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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Prosperity In Southern Cotton Mills

The American Wood and Cotton Re porter says 50 per cent. of the spindles in Southern cotton mills are idle The eurtailment is said to be most drastic in the history of the trade. It extends to both yarn mills and weaving mills Mill after mill is closing down, until new cotton comes in or prices of cotton goods goes up. Mill men say that present quotations involve a loss of from three to five cents pound, and they prefer idle. ness to losses of that extent.
 And yet if one should attempt to buy shares in Southern cotton mill he would encounter firm prices generally far above par A table recently published includes A South Carolina mills, S1 of which are worth more in the market than they were last year. The enhancement in the mar let value of cotton mill shares is by no means confined to South Carolina The shares of some mills in Alabama, Georgia and the two Carolinas are approaching the 0o-line, and scarcely any shares in the mills of the four states can be pur- chased today at par. The industry is not in a languishing condition in the South. It is many points from it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
PROHIBITION IN INDIANAPOLIS

From the WaSn1ngton 1erdiu.
 "The Prohibition question is going to
 be an issue in the coming campaign in
 Indianapolis" said Charles c. Barber of
 Indianapolis. Ind. at the Arlington last
 night. And if the prohibition party is
 going to be successful in the coming cam
 paign 1t means a loss of several million
 dollars of revenue to the state How this
 is going to be made up Is question
 which has not yet been decided upon by
 the temperance forces It is certain, how
 ever. that they will find 1t rather diffi- cult problem to create new sources of revenue i'd replace those which would be abolished if the prohibition law, or local option law, were adopted at the com ing election. ~ sThere Is one other question entering this problem of temperance and prohibi- tion.,' added Mr. Barber, land that is that of intemperate eating. Why do not the various temperance societies organize to fight immoderate eating, and smoking and sleeping, and talking, and gossiping? I am quite certain there is a whole lot l of harm in all of these evils.
 .nThe time for, legislation as to what a man ought to drink and what he should | let alone is a thing of the past. Young people nowadays can judge very much | for fhemaelves what they want, without l taking instructions from others. The l present generation reads newspapers and forms its own opinion, Judging from the l popular will. as indicated in recent local elections. there seems to be little inclina- l ton to trespass on the personal rights oi | the individual citizens in ths respect. The | neor,la now realize that temperance leg l i4lation does not bring those benefits 1 which are promised in such glowing Ian. ] euaes by its advocates" X ..... r.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
MARY MACLANE ON NEW YORK

Mary MacLane in Butte Evenings News.
 KNOW New York as I know Butte
 Montana, for exactly what it
 is. have no roseate illusion about it. It has lodged me not as
 transient bird of passage, but as one of the four million who call it home. I well know that it is no place to
 go to gather lilies. It's paving stones are paving stones of hell. But on them
 walk people who are more wonderful
 than lilies. And the lesson 1t teaches is the adamant truth itself. It's the
 subtle freemasonry among the mill
 lions, the silent recognition aud un-
 derstanding of each others human
 ness and the half suggestion of .n-
 timacy that one feels toward all or any of the persons one meets and passes on Broadway--it's that that's all the charm and entertainment of it. And, too, it's that together with the glitter of the white way, that is the most alluring and treacherous and an- initiating of all the attributes of tha vampire. In truth, 1t is that quality that is the vampire. For it's intimacy with human beings and all that it be- tokens-the exchanging of bits of ones personality for bits of another's, the idiosyncracies of friendship. the nerve racking experience of being in love,
 the hypnotic effects of one personality upon another, the utter throwing to | the winds of all ones reserves of body | and soul before the compelling mag netisms of some and the lesser intox- l ication of knowing ones own domina- | ton of others-it is all these things that devour flesh and blood and nerve. They eat their way from the outer
 wall that guards the crude human being Ito the inmost keep of the citadel. Onc's loves and friendships have effects oi. ones slim young body and ones way ward mind that are more malignant than cocaine and more subtle than ab-
 poetically and seductively worth while. l What a picture of youth it Is in the
 Martin at 4 in the afternoon!--a pie ture of tired, tired youth, women like
 crushed lilies of half -wilted jonquiis
 They are all in the clutch of the vam- pire The mark of the vampire is on their delicately rouged and faintiy- dropping lips. in the glint of their all knowing eyes. upon their insolent tbrows and in the movement of their slender hands. Their hearts and bodies are weary from the ceaseless glitter of the world and from their endless pursuit of pleasures pleasure like an ignis fatuus that is always a little way beyond, that never, never lwaits. I have myself seen. 1t around corners, behind doors, at the top of Inishts of stairs-always beyond, never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Montgomery's Good Fortune

Some cities achieve greatness and sorae have greatness thrust upon 'em. Montgomery stands just at present at the head of the latter class. When the Wright brothers established there ar experiment station and training ca mp. Montgomery became at once the envy of all other cities. and the pride of America. Every flight the Wrights or their students make in heavier-than- air machines adds to the glory and re- nown of Montgomery. Thus has great ness been thrust on our capital city and throughout it in a milder man. ner upon all the rest of the country
 1o become the chief scene at which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT MATTERS
 OF LOCAL INTEREST TO BIRMINGHAM

doing here. Look at Little Bob Jemison. for instance. That boy. overshadowed by a fathers prestige-a father who is too young yet to let go business. and a bit too young to admit of really suc- cessful boy.
 Well. the old man, or the boy father, as he would see fit to term himself, sailed away to see the world and circurnscribe the sphere, so to speak. While the big one was gone Little Bob got busy and with his friends built the best office building in Birmingham and forged to the front as the young man of business of Birmingham.
 Little Bob has made good How many others are there in Birmingham who can make just as good if they will only try7
 This is the young mans day. He don't need money. It is merely ability and ap- plication.
 Birmingham is indeed the young mans town There isn't banker in Birming- ham with a beard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
The Rev. pr. Abbott,s View.

"I will not venture to predict what the changing the present drastic prohibition Ia WIS" said a well-known citizen who has always been a stauneh democrat, but it seems to be generally believed that there will be notifications which will allow liquor to be served at hotels, res taurants and clubs
 The prohibition question, however, will never be settled right in Alabama until we get back to the democratic doctrine of local option I would certainly oppose saloons in a small town and I am in clined to think I would vote against a return of the saloon In Birmingham; but if Montgomery or Mobile wants the sa- loon back 1t should be for the voters of those respective cities to determine the matter. On this line every one would do well to read the correspondence be- tween the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott of New York and T. M. Gilmore of Louis vile, president of the National Model Li- cense league, published in the Outlook Of March 19. Dr. Abbott. as every one knows, is a broad minded moral leader. He is a calm reasoner and as he holds right views on ethical questions generally he should be listened to concerning the reg ulation of the liquor traffic. He is op- posed to saloons; is opposed to whisky except as medicine, prescribed by physi- elan; and is opposed to wine and beer drinking except at meals. Yet, he does not hesitate to put himself on record as an opponent of statutory prohibition.
 'Dr. Abbott concludes his correspond ence with MT. Gilmore as follows: I would use all my influence to persuade my fellow-citizens not to patronize or support the saloons; second, to educate both the children and the adults to ra- tional understanding of the perils involved in an excessive use of alcohol; third, I would leave to each locality the ques- tion what measures it would take for the regulation of the saloon. and 1 would give to every locality the power to prohNoit 1t altogether. In my judgment, the moral and educational reform is more import ant because more fundamental than leg islative reform; and no particular legis- lative reform can be prescribed alike for all localities but each locality must be left free to adopt such methods as pub lie opinion will support and enforce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
WITH PRUDENCE IN THE PARK w. Townsend in the New Tori,

WITH n Dhv O1 IN iI1AN f-AHh Edward w. Townsend in the New Yor;r World. s4i-ses I pipes a redbreast in de park while
 strolling wit me steady, And, wondering what bold it was says.
 Duchess, what's de reddy?' Well, say, she dopes 1t right, all right
 she's farmer-born, Is Prudence Ard puts me next on boids and trees, not
 wishing wiser students runs an elevator in de building where
 she's woiking, r'f4' And ev'ry day we chats awhile between
 her hours of cloiking;
 But Sundays we've date to stroll. and
 always she's for going to. Out to the park where she can pipe dc
 grass and posies growing. 4rs And listen! she knows where to chaee to
 find de foist wild flowers, M And when she cops one. den her eyes are
 sunshine after showers <, De op'ra singers ain't got noting on her
 winch she's laughing, e5a And dough she's from de farm dat skoit
 Is to de good at chaffing. f 4. She kids me for me ignorance about d6
 trees and posies:
 She says twill take her years to teach ms
 crocuses ain't roses All right pchee, I hope 1t dossi But diil
 know already No rose or robin in de parks as pretty
 me steady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
 HELPFuID

HELPFUL The glory and the splendor of his dream Have faded-his tired eyes have ceased to show The past reflection of an inner gleam- The fires that kept his youthful heart aglow. The shadows fall, the battle shock Is ended, A little way and sleep will close his eyes; He found world who tardily befriended, A hand that still withheld the wished for prize. And yet he has not labored all in vain. little kindness makes one's life worth while; He ne'er was slow to ease another's pain And where he passed wan faces wore a smlle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

While eaeh of the five programmes fo the music festival is exceptionally attrae .ise the novelty of the occasion will b fschaikowsSy's popular opera, "Eugei onegin.e some interesting facts abou this opera will be found on The Age Herald's amusement page.
  The President is searching the eeuni try for supreme court justice ane still Atlanta has not presented a name The fans are patiently waiting t hear the umpire's call, Play ball. ir a real game for blood.
  As soon as T. R. got where he coulc crate more fur flew than his rifle ioosened in the jungle.
 
 The modern Flying Dutchman is Doc coolS whom Atlanta admires first and foremost.
 
 The classmate vote Is fast becom- ing a factor in the politics of this country.
 Avoid the campaign cigar in these closing hours of a strenuous canvass.
 -------..-.-- William Howard Taft spends a day now and then in the White House.
 -----s----- Even a light shower would afford re- lief to dust permeated population. Pittsburg hopes there will soon be a closed season for open confessions. Justice Brewer was the hope and mainstay of Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
The Founder of the paullsts

"The celebration of the golden iubi- lee of the congregation of St. Tnul the Apostle. popularly known as the interesting facts in the life of the iete Father Isaac T. Hecker, the founder of the society and its first su- perior." said a layman. Although born of German parents in the city of New York, Father IIecker was typical American by temperament, thought and education. He was baptized a Luther religious turn he did not enter tEe Catholic church until his mind had nlatured and he had dipped into all the well known theologies including the tn heology of Unitarianism, which ep- pealed strongly to many scholarly men. Hecker was a member of the Brook Farm community along with George while Ralph Waldo Emerson was 9 frequent visitor. But he did not re- main there long. On leaving Brook Farm Hecker wrote in his diary these few sentences of simple eloquence but profound feeling:
 This is different trial from any I nave ever had. I have had that ot l of leaving those whom I love fror affinity. If I wished to live life the most gratifying to me, and in agrce. able company. I certainly would re main here. Here are refining amuse. lrents, cultivated persons-and ons whom I have not spoken of, one whc is too much to me to speak of, one Ter must leave to go.'
 He entered upon his priestly vocation in the Redemptorist order, but he yearned to lead a distinctly American missionary movement, and after layins his plans before Pope Plus K. he was commissioned to form the Paulist society HOW so prominent Father Hecker was he practiced self-denial to such an extent
 that one might have taken him for Q Trappist monk Newman in England wal
 nore of an epoch maker than Hecker lrerhaps, but, nevertheless, the American ecc.esiastic will live in history as ont whose influence was more far-reachins than that of almost any single ipdividua among his contemporaries and associates in this country.
 By the way, it is noteworthy fac that Father Hecker had part in in nuencing Cardinal Gibbons to enter th' priesthood. The distinguished prelate II Ia recent address said that when he frs heard the illustrious Father Hecker h'
 was undecided about his vocation wa llesitating whether he would go into th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
KING EDWARD A DIPLOMAT

From M. A. P.
 There is not a cabinet minister who knows the movements of foreign nations half so intimately as Edward VII. There is not a cabinet minister who knows the desires of the British people half so in- telligently as does his majesty. King
 Edward is beyond all question the wise5t foreign minister and the most intelligent home secretary in the world. The king g training as a diplomat was very care fully looked after by Queen Victoria, who
 SAW that his memory was well trained land that he was thoroughly conversant with many foreign languages from the days of his youth. In his boyhood, on her instructions, the king was made to repeat to his tutor every night before going to bed the names of the people he had met during the day, and the cir
 cumstances under which he had met them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
IN HOTEL HOBBIES.
In Morgan County

Decatur is prosperous and the out look for continued prosperity is good. " said Claude McMillan. who is one of the candidates for clerk of the eir- cult court in Morgan county
 Our county primary takes place May 2, the same as the state primary. It is not always easy to say who -@ill be elected, but in the race for gov crnor O'Neal will carry Morgan county"
 AIr. MeAlillan is distributing a unique card anonuncing his own candidacy for circuit clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
SHORT STORY WRITING.
Successful Writer Is Very Well Paid
 For His Work.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 The man who could tell a good story once lived largely on the largess Of the rich. Nowadays he is plutocrat and can scatter largess himself if he chooses.
 Literature today is well-paid profes- zion. and not the smallest prices fall to the lot of the short-story writer.
 Not so very long ago Edgar Allan Poe one of the most brilliant of short-story writers. was scarcely able to make living by his pen. Some of the success ful short-story writers today have an annual income from their stories as great ss the salary of the President of the United States.
 I. O,Hara Cosgrove, editor of Every- body's Magazine, had some interesting things to say in recent interview re- garding the prices some short-story writers command.
 According to MT. Cosgrove, there are seven American writers in what he terms the "one thousand dollar class that is, who are in a position to ask 5000 for story of 5000 words, or there abouts, rate oe 20 cents word.
 These are Robert W. Chambers, Rich ard Harding Davis, Booth Harrington, Jack London, John Fox, Jr., Owen Wis ter and Frances Hodgson Burnett.
 There were two short stories of recent dcte which brought s5000 in the Amer ican market, although they were written by Englishmen. These were kipnng sThey.o which appeared in Scribner' Magazine. and the last of Conan Doyle s Sherlock Holmes stories, published In Golfers Weekly.
 MT. Cosgrove says that the best of our short story writers usually write 10 or F stories year. He recalls that Owen Mister, who now receives rom 10 tc 20 cents word, sent a story to Every bcdys in other days for which he asked the then rather high price of cents d word Jack London, in the beginning MT. Cosgrove says, used to sell his stories for $20 apiece.
 In the old days magazine editors con- sidered only completed stories. Now the brisk competition among editors has made it possible for a writer of estab- liehed reputation to pocket a check by merely outlining the plot of story he has in mind. One writer whom MT. Cos grove mentions who seems to have made a speclalty or Outllne SUITES, 10 soiu " owe publishers $S5OO on this sort of bar gain.
 But some of the writers who now dc SC handsomely can recall their lean years. When MT. Cosgrove was editor of the Wave in San Francisco, the late F'ranK Norris, author of 'The Pit" and other popular books, worked under him for $20 a week. Gelett Burgess. who now receives 5000 for story, also worked on the Wave for $10 a week. The same paper employed for S5 week Will Irwin who has recently made a success with his Japanese schoolboy and whose income from his writings is now said to be $o,' coo year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Corporation Tax Levy

The corporation tax law of last summer has been accepted by, in round numbers, 315. coo corporations then existing and re- jected by 1000. These figures show that the corporations have accepted the situa- ton by filing returns with remarkable promptitude and with practical unanimity It is not pleasant even to a corporation which proyerbially has no soul to pay an additional tax of per cent on net income above s5oOo, and yet all but 1000 are prepared to make payment by or before June 30, when the years tax be- comes delinquent.
 As to the 1000 recalcitrant corporations some openly disregarded the requirement of returns on March i; some obtained an extension of time, and some are as dead as Hector The internal revenue bureau is Investigating the 1000 holdbaclxs. and perhaps they will wish they had chosen obedience to the new law rather than disobedience.
 Already about ss.0O0,OO0 of the new tax has been paid, and the estimate is still considered good that the total payments on account of the new tax will approxi- mate $50, 600 GOO. If this be so, there will be no deficit at the end of the present fiscal year in the federal treasury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Growing Cities

When first visited Birmingham about Is years ago I thought it would bo a very long time before this city would catch up with Atlanta, If ever, said Frank s. Hadley of Philadelphia. At the time I refer to Atlanta was not large city as large cities go in the east, but 1t was up to the so.- 01O rank and was growing fast; while Birmingham had a population or only about 3o,0o0. Today both Atlanta and Birmingham grow fast.
 This city has been gaining on At lanta so rapidly during the past few years that I think it safe to say the two cities will be of about equal popu- lation in the next census. And there is every indication that by 1920 Birming- ham will be far larger than Atlanta" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
The Humane Society

"Every citizen of Birmingham should feel an interest in the Humane society for the prevention of cruelty to animals said a man who attends the meeting of the society. While the work of the society will always devolve upon a few persons, men and women generally can help by enrolling themselves as members and contributing small dues.
 ''The next meeting will be held in the city hall at 3 o'clock on Tuesday, April D. All who are In sympathy with the cause are invited to be present"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
A CLOWNS LUNCHEON.


 A quaint invitation has been received by the undersigned member of the Column Conductors Union' to attend an informal luncheon of the Barnum and Bailey cir- gus clowns, in the circus ring at Madison Square Garden, this afternoon at 2:3, o'clock While the painful absence Of railroad passes and other insuperable ob- stacles prevented our acceptance, it seems to us that clowns luncheon ought to be about the jolliest affair that ever appened-provided all the clowns wore their makeup. Clowns in every day clothes are apt to be very soemncholy people and maybe they don't have large appetites either. However, with or with out their funny clothes. feel sure they will make admirable hosts and wish to thank Dexter Fellows, general press rep resentative of the Barnum and Bailey circus, through whose courtesy the invi- tation was given. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Regarding the FestivaI

Ut will be a reflection on the cultured society of Birmingham if the Jenerson theatre Is not. filled on the occasion or each of the festival concerts" said pro- fessional man. Real music lovers VIII buy tickets and attend al 1.-the concerts; but every citizen who has any degree or public spirit should buy one or more tickets and thus help good educative movement
 If parents who spend money to nave their children taught music would nave these children attend the festival matinees if would be worth great deal to these music pupils. If all the children "ho take lessons were to attend the same concert the Jefferson would be filled with out any adults occupying seats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR

Most people never forget to pose except when they are home with the family. About the time man has gone broke on an automobile he has learned little at put running one.
 "A man can easily get an idea he wants
 To do something for the world if good salary goes with it. You can tell woman who has nat
 ual complexion by the way those whc
 haven't hate her for It.
 A girl likes to have man give her flowers; but she likes thousand times r11ore to have him beg for one back tt carly In his wateh case. ]
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Director Moore hase made unfortu-
 nate forecasts of the weather and he sh ould not go out of his way to de- nounce a colleague, the groundhog, be- cause it misled the people this year. All weather prophets have "off" days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
THE LIGHT KIND.

T see where a Washington store ad- yertises Heatherbloom petticoats at s1.29."
 (Which reminds me that it is about time to put on thistledown underwear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Wherever Foss sits nowadays is the head of democracy of the most modern and approved type He believes the cost of living outranks all other is sues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
COOLER THERE.

The boy stood on the burning deck And melted into tears As he exclaimed, q would I were A soldier in Algiersn'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Colonel Roosevelt should beware what he says of the Black Hand in
 Italy. They are by no means as harm Hess as are the Egyptians.