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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
THE MIRROR OF NATURE

From the Washington Post.
 Thousands and tens of thousands of folk who have seen this delightful &C., tress and charming woman will read with liveliest satisfaction the following news item:
 And now 1t Is reported that Eleanor Robson is about to return to the stage. Being rich, Mrs. August Belmont, with city homes and country houses, and ev- cry luxury the Belmont millions can af- ford Is not as attractive to the little actress as the glamor of the footlights and the thoughtful applause which always greeted her finished efforts.
 "Eleanor Robson did not say she was marrying and leaving the stage so she could darn socks and be domestic. She gave up her career without any of the rash statements which characterized the had laid Daniel Frohman and the stage aside to become the wife of a wealthy ranchman. Consequently, when Eleanor Robson comes back she will give only pleasant surprise that she is so fond of her ardent admirers that private life cannot replace them in her affections"
 Miss Robson had the gifts of talent and tact, and, above all she was en- dowed with that rare and mysterious attribute, charm. Every night, in every act. and in every scene, the audience felt "here is value received
 Hold the mirror up to nature," is one of the noblest commissions granted to man or woman, and he that does 1t true has all mankind for friend. The stage ought to be- and all legitimate. stage is the handmaid of the church. Pity that the hierarchy did not so construe it., and more pity that they who direct the stage did not take that stand and render ever that which appeals to the better and finer sentiments and sensibilities of good men and good women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

of the men honored by the 100 had in their entire bodies.
 Walt Whitman's offense against the noble 100 is that he formulated a new kind of poetry, or rather he brought out poetic ideas on new lines. He was em- phatically himself and not a slavish fol- lower of writers who had preceded him. He was unconventional. In other coun- tries no American poet is more highly esteemed unless it be Poe Yet this rare genius goes unhonored in the hall of fame-this man whose tribute to Lincoln stands by itself, and whose poems will live long after the tame lines of the Boston school are forgotten.
 There is no accounting for tastes, and the distaste of the loo for Sidney Lanier, a Confederate soldier, and for Walt Whit man, who stood on his own feet, is not difficult to explain. They are hunting for "the orthodox and the conventional and the commonplace, and Lanler and Whit man are, therefore. overlooked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
HARRY LAUDER's TUMBLE


 When Harry Lauder sailed some time ago on the Mauretania, after a long stage run in the states, an English officer told this story of him-a story Lauder does not particularly like to have repeated: When Lauder went to London for the first time the stage reputation he had made in the provinces had not made much of an im- pression on the metropolis. With shrewd sense of the value of striking effects Lauder decided he would arouse the Lon doners to his peculiar merits in a novel he procured the most skeleton-like speci- men of horse1esh he could find. On this he planned to make his first stage en- trance.
 The old horse was tractable enongh with Lauder astride, awaiting his turn In the wings, but when the little fellow urged him forward for the grand entrance there was a balk, a buck and Harry was in- gloriously shot to the front of the stage over the horses head, the animal peering after him with what might be termed an amused expression. Lauder slowly and painfully arose to his feet, while the gallery applauded and stamped and cried Justify:
 Do it again. 'Arry; do it again!' Lauder rubbed his aching back, felt cautiously of his bones, looked back at the horse and turning to the audience he said:
 Like - will"
 And he didn't. but thereafter his pop ularity was assured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Mark TWain'S Estate

The inventory of the estate of the late Mark Twain shows that he left property valued at s6l1, ,1s6-and he was a news paper man and later still to the end of his days maker of books. It goes against all custom when an author leaves an estate verging on a million dollars. It almost puts him in the John ". Gates and Jim Hill class.
 It appears, too, that the lamented writer left this sum to his only surviving child after he had invested money in numerous securities that proved worthless. He left shares in the Roylo company, the Hope Organ company, the Bandar Log Press, the American Cash Register company, the Plasmon Company of America, and the International Spiral Pin company most of which were worthless This, however, did not matter, for the sole surviving daughter, the wife of the Rus sian pianist, Ossip Gabrilowwitseh, gets an ample sum. The copyright values of the Mark Twain books are valued In the inventory at s2O0,OOo and the home in Connecticut at s70,OOO
 But Mark Twain left more than dollars to his daughter and to the rest of man. kind. He left books that will last as long, perhaps, as the country does, or even as long as the language does. His humor and his literary genius are be- queathed to the world, and this bequest will prove even more enduring than the estate that the dead author left in prop erty to his daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Cold eathsr h the Cotton Fields

The census report of the cotton gin re- turns shows that less cotton had been ginned pto October IS than had been ginned up to October IS than had been On Wednesday, November g. the census bureau will report the amount ginned to November 1, and this will be considered d better index of the size of the years crop.
 Between the ginners returns and the coming of frosts and cold weather, the week just ended was tumultuous one in the cotton markets. The bulls point to the reports of the ginners and to the fact that S1S,0O0 less bales have come in sight than came in sight in the corresponding time of last year. They insist that the crop will not exceed 100000 bales. The bears say 1t will exceed 100000 bales. It is the old, old contention and there is TO umpire to decide the question. Time alone can do that.
 But the appearance in October of a killing frost has killed the. young bols in the top crop. This will check any at tempt to carry prices much lower. Cold CT weather, too, quickens trade by in creasing order for goods, and altogether the prospect is pretty good that prices will not be materially depressed. The cotton market will no doubt remain un- settled and irregular until December is at hand, but the chances are now in favor of well sustained prices throughout the cotton year, simply because the world needs a great deal of American cotton in year following the short crop grown in 1ona
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

the spring of 1911 for cities covering Il states.
 MT. Damrosch, with his New York Symphony orchestra, opens his spring tour in Savannah in April; and from there his Itinerary will be as follows: Jacksonville, Fla, Valdosta, Ga, Au- gusta, Ga., Spartanburg. S. C., Nash vile. Tenn, Bowling Green, Ky, Louis vile. Memphis. Birmingham, Montgom- cry, Houston. San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth. Dallas, Tulsa, Okla, Kansas City. Chicago. and Fort Wayne. Con tracts have already been signed for MT. Damrosch in most of the cities named. Birmingham is still open but I hope to be able to close with the fes- tival association here within the next two or three weeks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
RESTRICTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From lIe NeW 1OTk fTtSb.
 You cannot mix Judgment and tenn per any more than oil and water
 Kissing a girl against her will seems to be the incest part of 1t to her.
 The big risk of marriage Is the brides, but it's the bridegroom who gets nervous at the ceremony.
 It just seems as if people who are get ting into debt are like people who want to drown in deep water.
 A man can be prouder of himself for breaking somebody else's rules than of keeping anybody else from breaking his
 It's expensive to get divorced, but lot more so to stay married.
 What makes 1t so easy to marry q girl is she pretends it's so hard.
 It seems as if people try harder to be fools than they will try to be anything else.
 Either a man pays rent and wishes ht owned his house or he owns 1t and wishes he paid rent.
 A man can put his stocks and bonds Il a deposit vault for safe keepi,.,. ba there's no place where he can keep hi reputation out of danger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
COLLEGE LIFE 500 YEARS AGO From McCahe's A halar rd


 , At or o'clock each morning tha great cathedral bell University of Pars), would ring out the summons to work. From the neighboring houses of the canons. from the cottages of the townsfolk, from the taverns and hospices and boarding houses, the streams of the industrious would pour into the in- closure beside the cathedral The mas ter's beadlc, who levied a precarious tax on the mob, would strcw the floor of the lecture hall with hay or straw, and, &C., cording to the season, bring the mas ter's text book with the notes of the lecture between lines or on the margain, to the solitary desk and then retire to secure silence in their adjoining street.
 Sitting on their haunches in the hay, the right knee raised to serve as a desk for the waxed tablets, the scholars would take notes during the long hours of lec- ture (about six or seven, and the hurry home--if they were industrious to commit them to parchment while the light lasted.
 flow back over the Little Bridge, filling tue tdNciis anu HueplctS pUuflHS over the great playing meadow that stretched from the island to the present Champ de Mars All the games of Eu- rope were exhibited: Running, jumping, wrestling, hurling. fishing and swim ming in the Seine, tossing and thump- ing the inflated ball-a game on which an enthusiastic lyric-and especially the great game of war, in its earlier and less civilized form. The nations were not yet systematically grouped, and long and frequent were the dangerous con fiicts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Regarding Yield of Cotton

"The newspapers publish statement of phenomenal yield of cotton from one acre near Savannah" said man who has had experience in farming, 'but there Is another side to, the story not pub lished.
 Tt is true that by intensive farming abnormally large yields of cotton and also corn may be produced, but the prop osition of extensively employing the methods named is practically impossible as to the cotton growing section. First, very large increase in the production would necessarily decrease the price: sec ond, the amount of labor and enormous amount of fertilizer used would show count the cost of cultivating an acre on the intensive plan at the same outlay as in good average farming It requires much more. Then the item of picking remains the same with probably an in- crease in large growth, full fruited cot ton.
 q remember that some years ago George o. Baker,, owner of a large cot ton-seed oil mill in Selma, tried the meth cd of the very heaviest fertilizing on land near the mill. His tests showed too great a cost for the returns. which were most bountiful in the heavy yield. It is true. cotton was low in price.
 ''The future of lower cost of raising cot ton is in the perfection of some mechani- cal picker. l am informed by planter who saw the latest tests near Selma of cotton picker that 1t will now pick about 80 per cent. It is to be still further perfected. And yet if 1t only picks 80 per cent there is an enormous saving of labor for it. of course, would leave only 20 per cent for hand picking.
 'If the farmers can bring their lands to an average of one bale to every acre there will be 20,00O,oO0 bales of cotton pro- duced, but this yield is long ways off yet for 75 per cent of the farmers who now raise cotton"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
PIGTAILS IN ENGLAND
From the London Chronicle.

from the LOHQJn SuIOuiclt.
 Pigtails, which are threatened with extinction in China, survived in our army until well into the nineteenth century, the Welch fusilliers being the last to abandon them. Sir Algernon West relates how he heard an argu- ment once as to whether the Blues did or did not wear pigtails at Waterloo. One of tho disputants, who had seen them on their way to Dover, was con vinced that they did. The other, who had been a midshipman on the trans port which conveyed tenn to Ostend, was equally certain that their hair was short The giver of the dinner at which the dispute arose referred the matter on the following day to q friend who had served in the Blues at Waterloo Both friends were right" he said we were reviewed at Windsor by the King on our departure with our pig tails on. and at Dover we had them cut of before our embarkation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
TYPES OF NEW YORK WOMEN

in her neck, and the soft gray hair we gently remember. She no, longer lives.
 In her place is the smart stepping wom- an who looks every day as young as her daughter, and possibly feels as young.
 A married pair, for example, will como into the theatre or a cafe. He will be white haired, palpably elderly, a little round shouldered, perhaps, made so by the weight of passing years. She will be exquisitey dressed in the current vogue. There are few lines in her face, her carriage is erect and youthful her hair is brilliant yellow or a soft shade of brown; it is also abundant; there is no sign of gray. You may know that she is about as old as the man by her side, but art covers up a multitude of physical imperfections; it erases the tread of Old Father Time. imagine this excellent woman. if she desired to dress as did our grandmothers, could rot. There are now no feminine fash ions for the elderly
 It is not the fashion for women to be elderly Art comes safely to the aid of devouring nature, and deftly puts back the hand of time. The woman of Europe may, when she reaches the half century mark, sit in the background and muse over the touch of a vanished hand, the dead and gone gayeties of the boule- wards. But her American sister at that time of life. in New Yorl1-I take it In Denver also-is in the thick of things, with no thought of giving up life and it's vanities, it's material joys
 Here, then, the goddess Fashion, us- ually bereft of sane principles, proves there is the soul of goodness in her after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
nlrmlnghnm,r Growth

"I was in Toronto, Canada, when Birmingham's census population was announced, and I was not surprised at the figures-nearly S3,000--for I had been here several times within the past five years and observed all the signs of growth" said Ellis H. Forman of Buffalo, N. Y.
 When I was in Birmingham early in the present year I heard business men making guesses around 125,000 but I said to one of them that I would take this to be a city of 150,000. It's progress in substantial development, as well as in mere increase of popula- ton, has been indeed notable. I came here as far back as 1897. I saw pos abilities of a big future for the city, but I had no idea then that 1t would get Into the 100000 class by 1910. But having made the fine record 1t has, it is easy to imagine that It's popu- lation will be 250,OOO to 3Oo,OOO by the time the next census Is taken.
 up in my part of the country we used to hear great talk about Atlanta as the phenomenal city of the south, but since the census announcement Bir- mingham is causing as much talk as Atlanta, if not more."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Visiting AutomohiIfats

W. H. Vaudeville and F. M. Van Wormer, both residents of western New York. are in the city. having come here in ten days from their homes in western New York. They found the roads in good condition for automobiling. as rule, all though Mir. Vaudeville says about 25 miles of the roads in Alabama need inn proving.
 He says automobiling is waking up all the states to the need of better roads. New York state has appropriated for that purpose 5o.OoOoOo, which Is to be ex- pended wherever a county will duplicate the sum it asks the state to expend. Some day Alabama will do likewise. All of the states are striving to secure bet ter roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Democrntic Outlook

"It seems to be pretty well understood that Governor Harmon will be the demo- cratic standard bearer in 1912," said J. c. Douthwaite of Chicago.
 'T recently spent a week In Ohio and there seems to be no doubt about Har- mon being reelected governor few days ago I talked with Tom Taggart of Indiana, member of the national demo- cratic committee, and he told me his in- formation was that Woodrow Wilson would be elected governor of New Jersey and that New York. Ohio and Indiana. were certain for democratic victories in November.
 If Wilson carries New Jersey he will be a popular democrat in a national sense and will be reckoned with for the presi- dential nomination, but Harmon will be the logical man for 1912. Woodrow Will son Is turning out to be splendid cam paigner. He is more of a practical poli- tician than anyone supposed he would be; and as he is yet a comparatively young man. he would be all right for 1920"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
AUTUMN LANDSCAPE " vNill;op, AI1fpphan

 October skies are misty, cool and gray. The stubbles .emptied of their latest
 sheaf,x
 The meadow of it's mounds; noble
 grief Has beautified the woods in their decay: How many colors on the falling leaf Entertaining our solemn hills today, Whose afternoon is hushed and wintry
 brief! Only a robin sings from any spray. And night sends up her pale, cold moon.
 and spills whi. st around the hollows of the
 hills,
 Ph4 .ns of firth and lake; the peasant
 sees His cot and stack yard. with the home-
 stead trees, I.z-.4 4s55 In-!slanded; but no vain terror thrills His perfect harvesting; he sleeps ct
 ease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
LOG FIRES IN WARWICK CASTLE

From the Memories of the Duchesse of
 Dino.
 As to Warwick itself. where I arrived yesterday morning OS3D one enters by the fortress gate. Its aspect is most severe, it's courtyard the most somber, it's hall the most enormous. it's furni- ture the most gothic, and It's style the most perfect that you can possibly imagine. Everything suggests the feudal system. A large and rapid river batlles the foot of the great dark old battle mented towers, The monotonous noise of the water is interrupted by the crack ling of the great trees which burn in the gigantic fire places. In the hall hugo logs are piled upon the dogs which stand on slabs of polished marble, and each log requires two men to put it on the fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Two M. p... In Birmingham

'.It Is an interesting coincidence that two members of the British parliament are now in Birmingham" said member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 MT. Cecil Grenfell, M. P, we'll known London banker and director in the Southern Iron and Steel company, has been here several days, and MT. Joseph Devlin, M. F., distinguished Irish ora tor and political leader of the nationalist party, has just arrived and will address a public meeting Sunday afternoon. MT. Grenfcll visited Birmingham during the past summer. He is not only man of affairs, but everybody who has met him speaks of him as & charming gentleman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Christian Science Lecture

william D. McCrackan, A M. c. S. B., who will deliver a lecture on Chris tian Science at the Bijou theatre at 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon, is scholar and writer, as vel las pleasing speak er.' said man who was formerly connected with the newspapers of Bir- mingham last night ''Mr. McCrackan Is author of a History of Switzerland.' which is standard work, and is a contributor to the leading periodicals. Those who are interested in Christian Science-and who are not in this day of advanced tn thought?-are fortunate in having the opportunity to hear the sub ject presented by this man of attain ments. The lecture is free"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Lawrence Journal.
HAPPENED IN OHIO.

HAPPENED IN OHIO. There may be nothing in d name, But what think you of this? Divorce was granted to a dame Whose married name was Bliss.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Her married life, for all we wot 7 (And what think you, dear MisterO May have been so all-fired hot Her name had best been Blister.
 Youngstown Telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

glaring Inconsistencies Of celers and It's utmost freakishness of style, there is now class that adopts the clothes of d bus mess man and who wouldn't be stamped as students if there were not that col- lege atmosphere which always enwraps students. And with the farewell to the rah-rah boys and it's blending into the present chap there is also passing away of the rah-rah spirit. This does not mean that the college spirit has died; on the other hand the present college spirit is the real one. But the rah-rah spirit was the kind that intruded itself every where, 1t yelled when 1t wasn't wanted, it stole signs, openly caroused That and the rah-rah clothes have died. May they rest in peace"
 Lawrence Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

The republican gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin is a bachelor. but he has promised to get married if he is elected This is bribery. but there Is no punish- ment for the offense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

No appeal can be taken this year from the census bureau to the city directory or the home school board. Such an appeal may be available few years hence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

Vice President Sherman is stumping North Carolina. His tariff views will turn no postmasters the one way or the other in that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

The colonel no doubt hopes he will have an easier task in becoming king than he the Saratoga convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
TIMELY EXPLANATION

Why not have a permanent presi- dent?" asks the Birmingham Age-Her- aid. But it is not new nationalism that the Age-Herald is discussing. It means a permanent presidency of the state fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

That fringe of puppy dogs at a New York wedding has become almost as fa- nous as the monkeys that dine with "the 4O0' at Newport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

All boys cannot become great baseball pitchers. Those that fall little short may become presidents of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

It is snug race between Mayor Gay nor and Room 212,' for the honor of first suggesting Dix.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

The gowns worn at aviation meets all ready begin to draw attention away from the horribly unconventional manbirds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

Sunny Jim Is campaigning in the one party states in this section of the coun- try. He Is harmless in such states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

Ethel Leneve has good reasons for praising British justice, for 1t was kind to her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

The tariff has but the present week in which to prove an alibi in regard to the high cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

The Missouri farmer who left an estate valued at s3,5oO,OOO made a speciality of raising bacon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

The small boy of the period does not want to be Connie Mack or President Taft-he wants to be Jack Coombs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

York state Is not dispasisonate or dig nified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30

Philadelphia Is trying to get so 1t can talk sonnet ing else besides baseball.