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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Southern Literature Now and Hereafter

Southern literature is attracting no lit
ftle attention at present All are ready
to assign to places In the front rank
both Poe and Lanier. Both died before
reaching even middle age, but both left
enough lines to secure them high places
teenth century. Except Walt Whitman
the north has no original genius who
ranks up to Poe. The Civil war came on
country did not recognize his genius I'M
til a quarter of a century had elapsed.
His poems now command a hearing that
the merits of Joel Chandler Harris will
he carried to all lands in the words OF
ex-President Roosevelt. and his standing
in American literature is secure.
The south has not accomplished as
much in literature as the north has, but
where quality and originality are consid-
cred it has done we'll The hope Is that
it will do still better in the future The
death of Mark Twain takes away the
last great name in litera ture in the coun-
try and a literary renaissance is fairly
due in this country without regard to
sectional lines Where today is the ma
tonal poet? Who Is our Kipling? Who
has the whimsical humor of Joe Chand-
Ter Harris? Pens are busy in this busy
country. The quantity turned out Is
altogether sufficient, but the quality of
it is not permanently valuable. Greater
deeds may be forthcoming, and in all
literary work hereafter the south should
share
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will be the pattern of all patience
will say nothing. king Lear.
Women As Medical Practitioners

The recent death of DIR. Elizabeth
Blackwell recalls public attention to the
fury in profession from which they
were once barred. Mrs Blackwell was
turned away from four medical colleges
in 1s47, and she was never permitted to
attend medical lectures except at a small
college in a small village in western New
York. After she had secured her diploma
she began to practice in New York city,
and so great was the ostracism to which
she was subjected she could scarcely pro-
cure either lodgings or office room. But
she held tenaciously to her ambition and
convictions, and before she died she had
achieved remarkable success personally
and she had lived to see the recognized
women physicians and surgeons in this
country cross the 1o,OoO-number line. In
the census year of 1900 there were 1887
women physicians and surgeons in this
country.
The field of the women physicians and
surgeons of today is by no means con-
fined to the care Of other women and of
children 1t Is as broad as medical prac-
tice itself. There are women railroad
surgeons and women house physicians in
hospitals. Every progressive city holds
them as general practitioners or special
lists They sit In medical associations, and
the revolution begun by Elizabeth Black
we'll is we'll nigh complete.
Ancient prejudices and standpattism
still do combat their entrance in the
profession here and there, however. A
German professor recently assailed them
and in London they still have to encoun-
ter Anticipated notions and customs. AS
o general proposition 1t may, however,
be stated as within fact that women
have conquered after a struggle of 80
years a right to practice In profession
when and where they please.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES

From the Pittsburg Gazette Times.
Speaking of the depths to which prize
fighting has fallen, 1t was at a little
fight" attraction near Pittsburg that the
audience was much displeased with the
manner In which the fighters conducted
themselves.
To tell the plain truth, they were stall
.ing''-making believe they were fighting.
while in reality they had agreed pre-
viously not to hit each other hard enough
to hurt.
In answer to the kissing the referee
advanced to the side of the ring and
faced the audience. ut isn't my fault
that they didn't fight; they were paid to
fight" he said.
Then one of the fighters arose and put
up his hand for silence.
1--WE only got IS apiece and beef stew,
and we amt going to kill ourselves for
that" he said.
And the audience, sympathizing with
the fighters Kissed the promoters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
A WAR HERO

From the Washington Star.
Among Senator Depew's stories there
is one about veteran on street
car.
The veteran, in all the panoply of his
blue uniform was on his way to Fourth
of July picnic on the outskirts of the
village stranger boarded the car,
and the veteran leaning across his wife,
engaged the man in conversation.
The talk soon turned to warfare. and
the veteran said:
''Yis, sir, I've seen fightin'. I got this
cash across the cheek at Chickmauga.
My stiff leg. by gosh, comes from ball
in the knee-Chancellorsville. This thumb
nail here was shot off at Gettysburg.
lost the tip of my ear at Spottsylvania."
Dear me-" said the stranger, how
interesting. You have. indeed. sir, seen
hot fighting. But, tell me, how did you
get that long, deep, murderous dent
down the. side of your nose? A calvary
charge. hand-to-hand engagement. eh?"
The veteran frowned and ignored the
question. He began to talk about the
heat But his wife interrupted.
go on, BILL" she said impatently
'"rell the gentleman how you got the
dent in your nose"
you shet up, Hannah" said the
veteran.
II won't nuther,' said the old woman.
For it just about rifles the skin off me
to hear you braggin' and braggin' about
the marks you got in the war, whilst
you won't ever open your head about
the finest and most noticeable mark of
all-the one l give you with the fire
shovel"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Bodeker,. Recent order

1.-THE recent action of Chief Bodeker
in warning the patromen under him
against making frivolous arrests is the
subject of much favorable comment
said a former member of The judiciary.
~It is a step in the right direction. for
those familiar with police courts know
that many arrests are made at the in
stigation of personal enemies who, to
crafty their spite, make those charges,
knowing that II the party is arrested II
will cost him some trouble to get out
no matter how innocent he may be.
1T is also a lamentable fact, but never
theless true, that many of our lower
courts are run for revenue only and
that abandon hope all 70 who enter
here could well be written over theil
portals. The number of convictions in
the lower courts bear witness to this
fact. So the humane and just order OF
our chief of police will lessen the num-
Der of malicious arrests and give the
several police courts more time to try
the cases that come before them, there.
by giving prisoner chance to exer-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Will Re Much Missed

Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Bacon, well
known here, especially in musical cir
Giles. and greatly esteemed, will leave
in a few days for Glens Falls, near
Lake George, New York. They will
go by the way of Cincinnati, where
they will stop for short visit.
Mr.. Bacon has been in poor health of
late and his wife thinks change will
do him good Mrs. Bacon is south =
ern born but Mr.. Bacon was born and
reared In the Lake George region and
MANY relatives live at Glens Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon are both closely
identified with Birmingham's musical
activities and have been willing and
valuable helpers \ in festival chorus
work. In referring to their plans for
going away an old music lover said
yesterday:
TT is hoped sincerely that Mr.. and
Mrs Bacon are not giving Bi-ming-
ham up as their home. l trust that
that after a few months he and his
good wife will return to this city.
MRS. Bacon is an educated musician
and is one of the best sight readers
here. She studied at the Cincinnati
College of Music and hos had excel
lent church choir experience in Bir-
min CHAM. She is a member of the
Episcopal church and was at one time
solo soprano in the Church of the Ad-
vent choir She has been solo So
prano In Temple Emanuel choir and
also in st. Pauls Catholic church. 1t
goes without saying that Mrs. Bacon
will be in church choir demand in Glens
Falls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14

Duke, Clement a. Evans, Samuel W.
Ferguson, Daniel c. Goven, James NJ.
Goggin, William w. Kirkland. Eyander
NJ Law, Thomas NJ. Logan, William Mil
Ter, John McCausland cambridge McRae,
William McComb, John c. Moore, Patrick
T. MoNe, Francis T. Nichols. Roger A.
Pryor Beverly H. Robertson. James p.
simms, Richard waterhouse and Marcus
J. Wright.
Many of these men have been prominent
in civil life as we'll General Buckner was
governor of Kentucky from 1887 to 1891,
and was the candidate for vice president
on the gold democratic ticket in 1896. He
is the sole surviving member Of the West
Point class of 1874. General Cockrell
served 30 years as United States senator
from Missouri General Nichols was
Twice governor OF Louisiana, anu Is at
present an associate justice of that
states supreme court. General Pryor
served as justice of the supreme court
in New York city and General Evans is
prison commissioner of Georgia. Cen
eral Cabel served four terms as mayor
Of Dallas, Texas. and General Cox was
secretary of the United States Senate six
years.
The list OF the veterans who were gen.
erals in the Confederate service Is indeed
becoming brief, and all of the survivors
have passed no doubt the allotted age of
man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Cost of Pine Line

after several days investigation Of the
gas fields in Fayette and careful calcu-
laton of probable cost of pipe line,
am of the opinion that a 16-inch pipe
line can be brought In to Birmingham
at a cost of not exceeding $1,000 a mile"
said E. L. Penruddocke, the well known
engineer, yesterday
This means a total. cost of the pipe
line of about 100000. The available sup
ply of gas, as indicated in the Fayette
fields, seems to authorize the immediate
expenditure of such a comparatively
small amount of money to bring the gas
into the city.
"The people of this district can hardly
realize the value OF natural gas in the
Industrial development of any section"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Typhoid Germs This Month

In many cities an increase in the preva
lence of typhoid fever is reported In
Washington an increase of 300 per cent
has occurred, and in every city and every
section this is the season when every
household should guard itself as far as
possible against the danger of typhoid
fever. Drinking water should be boiled.
the housefly banished, all eatables well
cooked and the milk supply closely scruti-
nized
But after all the best rule relates to the
maintenance of individual strength and
vigor The dread fever cannot occur in
typhoid germs in the system, but If ones
vigor be maintained he is in no danger
from the presence Of such germs in his
system. He may and doubtless does drink
or eat down such germs daily, and he
has the vitality to throw them and other
disease germs away as waste matter
They cannot take hold of vigorous per-
son. Their. victim is one whose natural
strength has fallen below normal. The
best rule, therefore, relates to the indi-
vidual strength and this should be care.
fully guarded and maintained until No
vernber, at least.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
End of a. Notable Session of Parliament

Tho British parliament adjourned until
great constitutional questions were either
passed or considered. 1t modified the
recession oath, bringing It more in ac-
thinking 1t discussed and wrestled with
The coming readjustment of the house of
lords, and the constitutional question will
be threshed out by a commission in the
vacation, and the hope Is expressed that
. satisfactory plan will be agreed upon
that will command the support of all but
extremists on either side. large ma
3ority of the English people became con-
WINGED when the lords vetoed last winter
the budget that the hereditary chamber
must be either mended or ended. It's
powers are to be curtailed, so that the
life of liberal ministry will not be
hazarded by Its votes.
The budget passed after the last cleo
zion puts a share of the burden of main
tanning the government on the landown-
srs. Mineral-producing lands are also to
be taxed. After the lords heard from the
elections they accepted these unwelcome
changes meekly, and hereafter the great
landowners will pay taxes on new valua-
tons to be determined by government
commissioners under the terms of the
budget. These great changes were
shampioned by Mr.. Lloyd-George, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and they
will no doubt become part of the per-
manent taxation policy of the King
dom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
OLD

They say I'm old-perhaps l am
But not too old to dream and laugh,
And I'VE a pipe and collie dog.
Some memories and an oaken staff
They say the best of my span Is gone.
That deny, for today know
The deep. true things of life and love,
That were hid from me in the long ago.
l would not be boy again.
With boys unrest and boys desire.
The long content of a later youth
Is best and the glow of later fire.
I sit and rock with my hands at rest;
The sun Is falling behind the hill;
And a reasoned faith in the things to be -
The better things-is with me still.
My house Is small, and my fare is plain;
My books are few and my eyes are dim:
But the stars are hung in their Yonted
place,
And the world ir good 70 the very rin.
From the Century Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
TArTooING A LONDON FAD

From the New York Herald.
London-Among the society fads of re-
cent years tattooing on an elaborate scale
is one which has had its frequent spells
of prosperity for the artist, while at
other periods he, or she, will be almost
starving for lack of employment.
There is, however, pretty steady de-
mand among society women, especially
among those who go in for swimming.
for the services of the skilful tattooer.
Beautiful little birds and butterflies are
the favorite devices, but frequently a
woman will be tattooed with a copy of
her husbands regimental crest. and one
woman. at least. is carrying about on
her fair skin her husbands coat of arms.
These are generally tattooed either on
the shoulder or on the underside of the
forearms, so that they are concealed
by shoulder strap or a glove, as the
case may be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
ADRIFT WITH~THE TIMES
THE VALLEY OF coNTE

THE VALLEY OF CONTENT.
Perhaps I can not lead you there
My feet know not the way
Into that realm beyond compare,
Where love and kindness stay;
And where the years, golden train,
Are free from all regret
And there's no unforgotten pain
We struggle to forget.
1t lies, men say, beyond the hills
OF present hope and grief,
Which when we've crossed, the prospect
fills
With sheltering vine and leaf,
And fountains sweet that bubble up
Mid fields of deathless bloom,
And there no more the lethal cup
O'erbrms with mortals' doom.
And weary hearts rejoice amain
And ancient wounds are healed,
And Care will never come again,
Her bitter fruit TO yield:
And Time himself's prevailed upon
His rigor to relent,
So blest are they whose steps have won
The Valley of Content.
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A.e)-d3oueQ

of bargain sales he wouldn't care for
poker.
A woman should never paint her cheeks
in an absent-minded way.
Nine times out of ten promise iss~-~
is a promise broken.
The man who never feels as If he would
like for somebody to kick him is the
man who needs it most.
PAUL. COOK
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Likes Alabama Better

colorado Is great state, saio
lanes Weatherly, who returned DAY
or two ago from visit to his son,
who lives there.
II was especially interested In COL
orado's system of irrigation which mas
added so much to the productiveness OF
the state; but I would not give Ala
bama. with its varied scenery-its trees
and rivers, its hills and valleys, it's up
lands and its lowlands, Its minerals, Its
black belt fields and It's wire grass
fields-for dozen Colorados. en-
joyed my trip very much indeed but
I was mighty glad to get back to Biz
mingham.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
A FABLE.

"Once upon time there was a very
Clever Man. He had Education, he was
Industrious he had Executive Ability, he
had Foresight-in fact, ne had all the
qualifications Of Successful Man SO far
as anybody knew. Still, He Did Not Sue
coed; he Grew Pale and Thin; he Ac-
quired Dyspepsia; he Quarreled with His
Wife; his Business Failed. After the
Doors Of his Business House had been
closed on the morning of the failure,
when all was quiet In the office, and when
everybody had left, the Office Safe spoke
ponderousy to the Letter File, saying
He tried to fight too many Big PROPOSE
TONS 'NQ, said the Letter File, he tried
to Fight Too Many Little Propositions "
-Winheld Free Press.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
THE REV. DING

The Rev. A. B. Ding of Walden has an
nounced that owing to the fact that the
younger generations will attend baseball
games during the time he is occupying
the pulpit at one Of his mission stations
at Maybrook he will hereafter on Sun
day afternoon deliver a half hour talk at
the baseball grounds. The management
has consented to stop the games between
the seventh and eighth innings in order
that he may do this.-Saugerties Tele-
graph.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Surviving Confederate Generals

General Marcus ]. Wright of the wal
department. says that only 30 generals OF
the Confederate forces are now living, as
follows
Lieutenant general, Simon Bolivar
Buckner
Major generals. Robert F. Hoke, G.
w. Gusts Lee, Lunsford L. Lomax anc
Chmillus J. Polignac.
Hrigadier generals, William l.. Cabell
prancfs M. CrockrelI, william r. Cox
Julius A. DeLagnel declined appoint
ment). Henry B. Davidson, Basil w
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WHY HE LET GO
From the Louisville Times.

II16Ss
Roger Cornell tells of. an Irish friend OF
his who fell off high building. About
20 feet above the ground the Irishman
grabbed a wire and held on for a bit,
then let go of it and continued his sud.
den journey downward
What did you let go of that wire for?''
asked a friend in the hospital.
Sure, was afraid the dommed wire
would break said Pat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14

From the New York Press.
The fun of being a crank seems to be
thinking everybody else Is.
Telling the truth doesn't shame the
devil as much as 1t astounds him.
You might as well think woman is
younger than she is, because she'll make
you act SO anyhow.
What a girl likes about swimming is
how scared she can get If there is man
around to help her.
II pan wears a wig, he can make
himself 1believe 1t looks more natural than
everybody else's real hair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
THE MERCENARY SWAIN.

Not because your hair is curly,
Not because your eyes are blue
Am I signing for you, girly,
And l fain would marry you.
Not because your heart is tender,
Not because 1 like your smile.
But because my purse is slender
And I've heard you have a pile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
STILL WORKING


From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Colonel Gorgas freed the canal zone
of mosquitoes at a cost of only So head
of the population. 1t was money well
spent. "-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Yes, it was great work, dear one, but
he needn't have chased them up this way
where we are now batting at them at an
average Of three cusses to every swat
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EXCIISARLE.

ITS bad enough for that fellow across
tho area-way to practice on a trombone,
but he makes matters worse by. sticking
his blamed horn out of the window. l
presume that's pure cussedness.'
mo, you're mistaken. His room is so
small that's the only way he can get the
proper extension for a bass note
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
First Avenue as Business Thoroughfare


THE business district of Birmingham
has been gradually extended within
the past few years, but 1t will spread
out faster than ever from now on,
said an active member of the Chamber
of Commerce. This city is growing
rapidly in population and as a mat
ter of course its business blocks will
multiply in like proportion. But this
expansion will not be made at the ex-
pense of those streets and avenues al
ready built up and popular. Twen-
tieth street will always be great
artery between the north and south
sides of Birmingham and its magnifi-
cent buildings will certainly Keep II
firmly anchored as popular highway.
THE same may be said of First ave-
nue.. 1t will always be great high
way between the east and west ends
of Greater Birmingham. First avenue,
long holding important rank, will have
its Importance greatly increased just
as soon as the First avenue viaduct
is built and the old Belgian blocks give
place to smooth, modern paving. 1t viii
then have an uninterrupted stretch
from East Lake to the western sec
ton of the city. First avenue dealers
in mems wear find themselves well sit
uated now, but projected improvements
will soon make the avenue distinctly
notable. One of the Improvements Will
go into effect September l. 1t is the
electric light arcade which will ex-
tend at the start from Nineteenth to
Twentieth street, but which will I'LL
timately reach from Eighteenth to
Twenty fourth. First avenue is SO wide
that when 1t is repaved and brilliant
ly lighted at night 1t will be recog-
nized as one of the most elegant and
snowy business thoroughfares in the
| world"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES


Judge W. II. Stanley, who was the
school-boy friend of Senator Daniel in
Lynchburg and his comrade in arms as a
member of the Eleventh Virginia regi-
ment, commenting upon the encomiums
heaped upon the dead orator-statesman,
said
Il was the life long friend of John
Daniel and knew him intimately. !
heard him in many speeches, but l have
never seen in print any reference to what
regard as his most eloquent and patent
effort
AT the reorganization of the army in
the spring of 1862 all 12-months' men had
been promised a SO-day furlough on con-
dition that they re-enlist for the wal.
The Eleventh Virginia, of which Lieu
tenant Daniel was a member, felt that
they had not been treated fair in the mat
ter of furloughs, and there was a spirit of
discomfort in the regiment, and so strong
had his spirit manifested itself that at
one time Colonel Garland, who by his
kind treatment had endeared himself to
every man in the regiment, spoke to his
men and told them that he had exhaust
ed all means at his command to get fur
loughs for them and hoped that in the
near future dissatisfaction in the regi-
ment would be thing of the past 1t
was then Lieutenant Daniel, of Company
A, unsolicited and unannounced, stepped
out of ranks, and, taking his position
near the center of the regiment, made
one of the most eloquent addresses of his
t.r. = ,of m n
in the Eleventh Virginia who treasured
the heritage that was transmitted to him
by his revolutionary ancestor; that every
man who reverred southern womanhood
and who believed that when the yoke OF
tyranny was cast off by their ancestors
It should never again be worn by free
men, and who was ready to fight and die
If need be for southern independence, to
hold up his hand. Immediately every
hand in the regiment went up"