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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
Demand for Good Musicians

The development of taste for music OF
artistic merit had been backward in this
country I'D to a very few years ago, but
today rapid progress In musical art is re-
marked quite generally. Eager crowds are
listening to high-class music in the large
cities this summer Never has the de-
mand for band and orchestra players so
great. It used to be that a flrst-class per-
former on the French horn, or an oboe
nlaver. or a performer on any instrument
used only in symphony orchestras or large
brass and reed bands, was doing well IL
he earned $1,000 or $500 a year; but so
numerous have concert bands and grand
orchestras become that all artist players
are In brisk demand. They make at the
rate of $500 to $4,000 a year. And the
supply is not equal to the demand at any
price. This is why some conductors of
established reputation have been forced
to get along with fewer men or, as in
the case of wood winds, where the num-
Der is fixed whether the orchestra be of
30 pieces or 80 pieces, second clarinet or
a second oboe or second bassoon, and
sometimes even a first, is executed by
an inferior performer One Jack Leg
player In band or orchestra can mar
the whole.
This growing demand will in time bring
an adequate supply of first-rate musi-
clans. But the very fact that at the
present time scarcity exists in view of
a great demand Is decidedly encouraging
to those who have the cause of genuine
musicianship at heart.
or four symphony orchestras worthy of
the name in the United States. Now there
are so many that one can scarcely keep
run of them. Every city of large size
and pretention has a symphony orchestra,
more or less literally endowed or guar
anteed by citizens Of public spirit. None
ly humanizing as music, and its advance
ment not only means for social uplift but
for mental and ethical broadening as
well.
Birmingham is having light popular
music in the Capitol park this summer,
and it is being greatly enjoyed by large
crowds Even such music as is played
by the average open afr concert band
has to it, in addition to advertisement,
an educational and an ethical side Money
paid for this music is certainly money
well spent. Next summer the standard
of the local programmes will be raised
and the people here, like those in New
York, Chicago and other great cities,
will demand the best. And now that we
have the band concerts to relieve the
summer dullness, steps should be taken
within the next year or two to organize
| and maintain a symphony orchestra for
the fall and winter season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
PAJAMA SHO"

From the st. Louis Times.
OF the many thousands of interest
ing and thought provoking exhibits az
the Coliseum this made in st. Louis
week, none is drawing SO irresistibly,
according to the news columns, as the
"pa jana booths in which group OF
amiable young women are lending
their own pretty persons to the proper
and attractive display Of certain kinds
of night garments.
Far be it from us proudishly to criti-
else this state of affairs. We have no
doubt that the young women are neat
and even nifty, and that the pajamas
are the pink-and yellow and blue. etc.
of propriety.
But we may be forgiven for discov-
ering that in the matter Of industry
and proft-getting the public is not
nearly so eager to find fault as 1t is
in the realm Of art and mere amuse-
ment.
If the theatres were to announce a
ballet of pajama girls there can be no
doubt about the result. Tho house
would be packed, and there would be
resolution making" all over the city.
Yet 1t would be mighty hard to point
out that one exhibit has anything on
the other, In point of downright pro-
priety.
Let us all go to the Coliseum and
enjoy the pajama girls; but let us also
try to be little consistent when the
show houses bring back their Follies
again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES



There is a good deal of discussion
among Christian people in New York
touching the proper observance of Sun
day." said a church member. Il was
brought up from youth to reverence the
day which some call the Christian Sab
bath and have never changed my views
as to the sancity of the day. But by
sanctty 1 do not mean that Sunday
should be a day of Puritan gloom. 1t
is a day especially set apart for worship,
religious reading and pious meditation;
but it is also a day, according 10 my
view, of a reasonable amount of out
door and indoor recreation. l was much
interested in this discussion by a writer
in the New York Sun, who sogns himselt
d. D. LII. D., and l think many readers
of the Age-Herald will also feel inter-
ested in It: I do not think 1t fair or just
to stigmatize the continental Sunday
as irreligious and un-Christian. On re-
cent Sunday week 1 went to Coney Island
to study the humors of the place and
certainly saw degree Of open irreligion
which l have never seen in continental
city. In Berlin the law secures quiet
Sunday morning. and the pleasures of the
day do not begin until divine service Is
over. A revival of the Puritan Sabbath
is mainifestly impossible and 1 think we
should gain immensely If We could have
Berlin Sunday" Even in Paris I
found that the pleasures of the day did
not begin until the people had had an
loo
DIR. Hussey in his hampton Lee
lures" of 1860 very clearly shows that
the Lords Day of the early Christians
was very distinct from the Hebrew Sab
bath. Some years ago the Presbyterian
missionaries of the Punjab excommuni-
Gated those native Christians who kept
their stores open on the Sunday. An
Episcopalian convert appealed to the
learned and scholarly Bishop French of
Lahore, and he said that it was clear
from the writings of the early Christian
fathers that the Christians traded on the
Sunday after they had attended divine
worship and that the fourth command
ment of Moses had nothing to do with the
observance of the DAY of Resurrection"
commonly called Sunday.
" The wage earners need rest and quiet,
and there is tendency in that direction
all over the world In Paris a few years
ago they decided to close the stores on
Sundays. Before Viscount Gladstone left
for Africa he had initiated some legisla-
tion regarding not only the observance of
Sunday but the establishment of day
of rest during the week.
I'VE cannot force a Puritan Sabbath
upon a cosmopolitan people, -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
The Point of View

Have you ever noticed the subtle mem
tai change that comes over you the min
ute you take a seat IN an automobile
said a man who usually walks. Have
you noticed that your outlook on life
is entirely different and that pedestrians
have a very careless habit of getting in
the way and impeding the machine
progress7
1.-THE other day friend took me out
into the country in his big car. was
enjoying myself thoroughly when we saw
farmers wagon ahead, jogging along
almost at a snails pace. We footed the
horn and he paid no attention. but just
continued to jog. We came right up be-
hind him, footing the horn constantly,
but he did not even look around. The
road was very narrow and that man de-
layed us for five minutes before we came
to a place wide enough to pass him.
thought 1t an outrageous and inexcusable
piece of stubbornness.
1.-THE next day was pedestrian again
and was waiting out on the Highlands
for an everyday street car. Just as the
car was approaching an automobile came
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
SHE KNEW HIM
,e National Food Magazine.

From the National Food Magazine.
There's a young man in one Of the
big furniture exhibition buildings in
Chicago who, since a recent experience.
never permits his temper to become
ruffled while at the telephone.
A few days ago he could not get
the number he called for as quick
ly as he desired.
See here. Central" he growled, I'll
report YOU
You don't know who I am" was
the calm reply.
well, I'll find out and that blamed
quick, too"
II know you, though" came in a
soft sweet tone over the wire. you're
in the big office furniture building
I've seen your picture"
you have?" exclaimed the young
man, delightedly, and he mentally
kicked himself for having been so
rude to so sweet a girl Where did
you see it? Was 1t in the Furniture
Journal?"
NO" came the laughing reply. ION
a lobster cam"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
Good for Atlanta

Atlanta's census population has been
officially announced and is probably large
enough to satisfy the most ardent boos-
ter of Georgia's splendid metropolis
certainly all reasonable Atlanta people
According to the World Almanac of jan
nary, 1910, Atlanta only claimed a popula-
don of 10000. but the census enumera-
tors found and counted more-4s39 more.
No one can visit Atlanta and fail to
ebserve its populous appearance 1t is not
only a great. progressive and hand
aomely built city, but it looks it. One
might easily take it to be city of $780,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
AT THE END OF THE WAY

Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta Con.
stitution.
Have done with love forever
With all It's peace and pain,
And never more-ah, never
Shall we twain meet again.
Not as In days departed
Not as In rose-sweet years;
You leave me broken-hearted-
Your gift to me was tears!
Not that doubt you love me-
Or did. through wreck and wrong;
From flower-fair heights above me
You loved me for a song!
Undreamed-of bells were ringing.
Skies that were dark seemed blue:
And all my sweetest singing
Was of the love of you!
Strange stars above you cleaning,
Lost ships that came to shore;
You knew that you were dreaming
Who now must dream no more.
With far and certain seeing
mark the dreams decline
And feel your radiant being
Slip from the clasp of mine.
with tears, perchance. and signing,
Where all is gloom and blight,
I feet It as the dying
Feel the vague loss of light;
And as the shadows larken,
Stretch unavailing hands
To where no loved ones harken
In undiscovered lands.
Fatewell, Loves richest treasure
The beauty and the beam!
Fai Jewell the pain, the pleasure,
Farewell the dream-the dream;
Thb Future is adjoining
F,r you splendid sky;
Love only said Good morning.
To say "Goodnight-Goodbye
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
Prouder Than Ever

TOO much cannot be said in praise OF
Mr.. A. H. Woodward for providing Biz
mingham with the largest baseball
grounds and grandstand in the south"
remarked B. B. Burton, well known
business man.
II am fond of baseball and seldom lose
a chance of seeing a game. 1 visit the
great northern cities and no matter
where I am-be the town large or small
1 look up baseball.
well, have never seen such vast
crowd-upwards of 10,o0o-as that which
assembled at Redwood Field, our new
ball park, last Thursday afternoon. IL
was a. magnificent scene; and such fine
order! It made me prouder of Birming-
ham than ever"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
WHY MoLLYMAwK GOES TO SEA

James Drummond on Maori Bird LORE"
an the London Saturday Review.
The mollymawk is a member OF the al
batross family, and the kakapo a large,
green, fiightless parrot peculiar to New
Zealand. The mollymawk, of course, leads
a seafaring life, and the kakapo dwells
on the land.
At great gathering of the representa-
tives of all birds of the land and the
sea the mollymawk suggested that they
should change countries, the mollymawk
going on the land the kakapo going out
to sea. The kakapo suggested that life
ashore would not suit the mollymawk as,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
saturday,s Excursionists

1.-The railroads in Birmingham have
shared we'll in the annual August excur-
sions," said Capt. James McGregor of the
Frisco. after his last train of excursion
lists left last night.
Some of the boys around the city did
not think the excursions would show up
very we'll on account of the extremely
quiet season as far as business Is con-
cerned. However, the trains which left
here today and last Saturday were all
crowded comfortably with excursionists
This to my mind shows that great
deal of money Is still circulating. When
a man believes that he is able to take
vacation way out west or UP east, 1t
is pretty certain that the person has a
few spare dollars to invest In few days
rest, and is prosperous. l am very well
pleased with the work that has been done
by our company.
1--WE carried on an extensive campaign
to secure the travellers and reached many
out-of-town places in the state. We start
ed our trains from here exactly on time,
and the last we had from them they were
maintaining the schedule"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Having just returned from New York, =
said j. M. Perkins, II was asked what my
Impressions of that great city were.
was impressed by two things, first, that
New York is baseball crazy. and sec
ond. that they are almost as bad about
automobiling.
Il saw 3d. people fill the Polo grounds
before 2 o'clock, when New York played
what seemed to me to be nearly as large
a crowd. Not only in the city, but in
travelling through the state. everywhere
could be seen baseball games from the
town lot to the regular diamond.
"As for automobiles in the city, they
are as countless as the sands of the sea,
while from the cars may be seen on every
highway and byway motors of every kind
and description. 1t requires two police
men at every crossing in the business
part of New York to keep a passage clear
for the foot passengers. I was also i'm
pressed by the way they handled the vast
crowds.
Il returned to Birmingham Thursday
and found the town also at high pitch
on account of baseball. I was glad to get
back to the old town, and while | en-
joyed my brief visit to the metropolis i'm
mensely, I was exceedingly glad to see
my family and friends again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
JUMPING AT A CONCLUSION
A BLIGHTED ROMANCE.

"A Leavenworth youth once met a fair
maid on the street. With him 1t was a
case of love at first sight When he made
his first call upon her he was prepared
to take her heart by storm. With his
mind full of poetry and with his best
repartee we'll busted and just up his sleeve
he was sure that he was a winner When
the affair had progressed as rapidly as all
true romances' do the girl leaned her
fair puffs nearer his necktie and MUIR
INJURED: Are you sure that you never
loved before?' Then the youth played his
highest card: Never even looked at a
girl before. Five minutes later when
out in the cold, cold world he could hear
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
RETROSPECTION.


Just thinking my boy he said, Just
thinking
l dared not question more.
Was that a tear in his bleared eye blink
ing,
AS he turned his fancies Ger?
Did shudder shake that feeble frame
And a sigh upswell from his heart,
AS the soled lips muttered a woman's
name?
Did a stricken conscience start
At the memory of day gone by
A time of song and bloom,
When his pathway led meath a tranquil
sky,
With never a thought of doom?
| do not know, but l saw him there
In his filth and rags and shame,
And l thought l heard, though l couldn't
swear,
Him utter woman's name.
All, well-a-dayi He's not the first
To lose the star of hope,
Nor the only one who ever burst
In charnel ashes grope.
His type is a type that is frequently met
In the citys roar and strife,
A creature consumed by vain regret
For the sins of a wasted life.
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN.
"A newspaper writer says flyers are
picked men,
That's true. They are very often
picked out of trees"
CHEAP TRAVELLING.
I took trip to Capri,
But only on the map;
And didn't give a single tip
And met with no mishap.
JUMPING AT A CONCLUSION.
There goes a man who has had 200
wives"
Good heavensw
Has had 200 wives call on him in
the course of a day and buy his patent
stove polish"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
AMERICAN woMAN's FIGURE

From the New York Globe.
One of our local masculine corset
makers is quoted to the effect that the
American woman has the finest figure in
the world. This may be true lin fact,
we think it is true beyond doubt, but
such a statement comes with Ill grace
from a man who devotes his time to-
makes his living by, in notwithstanding
and Disgusting the American womans fig
ure.
There seems good reason for doubling
the competence of any corset-maker to
give an opinion on what constitutes
good figure. He is, manifestly, prejudiced
by his trade and its traditions. Note the
strange bulgings and constructions which
have marked his progress down the ages
since the days OF the Virgin Queen" As
an example of what can be done with
the human body his records are unique,
but they have nothing to do with beauty
or art.
The straight front and the round front,
the short waist and the long waist, the
hlpless and hippy styles are, or rather
were, wonderfully ingenious crsationsN no
doubt, but the Venus of Melos, untram-
meled and unadorned, unconstricted and
unbulged, still holds the center of the
stage, and remains the traditional model
of feminine beauty of form.
Why, then, should the corset-maker
claim any special right to discourse upon
and deliver opinions regarding feminine
beauty? He would be far wiser II he
hid his head when the subject was up
and Stunned the public glare. For he
has done more to destroy the American
womans figure than all other forces COM
bined, not excluding over-eating and lack
of exercise. AS result of his opera
lions the only place where the American
woman's figure can be studied in it's nat
ural condition is the nursery
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press

lieves he's carrying 1t along with him.
girl would know enough to fool men
If there weren't any in the world for
her to fool.
One big trouble is a nightly good thing
to take your mind off worrying so much
about the others.
One thing a woman never brags about
her husband is the kind of clothes he
would wear II she would let him.
If man will remember his wedding
anniversary, no matter how busy he is.
his wife can forgive him for always for
getting ever to give her azy money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

The telegraph companies were about the
last of the common carrier corporations
allowed to extend deadhead courtesies.
But they are now prohibited from issuing
frank stamps and former deadheads pay
Just the same as other folks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

The fashionable resorts have prospered
this summer and August business has
been especially large. But with the first
rainy spell in September. the season will
be ended.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

The proposed Souse club Of New York,
which was prohibited from assuming the
name by sensible court, may still be a
souse club under some other name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Senator Johnston's minority report on
the cost of living has made a pronounced
hit. 1t will have an important part in
democratic campaign literature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

on account of Its conspicuous white and
gray plumage, 1t would not be able to
hide securely from its enemies. They
will have no difficulty In picking you
out the kakapo said. but /, who am all
green, easily hide among the foliage so
that nobody can see me-"
The mollymawk said that a fair test
could be made by each bird hiding while
the other searched for 1t. The kakapo
turned its head away and the mollymawk
flew off for about 20 yards and hid Now
come and look for me-" it said. why,
there you are, can see you quite clear
ly," the kakapo replied.
Then the kakapo. hid. The mollymawk
searched diligently and for a long time.
but quite unsuccessfully. Where are
your 1t saked at last. "Why, here I
am quite close beside you." said the kaka-
pc, whose plumage harmonized perfectly
with the green leaves of the trees. The
mollymawk then flew out to sea and the
kakapo remained forever on the land.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

The sun has been hot these past few
days but the forenoon and afternoon
breezes have been delightful. The sui
triest part of the day is usually between
midnight and dawn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Only one dealer was found in Boston
who gave honest weights in lard. Really,
very fair average for these days and
times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

According to veracious correspondent,
a shark recently opened had in it's stom-
ach woman's sidecomb. Question:
Where is the woman?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

AS strenuous political proposition the
hecord this month. And it promises to
become still more strenuous as 1912
draws on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

A Pennsylvania father is very proud Of
his three-year-old son who smokes pipe
1t takes all kinds of people, you know,
to make a world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

ST. Louis has been enlivened by pa
jana show, participated in by shapcly
young women. They were not chorus
girls, either.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Senator Heyburn's silly objection seems
to have made Dixie more popular than
ever, IL that were possible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Ten years ago Atlanta's census popula-
ton was far below the estimate. But
now it goes beyond the local claims.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Gifts of angel cake to DR.. Crippen
might result in his death but couldn't pos
sibly make him an angel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Central America Is a fine place for
feathers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Aviator Maissant has sought adventures
in many parts of the world and now
aspires to die of broken neck.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
From the Washington Post.

From the washington Post.
( <TRADITION has been indicated,
at least in part, after years Of
denials and CONFERENCE.-The, -
said Henry R. Evans of Frederick. Md.
the New willard -..
IF my information is correct, the Bar
bara Fritichie story is not the fiction that
some historical writer's have asserted.
Some new light has been shed on the old
story"
Mr.. Evans is the editor of the Fred
erick News, and is greatly interested in
the traditions of the town. He has pub
lished many stories of the Barbara Frit-
chic incident, and, as he said he has
grown somewhat skeptical on account OF
the repeated contradictions concerning it
that have been submitted to him from
time to time.
Not long ago." said Mr.. Evans, "a
Grand Army veteran told me he was pre-
pairing an article which would prove that
Whittier's poem was not altogether a
fabrication. Stories have been published.
you know, to the effect that there was
no foundation for the poem. 1t has been
denied that such a woman as Barbara
Frtichie ever existed. The article which
I refer to will put a quietus on these
statements, although, must confess 1t
will not verify the most dramatic part of
the tale. The author of the article OBJ
tanned his information. as he told me,
from a man who was a sergeant In the
Confederate army which marched through
Frederick.
According to this former Confederates
story, Barbara Fritichie did wave the
American flag as the southern troops
were passing her house. He said she did
not hang it out of window, though, and,
so far as he knew, no one shot the staff
which held 1t. The poem. you remember
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Alabama is not yet up to Kansas as
corn state but 1t is headed that way.