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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
THE GRAND CANYON
vorl- world.

From the New York World
 Ii Is easy now to visit the Grano Canyon of the Colorado. It is but a hall nights ride from Williams on the mair l line of tbe santa Fe to Fl Tovar, the fine hotel maintained by the road at the head of the Bright Angel trail. No tourist who crosses the continent should miss this amazing and majestic panorama. Vol
 uoms fail to describe and the eye is
 stunned with the vision of this great crevasse. It does not lie, as might be thought amid mountain peaks, but cuts ifs mile-deep progress through the vast level of T table land covered with prime val pines. People who try to describe it fail. It was made before language.
 Stages run from Fl Tovar, in the Grand Canyon. to various points of scenic ad- vantage along the canyon. The longest trip is that to Grand View. The road winds through a great forest of hard pine untouched by the axe and forming part of the s0O.0O0-acre Arizona reserve set aside by the government. The trees rise amid pleasant glades of grass and flow CTS where fin the winter the herdsmen are allowed to graze their stock. Gov ernment charges IS cents per head for cattle. IS cents for horses and cents for sheen for season of about three months. The forest rangers are on guard here. They have strung telephone wires and installed stations where fre-flghting tools are stored ready for emergency.
 There is no water supply at Fl Tovar. s,.1 D- 4n, ,1x cars from springs 90 miles away. This gives the water the delicate flavor of rub Der hose. In winter much snow falls, but not In heavy quantities at one time Last year S4 inches came all together, as great a record as that of Buffalo, in the snow belt of New York. In summer there are occasional showers.
 At Grand View in the canyon Is an old stable where when copper was 23 cents a. pound the burros lodged that carried the ore from mine a mile deep down In the canyon up trail precipitous enough to scare fly. It affords a stopping place for the stage from Fl Tovar and shell ter for lunch parties, and iron baskets are provided, where all loose paper must be burned lest 1t feed some fire that might travel into the splendid forest preserve. Chipmunks and corpulent, spotted rock squirrels lear around to pick up crumbs from the tourists lunch boxes, and nervy blue jays drop down from the cedars to participate in the feast. There Is no water nearer than the river bed In the bottom of the canyon, miles away. No one knows where the little animals wet their lips.
 Antelope occasionally scamper beside the track on the way to Fl Tovar snd now and then a ranch with cattle shows.
 There Is a Pueblo house at Fl Tovar with real Pueblos doing silverwork, and a Navaho hut, where the family curl up with the dogs and fieas in sweet hospi- tality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
RUBBERNECKs

From the Atchison Globe
 Be good to the rubbernecks. They are the people who find time to attend the weddings, and who make the public opinion that decides if the bride looked pretty or was a fright. They also at tend the funerals. and it is through them that busy people learn if the corpse looked natural, and if the relatives were as grief-stricken as they should have been. They decide if a woman's new dress is becoming; if a girl makes a good match; if a new baby is pretty; they make the sentiment that is favorable or opposed to a girls singing, her piano playing, or her recitations in public. They are the opinion-makers; be good to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
PRICE OF OPIUM
the Wa shington Post.

From the WaSnlnStOn tOSt-
 when the extra duty levied by the government on opium caused that i'm rortation to soar to the price of some thing like s12 a pound 1t drove most of
 he smokers of the drug to the alterna- tive of satisfying their habit by inject ing and eating morphine said Joseph I. Raines of New York at the Shoreman.
 MT. Baines is in Washington in the in- terest of large wholesale drug concern, and was formerly connected with pri- vate detective agency, with headquarters in New York and Chicago.
 'The opium smoker of today oftentime5 must spend $5 or s6 a day to satisfy his place the opium smoker who has become a dope fiend' The man with the average habit will use close to half pound of the drug a day, while a smoker with an extraordinary habit, say one who mas been smoking for several years. will use more.
 "In my former line of employment ex- perience taught me that the dope fiend'- opium smokers, cocaine, morphine, and other drug users-is to be found only in large numbers among the poorer classes, specifically among the inhabitants of the underworld of the larger cities. Sma.- towns or cities seldom contain many drug users.
 Hence, when the price of opium made the drug a luxury, it became impossible for those who had formerly purchased 1t as low as $5 pound to continue It's use.
 Consequently, substitute had to be found. The Alternative was morphine, which can be purchased at low price. This drug seems to well satisfy the cray ing cultivated by the opium smoking habit.
 Tt is surprising to note the number of women who are addicted to the use of drugs. In the cities of New York and Chicago you will find double the number of women to men using drugs That such is the case seems to be due to the fact that the men, having to work, do not be- come as great slaves to opiates as the average woman fiend, who has nothing to occupy her mind, and consequently does not have to be on her guard because of fear that she may need to use her l,,o in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
some Good Two pollar seat.

with the exception of the Metropolitan Opera company of New York the Bessie Abott company, which presents Puccinrs great work, La Boheme, at the Or pheum, Is the largest that ever made a tour in the south" said an old amuse- ment-goer last night.
 This fine company drew big houses ln Atlanta and the Crpheum will doubt less be filled Monday night. If high prices are charged it should be remembered tbat grand opera on large scale comes high. 4 symphony orchestra of 50 pieces on a concert tour is very expensive. And with hlgh-saAried artists and q picked chorus on the stage ands san orchestra of D to accompany the singers one readily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
iron Consumption and Furnace Stocks

The production of pig iron in the cal- endar year Is estimated at 27,3oo,oOO tons, as compared with 25,795,4 All tons last year. This year has outrun in production all proceeding years among the blast fur naces.
 Early in the year, says the Iron Age, foundries, machine shops and other melt CTS were engaged in building up stocks which had been permitted to run down The restocking movement soon culminat- ed, and today the consumer of pig iron buys sparingly and lets the furnace carry the stocks.
 This changed condition is thought to account for any accumulation of iron that has taken place in furnace yards The Iron Age does not think actual con- sumption has fallen as much as the fig ures of monthly production seem to indi- cate. The actual decTease in consump- tion cannot be measured by the stocks at furnaces. The change in the plan of purchasing has much to do with that. The year will, in fact, show, says the Iron Age, a noteworthy record. in the home consumption of iron and steel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
IN HOTEL LOB3IES
 A Grnelnua Act

Miss Bessie Abott, the grand opera celebrity, who arrived in Birmingham yesterday afternoon, has responded to the request of the ladies of the Red Cross organization to act as sales woman for the Red Cross Christmas seals one-half hour today beginning at 11:s0 a. m. She Is staying at the Hill man and will be found in the lobby of the hotel with a large supply of seals.
 The famous young diva is known as most charming lady and it is felt that the public will be quick to show it's appreciation of her gracious act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
Will dn Laundry Work

'"The American laundry will do the laun- dry work for the proposed municipal lodging house for one year free of charge" said Ben Wertheimer of the American company last night
 T am in hearty sympathy with the proposed movement and will be glad to cooperate in any way possible to make such an institution possible and a success.
 we will wash the table, bed and other linen used in the institution for one year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
BACHELOR HALL

By Eugene Field. It seems like a dream-that sweet woo.
 ing of old Like a legend of fairies on pages of
 godl-- Too soon the sweet story of loving
 was closed, Too rudely awakened the soul that re-
 posed; kissed the white lips that lay under
 the pail, And crept back to you. lonely Bachs- I
 Tor Hall. Mine eyes have grown dim, and my halr has turned white, But my heart beats as warmly anu
 gayly tonight As in the days that are gone and years
 that are fled Though fill up my flagon and drink
 to the dead; For ov r my senses sweet memories And the dead is come back to old
 Bachelor Hall. see her fair face through vapor of
 tears, And her sweet voice comes back o'er
 the desert of years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

From Mark Twain's Illuminating Blun-
 der" by F. M. Colby in the December Bookman.
 Mark Twain had gladly accepted the invitation to address the diners and knowing that Emerson, Longfellow and Holmes were to be among them. had pre- pared in high confidence a little sl1it tell Ing of three absurd impostors who had announced themselves by these distin- guished names at a miners cabin in the far west According to the story, a mel ancholy miner at whose cabin Mark Twain found shelter one night told him that three other literary men" had stayed with him the night before and given him much trouble. They were MT. Emerson, MT. Longfellow and MT. Holmes. In reply to Mark Twain's ques- ton the miner gives an account of the visit
 They were a rough lot, but that's nothing; everybody looks rough that travels afoot. MT. Emerson was a seedy little bit of a chap, red-headed. MT. Holmes was as fat as a balloon; he weighed as much as three hundred and Idu uOuDle tillilS all lHS way uO"ii to his stomach. MT. Longfellow was built like a przefghter His head was crop ped and bristly like as if he had a wig made of hair brushes. His nose lay straight down on his face, like a finger with the end joint tilted up. They had been drinking. I could see that. And what queer talk they usedl MT. Holmes inspected this cabin and then he took me by the buttonhole, and says he: Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings
 Build thee more stately mansions, Oh my soul!
 Says I, T can't afford it, Mr. Holmes, and moreover, I don't want to-" Blamed if l liked 1t pretty well, either, coming from a stranger that way. However, I started to get out my bacon and beans, when MT. Emerson came and looked on awhile, and then he takes me aside by the buttonhole and says:
 Give me agates for my meat; Give me cantharides to eat,
 From air and ocean bring me foods. From all zones and attitudes. Says l: MT. Emerson, if you'll excuse me, this aint no hotell"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

This Is to be Red Cross day in Bir- mingham. Buy your Red Cross Christ mas seals early and often. They cost but a penny apiece and the proceeds go to most worthy cause.-the Tuber- culosis camp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
REFLECTIONs oF A BAcHELna

From the New York Press.
 It's easy to admire brains; its next to impossible to love them.
 What girl cant possibly follow fig her parents advice about a man.
 Judgment doesn't do go very nucii harm if you don't invest money on it
 Love isn't much more foolish than lots of other things. only it shows more.
 A man has 10 feel some pride about his ancestors even if it's that he never had any.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

Secretary Meyers recommendations about naval stations do not affect Bir- mingham, although this city will soon be located on an arm of the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

The lighthouse headquarters has no relation to Panama exposition, and Mo- bile should withdraw its policy of re- taliation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

Pullman cars of wooden construction cannot go through the Pennsylvania tubes or enter the palatial new station Those cars are to be used in the back districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

Newspapers that criticise Diaz are as promptly suppressed as they could be if they did the criticism act in Rus sia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

John Bigelow is 9S years old, and he has fought protective tariff all his life. He is freedoms grand old man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

The republicans have been requested to submit a list of the mistakes they expect the democrats to make this win ter in Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

MT. Taft should fill the supreme court seats with men who have not earned all their fortune by working for trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

Chief Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard has been retired from the service at the age of 4 because he permitted Crippen to escape to this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
TWO SIDES

From the Luverne Journal
 The Birmingham papers tell us that the city is busted" and yet the Anti-Saloon league forces say, "See what wonderful strides we are making under prohibition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

The new commerce court will be asked to say if mail-order bargain sale is re- batting within the meaning of the Sher- man law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

sees how It is that opera costs so much'
 Now those who do not feel able oV willing to pay 80 a seat can buy excellent seats for s4 and even for S. The 1act is the $1 seats at the Orpheum are ainlost as good as any in the house, but all put a score or so of them had been ois- posed of by Saturday night. mere 10 every promise ot a box office rush Mon day morning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
BOTH

From the Savannah Press
 Birmingham insists that 1t will be the second city in the south in ten yeara. Going to annex Anniston or Montgomery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

Dr. Park says a rotten egg is just as nutritious as fresh one. He should talk to the marines and the New York CTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

The colonel is not willing to let Every dog has his day. but the nights belong to the cats" be his swan song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

British elections are stretched out to cover two weeks. and the result cannot be summed up until this week is ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

The lame ducks cannot conceal their limp, but the alley is so crowded that few notice 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

The samples of winter are altogether too ample. No one wants winter six months long except the coal dealer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

"The beautiful' lies all over the north ern landscape, and is not readily show elled off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

The English liberals propose to strike the grandfather clause out of the house of lords.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

The best cities are abolishing night shopping. Do your shopping today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

The snowplow and the shovel are worked overtime in the land of the stand patters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

MT. Taft's message almost created famine in the word supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

Virginia is about to levy tax on every bachelor caught in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
MARK TWaIN,s TRAyEsTY

It will not be a Merry Christmas for Alfonso, Manuel and Madero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
Ahnuf PeraOns

J. R. Ryan of Corona Is Ill the oi'S' The Rev. Father Charles, Q. D. D. oI St. Bernard abbey spent yesterday in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12

Through the deep caves of thought hear a voice that sings Build thee more stately mansions, Oh my soul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-12
IN KAN SAs

Says I: MT. Emerson, if you'll excus me, this ain't no hotel!"
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
BEEHIVE AMUsEs
LONDON CHILDREN

In the heart of the East End Of
London is a most successful bee hive,
that affords immense interest and
amusement to hundreds Of children.
The entrance to the hive is in a
small garden adjoining the town hall,
cable street, but the hive itself is in
museum. After entering through
the wall, the bees pass along a glass
covered way.
In this can be watched the skir-
mishes with and killing of hostile
bees by the orderlies placed at vari-
Gus points, the housemaids can be
seen at their work of cleansing the
hive, the young bees tending their
younger companions, and the workers
laying up the honey.
No part of bee life is shut off from
the child observer.
Last year the bees collected twenty
pounds of honey. but the yield this
year is estimated at only eight
pounds.
Evening journal., 1910-07-18

According to the July Crop Re-
porter the acreage OF corn in Della
ware i'm 1910. is estimated at 100000
acres, which is 10i per cent. of the
area sown i'm 1909. The average con-
dition of the corn in Delaware on
July 1, 1910. was 80 per cent, COM
pared with 81 per cent. on July l,
1909. and the ten-year average, 1000
1909. Of 81 per cent.
The average condition of winter
wheat in Delaware on July l, 1910, or
when harvested. was "a per cent,
compared with SO per cent. on June
1, 1910. and 20 per cent. on July i.
1903. and the ten-year average. 1900
1909. of 81 per cent.
The amount Of wheat remaining on
farms in Delaware on July l, 1910,
was estimated at $4,000 bushels as
compared with "a 900 bushels on July
! 1, 1909. or per cent. as compared
with 2.S per cent. last year.
The average condition Of the oa
crop on July /, 1910. is 81 per cent
as compared with 81 per cent. on June
1, 1910. 80 per cent on July 1, 1903
and the ten-year average, 1900-1909, o
SO per cent.
The acreage Of Irish potatoes Il
1910, is estimated at 10000 acres
which Is los per cent. Of the area
sown in 1909 The average condition
of the Irish potato crop in Delaware
on July l. 1910, was "a per cent. as
compared with 80 per cent. on July
1909, and the ten-year average, 1900
1909. Of 93 per cent
The condition OF the crop of sweet
potatoes is given at So per cent. on
July /, 1910. as compared with SO per
cent. on July /. 1903 and a ten-year
! average. 19OO-1909. Of SO per cent. The
/ estimated area sown in sweet potatoes
/ in this state. is the same as in 1909.
In the wool report for the state, the
average weight per fleece for 1910 is
| given as SO pounds, compared with
! the ten-year average, 1900-1909, of
/ 8 pounds.
The condition of the Delaware rye
! crop on July 1. 1910. was given at 30
per cent. as compared with SO per
cent on July /. 1909. and the ten-year
average. 1900-1909. OF So per cent
The condition Of timothy. on July 1,
1910. was reported as so per cent.
compared with IS per cent. on July 1,
1909. and the ten-year average, 1900
1909, Of 81 per cent.
! Clover for hay in this state. is re-
\ ported on July l. 1910, at SO per cent
compared with IS per cent. on July
1909, and the ten-year average. 1900
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
:-:WOMANKIND:-:

this summer will be a high boot Of
canvas or kid.
The paisley tie is a pretty touch
which will add richness to the mid
summer shirtwaist.
For evening wear the favorite slip
per adornment is a large rhinestone
or cut steel buckle.
There is a surging revival of the
vogue for coin and wafer-spotted
fioulard
There is a general inclination to-
ward patterned fabrics as against
self-colored materials.
Facings of hats may be Of velvet
or of silk, and while black is most
used colors may be used also.
Snowy white skirts will dominate
every summer resort when the hot
weather comes in full force.
The big hat of the day and the
collarless gown demand that the veil
be worn loose and flowing.
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
FASHION AND FADS
BY Mrs. Maud E. ciIIsy.
&c lace collars are worn.

Large lace collars are worn.
Ribbon embroidered is revived.
Plain colored parasols are most
liked.
Paris insistently holds for the touch
of black.
The durable pongees are more
popular than ever.
The newest material for underwear
is cross bar dimity.
Underwear of cotton crepe is new
fad that will be popular.
All-white gloves are worn less than
they have been for some time.
Scarfs with Persian centers have
deep borders in solid colors.
It's durability makes percale one OF
the favorite fabrics for the sum-
mer
The newest tailored shirtwaists are
made with the yoke in the back.
Skirt hens are wider this summer
than they were last by a good two
inches
The one-seam small Bishop sleeve
is the favorite 70 the tailored shirt
waist.
Pumps and slippers owe much OF
their effect to their bows, buckles o.
rosettes.
Cotton voiles are among the most
useful materials for simple afternoon
frocks.
The most popular white footwear
Evening journal., 1910-07-18
MANY FRIENDS MOURN
M. ]. KENNEDY ARCHITECT

The funeral of Martin j. Kennedy
took place from st. Paul's r. c.
Church this morning with requiem
mass Many friends of Mr.. Kennedy,
including members of the Knights of
Columbus and . of the Benevolent
Pioneer Literary Association attend
ing
Mr. Kennedy was the junior mem
Der of the firm of J. and NJ. Kennedy.
architects, with offices in the Ford
Building, and died on Thursday night
after a brief illness. Early in life
Mr.. Kennedy showed an aptitude for
his profession which later he adorn-
ed. That he might make use of his
natural love of art and properly train
the characteristic bent of his nature,
he pursued a course of study and
instruction under a number of lead
ing architects i'm Philadelphia and
instructions in the Philadelphia
School of Industry and Art
Having completed the courses he
practiced his profession in this city.
Among the buildings designed by Mr..
Kennedy in this city is the Adas
Kodesh Synagogue. which has been
considered by architectural critics to
be a fine example of Mohammenden
Renaissance.
Shortly before his death Mr. Ken
nedy had finished designs for the
General Pulaski Polish-American
Club House. a magnificent. structure
to be erected in this city These,
among other buildings. designed by
Mr.. Kennedy prove the genius of the
deceased architect. He held an hon
ored and respected position in his
profession.