, perhaps, stop ping at the end; in considering TOW much emphasis each situation will stand" in judging how far to extend your canvas or when to narrow it; in de- cding in what order to unravel the sKem of the story you have to tell; in knowvng what "belongs' to the story and what .s max-and, as I have hinted, stopping at it. On all these points a good teacher ought to be of great service to his hear CTS.
 Whether style can be taught is an o-d question, and one with regard to when it is necessary to distinguish. "Incom- municable charm naturally cannot be communicated, especially as it would oe exacting to require the professor himse.r to possess it. Nobody can teach you so write like Charles Lamb-not even
 
 can be taught-good grammar and the right use of words. You can be taught not to employ the nominativus pendens, and not to say 'phenomenal'' when you really mean extraordinary. I think that teaching and the accompanying reading can go little further. They can suggest the proper relation between subject and style-the man whose style is too big or too small for his subject is the born prey of the parodist; they can call attention to the balance proper to be observed be- tween narrative and dialogue, and snow, by reference to the masters (to Sterne and Congreve, for example). how yiysd- ness and dramatic suspense may be im- parted to dialogue without loss of natural ness; they may incite the nearer to learn from Steele that writing may be very simple yet very distinguished, from Ste- venson that subtlety is one thing and obscurity quite another. The professor can and should preach with parrot-sKe persistency, Lucidity-lucidity- And if, after all this A. B. does not write a good novel, not much harm $ done. Incidentally he will, if wisely di rected, have read and pondered a lot of fine literature. For my part, have some suspicion that this idea may be in the minds of the learned men who have or dained the classes of which I have been talking; if so. they may, perhaps, after all be wise to make the preliminary ex- animation very easy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
Water Traffic Free to All

The interstate commerce commits sion has just rendered a decision that is far-reaching. For example, a boat loaded at St. Louis can carry goods to New Orleans regardless of the Hep mission held that all interstate traffic was subject to the provisions of the Hepburn act, but now it holds that while it controls the all-rail and part rail and part water transportation, which is the subject of common ar rangement, it leaves all all-water ezr- riage open to force competition. The commission, in other words, is without jurisdiction over a shipment by water of cotton from Tuscaloosa to New York or Boston, provided it goes by water without arrangement with a rail line.
 The decision was made by four-by- three vote but it stands just as solid as it would if it had been made by an unanimous vote, and in the long run it will be often heard from. All-water commerce should be left free and the recent decision of the interstate con- mission goes a long ways towards rendering it as free as the water it is carried on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
A Wall Street Tribute.

Ii was believed generally that Wall street had positive dislike for Roose- yelt and his methods, but Henry Clews, the well-known Wall street banker and hnancier. says in his weekly circular
 "rhe coming of the new administration will have a soothing effect upon the nerves of the financial community. MT. Roosevelt introduced many reforms that were necessary for public welfare, and pushed them with a vigor that was often unsettling to vested interests. Certain tendencies arising from an undue con- centration of wealth were threatening the polftical horizon and no matter who un- dertook the initiative in restraining or regulating them the effect was sure to be disturbing Yet the purposes of MT. Roosevelt were always of a high order and with few exceptions were conducive to public good.
 Tt is safe to say that MT. Roosevelt will go down into history as one of our greatest Presidents, ranking close to Washington and Lincoln; but his meth ods of carrying out these purposes were, as already said, often very irritating and unSeIIllIB. oO lCuS dS lileS6 lSSlld diiilS had to be applied it is perhaps as well that their initiation should have fallen into the hands of MT. Roosevelt, for it is easily conceivable that had the task been undertaken by one of less force and more radical the end might have been disastrous. Our ex-President's policies were never destructive; they were always progressive, and have done more to check extreme radcalism and socialism than any movement that the country has ever experienced. As soon as the dust of con- f1ict subsidies a clearer vision of MT. Roosevelt's character will be obtained; and ten years hence it is safe to say that he will have attained much higher position in the regard of his fellow coun- trymen than he holds at the present time The country is fortunate in having a successor who will continue these pol ices in a firm but more tactful and judicious manner. President Taft's ideas and methods are well understood. He has the faculty of winning by attraction rather than compulsion, and now that the current of reform has been turned in the direction in which he distinctly led there is every reason to expect a healthy progress in political develop ments.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08

Anthony Hope in the unlVersi'S "@ amy
 of Toronto. xREAD the other day in newspaper
 that there are in more than one or A the universities of the United states o,osses for the teaching of the art or writing novels and stories. ao not know how far the statement IS correct hut it is interesting to noVehst WHO 10 se,f-tauaht-so far as he Is taught at all +o consider how far and in what respects Q systematic course of instruction from oualifed teacher not, perhaps, very easy person to fnd) would be of benent to a student who had a bent or fancy TOT writing fiction. Only students of that or der will, it is to be hoped, attend the classes. The idea of novel writing peihs turned into a recognized occupation or profession, such as the law or engineer ing. is. to speak frankly almost appalling. He would be a cruel parent who delib- erately destined a plodding youth to live by the exercise of recalcitrant imagina- tion-and his cruelty would not be con fined to his offspring; it would, or might, reach the public also. Probably the sac- ulty are wise enough to hold preiim1- nary examination before they admit to these classes, to see, for instance, whether a man can describe to any purpose w%at he has seen, before they try to teach him to describe what he has not seen.
 expect that the truth is that no amount of teaching can make a novelist; he, like the poet, is born, not made, though he is born to a number heritage. The true novelist has an instinct ana a faculty. The instinct is curiosity asout human nature. It is conceivable that teaching might develop this instinct, it is not likely that it could create it. The faculty Is invention and here it Is, think, safe to say that teaching will oe powerless, if the natural girt IS not there. F1aubert taught Maupassant, but he mad a Maupassant to teach. But if pro- lessor cannot make novelist, there IS to my thinking no reason why he should not greatly improve any novelist whom he chances to catch young. The interest in human nature for it's own sake, which I have called curiosity, may be a plant hard to cultivate in unsuitable ground, and the faculty of invention I believe to be purely native. But there are-.o put the matter briefly, and of necessity, therefore, rather roughly-two other things which go to the making of good story-the arrangement and the writing; the structure and the style. Here teach ing and a course of reading directed by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
JAIL IS PLACE FOR
 STOCK SWINDLERS

New York, March Especial. )-Jail is the proper punishment for stock market manipulators. It was sug- gested to the officers of the New York stock exchange yesterday by the com mission appointed by Governor Hugh es to investigate Wall street.
 It was the first time anything so radical had been hinted at and high finance was sh ocked The officers of above was made were, however, prompt to combat it.
 "They told us,'' said Horace White, the official spokesman for the commits sion, that they would be glad to do anything that was feasible to remedy the evil, but they did not want to do anything they knew would disarrange good I am bound to say that we agreed with them on that, and the re- suit was that after two hours of de- bate. neither side could offer any plan to which we could agree"
 The commission is without power to subpoena witnesses or compel them to talk when they appear voluntarily. For that reason James R. Keene has ignored the request of the commission to come before it and tell how he manipulated the market in steel stocks to enable J. P. Morgan and other insiders to un- load tn cir common stock on the public at about $50 a share, price it did not touch again for years. Those who did respond to the request to testify before the commission today were President Thomas of the exchange, Secretary Ely and members of the governing body of the stock exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
Congressman Mccall on Mir. Roosevelt

In declining call to the presidency of Dartmouth college Congressman Mccall aired his own egotism while denouncing ex-President Roosevelt. He declined to go to college work be- cause he thought he was more needed in the national movement toward san ity and safety. He hopes to see the day when the caprice of an autocrat ,uwould not take the place of constitu
  tiOnal constraint. And he made the stab plainer when he expressed the Gear that some chance barbarian as an autocrat might overturn our tenn
 plss and do more harm in the direc
 ton of unclvilizing the country than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
From the Louisville courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 @ HE boarding population of Bos-
 9 ton has at last been recognized ., li,,.,i
 and their complaints filed with the city administration. The lodging house commission appointed last spring by the mayor has made it's report, show ing that there are s29O regular lodging houses. 16,S26 families which keep one or more boarders. making in all about 5OOOO 1odgers in the city of Boston By means of a systematic canvass the board ing population was classified. The num- Der included office help, professional men and women teachers, mechanics, but by far the majority were students who had come into Boston to attend school the boarding houses really constituting an extensive college dormitory system.
 The commission urges that the prob lem is not in the small and poorly fur nished rooms nor in the quantity and quality of the food but in the natural opportunity which is in the lodging house offered for immoral people to prey upon innocent young men and women. Some places are purposely of a questionable character, but the fact is not always apparent on the surface and innocent neople often get into the very places against which they should be warned"
 The net profit for the landlady upon the average lodging house of IA rooms was found to be but $l5O year. Con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
Search Bv Paris Police.

Paris, March 1.-The Paris police are searching for a man giving the name of Braunstein, who is charged with having represented himself as general agent of New York life insurance company. It Is alleged by the police that the man collected large sum of money by means of letters to persons holding policies in the company requesting them to pay up premiums under the penalty of forfeitng their rights. In humber of cases the persons go addressed were deceased and the matter came into the hands of their executors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
Will Fly over Rockies.

Los Angeles, March 7.-The attempt of Aeronaut G. T. Bumbaugh to sail over the Rocky mountains in an effort to win the Lahm cup will not be made tomorrow, but will be within two weeks The statement that the at tempt would be made tomorrow was due to the fact that he today wired the official notice to the Aero club of America and asked for the rules governing the race. The balloon Bum baugh will use is owned by c. A. Coey of Chica ITO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,
from the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Optimism is the way you can feel about thing that is going to happen until it happens.
 The relatives a man can stand are those who hate him so much they won't come near him.
 The first essential to success as high financier is for him not to follow any of his own tips.
 An easy way for woman to get money out of her husband is to tell him how everybody admIres how he can afford to dress his family sn we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
Better Times Exneoted.

Tt is not so much an- appreciable increase in the volume of business that makes the merchant say that times are improving, as it is in the feeling that conditions will be decidedly better in the near future," said M. P. Henshaw of St. Louis.
 Every business man one meets is ex- pecting an active trade between now and summer. I predict that April will be a very good month"