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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
THE AMBULANCE WAS CALLED

From Norman E. Mack's National
 Monthly for November.
 When a noted Irish orator was in
 America a few years ago, he appeared at
 4 meeting in St. Louis and delivered an
 address on the subject of Home Rule
 for Ireland" There were 5000 of his
 countrymen in the audience. At the close
 of his remarks the chairman asked:
 would anyone like to ask the speaker
 question:"
 A man in the rear of the hall, wha was quite evidently under the influence of liouor, arose and said: Will the gen. tleman tell us if there Is any reason why the Irish should not be wiped off the face of the earth?"
 Immediately pandemonium reigned. The dfsturber was attacked from every quar- ter. Calls of Down with him!' "Let me at him!" came from all directions Finally he was rescued by the policemen and torn and bleeding and in an uncon- scious condition was placed in an ambu' lance which had been called. Order wal in a. measure restored While the audi ence could still hear the chatter of the ambulance and the sound of its gong a: 1t conveyed its burden to the hospital the chairman stepped forward and asked would anybody like to ask another question:"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
Premier Briand and New Cabinet

The French chamber of deputies is i'last Saturday do not mean that the '1''s is in peril or that even a "c1
 been escaped. The uproar an
 of last Saturday was simp'-'
 methods of French politi
 republic was not in dang, CT of being over turned. It is in fact r. than if ever bas bee n before. for it has demonstrated that oa' '''ee' ''0eeSs- s..,. .ni-political strike of gov ,, road employees without adopt ,nr ,lIer,al methods or mourning blood -,--su.
 On Sunday Premier Briand emerged from the conflict fully triumphant. His policies were upheld by a majority of 146 in total vote of 5l2. The moderate re- publicans came to the support of a minis ter who is radical at all times except when the existence of the republic is at stake
 On Tuesday the prime minister saw that his cabinet was not unit touching the questions growing out of the great 5trilxe, and so he and the cabinet re- signed. President Fallieres at once asked MT. Briand to form a new cabinet. Al recognize the commanding ability of tn, prime minister, and the only charg, brought against him is his own remari ko the effect that he would not hav' hesitated to resort even to illegal meas ures in the strike for the purpose of pre- serving the fatherland. All nations re sort to extra-legal measures in an ex neme crisis and MT. Briand proposed n' more than. the principle that all nation 5tand ready in an emergency to utilize
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
THE BroGnAPH ACTORS
Charles Frohman Would See Good Plays
 Perpetuated by Moving Pictures

From the New York Evening Sun
 Films made in the studios" lose the attraction of the genuine street setting. with its .homy" worn curbs, cobbles and rubbish. Some films are taken in New York streets, despite the bother of the crowds. These generally picture stories whose point is the contrast of entirely common surroundings with ex- traordinary happenings. A company went to Riverside drive in a rubber neck wagon" last Sunday. The mem- bers made up to be sure, and showing an assortment of types, from foreign count to rural visitor, scarcely attracted attention at first, so convincingly were most of them made up. The order "Action!' set the crank turning, the lec- turer megaphoning; the foreigner twisting his mustache, the heads swing at cross purposes from one sight to an- other. The crowd. in the meantime (the crowd of reality), came pressing around, and its members turned their heads too, scarce able to tell the real from the un- real. The crank is halted the sight seers get down, carefully tumble on their backs in the road, and at the word Action" kick up as if the wagon had vanished from beneath them.
 Charles Froham is credited with say ing that he would like to see 'fWhat Every Woman Knows'' and other plays perpetuated when his companies are dis banded. Dramatization by camera of famous books are being devised. In one or two ways motion picture technique gets more life-lilze effects than does theatrical method. The soliloquy, for example, which Is disguised on the mod ern stage as a reading aloud of letter or newspaper. is a device also of the cinematograph, where its realism is greater, since the audience itself reads the actual paragraph, torn across, if need be, and crumpled. But how to stage the unreal posers of the story in the real streets Is the film mans great est difficulty and the greatest delight of the passerby who happen to catch him at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
Blabama'S Rate L tlgatiOn

Already the sum of s290OO has been ,aid in, one-half by the state and one half by the Central railroad of Georgia cnd the Louisville and Nashville railroad to meet the expenses of the suit brought y the railroads to declare the rates of Alabama confiscatory. This sum of $29, co does not include lawyers fees. The otal cost of the litigation will go far be- iond s5o,0oO, and it may before final de- .ision is rendered in the United States supreme court be double that sum.
 And yet how can any special master or anybody else say what fair return on
 railroad would be when that railroad oes an interstate as well as an intra- tate business, and no way exists to make true and accurate estimate of the cost duplicating the railroads in question!
 These suits will go on to their end without anything that can be called a physical valuation of the properties on .le basis of duplication, and the supreme ourt will be asked no doubt to determine
 disputed question, but 1t is doubtful |4) Eff the state or the railroads will Sl & the good money that will have
 <&pended in the protracted hearings iG<1 two special masters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
HOW OLD WAS ANNE, WHY AS

From Norman E. Mack's National Monthly for November.
 In St. Louis the street numbers run 100 to the block, but the north and south
 streets have names instead of numbers.
 So when a street car is running east and
 west and crosses the north and south
 streets the conductor says: Broad
 Twenty eight" or Main n-Thirty-eighth," !"
 as the case may be. A birthday party
 was coming in on one of these cars a short time ago. When the car reached Anne street, the conductor announced, Anne Forty-eight" tall woman In the
 not members of the Sane and Sane?' the head with an umbrella which she was carrying. After the conductor had quieted the disturbance he asked the woman what the row was about.
 Why" she said, just because I had my forty-eighth birthday party today in a nice quiet, lady-like way, there was no need of him telling you how old l am, so you could yell 1t out to the whole car." Her name was Anne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
A pErERMINED WOMAN

From the New York Tribune.
 A well-dressed woman standing just inside of a pay-as-you-enter car taking fares from passengers was recently one of New Yorks queer scenes. On enter ing the car the woman dropped 25- cent piece into the fare box by mistake The conductor saw the erroE but said he could do nothing in the matter. Very we'll" said the woman, T will get my % cents from the next four passengers. She explained the situation to the first man who boarded the car, took his nickel. saw that the fare was rung up and stood her ground till the change to which she was entitled was collected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
Unmarried Mans Cost of Livins

While there is talk about the high cost of living from one end of the country to the other, there is little ground for com plaint so far as bachelors are concerned, '' said an unmarried man, aged about 40. q have been living in Birmingham ten years. I spent something like 5000 a year then. I spend about the same now. pay exactly the same board, s2S a month
 My clothes cost me about the same-a lit tie less, if anything. I wear better tailor made clothes than I formerly did, but my shoes and haberdashery cost considerably less I used to pay s7 for my shoes, and now I get a stylish looking shoe and a comfortable shoe for sa5o It does not
 only wear as well as the high-priced shoe but 1t fits as well, and my shoe bill at the end of the year is less.
 'Incidentals, such as hair cuts, sho, shines, street car fare, pipe tobacco newspapers. books. club dues, etc., have not gone up. I save money every veal and have pretty good time in the bar gain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
FORGE OF HABIT

from the NeW YOrk Sun.
 In the furniture department of big store chiffonier with a patent drawer that could be opened without pulling it out was on exhibition. All day long the clerk packed and unpacked the drawers of that chiffonier. showing how easy it was to stow away gloves. veils, blouses and mems shirts and collars. During one of the demonstrations. the manager of the department stopped to watch him.
 Why don't you distribute things It. tie more evenly?" he asked. why do you devote these four to pdrawers to women's apparel and chuck everything belonging to men in the bottom drawer?"
 T guess" said the clerk, "I did 1t from force of habit. You see, I have been married for 15 years. and I forgot there was any place except the bottom drawer for man to put his clothes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
"SIARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB" By Mrs. Sarah Buell. Hale.

Mary had little lamb,
 It's fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went,
 That lamb was sure to 80. It followed her to school one day,
 That was against the rule;. It made the children laugh and piays
 To see the lamb N school. And so the teacher turned 1t out,
 But still it fingered near; And waited patiently about,
 Till Mary did appear; And then 1t ran to her and laid
 It's head upon her arm, As if 1t said: I'm not afraid,
 You'll ksep me from all harm"fA 'What makes the 1anbe love Mary so7'
 The eager children cry; N {. "Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know
 The teacher did reply And you eecb gentle animal e :.
 In confidence may bind, ss And make them follow at your eell
 If you are always kind."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
MARRIAGE IN FRANCE
From Success Magazine.

It is no easy matter to get married in France. One great thing in favor of so sacred a ceremony is that it cannot be hastily performed. It is an event re- quiring months of preparation, of the signing of endless papers. the certificates of birth, and the consent of parents, until at last the wedding day. which has been arranged for to the entire satisfaction of every one concerned, including the legal authorities, arrives. If marriage Is difficult, divorce Is even more so. There are no such romantic and youthful ad- ventures as eloping on SIP capital handing ten to the accommodating par son and wiring for forgiveness with the change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
THE VIRTUE OF A WEED

From the Washington Post. A little, old woman was engaged for an hour or more the other morning in the various patches of vegetation on a Wash ington common selecting weeds and plac- ing them in a basket she carried. A boy was sent with dime to secure speci- mems of her work and to inquire into her affairs. He reported that she promptly offered him the entire market basket full on receipt of the money; but he brought back two specimens only--both of the common dandelion.
 She was gathering these plants to boil with a small piece of meat, which, collec- lively, were to constitute the principal part of a meal for four persons. Some portion of the roots would also be roasted and made into "coffee," for which dande- Hon root is said to make about as good a substitute as chicory, and any part of the greens left over would be served up as a cold salad the next meal.
 The incident is not referred to because of its economic mportance-though one cannot tell to what straits he may come If food prices continue to soar-but rather
 
 are said to be very healthy,
 pr. Woods Hutchinson and some other authorities have asserted that people do not ordinarily eat enough, and that they should eat all their natural craving de- mands. If that be fact, in the instance of the four persons referred to it would seem that the secret of their good health must lie in. the quantity of the dandelion greens or salad consumed
 St. Hieronymus Is said to have subsist- ed for the last 90 years of his life upon bread and water. yet St. Anthony tells us, and St. Athanasius confirms the re- port. that he had "a certain lusting after saladi"
 The complete life period of St. Hierony- mus. if we may believe these reports, was only 105 years. If pr. Hutchinson is right. who can say that he might not have been with us still If his natural craving had been duly and properly sat isfed with dandelion greens?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
THE EARTH FROM THE AIR

Ralph Johnstone's Story of His Flight.
 "For the first time, as far as I can remember" he went on, "the earth had the look of a dish, just as If was looking into bowl with the horizon all around for the rim and the place right underneath as the center of 1t. Jamaica bay looked like a volcano crater. An other thing found was that the wind up there came from the north, although on the ground it was blowing out of the sOuthn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
SAME THING

From Norman E. Mack's National Month
 ly for November.
 MT. simpson was reading the newspa- per. Heres a Chicago man got into 8 drunken brawl and was stabbed to death,' he said aloud.
 His wife glanced up from her knitting and commented. Tn some low saloon. l suppose?'
 NO; tn paper says he got stabbed in tn thoratic cavity
 .same thing; you'd think tn police'd close such place up"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
sHAKEspEARE,s DYING CROUCH

Frank Harris in 'rhe Man Shakespeare"
 When Shakespeare died he left some lines to be placed over his tomb. Here they are:
 Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare To digg the dust enclosed heare.
 Blessed be ye man vt spares these stones And curst be ye vt moves my bones.
 Now, why did Shakespeare make this peculiar request? No one seems to have seen any meaning In it. It looks to me as if Shakespeare wrote the verses in or der to prevent his wife being buried with him. He wanted to be free of her in death as in life. At any rate, the fact is that she was not buried with him, but apart from him; he had seen to that. His grave was newer opened, though his wife ex- pressed a desire to be buried with him. The man who needs further proofs would not be persuaded though one came from the dead to convince him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
JOHNNY AND THE WORM

From Norman D. Mack's National Month
 ly for November.
 A prominent jurist was discussing the difference in opinions by different people on different laws. He said:
 'The matter of interpreting laws is much like the story of the little boy who was told by his teacher to. read some thing from his primer. The boy read as follows:
 This is a warm doughnut. Step on it.
 "Why, Johnnie" said the teacher, that can't be right. Let me see your book" This is what she found:
 ''This is a worm, do not step on 1t"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
AN ANrI-cL1MAx

From Youths Companion.
 Advertisements. especially those of a personal nature, are not always charac- terized by sense of proportion. One recently printed in the Manchester Guar dian runs as follows:
 willie, return to your distracted wife and frantic children. Do you want to hear of your old mother g. suicide? You will if you do not let us know where you are. Anyway, send back your fath- CTS colored merschaum."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
SETTING AN EXAMPLE

From the Chicago Tribune. , Comanche Pete happened along just as the Salvation Army girl at the street cor ner was taking up the collection.
 He glanced at the pile of pennies in the tambourine.
 Then he threw in a silver dollar.
 'Gosh!" he muttered. passing on; there don't seem to be real sport in tn hull blamed crowd"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
About person.

For the purpose of spending a few days on his plantation near Milledgeville, Ga.. George Gordon Crawford, president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, left Birmingham yesterday. The private car of the Birmingham South ern railroad. occupied by MT. Crawford and a party of friends, was attached to the Central of Georgia train. It will be transported to Mcintyre. Ga. from which place MT. Crawford will go to his planta- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
HE COULDN,T sEE

From Norman D, Mack's National Month
 ly for November.
 Little Jacks father was the teacher of the Sunday school class of which Jack was new member. he had been told that as this was his first Sunday he would not be asked any questions. but he must pay close attention just the same.
 So. on his way home his father asked him who it was who killed Goliath. "I don't know I was sitting on the back seat and couldn't see," was the ready answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
THE PEssrM1sT

The man with a grouch, Who belloweth "Ouchv'
 No matter what chances befall, Is surely a bore So grabbed and sore,
 He'll never be happy at all The sunniest day You'll still hear him say,
 Whose mood is forever to croak, Whats the use of the sun And the rivers that run,
 When fellows unlucky and broker" Tn darkness he'll grope, With never a hope
 To tighten his heart of. it's care; And he never will know, For he quarreleth so,
 That the world is so good and so fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
JUST LIKE A CIRCUS.

Bert Walker says that in Topeka are three clothing stores, side by side. Re- gently one of them started bankrupt sale, whereupon another one of the three started a closing out sale. The man whose store was the center of three had no special sale on, so he put up big sign over his front door: Main En- trance "-Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
GOING roo FAR.

John. what on earth are you doing?' called Mrs. Geeker to her spouse, who was humping, pounding and swearing in the cellar.
 Didn't you tell me to shake down the furnace?' he asked. ''Yes, but you needn't shake down the house."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
Pro.pects in Iron Market

While the local pig iron situation Is without any marked change this week, there is a hopeful feeling that prices will advance shortly after Tuesdays elections. Matthew Addy 6 Co.'S Cincinnati report says:
 ..October closed with a vastly better inquiry than at the beginning Of the month. The whole situation improved
 visibly during the past 30 days, and every Indication now is that this improvement
 will continue. There is a genuine de-
 mand for iron and it looks more like
 the real thing than anything that has
 occurred this year. At the present time
 scores of concerns are figuring on their
 future requirements and the tonnage of
 business that has actually been placed in the last few days and which is prospec- lively in sight is very large.
 ..Prices in the south show stiffening tendency Statistics in Alabama and
 Tennessee have decidedly changed for the better Stocks have been decreased and order books have been enlarged. In the north there has been a good move ment of iron from furnace yards to those of consumers, and the general feeling is more hopeful. Our own reports-gathered from a great many sources-show that consumers of iron are progressively buser It must be remembered that it | is three years now since the railroads | have really been factors in purchasing. They are not buying anything worth mentioning today. It is impossible for them to run along much longer with
 out heavy and extensive renewals. and | when they come into the market general | business with the railroad trade being as
 good as it is. there should be radical and rapid improvement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
Politicians Take Lessons

Three mayors of Birmingham, Mayor Exum, ex-Mayor Drennen and ex-Mayor Ward, were patrons of the Bi1ou this week, all three of them were in the house Wednesday night" said Manager Semon. Not only so, but every man who has ever had any taste of politics and Is in any way connected with it, is going to see The Man of the Hour, for 1t Is the greatest political play that l have ever seen.
 q have watched a number of Birmlng- hams leading politicians this week and they enjoy the performance more than anyone else They recognize and appre- ciate the atmosphere of the play, which is said to be very true to life, and the real story of politics in New York. There is just enough comedy injected into the story to keep an audience laughing stead fly, and there is a sufficiently strong love story to appeal to women. But the politicians and statesmen are the ones who really sit back and absorb this play from curtain to curtain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
MOTT WORRIED

From the Morgan County News.
 It is also Greater Jerusalem now. The old Bible city has taken in more territory, ignored the walls and doubled her popu- lation. Think of that progress.-Jasper News.
 Pshaw! You can't arouse the envy of Birmingham. She fig not troubling about the New Jerusalem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
AnRAHAM,s PREDIcAMENT

From Lippincotts.
 The Sunday school class had reach ed the part in the lesson where Abraham entertained the angel unaware"
 And what now is the meaning of una ware?" asked the teacher. There was bashful silence; then the smallest girl in the class piped up. ''Unerware isfwhat you takes 2. be- fore you puts on your nightie."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CAN'T ALWAYS TELL.

CAN'T AIIW AY s TELL. The bard who feels within his soul Divine impulses stirring, As if he heard glad anthems roll And angels wings awhirring, May seize his pen and madly write A stanza deemed immortal, Or else the stuff he doth indite Will make the critics chortle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05

Prisoner Morse in the Atlanta peniten- tiary must serve five years before he can
 apply for release under the United States parole law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
sfs for the Public Library

r,s spfsderate veterans and the ,.,,.,,. the American Revolution
 build up in the public brarv .ld collection of books alating to the histof 0i the country particularly to its xf Al books re- lating to the counfz Ol - families that took
 ladly received. The 6]S ie new ooWplete, N ast as Alabama's history Is coh
 lS19 to nd to carry the records beyond le revolutionary and colonial day.
 fam All who have works relating to . ,na,,.,s,.,. Aneral
 them ' - ' 'o 'a" nave ed ecurely kept and cared for and listS y sending them to Birminghams publ library. This library will soon or ate have a freproof home of it's own, nd at present 1t has spacious quar- ars in the city hall. It is permanent astitution and 1t will grow as the city rows, and books concerning genealogy md history would be carefully cared for n if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05
A.DnGREn or DRYNEss

From the Houston Post.
 Birmingham is dry again, according to the reports. Birmingham claims to be dry when stranger can walk the streets there without being sandbagged and hay ing 2 quart of a. decoction of corn ticker. kerosene, asafetida and tannic acid poured down his throat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05

The bungalow instlse country is closed for the winter, but 1t is not much darker now than it was in the summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05

Democratic editors should study such
 lords as landslide, cataclysm, a Water loo. an earthquake, and tidal wave. against the coming of the news of next Wednesday morning. m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05

Chairman Prentice of the republican state committee in New York ventures the opinion that Stimson will be elected by so.ooo. MT. Prentice is very reck- less young optimist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-05

The saddest news that James School craft Sherman will receive on next We'd nesday morning will be the defeat of Hon. John Dalzell.