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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
sELFIsHNEss

Charles Battell LOOMS steps modest
ly forward in Smiths Magazine for
July and says that he Is the only un-
selfish man in the country. Having
said which, he proceeds to point out
ness in the way that women run men
women who offend most.
"It always makes me righteously in
dignant to see two persons standing
side by side on a moving stairway
thereby blocking the progress of the
man who has three minutes to. make
his boat" he says.
There are men in New York who go
through swinging doors with all their
thoughts on the future. I'd hate to set
injured by being knocked down by
heavy doors that selfish men forget to
hold. but 1t Is enormous.
"Then there is the man who stops
to tell anecdotes to the paying teller
when you are> about to overdraw your
account and make a quick getaway.
Thine was when women were so des-
perately selfish that they wore their
hats at the theatre. thus preventing
|
we have reformed most of that. They
only keep them on at concerts, and as
an orchestra is not a fairy spectacle
as a general thing-no great harm is
done.
but there is a good deal of selfish
mes in the way that women run men
through with their hatpins in crowded
conveyances.
There is one type of woman whose
thought of self Is almost heroic. She
is the one who, seeing a long line of
persons waiting at window, goes up
to the head of the line and edges her
way in.
"Of all forms Of selfishness, the worst is
not having telephone In your house.
Selfishness! l know It's selfishness. be-
cause at last had a telephone installed
| when caught the covert look of a
neighbor who saw me going across the
| street to use the telephone in the house
opposite. l understood that look
IT once knew a man who said he never
had fish In his house because he didn't
| like 1t himself-and he added: MY wife
| Is very fond of It," And her husband
wouldn't let her have 1t because he him
self did not care for fish!
and it has always seemed to me that
o. certain amount of selfishness was dis
played In this mad scramble for standing
room in the subway and elevated trains
| in the rush hours.
"And finally, there is the selfish man
whoeis late for an appointment"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
HOW TO PLANT sHRUBBERY

.'Beautify Your Country Home by
shrubbery," is the keynote of E. p Pow
ellis article in the July Outing. Mr.. Pow
ell offers some very timely advice on the
subject. He says:
Never plant your shrubs in rows, I'M
less it be for wind-breaks. or bordering
straight drives. Seek variety in all your
grouping. Low-growing shrubs should be
planted in front of taller. Grow as a
rule in the sod, of course forking annual
1y around each plant. mean by this
that formal walks should be avoided. If
your shrubbery is large enough, you
should arrange 1t so that you may lose
yourself when strolling about of an even
ing or a morning Your mondays should
be spent under the shade Of the lawn
trees or in the orchard
SHRUBS that are suitable for hedges
are rare, because most of them are la
BILE to lean over too far. like most of the
spireas, while others are constantly dying
out in twigs that deface the hedge. The
very finest of all shrubs for this purpose
is the Tartarian or bush honey-suchle.
This shrub appears with red flowers, with
white, and with pink The pink-fowering
is a little more sturdy in growth and
might fairly be selected for hedge"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
New Guess At Earth'S Age

The Smithsonian institution is a part
of the government, and it has just issued
q. pamphlet which puts the earth's age
Mt mot above 100000 years or below
e, o0O, 900 years" These ages are consid-
Ared the earth's maximum and minimum
In point OF age by Frank Wigglesworth
Clarke and George F. Becker, both con-
uected with the United States Geological
nurvev. The estimate is, therefore, to a
great extent official, but it is not on that
account any better or worse than previous
estimates of the age of our solid old
Steady-going planet.
The scientists have long studied the age
OF our planet and while they all agree
that the earth has been swinging around
|fhe sun millions of years. they are unable
no agree upon the number of those mil
lions. Lord Kelvin began by putting the
IN 1897 he reduced his figures to 20 and
70 million years. In 1898 Clarence King
Ind Carl Barus named "a million years
rs the earth's age. In 1890 De Lapparent
nut the figures at CT to 80 millions.
Charles D. Walcott, secretary to the
Smithsonian institution, declined to go
beyond 10 millions. ]. Jolly in 1899 put the
lage of the ocean at 80 to 80 million years,
and last year w. J. Solias said the ocean
n 20 to $50 million years old The world
as. of course, as old as its oceans.
The reader pays his money and takes
his choice. and the average reader will
nav he does not know how old the world
b. but he will no doubt say If closely
questioned it is old enough to behave bet
her than it does in many respects and in
many places.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
Victory Of the NOn-ConformlSts

! In England the Kings accession oath
was given its first reading by vote of
IA to 49, The accession oath then con-
tained these words, land declare that l
am faithful member Of the Protestant
ehurch as by law established in Eng
hand Right at this point the non-con-
formists in parliament raised the banner
Iof revolt, and at length the premier
agreed to strike out the words quoted
and to substitute in their place these
lords. land declare that I am a faithful
PROTESTANT" The elusion of the words
b>by law established in England" is a
h1ow dimed straight at the established
hurch. and Il means that the radicals
intend in their own time to upset the re-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
ROOF GARDEN FOR CATS

New York Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
About 100 cats boarding at the Bide-a-
Wee Home In Sxtyfifth street are to
have luxury in the shape Of a roof
garden which is now being built, and It
is expected 1t will be completed by Tues
day. 1t Is located on a porch in front
OF the house, on the second story Of
the home. A wire screen will keep tho
cats from changing their boarding place
The roof garden is the idea of Fred
Palmer. who has charge Of the home.
When the cats feel the need of fresh
air all they will have to do will be to
leap out of window into the garden.
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Cotton and the Capitalists

The bank men at the financial center
of the country are working assiduously
to settle the export cotton problem. 1t
will however remain unsettled until the
views of the English and continental
bankers are ascertained in regard to the
plan of a new form for cotton bills of
lading including valuation by designat-
ed officer of the railroad issuing one of
them.
If the foreign bankers decline to &C
cept the proposed validated bills of lad
ing then the resort would probably be
to- guarantees by state banks, trust COM
panies and private bankers, for national
bankers cannot lawfully guarantee any
thing. The surety companies offer to
guarantee cotton bills of lading at about
q cents a bale The proposition Of these
companies is not however favorably re-
garded by the New York bankers, who
desire no doubt to do the business them
selves. As the people interested in the
handling of cotton drafts drawn against
ou1s of lading have until October 81 to
arrange a satisfactory plan, 1t is plain
there is little room for uneasiness
among cotton producers Cotton is still
cash no matter what the bankers of
London or the bankers of New York
may say or do.
In the meanwhile the eastern capita
lists are preparing to corner cotton by
the monopoly route. One syndicate has
organized a s2o,oooOOo concern to con
troll % cotton mills, making cotton duck
and 1000 varieties of cotton camorics.
The two mills at Tallassee are included
in the merger. John Hays Hammond
and associates are also organizing a
cotton warehouse syndicate. Warehouses
are to be erected at all important trade
centers in the cotton states. John Hays
Hammond and his associates brush aside
the efforts of the Farmers Union as I'M
worthy of consideration. They evidently
think they can manipulate the crop with
more profit to themselves than the far
mers can to anybody.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
sKYsCRAPERs AND IMAGINATION

From the New York World.
The Florida girl who was disap-
pointed in New Yorks skyscrapers and
expected the statue of Liberty to he
-four times higher" should return to
take another look and revise her judg-
ment.
First impressions are usually de-
ceptive in the sense that they fail OF
that full appreciation which comes
with familiarity. Is the Rhine as pic
turesque, Como as lovely, Niagara as
stupendous, the Jungfrau as noble nj
first sight as after the eye takes note
of the various beauties that distinguish
them? If this disappointed visitor Will
only view the statue of Liberty often
enough she will find 1t taking on the
proportions desired.
New Workers to whom the skyscraper
is an old story still confess to a sense
of awe induced by the massive piles OF
steel and stone which use cannot d.
minish nor custom stale.
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Summer Weather In Dixle'S Land

The torried wave that flirted
with Chicago and the effete east, not
to mention the districts of the south
west. has at last spread itself over the
southeast where temperatures of 80 de-
grees have become the rule rather than
the exception. Even hot nights are 'in
our midst"
But let us be thankful that our record
is only 80 degrees instead of ITO degrees.
We are not having Kansas weather
Just a touch of the real but good old
summer time. In Kansas the mercury
ranged last week from "a to 10 degrees
in the shade, and cattle toppled over
in the fields. Plain Kansans Of the hui
man species desested their chautauquas
and insurgent politics to take refuge
in cyclone cellars.
1t is hot in all parts of the country ex-
cent where rains are falling, and the
southeast has had its share of rainfalls,
and even its relatively low temperatures
will be cut down by additional showers.
The weather clerk has been kind to the
southeast-kind that is to say, compare
lively speaking, kinder than he has been
homa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
THE WIND In THE LEAVES

Madison Cawein. In the Outlook.
The wind that moves among The leaves
Is some slim maiden none perceives,
Who evermore her magic weaves, Nas
And dances;
You hear her feet, as soft as thieves;
And then the sill5en swish of sleeves.
Fluttered along the forests caves.
Entrances.
She leans and whispers In the ear
OF every wild flower something dear
How to protect their hearts from fear
OF dying;
Then takes the thistle's feathery sphere
And glimmers it across the mere,
Or on cobweb, trailing clear.
Goes flying.
The butterfly, that comes and goes,
She losses on the wildwood rose;
And standing sly on elfn toes,
She leases
The calyxed bee that whines; then blows
Into each bud till wide It grows
And swift the musk that In I. CLOVIS
She seizes
Then, faery-fair, away she trips, 4.
Wild perfume on her wildwood lips,
To where, with twinkling finger tips.
| Days daughter,
There from her gown Of light she slips, 7
And with the star Of twilight dips
The water. 4.
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From the New York Sun.
mo, there won't be any innovations In
the way Of new summer drinks this year."
said the bartender. Every summer just
about this time you read about some new
beverage that is to drive all the other hot
weather drinks to cover, and that's as
far as 1t gets. It's just mild pipe
dream. Freak drinks don't go. The
standard triples have the call and al
ways will have. You can't improve
much on the Tom Collins, the gin rickey
and the silver fizz for hot weather, gin
not being SO heating to the blood as
whisky. Not since the Mamie Taylor
was sprung on the public at the national
republican convention at Philadelphia in
June, 1900 has there been a real inno-
walton in the way of summer drinks and
even the Mamie Taylor had short life.
Mamie lasted about two years, which was
about all she deserved .
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
THE COLONEL's BOOK

From the Washington Herald.
Says the Hartford Times
1.-THE first edition of Mr.. Roosevelt,s
book about Africa will be a million. and
as the author is to receive at least a
dollar royalty on each copy. 1t is easy
to figure up the colonel's minimum prof
its. Mr.. Roosevelt is the first man in
the history of the United States to be
made millionaire by the use he made
| of the presidential office Had he writ
ten book about Africa before he sue
ceeded William Mckinley in the White
House it might have had sale of $4,000
copies-hardly more"
| We wish the colonel mighty well with
his book. We hope the picture presented
| by our Connecticut contemporary is not
overdrawn in the slightest degree. Real
ly, we cannot avoid the suspicion, never
theless. that it may be.
In the first place, royalty of ''at least
| 81 per copy" is fairly stiff, even for the
colonel. 1t would mean that the book
would retail at something like 80 per
copy, perhaps. Whether a book at that
price would sell to the extent of a mil
lion copies and then some remains to
be seen. sss4r Il
| AS writer the colonel has never been
wildly interesting. There Is not a great
deal of dash and vim in such work as he
| has heretofore turned out He writes
voluminously and convincingly. perhaps;
but his publishers have never expert
enced any great difficulty in keeping the
supply quite up to the demand.
The tremendous personal prestige Of
the colonel is, of course. a gNeat and
valuable factor in the problem of selling
his new book. 1t will sell thousands of
| copies-it may sell a million and at a
price sufficient to justify the royalty of
lat least 81 per copy awarded the dis
tinguished author by the Hartford Times
1t will be interesting to watch and see
II a work that would not have run into
an edition of $4,000 when Mckinley was
President will now run riot in the mill
lions merely because of an altered status
in the author politically
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
BO,suN,s REYrNeE
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
The story that Sir John Fisher. of
the rBltish admiralty. tells with the
greatest enjoyment-and he tells many
and all with zest-is of an old boatswain
on his flagship who fell into little
money and retired. One day the adj
miral visited him at his country boy.
to find the old sailor possessed of an
apparently useless man-servant.
What do you want with him?, asked
Fisher.
'Hevery morning" exclaimed the old
sailor, re comes to me ammock and
tells me to roll bout The hadmiral
wants to see you, e says to me. Hand
says to i'm, Tell the hadmiral to go
to ell says ILL.,"
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lations of church and state in England.
The oath as amended will no doubt
be passed through the committee stage
and be sent to the house of lords. The
ultra-ehurchman may raid it there, but
they can never restore the words that
have been stricken out, and perhaps they
will not attempt the impossible. They GER
tainly do not desire to hasten disestablish-
ment.
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WE CAV sMYPATHIzE

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
< New York has one woman who COM
plains that she cannot spend $3.50, 900 a
year. Her case is sad one."-Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
1t is. indeed. brother. and we are in
a position to sympa thize with her. We
have tried on several occasions to spend
s250,O00 year, but our creditors al
ways called a halt as soon as we had
blown in about $4.98.
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Regarding Neglected Books

while l am not a bookworrn, / love
books and have been Interested In the
short talks about literature. and especial
ly about old standard works, which are
reported in The Age-Herald from time TO
time" said an elderly man of extensive
reading
II am always glad when attention Is
called to high-class authors of bygone
days, for Notwithstanding the fact that
education is more widely diffused than
1t was even Is or 20 years ago, some OF the
folks when 1 was youth are now, to
great degree, neglected. This neglect is
not to be wondered at; neither is it a
reflection upon the intellectual habits or
our younger generation of high school or
college graduates. New literature of gen.
uine merit crowds the world, and 1t Is
simply impossible for one, no matter how
eager for knowledge, to read everything
worth reading, old as well as modern.
But of the books that should be read
by intellectual youngsters. as a matter
of course, but which 1 no longer see or
hear discussed is Bacon's 'Novum Or
ganum.' Forty years ago every man OF
my acquaintance who had turn for
philosophic speculation knew Bacon's
'aphorisms almost by hearty Indeed, no
man was considered educated unless he
had read the 'Novum Organum.' Most
persons of culture, men and women,
are still reading Bacons essays and his
famous treatise on the Advancement of
Learning, and the same persons would
enjoy the 'Novum Organum parts of 1t
at least. Maeauly said that in his judg-
ment- Bacons greatest performance was
in the first book of the 'Novum Organum
All the pecularities of his extraordinary
mind according to Macauly, are found
there in the highest perfection.
"In these progressive times one may
possibly hear the remark, The "Novum
Organum" was all right and served a
useful purpose in former years. but 1t is
antiquated now But however much
science may advance and metaphysics
take on new frills, Bacons 'Novum Or
ganum' should always be in order as a
mental stimulus, II read for nothing
else.
And in this connection 1t may be well
to remark that Bacon, master of the in
ductive system of philosophy and one
/ of the profoundest thinkers the world has
ever seen. was not only a strong upholder
of the Christian religion, but he believed
firmly In the divine relevation of scrip
ture.
Recently an inexpensive edition of
The Physical and Metaphysical Works of
Lord Bacon, Including the Advancement
of Learning and Novum Organum, Edited
by Joseph Dewey, NJ. A. came out in
London. / think 1t sells for something
like shillings. 1t is well worth the
price"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
Complains Of Grass


9Th ere has long been complaint that
our parks have not been sufficiently
lighted and this perhaps, Is not with
out good cause" said business man.
"But there seems a chance of another
park being added to the city's list,
but not at the expense of the city. Re-
Gently there has been quite deal Of
agitation by owners of SECOND avenue
dirt to maintain an electric arch SIM
liar to that which has made Third
avenue. Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets famous. I feel sure that the
very rapid growth Of grass along Sec
ond avenue was begun In furtherance
of this plan-to make 1t beautiful
park.
Il do not know what plans have
been prepared for properly laying out
what Is destined to become q lovely
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31

proportion to the cost of living. mans
tastes are elevated in proportion to his
earning capacity. Few men who make
several hundred dollars month eat the
same things and dress in the same clothes
that they did when they were making
$40 a MONTH
Look, for instance, at the class of goods
kept by the average merchant of Bir-
mingham and compare it with the class
of goods which these same merchants
offered for sale 10 years ago. Both the
quality and the prices are higher. This
is because every man who wants to
work In the Birmingham district is earn
ing more and is more prosperous In
every way than he was 10 years ago.
If we should continue to encourage the
and all manner of things in Birmingham,s
we will all be better satisfied and more
contented in the coming 10 years than we
have been in the last decade.
In this sweltering weather it is much
easier for one to kick than to encourage,
but the people of the south, and especial
ly of Birmingham. have nothing to kick
about.
= E, =
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spot for the children In this crowded
portion of our busy city to escape
the heat and get breath of fresh
air; but as l have given this subject
much thought I would be glad to rem
der any assistance l can in making
this the most beautiful spot in our
great and growing city.
1T has occurred to me, II 1t is not
intended to use Second avenue for
park purposes, that the application Ul
little salt would greatly aid in the
removal of what certainly accentuates
the rural appearance of one of our best
thoroughfares. We are being constant.
ly reminded, Don't knock and Pat
ronize home industries, but If this
lovely grass plot isn't knocker ther
/ am mistaken"
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
It's natural for girl to deny a man
kissed her IL he has right to.
Perhaps women could be nice to one
another II there weren't any men in the
world.
When a man never dcmns the govern
ment, it's a sign he's one of Its office
holders.
We never get any alarmist reports from
the devil about decreasing population in
his country. s1
A girl is terribly excited over getting
married till she comes to the ceremony.
and then she acts as II II weren't any
more than washing her hair.
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VIOLENT DELUsION.

1.-THE patient in Cell 999 likes tennis,
I understand"
Eyes"
1.-THE exercise ought to be good for
him."
1T would be, but he thinks he's the
ball.
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LEFT IN THE LuRcH.

LEFT IN THE LURCH.
Some days the Muse,
Bewitched, perverse,
To help the bard.
Will not rehearse
A single scene
From Already,
Or other realms
Where bliss may be;
But holds aloof,
With scornful gaze =
And meier In fields
OF, fancy strays.
Belize s too hot
In summer time
IT'S very hard vi
To be sublime.
Then what's bard
To do? Alas,
Affairs have reached
A pretty passi
He pounds and pounds
And pounds until
He's pounded out
Enough to fill
A space about
AS long as this,
And then he mops
His brow, you wis.
And heaves a most
Prodigious sigh,
And lights his pipe
And swats fly.
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King George disapproves of women rid
ing astride, but his dlsapproval does not
settle the method Of horseback riding even
in England itself ..t.
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TT seems that Mr.. Bryan is no longer
a dominant factor in Nebraska dem
ocratic politics.
His detronement from leadership in his
own state means that he can no longer
dictate to the national democratic party
and that he will not only be largely
eliminated in the contests this fall, but
in the presidential race two years hence.
Mr.. Bryan, like most politicians, as
sumed too much power unto himself. over
taxed and overburdened his influence. and
has fallen like some of the experimenters
with flying machines.
In this connection. the entire country
is watching Mr.. Roosevelt to see what
will happen to him as a political factor
and dominant spirit of the republican
party. He has already had one or two
jolts since his triumphant African and
European tour: and 1t may be after the
congressional elections this fall that he
will find himself with an army of enemies
in his own party.
As matter of fact, 1t appears at the
present time that the democrats will
elect a large majority of the next Con-
gress. This will not 5e due so much to
what the democrats In Congress have
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Governor Hughes. accompanied by his
wife, is again house-hunting IN Wash
ington. The third term at Albany stands
definitely rejected.