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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
Some Birmingham Festivals.

"In view of the forthcoming music fes- tival with the Damrosch orchestra and Nordica among the attractions, 1t may be of interest to recall some of the fes- tivals given here in the early days" said an old citizen. "The first festival was given in 1884 and was the result of the enterprise of Mayor-elect Frank P. OBrien. Captain OBrien brought Eich- orn's orchestra of Louisville to Birming ham at heavy expense and among the soloists were several vocal artists and F. N. Inns, as trombone virtuoso. MT. Innes is now the director of a famous band but in the sos he was regarded as the greatest trombonist that had ever appeared in America
 "In 1885 and 1SS6-I think those are the correct dates-we had festivals under Captain O'Brien's management, with Cur rier's orchestra of Cincinnati among the attractions. In those days we had chorus numbers but the chorus was small. A little later on the Mendelssohn club was organized and that was the beginning of high-class chorus work in Birmingham. Then came MT. Guckenberger He gave four annual festivals, the first in the spuring of 1899. For his first two festivals he had the Boston Festival orchestra and for the last two the Chicago orchestra with the late Theodore Thomas as con- ductor.
 vocal celebrities come high, of course, but the most expensive feature of a fes- tival is the orchestra, provided an ade- quate orchestra of symphony proportions is employed. The better class of orchestra usually go en tour with 50 musicians and these performers receive regular salaries ranging from sS5 to $40 week, with the concert-meister and other principals receiving much larger pay
 "In this connection it is noteworthy fact that the greatest festivals in the world are those held tri-ennially in Bir- mingham, England. This English festival is an historic institution. Mendelssohn wrote one if not both of his oratorios for the Birmingham festival and ever since a great work by some eminent composer has had its first performance there. The | next festival at Birmingham. England will take place in October of the present wear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
Greater Blrmingham

The Commercial club referred the subject of creating a Greater Birming- ham to a special committee consisting of E. D. Smith, Jere C. King and Syd- ney J. Bowie, and they have prepared a report which should serve as a com pass in the present crisis of the greater city. !.
 In substance. they say:
 1. The King bill is invalid
 ?. The city cannot be enlarged un- der the municipal code.
 3. It can be enlarged by the legis- lature sitting in special session.
 4. The governor should be asked, in the event that he calls a special ses- sion of the legislature, to include in that call Greater Birmingham mea- sure.
 sThis is an excellent programme pre- pdTeu by lnIee ledIHeu ldMyels anu excellent citizens. and the Commercial club will adopt it, and all men good and true and patriotic will get together on it. It will become the Greater Birmingham platform and all should stand together on it. There is no need of better platform. There is, in fact, no better one, and all will accept it and pull true to it until it is consum- mated or hopelessly defeated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
About Persons,

Walter D. Seed, state treasurer, was in Birmingham yesterday on business. He left in the afternoon for Montgomery.
 John ". Tomlinson has returned from a business trip to Tuscaloosa. The Times Gazette gave Mr. Tomlinson boost for the gubernatorial nomination
 Emmett O'Neal of Florence, one of the best known politicians of the state. was in Birmingham yesterday en route home from Montgomery in which city he pre- sided over the Alabama electoral college Monday.
 Cecil A. Beasley, private secretary to Senator John II. Bankhead, passed through Birmingham yesterday en route to Washington where he wIn resume his duties.
 J. 0. Middleton, the well-known repub- lican politician and member of the Ala bama legislature, is in Birmingham to- day.
 Robert C. Brickell, young attorney of Huntsville, a member of the Alabama electoral college, was in Birmingham yes terday.
 W. L. Bush of Chicago, president of the Bush 2 Gerts Piano Manufacturing com pany and vice president of the. E E. Forbes Piano company, is at the Hotel Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
Handsome Banks.

Among the many evidences of Bir- minghams progress along metropolitan lines is the elegance and convenience of its leading banking houses" said bus mess man. "1n a general way no city in the south can boast of banks better furnished or provided with larger vaults.
 The City Bank and Trust company, which is just opening for business, has admirable quarters on Twentieth street in the Woodward building. It has ample space for it's working force as well as it's patrons and the public in general"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
JEANETTE.

Jeanette is a maid of a hundred moods And apt at the art of alluring, But Jeanette has the habit of chewing
 gum
 Which. in truth, there is no enduring. Jeanette is a maid with winning smile And she sets my heart a-f1utter, But she uses slang with proficiency l would rather have her stutter. Jeanette is maid with a golden voice, Ones ear in rapture holding, But l don't suppose it would pleasure me To hear that voice in scolding. Jeanette is a maid with love-lit eyes And lips as sweet as honey, But to keep her temper smooth, I'm
 afraid
 I'd have to give her money. Jeanette Is a maid whom swains adore And she leaves the Johnnies staring, But she also has defects, I note, And they, in truth, are glaring. Now, you may not think me gallant, vet I'm not a causeIess sinner: 1 wouldn't be able to see her faults, If l stood a chance to win heri
 CAUSE AND EFF ECT. Mrs. Ponsonby had on new set of furs yesterday"
 What did MT. Ponsonby have on?p "A grouch."
 ISN'T IT AWFUL?
 Theodore the Terrible
 Listen what he did:
 Put the wheels beneath poor Ben,
 Just to see him skidl
 ON THE LEVEE. 'Lemme tell yer some n. When An calls CT niggers bluff his chest caves inl" Huh! When CT rousterbout tries ter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 Woman enjoys, man suffers, correct conduct.
 When 8 man isn't always trying to tell funny stories it's sign he may have a sense of humor.
 When a girl says she never kissed men she means they always did it. that when you don't agree with his poli- tics 1t isn't because you are deliberately trying to insult him.
 If men could get as excited over how well their wives ought to be treated as their dogs, the world would be full of good husbands,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
GETTING BACK TO FORM.

GETTING BACK TO FORM. When you try to find the answer still de-
 nied you And stumble oft, your heart oppressed
 with doubt; When you can't read any promise in the future And hope is in a mood to flicker out, Get a grip upon yourself and breathe a prayer In memory of the man you used to be- Of boundless courage crying, ''On, for ever! And dauntless eyes that still refused to see The skuking shapes of sorrow and mis- fortune Which dogged your steps along lifes early way, And issue forth the thane of high en- deavor Who led the battles front on yester- day!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Governor Hughes had no intention of being beaten when he put out his demand for direct primaries, and he is still of like mind. Watch him turn down the bosses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The report that Carrie Nation was in southern Italy when the earthquake occurred proves to have been un- founded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The white rhinoceroses of Africa should watch the conflict between the President and Congress as a matter of preeautiop and preparation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

morean social ideal is high. The esoteric spirit of Baltimore society has always favored the strictest seclusion. Every thing of the innermost and least attain able Baltimorean quality has been exquis- ite, including alike the manners and the cookery. Yet, through neglect of tradi- tions pitiful tolerance of mere wealth and an unwholesome fondness for wit and personal comeiness, the Blue Book has gradually so swollen in size as to in- clude 15O0 names in town of fewer than 550000 inhabitants Of these. quite 1000 names have proved, on close examination by the social arbiters, to be impossible" Fewer than 5O0 invitations were therefore issued to the first of the new assemblies. Families were divided, one sister chosen and the other ignored. which reminds one of civil war. Baltimore society has puri- fled itself The tragedy of it all is un- speakable but remember Brutus. The cause 1ustifies sternness and disregard for sentiment and ambition. Henceforth in Baltimore the hitherto quiescent spirit of true aristocracy will hold sway.
 The banished sisters and the others may have assemblies of their own But ter rapin and canvasback, orchestras of vir- tuosi and the most lavish expenditure of money cannot lift them above their class. Baltimore society has spoken, and We con- fidently expect society elsewhere to take notice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Encores at the Metropolitan opera house in New York have been cut out, but they are still permissible in the provinces, where liberty is still cher ished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The school teachers of AshevilIe, N. C., cannot be paid because the Wander bilt taxes at Biltmore, amounting to $24,0O0, have not been paid, and the overlord is in Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Had he deported himself as Jeff Davis would have done. 1t is barely possible that he would never have made the impression that he did make"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Kaiser Wilhelm is said to be talking again. but Germany no doubt feels grateful for it's brief period of silence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The enrolment of the academic de- partment at Yale has fallen off trife, although athletics are well maintained there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The New Years resolutions do not seem to have rid the earth altogether of bad habits. Some still persist in showing themselves in human kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

King Victor Emanuel of Italy is only five feet high, but he is every inch a King to his subjects since the great disaster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Peach trees are blossoming in Geor- gia, and the cold wave will of course kill the crop. It blossomed to be killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Alexander the Great wept for more worlds to conquer. "Ah," he lamented to his generals, If I had the disposition of James J. Jeffries, would be satisfied to open cafe somewhere and fight no more!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The cold wave between the capitol and the White House is we'll defined, and it may stay until March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The solitary robin who was enticed this way by signs of spring begins to wish he had not come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Our cold wave brings no assurance of permanenee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The entire Senate may yet be put in the Ananias club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Some Congressmen begin to think that a Congress has lived in vain that has no pork barrel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NOT so STRANGE.

call nah bluff Ahm stone defl An cant heah word yer sayr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
GOT UP SPEED.

What sort of record did Lem Biggins make out west?"
 ''He broke the Marathon record.p T didn't know he was such sprinter." Lem didn't know 1t either till the sher- if took after him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The Rough Riders will soon be statesmen out of jobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

The tabling of section of a message does not remove 1t from public con sideration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

It is now Maj. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., of Connecticut, with a bath tub thrown in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
SHOCKED.

ofiOOhtD. We were nearly run over by an auto mobile yesterday and when it had passed Estelle asked, Now. wouldn't that rattle your slatsg"
 "Um-what did you say?'' ''I told her that her question did?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

q saw a herd of pink elephants last night"
 Good gracious. man! What did you have?"
 My little boys picture book"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Lese Congress may grow to be as much of crime as lese majeste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
WAITING AT THE PuMP.
ALEXANDER,S GRTEF,

Tennessee weeps on the shoulder of Ala bama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Our near capital at present is Au gusta, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Cold waves are pretty sure to get their backs broken in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

states would have felt stirred to action by China's unsupported appeal. In the Straits Settlement, for example, all but half the revenue is derived from opium, and considerable part of the public income of Hong Kong comes from the licensing of opium dens. And not Great Britain alone, but Japan and other na- tions, have come to China's assistance The United States itself may well feel much pride in what is being done. The international commission which meets at Shanghai this month for the purpose of devising a uniform method for the sup pression of the trade, was summoned at our instance, and from the very first the United States has given China suc- cor in this matter. At the beginning of it's trade relations with that country 1t forbade it's citizens to share in the opium traffic and withdrew protection from all who violated this law.
 true, has been expressed concerning their tral authorities of China can easily en- force in the provinces what they have so sincerely undertaken. Some doubt, it Is true, has ben expressed concerning their ability in this regard, but the energetic policy displayed at PeSin, which has just brought about a reduction in the term for the abolition of the evil, affords us signs of increasing hopefulness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
SOON.

It won't be long, dear heart. it won't be
 long, V Before the blithesome bard of spring will
 Weave Q song And on the smiling landscape. far and
 near,
 Blood tonic advertisements will appearl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
MERELY SUGGESTED.

]. MERELY SUGGESTED. While taking your share of rue
 From the hand of a fate unkind, Keep your eyes on the forward view
 And leave vain regrets behind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
LAY OF A DRY TOWN.

LAY OF A DRY TOWN. Oh, the man with a smile Is a chap worth while
 And is glad if it's sunny or raining: Though I've sung him before I'll do 1t once more,
 The frowns of the critics disdaining. Oh, the man with a smile Is chap worth while More useful than the chain to the sprocket I'm referring just so To the fellow, you know,
 Who carries smile in his poclleti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14
REPLIES.

REPLIES.
 A woman who has just said "yes" after waiting 25 years ran big risk of not hav- ing anybody to say it to.
 A Pennsylvania mar has just fallen heir to cents a year. The problem of blowing in his inheritance won't consume much of his time.
 A Kansas City paper says people have F a right to keep warm. Sure they have, but some people seem to think they have right to keep hot under the collar all the time.
 Keeping New Year resolution proved fatal to an Indiana youth. It's a pity, too, because he quit cigarettes. The governor of Missouri plans to take part in the inauguration of Taft, pre- ceded by 40 long-eared mules. Members of the state legislature, no doubt.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Entered at the Birmingham Ala, postoffce as seeond-class matter unuer act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

Washington Bureau Herald. 1421 ! street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

ON THE LEVI 'Lemme tell yer some'n. When An calls CT nigger's bluff his chest caves inl' Huh! When CT rousterbout tries ter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

President and Congress as a matter of preeautiop and preparation. |
 The report that Carrie Nation was in southern Italy when the earthquake occurred proves to have been un- 1 founded.
 King Victor Emanuel of Italy is only five feet high, but he is every inch a King to his subjects since the great disaster.
 The enrolment of the academic de- partment at Yale has fallen off trifie, although athletics are well maintained there.
 Peach trees are blossoming in Geor- gia, and the cold wave will of course kill the crop. It blossomed to be killed.
 
 Kaiser Wilhelm is said to be talking again. but Germany no doubt feels grateful for it's brief period of silence. --s-------- The cold wave between the capitol and the White House is we'll defined, and it may stay until March.
  The solitary robin who was enticed this way by signs of spring begins to wish he had not come
  Some Congressmen begin to think that a Congress has lived in vain that has no pork barrel.
 
 It is now Maj. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., of Connecticut, with a bath tub thrown in.
 The tabling of section of message does not remove 1t from public con sideration.
 Lese Congress may grow to be as much of a crime as lese majeste.
  Cold waves are pretty sure to get their backs broken in the south.
  The Rough Riders will soon be statesmen out of jobs The entire Senate may yet be put in the Ananias club.
 Our cold wave brings no assurance of permanenee.
 Our near capital at present is Au- oructa ia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

L. H. Russ and z. E. Morgan are the only authoriz travelling represents lives of The Age Herald in It's clrouia- tion department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-14

ISN'T IT AWFUL? Theodore the Terrible Listen what he did: Put the wheels beneath poor Ben, Just to see him skidi
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-30

1t more profitable. Farm life is look. ing up. It is losing its former isolation and low earnings. An increase in all agricultural districts of educational fa- cilities will also prove helpful All in all. the prosperity of the farmer Is more assured than it has been at any time since the civil war.
 Just now southern farmers feel the high prices of food articles, but no southern farmer should buy meats or grain from the northwest or from any where else. Food supplies should be produced at home. That is what the land and the moisture and the sun shine are good for, and the man who grows cotton to the neglect of food products should not grumble over food prices.
 The south should grow it's own food supplies, thus turning cotton into a net cash crop, This of itself would make the southern farm profitable, and when farm is profitable 1t is not difficult to keep some of the boys at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-30
NEGRO FATALLY
 SHOT IN FIGHT

Meridian, Miss. June 29.-Speciai.)- Mobile and Ohio railroad. and Eugene Mitchell engaged in a fierce encoun- ter at 2;3o o'clock this morning in the railroad yards. The negro is now dying In the county jail, having been shot twice by Jones and Jones IS suf- fering from about a dozen knife stabs and slashes inflicted by the negro. A Mobile and Ohio freight train had just pulled into the yards. Jones started to make his usual round of inspection. lie met the negro who was carrying bale of goods The officer accosted the negro and the latter knocked the officer down with the pale of goods. which he had stoler from one of the incoming cars. The negro followed up the blow by drawing his knife and bouncing on the white man. The men cllnche ed and rough and tumble fight ensued, the negro stabblnS the officer until finally Jones succeeded in get ting hold of his picto. which he stuck to the negro's stomach and pulled the trigger twice. The negro has been sought by the police force for several holp-ups committed recently.
 Secretary Charles r. Scoheld of the Mississippi Western Railroad company IS In the city making arrang/nents for the publication of the charter of incor- poraton for the construction company of the road. He says that everything Is now in readiness for the organiza- ton of the company as soon s the required publication has been made and thet actual road building will begin inside of three months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-30
More Farmers Needed

While the cities of the land are swarming with the unemployed, many of whom are Respondent. thus daily be- coming more worthless for themselves and the community, there is sad lack of farmers and farm labor in all parts of the country. Owners cannot pro cure men to do farm and field work and even immigrants from agricultu. ral districts prefer to stay in the cities.
 This scarcity of agricultural labor due to the rush cityward, Is the chief reason that food prices are going up and cotton prices will follow food prices. Population is outgrowing pro duction the world round, and unless the drift of American boys to the cities can be stayed it will go on until a Ahungry and a naked world calls for a General remedy.
 The one true way to keep the boys on the farm consists in making agri culture profitable and attractive. The rural fee delivery, the telephone, and in some states the trolley, are making rural life less monotonous, and higher prices for farm products are making
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-30
Alr-Driven Enuine.

II. c. Busby of 1920 Avenue I, this city, who has received notice through his att torneys of the granting to him of a pat ent on the air-driven engine, states that more than 500 of Birminghams citizens have taken stock in the project. No doubt" said MT. Busby "all of them will be glad to learn of this patent being al- lowed, as there has been great doubt In the minds of some of the skeptics in this city about this engine being operated by air alone In order to satisfy the doubting Thomases I have gone to the trouble of getting written opinions from number of the best engineers in this city to furnish evidence of the certainty of the operation of the engine without fuel or water. There Is nothing used except air as the motive power. When have my system fully installed will be able to furnish a continuous power of thousands of horse power which can be used to generate electricity or can be used for any kind of service desired. The field for this invention Is almost unlim- tied, especially where coal and water are scarce"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
An Appreciative Reader.

To the Editor of The -Age-Herald:
 I buy the Sunday Age-Herald to read what Savoyard has written. I appreciate the compliment he paid the brilliant John Sharp Williams, and to our talented con- gressman, J. T. Hefiin, and to the useful, honorable and noble class of men, the physicians. But while it is not a mat ter of importance, or of public interest, I was surprised that so we'll informed and accurate a writer as sayoyard did not spell the distinguished name Breckinridge correctly.
 Our crops have been injured by too much rain, and the weather is not yet settled, but as nothing is ever settled until 1t is settled right, let us hope that when the weather does settle 1t will settle right and leave us pretty fair crops.
 MT. Belknap has just completed con- create acqueduct bridge across Main street of our town-a thing of novelty for us, if not thing of beauty. and which will last long time, if not forever. Yours truly F. s. MORRISETTE.
 Newborn, June 2S 1909.