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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
THE MAN BEHIND THE FAD"

child can work it. Tell her to wear short skirt and her hair like a high school girl"
 oughly good one. notwithstanding thesei extra touches he was preparing tol give it.
 ''Wouldn't make a leader of it unless 1t was the best we could find," he explained to the Spectator. ''It doesn't pay to de- ceive the public. What does pay Is to lead them to buy thing they're going to like after they get It."
 This same expert told the Spectator of disastrous mistake made by substi- tute stenographer last year. The regu- lar stenographer was i'll and recommended friend, who turned out to be careless. She stayed only three days, because on the third day she made blunder which cost the store several hundred dollars.
 we had a line of wrappers that we decided to make a feature of," said the advertising man, frowning at the remi- niscence. ''and we announced them at s3.s8-the other stores were selling about the same thing at s. What did that girl do but drop out the in her copy for the newspapers! Every paper came out next day with those wrappers for ss cents and they cost us 8 .s5 to make, every cent of iti Well, they were a feature all right Women in the suburbs sat up all night to get the early trains, but even then the city women got ahead of them Some of them brought the advertisement along, sos to be sure. The last wrapper was gone by the time we fired the stenog- rapher, and we did that before noon.s
 But couldn't you explain 1t was a mis- take or else put only a few dozen wrap pers in the sale7' asked the Sepectator. feeling his way to department store standards.
 '.No, indeed" was the prompt reply. I've play fair with the public. They had It on us that time and we took our loss. Maybe we didn't lose 50 much after all; some of those women will talk about that wrapper bargain till they die. If that isn't gilt edge advertising. noth- ing is."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
A merrier man,
Premature Census Bitterness

The Mobile Register is a bit sore over the coming census figures, and it puts its soreness into black and white, as follows:
 "The Age-Herald hopes for and predicts sweepstakes of 1920, and the boast is made that Birmingham may decide to capture second place in the census of 1920. Whats to hinder? The Age-Herald voices rs;ret that the King bill of 1909 did not embrace in its annexation plan every community in the valley reached by the trolley cars. With a complaisant legislature any year between 1911 and 1920, every town in Bibb, Blount, St. Clair. Shelby, Walker and Tuscaloosa counties and all of Jefferson may be labeAed the City of Birmingham and there you are"
 As a plain matter of fact, a vote was. once upon time, taken in nearly all of the territory embraced in Great CT Birmingham, and that territory and it's population voted in favor of consoll- dation. But how about Greater Mo- bile? As plain matter of fact, Il was automatically organized, and no vote, early or late, was taken upon il.
 In the respect Of referendums Bir- mingham has Mobile lashed to a post and all the Latin properly translated furnished by the Register cannot change that feature of the annexation business in the two cities. The Reg ister intimates that Birmingham scoops them very much as ancient Rome did, and Rome, it will be remem- bered, ran scorching race until she at last ruled the world. Birmingham is not so ambitious as all that, al- though it does lean in that direction. Mobile should pull for an Open War rior and get ready to benefit by any growth on its headwaters. By accept ing the situation and pulling with Birmingham, Mobile can eclipse Mont gomery-and that will be something
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

cated in a dozen places in Alabama. Already a similar dam has been built near Chattanooga, and that city Is beginning to get the benefit of the pow CT furnished by the Tennessee river. The Appalachian range is rich in water powers. and the time is fast coming when every water power in this state will be utilized. At present holders should beware of offers, for the water power trust is picking up valuable rights wherever it can find them.
 The development of our water pow CTS would fill this state with cotton mills. No mill should be built here after without reference to the uses Of water and electricity. Steam power in cotton mills is both cumbersome and expensive. Wherever a water power can be utilized there a mill should be built-not necessarily cot ton mill. but a cotton mill is better than 10 mill at all. The fact, at any rate, should be kept in mind that wa ter powers are worth good money, and they should not be parted with for a song. The steam engine has nearly run its race, including the perfected locomotive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
Dams Multiplying on Every Hand

The building of dam across the Mississippi river at Keokuk, Iowa, un- der the superintendence of the federal government is but another indication that the age of steam power is passing and that the age of water powers gen. srating electricity is coming on. The Xeolkuk dam will supply power, light ,nd heat to . disriot 200 miles around it, including 0L Lcuis.
 The Keoluk dam could be dapu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
LOVE AND LETTERs.

From the Washisnton Post,
 It was King Edward who said in his haste, "All men are liars," but he might have said in his most sedate deliberation that all men in love are fools, Including himself whom love made q criminal as well as fool. A celebrated case is that of Samson in tho lap of Delilah, and yet another is that of . great demigod of Greoian mythology:
 What . dog lookd Hercules,
 Thus to . distanf chain'd!
 But the biggest fool of them all is he that makes love with pen and ink, em- balming his passion in love letters. Let ters are dangerous things; they are tale bearers. unimpeachable witnesses; and if genuine. they are conclusive of tho mat ters to which they testify.
 Letters arc petards to hoist their own engineer, even in politics. and ono he wrote cost Henry Clay the presidency of the United States. And that same Clay just while before gave the excuse, "Oh. he writes lsttsrs!" for furious personal assault In debate he made on uames
 
 prudent and one of the most adroit men ever called to high place in public life, and to him is ascribed tho declaration that 1t were better to tunnel through mountain to have an interview with man than to write him . letter.
 A love letter in the hands of . mer- cenary woman is like dynamite bomb. Tho day her lover is fool enough to make an ink bottle an instrument to tell whispering tale" in her ear he is practically at her mercy. If she does not make spoil of his purss, she will humil- fate him in the sight of tens of thousands of his fellow citizens. who have been just q great fools ss himself in that sams behalf of love.
 The treat mistake the average man make1 is to confound love and lust. shaksapears talks beautifully about 1t ih sInerf2s." An xeunx folk and many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
Witness Has Disappeared.

San Francisco. January 11.-Judge W. P Lawler today Issued a bench warrant for tho arrest of James l.. Gallagher. a former chairman of the Ruef-Schmitz board of supervisors. and chief witness for the graft prosecution. Gallagher dis appeared shortly after the second trial of Patrick Calhoun began several months ago and has not been Seen since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
stamps For Convict coods.

Chattanooga, January LA resolution was presented before the Tennessee Fed eration of Labor today advocating the passage of q state law requiring all con- vict made goods to bear a stamp desig- mating it as such. Some opposition de- veloped to It's passage and it was re- ferred to the committee on legislation for recommendation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
steamer smashes Rudder.

New York. January 11.-A wireless mes- sage today announced that the steamer Prinz Frederich Wilhelm from Bremen for New York smashed her rudden last Sunday during heavy weather and Is proceeding steered by her propellers. The Prinz Frederich Wilhelm has on board 15s first cabin passengers, 1s4 second cabin and 1000 steerage passengers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The best charity is just being cheer full with people.
 A man may be foolish to have faults; he is miserable without them.
 People who have a lot of money act as if 1t was a crime not to have more.
 A man can never convince himself he wasted any money except what went into the collection plate.
 When one woman knows 90 surely another isn't we'll arssosd tt's Quser why she should get DO mad about t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
Atlantic City 10 Wide Open.

Trenton. N. J.. January n.-Governor Forts annual message to the legislature. which convened today, charges that the excise laws are openly and notoriousiy violated at Atlantic City. He notes the attempts made last summer to enforce the laws against Sunday liquor selling and said the resistance made to these efforts was ''anarchistio inform and sf-' feet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
Prosperous Black Belt.

H. S. Doster, state senator from Pratt vile. was in Birmingham yesterday. "Ev- erything is prosperous in the black belt" said MT. Doster, "and we are expecting a fine year. We do not hear much pol itics just now. Everybody is busy and apparently happy. One of our banks has just increased its capital stock from s75.- 900 to s15oo00 and this in itself Is an indication of the trend of affairs in our section"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Wall street concluded to accept smil- ingly the Taft message on railroads and trusts, believing that the gum shoeing magnates will destroy it piece by piece in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Senator Aldrich assumes that he is the only man who is able to devise monetary reform, and he has, there fore, decided to order the Rhode 1s- land legislature to give him another term
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
May Examine eooks.

Albany. N. r., January 11.-That sec- ton of the law imposing a tax on transfers of stock which gives the rep resentatives of the state comptroller's office the right to examine the books of a stock broker, was h cid to be con- stitutional by the court of appeals to- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

The snowbank of republican fnsur- gency is mounting higher and higher. Few members care to go to their con stituents as admirers and upholders of the Cannon-Aldrich syndicate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Scientists are now saying the globe is 60,000,000 years of age. It's age has been, it will be observed, marked up instead of down, for it is not on bar gain counter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Chicago, January 1l.--Judge Kene- saw M Landis of the United btates district court who fined tho etandaro oil company $29 ,o00, 900, let Rupert Jeffkins. chauffsur, on with me or one cent today Jehkins pleaded guilty to sending m improper letter through the malls to . younG woman who had tilted him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
MARY BROWN, HEROINE.

From the Washington Star
 If assistance is needed by the mother of Miss Mary Brown, the nurse whose heroic intervention saved the lives of members of the Sterling family from death at the hands of her delirious pa- tient, it will undoubtedly be rendered by the people of Washington. who have fol- lowed with the keenest interest the bulle- tins from the bedside of the young wom- an, whose death from her wound oc- cured last night. Already proper repre- sentations have been made to the trus- tees of the Carnegie hero fund for Miss Browns designation by them as one en- titled to distinction for the saving of life The medal that Is granted in such cases is accompanied by the gift of .s10O0 which, it is understood, would be of ma terial aid to the aged mother of the dead nurse. It may be that the people Of Washington will have an opportunity fur ther to attest their appreciation of the self-sacrificing heroism of Miss Brown b,r offering a subscription to her mother Such tribute is amply warranted. Her instant action, prompted by the highest motives of humanity, not only saved lives at the time. but served as an inspiring example. Whether the situation calls for a public expression in terms of a sub scription or not, the entire community Is grieved by the sad end of this brave young woman's fight for life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
To tho Pole By Balloon.

Berlin, January u.-An expedition is f,tting out to proceed to Cross Bay. spitz- bergen, early in the spring to arrange for tho starting place of the German arctic exploring party which later in the year will try to reach the north pole in dirigibls balloon. Prince Henry is guperintendkng tho ppaparatiens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

In general physique Senator Gordon of Mississippi resembles Lincoln, but Lincoln had no time to drop into poetry as the new senator has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Hamilton Wright Mabie writes reams of ethical articles, but he was not ethical enough individually to clean the snow from his sidewalk, and so he was fined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

President Taft's menagerie is in a chaotic condition, and the fall cleo tions are coming on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

The little boy at Harvard who talks about the fourth dimension is fast becoming a national wonder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

The whitewashing of Ballinger is a huge national task, and some think it is one that is not bit creditable to us as people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Ballfnger and Pinchot are parted. The one stays with the Taftites while the other awaits the return of the Mar from Hba.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

The patching up of the republican party is Washington's chief industry at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

New York's poor are to have free clinics where their corns can be treated. The world Is marching on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

MT. Balfour is at present posing as the Richmond Pearson Hobson of Eng land. He wants bigger navy or b1sf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
Unknown cleaner wreck,d.

London, January 11.-An unknown steamer has been wrecked between Sheep Island and the mainland on An trim, northeast coast of Ireland. Tho vessel struck in a storm. The fate of the crew is not known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

The winter wheat rests securely under a blanket of snow and ice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Summer, good friends, is still from three to five months away, and the coal bin must be replenished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

old folk ought to read that poem. ponder it, digest 1t. and above all, follow its pre- cepts.
 Don't writs low lettersl But you will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12


 NEW YEAR IN OKLAHOMA The new year was welcomed in Okla, homa City with the proper spirit. or spirits. as the following rhapsody would seem to indicate. What became of the officers whose duty 1t was to enforce prohibition is not stated. The Okla homan says:
 From the top stories of skyscrapers lighted with the greeting gleam for the time change that had come, heads were thrust to feel the soft soothe of south ern breezes, and from joyous people there came the happy, welcoming shouts of satisfaction at a going year spent profit ably and new year fun of hope. On the night air there was no sound but the happy sound, misery was not, neither weeping nor wailing nor gnashing of teeth-unhappiness was ostracised from the face of the earth and joy and hope and faith and truth stood prominent.'
 MERE PRBTENsT The busybody runs about
 And makes a mighty show Of being, quite beyond all doubt, A human dynamo. But when his work is sifted down To figures cold and bare. Although he's won Q brief renown, There's really nothing theret
 ECANT REMAINS. 'T see where wisconsin man commit ted suicide by blowing ---mself up with dynamite. That must have made the town undertaken sore"
 ''Why?'
 There was nothing left to undertake"
 AVOIDING TROUBLE Quite so. quite so,' poor Bouncer said When Mrs. Bouncer spoke;' Thus kept some hair upon his head, And that's no idle jokel
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Everything in Washington now re- lates to the Back from Elba" move ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

The Mississippi at St. Louis has been bridged by Nature, but the new bridge carries no guaranty of perman- ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

William Watson has gone out of the interview business in a subjective sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
MT. SinnIqe's Visit.

H. H. Sinnfge, for many years one of Birmingham's most prominent citi- gems, but since 1904 resident of St Louis, has been spending a few days In this city. where he owns considerable property and where he has a host of friends. He leaves today for San Diego, Cal, where he will reside for year at least
 T still feel an attachment for Bir- mingham," said Mir. Sinnige, land have never given up the idea of coming back here to live. I went to California on a sightseeing trip last fall and while in Los Angeles met .an old friend who has a large wholesale drug busi- ness there with a branch house in San his San Diego branch, and I accepted his offer with the understanding that I would probably remain in California only a year. I was delighted with that part of the country when I was there as a tourist. Even the scenery of Switzerland Is not so enchanting as that of Southern California. But I long lo uidhS DIT Hdul ny nOfHc dSdiu and it is not unlikely that at the ex- piration of a years residence in San Diego I may come back here and go in business for myself
 "Birmin gham is growing fast and it seems more prosperous now than ever."
 Preparing Rose Gardens.
 For those who failed to make the fall preparations for a rose garden the time is at hand to begin the work for spring." said a florist.
 The soil should be forked up or stirred deeply and thoroughly and stable manure free from sawdust broadcasted. When the warm spells come the holes fos the plants can be excavated and it is good idea to al- low the new soil to be frozen before filling in. Good rich loam from low places in . woodland Is the best. It should be hauled in and allowed to freeze to kill insects and bugs in win- ter quarters down under the surface of the earth.
 TWO and three-year-old rose bushss VIII yleiu IAduy uu0 DAoVhAD diAs JOoAs particularly in the fall. if properly tended and fertilized. By the way, do not omit the liquid fertilizer from time to time, applied through the spout of a sprinkler with the shower cap left off :"
 Cities In Square Miles.
 There are only 14 cities in the United States whose area is larger than Bir- mingham's," said statistican.
 Birmingham embraces about 4S square miles. New York comes first of course with s2s square miles. New Or leans is the next in territorial extent 1s2-Chicago embraces 1so. San Diego. with an estimated population of 45,000 embraces 7s square miles. Duluth Is another city that is very much spread out. It claims only Ss.o0o people and it's area Is 67h square miles
 About Persons.
 Col. T. L. Bulger of Dadeviile, member of the state legislature and candidate for attorney general. was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Postmaster J. R. Carter Is quite i'll at his homo with grip.
 J. P. Harlan. prominent lumberman of Covington county. is in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Another January thaw would be well comed. The backbone of this winter must be broken in some way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
ROBERTA DE JANON
 WEARY OF WAITING

Chicago, January 11.-Roberta de Janon, the young Philadelphia heiress. who was arrested here Monday with Frederick Cohen, the hotel waiter, with whom she eloped December 2e, became nervous to- night after spending 24 hours in a police station. and asked if she could not go to a theatre.
 The girl who related to the police a re- markable story of her attachment for the Philadelphia waiter as an adopted father, grew weary of waiting for the arrival of detectives from Philadelphia. who are to take her to her grandfathers home. from which she fled in disguise.
 Information reached the Harrison street authorities early in the evening that the Philadelphia officers probably would not arrive in time to return with the girl and her elopment partner on night train for the east. When Miss de Janon heard this she exclaimed to the matron at the Harrison street annex:
 "Oh, can't stand it to be cooped up in here so long. Can't I go somewhere?'
 AS Miss de Janon Is merely being held and no charge Is made against her, the nlalrOn COHSullcQ her SupeI4oFS anu thS girl was permitted to attend theatrical performance in company with detectives.
 Later she was returned to the station to await the arrival of the officers. Cohen remained in a cell at the Chicago avenue station
 Detectives Emanuel and Scanlon. of the Philadelphia police department, arrived late tonight and after a conference with local officers, announced that they would leave with Miss De Janon and Cohen for Philadelphia tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

Tas winter of 1910 will becoms epoehal in history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12

The Pinchot-Ballinger stunt monopo- lizes the spotlight at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
Cohen VIII Be Prosecuted.

Philadelphia, January 11.-District Att torney Samuel P. Rotan announced this afternoon that in conjunction with the police department he will prosecute Fer dinand Cohen. the waiter who was ar rested In Chicago yesterday In company with Roberta de Janon, the 17-year-old granddaughter of Robert Buist of this city. Whether Cohen will be charged with abduction, conspiracy or another serious offense, the district attorney said would be determined at a conference later between himself and Henry F. Walton, counsel for MT Buist.
 Cohen" said MT Rotan, lis coming here without extradition on a warrant charging abduction and will be arraigned before magistrate for a hearing. It will not be necessary for Miss De Janon to appear at this hearing If the evi- dence Is sufficient to hold Cohen for court. If we decide upon a new charge another warrant will be secured before Cohen's arrival"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
KERcTIEwi

KERCHEwi call 1t no amusing trick Let others scoff- When nights are bitter cold, to kick The cover or.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
EASING ALONG.

EASING ALONG. "They also serve who only stand and It cheered him much to quote the poets line;
 On traveller of more comp1aisant gait | The sun will never have a chance to shine. Quite willingly in bed he would have And much did love calm. recumbent pose, But that his wife with many scoldings fayed,
 Until at last he breathed sigh and rose.
 '-They also serve who only stand and All through his life this furnished him creed; Micawber-like. he trusted, soon or late, Good fortune would repair his press ing need. His children wanted clothes. his poor wife strove To keep the wolf at a respectful stand And wept for having wed a worthless cove Who woke each morn too tired to lift a hand. ''rhey also serve who only stand and
  He swore the poets dictum hard to beat With slight amendment best for mans estate If now and then allowed to take a seat'' And patiently he served by waiting round In spite Of fell mfshap and years of dole; And when at last friends laid him meath
 the ground, It must have pleased his leisure-iov-
 inx soul.
 ITS REASON FOR BEING.
 '-rhis play seems to have no raison d'etre."
 You forget the extreme puIchritude of the star"
 HAVE A CARE!
 "A little widow, now and then"
 You've heard that little song,
 Bout how she plays the deuce with
 men
 That's going pretty strong,
 But let me tell you what's 8 fact,
 A little widow can,
 With widows wiles and widows tact,
 Confound most any manl
 REALLY REMARKABLE.
 That fellow deserves to be encour- aged"
 why, he's a wretched comedian "I know, but he got through the skit without once referring to his feminine partner as kid