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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
WOMEN IN THE CROWDED CAR

From the New York Evening Sun. "I think it's shameful. There was woman standing up all the way in the subway this morning and no one gave her a seat
 well, you might have "I mean no man. It just made me so mad to see them all sitting there. think they were horrid. well, perhaps they were tired May be they had been standing up all day"
 "I'm sure she was tired. too. It's very rude of big, strong, brutes like that to leave a woman standing"
 well, they had paid their fares, too"
 ..Yes the poor delicate things. They were afraid they might get tired out if they hung on to a strap for 10 min utes. Oh, I'm just about on to that kind"
 Hum! I don't see why I should have to get up and hand my seat over, an I know I never do unless I feel like it."
 Why Will! I'd never have thought it of you"
 y unless she is a cripple or real old one, or nncommonly beautiful, I dons V.
 well, have my opinion of any fel- low that doesn't get up when girl comes into a car rather than see her stand. If you can bear to see her
 They look fine standing; better than sitting down; really you must have pretty bad opinion of a whole lot of fellows, anyway. Don't suppose Id mind doing my share if the others would get up and give their seats, too. Only the fun wears off when you try to offer seats to all the ladies for while, with out anyone to help you bear the bur den.'
 I'm sure I never have any trouble. They're always real nice about giving their seats to me"
 Well, I never see any fellows climb ing out to pass their places up when I'm on the cars"
 Let's take the subway up and we'll see who's right about it."
 All right. only I know I win, at this time ot day. You'll see there are at least as many girls as men standing up.sf F fif oF 8
 "Fd like to see them not give me seat"
 "There-that's it; shove in. Just as told you. More girls than men stand ing up. Six men and seven-"
 "Oh, thank you. I'll take this seat in the corner; so much obliged"
 All T Af women sat down in the places that those other two fellows got up to give you So now there are nine men stand ing and only five girls. It's all your fault, though
 Well, I told you lots of men give up their seats"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
MUST PUT OFF DRUNKs OR PAY

From the New York Sun
 In reversing a municipal court deci- sion dismissing a complaint against the Interborough Rapid Transit company, the appellate term of the supreme court de- clared that employees of the railroad company are bound to protect passengers from other passengers who are intoxi- cated or violent and that the railroad company is liable for damages for fail ure of its employees to do so.
 The plaintiff, Charles Wachser sued for $500. He testified that he boarded a Third avenue elevated train at Eighty fourth street and took cross seat Op- posite him sat a Large. powerful man who was intoxicated" who began to abuse him. aWachser appealed to the conductor to make the man stop and the conductor laughed at him. he said.
 When Wachser went back to his seat the drunken man kicked him in the shin, and Wachser again went out to the plat form and appealed to the conductor The conductor turned his head away and this time when Wachser went back the man knocked him down, cut his chin, and pihththco cSc 1ilSI tile whistled for a policeman, but when the train stopped at Twenty-fourth street the drunken man was allowed to es- cape
 The railroad company called no wit nesses, and the trial justice dismissed the suit on the ground that "it was the duty of the passenger to use reasonable common sense and not voluntarily place himself in a position of expected dan ger"
 In reversing the decision Justice Page, who wrote the opinion, said that the trial justice didn't consider that common car riers have a duty to protect their pas sergers from injury by drunken or vio- lent passengers. He declared it was the duty of the employees to compel the drunken man to desist or eject him and tha; the company is liable for any dam ages suffered for failure of the employees to do so
 fG cannot assent to the doctrine that decent, law-abiding passengers are com pelled to fee from the drunk and dis orderly or be deemed guilty of contrib utory negligence" concludes the court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
IN HORRIBLE HANNIBAL

From the Popular Magazine
 'sI may never play Hannibal, Mo-, again." remarked Henry Miller, the &C., tor, to a group of friends, shortly be- fore he started his present tour. He spoke sadly.
 "I was there last season." he explained, land my experience was lamentable. had been tipped off to what was described as the best hotel in Hannibal went there shortly after midnight, and, upon reaching my room prepared to retire. After a cursory glance, however, I did rot exactly retire. What I saw led me to take of my coat and, after hanging 1t on a nail, to wrap around my head and face my pajamas. Thus protected in a way I lay down but could not sleep.
 "In the early morning, just as I was dc ing off, heard a stream of profanity in the hall Arising from my bed of tor ture, I went to the door and requested that the negro woman. who seemed to be cursing volubly at everybody and ev- erything. be quiet, as I needed sleep. ,rhereupon. she addressed to me remarks purctuated and adorned with more pro- fanity. rang for the manager and made complaint to him about the conduct and language of his employe.
 ".Did she say that to you, MT. Millerr he asked timidly. Well, she had no right to say it.
 with that he turned and descended the stairs. judged either that the help | in Missouri was exceedingly powerful physically. or that it was very hard to get.
 .sHowever, may never again play Han nibal, Mo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
MISS CORELLI's PROTEST

From Public Opinion, London.
 Miss Marie Corellis new book, "The Devils Motor; a Fantasy" Is a protest against the insensate love of speed. The arch enemy of mankind arrives in a huge car, and as he sweeps round the earth he looks down on its sin and misery.
 "Progress and speed he cried Rush on. world, with me-rush on! There Is but one end-hasten we reach it! No halt by the way to gather the flowers of thought-the fruits of feel ing-no pause for a lifting of the eyes to the wide Armament, where millions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

and that considerable percentage of those who had become regular attend ants were recent arrivals.
 There has been a particularly large influx of people since the census figures were announced. A city that grew from 3S, 415 to 132,6s5 in ten years naturally attracts wide attention and causes all sorts of favorable comment. It is safe to say that Birmingham's population to- day is close on to 10000. The school census taken in July indicated a popula- ton of 10000"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

rule that cannot be gainsaid is modera- tion alike in food and drink.
 We should say that "the total adbsain- err has very much the best chance of success in life. The "saloon" as if is commonly conducted in America is an indefensible quantity. There are many
 respectable" saloons. But there are more "dsreputable" saloons As con sequence clubs are gradually coming in to being. Ultimately the whole method of distributing drink will be altered to the end that the public places may the better conform to civilized standards. In continental Europe no such isola- ton is known as exists with us Women and children freely come and go. Drunkenness is so rare as to be un- known to the commonalty of the people, beer-and along with it food-the univer- sal tipple Even in London the barmaids have tendency to clear the atmosphere.
 No written or printed rescript for sue cess in life is possible beyond a few simple precepts; to be honest. and first Of all with orse's self, and all others; to be sober, industrious, dutiful and civil; to cultivate goodwill by being good-humored; to shun evil, hold fast and trust to God In the long run the young man of reasonable aptitude who pursues this general line cannot fail. -
 Success in life, however, is referable to each individual young man. All that his elders can do Is to lay down these ob- vious commonplaces Varying degrees of success are attained by varying degrees ne otf amusements of the young, they should be taken with care and temperance, mindful how easily habits, tending to bad habits, are acquired; drink, if at all, light drink and with food--stil better, total abstinence; cards not at all, wheth- CT for fun or money-for where they do not waste money they waste time. They are, indeed. the last resort of the aged, to whom the more robust recourse of out-of-door-sports is measurably de- nied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. E ROM the Land of Flowers the Edi- " tor of the Courier-Journal received 4 the following letter:
 '1 am asking your advice have read several articles by you printed in our Jacksonville newspapers a few years ago strongly in favor of whisky as beverage. I am now starting out for myself, and, like all southern boys, want to make a success in life. I am not after pile of money but would like to be comfortably fixed in my latter years at least.
 "I have been raised by a mother who has a horror of liquor and immortality. My recreations have been reading, ath- letics and outdoor drill. know little of the boys less of women. Would you, for success in life, advise me to mingle more with men and women. to visit re- spectable saloons and drink moderately?
 Does a total abstainer have as good chance to make business friends? I can get all the advice I need free from min isters and such; I want the opinion of a man who has lived long and seen much of the world and made success. Tn a
 
 few weeks I expect to leave home for a larger place, where I will go into busi- ness, and will be grateful to you for any advice you can give me"
 If the writer of the foregoing ever read, in the Jacksonville. or any other papers articles" ascribed to the editor of the Courier-Journal '"in favor of the use of whisky as a beverage" they were forgeries. Nothing of the kind has ever appeared in these columns. The editor of the Courier-Journal has at no time in his life used whisky, or any other li quor for a beverage, as is we'll known to his familiar friends. He has used wine, and the light" eve ages-chlefly at dinner-and has more advised oth- CTS as to drink than as to food. As to both each man must be his own ex- emplar. That which is meat to one Is poison to another. The only universal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
COURT COURTESY

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 It is said that an actor man who holds the dignity of his profession in unusual ly high esteem recently decided to visit one of the local 10-cent theatres.
 At the box office he handed in his card. It was passed back to the manager. Presently it was returned to the actor bearing the following indorsement
 This card, accompanied by 10 cents, will admit bearer to any performance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
Regarsling. Mergers

"It is only question of time when the large independent iron and coal com panies in Birmingham district will be consolidated" said a well known citizen who was formerly an active industrial op- orator, but who is now only locker on. And I am inclined to believe that all the big independent iron and steel concerns in this country, including those 'of Ala bama, will some day be merged.
 "The United States Steel corporation has, I think, done all it's merging Ger tain 1t is that so long as the sherman antitrust law stands, 1t will not add lc it's already vast holdings. A movement was on foot about IS months ago to merge the principal independents in the unltea States, but it seems that the details or financing could not be agreed upon py some of the leaders, and so the project was abandoned for the time. 8e
 But would venture to predict that in- side of IS months Birmingham merger will be a reality. Such a. scheme would require large financial backing-some- thing like $50 900, 600, and to work out such an enterprise requires time for thoroughly examining raw materials by experts. But I have an Idea that workable plans Will be formulated some time next year.
 .aThe consolidation of the independent companies would, of course, mean much for Birmingham. To begin with, IL would result in the erection of many modern blast furnaces and one or two more great plants"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
REFLEcTIoNs. OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Never be afraid to compliment a wo- man, nor to flatter a man.
 The wages of sin don't have to include anything extra for overtime.
 man who can't fall in love easily has some mighty bad traits in him.
 When a man is coming to call on a girl she rehearses her accent as well as her pose.
 A woman generously wants her equal share of burdens and heroically carries nine-tenths of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
ANOTHER COMPLEMENT

TUIII tHe RdnuOIph Star.
 While some of the southern cities are trying to cast some reflections on Bir mingham because of her wonderful growth the past decade, the balance of the world is giving her due credit and the Magic City is growing bipper and more magical every day. Hurrah for Bir mingham! May she grow until she eclipses the whole push" is the senti- ment of admirers in this neck of tl,e woods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
RRAGGApoCIo
m the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post
 While Birmingham and Atlanta are ju- bilating over the census, we take pleasure in Informing them that Houston's bank deposits aggregate more than $32,000.0O0. We invite those two fussy little towns to show LID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
MARKING BACK

When poets sing of bygone days,
 With tear-drops in their eyes, As truant memory fondly strays
 Meath childhoods bluer skies, We pity them their heavy hearts
 And wish they were more chipper. Iris plain they don't recall the smarts They felt from mothers slipper.
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of spheres, more beautiful than this which men make wretched, sail on their courses like fair ships bound for Gods golden harbors! No time to listen 10 the singing of the birds of hope, the ripple of the sweet waters of refresh ment, the murmur of cool grasses way
 ing In the fields of peace-no time no stop, no Hull for quiet breAthing-on! forever onr"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

Postal banks and the suppression of the get-rich-quick swindlers will help the rank and file, ana it is the rank and file that is suffering most in this age of privilege
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

If that German warship had rammed the cruiser that carried President Taft well, term of Sunny Jim might have been inevitable. MT. Taft may be standpatter, but he is worth a whole regiment of Sunny Jims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

Tn the number of words written about great men Napoleon stands first. Shake speare second and Washington third. Tolstoj promises to become fourth in the list
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
Since Census Wa. Taken

Every one notices the large crowds on the streets and the large proportion of new faces" said man about town.
 Birmingham is undoubtedly growing at a faster rate than ever. The hotels, boarding houses, theatres and churches are all in evidence when it comes to the matter of indicating the city's growth. A few days ago I heard a minister say that his congregation had increased very materially within the past six months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
A NEWER THEME.

NEWER THEME. Another lady poet'' has tried her hand at the skeleton love poem published in this department not long ago. However, her muse is inspired by the census re- port and Birmingham's great increase in population. The last word of each line having been supplied she fills out the remainder of the lines as follows: The word has now been, spoken By Uncle Sam-a token That all records have been broken" How beautiful and sweeting'' TO know our town Is beating All others, while time is "f1eeting" Yet, we pity much their signing" For we know their hearts are "cryIng' Der hopes now dead or dying" Though Memphis sore is "pining" For the honors round us "twining," As above her we are shining. Yet, forever and for-"ever'- Our stay with her must sever" But we'll censure her-no, never" For the glory she DOW ''misses,'
  Fill our hearts with rapturous ''blisses." LEARNING'S ROCKY ROAD. Whats Pipps tearing his hair about?" "Oh, nothing much. He has just discov- cred another word he has been mispro- nouncing all his life"
 LAURA.
 While we've never been guilty
 Of reading her books,
 Is Laura Jean Libbey
 As young as she looks?
 Birmingham Age-Herald While we are conducting
 This search after facts
 Is Laura Jean Libbey
 As young as she acts?
 Youngstown Telegram,
 A FEW NOTES. At the entertainment on Monday night Miss Bessie Browning recited that soft talk noem q Will Choose A Sweetheart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

The standpat peers now ask for com promise because they fear they may be wiped out altogether. Standaptters in all countries are getting it in the neck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

Victor Napoleon, the long-distance French pretender. thinks the moment for firing Is mot yet" He should have added, nor soon.'' 't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

President Diaz will not, according to latest accounts. have to adopt the Castro route on getting out of his capital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

Mrs. Carrie Nation must regret her lack Of opportunity to become belligerent by being absent from London in this suf- fragette outbreak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

Natural gas alone would double Bir- mingham's population in the next 10 years. Speed the corning of the gas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

President Diaz's years and his election methods are against him. and he cannot rope to hold his own very long
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

Even the house in which Tolstoi died has become Russian shrine regardless of the prime minister and the holy synod.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

Governor r-elect Foss does not think his large vote should be cepsured and blan- keted by the reelection of MT. Lodge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

From the Crowd Tonight with such earnestness and emotion that all the young men made their getaway before the show was half over. Bessie has never won a metal for looks, but she can re- cite to beat the band. $ Mamie Snitz Is cutting quite a swath on Arapahoe street because she won the prize at the elocution contest on Tuesday night She suffered so plainly that everybody won- dered what she was saying her piece twice for. Her father was the judge of the ."-Riverton, Wyo., News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

The members of the British cabinet should wear catchers' masks and also the toggery of football players.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
THE WHOLE STATE

From the Charleston News and Courier. Birmingham Is celebrating census ju- bilee. The whole county is in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

Ask your butcher if he has heard about the fall in the prices of meat. He may not have been listening
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

MT. Lodge is peculiarly the Senator of Privilege, and the whole country would welcome his downfall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

The smoking automobile is being chased out of New York. The line must be drawn somewhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

SHOWING OFF. Mary has q set of furs, For which her father paid, And so much silly pride is hers, She's always on parade. BOARDERS' RIDDLES. Sing song of sausage. Unpretentious fare, Maybe made Of porker, Maybe made of bear. Have to, on suspicion, Take 1t, anyhow. Sing a song of sausage, Bow, WOW, wowl
 New York Telegram. Sing a song of sausage, Frying in the pan; Nothing's more appealing To the inner man, When it is the country Kind from off the farm, Seasoned with red pepper, Just to make it warm.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

The Gatum dam held up the President and it is now considered safe against any possible pressure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
Ahnuf Persona

President George C. Crawford of the Tennessee company left yesterday TOT New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

The British suffragettes can win right to vote without displaying a maximum CT rowdyism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
MARRIED NOW.

You say their Friendship terminated abruptly?"
 "Yes. They eloped."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

MT. Lodge of Massachusetts is to be sent to that wilderness rather than to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
OIL. JOY!

OIL, JOYl Smooth the wrinkles From your brow. Bacon's getting Cheaper nowl
 Birmingham Age-H Herald. Chase away that Ugly frown. Eggs may soon be Coming down.
 = Springfield Union Smile again, you Malcontent, Price of pork is Downward bent,
 Allentown Democrat Cut that pes Sin1istic grunt. Cheaper butter Does a stunt!
 Rome Tribune-Herald. NOT AT ALL FRIVOLOUS. Don't you suppose he ever gets off his dignity?'' NO. indeed. Why, he never was known to even splash the water out of his bath tub"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

President Diaz is 80 years old, and, he will soon be unable to sit on the lid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

 ''At the entertainment on Monday night Miss Bessie Browning recited that soft talk poem, I Will Choose Sweetheart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
TOUCHING SUCCESS INlLIFE

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 " ROM the Land of Flowers the Edi- " tor of the Courier-Journal received
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
Impressed With Birmineham's Progress

Birmingham has grown and improved in every way since my last visit a year or more ago." said T. w. Guthrie of Pittsburg, president of the Republic Iron and Steel company. Business conditions have not been as good recently as we would wish but nevertheless this district is going right ahead.
 'I have been out to Corey and the building of that model industrial town has interested me very much. It is real ly a marvel. I have never seen anything in the way of town building equal to it."
 MT. Guthrie returned to Pittsburg last night. John A. Topping, chairman of the Republic company, left for the east yesterday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
should Have Had Conner Presen

Snould Have Had Conner Present
 That Gov. B. B. Conner should have been seated in gilden chariot drawn by 20 white horses in the jubilee parade and that without his presence the jubi- lee cannot be accorded a great success was the statement of Henry L. Bad ham, who yesterday said he wanted to personally pay a tribute to Governor Co., mer for making the jubilee possible.
 Here in the rush for passing glory showed the real jubilee maker off from the grandstand," said MT. Badham.
 T for one want to seriously point out to the mad-rushing throngs that Cover nor Conner should never have been per- mitted to absent himself from our city when we were jubilant over fact he made possible. A neighboring state rec ognized his value and upon Thanksgiv- ing and even two days before we find him in Georgia.
 Tn those days of the bygone when the fate of our city was hanging in the balance Governor Conner, who drew a blue line around the present marvellous city and said: Take it all in; take it all in, gentlemen. or not one town will be swallowed up The.t act and that un- movable determination made a. jubilee possible and here we see the sad and reproachful spectacle of a jubilee without the man who made it possible. Tn that parade he should have been seated on a gilded chariot and 20 milk-white horses should have been secured to draw him majestically through the city.
 ''All glory be his for the city of which we are all proud whose heart beats true to the greatness and progress of Birmingham"
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The horse Is doing very well, thank you, in this auto-flying age
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-29

From the New York Evening ouh'
 q think it's shameful. There was woman standing up all the way in the subway this morning and no one gave