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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
HAVE WENT" AS GOOD ENGLISH.
In Chaucers Day It Frequently Was
 Used By the Most Cultivated.

Prof. T. R. Lounsbury in Feb. Harper s.
 There is a verbal form, long rejected by the cultivated classes, to which the uneducated cling. This is went as a past participle Etymologically such an em- ployment of it is perfectly correct. It was not it's own fault, 1t was owing to a con- currenee of circumstances that it was dis lodged from the place it originally oc- cupied. In Anglo Saxon there were two verbs in particular which expressed the idea of movement in a given direction. One was gan, the original of go. The other was wendan, our wend. The verb It was from another root that it's past tense was borrowed. The form of this in Anglo-Saxon was code which later be- came yede or yode. On the other hand, wendam had as it's preterite and past par ticiple wente and went respectively. It so happened in process of time that go lost it's preterite yede or yode. To make up for it's disappearance it helped itself to sthe past tense of wend. which had discarded it's final and becafne went As go continued, however, to retain its old participle gon-gone, as 1t is now spelled it had no use for the particple went. When therefore have in it's capacity Of universal auxiliary began to take the place of the forms of be with verbs of motion, have gone became the standard tense phrase Have went was relegated to the speech of the uneducated.
 The change came about gradually. In Chat1Nar and lnic aoDt ar1yot.o yias tI,o o1d form occurs frequently. Such passages as He On his way is went" Jason
 home is went" are found in the poets pages But with all the influence he exerted upon the development of the English language, he could not keep the past participle went in the literary speech. The verb of which 1t was a part came itself in time to be largely disused. Even in the Eighteenth century it is not in frequent in the diary of the Oxford scholar and antiquary, Thomas Hearne. For instance, he records in 1727 a walk he had taken to Denton court, passing through Chilswell, which way" he adds, "I had never went before" But Hearne was a Tory of the Tories, and doubtless saw as little use in abandoning words and forms that had once been established as he did in abandoning institutions.
 But though the use of went as 8 past participle disappeared from the language of literary, it has continued to retain in the speech of the uneducated all its orig inal vigor.' From them it is heard now as frequently as 1t was heard in Chaucer s time from the lips of the most cultivated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
LinCOIn'S Centenary Birthday

Eight states have made February P a holiday, but Alabama has not done SO, and the general government has no power to make any day a holiday except in the District of Columbia and in the territories. But the fact that next Friday is not legal holiday in Alabama need not deter the schools or the societies from recognizing the centennial birthday anniversary of Abraham Lincoln.
 His kindliness and good sense were lost to the south at critical period. If he had lived many believe he would have been strong enough to have saved the south from much of the Gemoralization and damage that at tended reconstruction. His sudden death precipitated a contest between the radical republicans in Congress and President Johnson, and at every stage and step of the contest the south became the victim. Lincoln was much greater than the men around him, and his easy reelection showed how strong he was in the hearts of the people, and If he had lived he would have been strong enough, no doubt, to save the states of the south from many of the acts that the politicians then in control of the republican party forced upon them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
THE FoRELoPER.

Rudyard Kipling. in The Bookman.
 CA hitherto lost poem.') The gull shall whistle in his wake, the
 blind wave break in fire; He shall fulfill Gods utmost will, un-
 knowing His desire; And he shall see old planets pass and alien stars arise, And give the gale his reckless sail in
 shadow of new skies. Strong lust of gear shall drive him out
 and hunger arm his hand To wiring his food from desert made,
 his foothold from the sand. His neighbors smoke shall vex his eyes.
 their voices break his rest; He shall go forth till South is North,
 sullen and dispossessed; And he shall desire loneliness and his
 desire shall bring Hard on his heels thousand wheels. 0
 people and by a king; And he shall come back in his own track,
 and by his scarce cool camp. There he shall meet the roaring street,
 the derrick, and the stamp; For he must blaze a nations ways with
 hatchet and with brand Till on his last won wilderness an em-
 pire's 'bulwarks stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

might not have the bonds on it's hands if the offer to the stockholders failed. The stockholders subscribed for com paratively small portion. The bankers had to take the balance of the bonds
 .The 900 bond issue which the Pennsylvania made last spring took place at time when the quality of the bond market was practically unknown. The great success of the issue, which, incl dentally, blazed the way for the many issues that thave since followed, was owing more than anything else to the fact that the bankers of the Pennsyl- vania marshalled the strongest syndicate that has ever undertaken the underwrit- ing of a corporate loan'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
ENTERTAINING.

Mrs. Quidder gave a party
 Borrowed all the neighbors spoons, Called on Sgnor Pericardi
 To pound out some classic tunesi Kept the caterer so busy
 And the hard-worked florist too, That it almost made them dizzy
 Thinking what they had to do. Everything was simply splendid,
 All the fussy danes were there; None of them wore garments mended- Each one had a royal air, So they "bridged' and ate and chatted, Still discussing this and that; Some poor reputations batted
 Were until they hit the mat, When the push was somewhat jaded One by one they rustled out, Left the hostess looking faded
 At the wind up of the rout. Next day all the city papers
 Told of Mrs Quidderis "blow;' Spoke of sundry gowns and capers
 Which, it seemed, were all for show. Mrs. Quid1er grew quite snippy
 When she saw herself in print; MT. Q. was driven dippy
 By the way he had to stint!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Romantic Drama Coming Back.

homantic Drama Coming Back. Tt Is my belief that the romantic drama is coming back said Edward J. Hassan, manager for Wright Lorimer in 'The Shepherd King" which comes to the Jefferson theatre next week.
 "The mass of people who patronize the theatre want romance. Each individual prizes the little of it that has entered into his or her life, and 1t is my firm belief that in these days of materialism, when every one is ready to do almost anything for the dollar, that it is fine thing to have bit of sentiment in ones being. And in this connection l want to say that Mr Lorimer's treatment of the great semi Biblical play has been TO- mantle rather than religious, and the story of David and Jonathan is embe- lished with a plentiful invention of the author placed with a view of making the story suitable for the stage
 MT. Hassan says that member of the company, l.. Roger Lytton, who interprets the role of mad King Saul. is grandson of Edward Bulwer Lord Lytton, the Eng fish novelist. Until few years ago MT. Lytton was a professor at Columbia col lege in New York city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
Distinguished Singer Injured.

The Birmingham relatives and ad- mirers of Mrs. Eleanor Marx of New York will regret to learn that that lady was injured in the Illinois Central wreck at Coldwater, Miss, yesterday morning. The train was bound for Chicago, and while the death list was small, many passengers were more or less injured.
 Mrs. Marx is the solo soprano in Dr. Parkhursts church and is also Dr. Parkhurst's private secretary. She gave a song recital in Birmingham last Fri day morning and sang at Temple Eman uel Friday night. She is great artist and few recitals ever given here have been so thoroughly enjoyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
MATCH MAKING AS AN INDUSTRY.

IGIl5I.
 All the great danes of old French fam flies are now in quest of daughters or millionaires or of Indian princes to bring up and educate as their own offspring and to launch on the social tide.
 Countess de Pracomtal lately took as a pupil a beautiful Indian princess aged Princess Brenda of Jabalpur The girl has pust been betrothed to the oldest son of the Maharajah of Kapurthala, Prince Pariameh Singh who is studying at Har- row. but came to Paris on visit with his guardian, Colonel Massey. The coun- tess practically brought about the match, and Is said to be the richer for it by s1O0 OO0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

LIFE's POOR STORY. Who wears the crown, Who wears t not, When once he's dead Is soon forgot. The high and those Of low estate Some day will share An equal fate. A fool is he
 Who brides himself On gusty fame,
 Or sordid peIf. A beggar's sleep Will be as sound When both are laid Beneath the ground And what is more, The world will roll Along as if
 No stricken soul Had gone out in- To space somewhere, With all it's load Of sin to bear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
HER DIAGNOSIS CORRECT.
From the Delineator

from the Del1neator.
 Louise was just years old when one day she came to her mother and said, Mother dear, m so nervous.
 Her mother. believing the child was re- beating words she had heard some older person say, told her to run on and play that she was too young to be nervous. -But Louise insisted, and her mother finally asked her how it felt to be ner- vous.
 She answered. drawing her little should CTS up and clinching her fists tightly, "I des feel in hurry all over me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
About Persons.

Coal and Iron company left last night for Washington.
 Joseph H. Plumb of Philadelphia, rep- resenting one of the greatest concerns manufacturing edged tools, was in Bir- mingham yesterday as the guest of w. A. Chenoweth. MT. Plumb said he was greatly impressed with the rapid develop ment of Birmingham. He said he had seen no such metropolitan city in the south as Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
OLD ROME,S NEW WOMEN

'contumaoy' even the magistrates them~ selves"
 And when the law was finally repealed we are told that these doughty Roman matrons went in a procession through the streets bedizened with their now leg- itimate finery.'
 The appeal of Cato more than 2000 years ago has a strange universality, covering as it does between its first and last foren- sic period pretty much of the whole sup-q posedly modern question of "womans S rights" On the one hand, he presents graphic picture of woman resorting to- that abnormal use of natural power
 the irresistible force of prolonged s"& concerted talk. On the other hand =k exposes the whole rationale of mans txki position to the encroachment of womst upon what he always has considered the affairs of his sex. Suffer them once,'' thundered the orator, "to arrive at equal-i ity, and they from that moment will be- come your superiors." And he naively adds as if in a sort of revery. 'I was accustomed to think 1t a fabulous and fictitious tale that in a certain island the whole race of males was utterly extir- pated by a conspiracy of the women."
 Once again is it made obvious that therei is nothing new under the sun. The new woman is not new. Old Rome knew her in all the ripeness of her powers, and the suffragette worried the stern-visaged sen- ator as much then as now. They were
 a hardy race of men. given to unflinching determination of mind and rigorous bodily ! disciplines. And if they could not prevail against the voices of their own wives in matters of state and public law, how, shall we?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
PRIDE.

The Teddy Bear had observed Bill Pos sum approaching in considerable state. "Humph!' he said, sniffing the air. There Is some class to me. If this country wants to immortalize marsu- pial whose presence Is unbearable in a warm room. it can never be said that raised any protest!' Forthwith he pre- pared to set out for Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press.

A sane love letter isn't one.
 The virtue we are surest of is the one we have never been called upon to prac- tice.
 More often than not people outrace those who would lead them into tempta- tion.
 The safest thing for a man who thinks he has good judgment is to let other peo- pie follow it.
 The reason no scheme ever makes the money for you that people who get you into 1t promise is it has to make it for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
Aqed Woman Is Dead.

Napoleon, Mss.s ebruary s.-Mrs. Mar. garet Murphy, said to have been the old est inhabitant of Mississippi, is dead. She passed away at the home of her son here yesterday. She was nearly 103 years of age and was one of the few pensioners from the war of 1s12 in which her late husband served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
New Cotton Standards

Secretary Wilson proposes to ask Congress to add an item. to the agri- cultural appropriation bill to cover the cost of preparing sets of the new cot ton standards. He proposes to place b . box nine specimens of each of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

putting his hand on him, that he night
 receive bis sight,
 No reference is made to any Ananias
 being married except the familiar char acter after whom President Roosevelt's club is named-the liar who upon being reproached by Peter for his hold-out in a certain land deal fell down and gave up the ghost"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
sUPERCILIoUs.

"Confound that walters insolence! said Mr. Tightwad.
 What's the matter?'
 "when I laid a niclSle on the table he swept it into a crumb tray!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Early strawberries are plentiful and popular. In olden times we usually had strawberries in this climate about May l. Now they are in market pretty much all year round
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
REPLIES.

REPLIES.
 It is often the case that when a man considers himself one of those helpful persons, everybody else calls him med- dler.
 In the meantime GuglieImo Ferrero continues to make ancient history look Nike a pied line
 Mrs. Jeffries says Mir Jeffries will re- turn to the prize ring. The final word has been spoken.
 Its lien' said Pete Hepburn when accused of being a qutter. Rah for the short and ugly!
 A New Orleans policeman arrested his wife without calling out the reserves. An Eating Affair." is the title of a recent editorial. MT. Taft has night mares about that very subject. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
PRosPERous.

PROSPEROUS. What has become of the man with the hoe?"
 Hes trailing a golf ball now.9
 SAME THING. 'Is he an alarmist?' Well, hes married.
 THE IRONY OF FATE. "The open life's the life for me-" Said William Tugge; Twas in a city fiat that he Gave up the struggle. Though much he longed to make his homs In some sweet valley, The only vale where he could roam Was jSst an alley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

In New Orleans everything that goes on a President-elects banquet table is a la creole From cocktails to dessert there will be dash of tomato, garlic and tabasco, which combine to make a seasoning for the gods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
HEADQUARTERS

Germ Number One
 Sure" said Germ Number Two. Later on they met the rest of the bunch in a milk can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

The new anti-Diaz party in Mexico is to be called the democratic party, thus recalling the best days of the big republic across the border.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
so THEY DO.

"A paragrapher says no woman ap. pears at her best when sailing around the corner of a skJscraper in a 45-miles- an-hour breezeo
 "oh' l don't know. Some women con- sider their ankles their best"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Gentle spring will be on us almost before we know it. In two weeks comes Mardi Gras and in less than three weeks March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Senator-elect Root, like Governor Hughes, aims to be a leader, never a boss. New York is on the upgrade at last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Theodore I has less than month more to serve before he becomes an uncrowned king in the ranks of pri- vate citizens and wage earners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

With big crops this summer and the tariff question disposed of a new era of prosperity will set in; and it will be a record breaker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Poe and Whitman, says Bernard Shaw, are the only important Ameri- can men of letters. Their originality is beyond dispute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

T. Jenkins Hains should be asked to park his artillery and to give the rest of the world chance to live in peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

New Orleans as the host of the President-elect will throw all other cities in the shade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

There are more murders in a week in an American city than there are in a year in mighty London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Uncle Joe Cannon quoted from the Latin recently and it is feared he will next have his nails manicured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Spokane has 30 millionaires who have plead guilty to the tax assessor while New York has but 22.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Baltimore and Boston are still dis putting over Poe's birthplace, when as matter of fact both should be ashamed of the way they treated the poet while alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
THE YELLOW srRnAK

Life is always bitter to a quitter- That's the reason why He who is a loafer and a sitter Doesn't want to try; Doesn't want to make the world his
 debtor
 Through sheer love of work. Duty is a thing he'd fain forget. or Else supinely shirk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

A murder trial in Tennessee has simply become a political issue, and every one sides one way or the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Italy is willing to accept our Amer. ican dollars but not our West Virginia girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

We have had groundhog day and when summer comes we will have plenty of end-seat hog days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

A Carnegie hero medal will go to Jack "C. D. O." Binns, and Nobel prize no doubt to M Marconi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Augusta has joined the Esopus-Oys ter Bay list of has-been capitals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
HOW IF STARTnn

A bard essayed in vain to sing His thoughts were thick; Forthwith was born that awful thing, The limericki
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

AIr Taft is getting ready to send out a lot of cabinet valentines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Mr Taft is coming home to settle down and quit globe-trotting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Gompers says no injunction can rem der him dumb. He proposes to be an American still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

February Is a short month and will soon be enrried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

The only thing that troubles the millionaires is the fact that they are not billionaires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

It is speculation that is halting, not business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
THE AGE. HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffce as second-class matter unoer act of Congress March 3. 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

L. H. Russ and 2. E. Morgan are .ne only authorized travelling repfesen1,a- tives of The Age Herald in it's eireuiS- ton department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

Washington Bureau Age-Herald, 142l G street. N, W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09

No communication will be published without its authors name. Re1eeeeu manuscript win not be returned uhlesS stamps are inolosed for that purp'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
Hes trailing golf ball now.g

Q 'Is he an alarmist?"
 Well, he'sS married.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-08

Winning run made with two out.
AI-Hawaii Runs 0 l OF 5000 OF
B. H.. 02031 0011-S
Reach: Runs. 01O20O0O-3
B. H.. l 0 / l / D / Go
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-08
ALL.STARS TO
LEAVE TODAY

Provided that the Tenyo Maru ar
rives in good time this morning the
visiting ball players will leave at five
clock this afternoon for San Francisco
on the japanese steamer. This has been
the last stage of great trip for them.
They have enjoyed themselves thor
oughly, seen parts of the world they
might otherwise never get chance of
seeing and have spread the gospel OF
sport as they went.
There is no doubt that Fisher is rlght
in his claim that it has been the most
wonderful and successful trip of It's
kind ever planned and everyone may
be glad that it has been financially sue
cessful as well as artistieally.
Whether the games here have done
any good in showing the local players
thing or two, it is hard to say ANY
way the hoys have given us rafting
good exhibition of baseball and every
body who has watched them play Will
be sorry to see them go. Let us hope
that they will not forget to say klnd
word for Honolulu when they break up
and go to their different team assign
ments. Perhaps we may see some OF
them again next year on their way 10
Australia.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-08
SOCCER
GAMES TODAY

The second week s play in the inter-
scholastic soccer series starts this af-
ternoon. The games will be played on
Alexander field, will start at half-past
two and will be between Punahou and
kamehameha and between High School
and Aliiolani College.
At present the High School is in the
lead, after three games, with six points
to the Kams' three. The latter team
has an excellent chance to win the
championship if the High School shows
the least signs of falling down. There
are many possibilities to the series,
and while the tailenders have appar-
emily little chance, there is no know
ing what may happen.
The chief interest this afternoon
centers round the first game. Should
the Oahu players put it over the Ka-
hhi boys, the latter will practically be
out of it and it will be up to Punahou
to scrap with the High School for the
championship.
The soccer enthusiasts are also very
anxious to see if the Aliiolani boys
will put up as good fight against
the High School as they did against
Punahou last Friday, when they held
their opponents down to no-score tie.