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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
Progress of Women In Public Life

Mrs. Ella Flagg Young is an educa-
tional insurgent. AS superintendent CT
Chicago's public schools she is dis
carding in that city the theories and
fads that do not aid the average child.
She endeavors to compel every boy aid
girl to know how to read, write and
spell efficiently and to be thoroughly
grounded in the cardinal principles OF
arithmetic. She believes in school books,
she believes in REPETITION, she believes
in defniteness. She does not think that
the burden of the work should fall
on the teachers to the extent that they
must carry home several hundred pa
ners 70 he examined She believes That
the, three RS can be learned efficient
lr by every normal child, and this has
made the teachers love her has made
them support her for her present posi-
tion. "Of course" says Mrs. Young,
"children can learn if they are kept
diligently at specific tasks. They can
not learn much when they live In an
atmosphere of peda gogic theories where
personality counts for nothing and GER
tain principles are supposed to equip
them for all the tasks of life
Because she knows what public
~cboo1s are and what the average child
needs she is popular. and her election
as president of the National Educa-
tional association followed naturally.
She is remarkable woman. All her
active life has been devoted TO schooi
work and she is now over 60 years of
age.
Women are securing recognition in
many directions In Idaho, as IN COL
orado, they vote and are subject 10
turv duty. Recently in an Idaho coun-
~ a Jury was impaneled consisting
u,ho,lv of women, aud several cases
were decided by that jury. And In New
Hampshire Mrs Marilla M. Kicker, a
surragetts and a lawyer is a 'an''-
date before the September primary Tor
the republican nomination for governor
She has already paid the fee required
by law, 800.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
CONSCIENCE AND ART

From the washington Sar.
Thomas Nelson Page in the smoking
room of the Baltic, contrasted the lit
erary and the scientific temperaments.
But letter will best bring out my
point" said the famous author. You've
heard. of course, of Tennyson's poem,
The Vision of SIM Well. an eminent
mathematician wrote to Tennyson on
the appearance of his poem, a letter that
ran like this:
Dear Sir-I find in a recent poem OF
yours entitled 1.-THE Vision of Sin." the
following unwarranted statementy EVERY
moment dies man. and every moment
one is born" need hardly point out that
this calculation, If correct, would tend
to keep the sum OF the worlds populn-
ton in state of perpetual equipoise,
whereas, it is an established fact that
the said population is constantly on the
increase. I would therefore suggest that
In the next edition Of this poem the
erroneous calculation to which I refer
should be corrected as follows: Every
moment dies a man, and one and six
teenth is born I may add that the ex-
act figures are 1857. but something must.
of course. be conceded to the laws Of
rhythm
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
Omen Door Policy In the PlayhOuSes

The theatrical syndicate wants all or
nothing of a producing managers book
ires and because Henry w. Savage
wouro not give It all he had to give, It
shut him out of its theatres. His produc-
tons will, therefore. be presented lin
the provinces in the theatres of the shu-
bert organization. of which John Cort
is president. Mr.. Savage does not seem
to be discouraged in the least by the fact
that his attractions must be hereafter
presented to the play-going public In
every CITY of theatrical importance in the
independent theatres
1t is very plain that the coming
amusement season ''in the provinces is
to he exceedingly active and full of r.
valrv. The bookings of the two sets of
companies will necessarily cross each
other. and Maude Adams and David War
field may appear in city on one night.
the former in a syndicate theatre and
the latter in an independent theatre.
The theatre-goer will have more amuse-
ments to pick from, and no doubt he
will be able to get more enjoyment for
his money, even If there are no reduc-
lions in the prices of seats. The time
the dollar rate for orchestra seats and
possibly that may be an outcome of the
John Cort overturn of the Frohman
Klaw & Erlanger monopoly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17

the ground that he is trying to secure a
bette ,;tradition treaty with Italy. Such
a treaty can be secured. no doubt. with
out attempting to shield a murderer. The
charged with the commission of offenses
abroad, and no harm would be done to
let extradition affairs between this coun-
while. At any rate, it would be alto
gether illogical to shield Charlton, a con-
fessed murderer, for the purpose of sand
bagsing Italy in extradition matters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
ReactiOnary Leadership Asserting Itself

James B. Garfield, ex-Secretary Of III e
in his party in these words:
THE real danger to the party comes
from the reactionary who is controlle /
by special interests, and the standpat-
ter who, because it is the easiest way,
is willing to return to- the weak pol
icy of laissez faire. To follow such
leaders means disaster"
AS a matter of fact the republican
party is controlled by reactionaries,
of whom Mr.. Taft is one, and these re-
dictionaries are preparing to dominate
the party everywhere except possibly
in New York state, where they are
afraid to say their souls are their OWE.
Defeat stares them In the face in that
state and wherever defeat is in the air
the reactionaries stand back.
They do not stand back even in Ohio
4
where Judson Harmon bids fair to BIT
reelected Mr. Garfield desires The
republican nomination for governor in
that state but he will not get 1t. A
standpatter will be nominated and the
platform will be written in the White
House.
1t is true the Endorsement of the AL
drich tariff IS to be qualified by the
promise of frequent revisionS based on
the reports of the tariff commission
The special interests represented in
Congress will see that these revisionl
do not lessen the profits of the rubber
trust or of the thousand and one othcr
robberies of the many snugly ensconced
in the Aldrich bill.
The true way to defeat the reaction
aries is to elect a democratic House
and to hit every reactionary who bobs
up seeking office. There is no Other
remedy in sight. Academic remedies are
valueless. The rebuke of the reaction
aries at the polls from Joe Gamer
down or up is the true remedy ahe
tbis is probably the remedy that those
who feel the high cost of living vii
,nn,v to candidates this fall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE


BY Shakespeare.
All the worlds O stage
And all the men and women merely play
ers,
They have their exits and their entrances
And one man in his time plays many
parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the in
FAINT,
Mewling and puking in the nurses arms,
And then the whining schoolboy, with his
satchel,
And shining morning face, creeping like
snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover.
Signing like furnace. with woeful ballad
Made to his mistress eyebrow. Then =
soldier.
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like
the pard,
Jealous in honor. sudden and quick in
quarrel RI.
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the lannon's mouth. And then
the justice,
In fair round belly, with good capon lined.
with eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances,
And so he plays his part. The sixth aye
shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon
With spectacles on nose and pouch on
side,
His youthful hose we'll saved. world too
wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big, manly
voice
Turning again toward childish treble,
pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene Of
That ends this strange eventful history
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes. sans taste, sans
everything.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
SiCkening 0dorS

Birmingham needs many things, but
nothing is so urgently needed just now
as crematories to rid the city of the
sickening smells from the garbage
dumping grounds. Complaints from
those living near garbage dumps were
loud last summer but they are louder
today.
Certainly no one could read unmoved
the statement made by the yardmaster
of the Seaboard Air Line in Satur-
days Age-Herald. He told of the
east breeze from the city's garbage
dumped at Avenue C and Thirty-second
street and how seriously it affects the
railroad laborers employed in that part of
Birmin CHAM. Residents of Idlewild and
other high class sections on that side
of town are crying for an abatement
of the garbage dump nuisance over
there. The complaints are not eXag-
gerated. On the contrary, words fail
to describe adequately the unwh ole
some and nauseating stencil.
The cries of the people affected
should be needed by the city fathers,
and there sh oi11d he no dalav in min
nicipal action in this matter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
Orison SWEET Marden. in Success Maya

Orison SWEET Marden. in Success Maya
zine.
A great many people cannot understand
why professional experts charge such
enormous prices for their services; why
an eminent surgeon, for example, should
charge $4,000 or even $4,000 for single
operation, or a great law specialist like
Elihu Root, $500 for a few hours work IN
cross-examining a witness.
They do not take into consideration
that the surgeon has spent yea in learn
ing how to perform quickly and efficient
ly the difficult operation which saves a
life that might have been lost in less
skilled hands.
Much of the training of the specialist
is to enable him to meet the unusual the
unexpected demand. The surgeon trains
for the rare operation, the possible emer-
gency. He knows that there are times
when it is knowing what the ordinary
surgeon did not think 1t worth While To
learn that may save life. There are
surgeons now living who never had a
dozen emergency cases in all their expe-
rience which called into play the utmost
power and skill of which they are ca
pable, but it was these few extremely dan
gerous operations which gave them their
great reputation and enabled them to get
enormous fees.
1t is not the good surgeon. but the
superb operator, the man who knows a
little more about anatomy, who has a lit
tie steadier nerve, more. acute touch, a
little better education, that is sought &c
nerform the delicate operation in the
emergency. when life hangs by three
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
TILE nREAMER,s PART.

THE DREAME . -<ISH'
And dreaming still of future glory
OF better days and fairex' skies,
A happy ending to the story,
Fulfils his fate and, dreaming dies.
And vet, not all was idle dreaming
For haply, much by dreams IS wroush''
A mind too high for sordid scheming
or wins a raw from heaven caught.
So. when the cares of life incumber
And lesser hearts would yield the fght'
The dreamer wakens fires that slumber
In sotted bosoms-gilds with light
Those paths of darkness ever winding
Adown to valleys of despair,
And whispers thralls whom tears are
binding,
'There's hope in every cross we bear
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17

people in a half dozen southern
cities 1 have visited during the past
10 days are eagerly awaiting the OF
fetal census announcements, but in all
of these cities, excepting Montgomery,
there is a feeling that the government
enumerators have made pretty close
count" said b. p. Lumsden- OF ST.
Louis.
II was in Memphis and Nashville
and boosters in the former city ex-
pect to be credited with 100000 and
in the latter the estimate is about
$4,000. ] have not been to Atlanta
recently but unless that city gets 1907
900 in the census report there Will be
great disappointment. When l was in
Atlanta last winter her citizens were
claiming 100000. If Atlanta is Off
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
Charlton Should Be EXtradlted

II goes without the saying that Porter
....r,to, should be tried and punished
according to his crime for the muroer OIL
h;s wife He cannot be tried In this
country because his crime was committeo
thousands of miles away in Italy. He
acknowledges his crime. He in fact con-
S.ssed IT when he sneaied away hur-
riedly from Italy and arrived in this
country. He has influential friends. and
they are endeavoring to keep him in this
country, where he cannot be tried for
his crime.
Italy demands his extradition. and all
know that in Italy he would be given a
fair and just trial. There would be no
doubt about Charton's delivery to Italy
n Italy had not refused extradition of
some criminals who, after committing
crime here. had escaped to their native
land. This should not. however. operate
to prevent Charltons extradition. To re-
fuse it would be to shield a confessed
murderer, and to promote crime in gen.
eral secretary Knox surely would not
become a party to any such scheme.
There was nothing of racial or po-
utical nature in Porter Charlton's crime.
1t was case of plain murder, and if
through influence this country affords him
Immunity it will be notice to all the
world that the administration of justice
plays second fiddle to influence in this
country.
II he be of unsound mind that fact can
be brought out and determined in Italy
under the civil law as well as 1t could
he in this country under the common
law. and in all conscience and fair deal
Il ing this is not the time and place to con.
4 slider that question. italy should be al.
lowed to deal with him according to hel
laws and her ideas of justice,
The newspaper of the administration
ere preparing to excuse Secretary Knox
4 he refuses to extradite Charlton. on
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
Needed Band Concerts

How much Birmingham needed band
concerts in the parks was never appre-
ciated until they were tried this summer,
and thousands of people sought the pleas
ure thus afforded them without expense
on their part" said an enthusiastic man.
Capitol park was crowded with people
Friday night, and the conditions were
ideal. Thousands sat around on the grass
and on the benches and listened eagerly to
the programme. The moon was shining
bright and in every way it was beauti-
full night.
II believe that there will be a large
number OF people at Corey Sunday after
noon to hear the concert there. 1t will be
remembered that the Corey company was
one of the large contributions to the free
concert fund, and the ladies who raised
the money are showing their apprecia-
ton by giving one of the concerts In the
model city,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
In HOTEL LOBBIES
intellectual requirement in Music

Everyone who has an appreciation OF
music of a high order-that is to say
music off artistic merit-knows that
composer, performer or singer in order TO
achieve distinction must combine a broad
knowledge of musical theory, poetic feel
ing and general culture" said an anna
teur,' but in America many persons In
educated society who happen to be devoid
of musical taste, still have an idea that
music is outside of the intellectual realm;
that its chief end is advertisement. Music
Is closely allied to literature and In no
branch of the fine arts is intellectual de-
velopment quite so essential to high
class work as it is in the musical art.
AS in good literature, so in good music,
we have many classes, varying between
grave and gay; but even comic writing,
If 1t would stand the test of intelligent
criticism, must have an intellectual foun-
dalton. And while so-ealled comic music
cannot be classed with a Beethoven SYM
phony II should possess, nevertheless,
some artistic value, if it is to be accepted
as'being above mediocre or trashy stuff.
I'm line with the ideas l have tried
to express here is a short paragraph from
a Paris letter in a recent number of the
Musical Courier, signed by Mr. Blumen-
berg, the brilliant editor of that enter
prising periodical:
Reinhold Won Warlich, who Is residing
in Paris-Mr and Mrs. Won Warlich oc-
cupying a villa in the Montmoreney Gar
dens-has built up an admiring constitu-
ency here, attracted to him through his
art, his sense of artistic proportion, his
power of Interpretation, his profound
study of the vocal poem and his general
Intellectual performance Won Warlich
is one of the moderns of moderns, which
means, among other things, that the as
poets of life, literature and art of every
period are, necessarily, under his observa-
ton, and that through their study and
assimilation he is enabled to give the
modern world true mirror of It's own
evolution E"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
MARION STANDARD

Editor Charles H. Greer of the Ma
r;on Standard has issued special pic
torial edition of 5000 copies, devoted
to the exploitation of Marion and Per-
~ county. Editor Greer believes that
Marion and Perry are worth advertising
and he is right. His special edition Is
printed on heavy white paper, con-
tains many illustrations and will no
doubt do a great deal of good in set
ting the section he represents before
the state and south in most at
tractiye way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
2,ejRoueQ

quit after allowing a lot of ringboned,
spawned and windbrolen old married men
wipe up the diamond with them as was
done here Friday. The boys simply get
locoed when they bump up against the
veterans. A white mans a fool to
fight negro with anything but gun.
We understand that Jerome Car
penter came in Tuesday and notified
Drinkwater and Riggs that somebody
was SEEMING fish on Coon creek. The boys
went out at once and arrested Peter Lal-
oge and took him to Cottonwood rams
on ia. This was probably cut and dried
in order to get the Potts fish law tested
in the supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17

From the New York Press.
Cheap advice becomes dear when YOU
follow 1t.
ANY man who can understand q
woman is a fool to think so.
There's hardly any ideal girl CAM
have about man till she's married Il
him.
Just as soon as people get old enough
to be sensible all the fun goes out OF
life for them.
woman can marry man for hii
money and, have a grievance against
him because it isn't more.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE EXISTING
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND SITUATION HERE

radical and rampant legislation. We have
seen such in the state of Alabama to the
sorrow of many. Good men get wrought
UP in political campaigns and in their
disappointment often start out to de-
stroy rather than to build up. Many in
their enthusiasm become unjust.
AS an instance, Colonel Roosevelt when
he was President was severely criticised
for permitting the United States Steel
corporation to take over the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad company. AS a
matter of fact, if the Steel corporation
had not been permitted to do this, the
chances are that all the plants in Ala
bama of the Tennessee company would
have been closed down because the men
who then owned it and were operating 1t
would have been forced to the financial
wall In the panic which then cnsued
Thousands of skilled laborers, engineers
and clerical people would have been
without positions and without salaries.
Nothing ever redounded to the benefit
of Alabama and the Birmingham district
more than the taking over of the Ten
nessee company by the Steel corporation
at that time This corporation not only
continued to operate ali the properties
then existing in Alabama, but it has
already spent exceeding s1O0Oo,o0O in
building additions to these plants and
opening up new work and avenues Tor
people who want to work.
This corporation has now in course OF
construction additional plants and works
to cost another 100000 and which will
furnish employment for some five Or six
thousand more men. This great work
not only brings additional people to the
Rirminghah district and provides good
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
THE TENDER HEARTED DUTCH

From the New York World.
James Corbett says that Jeffries lost the
battle at Reno because of the strain of
Dutch blood in him. Mr.. Corbett states
that "the Dutch are tender, loving sort
of people and take everything to heart"
When Jeffries heard that his old manager,
Delaney was to be with Johnson in the
ring his heart broke at once and the bat
tie was lost before 1t was fought.
Probably this is why the Dutch submit
ted so gently to the caresses of Spain at
Leyden and Harlem. Possibly also that
famous passage of the Dutch fleet up the
Thames to London, destroying everything
on its way, was merely intended as fen
der little visit to the English king, and
when the Dutch cut the bikes to keep out
the soldiers of Louis XIV it was only
their kindly way of giving the French a
bath. 1t may be also that their deStend-
ants In South Africa had no purpose but
to teach the British the art of war in the
most practical manner.
A delicate insight into history from the
siege of Leyden to the battle of Reno Is
valuable thing to have. and we thank
Mr.. Corbett for his Illuminating remarks
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
KANSAS GLEANINGs.

Just a few items of news from the
'facile PEN of the Florence Bulletins
Cedar Point correspondent:
We understand John McLinden was
married in Wichita last week and went
on a honeymoon to western Kansas Ka-
trina will be lucky if John doesn't trade
her off for a bunch of cattle before they
get back. They must have treated
the Goads awfully shabby at Wonsevu.
Several of them came home sober.
: Our baseball team simply ought to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
~sHAKING HANDS WITH DEATH"

Edward Lyell Fox in Hampton's Maya
zine.
One of the nerviest spectacles ever seen
on an auto raceway occurred in the Long
Island Stock Car derby at Riverhead last
September. Herbert Bailey, mechanician
for Louis Disbrow and his No. /, literally
shook hands with death. When the car
had passed the stand on Its fourth lap and
was two miles from the repair pits the
pin fell out of the reach rod. disabling
the steering gear. The machine threat
ened to become unmanageable.
What did Bailey do but climb out
over the hood. lower himself down on the
little cranking rod and sit facing the
radiator with his feet propped against
the front axle With one hand he pre-
vented himself from being dashed under
the wheels by holding on to the little
water cap on the top of the hood. The
other hand held the disabled steering
gear together. Bailey rode 20 miles in
that manner. with the car going full
speed, until the circuit was completed and
| the repair pits were made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
ASKING LEGAL AID

From the Green Bag.
Mr.. click Howard-Dear Lawyer: Can't
you fend CD in my case like you pers-
kute in the CONVENT court. My case is
before Judge Afford. l has 10 dollars
which I can give you If you put me on
the ground. Pleas come thursday to see
me about this at II O'Clock. Respec-
tive, JOE JodNSON.
Ala, April 6, 1910