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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
FROHMAN ON THE THEATRE.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Mr. Charles Frohman, a principal the atrical purveyor of this country, is making great headway in England. What he says of the stage is of interest. uation is as follows:
 T believe the theatregoer is at pres ent in the condition of a chiIo at school, who, having mastered the first reader, becomes bored if he is not now in- troduced to the second reader. He is aweary, so to speak, of plays in one syllable, and I hope to give him plays in two syllables, which lead toward the advanced reader that is to be known as the National Theatre"
 While this was for London consump- ton it has a bearing on the. situation here, for the New Theatre in New York is to be what the National Theatre is to be for London. if it ever gets go- ing. It must be said that the state- ment as made is not wholly clear, In solar as it intimates that the public at present is dissatisfied with the pabulum it receives from the stage and wants better things it is correct, but we do not quite understand the method of instruction as laid down. We Amer jeans are not in the A, B, class. We have been through the kindergarten, the primary and secondary schools and have had some traces of university culture of the drama. We are not so much after education as some definite results.
 It is quite customary for each gen. eration to bewail the situation as it exists and hark back to the golden agev of a generation or two past. Often such comparisons are wholly wrong, but we do think that while the stage has grown in popularity in the ex- tent of it's notifications, in the splen- dor of it's scenic presentations and the perfection of stage mechanism, there is still something lacking which we once enjoyed Apparently we have many more actors and actresses of good abil- ities and fewer of distinction. It would be difficult to point out single per son on the American stage who could be described as a genius even in any moderate use of that term. The in- dividual note seems to be lacking. In these days we demand new plays. Shakespeare continues to spell ruin to the dramatic managers so that the public is a good deal at fault. But the plays we get do not seem, as a rule, to do more than entertain for the passing hour. They leave little impress, so that while the stage amuses more than ever it instructs much less than for merly Probably this is due largely to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Brisk Furniture Trade.

We furniture men have no reason to eomplain," said Ben M Jacobs of Ben Ma Jacobs & Bros. last night "on the con trary, the present volume of trade is sat- isfactory and the outlook for the future is distinctly encouraging.
 The new office buildings. with their call for modern outftting, have thrown a great deal of business to us and promise much more. The local demand for furni- ture of the best quality is increasing steadily, and out-of-town orders indicate that Birmingham's ability to supply re- quirements in the furniture line is gem erally appreciated in Alabama. These remarks are based, of course, upon our own experience, but believe they will apply to the other furniture dealers of the city.
 Yes, We are optimistic" said Bertram Jacobs, taking up the conversation. we showed our faith by purchasing heavily for this seasons trade. and find we have made no mistake. We now have the largest and most complete stock we have ever carried, and we need it in our busi- ness,' as the saying goes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
OLDEST TWELVE COLLEGES.

From the Brown Alumni Monthly Of the 45S American colleges, the follow ing are the first F, with regard to age: 1e38-Harvard university, Cambridge, Mass.
 1693-William and Mary college, Will liamsburg, Va.
 1701-Yale university, New Haven, Conn. 1740-Unlversity of Pennsylvania, Phila- delphia, Pa.
 1746-Princeton university, Princeton, N. J.
 1749-Washington and Lee university. Lexington. Va.
 1754-Columbia university, New York, N. Y.
 1764-Brown university, Providence, R. I. 1765-Rutgers college, New Brunswick, N. J.
 1769-Dartmouth college, Hanover. N. H. 17s2- Washington college, Chestertown. Md.
 17S3-Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
Bishop Allen.

The Right Rev. Edward P. Allen, D. D., bishop of Mobile, is in Birmingham, and will occupy the pulpit at high mass at St. Pauls tomorrow. Having recently re- turned from Rome, he will, at the end of mass, bestow the papal blessing sent by the sovereign pontiff, Plus x, to the Catholics of this diocese.
 High mass at St. Paul's begins at 10:90 o'clock, and the services are usually con cluded at or a little before F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
INTERNAL HARMONY.

By George Meredith. Assured of worthiness we do not dread Competitors: we rather give them hail And greeting in the lists where we may
 fail Must if we bear an aim beyond the head! My betters are my masters; purely fed By their sustainment l likewise shall
 scale
 Some rocky steps between the mount
 and vale; Meanwhile the mark I have and I will
 wed So that I draw the breath of finer air Station is nought nor footways lural
 strewn, Nor rivals tightly belted for the race. Good speed to them! My place is here or
 there; My pride is that among them have place And thus keep this instrument In tur>-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

after the panic of 1907 and held on to them made big profits. The best dividend payers on the market dropped low but today they are up high and will prob ably go much higher.
 q have a friend who bought Sloss- Sheffield common at 24 a share in No vember. 1907, and locked it up in his safe. He has it yet. This stock is now selling up in the sos. It pays good dividend quarterly.
 q happened to have had some spare money in 1903 and bought 300 shares of United States Steel common at frae- ton under s1O a share. I have it yet and it pays me handsomely; but l could sell it and make more than $l5,00o proht.
 "The present activity in the stock mar ket is one of the best signs of restored confidence and returning prosperity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

any other country. It would be diff cult to name a man who has so tact fully and persistently led educational movements for 40 years. Dr. Eliot de- serves all the honors that are crowding thick upon him. He stands in his 74th year at the head of Amer ican educators, and the hope is often expressed that he will live to round out a century in order that he may witness to some extent the effects of the work that he himself accom- plished in the course of 40 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
Prosperous Times.

When we look back to the months closely following the panic and remem- Der hom depressed all business was in manufacturing eenters present conditions seem almost normal" said H. F. Purdy of St. Louis T was in Birmingham in December, 1897, and things looked very blue then.
 'T~went from here to Pittsburg and found conditions there even worse than in Birmingham. It is very different now all along the line. I see from the papers that the wheels of industry everywhere are moving again. Thousands of wage workers who had been out of employment for more than year are in demand once more and it begins to look as if the time might be measured by a few weeks or q few months at most when the old cry of labor scarcity will be heard in the industrial districts
 Birmingham to all appearances is as busy as it ever was. More blast furnaces in the immediate Birmingham district are in operation than was the case in the early part of 1908 and business in general is said to be very good indeed. Many of the retail merchants of Birmingham re- port that their sales have been considera- bly larger this spring than last and nearly every business man l meet talks as if prosperity had returned in earnest.
 While all cities in this part of the country are in the line of prosperity Birmingham has doubtless made the highest record of any in building oper- ations. l do not believe that any city of 100000, north or south, has done so much in the way of large and costly constructiS within the past 12 months as Birmingham. To a visitor this fea- ture of the citys progress Is simply mar Nalnus :,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
From the Memphis News-seimltar.

N FORGE MEREDITTTS death
 V leaves very few survivors among
 M English men of letters of high rank He was almost the last of the long list that made the literary history of the victorian age illustrious and the new century has not yet developed their successors. Mededhh, who was poet and critic before he was a novelist, de- veloped naturally in the period dominated by Thaokeray and Browning, but his im- mediate predecessor the particular in- fluence most evident in his personal bent, is Thomas Love Peacock, whose daughter he married. He was himself in turn the master of Stephenson, of Hardy and of James, and these last two, one of them of New England origin, are almost the only two remaining who can be consid- cred in his class.
 Meredith was never a popular novelist. He said himself that ''the English people know nothing about me; there always has been something antipathetic between them and me-" And yet his recognition has constantly grown and widened through the half century that has passed since the publication of his first novel, and there is no longer any question of his influence or of his enduring fame. The popular "antipathy' was due not only to the obscurity of his grabbed style, but more to a certain crabbedness of mental attitude. His deep philosophic ob- servation and analysis, his subtle humor, had in them something of the sardonic that made the general reader uneasy, when he was not merely puzzled. The general reader, in England especially, does not like an author who has so little respect for the conventions, either lit-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
MAKE EXTRA MONEY.
How Soldiers in the Army Increase
 Their Income.

From the Washington Herald.
 There are many ways for enlisted men in the army to earn side money, according to Col. J. H. Thomson of New York, formerly of the United States army There are any number of oppor- tunities for our Philippine soldiers to make a little money lon the side."
 "A good tailor or barber may reason ably expect to be kept busy continu- ally" continued Colonel Thomson, "and an industrious man may gain from these trades from $75 to $100 a month extra money. A good musician who can play any band instrument will receive SPA a month as a private, and if he can qualify as a soloist will be ranked as noncommissioned officer with increased pay.
 Many and varied are the ways the ambitious soldier invents to earn ex tra money. One soldier runs laundry, charging his 150 patrons $1.50 a month for all the laundry they wish to send in He pays three soldiers s3O month each to help him, and clears over $100 a month himself.
 Another soldier tutors dozens of his comrades in reading. spelling. and arithmetic for $3 month each. Buying canteen checks at 75 per cent is the business of another soldier. These checks are loaned out at their face value, to be paid for in cash on pay day.
 Twenty per cent is the increase in pay for service in Alaska, the Philip pines, or any foreign country, and such service counts double time on the sol diers retirement record. At the end of 30 years service in the states, or Is years in foreign countries, the soldier may retire on three quarters pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
Safe Speculation.

speculation in stocks on small mar gins is hazardous but there are few easier or surer ways of making money legiti- mately than buying stocks of intrinsic value when they are low and paying for them in full" said a successful business man.
 for what he buys will only use ordinary judgment in selecting railroad or other securities for speculation he will be al- most sure to come out ahead, even If he has to wait for some time for the mar ket to advance. Those who had good bank accounts and bought stocks soon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
Presidents in the South.

'Rutherford B. Hayes was the first President since the war to visit the south upon a formal invitation and receive any thing like public ovation," said an old citizen, but with two exceptions MT. Hayes successors have regarded southern tours as part of their official routine. President Garfield was assassinated a few months after taking office and Vice Pres ident Arthur, who succeeded him, was not much of traveller, and did not come south.
 President Taft shows a decided liking for southern people and will probably spend more time in the south than any of his predecessors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The average man seems to think paying taxes is as cruel as supporting his fam fly.
 The cunningest thing to a woman about the baby is it would know everybody if t was old enough to.
 The strongest peculiarlty of people who are in love is they think they aren't any crazier than the rest of the world.
 The difference between a woman's and sl mans brains is she keeps out of trou- ble without any, and he gets in with them.
 A woman can make man angry by nagging him to tell her where he was when he didn't come homo till after mld- night; she can drive him wild by pre- tending she doesn't care where he was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
PASSING OF MEREDITH

erary or social. and Meredith's analysis of the average human character is too searching and often cruel to encourage his readers self-complacence.
 To those who had grown familiar both with his language and with his mode of thought Meredith remains one of the strongest individual figures in the lit- erature of his time. Reflection, feeling and experence-the triad, as he has said, which gives a healthy utterance to wis dom'-are embodied in his greater novels as in the work of none of his contem- poraries. There is intensity of life and passion, too, though the tragedy be that of character and not of external incident. There is nowhere in English fiction a more convincing creation than that of Sir Willoughby Patterne, nor, in a different class, more fascinating than Harry Richmond, to name only a few out of a long list that live in the memory, to which each reader will add for himself. And through all the often involved de- scription and sryptic utterance runs the imagination of the poet and the keen wit of the contentious philosopher.
 It may be that Meredith's talent for biting epigram has had most to do both with the antagonism of some readers and the enthusiasm of others. Both in this and in his discursive psychology he has had a host of imitators, who-like the imitators of Browning-have caught the superficial manner rather than the wisdom and the purpose under it. Whatever the popular estimate of him, Meredith has been distinctively the au- thor's author of this generation, and he is one of the few novelists who, having no ephemeral vogue to lose, are reason ably assured of lasting reputation after death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

the spirit of the age but we think that the managers could help some. MT. Frohman evidently thinks so and promises something which is as/ yet very indeterminte. What we want on the stage is set of good wh olesome plays well produced, which add to the joy of life, to culture and, most i'm portant of all, to a better perspective of real life. That is MT. F'rohmans prob lem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
PLEASANT? WE'LL, YES.

PLEASANT? WELL, YES. How sweet it is to wake up in the early morning hours, When the breeze is perfume laden and the dew is on the flowers, And as you make your way down town to start the daily moil, Where thousands of your fellows for a seanty living toll, To meet a chap you haven't seen since that unlueky day You let him have a ten-spot which, somehow kept him away And hear him say in dulcet tones, the while he grasps you hand, "Old fellow, times have been so hard of course you understand I haven't had the coin to pay that debt long overdue, But here it is, the full amount, Pm much obliged to you'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

And pink and purple, and azure blue The morning glories look fresh and
 sweet. And fresh red roses are wet with dew, And the grass is softer beneath the
 feet And everywhere that a rain-drop hit A jasmine bud it has opened up, And jewel lies at the heart of 1t; And a jewel lies in the lily's cup; And the trees look fresher and twice
 as cool,
 And twice as green as they were last
 night, And the children wade in a wayside pool, Splashing and shriel5ing in mock af-
 fright. What a good old world What a clean
 and sweet
 And bright old world it is after all Its shaded paths coax our weary feet, And every morning the mockers call Comes in with the very first streaks of With all the beauty the day-dawns And all of the fears of the night are gone,
 And the morning is azure and green
 and gold! And babies lift as the glories do Their fresh sweet faces and nod and
 smile, The grass is green and the skies are blue And life is sweet, and is well worth while; And whatever fate may be. holding back The strength to bear it is given when Fresh out of the night and the storm
 and wrack
 The world comes bringing it's youth
 again. The cattle low, and the butterfly Flies lazily past the blossoms sweet, And perfumed breezes are drifting by And billowing daisies and meadowsweet; Whenever the tasks of life are done, And our marching banners are dipped
 and fured, May that land far out past the west'ring
 sun
 Look half as sweet as the rain-wet
 world. Judd Mortimer Lewis, in the Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Automobiles in Birmingham are in creasing by the hundreds. This means more active advocates for good roads, and will be great help to the farmers of the county and state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

England lost her greatest poet when Swinburne died and her greatest novelist when George Meredith passed away. She has now Alfred Austin an l Hall Caine, and she must accept tLcm for the present as real stars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

The departments in Washington are crowded with members of Washing ton families, and Secretary Nagel is in- vestigating the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Schefket Pasha is Young Turk and he is now commander of the Turkish forces, but he declines to become a military dictator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Experienced African travellers say Roosevelt went to the continent 20 years too late to experience any real danger or excitement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

The baseball fan is, alas, poor loser and an easy quitter, but he stands ready to have the errors of his ways disclosed to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

MT Whitla Is no longer a candidate for governor of Pennsylvania. He has had all the publicity he can stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

At S5 Levi P. Morton is hale and hearty. He missed the presidency by refusing to accept second place in 1880.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

The Shah of Persia has a constitu- tion that is well drilled to appear or disappear at a moments notice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

No acrostics of Indiana literary fellers have as yet been discovered in the Shakespeare plays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
GLAD TO BE THERE.

GLAD TO BE THERE. Seems to be a merry party picnicking on the shores of Birthstone lake," re- marked his santanic majesty.
 Indeed they are merry, sire" answered an imp. "The party is composed of gen. tlemen who on earth were the husbands of suffragettes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Thornton Jenkins should have a grateful feeling toward the jury that let him go unpunished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
PRUDENT MAN.

PRUDENT MAN. A certain little citizen l knew his name quite we'll Without the least encouragement Would proudly gin to swell And puff and blow and tell how he Was wondrous wise and great But never in the presence of His wife, l beg to state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
STIrPID WILD MAN

STUPID WILD MAN. In New Jersey town a sideshow wild man. was so offende dbecause a stranger said he looked like a gorilla that he dropped his disguise and wanted to fight. If he took any pride in his work he could easily see how such a remark was really a compliment.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
LINES REVEALED.

LINES REVEALED. Now, summer brings the rose and also brings the bathing suit, Which makes 1t possible to tell if girls are really "cute."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Japan is building aeroplanes for war purposes and she refuses to disclose their real nature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Abdul Hamid's fayorite son is to be interned also. This is new word for an old method.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Abdul Hamid says it was fate that upset him when he ought to know it was Schefket Pasha.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
RAIN-WET.

It rained last night, and all the world Looks sweet and clean as it ought to
 be- Like baby bathed and dressedN and
 curled
 And eyes a-glint with a bahy's glee-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
uur MODERN MUsE

THE MODERN MUSE. Do poets ever pawn their coats these days to buy bread?"
 No, but occasionally magazine poet soaks his automobile to pay club does."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

That acrostic scheme may yet prove that Bwana Tumbo wrote the Shakes peare plays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
so THEY DO.

so THEY DO. Birds don't play poker "Of course they don't" Yet sparrows often fatten the kitty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Abdul Hamid says it was fate that upset him when he ought to know it was Schefket Pasha.
 Japan is building aeroplanes for war purposes and she refuses to disclose their real nature.
 Abdul Hamid's fayorite son is to be interned also. This is new word for an old method.
 That aerostic scheme may yet prove that Bwana Tumbo wrote the Shakes peare plays.
 Delaware claims to be the straw berry shortcake state at present of the union.
 Coney Island is opened on Sunday with plenty of beer but no amuse- ments.
 The balloon service at Fort Myer has no intention of flirting with Mars. The typhoid housefy has been in- dicted and convicted but not executed.
 
 There is a press agent behind every gun in the Roosevelt party. Missouri will vote next fall on nine constitutional amendments.
 
 The unwritten law got another bump in the Hains case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Delaware claims to be the straw berry shortcake state at present of the union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Coney Island is opened on Sunday with plenty of beer but no amuse- ments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

The balloon service at Fort Myer has no intention of flirting with Mars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postofflce as second-class matter unoer act of Congress March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 142l G street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

There is a press agent behind every gun in the Roosevelt party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

The typhoid househy has been in- dicted and convicted but not executed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-12
CRANES RESIGNATION AS
MINISTER To CHINA is IN

ing balls hit into the crowd and in
ter1erence with fielders. KLEIN Is
scheduled to work behind the bat to-
day with Evans on bases ana
OLoughlin and Johnstone doing SEN
try duty along the outfield foul lines.
Players VIII Have SG5.OOO.
The players will share in the re-
ceipts of one more game and IL is
certain they'll have more than $685.
600 to divide among them. That will
be the largest sum ever received by
players from a worlds championship
series. Each player on the winning
team will receive close to $4,000 and
the losers more than $1,000 each.
Weather Interferes at Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 12.-Today's Cubs-Sox
game was postponed on account 3f
cold weather.