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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Birmingham Among Cities That Have
Adopted Cleveland Plan

Hugh C. Weir in the World Today.
Already the lesson of Cleveland, which
was in a fashion taught first by Toledo,
has penetrated to other parts of the
union. Evansville, Ind, Harrisburg, Pa
Lansing, Mich, Birmingham, Ala, are
adopting in whole or in part in their po-
lice work the salient principles of the
Golden Rule Toledo having taken the
lead, has added features of her own.
Not long ago, Police Judge Stewart of
Toledo passed sentence of two years
in the workhouse on prisoner arraigned
before him on the charge Of habitual
intoxication. An erect figure with flashing
eyes strobe up to the judges bench with
the crisp statement: mo man should be
arrested on the charge of being drunk
He should be sent to a sanitarium, not
to workhouse. He is suffering from a
disease and he won't be cured by being
treated like a criminal"
The speaker was Perry D. Knapp, chief
of the Toledo police department., and his
words illustrate another phase of the
awakening of the American city. Toledo
and Cleveland are only two of the COM
munities that are coming to see that the
300 900 arrests for drunkenness in the
United States every year are neither de-
creasing the appetite for liquor nor in the
majority of cases adding to the protec-
ton OF the community.
The Toledo police are noticeable for a
reform in still another direction. They
have eliminated both canes and clubs On
the streets of the metropolis of northwest
ern Ohio you will find policemen who
have left the bullying baton in the attic
With the exception of the blue uniform,
they are just like any other men. And
the miracle Is, that not only have they
found the club unnecessary, but they
are doing more effective service without
II than ever
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
OVER THE HILLS

BY Eugene Field.
Over the hills and far away
A little boy steals from his morning {
play,
And under the blossoming apple tree
He lies and he dreams of the things to be
OF battles fought and victories won,
or wrongs o'erthrown and of great deeds
done
OF the yalor that he shall prove some day
over the hills and far away
over the hills and far away!
Over the hills and far away
IT'S oh! for the tolls the livelong day
But It mattered not to the soul af1ame
with a love for riches and power an6
fame!
On. oh man, while the sun is high
On to the certain joys that lie
Yonder where blazeth the moon of day
over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away!
Over the hills and far away
An old man fingers at close of day;
Now that his journey is almost done,
His battles fought and his victories won--
The old-time honesty and truth,
The truthfulness and the friends o,
youth,
Home and mother-where are they?
Over the hills and far away 4
Over the hills and far awayl ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
New York Police


As Tar back as l can remember-about
% years-the New York police force has
been VIGOROUSLY corrupt, judging from
common report and from the result of in
vestigations held from time to time"
said man who visits Gotham fire.
anently.
Why. fearless and honest mayor cam
not reform the force-and all the mayors
have been high-elass men so far as l can
recall-1 cannot understand. London's
feonstabulary or police department is
mueh-larger than New Yorks, numbering
something like 1900 men, and yet 1t
makes good showing in the matter of
honesty. New York's present charter
gives the mayor absolute control over
the police. He appoints commissioner
TO carry out his policy and that official
is merely his personal representative and
can be removed at the mayors will. There
is no police commission in New York, as
in years past, the public looking to the
mayor to provide an efficient and honest
police force. But even with so able, fear
less and energetic a iman in the mayors
office as Judge Gaynor, little Roadway
seems to be made in Kidding the force
of grafters. Can it be that the graft germ
in New York is ineradicable? 1t makes
no matter whether the administration be
republican, democratic or fusion, the cor
ruption is there and the situation to
looker-on seems to be hopeless. The
New York Sun, in discussing the ques-
ton editorially, presents this gloomy
view: The report that visitors to sew
eral summer amusement resorts within
the Jurisdiction of New York city are not
properly protected by the police against
petty thieves and swndlers is of partic-
ular interest not only to the-thousands
of persons who repair to these parks
for pleasure and diversion, but also to
those who watch with interest the pro-
gress of Mayor Gaynor's struggle for con-
troll of the police force. 1t is obvious
that short change walters, plckpocIets
and others of like habits could not carry
on their trades for any considerable
length of time were the police vigilant
and determined to suppress them. A force
devoted to the public service would make
short work of such swinders.
a. Up to the present time the mayor has
not been able to obtain control of the
force. His orders to 1t have been ignored,
as was proved In the matter of the plain
clothes men. His attempts to bring the
management of the men from the mys-
FERROUS spot where 1t now resides to a
point not remote from headquarters and
city hall have been unsuccessful.
But the mayor has not given up. He
appears to be as vigorous as when he
entered his office. His project is a tre-
mendous one. Will he be able to carry it
through in the end?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
FATAL DELAY

From Tft-BltS.
Sir William Crookes, the eminent scien-
fist, who has been appointed member
of the Order of Merit, was one of the
earliest amateur photographers. He ex-
perimented with the camera as far back
as 1855, and was always saying to his
wife, Sit" She used to reply: 1T sounds
like hem" Sir William is rather fond of
telling the following story as illustrating
the instantaneous knowledge, needed
in the profession of medicine. The pro-
lessor Of certain medical college cited
hypothetical case on one occasion. and
asked student how much of a certain
medicine should be administered to the
suffer- "a tablespoonful" answered the
young man. In about minute, however.
he raised his hand ano said, Professor,
l would like to change my answer to that
question: The doctor took out his
watch. "My young friendy' he remarked,
your patient has been dead 40 seconds. I
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
NEW NOVELS BARRED
the Chicago Examiner.

From the Chicago Examiner.
Famous books were barred from the De-
troit public library. I'VE classify book
as suitable or unsuitable, not moral or
immoral" explained Miss Amelia Poray,
superintendent of circulation in the pub
lie library.
Among the unsuitable" books are
"Tono Bungay'' and Ann Veronica" by
H. G. Wells; THE Danger Mark" by
Robert w. Chambers; Together by
Robert Herrick; 1.-The Road to Damas-
GUS by Mrs. H. A. Mitchell Reyes;
Three Weeks" by Elinor Glyn; ARABIAN
Nights" unexpurgated edition; Balzac
unexpurgated edition; George Sand I'M
expurgated edition; De Maupassant, I'M
expurgated edition, and Flaubert, unex-
purgated edition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
A TRYING TIME.

Oh, the world is all a-glimmer,
With the heat waves rising fast
And the breeze that once refreshed us
Is thing now of the past.
All the snap and sparkles missing
From our customed daily talks
And the merry jest is banished
From our moods and from our walks;
Time was when we met the morning
With smile upon our face
And heart forever dancing
Where the sweetest fancies race,
But a change has come upon us,
And we're limp as any rag,
Robbed of all our whiom vigor
BY the fell midsummer drag.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

I'VE are preparing" said Director
w. w. Silk of the Five Rivers OIL and
Gas company ito bore for oil in the
lower Sipsey basin. The company con-
trolls 81 square miles of land in Tus-
caloosa and Pickens counties. This
land was selected in accordance with
the advice of State Geologist Smith
who will keep in touch with the de-
velopment work
DIR. Smith thinks oil will be found
below the Tuscaloosa drift in the lower
Sipsey basis. The gas in this field con-
tans no sulphur, and as gas Is the
vapor from oil the hope Is expressed
that any oil when found will be par
affine base oil, which is worth twice as
much in market as fuel oil. William
Hood lis the president of our company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
About Persons

Alex Bonnyman, general manager Oh
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad, was in Birmingham yester-
day. He has been spending severed
days at his cottage at Mentone with
Mrs. Bonnyman and their two children.
He came to Birmingham to make an in
spection of local conditions. He said
an office is being constructed in the
freight yards in Elyton and other i'm
provements will be made from time to
time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

from the NEW 1UrK sun
A Sunday passenger on Staten Island
ferryboat studied out a complaint suffi-
GENTLY important to make the commits.
sioner of docks and his assistants take
notice. She hunted up deckhand and
directed his attention to the life pre-
servers stored in the deck ceiling.
Just look at these things she said
whats the matter with 'em?' ht
asked.
"Matter?' said she. They're dirty
They ought to be washed If woman
with nice summerd ress on had to pu
one of those dusty things on over it i
would never be fit to wear again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
HISTORY OF "A DOLLS HOUSE"

Gautier. Therefore, Nora appeared to
them Is a parsonage preposterous and
incredible. No -boohs came from them,
but they sat stolid and amazed. They
were, to borrow Mr.. Archer's words,
face to face with new thing in
drama-an order of experience, at once
intellectual and emotional, not hitherto
attained in the theatre" But thew
didn't know 1T, nor were they to know
1t for a long while. Our experiences
seemed to prove" said Nine. Modjeska,
in after years, that the public was
not ripe for Ibsen."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
AS PER- AGREEnfENT
e Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
II haven't the vestige Of CASE said
the crafty client to the craftier lawyer
but l. have money"
How muchY' casually inquired the
legal one.
"Fsve thousand dollars!' proclaimed
the client.
The lawyer put out his hand.
..Shake hands!' he said. You have
the best case l ever heard of. I'll see
that you never go to Jail with that sum-
And he did.
The client went there broke"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
A Banner Summer

THE coal mining business In Ala
bama has been prosperous for some
time past and present conditions are
exceptionally satisfactory" said J. ".
Allen, secretary of the Alabama Coal
Operators association.
THE relations between operatives
and operators are harmonious. The
men who get out the coal are thriving.
I have never known a time when there
was so little in the way of complaint
or grievance; and altogether I would
call this banner summer"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
ONLY SEEMS SO.

why is 1t that the ideal wife is al
ways married to some other man and the
ideal husband is always married to some
other woman"
THAT question may be answered in the
words of familiar quotation"
Lets have it."
Distance lends enchantment to the
view"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

such information that would lead one t.
suppose he was well informed in regard to
the creamery business. How many good
mich cows have you in the neighbor-
hood? was the only enlightening ques-
ton put by the visitor. After saying he
would probably be here again In a week
or two, the gentleman left for his home
on the evening train."-Perry Mirror ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.

"A gentleman giving his residence as
Kansas City, Mo-, visited the Mirror Of
flee Monday. He did not tell us his name,
nor did he volunteer any information that
would tend to enlighten us as to the ma
ture of the business, If any there was.
which brought him to Perry. In a tenta.
tive way, however, it appeared he sought
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
JOHN D.

JOf1N -.
John DIS polite,
Extremely so;
When a constable
To his house did 20.
John D. to him
The glad hand gave
And hardened with
Demeanor grave,
While the officer
Related how
John D., who has
A hairless brow,
Was summoned to
Recorders court
To make some kind
OF mild retort
For having broke
The speeding laws,
And pay his fine,
Or state the cause
Why he should not.
Like honored guest,
The constable
Took to his breast
And promised he
Would sure appear;
Then called one Of
Ills f1unkies near
And sent the poor
Bewildered wight
In a carriage home
o wondrous sight!
Old John DIS smooth,
AS e'er you saw,
And has so much
Respect for law,
He honors cen
The humblest grub,
The minion small,
The lowly dub
Who comes to call
Him down. list!
John DIS a first
Glass humoristl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
BULLS FED ON NUTS

From the Washington Post
1.-The health magazines are having a
lot to say on the subject of fruit and
nut diet these days" rmarked N. w
Cloud of Galveston, at the Shoreham.
lone writer. whose article advocating
an almost exclusive diet of nuts APP
peared recently. insisted that this menu
would make regular Hercules out of an
ordinary citizen. | don't know how we'll
founded the argument is, but 1t certainly
is not refuted by some information |
gathered a few weeks ago from my bust
ness partner, who had just returned from
Mxico.
DO you know that the finest fighting
bulls in Mexico are fed on English wal
nuts? These nuts in spite of their name.
are brought over from Spain, where they
are grown III large quantities. The ex-
pert trainers of bulls for the Mexican
bullfights insist that diet of English
wanuts increases the vitality and game
ness of the animals. OF course, the bulls
are not fed exclusively on these walnuts,
but this imported delicacy forms a large
part of their diet.
THE Mexico City Building association,
which keeps on hand from 40 tu 81 of
the best fighting bulls in the country, is
large purchaser of English waJnuts. A
whole Ships cargo at a time is delivered
to the ranch owned by this association.
The men who form the corporation are
experts in the training or fighting bulls.
and 1t is evident that they would not go
to such a big expense if the animals were
not benefited by this sort of food.
at strikes me that some of these en-
thusastic 'nutitarians could use the tes-
timony of the bull trainers as an argu-
rnent in favor of their theories"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
The strongest belief a conceited man
has is that he isn't.
An extra hateful bill to pay is when 1t
was for something useful
Temptation plays a game where nobody
else has a chance to win
1t seems as if the worse destiny treats
a woman the more faith she can have
in it.
A woman is willing to slave herself to
death for man who tells her she in
spires him to want to do noble things
for her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Some think the colonel wears a halo
while others think he wears horns. He
INDUCES in either from time to time. He
wears horns when he is recruiting the
Ananias club.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
WOMEN ACTORS AND THE AGE LIMIT

Albert Ellery Bergh in the Columbian
Magazine for August
There is perhaps nothing" says Mr.
Belasco, quite so much overrated, in
this day and generation, as is Youth In
its relation to success . = Now
it is not my purpose in this paper to
differ with the learned Doctor Osler as
to the limit of the average mans use
fulness. nor shall touch upon the SUBJ
ject of what I consider to be that of the
male actor; but 1 do want to say, and |
want to say it emphatically, that there
is positively no age limit for the woman
actor. All else being equal, dramatic
far excel herself at 20; and when
she reaches 80 she ought to show as
much improvement over what she was
at 30 as at the latter age she showed
over what she had been at 25." How
gallant. This certainly ought to make
Mr.. Belasco very popular with Ameri-
can actresses.
Nevertheless, the average theatrical
manager is looking for a combination
of brains, beauty and youth-somethine
that is very hard to find Once in a
while you find a stage beauty like Lillian
Russell, endowed with brains, but she
is only the exception that proves the
rule. But l quite agree with Mr. Beasco
that it is brains and talent that count
| in the long run as instance the long
career of Sarah Bernhard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Our old friend, General Weyler, doomed
mer capital, where he stood ready to
shoot any aggressive Carlists full of
holes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

81 missed the music in the park, !"
said man who was waiting near the
bandstand when the clock struck last
night. 1.-THE sky was threatening and
little after o'clock there was quite
a shower. 1t turned out well, of
course, that the concert was called off,
but many, like myself, were doubtless
disappointed.
SHOWS band has improved wonder
fully since 1t began to furnish the park
music in June. 1t now compares favor
ably with bands l have heard in north :
ern cities. The concerts in Capitol
park are extremely popular-so popu-
lar that I feel confident provision will
be made next summer for even a larger
band and for six or seven concerts a
week instead of three. l contributed
$3.50 to the present concert fund, but
have enjoyed the music more than
l expected, and will be glad to give 81.
to the fund next year."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

The Attorney General is active in start
ing suits against the trSsts, but thus far
he has not been active in securing judg-
ments
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

The standpat press paints Senator Bris-
tow in unlovely colors, but he gets there
all the same, and no standpatters car
carry Kansas against him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

insurgency is by no means an empty
dream in the middle west. The insur-
cling out there is done at the ballot box
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
SOON.

Well soon exchange the summers heat
For autumns wealth of gold,
And mortals limp who swelter now
VIII shiver with the cold.
And frantic cries the janitor
VIII startle from his dream,
Sent UP by wights who wonder why
He won't turn on the steam.
PAUL OoOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

A BLIGHTED CAREER.
There was a young maiden named Myer,
To go on the stage did aspire,
But she soon got the can
From the manager man
And the cause was she couldn't kick
higher.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

1t is nip and tuck between the night
riders and the joy riders in the manu-
facture of trouble in this world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

The Indian gets the worst of all deals
in all states, although Oklahoma is a
trife more unscrupulous than any other
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

The Abbott family and The Outlook
are working the Roosevelt accession for
all it is worth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

The Mayfower was small, lealxy and
crowded, but she made deal of his.
tory hands down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Alice Longworth no doubt thinks it is
nobody else's business whether she
smokes cigarettes or not.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
FELL RESULTS.

A man whose last name was McClugg,
Drew most of his cheer from a jug.
He drank till he thought
BY snakes he was sought,
Then straight to a doctor he dug.
birmingham Age-Herald
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Two new Dreadnoughts a year until the
Panama canal is completed is the pres
ent policy of the ilngoes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Up in New Jersey some attribute the
cool weather to the Woodrow Wilson
boom for governor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

everywhere discussed except in Uncle
Joe's presence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

The man who insurges in August must
be full to the brim of the new move
ment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Even a blind man can see political cor
ruption in the treatment of the Indians In
Oklahoma
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Government by bosses and also by jack
pot is to be ended because 1t cannot
be mended.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

man whose name was McClugg,
Got none of his cheer from a jug;
Now that's where they feed him,
After cops saw him speed EN-,
For straight to the jug they all dug.
st Louis Times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Midew on the European grape vines
will not affect the home buttermilk crop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

sort we believe the season of 1911 will
be the largest in the history OF the
Atlantic seaboard. The people OF
Wrightsville are making improvements
every season looking to an increase in
the patronage of Birmingham people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10
soMETH1NG TO BRAG ABOUT.

He calls himself humorist at large"
well, you can't blame him much for
being proud of the fact that he isn't in
jail
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-10

Kansas insurgents are able to smile at
present without going to oyster Bay.