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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
MILkMAN,s RECORD

From the Boston Herald.
Covering a distance equal to five times
around the world with a milk wagon,
carrying enough milk to fill a lake one
seventh the size of the PARK ,c I'LL reser-
voir is the achievement OF 30 ,tol's voter
an milk dealer, Rufus Cheney of Dorches-
.e-. Fer forty-four years he has stooc
b,twcen the customer and the COW, and
In all thai time he has missed climbing
up on tic seat of his wagon just IA lines,
when, hack in 1875, he took a -vo weeks
vuc2ticn.
"lTow oil you happen to ,ade that va
CO. .on?''
"Well, I don't know" he replied, rumi-
mating. ~ didn't need it, bur l kind OF
thought I would. 1t was just before
was married, and that was where my
wife lived"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
ALICE .spoKE HER MIND.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
After Theodore Roosevelt had been APP
pointed envoy from the United States to
attend King Edwards funeral, Collector
Loeb cabled his former chief that under
the law Colonel Roosevelt would be grant
ed the privilege of the port upon his re-
turn. He explained that this included all
immediate members of his family except
ing the married ones. Roosevelt never
awaited himself of this privilege. but the
cablegram was seen by Mrs. Longworth,
the colonels daughter, then with him.
She sent this cablegram Immediately:
Loeb, New York: Pig. Alice.
go Mr.. Loeb now knows what Alice
thinks of HIM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
SUZANNE AND HER CIGARETTE
In Learning to Smoke the Game Was
Not Worth the Candle

From the Baltimore Evening Sun.
Have you ever smoked?" I asked in a
whisper.
"Once or twice." she replied, .'but It's
not bit of sport. was at house party
where every woman smoked last year
and, of course, 1t was necessary for me
to learn. There was German baroness
among the guests. and four American
girls and an English, woman, and they all
smoked like chimneys. I sat up O. nights
learning. 1t was a very painful process.
Tobacco. my dear, burns your tongue.
Also 1t makes you deadly faint and sea-
sick. and when that stage is passed and
you can smoke like veteran It is not
half as nice as chocolates.
MY cigarette kept going out all the
time, and when did succeed In keeping
1t lighted it did not taste like anything
in particular. Believe me, the game is
not worth the candle. and still am glad
/ know how to do it, because there are
places nowadays where If one says she
does not smoke she is considered horri-
bly, squeamism and out Of date.
"All the girls whom 1 know smoke;
most Of them have very smart silver
cigarette boxes which their brothers or
fiances keep filled for them with the best
cigarettes. And where. few years ago.
smoking was pursued in secret, vas a
thing not to be admitted on any account.
now It is done perfectly openly in such
conspicuous places as on the decks Of
steamers, and in many restaurants on the
other side and few on this. I know
married women whose husbands taught
them to smoke. They say 1t makes the
wives better chums
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
DoG LEADS BAND

Goshen Letter to the indianapolis News.
Rogers Goshen Band, musical or
ganization nearly a century old. has
brevetted big ST. Bernard dog as drum
major. The dog first attracted atten-
ton one day when the band was march,
ing TO a park. 1t broke away from the
small boy that was leading it and took
its position at the head of the band. 1t
climbed into the band pavilion at the
park and lay outside the double circle
of musicians. When the band began to
play a selection 1t at once strobe to
the center of the circle and gravely sat
up and took notice.
The dogs tail beats time to the music
now, and the animal manages to keep
perfect time whens marching.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

among southern cities" said Milton B.
Traylor of Philadelphia.
Since the middle of June have visited
seven southern states, and in all of them
[ have heard prosperity talk. But here
in Birmingham l see such great improve
ment since 1898, on the occasion of my
last visit that | marvel. | first saw Biz
mingham in 1901. 1t had fine promise
then, but it has gone forward much
faster and on larger lines than l ever
dreamed Of"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Lincoln, Neb.. July Sin pushing
his night for county option, W. ]. Bry-
an will deliver three addresses in Ne
.braska. On the evening of July IL he
will speak at Fails City and will make
speeches at Beatrice July ia, and Hast
ing July IA. He will lead the struggle
for a party declaration at the demo-
cratic state convention at Grand Island,
July 20.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
WE DON'T ENYY ADAM

Whatever troubles Adam missed,
This must have made him sore
when he and Mother Eve fell out,
He COULDN'T slam the door.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
RESPITE

BY Elizabeth Barrett BROWNING
The little cares that fretteo me,
lost them yesterday
Among the fields. above the sea,
Among the winds at play
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees.
Among the singing Of the birds.
The humming of the bees.
The foolish fears Of what might happen
cast them all away
Among the clover scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay.
Among the husking Of the corn
Where drowsy peoples nod,
Where Ill thoughts die and good a
born.
Out in the fields with God.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
THE EDITOR PRoTEsTs.

She stood up beside the pulpit In
our church the other evening the
church the editor sometimes attends }
and sang Vile and Full of Sin Am
i-sang it beautifully and bravely.
She was about Ia sweet innocent
girl just blooming into that fairest of
Gods lilies-young woma nhood. The
editor may be world hardened, but
he was shocked clear through his CAL
liousness. He knew that she was not
vile; neither was she full of sin. She
was innocent and pure and all a-glorJ
with the religious fervor of the hymn
she was singing. Most of us admire
that fine old church song that Charles
Wesley wrote and old Simeon Marsh
put to sonorous music, but why stand
a beautiful, guileless girl, a solitary
figure before an audience and make
her sing lie in those terribly self.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

From the New York Press.
Hogs don't seem to improve a particle
by walking on two legs dressed In mems
clothes.
The longer a girl is an old maid the
younger she thinks she can make you
think she is growing.
About the time a man RECEIVERS from
his college education he has a son going
through the same fdiocy.
The reason woman understands 10
many things she really dosn't her hus-
band thinks he taught her to.
The road to matrimony is all down hill
and perfectly smooth; then you begin to
climb, and the path gets mighty rough.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
THE ABsENT-MINDED sCOTCHMAN
From Success Magazine.

The Scotchman could not find his ticket.
On the conductors second round it was
still missing. whats that in your
mouth?' he asked Sure enough there
was the missing ticket The conductor
punched it and went his way. "Ah,
we'el," said Sandy. in reply to his fellow
passengers banter. I'm nae sac absent
minded as We wad think. You was vera
auld ticket and was tist suckeir an the
date"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
THE CASE IN A NUTSHELL

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The various race brawls that followed
the Jack Johnson triumph show that
among 100000 Americans there are a
few ruffians of both colors who are utter
ly lacking in a sense of humor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

From the Philadelphia Record
Isaiah Berg of Milton Grove has a pair
of Sunday shoes that he has worn to
church every Sunday for 80 years. He
also has pair of everyday" boots that
he has worn much OF the time for %
wears.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
The Iron Market

Matthew Addy & Co.. in their weekly
report on the pig iron market, say in
part:
lone of the heavy meters of iron in
southern Ohio said to US yesterday that,
while his business was not bad, 1t was
not as good as he had hoped would be
the case. That is about the way with
pig iron 1t is far from being as good
as was anticipated. yet It is far from be-
ing bad. for there is something
doing right along. The market Is more
or less a matter of individual opinion.
"At the present time there are deals
on of one kind and another so as te
keep everyone on the 60. The week has
been, in spite of the holiday, an improves
ment on the week preceding.
More furnaces are out, and 1t is to bt
hoped that the statistics of the trade
will soon begin to show decline II
stocks. There has been nothing thu
matter with the market except too mucl
pig iron. We started last year before
we had taken up the slack, and now II
the midst Of things halt has beer
called for the purpose of taking up thu
slack which should have been absorbed
before any attempt was made to boos
prices"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
WE ENVY ADAM

Whatever trouble Adam had,
Norman could make him sore
by saying, when he told jest,
I've heard that joke before"
Success Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

The establishment of the first postal
savings bank will be an event Of histor-
ical Importance, and Atlanta should ap-
ply at once.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

The Illinois supreme court has ruled
Bible reading, singing and prayer out
of the public school, on the ground that
they constitute worship, and no one form
of worship can be maintained when all
are taxed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
DIsIIKEs THE TASTE.

DISLIKES THE TASTE.
Il fam would kiss
A country miss
Said Albert Edward Growder;'
The city maid
Is overlaid
With too much paint and powder.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Chief Justice Fuller shares with John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson the dis
tinction of passing away on the anniver-
sary Of the nations natal day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

The librarians are holding their an
nual meeting on Mackinac island, In
Michigan. They want better pay ano
they are surely getting an excellent hol.
iday this year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Mr.. Tener, an ex-baseball pitcher, Is
running for governor of Pennsylvania.
and AL Spalding is being groomed for
United States senator from California.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

No census was ever taken that pleased
all communities. This one will not be
exceptional.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Mexican bull recently ignored the
rules of bull fight by killing three
Of his tormentors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Secretary Ballinger forgot to take hi.
resignation along, or at least to hand
it in, when he went to Beverly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

The way the colonel is keeping quiet
suggests cyclone as soon as the 60-day
period is ended
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

If the republicans nominate Mr.. Loeb
for governor the Newport smugglers
would all go over to Tammany.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

| In an amateur bull fight at Pueblo,
Mex, a woman toreador was killed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Charlton is sane enough to know that
it would not be healthy to go back to
Italy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Jeffries' wounds are well poulticed with
money, and he can still procure engage
ments on the vaudeville stage
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

The ex-President sends all insurgent
visitors away happy at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Oyster Bay is now the Mecca of all
true and genuine insurgency.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Don't forget to be optimistic, for some
day the sun will shine without cloud
in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Jenries wounds we're not sexere. and
he received SOL .s16 as a salve fcf them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
POETIC LICENSE.

The poet sings of driving home tho
cows
And says the rusticated lifes a
sweet one;
And yet. for all his rapt, bucolic
vows,
He wouldn't know June-bug If he'd
meet one!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Prize fighting was knocked out. let
us hope, at Reno.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
A BACKWARD GIRL.

Bella is not up to date
I've always thought her strictly
fin de steele"
You're mistaken. She's never been
engaged to a chauffeur"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
ALMOST BROKE.

ALMOSI BROkE.
rs 1t true that some people have
to walk home after staying a week or
two at a summer hotel?"
No, I hardly think the situation Is
as bad as that. although there are
great many who don't patronize the
dining car on their way back home"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Business conditions seem better IN the
south Just now than in other sections OF
the country. and In solid prosperity Biz
minsham Is unquestionably in the LEAD
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
MATTER-OF-FACT.

THAT couple over there In a skifr
must be married"
why do you think so?"
1.-THE mans fishing and the woman's
reading a book"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Tobacco is also going up. and this is
the last straw In the high cost Il living.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
NO WONDER

Here's communication from a poet
who signs himself the Bard of Boligee."
rs Boligee a town?'
Yes
Il didn't know whether 1t was town
or disease"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

Reno is the desert city and also de-
serted city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
THE oRAToRIcAr. pro

AS an aftermath of the Reno affair. the
Following choice bit of eloauence. which
fell from the classic lips of Mr.. Thomas
sharkey, Is worthy of preservation in the
archives of literature 1t is redoent of
the ring and impregned with the sinceri-
ty of the elemental brute. It is terse.
straightforward and quite as forceful in
its way as any swift Jolt Mr.. Sharlxev
ever passed out to an adversary. or him
self received in the region of his solar
plexus. Pardon this Introductory DELAY.
The remarks:
Yuh think you're looking at a dead
oneT said Sharkey, but l want to tell
yuh all that I'm better today than | ever
was and I'm not sure but what I'll chal
lenge the winner of the fight on Monday.
why, mule can kick me in the Stun
mick and I'll never feel it, and I'd like to
see the stiff wot thinks he can put me out
In 40 rounds or less. Thanking you one
and all for your courtesies, l beg to re-
main. sincerely yours Thomas Sharkey.
open until a. M, and DEVILS drink you
get on Sunday unless you come to the
side door and know YOU"
TO BE SURE.
us it true that a girl with fluffy hair
usually has sunny disposition
1T doesn't follow, as matter of course.
She may have gotten her hair from de-
partment store, In which case the tenn
peramental relation does not exist"
STILL HE'S NOT HAPPY.
"Twiggs used to say he wished some
body would make fuss over him."
"TIas bis Wisb ,ae,, rr,,tod q
Yes; a man who plays a cornet has
rented a room directly above Twiggs'
ROOM
RAIN SONG.
We've had a good rain
l shall not complain.
But here t comes again.
Oh, tell with the rain!
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
PAINFUL DISCLOSURES.


My dear sir, your face is very ia.
miliar. and yet l can't recall your
name.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
A FIEND

FIEND.
Whenever she thinks of heaven
Estelle yields to despair,
Because she's not quite certain
Bridge whist is played up there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

condemnatory words? On the other
hand, If it is necessary for somebody
TO MARBLE Vile and Full of Sin Afa
T. why not assign the job to somd
sure enough old human sinner-nct
person who is without sin?"-Wichitl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09

MY name is Gawpsley."
Mine is Scraggs."
"Ah! We were happier when we
didn't know each others Names
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-09
TO BE SURE.
STILL HE'S NOT HAPPY.

RAIN SONG.
We've had a good rain
/ shall not complain.
But here t comes again.
Oh, tell with the rain!
PAUL COOK.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
The Uses of Rafhfia

into any tablecovers, etc, she may need
to fit her furniture.
The other side to the employment OF
rafia is quite as interesting. This is
the mending and sewing and the trim
ming of dress accessories with It. Mat
ting, as most people now know, Is best
mended with raffia OF the same shades
the same is true Of grass mats and pill
lows. There are many other coarse
materials that are easily mended with
neutral-tinted raffia, which viii sink
into the weave and be unnoticeable after
the rent Is repaired.
Rafia makes good fringes ard tassels.
too. and is useful on portieres, rugs
and hammocks In fact. the triple-woven
rafla hammock. to any one who knows
the method OF knotting, is JOY for
ever by reason OF its soft strength and
its pliancye Woven raffia makes good
lining for the straw roofs OF the Japa-
nese summer houses 50 pleasant when
one has a lawn. II Is good. too. for
concealing the discrepancies in the
backs and seats Of the old-fashioned
rush-botton chairs and footStools.
In dress accessories raffia has come to
play a large part. 1t adorns linen hand
bags, hopsackins gowns. suede slippers.
1t forms hat ornaments and enbroiders
belts Arranged like a scarf under net,
It trims many a hat OF loose-weave
straw. and Is woven into the fashionable
automobile bonnets- 1t is even seen as
a covering for buttons on tailored suits.
There are bags. too. OF knitted raffia
lined with brightly colored silk. and
sash ends worked IN the same useful
material Knitted rafia also makes hns
bedroom slippers.
About the house there are a dozen
minor things-desk furnishings, string
holders, shaving-paper cases. burnt
match receptaeles-thato owe part or all
OF their existence to rama. And have
even seen portieres woven Of strands OF
raffia In three brilliantly contrasting
colors-red. yellow and black. or green.
white and purple Baskets and table
mats come, too. In the Indispensable
raffia.
Rafia will not tear crossw1se. though
II will split lengthwise with ease; It win
wash and it is not infiammable Alto
gether, It is too serviceable an article
ever to lose its hold on public esteem;
and we may expect to see more and
more products OF the plant grass. And
It has superlative merritt Is very
cheap. A large bunch can be bought for
Is cents In the natural color, and little
more In the dyed.
So watch for the appearance OF raf1a
here. there and everywhere
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24

"HERE Is not one Of the new Paris
headdresses that cannot be fash
= toned at home by any resourceful
woman. They are easy TO contrive and
most striking when made.
For instance, there Is the chantecler
headdress. which consists OF a thin,
tight band of gold or silver gauze,
with two long cock feathers, in black
or white. arranged in tam-o'- -shanter
fashion at the left side in front Gold
thread makes the fastening, and tiny
bow lost amid the waves In back-for
ali Paris now wears very much waved
and curled hair with one broad, plain
band IN filet style-admlts the adjust
ing Of the head adornment.
Then there is the wide scarf OF satin
ribbon. in shade to match the gown,
with wide loops every few inches and
each loop caught by a cluster OF tiny
rosebuds or marguerites. This orna-
ment Is mounted on rIbbon-wound wire.
A simple idea is the wide. plain band
Of black satin ribbon studded with large
artificial jewels every inch or so. These
Jewels match or contrast with the gown
The half wreath OF artificial flowers
silk roses and poppies are especially In
favor--is still with US. This. too. Is
wire-mounted and interlaced with mar
row black velvet, with tdny rosette at
each end
For somewhat less formal wear a
wide, loose chiffon head band Is the
thing, fastened at the left side or at
both by single flower. real or OF thin
silk exactly matching the flowers car
rded or worn on the cOrsage.
And to turn to very late evening wear
indeed. Paris has gone back TO the
ndghtcap, probably to protect the elab-
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24

TT Is only few years since raffia
came into common use, and then 1t
= was employed chiefly 70 take the
place OF the lighter weaves Of straw in
Gaming and Matchmaking.
Now 1t has found its way into all
sorts OF barbaric embroidery and has.
moreover. gained a foothold among
household conveniences. for many kinds
of mending and making.
The embroidery that is done with
raffla Is IN the stitch used in darning,
and long, large-eyed needle is used for
II. OF course. ti,<cNaffia comes In almost
any shade-over twenty-five are carried
in stock by the stores that furnish it..
and when burlap,- denim, huckaback or
Russian linen IS used as the founda-
ton. really gorgeous effects can be
gained.
can be SO embroidered Pillow covers
for porch or hammock: lamp shades (the
plain ones. OF linen. stretched over
wire foundation); table and sideboard
covers, with the ends embroidered and
fringed magazine and book covers, with
the owners monogram In one corner
all are effective and easy TO work in
raffia.
The designs should be, as we have
said. as barbaric as possible Large
flower effects in red roses or yellow daft
fodils: white water lilies, with green
leaves In alternate design and a. blue
water line as background; sprawlins
dragons IN reds and yellows and coiled
snakes in black and green-these are the
BEST kinds OF pattern for the coarse
weave and strong coiors of raff1a.
AS to the color plan Itself. 1t Is best
to stick to no more than two shades be-
yond that OF the foundation material.
Terra Gotta on green makes up well. and
30 do bright blue on black and yellow
on brown. Often white and black or
light gray and black (the raffia being in
the latter shadel are very striking in
deed.
For gift purposes, a dining room or
living room set of rafla- embroidered
linen would be more than welcome for
its quaintness and oddity. HOW pretty
a fish set would be, with the green hsh,
outlined in black, on white burlap. or a
poppy set, the red flowers and their yel-
low centers on light-green deniml<
Indeed. an extra fine present would be
a length OF several yards Of denim or
huckaback embroidered in border de-
sign In red ana black on white. 50 ar
ranged that the recipient can make it
up, by cutting and hemming the edges.