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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-04
To Live the Ideal

Whatever the soul is taught to ex~ pect, that it will build"
 Our heart longings, our soul asn,r. ations, are something more than m.rs vaporings of the imagination, says Or,. son swett Warden in Success Magazine. They are prophecies, they are courier. forerunners of things which miebt k. come realities. They are measures ot our possibilities. They indicate tb. height of our aim, the range of our ., ficiency.
 The sculptor knows that his ide., Is not a mere fantasy of his imagin.- ton, but that 1t Is prophecy a fore- shadowing which will carve itself fin marble real"
 When we begin to desire a thin.. to Eearn for it with all our hearts. ". begin to establish relationship with "A in proportion to the strength and n... sistency of our longing and intellie.nt effort to realize It.
 fhe trouble with us is that we live too much In the material side of If. and not enough in the iieal. We shoula learn to live mentally in the fdeaI, which we wish to make real. If w. wish to keep young, for example ". should live in the mental state of youth; to be beautiful, we should Iivs in mental state of beauty.
 The advantage of living in the idaal is that all imperfections; physical. mental and moral, are eliminated. Wa cannot see old age because old ars Is incompleteness. decreptitude, and these qualities cannot exist in the ideal
 In the ideal, everything is youthful and beautiful; there is no suggestion of decaytof uglfness The habit Of Twin r. in the ideal, therefore, helps us won Ederfully because 1t gives a perpetual pattern of the perfection for which we are striving. Living much in the ideal increases hope and faith in our ultimate perfection and divinity. ba. cause In our vision We see glimnses of the reality which we instinctiyelv feel must sometime, somewhere be ours The ideal is not mere fantasy of tho imagination; it Is a foretelling of what should come true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-04

gained the doorway Clytemnestra stood before them. Tall, fierce, erect, osm- manding, her hands and garments red with blood. her eyes blazing defiance and her whole bearing one of furious exultation, she faced the astonished throng and cried out: T have killed him, my husband and my foe, and would do 1t again. Many a year have had his death in my heart. He threw me the gage long ago. Did he not slay | Iphigenia? I am no shallow woman. My right arm had worked the handi- work of justice. I went to him in the bath, and as he came out I threw a net over him, and while he was con fined in its tolls I struck him with the sword and killed him. Elders of Argos! I give you joy at being rid of tyrant. And If no joy is yours the vaunt Is mine that have killed him. Cassandra, too. the saucy jade he brought from captured Troy, lies dead beside him, killed by this selfsame hand"
 Woman" exclaimed one of the elder nobles, you have done a fiendish thing and for this the citizens of Argos shall pluck thee from thy throne and cast thee out"
 You would deal dethronement and exile to me, would you?" retorted Cly- temnestra. But you were silent when this tyrant killed my child. Cease thy pratel Aegisthus and his soldiers shall keep my hearth secure. I acted but as fate's avenger."
 The terrified and perplexed nobles were about to retire for counsel to- gether as to what steps should be taken in the circumstances, when Aegisthus. who had kept away from the palace that day, entered with his guards. Be ye' discreet" said he,' flor from the deck we rule the ship-you clamor from the thwarts. With the wealth of Agamemnon I will bribe the burghers to my side and my yoke shall lay full heavy on those who dare op- pose me-" "Oh," replied one of the eld- CTS, you have forgotten that perhaps Orestes lives and will return to avenge this murder and call thee to fast ac- count" What" exclaimed Asgisthus "care you for deeds not words? Up, my guards!" The guards at once drew their swords and the nobles drew theirs; but before they closed in bat tie Clytemnestra stepped between the lines and said: Nay, let us cease from mischief making for a while. The crop l of trouble we have already harvested is enough. Go thy way, elders, to your homes while it Is yet time. Yield to fortune and parry fate" Shall these Haunting tongues run riot thus?' cried Aegisthus. "The men of Argos are not likely to cringe to thee," retorted one of the elders.
 The elders withdrew to the city and, while there was much unrest among the citizens. the rumor that Orestes his fath- CTS heir, was returning to Argos caused the people to keep a sullen silence for a while.
 Girt with guards, the guilty queen and her paramour found themselves confined to the palace while the discontent of the people was liable to break out at any min- ute and overwhelm them. Word was sent by the nobes to the court of King strophius of Phocia of the bloody hap pening at Argos, and Orestes, accom- panied by his friend Pylades. the son of strophius, hastened to the oracle of Apollo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-04
We're Always Right rom Suecess hTapazina

The sight seeing gentleman from thej middle west had reached the land of th1 Pharaohs, the home of the age-old pyr- .lniids the resting place of the immu- table Sphinx.
 T wonder he drawled, as he gazed about him, why they call this place skiro? We've got a town down in Illi- noys spelt like this and we call it Kay. TO, and' b'gosh, believe we're right" (
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-04

AS Aeschylus was the father of the Greek tragic drama, so he may be re- garded as the greatest of the Greek tragic poets. He was a soldier before he became poet and fought and bled at Marathon. When he turned his at tention In peaceful times to literature he took the old allegorical representa- tions of the Dionysia and whatever else there was of those spontaneous at tempts at portraying of history ideas or myths by make believe" which spring up amid all primitive people and upon them founded the Greek drama He gave a new form and a fresh impetus to Greek literature and achieved at once a fame which has be- come immortal. Although 70 titles of the plays of Aeschylus have survived the centuries. only seven of his trage- dies are extant. Chiefest among them is the Orestean trilogy, tragedy divided into three parts which deal with the murder of Agamemnon and the revenge of Orestes. It Is a play full of gorgeous verse and of high and stately thoughts, but trifie bloody even-for a Greek tragedy. Certainly the critic of today would say that Aeschylus was not happy in his choice of subject. But as in Greek tragedy all the numbering takes place behind the scenes, perhaps the ancient Athen- ian audience did not find the play too gory for their tastes. They were not particularly squeamtsh in such matters, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-04

Next weeks one-page classic will he The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-22

not call attention to.
Mr.. Cox, OF Ohio. II the gentleman
will permit me, | will come to the
weak side, and ! am sure he will not
consider me discourteous when / de-
cline to yield further.
Mr.. Gardner, OF Michigan. Very
well. | only wanted to get at the
weak side of the question.
G. A. r. Protests.
Mr.. Cox. OF Ohio. That is all right,
and / believe before ] am through |
will have touched on the very things
the gentleman has in mind. But get
ting back to the statement made by
the gentleman from Indiana, II condi-
tions are desirable, then why have
the Grand Army posts complained Of
the management of these homes
Why is 1t that all the Grand Army
posts, substantially, in the cities
where homes now are have passed res
olutions OF protest against the policy
OF the beard of governors with refer
ence to its treatment Of the soldiers
known as incorrigibles?
! can say to the gentleman from
Michigan lMr. Gardnerl that last De
cember the Old Guard Post, No. %, in
Dayton, passed q resolution appealing
to the board to keep those men inside
the home. II was the belief of this
Grand Army post that these men, even
though they might have violated some
of the regulations of the home. should
not be turned out homeless, but that
there should be instead some arrange
meDt made to segregate them. In this
way they would give no annoyance to
their comrades, ana there would be no
necessity for sending them out OF the
gates.
The action OF the board of managers
was manifestly prejudged by Colonel
ElwelI, because, under date OF Septem-
Der %, he himself wrote 10 the Grand
Army post stating that II was imprac-
teal to segregate theincorrigibles, for
the reason that there were mo two
OF them alike" In this letter he makes
this observation:
The number Of veterans Of this
kind are really very small"
However, the men discharged from
the gates al the Dayton Home were
Of such number as TO render their
care by the Grand Army posts a bur
0en which they could not assume, and
appeal. Of necessity, was made to the
board of managers.
In this connection II IL important TO
observe that the average OF men in
The homes is ever 20 years. From the
wounds OF battle and the normal vicis-
STUDIES OF life most OF them are with
out any home The largest number OF
men in the homes last year was %. O0e.
approximately. Thirty thousand have
Joined the last sleep and are buried
IN the cemeteries OF the homes. 7 ask
whether a grateful thought Of the past
Joined 70 a calm reflection Of tkis
scene In the very evening Of life
should not inspire a commor-sense ad-
ministration. tempered with those lii.
tie touches OF human kindnes which
form the brightest spots In our civil.
zatiOn. ! ask whether these men
should live IN daily fear Oh banish-
ment and whether these gates. from
which floats the fag they followed
down 10 the very trenches Of death.
should be the object OF terror. ~ 6es-
yofic rule has made them. or the syn
hoi Of open-hesrted welcome. a. was
intended BY a grateful people. zap
piause on the Democratic side
Mr.. Chairman. 7 have charged TIA;
The board Of managers purs0es q poi-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-22

surgeons and other medical officers
may be appointed from others than
those who were in the military service
of the United States. -
In the past two years 200 veteran
employees have been discharged in
the Dayton Home alone, and their
places have been filed with civilians,
can give one concrete instance Of how
this operates: Three soldiers employ
ed In clerical capacities drew the COM
bined sum of 5000 per year In saia-
ries; their places have been flied by
the employment OF two civilians at o
combined salary OF s2,i00 year; in
fact, the homes are now being filled
with relatives and friends of the off,
GERS employed ut headquarters in New
York City.
Recently an old veteran who had
served as postmaster at the Dayton
Home, and whose efficiency shown In
that relation was responsible for his
being given a clerical position in the
Institution, was discharged without
cause and his place was filed by
nephew of the assistant inspector-gen-
eral, located in New York.
The veterans of the home were
aware OF the official order suspendirg
further admissions, but they did not
know that two company barracks were
20 be turned over for the occupancy
of civilian employees and their fami-
lies.
On Christmas Eve almost 100 men
In Company 80 were ordered to pack
up aud move. To some OF these men
those quarters had been home for
twenty-six years. II was in this same
month that soldiers focked into Day
ten and were denied admission into
the home. II now develops that there
we're no funds then available to con
vert Company 50 barracks into suita-
BILE quarters for the civilians and that
the work had TO be held in allegiance
for several months. However, the bar
racks were not turned back for the
use OF the soldiers.
On the same day that orders we're
given 10 dismantle Barracks No. %.
Elwell, from his imperial seat in New
York City, also issued instructions
that no rstions fn the future should be
issued TO soldier employees who were
living outside the home with ;hei-
families. They Numbered fewer than
20, and these men mad been drawing
a s3-a-month ration.
/ Now, let US follow this down to its
natural result. No more soldiers were
admitted into the home last winter.
and II any soldier employees were iiv-
ing with their families on the outside
they could no longer draw Tsti0ns-. IL
was planned, however, that the civil
ian employees could have quarters
within the home for themselves and
their families and be supplied with
rations. As a travesty upon business
administration ] want to submit for
the opinion Of this house the reason
given by Colonel Elveli for the dis
continuance CT rations 20 the few men
who had brought their invalid wives
close TO the gates Of the home and
were living with them These are his
words.
This meat ~as drawn a pound al =
tine and necessitated the opening OF
tie refrigerstorS Tor its issue a great
many times duri1z the period--
Authority Exceeded
] have charged that he administers
ton has exceeded is authority, ard I
frsc~sf-..~f - rrr-fN parar
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-22

body which is given full rein and au
thority. subject only to the restraint
Of a large legislative body, is sure &c
run amuck.
The Mahaffey Tragedy.
Discretionary rights and powers are
an unknown thing with the governors
Of the homes. If a soldier has had
some difficulty in one of the homes
and there is a mark against his record
he can not be admitted to another
home without formal application hav-
ing been made TO the board, which
means the inspector-general at New
York. even though the soldier might
be lying helpless at the very gates OF
a soldiers home l hold in my hand
now a copy of part Of the official re-
cords from the county of Elizabeth
City. Va, which stands as an indict-
ment against the administration OF
the National Soldiers Homes and a
disgrace to our government.
In the fall of 1909 Joseph H. Mahaf-
fey, late of Company ID, Fourth Penn
syIvania Reserve Infantry, was an in
mate at the temporary home in Wash
ington, remaining here from the 9Th to
the 18th of September of that year.
He had addressed an application to
the board of managers fer admission
into the Soldiers Home at Hampton
His application was not replied 10. On
the morning Of the 18th of September
the kind-hearted matron of the Wash
ington Temporary Home, after giving
the old veteran a warm breakfast and
putting up a lunch in his basket, start
I'd him toward Hampton, happy in the
anticipation Of comfortable quarters
during the coming winter. He made
application for admittance to the Of
ficers Of the home at Hampton, but
they were powerless to act upon his
request. The old man became i'll, and
a physician placed him Ia a carriage
and sent him In to the Soldiers Home,
believing that his condition, which
was then manifestly serious. would
prompt the authorities to admit him
to the hospital. II Is q matter Of re-
cord and shown by evidence adduced
before the coroner's inquest that one
Of the officers at the home advised the
hackman to take the soldier back and
dump him out on the bridge, a poin,
close to the home. The backman
stopped on the bridge and the soldier
8tdut us way ACt0c- ahN
next afternoon he was found dead,
and / submit now the report OF the
coroner's inquest with reference TO
this disgraceful occurrence.
State Of Virginia, County Of Elizabeth
City. to-wit.
An inouisitioE taken at r. &. Hall &
Sons and continued al jail Office in
the county OF Elizabeth City on the
18th day Of October. 1903. and confirm.
ing October ~. 1903. before G. X.
vanderslice. n. ID. coroner Of the
said county, upon the view Of the body
OF Joseph ". Mahaffey, there lyinz
dead. the jurors sworn TO inquire
how. when. and by what means the
said Joseph II. Nahafiey came 10 his
death. Hpon their oaths do say.
said Joseph u. Mahaaey came Il
bis death lying In the open air. pari
Of the time IN the rain. from about II
a. n. - 4 .. m. October Is. 1893. By
reason OF heart disease and alcohol
ism. AZ the Ph0ebus end Of the Sol
Ciers' Home bridge. after having beer
refused hospital treatment and aftei
having been turned out Of the homo
under circumstances that were posi-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-22

, the butt OF the musket, and, in short,
the desperate thrusts and parties of a
life and death encounter, proving in
deed that Greek had met Greek when
the Alabama boys fell upon the sons
of Pennsylvania.
In that bloody scene Joseph Mahaf-
fey went down from a bayonet thrust.
He was captured, but subsequently ex-
changed. Within five days after his
exchange he was again following the
colOrs of the old Fourth Reserve, and
he remained at the front until the war
was over. In his last days he asked
Tor shelter from the nation he helped
TO preserve; he was refused, and died
alone and neglected in the fields, with
the rains of nature singing the last
dirge for his passing soul.
Mr. Chairman, that unspeakable
tragedy needs no further comment. IL
furnishes an index to conditions in
the soldiers homes growing out Of
the despotic rule at headquarters in
New York City.
Other Incidents Described.
The newspapers at Newport News
have within the last two or three
years carried articles descriptive of
other cases similar to the Mahsffey in
cident, but not quite so severe. Some
time last year Edward Forester, ~
years of age. and a veteran of the
Civil war, was found dying in little
but which he had built close to the
home. II was known that he was a
soldier and an effort was made by his
neighbors to have him admitted into
| @f -,
the last day Of his life. The governor,
however, deprived of the right to re-
spond to the common promptings of
humanity, was unable to extend the
privileges of the hospital in that instf
luton to the dying soldier. The per-
mission to have him buried in the sol
ciers' lot was also denied, and the old
mans body was carried to the potter's
field.
Mr.. Anthony. Mr.. Chairman, will
the gentleman permit an interruption
Mr.. Cox. of Ohio. Certainly.
Mr.. Anthony. | am Interested in
this subject. fer a soldiers home is in
my district. ! think the gentleman
has done a great service in calling at
tention to what ! consider also a most
ceu.. inhumaB order of that board Of
managers. At our home circumstances
like that the gentleman narrates are
not uncommon
have known Of no deaths OF old
soldiers after their being turned away
from a home. but every winter there
are most pitiful cases Of men who
have violated some rule OF regulation
Of these homes and been turned adrift-
l agree with the gentleman that the
board Of managers shorIu make some
provision TO take care OF these old sol
diers even in spite OF their weak
nesses. fAVDlause.l
Mr.. Cox. OF Ohio. Mr.. Chairman.
am quite sure that there Is no mem
Der OF this House who. has a national
military home IN his district but who
knows Of cases. perhaps not so severe,
but cases which would snock the sen.
sibilities Of this House II stated on
this floor.
Mr.. Crumpacker. VIII the gentle
man allow a suggestion
Mr.. Cox. Of Ohio. ] viii.
Mr.. Crumpzcker. This resolution i
entirely newto me. I have received
many letters-scyeSal burdrec-from
members Of the soldiers homes. most
of them from The state home located IN
nay district. ] have received letters
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-22

, rively inhuman, but apparently in &C
| cordance with the rules of the home
In testimony whereof the said c0ro
ner and jurors hereto set their hands
G. X. VANDERSLICE, NJ. ID.
Coroner.
RE. WOOD.
J. T. LAWSON.
c. w. COX.
T. w. KEATON.
w. P. CUNNINGHAM.
NJ. o. LACKEY.
A copy, test:
II. H. HALE,
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the CouE-
ty of Elizabeth City, Va
Mr.. Tawney. Will the gentleman
permit an interruption?
Mr.. Cox, of Ohio. Certainly.
Mr.. Tawney. Did that take place
before or after the canteen in the
home was abolished?
Mr.. Cox, of Ohio. After. IN 1909,
At the inquest DR.. Vanderslice, the
coroner, asked Adiutant Parker, of the
Hampton Home, whether the officers
could not look st things from a hui
name viewpoint, but the adjutant re-
plied that the laws are made by the
hoard OF managers to be carried ont,
and must be obeyed." Governor Knox
himself testified that he would gladly
have admitted Mahaffey if he had
been able to do SO. The governor
stated that several years before the
board of managers had passed strict
rule regarding readmission of what
were known as dishonorably dis
charged veterans. In this instance
the orders OF the bloodless colonel ar
headquarters were carried out to the
letter, and Joseph III. Mahaffey gave
up his life within sight of the govern
ment gates which in the lawful order
of things should suggest hospitabie
welcome to every veteran OF the war.
Joseph Mahaffey was 20 years old.
He bore a soldiers honorable dis.
charge. He was pensioned for gun
shot wound Of the leg and bayonet
wound in the back As a young man
he had responded to the first call for
troops In 1861 and enlisted in Com.
pany ID, Fourth Pennsylvania Re
serves.
No pages of the military annals OF
the world are more Respondent with
bravery than those recording the bat
ties OF the old Fourth Pennsylvania
Reserves. Fonowing the Chickahomi-
ny campaign, at Charles City Cross
Roads. these troops, in mortal combat
with the courageous sons Of Alabama,
made for themselves q record OF brsv-
cry which l will quote from Bates
History OF Pennsylvania volunteer
soldiers. Describing the climax OF
that engagement the author says:
But the enemy unchecked closed
| ND his shattered ranks and came on.
with arms trailed, al a run to the very
muzzies OF the guns. where he pistol.
, ID and bsyoneted the canncneers. and
STACKED their supports with such furJ
and in such overwhelming numbers
/ that they were broken and thrown
into great confusion Remnants Of
the regiment. however. rallied and
held their ground with the most de
sermined Obstinacy. II was here
: however. says General Mccall, ms
4 fortune TO witness between my mel
and Coafederates Who advanced ons
Of the hercesi bayonet fights that per
haps ever occurred on this continent
Bayonefs were crossed ard locked ~
the struggle. bayoEet wounds vers
freely given and received. ] saw
skulls crushed BY the heavy blow q
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body which is given full rein and au
thority, subject only to the restraint
Of a large legislative body, is sure &c
rim annex
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Vrub Ser SSirbelidnle.
Tolanb u. Minter trliegt Der erlitte'
ueu 9erlesnngen.

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