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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

No set event of the present week may be anticipated with keener news relish than the vote which may be taken Friday in the Senate on the in- come tax amendments to the tariff bill. Second only to the adoption or the rejection of this important tax fea- ture of the pending legislation will be the intrest in the alignment of sena- tors with the republican regulars on the one hand, opposed by the democrats and a doubtful number of "insurgent" republicans. Senators Bailey and Cum mins, representing respectively the democrats and such republicans as are determined upon an income tax, ap pear confident their compromise amend ment will be adopted.
 The preliminary skirmishes earlier in the week will whet the news appetite for the feature of Friday.
 Many of the universities and colleges will have their commencements this week, among the number being the Universities of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Princeton, Brown and Western Re- serve.
 Monday will be flag day and the day will be quite generally observed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Smith, Grierson and McPherson for the Sherman monument at Washington; va rious soldiers monuments in American cities and the Mother Bickerdyke group for Galesburg, III. The Kitsons do their work in a delightfully."- located studio up on the south shore of Boston harbor
 MT. Kitson, who looks like a typical southerner, has become a familiar figure in Vicksburg these past five or six years. He has visited the city twice this spring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Drowned While Autoina.

St Louis, June 13.-Miss Abbel Leavitt and Oscar Wahl were drowned early today when an automobile in which they were riding fell from a bridge into creek near San Jose, Mason county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Life Term For Stealing Chickens.

Syracuse, N. r., June 13.-Charles Chaffee convicted of stealing chickens, has been sentenced to Auburn state prison for life. The judge had no dis erection as Chaffee had been convicted five times of burglary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

little, and she keeps it brushed back smooth. She has q sparkle in her mother ly eyes that never fades. Her front door Is always left standing open and just in- side on mahogany table is a platter of cakes and wine that is constantly replen- ished She puts on the front step every morning a fresh door mat. on which is printed in large letters, "Howdyi Come Inr' She is never too busy to sit down and talk while with you.
 Decatur and New Decatur are twin boys. You can't call one but that both answer But they have their distinctive chsrac- teristics. Decatur Is a little reserved and quiet. while New Decatur Is boisterous and full of fife. They are both smart and promising boys, and are admirably balanced in their mental and physical equipment.
 Inherited Interests.
 Anniston is young man of the world who inherited large industrial interests and does not have to work. He leaves his $ffairs in the hands of compet ent super intendents and managers, and spends his days in the pursuit of happiness. He is not an idle man a spendthrift but an easy going fellow, who is satisfied to en- joy life while his large interests support him. He Is liberal and has a strong h. clination to art and letters. He is a lib- eral patron of all worthy public insttu- tons. He has but one falling. though many of his friends do not count that against him. He is a baseball fiend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Personal and General.

Mrs. Sugg, mother of Mayor D. F. Sugg, is critically i'll at the residence of her daughter Miss Pauline Sugg, on Avenue E and Sixteenth street.
 The funeral of the child of MT. and Mrs J. T. Green will be conducted from the family residence, Lester avenue Ensley Highlands, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing. The Rev. T. J. Beard, D. D., will conduct the services assisted by the Rev B. B. Glasgow Interment will be at Oak land.
 A series of tent meetings will commence tomorrow night at Hill Top, on the South Ensley car line. The meetings will be held under the auspices of the Hunter Street Baptist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Epworth League Meeting.

A meeting of the Bessemer district Ep- worth league will be held next Thursday at the tabernacle of the M. E. church on Avenue G and Twentieth street There will be an afternoon and morning session. An invitation Is extended to all the peo- pie in the district to attend the session. The following programme has been ar ranged:
 Afternoon, /30 o'clock:
 Hymn, by congregation.
 Prayer, the Rev. B. B. Glasgow. Scripture lesson.
 Hymn, congregation.
 Roll call.
 Reports of vice presidents.
 Short talk by A. J.. Walker Vocal duos, Misses Williams and Hood. Paper on work in second department, Mrs. W. E. Curtis
 Hymn, congregation.
 Short talk. H. A. Locke.
 Evening. 7:3o o'clock:
 Voluntary, choir
 Pre-
 Scripture lesson.
 Hymn. congregation.
 Cornet duet, MT. and Miss Fonville. Address, J. H. Mccoy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Elks Journey to Tuscaloosa. Flushed with their great victory ove

Flushed with their great victory over the Birmingham Elks, the baseball team of the Ensley Elks will journey to Tusca- loosa Monday and will engage in a game with the antlered tribe at that point on Monday afternoon. Quite number of the ''rooters' who aided so materially in winning the game Saturday will accom- pany the team with all the noise-making apparatus that can be secured.
 While the team is little sore (physic- ally) from their strenuous efforts Satur- oay, they intend to win the game. Artie Burgin or Bob Daniels will do the twirling for Ensley, and either one should snatch a victory. The local lodge Is much elated over the victory Saturday, and claim 1t was the ''Ensley spirit that won the game. They have been very successful in everything they have attempted, show. ing that the lodge is alive and up-to- date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Educated in Europe.

MT. Ktson though a Massachusetts cit izen of several years standing is an Englishman by birth, a native of Hud- dersfeld, where he was born in 1865 He was trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Paris. He holds the gold medal and honor of the Art Association of New York, the Royal Order of Rene Merenti from the King of Roumana, medals from the expositions at Paris. 1889, Chicago 1893 md Paris, 1900. He Is member of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27

as large as the full moon does to the
naked eye.
In its course across the sky Mars
always follows the apparent path OF
the sun, as do all of the planets. This
path is the ecliptic, and corresponds
with the equator OF the sun and all the
planets approximately. If the earth
did not turn all the planets and the
moon would rise In the west
The yelluw-red color of Mars is due
wholly to the sands of its desert sur
face, of which more than three fourths
is now apparently arid waste. The be-
lief that it was due to the red tint of
the MAINTAIN vegetation has been fully
disproved by the spectroscopic analysis
of the planets atmosphere, when the
presence of green chlorophyl, or sap,
common to all earthly vegetable life,
was fully demonstrated. The green
was only found in the narrow irrigated
strips between the canal parallels,
where the Martians are toiling today
in their fields growing their crops.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27
THE VANITY OF WOMEN.
dubuque Telegraph


Where are the mothers of yester-
year? Gone before the desire for ease
and the selfshness of the women of
hood; gone never TO return. Perhaps
they are the critics who never taste
pies as good as mother made, whose
conception of woman's sphere is the
kitchen and the back yard. whose ideal
is of a figure with arms sunk elbows
deep in a bread pan or in the wash
tub
There are women who will urge these
statements in their defense against the
scathing arrangement of their sex by
Father ]. j. Sullivan. S. J.. of st. Louis.
He does not mix chivalry With his logic,
nor admiration with his vision. He is
disguised by the spectacle of women
talking about the ballot for themselves
and about their rights. These women
are the "highly educated, screeching.
childless and husbandlass sisterhood."
One might laugh at them were it not
for the effect their antics have upon
the young of the present generation.
They do not exert themselves other
than to acquire a few charming super
latives varied by an appropriate giggle
or two, which equipment is sufficient
to get them along in polite society.
They are upon a sea of vapidity and
discomfort. They like to be and are
admired, not for what is in them, but
rather for what is on them. AS won1-
an is neither the mental nor physical
equal of man she will be compelled to
suffer when she shall have taken from
her her only prop-masculine chivalry.'
There is no doubt that if Father Sulli-
vans words have sting to them wom-
an is suffering because she has knock
ed away all claims upon his sense Of
chivalry.
1t is for the women to fight it out
with their assailant He has said some
| things caustically critical OF Jileni
They may charge that he can not know
them, being a priest. Certainly he does
not know them sympathetically, but as
a disinterested observer, free from the
mesh Of their influence. Is his judg-
ment in such circumstances COM
petent? The question may be answer
ed with another question, Is the judg-
ment Of woman by a man within the
sphere of woman's influence ever 9
competent judgment?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27

to the company to be kept until she
paid the fare from Las vegas-S40-
She was forced to accept or stay In q
ghs WI where she did s to be-
too, and in a country strange to her
In course of time Mrs. Mcguire ar
rived in San Diego. There she made
some attempt to get her trunk She
needed the clothes it contained, ana she
did not have $40 to pay for it. A polite
official told her that it would be i'm
possible to give it up until she paid
the $40 or until the lost ticket turned
up. He told her, too, that she would
have to pay $3.50 a month storage on
1t as long as the company kept it. She
went to a lawyer. He started to do
what he could and meanwhile told a
newspaper about it. A reporter who
was sent to find out about ii, asked one
of the railroad men why the woman
nation when it was admitted that she
had paid for the ticket.
oh" said he, that would have
been impossible Some one might have
found the ticket she lost and used it,"
But that would not have broken the
Santa Fe,' said the reporter.
NO." said the railroad nan-who,
by the way, has the reputation of be-
ing very pleasant, kind man.
mo, he said, "but our hands were
tied. The interstate commerce law
would not let us give the woman a
free ride"
Well that's all
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27
Topics of the Times

The French were always a bunch of
for few months.
Theodore has shot only forty-two
faunal specimens. Seems like he could
have had more fun right in Washing
ton during the special session.
Put Watts first engine beside the.
locomotive that pulls the fast mail. Set
the aeroplane beside them, look for
ward into the next century and see
what you shall see.
When Cummins introduces his bill
extending the powers of the interstate
commerce commission the American
Economist, Pat Murphy and the Bur
Hngton Hawkeye will be even more
convinced of an attempt 10 'wrest con-
troll from the special interests.
A Boston man is recovering from
paralysis under treatment of bee
stings. AS most people feel symptoms
/ of paralysis on being "stung" the old
/ priciple Of using the hair of the dog to
cure the bite seems to hold together in
Boston.
Some New York writer wants TO call
\ the typewriter girls 'dactylographs" as
/ distinguishing themselves from the
machine they use. But what's the mat
ter with calling her by her first name
! And anyway the man with ordinary
eyesight can distinguish between Mae
/ and machine.
Russell Sages money is to finance
an investigation of the loan shark
business. Another case of the hair of
the dog
Certain Chicago pastors are arranging
TO open the Sunday ball games with
religious service with President Muir
phys assistance and approval. It's a
poor rule that don't work both ways
Why not open religious services with
five innings. That would help the at
tendance at church too.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27
NEIGHB0RlNG WITH MARS.

Do you go star gazing? Have you
been watching Mars? This planet, the
most beautiful and interesting object of
all on starry fields, just now rises
najestically into the heavens from the
east a bit earlier each evening, and
by 10 o'clock is now In favorable DO
sitfon for observation and remains in
the sky turnout the night Next to the
moon it is now the brightest object in
our night sky and will continue to in
crease IN apparent size and brilliancy
until late in September, when it will
appear directly south at exactly mid
night. Then we are squarely between
1T and the sun, in position for a tran
sit of the earth across the sun to the
MARTENS. Mars rises as much earlier
each night as the difference between
the velocities of the two worlds, Mars
rising in the eastern sky in proportion
as the earth overtakes him, travelling
more swiftly and on the shorter inside
lIdth. w lleu Jul edIllQ cdlcHeS I'D ana
runs under him" Mars will appear d.
rectly south at midnight. Then as the
earth PUSHES ahead Mars will be left
behind, declining on the western hor-
lion. constantly growing fainter until
1t will be almost lost to view in six
months.
1t will be approximately thirty years
before the people Of this world have
another opportunity to view Mars as
near as 1t will be at this approach. as
the next approaches in 1928 will no,
be as close. You should take aivant-
age Of this opportunity to study this
world that is Of such fascinating in
terest to us, and which has gone thru
many Of the stages that are still in
stree for our own world With a good
pair OF field glasses or small telescope
the disc Of Mars can now he plainly
scene. With t!. glass thu: s,.agnifies six-
ty-three times the planet will appear
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27
COMMENT ON PINcHoT.BALLInGER.

The Pinchot- Ballinger controversy
which may bring some good to the
public if the investigation instituted by
the president actually investigates, so
far appears greatly to the credit of
Pinchot. Comment by representative
newspapers and journals is very gen.
orally in his support. The conclusion
generally arrived at is that Ballinger
represents the spectators and promo
tiers of his section and that Pinchot
represents the public interests.
LaFollette's Weekly sizes the matter
UP thus:
Mr.. Ballinger's policy is Very salts
factory TO big business The agents and
representatives of the corporations who
are seeking control of the lands in
question We're among his loudest de-
tenders at the irrigation congress. If
Mr.. Ballfnger pushed his policy TO the
extent of securing the removal of Mr..
Pinchot. the interests would be still
better pleased. For they fear the chief
forester. In his inlplacable opposition
TO the monopolistic requirement of the
public's water power sites, they find
the most serious obstacle TO the car
rying out of their program. But the
people. in whose interest and in whose
childrens interest, Roosevelt, Garfield
and Pinchot prevented the public
rights from falling into the hands of
big business, will have only condemna-
ton for a public official With so little
regard for their interests or with SO
little understanding of the conse-
quences of his trust-favoring policy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27
Stop Hurryins.


Hurry is the devil" says an Arabian
proverb. Altho we understand that the
oriental has a constitutional prejudice
against haste. it might be we'll for us
to consider the above proverb seriously
applied to ourselves as a nation. The
morning paper gives us a daily list of
deaths by suicide, apopleNy and insan-
ity-men in the prime of life rushing
into eternity, desperate because they
are left behind in the race or driven
mad by the rush of the business world
What is the matter" Is it the chang
ing climate that stimulates the nervous
system 10 abnormal activity? Is it the
struggle for money? Is it the desire TO
emulate others. or Is it habit?
A distinguished foreigner in writing
his impressions of US says that we are
not accomplishing anything more than
If we We're quiet; that we are doing il
merely to give the impression of activ-
ity. We take ourselves too seriously
The woman who flutters about. Great
ing confusion, is not the one who Is
doing the most work in the world.
Hurry means physical tension some
where, and exhaustion afterward
Hurry suggests Dad planning or care
less execution. Hurry means loss OF
dignity and power. Hurry means fear
and fear is the greatest enemy to sue
cess.
Can we stop i1urrying? Some answer
that we must keep up with the pro-
cession or drop out entirely. Let us
see if we can not conserve our strength
at least in small ways. Let us take
thought and begin to reform. As ten
sion expresses itself in bodily move
ments. we must first learn muscular
control. Relaxation means letting go
and while we are learning TO let g
we are getting ourselves trained to take
hold again when the time comes, fol
relaxation teaches far more than rest
In vain people try to attain a calm
manner with a tense body. When we
have relaxed the muscles at will We
may easily become quiet in name,
and peaceful in spirit The bodily con-
tiition is the basis of real rest.
We will not hurry when we know The
danger to the nervous system; wher
we realize fully that we gain power By
working quietly; when we believe tina
we are living in eternity now
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27

the starboard rail. The after.cabln.
built like house, extended the entire
width Of the deck, q Jumping affair,
overhung with huge, projecting tim
bers, topped by ornate carvings, and
having two companionWays leading up.
one OF them crushed into splinters.
The forward shutters were tightly
closed, and the whole front appeared
solid mass Of glittering ice, SO OBJ
scured by frozen particles Of snow as
to render any discovery of the door an.
impossibility. We began hacking at
1t with our knives, Judging the opening
would naturally be at the center, but
the sheathing Of ice proved so thick
and solid that we made little impress
sion.
ut will take us week to cut our
way in WITH these things" said at
last. DE Nova, 1 think saw an AK
frozen in at the left Of the galley.
Take man with you and pry it out"
To be continued,)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27
TELEPHONE MANNERS.

She was speaking OF telephone trials
and they are never few, tho it is to be
said that no service on earth is more
prompt and conducted with more ap-
parent desire to please and afford
good service than the telephone serv-
dee everywhere. OF all her trials she
averred the worst was when some one
called up and asked "Who is this ~
She considered that question as a
! piece of pure and unauthorized nerve
TT isn't any of his business who /
am unless he has business with me-"
she insisted. "and if he wants to talk
with me why doesn't he ask for me-
If he wants some other why doesn't
he ask for them. I always reply who
DO you want"
The lady was right, entirely right
There is no more politeness or reason
for the question she resented being
asked over the phone than for stop
ping some man on the street to ask
"who are you?" In the latter case the
inquirer would, perhaps be informed
that it was none of his business. es-
pecially if he ran against dyspeptic
or one of irascible tesnpera ment
Aside from etiquette and poiiteness
many men and women are busy. The
telephone rings at time when it is
not at all convenient 10 answer it.
They answer the call because no one
should refuse TO answer a telephone
call which may be of great Importance
to some one of the family or in the
building He hasn't time to explain
just who he is and answer any ques-
6ions which may occur to the inter-
1ocutor
When you call tell who you are
Don't ask who is answering your call
Ask if you have the right number
Then call for the person with whom
you desire TO communicate. That's
about the limit of your privileges. You
have no right or reason to start an
inquistion as to who may be in the
house or who it is who has been kind
enough TO answer your call on your
own business.
The telephone instead of being re-
sponsible for much bad manners
should develop good manners. Cen
orally ii does. The average person calls
over the 'phone in pleasant voics
and a polite way. And it might be
well 20 remember that the caller has
some rights. Whoever answers should
answer pleasantly. To shout, Well
or roar. What is it?" at the caller is
something you wouldn't do face t.
face. Then why do it over the phone.
But above all, do not for the life Of
you demand 'rwho is it, of the person
who responds 10 your own call. o.
course you're safe but that is no rea-
son why you shouldn't be ordinarily
courteous.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27
70 Keep Flies from Horses.

Take two or three small llandfuls
of green walnut leaves upon which
pour two or three quarts Of solft, cold
water; let it stand one night and pour
the whole next morning into kettle
and let it boil for is minutes. When
cold it will be At for use. No more
is required than to wet sponge. and
before horse goes out Of the stable
let those parts which are most irri.
tated be smeared over with the liquid.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27
THE GIRL WHO LEAVES HOME.
Nevada REPRESENTATIVE

Nevada Representa- tive.]
young girl in the north part of
Story county ran away from the home
of respectable, well-to-do parents the
other day, because she longed for the
attractions of the city. Her distressed
parents sought her without avail and
the Marshalltown police finally found
her, soiled by the life she had taken
up. But of the fast individuals with
whom she had been associated and to
whose fun" she had contributed, not
one came to her aid when she was
called to answer to a criminal charge.
The case illustrates the peril young
girl steps into when she breaks her
allegiance to home. The following
words addressed by the Ida County
Pioneer to one young girl in whose
system was working the microbe of
discomfort, are wide in their applica-
ton:
Little girl, you better stay right
where You are. Yes, we know you
have worked hard, that life is the
same old story every day, and every
body else in the world seems to be
having a time but you Why do we
know it without your telling? Simply
because it is an old, old story. You
have formed an idea that your par
ents and those around you are very
uninteresting people, that your life is
dull. and people are keeping you from
having a good time The fact of the
matter is, little girl, that you have
great cause to thank your Maker for
all the blessings that are yours, and
that if your life seems dull and unin-
teresting, it is because you make 1t
so. This world was not made wholly
for the purpose Of amusing you, and
perhaps it has slipped your mind. but
the time has come when those uninter-
esting parents of yours should be re-
ceiving some consideration from you.
Did it ever enter your mind that per-
haps one reason they do not seem
quite so lively as some people you
have read about in the colored sup
plements or yellow backed novels, is
the fact that they have spent years of
hard work in providing for you.
Tt is the old, story of the moth and
the flame, little girl. and the end of
the story is always the same. We hope
not for your sake, but if you ever turn
your back on that old home and carry
out your idea of going ito see the
city,"'we fear the day will come before
many months, when you will pray to
God as you never prayed before that
they will come and take you back to
the love, peace and quiet life that now
seem so uninteresting.