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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
For Better Mine Protection

The next legislature of Alabama Will
Undoubtedly pass more strict laws for
the operation of coal mines in the
state" said a we'll known coal opera :
tor. The two recent disasters nave
served to bring forcibly to the atten-
lion of the whole state the necessity
for some action that will give greater
protection to the men who work un-
dorground.
I'VE are going to be compelled TO
come to the European method of regu-
lating these things. over there a miner
is held criminally liable for the least
oarelessness. The authorities do no.
wait until there has been a disaster to
prosecute neglect, but if a man is found
10 have been careless in the least while
IN the mine he is prosecuted criminally
1t is really the only way to give pro-
lection to the men.
1T must be remembered that whole
nine full of men is at the mercy CT
any one man who violates the rules
of conduct laid down for the handling
of lights and explosives. | realize that
the operators should be made TO toe
the mark also, but the chief trout le
is in the carelessness of the workers
We may spend thousands and thou
sands of dollars in making provision
against accidents in the mine and yet
our entire property is at the mercy of
any one man who goes into the mine
and recklessly dsregards the mine rules
and the state laws laid down for the
guidance of their conduct. To hold
them criminally liable for infractions
is really the only solution of the prob
lem"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
THE ROPE OF GENUS

From the London Globe.
Few persons who use the phrase, Like
the rope of Ocnus,'' to denote proftless
labor, know the significance of the ex
preston or it's great antiquity. 1.-The
Rope of Genus was the name of pic
ture painted by Polygnotus. a distn-
guished Greek, who died in the fifth cen
tury b. c. He is reputed first to have
given life, character and expression to
painting. According to Pliny, he opened
the mouth and showed the teeth of his
figures, and he was the first TO paint
women figures with transparent draperies.
Genus was poor but Industrious
Creek, whose extravagant wife spent
money as fast as he could earn it, and
he related his troubles TO his friend, the
painter Polygnotus thereupon painted
the picture of man weaving a rope Of
straw, while behind him a donkey eating
the rope as fast as it was woven. It is
plea SAINT to relate that the silent lesson
had the desired effect upon the wife OF
Genus, and that it was through her sub
soquent frugality and thrift that Genus
Ultimately rose to a position of great
prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
GREAT ITALIAN PLAYERS

From Modjeska's Memoirs in the May
Century.
Among the foreign artists who have
temporarily appeared in American thea
te1s, the first place belongs to Tommaso
salvini. whom l consider the foremost
tragedian of our times. The impression
he made on me was akin to that which
l felt when l first came into the presence
Of the master works of Michaelangelo
In such moments we do not criticise we
bow in reverence. l am perfectly aware
that my opinion runs counter to the judy
ment passed on him. and especially on
his Shakespearean performances by some
Of the most valued dramatic critics in
this country. Nevertheless | am bold
enough to maintain my own opinion.
What impressed me most in him was
that while he was endowed with UNI
equaled tragic force, he never allowed
himself to abuse it and never had re-
course to any unnecessary display of his
wonderful powers Most admirable was
the psychological continuity of his per-
sonatons, the subtlety of his transitions
from mood to mood, the birth and grada-
ton of passions, and the motivation of
the successive phases of the internal
struggle-in one word, in the logical evo-
luton of his characters, which seemed
in his hands TO be his own spontaneous
creations, so closely We're they linked
with the authors conception. When see
ing Salvini I was proud of my art.
Next to Salvini ] place Nine. Ristori of
whom l have already spoken, and then
Elear ora Duse, their great country
woman, who came here as the exponent
of the newest dramatic methods, of the
So called naturalistic school of acting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
Electric Steel Industry

The construction of electric furnaces
is rapidly increasing. A table recently
published in Germany covers ia fur
naees of all types. of which 81 are
working. II not working, and SO in
course of construction. OF the fur
naces in opera ton or under construc-
ton % are Heroult, l , Kjellin. Kjellin-
Colby, IA Roeheling -Rodenhauser, II
Girod, stassano, Chaplet and Ack-
tieboglaget Electrometal.
The electric furnaces in this country
are located at Niagara Falls, Irvington.
n. j.; Sch enectady, N. Y; Worcester.
Mass; South Chicago, McKeesport, Pa;
Syracuse, n. Y.
None of them is showing a large
output. but it is plain many engineers
are bravely struggling with the prob
lem of smelling by the use of currents
of electricity rather than by charges of
coke or coal Electric smelling is young
yet. 1t is, however, promising enough
to attract both capital and engineering
skill. In the course of another yeal
the new plan promises to be either
established or disestablished, and the
chances largely are that 1t will become
an established feature of the great in
dustrv
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
ONLY WOMAN CLOWN
st. Louis Republic.

FROM the St. lIOuls iAtpupiiS-
N.Y. but old Father Time must De
astonished at the strange things that
women are doing. Women cab drivers
in Paris Police women in New YORK
An acting woman mayor in East ST.
Louis. And here, there and everywhere
the h:tttle cry of the suffragette' Ard
now another redoubt has fallen, and we
nave the woman clown. Can you beat
it?
She says that clowning is jolly
business and size wouldn't change to
become the chorus girl wife of steel
magnate.
ITS a JOY" says she. You trot
around the ring and you know you look
funny, and inside you are laughing.
Every clown loves to appear lie Is an
actor in his own way, and applause
sounds just as good to him as II does
to the great star. He is the life, the
circulation and the spring tonic OF the
whole show. Why should he be SAD
For all this women clowns are curl
osities that vie in their rarity with the
woo-woo bird. The Ringlings have one,
and they are proud of her Her name Is
Sadie Stevens and she is not only clever
N her various acts, but is q fright ant
charming woman as we'll. She has been
around the world many times and her
observations are delightful. way back
in the days of Rice's ''Evangellne' she
played Gabriel, and after that leading
parts in many of the big musical shows.
ITS lark she says. AT first the
people don't know It's a put-up Job be-
cause ! don't wear silly clothes. Jolly,
Oh? It's great"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
MY trust, which had indeed no limit,
A confidence sans bound. Tempest
Imports Under the New Tariff

The claim that the new tariff is a
revenue producer is misleading. because
1t makes no allowance for the differences
that exist between a period of depres-
sion and a period of recovery from de-
pression. The eight months following
the enactment of the new tariff down to
April 1 last were months of recovery
from depression and they do show large
gains over the corresponding months one
year before. 1t is simply absurd to at
tribute these gains to the new tariff,
when they are due simply to conditions
in the general business of the country.
1t is interesting to know that the i'm
ports of crude materials for use in manu-
featuring rose in the eight months men
toned to s4o1 100000, as against s2ss 10000
in the corresponding months of the pre-
ceding year. Here is gain in hides and
skins, india rubber, wool, silk and fbers
of s415 per cent, but the gain represents,
not the wisdom of the new tariff but
the revival of industries in a period of
recovery. A careful analysis of imports
leaves small credit. indeed to the new
tariff but great credit to a restoration of
prosperity especially among the coun-
trys industries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Ashton Stevens in the Chicago Examiner,
~ oTHERN writes we'll; he has the
phrase and the imagination. and
~ certainly knows what is wanted on
the stage. So it was no wonder l asked
him why he didn't write a play and
play it,
my dear Stevens he said, II have
written and failed. l wrote little farce
respecting a lost pair of garters. 1t was
entitled, Whose Are They?' | sold it
three times by reading 1t three times to
as many managers. | needed the
money"
The insinuation that T.. H. Sothern
had ever needed the money appealed to
my skeptcism. In the best of my knowl-
edge always he had been a prosperous
spendthrft, reaping only to plant and
always doing it very successfully 1
challenged his even phantom of poverty
do you recall an actor of the name
of Armstrong? perhaps you don't
it's only natural that you shouldn't-Pve
never seen him myself since we walked
from Baltimore"
He FASTENED to answer my dersve
smile, or whatever it might have pleased
hin to call 1t.
ut isn't quite plain without a bit of
explanation. When the engagement sad
ly closed in Baltimore, Armstrong and
I walked to the depot seemed to like
walking, and so did he. We mad our
TRANSPORTATION to New York and arrived
there at in the dawn. l remember
| CD CASUALLY IL had
any carfare. He didn't happen to have;
and I. too, was without a nickel. I shall
always remember that misty morning,
walking what seemed to be innumerable
miles to a hotel where my father was
known and my credit was good / now
prefer to ride on another fellows plays
than walk on my own
lie torched a new cigar while / asked
when he was going to write the play.
Let the other fellows write,' he an
swered between puffs. Il haven't the time
to write and act. too. Perhaps haven't
the talent"
"You seem to spend your wage on the
theatre?"
why not? I'm fond of the theatre.
I've made money In the theatre and I've
handed it back to my audiences. Sir
Henry Irving would have done the same
had he lived. Call 1t what YOU like
art. ambition, egotism-it doesn't hurt the
theatre very much. And then-Im rather
calculating"
Accidents have not helped your
81 was at one time afraid that. the
accident of birth would sadly unhelp me.
But somehow I prospered. didn't fly
4 too high at first. I put on The High
est Bidder play of my fathers Sc
lection in which he had never appeared
l followed him in comedy. Many Of
the CRITICS did not appear to believe In
heredity. 1t hurt me-then. Young come
dams, as you know. are SO sensitive
Still, l had time for dreams even then
playing The Highest Bidder and LORD
Chumley.'"
Dreams of what?'
"Oh, little dreams of Hamlet and othel
swesome parts. l had a fellow rubbing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
PELLAGRA AND HooKwoRM

from the washington Post.
IAN this agitation about the hookworm
and pellagra in the south is uncalled
fer said DR.. George tanning of Biz
mingham, Ala, who is attending the con-
gress of American physicians and sur
geons at the Arlington.
''To begin with 4from published reports,
people have been led to believe THAI the
hookworm disease and pellagra are as
common in the south as malarial fever
or the measles, when the contrary is
tue The hookworm malady is an I'M
common disease in the south, except in
a few sections, and Sellagra is one of
the rarest of diseases. From the reports
that have been circulated concerning
these diseases. one would believe that
nearly everybody in the south had one
or the other at some time. The facts are
that there have been few cases of pei
lagra, and the hookworm is not a COM
mon disease.
Notwithstanding all the theories on
the subject, the real cause of pellagra is
yet undiscovered. There is no certain
proof that the disease is caused by eating
musty corn, as has been claimed. With
the hookworm it is different. for it is a
parasite"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
NEW YORK MEN KEEP HATS ON

From the New York Sun
There is an undeniable tendency on
the part of New York men nowadays
70 cling to their hats much more in
sistently than they ever did before. q.
81 was reconciled to having men keep
on their hats in the elevators of the
downtown office buildings" said New
York women who now Aves in London
but makes several trips a year here on
account of business, "as 1t is taken
for granted that they are as much out
of doors as the halls. On the other
hand it is new to me to see men walk
ing about the corridors or winter gar
dens of hotels where tn ere are women
gathered at tables or reading with no
more indication of the fact that women
are present than if they were in the
cart of Africa. Men in New York used
to take off their hats under such con-
ditions and they showed altogether a
much greater disposition to take Off
their hats at every opportunity than
they do now"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
CATERS FOR BABY TRADE

From the New York Press.
There are perhaps 200 table dhote res
taurants in Manhattan where the price
for dinner ranges from 60 cents to $3.50
which are making persistent bid for the
custom of babies and doing everything
they can do to encourage parents to take
their children, little and big, to them. so
they may become known as family re-
sorts.
There are other, older and in many in
stal ces better established, which penal
ize parents for taking their babies to
them. Those which favor the presence
of babies. however, predominant largely,
Their waiting staff, from the head
waiter down, has instructions to pay par
tioular attention to family dinner parties
and to make things so pleasant for them
that they will return.
The feeling among the restaurant men
is that family parties, which include
babies in the high chair class, are good
advertisements and assist in drawing
trade particularly that of women.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
MOST POPLAR JOKE

From the Westminster Gazette.
The most popular joke which has been
published in any language in the history
of the world is stated to be that which
appeared in an obscure corner of the
Furch Almanac for 1S45. 1t read: "Ad-
vice to persons about to mary-Don't!"
Il would be interesting to know who was
its author Another. founded on a SINH
lar subject, was the advice to persons
who have fallen in love'-fall out.' One
OF the most brilliant things that ever ap-
peared in our contemporary was the brief
dialogue between an inquiring child and
his impatient parent: What is mind?''
mo matter What is natter" Never
mind"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
HE DID HIS BEST

From the Youths Companion.
Mr.. Raymond appeared at his neigh
boris door one November evening at dusk
in a towering rage and uttering fierce
threats against his neighbours dog, Nero.
Vainly the neighbor tried to explain that
Ner, was only puppy HE belongs to
johnny he went on, land it would break
Johnnys heart If anything happened to
him. / think" hopefully, that his man.
ners will improve"
"Manners." repeated Raymond, TIN
not complaining OF his manners, but his
nature. After he had jumped all over
me he bit the back of my leg
That's as far as he can reach" broke
in Johnny, in a wounded tone. You
don't expect little pup like him to bite
a big man like you on the neck, do you,
Mr.. Raymond?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

of the word-to senator's and all other
legislators.
No one should feel called upon to
apologize over the senator in waiting
plan. 1t was an excellent plan under
all the circumstances OF the times IN
which it was applied.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
MARK TWAIN FORGOT TIE


At times Mark Twain was an absent
minded man. One evening ne made =
call at a minister's home He stayed
about half an hour. When he returned
to his own home Mrs. Clemens looked
at him in horror. whats the mat
ter?" he asked. You haven't any neck
tie on" she replied, you've made your
call without til. Mercy What win
they Think" "Oh, III fix that" said
Mark, He went to his room and got .
small black make bow tie. This
he put in a box and sent 1T to the min
lister along with the following note:
my Dear Doctor: l called at your.
house without my necktie on this even
ing. / believe was there about hnlf
an hours Would you kindly look at this
tic half an hour and then return 1t e
me? That will do away with the omis-
sion. Yours, Twain"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
THE FOOL

B. Hastings Macdonald In the Bystander.
The laborer blew on the frothing ale,
Saying ",rhis is the stun for me-
The mariner thought of the tight-reeled
sail
And the smell of the spuming sea.
The fool looked out from the window, wet.
And puffed blue smoke from his cigarette.
The subaltern patted his silver sword,
And he prayed for at least a chance;
The ueurer courted the ill-got hoard
That he'd garnered in high finance
The fool strolled forth in his handy suit,
And fiicked the dust from his patent-b boot
The lsborers broken and red and blear;
You can guess how the seaman died;
All assegai finished the subs career;
And the usurer's caught and tried.
The fool lives still at the same address.
And learns their fates in the public press
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
Good advice seldom is unless you don't
follow it.
A man can worry so much about death
that it will become a relief from life.
Somebody in the world has to have a
good time; so there are some unmarried
people
The way for a man to gather an idea
he loves girl to distraction is not to be
able TO get her.
A woman who expects a telegram from
her husband acts about it the way he
does about a stock market panic,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
kIrcHENER.s SARCASM
From the Boston Evening Transcri

From the Boston Evening IrdHScIIpt.
While in India Lord Kitchener WIS.,
tied an out of-she-way district where q
new fort had been erected. He was
astonish ed to find that it was COM
lnanded by a hill close by. II congratu-
late you, colonel" SAID Kitchener TO
the officer who had selected the site
What capital fort! Er-when do You
begin to remove the hill?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
Cautious Feeling Prevails

Henry Clews' weekly financial review
OF Saturdays date says:
I'm business circles a cautious feeling
wisely prevails. Commodity prices are
declining, and there has been lessened
demand for iron and steel, for textiles
anG for many other products The de-
cline in commodities has been partially
due to approach of new harvest and
to the consequent check upon specula-
ton; and the fact that prices are re-
ceding naturally causes buyers to hest
tate until satisfied that reaction has
reached its limit. April probably wit
ment No doubt as soon as confidence
returns In regard to values orders will
come in more freely, but it must be
remembered that the recent agitation
against the high cost of living has had
more or less effect in restraining con-
sumption. The business situation, how
ever, is generally sound. There Is little
or no serious over-production, and pros
poets are that as soon as a reasonable
readjustment has taken place in commod-
ities-somewhat similar to that which
has been accomplished In stocks-a fresh
forward movement will be initiated
Much depends upon the crops. They are
the key to the entire situation financial
Industrial and commercial. Thus far the
outlook in this respect Is fairly satisfac-
tory. Damage reports have unquestion-
ally been greatly exaggerated, and there
Is every reason why farmers should bend
every effort this season to obtain as
large yield as possible. Crop failures
would, of course, be disastrous this year
But If the country only secures nothing
better than full average yields we may
lie sure of another prosperous year.
The outlook for the stock market has
beer distinctly improved by the placing
OF new issues and by the readjustmen
which is going on in the commercial
markets. Trade reports from the west
though conservative, are generally en-
couraging. 1t Is true there has beer
much speculation in land and other di
rections, but these movements do not ap
pear to have reached danger point ant
the hand of restraint Is already beini
imposed by the more prudent class o
| Interior bankers. The best authorities
state that as yet the business situation
bag not been endangered by these ex
cesses''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

The esteemed Mr.. Wickersham alter
mates between denunciations of insur-
gents as the odds and ends of politics
and support of the cotton bears. He
is more at home in Wall street than in
national notifies
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Brother Charley owns the Cincinnati
Tnes-Star which is booming Nick Long
worth for governor. This seems to indi-
cste that Mr.. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt
are pulling in double harness
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Mr.. Carnegie has dispatched diplo-
docus to the Car, who is alarmed by
even his shadow He will strive, no
doubt, to ascertain whether it is loaded
before he accepts it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

When the operate Stars sang in the
federal prison in Atlanta many of New
Yorks prominent financiers were in at
tendance. They had nothing better in
sight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

The colonel does not claim to have
been the discoverer of Africa, and he
does not therefore have to produce his
records.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

New York state boasts the possession
OF 100000 automobiles, according to Off
cial records. The horse is doomed in
that state
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Mr. Bryans British son-in-law cannot
but be an Improvement on the Ameri-
can one he has just got shut of.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
EASING UP

From. the Washington Post.
Alabama seems to want to tighten its
water wagon load.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Mr.. Hearst prefers to have someone
switch when he Is in the spotlight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

The statues of Washington need, it is
claimed, more breathing space. The liv-
ing are crowding them closely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Wherever there is graft a CRATER is
sure to appear, even outside of Chicago
and Pittsburg
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

The baseball bug has stung theN Taft
family from William Howard down to
the youngest member of it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Wilbur Wright says he could fly across
the ocean, but he has other fish to fry
at present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Halleys comet rises early and spirits
a million miles before breakfast.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Weston crossed the continent twice
without once being put in an upper BERTH
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Nearly all modern Americans speak
two languages-English and Baseball
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

Mr. Weston prefers walking to one Of
Mr.. Pullman's alright hunks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

No one had good reason to vote for
Lcrimer unless he was paid to do it.