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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
Etiquette At the White House

There was something almost pa
thetic in President Taft's recent speech
to newspaper men wien he expressed
the lonesolneness of the White House
Lecause nobody ever drops IN" NJ one
can do SO. Official etiquette forbids
and this goes far to make the head
ship of the nation a place Of lone
illness as we'll as of care and i.erplex-
ities. Practically all calls at the
White House are forsal and proar-
ranged and President Taft, who is pre-
eminently social chafes because things
IN the White House cannot be free ana
easy.
But if no one can drop in" at The
White House .hore is no unwritten la "
that prevents the President from drop
ping in on other folk and lie does this
freely. fte goes to tie theatre and
he never misses an opportunity to gel
away fror. the formal ana lonesonls
life of the executive mansion.
Tie President is still popular and
this is made plain whenever he ap-
pears in public No one questions ma
honesty although some do think h.
eonsorts too freely with Aldrich and
tannon. Possibly, however lie is mis-
Judged and the outcome Of the SEES
sion may tell different story whe-
It's results are weighed and lalanced
Bgt the Presidents Wnona speees
well. ti-at is an obstacle to populqr
approval, which he cannot easily an,
quickly overcome.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
Recovery Of Col. Hilary Herbert

All rejoiced when they read yesterday
morning that Colonel Herbert is recover
ing his health despite his years. He is
q veteran of the Civil war and ever since
that war his life has been active alike
In his profession and in the public serv-
ice.
This state will soon be 100 years old. and
in all that time no one of her citizens
had become q member of abinet at
Washington until Colonel Herbert was ap-
pointed Secretary Of the Navy by Pres-
dent Cleveland He had long been mem
Der of Congress and naval subjects had
become familiar 10 him, and he was an
IDEAL naval secretary.
The hope is felt throughout this state
ti.at Colonel Herbert has many years
| of usefulness and health still before Kim.
lie is at the Johns Hopkins hospital
in Baltimore. where he is assured of the
best and most scientific treatment, and
the indications now are that he will be
restored to at least a reasonable degree
Of health and strength.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
COLD STORAGE FIGURES

From the Philadelphia Record.
While the housewives are being driven
by the high prices of boycott meat here
Is what the Ice and Refrigeration Blue
Book says is being held in cold ctorage:
Fourteen million cattle.
Six million calves.
Twenty-Five million sheep and lambs
Fifty million hogs.
According to these figures from the Off
cial guide book, circulated only among
the cold storage men, there is in storage
one entire animal for each adult in the
United states with enough whole animals
left over to give two to each family
This meat Is being held in 55s cold stor-
age plants. In addition, it may interest
the worried houselseepers to know that
in IS FISH freezing plants in the country
there are fish waiting TO be doled Out
that are valued at s25ooo.oo0
In other cold storage plants during any
year now. according to the storage mems
own statistics, the struggling wage-earn
err will find.
One billion eight hundred million eggs
One hundred and thirty million pounds
of butter.
Fruits valued at sa00W,Oo0.
Then, besides, there are millions o
pounds of potatoes, onions. thousands o
turtles, cells, cases of canned goods an,
milk, butter and cheese valued at 500,
100000
The total value of meat and foodstuff
placed in cold storage during year a
present is, according to the figures Of TIN
storage concerns, close to three billion
dollars
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The Chamber Of Commerce

The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
in choosing A. II. Ford for its presi~
dent in succession to Frank Nelson, Jr.,
has maintained its high record for plac-
ing picked men at the helm. The old
Commercial club, from which was evolved
the Chamber of Commerce, always had an
able and progressive president. The men
who have held the position have been dis
tinguished for their public spirit and lead
ership.~
Mr. Ford, although comparatively re-
cent conner, is noted for pluck, civic pride
and a large capacity for doing things. He
is a singularly modest gentleman, but he
is trained organizer He stands ready TO
take hold and push anything and every
thing for Birmingham good. He is the
very sort of. man that naturally invites
cooperation. He will have the hearty
support of the people OF this city. and
as the influence of the Chamber OF Com
merce is in the nature OF things ever
widening, Mr. Ford can be counted on to
establish for this body a new high record
in the way Of solid achievement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
Poll Tax Payments

Exact figures from the s. counties are
not at hand, and estimates of the in
crease in poll tax payments are all that
are at present to be had The Mont
gomery Advertiser thinks the increase in
the 81 counties is at least 5000, thus car
rying the number of qualified voters under
IS years of age TO about 10000. as against
5000 last year.
Possibly the total vote in the primary
Of May will go to 100000, although an
estimate of 175,0O0 votes is perhaps more
reasonable. A still larger vote could be
cast In November, because all republicans
can then vote. but the truth is the prl-
mary is the real election in one-party
states, and the vote cast at the primary
of May will probably exceed the vote
cast on election day in November.
The increase in poll tax payments is
plain evidence of the fact that the state
is distinctively tired OF comerism and
fanaticism. and that the voters intend to
Institute a change on primary day. The
new voters will be heard from at that
time, and it is safe TO say that compare
lively few of them are Comerites.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
AEROPLANING.


From Country Life in America.
Operating an aeroplane IL easis)
than riding a bicycle or steering e
automobile. In driving on the road
your attention is constantly required
to be fixed upon the paths or ruts =
which the vehicle must be guided, fo(
the slightest inattention would caus1
serious trouble. Guiding an aeroplanA
Country Life continues, is like ridin1
a bicycle in the center of an immens6
asphalt plaza, where the surface =
perfectly smooth and uniform, api
where you can go in every directio1
equally well without serious attention
as to where you must steer. Tn III
air all is free, and the movements Be.
come 80 unconscious that the aviatorAk
mind sometimes wanders on until ~
forgets that he Is in an aeroplane. ora
can look down on the ground ana
notice various things, but 1t IL har(
to tell how high yoWmay be flying a
the exact angle of flight of the nal
chine or it's speed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

very true SO far as the Pennsylvania
town Is concerned, but like General Han
cocks tariff. the grounding is after all,
II not a local issue, at any rate a local
arbiter One grounding In Punxsutaw-
ney. Pa, cannot make by the shadow
OF its nose weather for broad country.
Every grounding is, in other words a To-
cal prophet. and no one has officially re-
ported what one of the little animals as
certained in Jones valley when 1t came
out of it's winter home with its weather
eye peeled
The truth is, the groundhog is to some
extent an inteloper, for the old rhyme
says:
''If Candlemas day he wet and foul,
The half of winters gone a yule,
II Candlenas day he tair and bright,
Winter viii have another flight"
The grounding simply fell in with the
procession, for the rhyme is almost as
old as Caudemas day itself. when in thf
catholic church thu andles are blessed
and the feast of the Puricaticn OF the
Blessed Virgin Mary is duly celebrated
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of the diplomatic branch of the govern
ment for-the past few months.

Among the guests were the President
Vice President, the German ambassador
the Chinese minister The NetherlandI
minister, Secretary Knox, Speaker Cam
non, Secretary Carpenter. Postmaster
General Hitchcock, Associate Justice I.ur.
ton, United States supreme court; secre.
tary Nagel, Attorney General Wicker
sham. Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania
Senators Bcveridge, Indiana; Burton
Ohio; Gordon. Mississippi; Oliver, Penn
sylvania; Scott. West Virginia. shivelN
Indiana: Representatives Clark, Missouri
Tawney, Minnesota; Underwood, Ala.
bama; Frank s. Baker. Boston Traveller,
George w. Boyd and Frank Barksdale
Pennsylvania railroad; Perry Belmont
Washington, d. C.: Secretary Bennett Of
the Senate Sergeaut-at-Arms Ransdell Of
the Senate; S. ". Bolles New York,
j. A. Breckons, Cheyenne, Wyo.; II. u,
Brown, Indianapolis News; Capt. A. w.
Butt, military aide to the President; A.
w. Church, New York; E. B. Clark
Chicago Post; G. l.. Cooper New York
Herald; S. G. Cornell, Washington, d,
c.; II. L. Dunlop, New York Herald W.
c. Edgar. Northwestern Miller, Minns
sofa; E. c. Farr, Pittsburg Gazette.
Times; John P. Gavit, The Associated
Press; L. r. CLAWS. Portland, Ore; g.
II. Grovesnor, Geographic Society Mags'
zine: William Guggenheim. New York;
w. p. G. Harding, Birmingham; DR.. Johs
Allan Harris. New York; Admiral ]. N.
Hemphll. Assistant Secretary Hiles,
Brigadier General Humphreys, j. H. Illus.
Jameson, PelSin, China; J. w jenkins,
Baltimore Sun; District Commissioner
Johnson, Rudolph and Judson; Gus ].
Karger, Commissioner Lane, Edwin LIE.
fevre. New York; Leonard Leibling, Mu.
steal Courer: Francis p. LOOMS. WASH
ington, d. CT. Or. j. IL. McHenry, Cleve-
Transcript; Truman ri. Newberry, De.
troit Mich Frank B. Noyes, Washington
Star Max Pam, Chicago; Director Ralph.
c. NJ Rogers. Cleveland Plain Dealer;
Rear, Admiral Schley, Emery .Sedgewick,
the Atlantic Monthly: Frederick Shedd
Boston Herald; John A. Sleicher, Leslie'a
Judge company; Frank B. Stevens, Bos.
ton Herald president George O. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad; Frank Al
Vanderlip. New York; Henry S. Well
come London, England; w. r. Wheeler
San Francisco. and ]. Russell Young
Ill, Washington Times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
G Oh oD. 6 A. ntaIaer RI. .h,t,

Up in Pennsylvania county town the
grounding was officially and fcrmall,
recos nized In / s caracl as a weathe,
prophet, ard when It had declared that
there would be six weeks mere of Win
Ter a proclamation was Issued, as fol
lows
Tho official shadow WIS cas-. acros.
&c official s.ouplhog hole ct o'elocs
TITS n o-ning, TIN shadow was tangent
70 Came ridge. % degrees. ana STOOD
square o. the eas gable OF Miller 8 oo;, .
! ir, The IN Ecaies hlustery wsstiaer uYs-
II s; Taf lcs.'s day. There VII ne GOOD
, fos huniias Fehruery -. Pruae yoar ap.
;e trees Febr.;Frg Is ard SCI, yoar l,slf
e.iin ht1s Mt,eh %. Dig your s3ssa-
T. v rev 3llasr"5hins Wit sing IA & fla
g. Nslentnss dry, and the swallows
III srpsar api1 :"
II; t..at IS tfs weil ANA NJ doub.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
"woRLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US.

"WORLD Is TOO MUCH WITTY USs
BY William wordsworth.
The world is too much with US; late al
soon,
Getting and spending. we lay VAST
our powers;
Little we see in Nature that IA onr.l
We have given our hearts away, a sord1
boon!
The Sea that bares her bosom to thu
MOON
The winds that will be bowling at =
hours,
And are up-sather'd now like sleeH
ing flowers;
For this, for everything. we are out 4
tune;
1t moves US not.--Great God; IA rather b
APagan sucked In q crUed outworn;
SO might /, standing on\ this pleasant lea
Have glimpses that would make me lea
forlorn;
Have sight Of Protous rising from ~
Or hear old Triton blov his wssathsd
horn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

Green County Democrat: The Br-
mingham Age-Herald accomplished a
great feat In moving its entire plant
and not missing a single issue. But we
have become accustomed to seeing
great things being done up there. The
Herald stands in the front rank of
southern newspapers and in new
home amid new surroundings, the out
look is bright for this splendid jour
nal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

From the New YORK Press.
Civilization develops like old cheese.
The way to get a compliment is to give
FIVE.
The biggest liars, and the proudest of it,
are the taxpayers.
The trouble with good dispositions is
they 60 with lack of character.
man who can raise potatoes could do
very well at II II he didn't think he could
paint portraits. $50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
RESULT OF OvERwoRK.,

One of our office boys went to see I
performance of MRS. Wigs of the Cab
bage Patch night before last. He fs1
asleep shortly after reaching the theatre
and woke up Just about the time MI
Stubbins returned to the bosom of hi
family, after his memorable trip in I
freight car. We are afraid our office boz
missed the best part of the play.
so MUCH FOR Billiards.
Happf Heart needs not the frost
Winters rule imposes;
Down the lanes of fancy lost,
Dreams a dream Of roses
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
NED BRACE WRITES ABOUT TFTE-GREAT
SILVER DINNER GIVEN BY GRlDlRON Gil lB

/ Tribune. They were made to foresweal
all OF the policies of their respective
newspapers and to pledge themselves tc
be on the pier to welcome "The Only
all this to the chant of .,When Teddy
Comes Sailing Home Again; Hurrah!e
The insurgents got their grlling, too,
when between courses was rendered an
affecting scene from Uncle TOMS Cabin,
for this occasion described as Uncle
Joe's Cabin, or Life Among the Insur-
gents presentment of Speaker Can
non YVES the clever lawyer, Marks. :
another of Whip Dwight was the brutal
overseer. "Legree." and various promi.
nent insurgents figured as Uncle Tom
and his fellow slaves, and Little Eva. :
They were roughly treated, told thai they
had been deprived of all patronage. and
were met by demands for their return to
the republican caucus Finally, put upon
the block at auction In a dubious mar
ket, the democrats and republicans alike
holding off from the bidding, the sale
was stopped by orders from the White
House in the shape OF an emancipation
proclamation in order toe secure party
harmony.
II the insurgents were grilled, the
trusts were fairly roasted in another
skit, portraying the Infant Industries''-
the Lumber, Whisky Beef, Coal and To-
bacco Trusts-seeking protection from a
number of ugly-looking customers iden-
titled as THE Ultimate Consumer This
was verse from one of the chants of the
trust magnates, to the air of popular
song:
"Oh, the Ultimate Consumer always has
TO come to U.s.
Cause he hasn't any other place TO go,
He Will rise in Indignation; he will make
an awful fuss;
= Oduse ne lasi any otnei place TO go,
Why are all our guests assembled here
tonight in glad array?
Why do congressman keep coming to our
city day by day?
Why did Roosevelt grab gun and beat
it clear to Afrcay?-
Cause he hadn't any other place to 60"
y
The new order OF things in The state
department was disclosed in slxit illus
trative of gathering Of Secretary Knox
and his faithful assistants and bureau
chiefs of recent creation. There was an
Under Secretary and a Secretary of
Near-sighted Affairs and one of Far
sighted Affairs and there was WON
derful exhibition of Shirt Sleeve Di-
plomacy," resulting in the summary set
Element of the Nicaraguan question and
the Chinese railroad imbroglio and other
matters that have engaged the attention
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

From the Cleveland Leader.
The Bachelor and the Benedict were
vending homeward their weary way.
"Ah, you lucky married mem" sighed
the Bachelor. Think of having q hearth
q real home awaiting you'll Look-there
is light in the window for you'll"
Gee! 30 there H." rauttersd the Bene-
dict. well. thre's only ono way out Of
that-lsts 70 back to the club "
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
AGE-HERALD'S HOME

Talladega Reporter: The Age Her
aid has moved into its new five-story
building without missing an issue. This
shows grit and progress on the part of
our Birmingham contemporary that is
hard to beat. IT is one of the best
dailies in the south and has our sin
cere gratulations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

"The Ninth District Agricultural
school, located at Blountsville Is en-
loving the greatest prosperity in it's
history" said President f. A. Miller OF
that institution who was in Birming-
ham yesterday.
s'The attendance is larger than ever
before and Is holding out better
through the winter and into the spring
term.
"The agricultural school are COM
ing more into public favor than Tor
merly. Their practical valpe Is be-
ing more fully appreciated and will be
able TO do much more good.
"Blountsville is strictly school and
AGRICULTURAL town. 1t is far removed
from any railroad line and is an ideal
nlace for the location of an educa-
tiopal institution >citizenship is
of the best quality and the social ana
church advantages of the very pest
The town is in the midst OF very
fine agricultural section which Is being
rapidly developed along progressive
lines.
Local business men are now Or
ganizing a bank wh ich will be OF srea'
advantage to the town and community
| A number of farmers In the surround
| ing country are taking stock In the In
stitution and will no doubt contribute
largely to its success. The institution
will be known as the Bank Of Blounts-
Vile and the officers will be selected
y
from local business men,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
AN OPTIMIST.

The smile he wore it rarely fed,
Excepting when
A lecture from his wife was sched-
Tiled to begin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
RESERVES.

RESERVES.
Some mornings when the lit o life
Becomes a dreary moan
And one who erst with hope was rife,
Can scarce keep down groan,
Call out the dreams of better days
You've treasured in your heart,
And, weaving wreaths of future praise,
They'll help you do you part!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

you have great, and promising
citv here" said ]. T. Andrew, inventor
of the Andrew railway safety appliance,
who is spending several days at the
Hotel Hillman demonstrating the work
ing of his invention.
Great possibilities are offered in
Greater Birmingham when all the lit
lie sectional bitches that are bound
70 come ND are amicabiy adjusted and
the entire town learns to pull togeth-
err for the common good
Birmingham is easily the greatest
Industrial city in the south and 1t gives
mighty promise of much greater i'm
portance. It's future development
should be rapid ana along very broad
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2,a1t1r,,xQ~

that old gentleman fell down."
We'll, | wouldn't have laughed if hi
hadn't bumped his head. 1t alwau
tickles me so to see anybody bump hi
head
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

AS a rule it is but fair TO say that
Senator Aldrichs tariff beneficiaries
are getting big slices of the prevail
ms high prices.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

w 'spsoialo-Thi' happens t
be the writer's twentieth an
niversary as a member of the Gridiror
club 1t Is the twenty fifth anniversary
dinner OF the club. There is something
about each dinner that seems to be bet
ter and brighter than it's predecessor
programme can he told to anyone not
present.
Oscar Underwood and Billy Hard
ing of Birmingham were present. But
nothing about them.
written in advance by one of the press
boys. member of the committee on
entertainment:
The Gridlrcn club gives two dinners
each year and il fell out that the one
given tonight at the New Willard was
the silver Dinner-nlarking the twenty
fifth anniversary of the foundation of the
club. Wherefore there was o great gath
ering OF notables-a President. cabinet
officers, ambassadors, jurists, grave and
reverend senators, frivolous representa-
tives in Congress, and number of sim
pie newspaper men, gathered from many
states Of the union. Each and all bore OF
a remembrance of the happy event in
-
ceiver, crossed by the mystic Gridiron.
The fun started almost as soon as the
guests were seated. with a tangle over
the inauguration of the new president OF
the club-Scott c. Bone, editor of the
washington Herald; for entering I'M
timely upon the scene came FL Presidente
Zelaya, with his army. composed of halt
a dozen generals in Falstaffan uniforms,
and one lone private. zelaya, looking
for a job. had picked out the presi-
dency of the Gridiron club as suitable.
and was elected only by the threat that
Secretary Knox was approaching. Scarce
~ had peace and quiet been restored
when another interruption came, when
to the strains of the Marsellaise, entered
the Back From Elba Club clad in
Napoleonic uniforms, and including per-
sonffications of public men who have been
identified by common report with the
movement to return Roosevelt to the
White House. The Big Stick inquired
in this, and in the fierce glare OF the
electric light and in defiance Of all rules
Of secret orders, and in the presence OF
several hundred "Ouitlanders' We're
dragged forth and duly initiated the TWO
unfortunate neophytes of the Criterion
club, George Edmund Miller, resident
of the Detroit News, ana
John Callan O'Laughlin of the Chicago
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

TIE groundaog may yet be put I'M
der the supervision Of the chief of
the weather bureau. TIE little animal
is. however, very independent.
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senior Pedro Calarenas. the richest
man in Mexico. is also trying to die
poor. He gives away more than a
million dollars year.
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WHAT'S THE ANSWER? ?

A man was telling us yesterday thsA
all kEock-lneed women are narrow,
minded He didn't say why; he jua
said so.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06

Tammany is wholly willing that
Judge Caynor should be advanced into
national politics, or any other politics
outside Of the city hail