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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
ENCOURAGED
OVER THE CENSUS WORK


enumerators are alive to the situation,
and | feel that the city will be well
covered.
II want to urge the people once more
who have not been enumerated. to make
instant complaint. as there is but one
more day and we must get everyone. We
are anxious to make complete count
and believe it can be done, and will be
done.
Call Bessemer loo immedia tely Let's
make Birmingham's population just as
big as it is, and it can be accomplished
if everyone will do his part.
NO matter how careful, the enumera-
tors could not keep some few from es-
Gaping them. However. 10 per cent of
the complaints which we have received
came from sections which the men had
not then reached
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
ADJUSTMENTS
At the BijOu

Three things combine to make I'm the
Bishops Carriage a strong production.
probably the strongest of the season, at
the Bitou theatre. These are an excellent
book story. improved in the dramatiza-
ton and played by a capable company
headed by the dainty little star, Miss
Stephanie Longfellow. There is matinee
today and performance every evening
this week. Next week comes Boyle Wool
folks great Chicago success, "A Winning
Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
JOBBERS WILL GIVE
BANQUET TONIGHT
THE VISITING HARDWARE MEN
WILL GO TO ENsLEY TO SEE
THE BIG STEEL PLANT THIS
AFTERNOON

The Birmin CHAM jobbers have ar.
ranged a splendid banquet for the WIS.,
iting members of the Alabama Retail
Hardware association, which finishes its
convention here tonight. The banquet
will not only be elaborate, but a most
interesting programme has been ar
ranged.
The association has shown a re-
marxable growth this year and a har-
monious spirit which is especially pleas
ing to the membership
The meeting yesterday was technical
and the afternoon was given up &c
pleasure and sightseeing. The crowd
will be. taken to the steel plant this
afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
SPRING HORSE SALE
BRINGS BIG CROWD

The big spring auction sale of fine
horses at Flies & Sons was quite sue
cess yesterday and proved that the high
value of horses is not decreasing since the
automobile has become so popular in Bir-
mingham.
Forty horses were sold, all of them fine
harness and saddle animals. One horse
went for s4OO and team at $3.50. num-
Der of saddle horses sold for more than
ESQ.
About $50 people were in attendance. a
large crowd of out-of-town people, in
Guiding ladies, having come to Sirming-
ham for the purpose. W
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
DIRECTORS TOOK NO
ACTION YESTERDAY
ATED MEETING WILL BIZ
HELD AGAIN IN TWO WEEI<s-RE-
ORGANIZATION or COMPANY.
WAS EXPECTED YESTERDAY

Yesterday had been set as the day
when the new board of directors of the
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Co.
would meet in Baltimore and re-organize,
but ii seems that no action was taken.
A special dispatch to The Age-Herald
last night says:
Alabama Consolidated directors met
this afternoon but did not organize.
Nothing was done. They are to meet
again in two weeks
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
Marriage Licenses Issued

Marriage licenses have been issued as
fellows from the office of the probate
court.
Hubbard NJ. Jones of Henry Ellen to
Miss Elizabeth Dawson
George c. burden OF Brighton to Miss
Laura Williams.
E. G. Shory Of Powderly to Miss Fomya
Bohna.
William Edgar Stallings of Memphis to
Mrs Rosa Bell Skies
]. p Waldrop of Bessemer TO Miss Car
ric Z. Brown. ~,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
M'ENIRY URGES ALL WHO HAVE
BEEN MISSED TO CALL HIM OVER
THE TELEPHONE AT NO. 150
BESSEMER

The census enumerators of Greater
Birmingham, numering about 60, met
last night at the federal building and re-
ceived final instructions from Supervisor
j. T. McEnry for winding up the census
this week. The work was taken up dis
trict by district, and while several were
not completed conditions were found to
be favorable
Mr. McEniry said after the meeting:
81 am very much encouraged. find that
30 per cent of the work is done. The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
Horseowners Expelled

Chicago. May 4.-The board of appeals
of the American Trotting association to-
day ordered the expulsion of E. p. Kerr.
p. N. Kerr and w. B. Brewer all Of
Pals Valley, Okla, and the bay mare
MARY Langtry." alias Symbol Maid"
1t is alleged that the mare won many
trotting races under the alias. The sus-
pension of the mare and the owners ID
to hold good until all Of their winning on
many tracks have been recovered. Three
thousand dollars already collected was or.
aered 'redistributed. '
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
Asks for Assistance-"Very i'll: want

Asks Tor Aksistauce- very III, Wdut
to reach home; telegraph assistance
quick" was the wording of a telegram
from c. j. Deaton, well known Biz
mingham printer. to Henry C. West,
president of the local Typographical
union, yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Deaton
was several months ago sent to the
Printers Home at Colorado Springs.
Colo. by Birmingham Typographical,
union. He afterwsrd went to western
Colorado and the news of his present
condition comes great shock to
his old associates here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
NOTICE A. f. G. A. M.

All members of Farrar lodge
No. 8 are hereby notified to
meet at Masonic hall, Elyton,
today at 1890 p. m, to attend
funeral of James Toy. Visiting
Masons invited.
JOHN p. ABBOTT, w. M.
H. J. SALTER, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
THE WEATHER

Washington, May forecast: Ala
bama and Mississippi, fair Thursday,
Friday fair. warmer in the interior light
to east winds.
The following is the local report of the
United States weather bureau at Birmng
ham for "a hours ended at p. M May
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05

Revival Services-Revlval services
are being held every night at o'clock
at the Avondale Presbyterian church.
conducted by the Rev. J. S. Foster OF
the First church, Birmingham. Every
one Is invited
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
CITY ITEMS

Ascension Day-Today is the feast of
the Ascension and is observed by the
liturgical churches as one of the great
est festivals of the ecclesia stical year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Infant Dunn

Infant Dunn
L. b. Dunn, the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. n G. Dunn, 1907 Avenue F, died
yesterdiy. No funeral arrangements
have ben made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-05

SHAW The Undertaken. 2los and 1ls
9Th avenue. Both phones ..
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29

employer of many men recently de-
clared he would rather have one man
who could finish a campaign than four
brilliant erratics who lost interest
when the flush of newness wore dull
in the hard work of detail necessary
to success. The farmer youth is con-
tent to build slowly and therefore he
builds securely. Time was when the
gold brick man and the lightning rod
salesman found picking the rustics
yielded a golden fleece. But event
ually, the farmer "tumbled" to the
wiles OF the confidence man and the
industry is no longer profitable.
Yet the case with which he. the VIC
tim, vas separated from his money
did not breed in him get-rich-q lick
ambition. He pocketed his loss and
went back to his fields to recoup, and
the problem of his acres had not
changed. Still there was the patience,
the preparation. and still more pa
thence. That which was sown in the
spring brought forth its yield In the
autumn Nothing grew overnight ex-
cept the menaces which imperiled his
crops. And he became wary of plans
for an overnight creation of abun-
dance, while the city man after con-
tinuous years in the role of victim,
continues to check out his balance
to the bucket shop and stock broker
age Office.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
UNSIGHTLY COMPILATIONS

The constant use OF Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for
toilet, bath and nursery purposes not
only preserves, purifies, and beauties
the skin, scalp, hair and hands, and
prevents Inflammation, irritation and
clogging of the pores, the common
cause of pimples, blackheads, redness
and roughness, yellow. oily, notify and
other unwholesome conditions of the
complexion and skin. All who delight
In a clear Skin, soft, white hands, a
clean, wholas one scalp and live, glossy
hair, will Ed Cuticura Soap most sue
cessful in realizing every expectation.
Cut;cura Soap and Ointment are ad-
mir.bly adapted to preserve the
health Of the skin and scalp of In
;ants and children. and to prevent
minor blemishes or inherited skin hui
mors becoming chronic, and may be
used from the hour of birth. Cuticura
Remedies are sold throughout the CIV
nized world. Send to Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp. sole proprietors, Boston,
sor their free Cuticura book, 80 pages
Of invaluable advice on care and treat
ment of the skin, scalp and hair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
Do All Things Well.

The secret of getting the most out
of ourselves is to do nothing that we
do not do well.
This does not mean do not attempt
what you are sure you cannot do; but
when the attempt is made to keep It
up until you conquer.
Too many of us are half-hearted
about all we do. We begin with en-
thusiasm and continue with impa-
tience and lack of interest
Don't set your standards of work
low That trite truth about tho
worth of doing well what is done at
all is not to be disregarded. To do
less than our best is to hurt not alone
ones work, but ones power to work.
1t Is not enough to do big things
well and slight those of minor import
ance. 1t is Just as bad as wearing a
fine gown and an untidy petticoat-
Make your motto do 1t WELL" and
success will come. 1t may come more
slowly than to those who can scram-
BILE through and make surface effects.
with no thought that the timber Is not
sound enough to hold under strain
But what of that?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
WOMEN IN BUSINESS

cry working glrl has to solve is where
to draw the line between prudery and
prudence in dealing with the men with
whom she works.
Perhaps this Is a hard thing for any
girl to do, for it requires more worthy
wisdom than systematically often
possesses, but it is in an infinitely
than for the society girl, for In bust
ness men and women meet on far
different platform than that of the
drawing room.
In way, they are on the Fame
plane, conventionalities have been
swept away, the situation itself carries
with 1t greater freedom of speech
and action. Moreover, while it is de-
sirable that the society girl should
be popular with men of her set, 1t Is
absolutely necessary for her success
that the working girl should win the
she is thrown daily, and be able to get
along peaceably with them.
All this renders her position a com
pllcated one. She must not be a prig,
and go about with her mouth pursed
up into a prune-and-prisms expression,
and general "How-dare-you-sir" air
about her. Yet it Is at her peril that
she goes to the opposite extreme, and
adopts a hail-fellow-well-met attitude,
so that in her presence no man need
stay the vulgar speech on his lips by
remembering that there is lady pres
ent.
1t takes a clever and tactful ma
riner to be able to steer her bark
safely between This Scylla and
Charybdis of the feminine business
seas, and how dangerous are the rocks
on either side you may judge by the
wrecks that line their shores-women
on one side who can never get good
situations because they are gratuitous-
ly offensive to men, and on the other
the painted and peroxided creatures
who have drifted from Offices to the
street
In such a contingency there Is only
one star by which to guide. It is
it and keep your boat pointed for the
Land of Good Women and you can
come to no harm. But 1t helps along
so much II you can mingle little good
common sense with your goodness, If
you can learn the art of being friend
ly without being fresh, of keeping a
man at arms length without being
offish.
To your own self be true, young
lady and remember that tact and COM
mon sense are the graces that should
accompany good principles.-St Louis
Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
TRAINED WOMEN nv DEMAND

settlements. etc, has created a wide
demand for trained women, not only
to administer the practical house
keeping side of the institution, but TO
foster and create something like the
warm atmosphere of home and family
life.
In many institutions the housekeeP
er is aptly called the Householder.
and like her prototype of the home
she holds the key To the comfort,
health and happiness of the family
Her sphere of personal influence Is
very wide. She Aly be responsible
for the handling of large funds and on
her wise administration and expend.
itures will depend much Of the fnaU
cial success of the institution
In these days of higher education
for women and of opportunities for
rapid advancement, competition is
keen and the woman who brings most
in the way of natural qualifications
combined with education and indom-
liable perseverance-who counts no
effort too great q price to pay for
her success-wiI usually be the enc
to succeed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
BOSS ALONE IGNORES CLOCK
something to themselves" he unused,
leniently.
WHAT WEARS ON NE.

1t isn't my work that bothers me,
it's the extras.
It isn't what l have decided ought
to do in my life, but what other peo-
pie think l ought to do.
1t itsn't the routine, but the unex-
pected.
! could sing under my burden. but it
is hard to sing under other folks, bur-
dens.
/ go with a rejoicing heart to my
chosen recreation, but with heavy
heart to the amusement" that fash
ion or even friendship picks oct for
me.
/ can work indefinitely when there
is no lash, but under the lash | fall
in an hour.
My idea of heaven is that 1 shall be
allowed to do the things that | can do
best, and that therefore l best like to
do, and shall have time enougI to do
them without feeling rushed.
And ! have decided to set up heaven
on earth, and right away.
have decided to obey my own con-
science and not other peoples idea OF
what my conscience ought to be.
have decided to do one duty at a
time.
have decided to selec. the recrea-
lions that recreate me and not those
that recreate other folks and that
therefore they think ought to recrate
me.
have decided to live my own life.
since no one else will live It,
have decided to listen carefully to
all the good advice given me. accept IT
when it commends itself to my judg-
ment and conscience, and when It
does not, forget it and not let it worry
me.
1 have decided to refuse the tasks
that cannot be done well. ard to re-
member that welldoing means serene
doing.
shall not let myself be hurried.
shall not let myself be harried-
shall not let myself be worried.
And am perfectly sure that thus l
shall best please my frien6S in the
end, and best serve the world Caleb
Cobweb.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
Positions Are the Sure
Reward of Careful Prepa-
ration.

The value of careful home train
ing is recognized in all kinds OF ad-
ministrative positions, and the woman
who combines with it culture, refine
ment and a careful theoretical train
ing In the fundamental sciences and
arts of the home has great possibili-
ties before her. We have all met the
unassuming mother Of family 2,
on the most meager resources OF tn.
and capital and physical strength
combined the training and the labors
of cook, laundress. cabinet maker,
dressmaker and nurse, and who still
found time TO be mother. teacher
and many other fine things as we'll
Such women developed great ability
of organization and were scientists
and economists though they never got
q degree.
The modern tendency toward instf
tutional life in college dcrmitortss,
boarding scAools. clubs. hotels. social
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
COUNTRY BOY BEST

chorage In a harbor of increasing
work without prospect of retirement
and wishes he were a farmer.
Now the banker that has to furnish
the money to move the bumper crop
is more than likely to be country born
himself. He sees in his minds eye
the profit to the farmer, but his VI
sion goes beyond. Out of his earli-
er experiences he looks backward to
the time when the tiny grains were
sown into the moist. yielding earth. He
lives the long days of toll from sun
rise to sunset of narrowing, cultivat-
ing, worrying for fear that some en-
envy of the crop may destroy 1T He
has only to close his eyes to feel men
tally the heat of the July days when
the mercury boils on the low lying
prairies. and he sees the farmer anx-
iously patrolling his fields and watch
ing with trained eye and brain for the
least sign of possible disaster. In a
word, he sees that careful and eternal
supervision, preparation that went be-
fore and made possible the bountiful
harvest
This is the heritage that the coun-
try boy brings to his city career. An
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
CONCLUSION ARRIVED AT BY ONE
MANAGER.
Result os Test He Made as to Relative
Efficiency of Two of His Val
ued Employees.

In Mr.. BANDS Office two stenograph-
ers were in line for promotion, but
there being only one opening in the
correspondence department the man
ager was little at war with himself
about advancing one above the other.
Both were conscientious, painstaking,
loyal, and all the rest, and the only
fault scored against each was the hab-
1t Of twisting their fair necks a little
too much In an effort to see the clock
In the back of the room. Usually this
Casual twisting about began at 4:30
In the afternoon and lasted until quit
ting time. 1t harassed the chief be-
yond words, but he was not Of the up
braiding sort
Both being a tie a. to ability and
general adaptiveness. the boss finally
decided to base his choice On some
thing more ingenious than surface dis
ordinations. 1t was the clock watch
ing wrinkle which gave him the idea
Why not let the most vigorous clock
watcher draw the small end?
Forthwith every evening at 4:30 he
kept tally of the number of times
each stenographeI turned her head to
see the time. He hoped to keep this
up a week, average the results Satur-
day noon, and announce his choice
Monday morning.
At quitting time the first day he had
four black marks scored against Miss
A and eight against Miss B. The next
day B was intent and busy getting out
her daily letter report, so there were
only two marks against her: while A
had eleven big ones threatening her
chances.
Friday night he watched them with
a keener interest every minute AT
three minutes to Miss A stood win
ner on the sheet by one single mark.
.wher, alas she gave one last back
ward glance at the Office clock ard
ripped her last letter from the ma
chine. If she could have foregone
that final glimpse the promotion would
have fallen to her without doubt
And all this tallying in vain"
sighed the boss to himself when all
had deserted the oficc. Il do believe
that as long as you are servant
you're bound to be q clock watcher,
NJ matter what your merits. It's only
the boss who forgets time. Well. may
be there's q reason for it They owe
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
Excellent Reasons Why He Sue
ceeds When His City Cousin
Is a Failure.
CONTENT TO BUILD SLOWLY
Az General Thing He Has Learned
Patience and Necessity TO-. Thor
ough Preparation In ills Expe-
riences During Early Days
on the Farm.

The success of the country boy in
the metropolis has grown to be undis-
puted and expected. The rugged found
alton laid In formative years close to
the soil makes an excellent base for
a subsequent supersructure of initia-
tive and prosperity. Wherefore the
'hayseed" Of yesterday becomes the
magnate of tomorrow, becomes the typ
ical man Of affairs, and, gently some
times. roughly sometimes, elbows from
his trail to competence and leader
ship the born and bred city man who
reaches to maturity with an over
whelming appreciation of his own SUI
periority and an ability to spend his
income or salary before 1t comes to his
hand.
The reason. There are many, and some
of them trite. To say that economy, dog
ged perseverance, contentment with
little at the beginning, with ambi-
tious eye eternally fixed on advance
ment, are the factors is only to re-
peat what every self-made citizen of
Importance has offered to q rising gen.
GRAFTON. True, the foregoing are es-
sential and contributory. Yet the
keynote lies beyond-in patience in
preparation, writes Bradley King in
the Chicago Tribune.
When August laps close to Septem-
Der, We begin hearing much of the
golden harvests." Farmers and their
wheat dominate the picture, and Ell
Dorado Is no longer in the Inca cit
les of bullion filled treasure houses,
but on the plains of Kansas and Ne
braska. Right here let the illustration
be set down that marks the difference.
The tired ledger slave reads and mar
vels, then envies the soil tiller his
plethoric bank balance and the win
ter comfort that looms luxuriously
ahead. He rails socialistically at the
grind and the permanence of his an
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29

Find out what you have special
aptitude for. Try and form some def
mite idea of what you want to do and
II YOU cannot in the beginning train
for it you can at least choose some
thing along the trend of your ambi-
ton so that your work win give you
the advantage Of training Choosing
congenial work promises well from
the beginning. and the Importance of
Il this cannot be overestimated-
/ When a CIR! takes this into consid-
Grafton she viii not only enjoy her
work but will develop enthusiasm for
It that IN time viii enable her to see
II iust little differently from any one
else. Her sympathy in the work en-
ables her to put into It just little bit
more of her individuality which dis
t.aguishes her work Merit is quickly
recognized and as rule when girl
can be intrusted with responsibility
she does not have to wait long for
promotion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
STOMACH MISERY vANIsHEs
Indigestion, Gas, sourness and Dys-
pepsla Go and Your Stomach Feels
Fine l.. Five Minutes.

II your meals don't tempt you, or
what little you do eat seems to I'LL
you. or lays like lump of lead in
your stomach, or If you have heart
burn or sick, sour, upset or gassy
stomach, that Is sign Of Indigestion.
Ask your Pharmacist for a 50-cent
case Of Pape's Diapepsin and take
little just as soon as you can. There
viii be no sour risings, no belching
Of undigested food mixed with acid,
40 stomach gas or heartburn, fullness
or heavy feeling In the stomach, Nau-
sea, Debilitating Headaches. Dizzi-
ness or Intestinal gripping. This win
all go, and besides. there will be no
undigested food left over in the stom-
ach to poison your breath with nause-
nus odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is certain cure for
out-of-order stomachs, because 1t pre-
vents fermentation and takes hold of
your food and digests it just the same
as II your stomach wasn't there.
Relief n five minutes from all stem-
ach misery is waiting for you at any
drug store here in town.
These large 50-cent cases of Pape's
Dtapepsin contain more than sufficient
to thoroughly cure any case Of Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Gastritis or any
other stomach disturbance.