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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
TURN ABOUT

From the Housekeeping Magazine.
 At Cumberland, Md. the colored ser wants as a rule go to their own homes at night. The cook in the family of the Episcopalian clergyman not only does this, but of late has arrived at the, rec tory too late to cook breakfast. Hence her mistress lately told her that for each breakfast missed there would be a reduction in her weekly wages. Dinah passively assented to this. but next day the mistress heard the maid next door say to her:
 "Pears to me you get to work mighty late"
 "I gets to work when I get ready" was the reply.
 How does you manage about de brekfas?"
 "Oh. pays de missus to cook de brek- fus."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

desire of a remarkable life. The solitude
 of the Caucasus is now impossible to
 him and the hope is that he will be able
 to return with his wife and daughter to the home that he left when he began his pilgrimage. While life remains to him who had bravely striven to make an actual better world his acts in his old age will he covered with a broad man tlo of charity coming straight from. the hearts of all good people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

money in Paris. Many persons found
 that they could live more comfortably and perhaps even spend less Than Tn 1 American cities. But it would hardly seem so any more. Everything has been going up. Some people are beginning to plan houses in ballons captifs, for that seems the only way to solve the rent problem.
 The shops are asking more for their wares. Silk petticoats are scarcely any cheaper than In New York, and even gloves do not offer great reductions. Dressmakers are becoming naughty ana ask American prices. Altogether one wonders where it will end.
 The poor tax Is now paid by the spec tators, instead of by the Parisian the- atres That means an increase Of 10 per cent on all tickets.
 Americans in Paris are blamed for many of the increases. They have brought habits of luxury to France which were unheard of before, 1t is said. On the other hand, walters and servants gener- ally assert that Americans are the mean est persons to work for, giving scarcely any tips.
 The more expensive things become the more people want them. Nobody cared for furs when they were cheap, but now that they are so expensive that even rabbit skin Is said to be initiated, every woman wants fur coat of some rear skin. In fact, women were not half as extravagant some years ago, when ma terials were considerably cheaper. It used to be the case in Paris that If woman had chic, and wore becoming dress well, she did not need to dress sxpensively. But now the object IS to spend a lot of money, and the ugiier dress Is the better. for that proves that ones purse is unlimited. Otherwise, one would have to consider ones looks.
 Ostrich feathers have grown very ex- pensive,-but never have so many of them been used. The same is true of aigrettes. If one cannot afford to have real dia- monds he must have limitations. Jewels there must be. And everybody must have private carriages or motor cars.
 When the ever optimistic Frenchman appeals to his deus ex marchina, the government, it calmly appoints commis- sion to sit on the matter, which com mission meanwhile draws a large salary on the taxpayers account. Instead or discovering a remedy 1t decides to levy a new tax. It is indeed a hard world and Paris Is not better than New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
MARRIAGE IN GERMANY

From the New York Globe.
 From Berlin comes the news that the ministry of the interior has abol- ished privilege that has existed since 1871. Wedding presents going from America to Germany have been ad- mitted free of duty. and also the trousseauxs from America that were for the use of brides who were about to marry foreigners in Germany These boons are now withdrawn, it is ex- plained, owing to the want of reel procity lon the part of the United States"
 Germany will need to hit harder than this if we are to be beaten to our knees on tariff matters. If wedding presents are debarred 1t will be the German recipients rather than the American givers who will be mulcted Similarly the German husband will be compelled to buy the sooner if his bride must leave some of her clothes behind. To be logical the next step should be the exclusion of the Ameri- can dowry - something that might throw select German circles into some thing. resembling panic Papa Money Bags in America will grin a little over the announcement that his daughter must go to Germany with less wardrobe.
 Germany need not fear that we shall retaliate with great vigor because of the withdrawal of this "concession." If there is agitation for its restoration 1t will not arise on this side of the water. If the good people of Ger many do not want our gifts on festal occasions, and want the bride to have fewer trunks, 1t would not be good manners for us to find fault.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
A Singer Who Draws

There are three olasses of people who attend music recitals-frst, those who are musically educated, second, those who really enjoy music without having a technical knowledge of the art, and last, those who like music to a certain extent but who only turn out to hear 1t when the artist happens to be a celebrity" said an old theatregoer.
 Madame Gadski. the great soprano of the Metropolitan opera, will give re- oital at the Jefferson theatre next Fri day night, and she is just the sort of person to attract all classes. The musical set will certainly go to enjoy her sing ing and fashionable society will be well in evidence because Gadski is a celebrity and it will be the thing to hear her. There are few women on the stage whose vocal art is so fine and none can draw larger houses. Madame Schumann-H -HeinlS and Madame Gadski are the two best recital attractions in this country to- day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
REFLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 When temptation doesn't get man it's a sure sign he isn't around.
 A chip of the old block is kindling for a fire to burn the .money the other Is worth.
 A woman has such an imagination she could be a bride half a dozen times and think each was the first.
 If you want to make a man admire vou ask him how he gets his clothes to look so fine on him and then don't go to sleep while he is telling you.
 girl who will be overcautious about stepping across a little puddle In the street will plunge into the sea of matri- mony with her eyes shut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
UNDERWOOD,S DECLARATION
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New IOfk EVenlng FoSt.
 From the very center of southern man.
 ufacturng industry, from Birmingham,
 Ala, the Pittsburg of the South, comes
 a clear pronouncement for a tariff for
 revenue only" In addition to declaring
 for this principle. Representative Under
 wood adds that In his judgment such
 a tariff would cover "the difference in
 the labor cost of most manufactured ar
 toles at home and abroad. As for pro- tecting profits, MT. Underwood declares that he is opposed to it, "believing that to protect profits means to protect mo- repoly" His position as ranking demo- cratic member-after Champ Clark, the leader of the party-both in the com- r,ittee on rules and the committee on ways and means, gives special import ance to this statement of position. made so promptly after the election which gives the democrats the next House by a large majority. That matter of the difference in cost of production, which the republicans are now using as the second line of intrenchments for their tariff system, has got to be tackled before long by the democrats. It is, therefore,
 worth noting that in this early utter ance on the subject, by man in posi- ton of great influence In the House and representing a district which may be supposed to be more protectionist than any other in the south., two points are
 made that look away from the revised
 republican doctrine. In the first place MT. Underwood indicates that industries ..-sa | for-revenue-ony plan; it is only most manufacturers for which the difference in labor cost would be covered by the tariff, and the others must make the best of what they can get. And secondly
 he declares that protection of profits is
 not entitled to any consideration at all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

What adds to Birningham's distinction as a spotlight figure in the census Is the fact that it leads all the cities in the United States in actual percentage of increase as well as the statistical per cent of 2454 According to local au- thority the increase of population in the territory now included in Birmingham was about N2 per cent. The population of no other city in the 100000 class came anywhere near doubling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Governor Carroll, a standpatter was reelected in Iowa by a small plural ity. and he Is playing for even by ap- pointing Editor Young, another stand batter, to the Senate. The legislature will soon meet to bounce that MT Young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
THE MAN WITH THE GUN

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 A traveller going through Breathitt county, Ky, in 1S96 found a man sit- ting on the side of the road with gun across his knees.
 Belong here?" he asked the man with the gun. ~
 "Yes.' 4 an
 "IIow's politics." M
 "ToFable."
 'who you going to vote for?"
 Well. stranger" said the man with the gun, peering down the road, If see Bill Smith before he sees me I'm goin' to vote for Mckinley"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FOR CHEER.

FOR CHEER. With a laugh and a song, we'll travel along And never a care will borrow! Whats the use to repine if the sun doesn't shine? It will be all the brighter+ tomorrowi For the blossom that dies and desolate lies Another is born to succeed it: Though shadows may grope, cling al- ways to hope Ere you win to content, you will need it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

There are twice as many republicans in the Texas legislature as there are socialists in Congress. When you have figured this out you can tackle the age of Ann
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

The colonel is never a closed incl dent, and this fact will become evil dent before long. He proposes to fight for progressive popular government until the cows come home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri all have republican governors and the country begins to wonder what Is biting the very center of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

The New York Central will not build station hotel because church Is so near 1t could not sell liquors. Sta tion hotels are common in England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Panama will become a winter resort if the excursion rate is cut to low figure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

The English now have election trou- bIes of their own at present and they have no time to discuss American elec- tions now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
- Prices of Food Products Move UneYeHly

The dealers in Chicago expect to be able to present the figures of similar downward movement when the prices of this week are compared with those of next week.
 As a rule the wholesaler and the large retailer fin the provinces had heard eomething about a sharp decline In food prices, but the small retailer seems to he unaware of any downward movement. Ii may become necessary to supply the small retailer with some pointers that will serve to bring him into the down. ward current.
 It is but fair to say that the Chicago Record Herald mentions like slowness eraong the small retailers of Chicago it. self. If the small retailer In Chicago is still demanding high prices for meat products there is some excuse for the small retailer who does likewise 1000 miles away.
 Altogether there is a great mystery at present in meat prices and authentic information is not readily procured. The democratic landslide is believed to have had more to do with it than the abund- ant corn cron or the deficiency mentioned by Secretary Wilson in the hay crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

The steam-heated airship has not been launched and aviation in the win ter months will be compelled to take a vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Prince Boni is said to be seeking second wife, but he may have to seek A long time before he bamboozles a second American girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Senator Carter of Montana, who de- feated a Warrior river appropriation by talking 1t to death, has gone to join Depew and Kean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
GEORGIA,s SATISFIED

From the Columbus Sun.
 The Birmingham Age Herald says that "the silence of Oyster Bay is al- most painful."s Well. don't break it..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
ALL IN A DAYS WORK.

ALL IN A DAY WORh.
 There goes a man who has looked on scenes of battle and the agonized faces of women; little children stolen into cap tivity, the white horror of the hospital ward and the last stages of delirium without tremor of emotion"
 What sort of brute Is hep
 "Oh, he operates moving-picture camera"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

New nationalism in England means the abolition. or at least the muzzling. of the house of lords.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Secretary of War Dickinson comes back after having picked out the vul- nerable spots of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Uncle Joe Cannon should not try to scare Champ Clark's mule with his government tomobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

#sa -bIrmIngham Age-Herald We bet Laura Jean can do it while coming down to work of a morning.-St. Louis Times. It wasn't necessary to call on the orig lnal Laura Jean. A Birmingham Laura Jean. filled In the blanks quite handiIy.
 NEXT WEEK.
 Though some say it's
 Rather late, Just you watch us
 .Jubllatei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

The republicans are thankful for the Tennessee hole in the solid south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Even turkeys are coming down. We mean that the price of them is com ing down when the turkeys do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
A LONG FELT WANT.

Hell soon be very rich, you say?" "Oh, yes. He invented a transparent rug"
 "A transparent rug?"
 "Yes; one that lazy housemaids can't sweep trash under without getting caught"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Everything is coming down except the cost of political campaigns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

"A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE" ETC. A very learned correspondence school
 of aviation, According to a current rumor, thrives; If teaches students how to f1y-a splendid
 education!- we'd hate to sell insurance on their
 lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
Passenger Traffic Manager HardwIck

samuel H. Hardwick of Washington passenger traffic manager of the South ern railway, was in Birmingham yester- day. He arrived from Montgomery at noon and left last night for Memphis.
 Business conditions have improved since the recent elections" said Mr. Hardwick, land the outlook for contin- ued improvement seems very bright Our passenger business is good and this is a pretty fair barometer of the south s general prosperity. The fact is that the south is more prosperous this year than ever before, and 1t is attracting the at- tention of northern capital more than ever"
 MT. Hardwick said he regarded the completion of the Pennsylvania rail- roads big terminal station in New York and its tube system between New Jersey and Manhattan the greatest event In the history of railroading within the past 30 or 40 years. Think of iti' said Mir. Hardwick. "Our train leaving Birming- ham will run through a tube into the Pennsylvania's terminal at Thirty fourth street, just a block from Broad way.
 "Our first train from Birmingham that will enter the new station at Thirty fourth street will be the one leaving here on the afternoon of Thanksgiving day and arriving in New York Saturday morning, November 26 To those of us who have been travelling over the Jersey ferries and landing far downtown in New York, it Is a wonderful thing to be able to step out of a train in the grandest station in the world, only block from Broadway. This is certainly the greatest railroad evcpt in my tinra
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

The landslide that eliminated No-' vember 8 was begun at Winona last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

Aviation is an unsolved problem and Is, therefore. naturally up fin the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

ART FOR ARTS SAKE. Y Sing a song of sixpence, Went to see a show; Iwenty-seven chorus girls
 Tripping in a row. Some of them were knook-kneed, Some of them were bowed; Had they dressed in longer skirts, .A,, It never would have showed. T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Regarding Census Figures

NeSuruthS NeuSuS t1Rurts
 T was surprised to see that Memphis fell below 10000 in the census" said J. H. Moffett of Chicago "When I was Tn Memphis in September l understood that the population figures were about l44oOO; and citizens seemed much wor- red that the total would not go above loO,OoO. Memphis was claiming 200,00O and while I thought that was too much would have considered 15OOOO a con- servative guess. Memphis is undoubt- ediy one of the most progressive cities in the country and it will probably not be far below 100000 in 1920.
 But when 1t comes to census sur prises of an agreeable sort, Birming- ham has beat 'em all. This city has been well advertised in the business world for the past 12 or 15 years, but few per sons imagined that it was anywhere near the 100000 class. Its low position in re- gard to population in the list of import ant places in 1900 was in the public mind. Since 1900 Birmingham had stood at the bottom of the list of 100 largest cities,' with only SS,415. I was last here in 1908 and Birmingham was growing fast then. but I had/no idea 1t would be able to annex enough population to make the showing 1t did in this census-132, ,6S5-a gain of 245.4 per cent. Birmingham can, well afford to hold a census jubilee. The whole of Alabama should join in the celebration, for city like Birmingham. with its phenomenal growth and It's splendid future, Is great advertise nent for the state at large. It is safe to say now that Birmingham will be in the 3o0000 class in the census of 1920"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
LOVE POEM. (Fill in at leisure.l

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
LIFE IN PARIS COSTLY

From the New York Post.
 There was time when one could save
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

The whole world Is discussing the best democrat in it-Count Leo Tol- stoi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

All seem to agree that aviation meets make the money fly.
 It was five-day silence at any rate, and that helps some.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
A HORRIBLE. EXAMPLE,.


 A "HORRIBLE' EXAMPLE. A Kansas editor took his life in his hands when he printed the following: We know one fond mother who. be- fore She leaves home for week, has to do up the family wash and ironing and bake bread. pies and cakes to last during her absence, And yet in the family she leaves at home there is a daughter 25 years old. but she knows practically noth- ing, of housekeeping. She can only play the piano, receive company and make the fudge. And yet mothers go on won dering why the most desirable and eli- gible young men shy at matrimony'
 AFFLICTED
 To see him eyes-open, you'd never de- As one of those persons who bores: But he keeps when asleep-and it's use- . less to bribe him
 The whole world awake with his snores.
 EROS"
 Joseph Eros, well-known stationer Of Anniston. has published a magazine of crisp comment. in which he pots the fair sex and slams dudes with great fervor and f1rst-class marl1smanship. The name of his publication Is Eros" and that being the Greek word for love-, at first glance you might think 1t was very much to the Laura Jean Libbey However, such is not the case. Mr. Eros hastens to ex- plain that he lives up to his name by be- ing more of an altrust than a seeker after affinities. Mr. Eros has a fund of wit and his comments are very enter tainng. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

MEGALOMANIA. A dishwasher arrested in New York de- clared dramatically that she was the Goddess of Liberty. Probably president of the Dishwashers' union. Can't blame her for having an exaggerated idea of her own importance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

PERHAPS NOT.
 Why shouldn't Memphis have the dem ocratic national convention for lSl2?- Memphis Commercial-Appeal'
 Is the printer who perpetrated that '1Sl2" still alive?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
CONvERsION'S EASY.

CONVERSIONS EASY. "I don't believe in kissing" Said Grump; no one denied 1t. All winked and said, ''1e thinks that way, Because he's never tried it."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
MR.. LLOYD's VISIT

f" HE Democrats Of Los Angeles are
giving an earnest OF the new
Il energy and confidence that have
taken possession of the party by the
plans made to receive Representative
James T. Lloyd of Missouri, a MEM
Der of the party's congressional cam
paign committee, today. Mr.. Lloyd,
on his part, will enjoy taste of typ
ical Los Angeles hospitality that may
somewhat repay him for the interest
he is taking in Southern California.
Mr. Lloyd has been a member Of
seven congresses and a forcefui mem
ber of the minority, whose ability mas
been recognized by appointment to
many of the most important commit
tees. That he has not been more
prominent was due largely to the fact
that different kind of men were run
ming that body pretty much as they
wished and reveling in the spotlight
that they would fain escape now when
it is becoming uncomfortable to have
their records inspected. And this
much may be ventured by way of pro-
phecy: Mr.. Lloyd will be one of the
leaders of the sixty-second congress,
which will be comfortably Democratic,
and he will be heard from more effec-
lively.
The Missouri visitor will be able to
take back a report of one of the best
organized branches of his party in the
country. The Democracy of Southern
California is no longer honeycombed
with railroad machine representatives,
and never had so much vigor and ap-
petite for the fray. If the party in
other sections of the country does as
we'll its work of preparation for the
new responsibilities that are soon to
be committed to it Mr.. Lloyd and his
fellow committeeman need grow no
gray hairs in worry about the future,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25


Mr.. Roosevelt's summer is busy with
his private correspondence, chats ana
strategic friends, a public talk or two
and contributed editorials. How does
he look today in a roomful or men
To a stranger from Mars or some
country town the first impression
would be of his powerful build. IL
is almost the deepest chest one re-
members to have seen for that height
always excepting Tom Sharkey 81
His bull neck, not gross but mascu-
line. catches the eye after the thick
set frame. He carries a sense OF rud-
DIV health with him in his cheeks ana
in the clarity of his eyes The instan-
taneous effect of him entering the room
at a sprint is to set the other Vlora :
tions going at a higher speed. II Is
like a chile splashing his hand IN a
placid pool and making the waves roll.
Where all was quiet before, now eV-
eryone shares in high activity. At
first il is both startling and antaso-
nizing, but soon you accept the tresh
pace. -
No man could feel abashed in MS
presence. Dominant, at times doml-
neering, insistent, aggressive, crude ne
Is. but never supercilious, never diff
ferent." He would trouble no set. OF
people anywhere with the hallmarks OF
caste. He is a commonplace average
humanity. bone OF our bone. WHAT
ever taint of Harvard manner ana