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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
GRAND OLD CHATTER
King Leopold Adept in n Game Popular
 Everywhere

From the Chicago Tribune.
 There is never a politician whose meth ods are so hateful and subvert . ing or swindler whose life is so despica ble, that some one will not rise to defend him. As it is with them, so 1t is with those in higher places. On the death of King Leopold, mon- arch wh ose whole life was a disgrace to European civilization, there were not wanting those who sprang forward to defend his character and to make ex- cuses for his private life and public acts.
 But from the disclosures recently made in the Belgian chamber of depu- ties it appears that the depths of Leo pold's infamy were not represented by what was known of his character dur ing his lifetime. Not only was he the silent partner in Ostend gambling hells, the power behind the unspeak- able brutality in the Congo govern ment, the spendthrift friend of Pari- sian demi- mondaines, but the robber of his own thrifty and loyal subjects.
 Instead of leaving a fortune of only $3,000,000, it Is now disclosed that he had at least s14,0oo,ooo invested in companies managed by dummy direc- tors, and that of this sum s5,000, ,000 was in Congo bonds It Is admitted both by the minister of justice and the leader of the liberal party in par liament that state funds amounting tc at least s5.c0O,0OO, and possibly more.
 r. stu own use, and it is charged that he did so through the debauching of the judiciary and other officials.
 The parliament evidently is deter mined to investigate the matter to the bottom, and among other things it will try to ascertain how much of the stolen money has been put into the magnificent establishment given by the King to his mistress shortly before his death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
GRAND OPERA AS TT ENDED

From tho New York World.
 During the grand opera season which
 closed at the Metropolitan opera house
 Saturday evening four promises of novel; } ties were kept and 12 were broken. MT.
 Hammerstein, closing a week earlier, kept four promises out of nine.
 Besides having it's season of administra-
 ten ouarrels. the Metropolitan has made
 history by passing a year without pro- duotion of Carmen" Presumably this
 was because it's constituency has refused
 steadfastly to accept any Carmen offered
 since Calve but that does not explain why Mime. Destinn was not tempted to ap- i.
 pear in one of her important roles or
 record abroad. Mr. Hammersten, never troubled by lack of acceptable Bizet horoines, found Carmen" one of the most
 popular operas in his season. He gave 1t six presentations.
 At the Metropolitan the regular sub sc.iption season witnessed 34 German opera performances against 79 Italian ana 13 French. There was no effort to match the sensational "Elektra" at the Mannat- tan and no Metropolitan novelty became as striking a success as MT. Hammer ] stein's "Eerodiade" Tristan und Isolde'' was sung superbiy at the Broadway house. Die Meistersinger" had two tri-
 umplant productions in the last days of the season and "Pique-Dame' proved noteworthy addition to the repertory. But
 the most spontaneously cheerful and suc- : cessful feature of the Metropolitan sea- -i sor was not grand opera at all. It was the dancing of the Russians Pavlowa and
 Mordkin | From SC ason of curious phases, with . roll Of principal singers still noticeaby poorer by the withdrawal of a Sembrich ard an Flames, the Metropolitan passes to
 a prospect of syndicate opera, in exchange of stars with Boston, and Chicago. It is
 new policy, placing next years results beyond the reach of the prophets. MT. IIammerstein, still alone, still smiling,
 promises to go further yet in his own way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
CLOWNS AS HUMAN BEINGS

mistake was, he says, when he tried to clown had fallen in love.
 Just why there isn't New Yorker among the clowns is hard to say, but the fact remains that the best clowps in the world come from the smallest places of the middle west. But then it's not so strange after all, for the clowns all find New York the biggest jay town on their tour. We laugh the easiest, and up their sleeves the clowns laugh at us.
 That all clowns arc in it as business goes without saying. still there are some of the men up at the circus for whom it is the most natural thing in the world to burlesque everything. If they, by chance, drop a coat, hat or something they are using, they never stoop over and de- iberately pick it up. Not bit of it. They must make burlesque of the mishap, and while the public out in the arena are enjoying the antics of one set of clowns back in the dressing rooms often are 10 be seen funnier bits by far than out in front. Clowning is by no means easy work, and when your sketch calls for a fall down.a pair of stairs, a real pain in the back or a stiff neck doesn't help things bit. Nor when they are laughing at you is the public supposed to know that back home your baby is III. They don't know, of course, else they wouldn laugh. but that doesn't help the feelings of the father out in front.
 Still. clowning is business, and it's one line in which there are never too many for good clown is almost as hard to find as a good Indian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
\ PROHIBITION PETITION
All Kinds of Freak Names Imposed on
 Trusting Chicago Women

From the New York Telegraph.
 The stunning knock down given the prohibition cause in Chicago, where the drys have just been kicked off the ticket for the coming April election, has caused much laughter in New York and. of course, much bowling and in- dignation among the anti-joys. Out of some 36.000 names on the dry petition taken up for canvass by the election board, 2S,000 were found to be rank fakes, and the board, instead of plung- ing any deeper into the 74,000 on the petition, simply kicked the prohibs into the street with no further ceremony. The dear women who collected those 5O,000, if the board had finished the count would doubtless have been found fraudulent, gathered them in wonder ful fashion. They even focked to the public schools and asked the little boys to sign. When the teachers protested that the kids could not be considered legal voters, these good women would reply: "Oh, their names will look as good. and lots of them have the same names as their fathers, you know. And then, it's for a noble cause, so that makes it all right, doesn't it?' Humorists, barkeeps and testers put most absurd titles on the petition sheets, but the good women simply piled the documents in unexpurgated heaps-the names were there, the mo- ble cause had been furthered. And now their work is all wasted-they don't even get a chance in the election;
 One of the election commissioners. by way of diversion, copied sample page from the petition This is how it read:
 O. U. Kidd.
 Mike McMudd.
 Ad Wolgast.
 Theodore Roosevelt.
 Bud, the Brute.
 James ]. Jeffries.
 Louis Werba, New York.
 Dennis OHell.
 Abdul Hamid.
 Jack Johnson, Champion.
 o. Slush.
 Tellitoo Sweeney.
 Tom Anjerry.
 Hoy Policy.
 Wing Sing Bing.
 And on the strength of that sort of petition our prohibitionist brothers thought they had the right to dominate Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

and the other standpatters in Indiana primarily owe allegiance to their state organization, and if they kick out in their worship of Aldrichism they will themselves become insurgents.
 It is safe to say that Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas and South Dakota will join Indiana in demanding a speedy revision downward of the Aldrich mon- strosity. and both Michigan and Ohio may participate in the Indiana move ment.
 This is truly embarrassing to the firm Of Taft, Aldrich and Cannon, and their subsidiary associates. With tears in it's standpat eyes the St. Louis Globe-Dem- oerat acknowledges that in the more im- portant work of the Indiana state re- publican convention ''the insurgents seems to have been in the ascendant . IL hopes, however. the Indiana wave will not overspread the rest of the middle west. Altogether the republicans are in a confused and tumbled-up condition, and the standpatters see no hope for strong support anywhere. Their last stronghold in Pennsylvania is threatened by a popular arising against Boss Pen rose that will endeavor to sweep away the rottenest machine this country has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
Veterans to Reunion

"The old Confederate veterans are look ing forward with much eagerness to the approaching reunion at Mobile,' said an old soldier, ''and many of them are lay ing their plans to that end. It is sad fact, but it is true, that the great ma jority of the ex-Confederates are not any too well fixed financially. and the small sum 1t takes to carry them to places of meeting and return sometimes deters them from attempting the trip. It seems to me that special train could be secured at a comparatively small cost and that the old fellows should be transported free of all expense. Many of the old fellows would hesitate to accept charity, but if this plan was adopted they could go and feel independent.
 "In other words, so like our citizen sol diers go to camp. The state provides for all transportation, and I am sure some such plan could be arranged whereby the old vets could go as a matter of right and not of charity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
The Music Festival

The seat sale for the annual music fes- tival to be held at the Jefferson theatre April 19, 20 and 21 is becoming quite brisk and 1t is hoped that by the end of the week the house will be well sold. Season tickets and tickets for single per- formances are on sale There are to be five concerts and a season ticket may
 be bought for $s.
 The superb orchestra which Walter Damrosch directs will be an attraction at each concert and this alone should as sure crowded houses. But in addition to the orchestra there are to be many features-soo artists, both vocal and in- strumertal-and many brilliant chorus
 numbers.
 The Treble Clef chorus and Mrs. Aid | rich's piano solo, with orchestral &C.,
 compartment, will be among the fine at fractions on the opening night The biz festival chorus will be heard on the sec
 ond night in Tschakowskys beautiful
 and popular opera. Eugene Onegin. '
 and on the closing night in two Wagner | numbers
 Both of the matinees will be largely or chestral The feature of the matinee on | April 2l will be Dvoral's New World | Symphony in it's entirety. No symphony
 ever written is quite so popular as this | The seat are being sold at the Jesse
 French company's piano and organ es-
 tablshment on Third avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
Remember to Vote on the Bond Issue

Every voter in Greater Birmingham should go to the polls next Monday when A. bond issue for s40o,ooO will be acted on by the qualified electors. This bond issue Is to meet the floating debts of an- nexed districts, and to furnish additional equipment for fighting the dust evil and other troubles of the enlarged city.
 Annexation and consolidation have be- come legislative facts sustained through out by the highest court of the state, and this bridge cannot be recrossed. What Is done cannot be undone, and it is good sense and good policy to accept the situa- ton as it stands and make the best of 1t.
 The proposed bond issue will take up inequalities that have been annexed and it will in addition provide equipment that the greater city sadly needs. No ward should show light vote tomorrow No one should stay away from the polls be- cause of over-confidence. Any such over confidence may prove deusive. Let all vote on Monday both in the central and tie outlying wards. Indifference in this matter might indeed affect the city: credit and stay many efforts that circum stances strongly demand-for example, ths abatement of the dust nuisance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
kldrIchism Stands Repudiated

The Indiana republicans acting in the first large state convention held since the Aldrich tariff became law have put the standpatters in a hole. MT. Taft, . confessed standpatter, has cancelled an orgagement to speak in Indianapolis on May 5, and he will take precious good care to keep out of the insurgent state . state in which the republicans refused tn mention the Aldrich tariff in their ptste platform.
 Nor is this all standpat Crumpacker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
MARY MORRISON

BylRObert Burns. sAf 0 Mary, at thy window be.
 It is the wish d. the trysted hour! Those smiles and glances let me see That make the miser's treasure poor: How j,liyhely wad l bid the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun, Could I, the rich reward secure. The lovely Mary Morrison.
 YcstIeeu when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha' To thee my fancy took it's wing I sat, but neither heard nor saw: Tho this was fair. and that was braw And yon the toast of a the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a "Ye are na Mary Morrison" o Mary. canst> thou wreck his peace Wha for thy sake wad gladly dee? Or .cansts thou break that heart of his Whase only faut is loving thee? If love for love thou wilt na Eie,
 At least be pity to me shown; A thought ungentles canna be
 The thought O Mary Morrison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
MALLORY's PLIGHT
rom the Athens Courier

Mallory is a discredited leader The people of his own county repudiated him and his ideas last November when they showed under the amendment, his pet measure. Then to talk of putting a man like this In the highest office in the state, the governors chair, is ridiculous. The people of Alabama will
 never promote discredited leader over the men who have fought the fight and won the victory for them Not much. Watch the prediction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

campaign has been conducted on q rela- lively high plane. and that it has engen- dered less bitterness than that of last fall. As no one can truthfully say anything derogatory of either of the gubernatorial candidates from a personal point of view principles rather than men have been discussed. And may the contest be free from rancor to the end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 When people can afford to do a thing it takes most of the pleasure out of 1t.
 Women hang the offerings on the altar of sacrifice; men claim the credit for it..
 man who is willing to confess he is wrong wouldn't be if he really thought he was.
 A man narries a woman to carry all her burdens for her. and what happens is she spends all her life trying to keep him well fed.
 A man thinks he is practicing economy when he gives up smoking four 15-cent straight cigars day for six at two for a quarter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
DIES MONIES CAPITAL

The twentieth anniversary number of the Des Moines Capital recently issued, has been received by The Age-Herald This edition contains 1O4 pages and is fine achievement The Des Moines Capital Is recognised as one of the leading papers In it's section of the country and The Age-Herald extends congratulations on it's evident success and prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Jr.. has de- cided to go back to Reno, New, because of it's proximity to the mines and the beauty of it's climate. She has rented a house there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

The smoke nuisance cannot be easily conquered, but the dust nuisance can be and will be if the people will go to the polls next Monday and vote for the s4oo,oOo bond issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Tn every congressional district next Mo- vember there will be an ante-trust. anti Aldrich. anti Cannon, anti-tariff and anti high cost -of-living candidate, and it will he weak candidate who cannot win on that platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Andrew Carnegie wept when he heard about the operations of the grafters of Pittsburg. but the everyday man in that city is not weeping-he is sharpening his pencil preparatory to voting the entire gang out of office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Berlin objects t9 ss-eent butter but the til the Berliners have to pay even 40 cents. They should take leaf from Amer ican exDeTience
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

when they get to be angels if they wont I have to make up for the part FATHERS WAY. Mothers busy in the house, Doing lots of cleaning Fathers by the backyard fence. Debonairly leaning On stick presumably Used for experiencing, Quite unconscious of the fact That the time is feeting! i TERRELL BE SOMETHING DoING.s '.Another fool girl has married man to reform him. Not such a fool as you think. Her mother has promised to help MODEST. He said he did not care for wealth, Nor wish to be thought in the swim; E A million dollars to possess Would be an ample sum for him.
 NEUTRAL. ..When in Rome do as the Romans do" "Pshawl haven't anything against ths Methodists"
 HER PROMISE. She promised to love and to- honor s. }. And, furthermore, to obey; And then she began giving orders Ere the close of her wedding day Chicago Record-Herald. "She promised to love and to honor"- Alas. how misfortune befalls! . He wilts when she gives him lecture And trembles. whenever she calls. LIKE PETER PAN" 'I wonder why Maud Adams wants to play the rooster in 'Chantecer'T'
 Maybe she thinks that will be another feather in her cap.''
 GETTING THERE.
 A woman will almost break her neck going to bargain sale. In fact, she is almost in as big a hurry as man who Is going to a baseball game after the first inning is over.
 WAITING.
 Welll cheer right up
 And won't be blue,
 AS soon's we see
 A peek-a-boo! ff
 PAUL COOK. n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

The revolt in the republican party of Pennsylvania against Senator Penrose be- gins to loom on the horizon. It fills a long felt want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

And now the ladies of the English royal family are indulging in elephant hunts in British East Africa. The Roosevelt complaint knows no sex line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Hally's comet will be visible to the naked eye on April 19, but the baseball games will eclipse any ball of gas 2O,o0o, 900 miles away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Wherever T. R. goes there rumpus of some sort springs up at once. The colonel is playing American politics as he moves all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

At 5:2s in the morning get ready to see Mir. Halley's esteemed comet fin the eastern sky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
Truck Farming

"The farmers of Alabama have pros
 pered greatly within the past five years and there has been a very marked ad- vance in the truck farming" said a travelling man. 'I am glad to see the in creased interest in trucking. In many counties of northern and middle Ala bama fruits and vegetables are extensive ly cultivated. It used to be that truck ing was carried on only in the gulf coun- ties but in every section of the state potatoes and strawberries are now being produced on a profitable scale. There Is every reason to think that within the next 10 years Alabama will be the lead ing state in the south in truck farming" "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Money and politics have made Fittsburg rotten. They cannot be abolished. but they can be and should be regulated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
One-Sided Contest

"A close political contest is always full of interest and nearly all the campaigns ill Alabama have been hot, but if all the counties are as onesided as Mont gomery, Jefferson and Cullman, it will be hard to get up any excitement said a Birmingham democrat.
 "I am familiar with the situation in this county and in the other two named and O'Neal has them by big majorties. It is a safe bet that ONeal will carry the state by more than S0,O00 I can think of nothing more dreary than the work of whooping it up for a candidate or cause that is doomed to defeat.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Mepelik is improving daily, and he is even now able to put on his crown and do little governing on his own hook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

The donkey has often been dramatized and the rooster is but an imitator among farm animals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

The Egyptian nationalists cannot vote in this country or at home, and they have nc way of getting even with T. R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Plain blue serge is to lend an indigo hue to the coming summer among males at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Miss Christobel Panlthurst is trying to convert Ireland to woman suffrage. She knows where the best scrappers live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

vote on Monday next in favor of the bond issue will go for to put Greater Birmingham m on its feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

King Menelik cannot induce the world to accept him as defunct, and he is now cultivating his health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Miss Scars is not quite ready to con- slider a challenge from Edward Payson Weston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Senator Aidrieh lacks the power to sd- journ Congress on May 15, the day he has selected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
WOMEN IN MALE ROLES

Nc more oysters after this month until the fall season comes again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
GONE.

JUNE. found a card upon a door Which said, Twill be back soon,' The year appeared '1901, The day the first of June. The card was stained a yellow tint, For time was there before, And all these years no passer-by But read that legend OCT And hapy wondered if the wight Who showed such confidence And staked his will gainst fates decree, Had e'er been heard of since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

WHERE? Where is the chap Who can't be merry, When he opes his mouth For a big strawberry?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

HARDLY PRESENTABLE. "some of the best people in the world are so homely their faces keep them awake at night Quite true; and I've often wondered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

STARTING EARLY. Hello, Susie," said a father to a tot who was visiting his little boy. "Call her Mrs. B., father" said the boy. with vast assumption of dignity.
 "Eh, what?' asked the astonished parent
 She's my wife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

when they get to be angels if they wont have to make up for the part"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
A w1DowER's WEDDING.

W1DOWERS WEDDING. T witnessed an interesting marriage ceremony not long since. The groom was given away by"
 Hold on. You mean the bride, don't you?'
 No, I don't. Just as the preacher was concluding the ceremony the groom was given away by two little chaps seated near the front of the church. who began 10 cry. Papa. papa'H What's happening to papa? :"
 ALL IN THE PATTERN
 A poet mailed little song,
 Incosng this: By heck.
 I'd like to bet a million plunks
 You dare not send check When that the editor had read
 These words he cried, 'Hol Ho!' And straightway sent that festive bard
 piece of calico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Z E. Morgan and T. s. Millsap are the only authorized travelling represen- tatives of The Age-Herald in it's clrcu- lation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

No communication will be published without its authors name. ReJected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are inclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter uhoer act Of Congress March 3, 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-03

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