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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-05
Our contentment is our best having
king Henry VIII.
lnr Helnless BatlleshlpS

A dummy battleshio foated in Lake
Kenka when Glenn curtiss went up in
the air carrying projeetiles. At one time
he rose to an elevation of 900 feet. Fiji
teen out of the % projectiles that he car
ried hit the dummy battleship. and one
hit was made from a height of 900 feet.
The air was no doubt favorable for
flights, but any one with half an eye and
without any Annapolis training can see
that airships must be reckoned with in
future conflicts in ports and even at sea,
for ships on either side can send up air.
shins- An airship need not cost more than
s5Ooo and if it can destroy a Dreadnought
that costs at least 100000 revolution
in sea warfare is at hand. Germany may
not be so ANXIOUS after while TO build
Dreadnoughts, and anything that would
stay her hand would be a worldwide
blessing. She has started in to secure the
supremacy of the sea regardless of ex-
pense. and possibly the aviators will call
n halt that even she will heed.
If Glenn Curtiss can stop the mad
race of Dreadnought building, let us
hope the sky will be filled with his air.
ships and those of his imitators. Let us
hope it will be clearly demonstrated that
q Dreadnought can be shivered by fly
ing man, for one man, or at the most
two, constitute crew in the flying ships.
Speed their coming.
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UNREASONABLE WOMAN.

A Missouri woman Is suing her hus-
that, you will say, but wait minute
This particular husband cooked, scrubbed.
washed dishes and windows and made up
beds six days in the week without COM
planning. He went to market each MORN
ing kept the house In apple-pie order and
otherwise conducted himself in a way to
win the admiration of all truly eman-
cipated women. But Just because this
exemplary 'houseman wanted to have his
Sundays off and for the time being for
get what sort of life he led, his wife, to
put matters most politely, created
scene which eliminated In a suit for d.
vorce. When a woman has 'bijou' of a
husband like that she ought to cherish
him, praise him to his very face, bring
him home little presents-something In
expensive, you know, like Kress' candy
or small bouquets, with now and then
jabot, just to make his heart glad. IN
stead of showing her appreciation of a
first-class housekeeper and willing
worker this woman becomes thoroughly
selfish. She wants him to slave for her
seven days in the week, instead of six,
which is enough, even when a man is do
ing work that is compatible with his self
respect And on what ground do you
band for a divorce? On the ground of
non-support! She ought to have to pay
him alimony for life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-05
The RureSu of Mines

Now that the United States govern
ment's bureau of mines is an accom-
plished fact 1t is probable that branch
or experimental station will some day be
established in the Birmingham district"
said a man in touch with mine oper-
atons
"A bureau of mines should have been
created long ago, but now that Congress
has responded to the demand for such
an institution, good, practical results may
be expected not Immediately, OF course.
but in reasonable time.
>"Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, the technical
expert in charge of the bureau. is well
known here and his ability is appreciated.
He is not only well equipped by educa-
ton and experience for the work in hand
but he is a man of enthusiasm and tire
less energy. and to his intelligent and
persistent efforts are due, in large meas
are, the action of Congress in creating
the bureau and appropriating the money
for its maintenance. While safeguarding
life in the mines and the conservation of
the country's mineral resources will chief
ly engage DR.. Holmes attention, he will
perform other duties that will be of far
reaching benefit.
1.-The government does not pay its
technical officials large salaries as SAL
aries go now; and 1t is only because DR..
Holmes is profoundly interested in this
work that he holds on to the position he
so acceptably fills. His salary as mining
expert in the geological survey was only
about $500 a month; and 1 doubt if it has
been raised But no matter what his
pay is he could command three or four
times as much as consulting engineer for
one of the large corporations. 1t is,
therefore, fortunate for the government
and all the people concerned-in fact it is
like piece of good luck-that a high
class man is SO devoted to his position
that the question of emolument cuts no
figure
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Death of Chief Justice Fuller

After an honorable service on the SUI
preme bench death came without much
warning to Melville Weston Fuller at the
ripe age of rs. He had served longer
as chief justice than any of his prede-
cessors except fancy and Marshall
History may not give him place along
side either fancy or Marshall, for both
of them dealt with politico-legal cases
of deep historical import. No such cases
came before the late chief justice. The
Civil war had passed into history 25 years
before he was appointed chief justice, and
lated to issues developed in a complex
business situation. 1t was he who wrote
the opinion denying the right of city
to control original packages of liquors
in interstate commerce. 1t was he who
declared an income tax unconstitutional.
and it was he who held that labor or
ganizations were amenable to the Sher-
man antitrust law. These and similar
opinions cut deep in the commercial life
of the nation, but still In history they
will not rank with the bred Scott case
in Taney's day or with the numerous
decisions of Marshall in rendering the con-
stitution a good working instrument. The
dead chief justice filled the great place
he held with dignity and consistency.
and he will always be considered an
honor to the court and a credit to Pres
ident Cleveland. who made him chief
justice.
Thus far President Taft has filled the
seats of Justices Peckham and Brewer,
and now he will be called upon to fill.
no doubt, the seat of Justice Moody in
addition to the seat of Chief Justice
Fuller-four out of a bench of nine. JUS
tice Harlan Is also rs years old, and
if he should fall out President Taft would
have the naming of five Justices out of
nine No one has a more accurate ap-
probation of the talent needed in the
court of last resort than Mr.. Taft has.
He will name only good lawyers and
high-minded men to serve in that court.
The death of the chief justice leaves
but two democrats on the supreme bench
White and Lurton. both southern men.
If, as rumored, Governor Hughes is to
be promoted to the chief justiceship an
associate Justice will probably be found
in the middle west and In all fairness
he should be a democrat.
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From the New York World. -
Paris--Always at the feet of the love
ly Miss Marie Gerhard kneel princes
and dukes, each imploring her to be-
stow on him her hand-and incidentally
her great fortune. She Is the daughter
of the late William Gerhard of New
York and first cousin Of Mrs. Frederick
Wilson and Frederic Gerhard Of that
city. Miss Gerhard and her mother have
lived in Paris several years Admitting
rumor has 1t that she has rejected more
titled suitors than any woman of her
native country or. indeed. of Europe
Actually she has been compelled to take
long Journeys to escape the noblemen at
tracted BY her beauty. wealth and Wit.
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Wanted, a Leader In New York

Mr.. Roosevelt says acceptance by him
II the republican, nomination for gov
ernor in New York - an absolute i'm
possibility. Governor Hughes declines to
give up place on the supreme bench
which he has already accepted.
These destinations will force the party
- go among the small fry for nomi-
nee. 1t is not even certain that ex-
Mayor Seth Low would accept the nom
lnation, and the party leaders may have
- look over the baseball people to find
. standard-bearer. following in that re-
spect the example of Boss Penrose in
pennsylvania.
A lightweight loaded up with refusal
N the part of the legislature to pass
che income tax proposition and a pri-
nary bill together with the high cost
= living created by tariff protected trusts
has no walk-over before him. He has a
liffcult task before him, for he must
meet besides all democrats all the inde-
pendents in the state.
The conventions in New York are held
aate in the campaign-in September or
october. A campaign of 80 days is con-
in, Naxrt ,r,ar
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ANTE BELLUM FINANCIER

ANTE BELLUM F'INANCIER
From the Kansas City Star.
According to George Cary Eggleston,
Virginians of ante bellum days showed
great indifference in money matters
Money in the form of coin was rarely
seen; the planters were In the habit of
writing checks on a slip of foolscap,
instructing the bank to please" pay
the amount specified. Eggleston says:
This custom of paying by check SO
strongly commended itself to a certain
unwordly parson of my time that lie
resorted to 1t on one accession in entire
ignorance and innocence Of the necessi-
ty of having bank deposit as a pre-
liminary to the drawing of checks. He
went to Richmond and bought years
supplies for his little place-it was
too small to be called q plantation
and for each purchase he drew a par
t1cularly polite check. When the banks
threw these out on the ground that
their author had no account the poor
old parson found the situation diff
cult one to understand. He had thought
that the very purpose of banks being
was to cash checks for persons who
happened to be short of money. why,
IL Id had the money in. the bank he
explained. I shouldn't have written the
checks at all; should have got the
money and paid the bills Fortunately
the matter came to the knowledge of q
well-to-do and generous planter, who
knew Parson, j., and who happened to
be in Rich ond at the time. His In
n nr v,,Qd ho Il
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le June is now a has-been.
QUEEN MARY PURITANIC
Court of st. James VIII BE Serious I'm
der New Regime

From Current Literature for July.
Austerity of life, piety of mind and
an extreme absorption in the prosaic de-
tails of wifehood and motherhood are
so characteristic of her majesty, Queen
Mary, consort of George V, that all the
society organs in Europe predict some
thing of that revival of Puritanism at
the English court which made the cult
of the family so characteristic of the
early Victorian era.
The revolution at the court of ST.
James has, in truth, already begun, and
many of the f1ippant peeresses who orna-
mented the last reign have gone into
observation. Fashions, 1t is announced.
are to be serious and sober Presenta-
tons at court will henceforth entail
much elimination of ladies with a past.
Religion will again become important.
Manners will cease to be free and easy.
Bishops will be more in evidence and
Jockeys less encouraged. Heroincs of the
divorce court and the music hall are tc
be taboo
More important than all other details
combined is the evident fact, as the
Paris Figaro deems it, that the will of
the queen, instead of the personal pref
erences of the king, is to determine the
social recognition and standing accorded
10 ladies and gentlemen making up what
Is called society. Smartness has lost the
importance it had while Edward reigned,
and impeccable responsibility has attain
ed value it seemed altogether to have
lost while the late sovereign held sway.
Birth and blood are not to be disregarded,
but they are to count only when rein
forced by virtue of the domestic descrip-
ton
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Big Tracts Of Land Withdraw

President Taft has withdrawn from pre-
emption or sale S,4s57S1 acres of power
site, phosphate and petroleum lands He
has also withdrawn lands In Alaska that
contain workable coal. The telegraphic
reports do not state how many acres
were withdrawn in Alaska, and until
fuller information is received no one will
know whether the Guggenheirr effort to
create a coal monopoly in that territory
has been fully or only partially frus-
trated.
Public attention has not been concen-
trated on the conservation measure that
the administration secured from Con-
gress and yet it is very important
piece of business. and good beginning
under 1t has been made. The orders al
ready recorded will probably be followed
with other orders until every hidden re-
source in public lands will be placed be-
yond the greed of men like the Guggen-
helms.
1t is strange, indeed. that no coal lands
were withdrawn except in Alaska. There
is a great deal Of coal in Colorado. New
Mexico and some other Rocky mountain
states. But perhaps all coal bearing lands
are now in private hands, and the govern
ment has none to withdraw from the
| market
The action of Congress comes late. but
1t comes better now than It would 10
years hence, particularly in Alaska.
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The issue is, however. made up. and
voters are determining how they Will
vote Possibly they have already deter
mined in their own minds what they Will
do, and a very large independent vote
will probably be cast in New York this
year.
On the democratic side of the fence
all is quiet and harmonious. The repub-
licans are hoping, however, that William
Randolph Hearst will enter the field with
his Independent party. He Is at present
in Europe and his intentions have not
been made known.
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SMOKING TO COST MORE.

From the Washington Post.
Tobacco smokers of the country, who,
from today, will have TO pay increased
prices for their plug and pipe tobacco
and their cigarettes, must get what
that they will be contributing a few
extra millions of dollars year for the
support of Uncle Sam.
The new internal revenue tax on
smoking and chewing tobacco, which
embodies an increase of cents pound
and which went into effect last mid
night. will fall with greatest force on
the consumers. The old tax was six
cents, the new one eight cents on each
reaches the consumer the increase will
be found to be much heavier. AS is al
ways the case when small increase
is made it is taken as an excuse for
greater profit by the manufacturer,
then by the middleman, and finally the
retailer. The smoker pays the piper.
Cigars, with the exception of the
small ones weighing not more than
three pounds per 1000. are not subject
TO the lnCftdScd tdA, WlfiiC tiiC ooSVS,-
ment on the smaller sizes is increased
from 81 to 70 cents per 1000.
AS a consequence, packages of cigar
cites which sold formerly at two pack
ages for rs cents, will now sell for Is
cents stright. In buying pipe tobacco,
the consumer will pay the same price
now for one and one-half ounce pack
ages as he did for one and two-thirds
ounce packages.
While the increase in the tobacco tax
was tackled to the tariff bill on the
ground that smoking is luxury, there
are many men who consider 1t an abso-
Lutte necessitN There is one consolation
a bout the increases. however. When
higher price is exacted for tobacco and
the consumer feels a disagreeable sem
he does not have to look around
for solace. Having paid the price. he
has the so1ace within his possession.
All he will have to do is to light up
in order to forget this latest addition
to the high cost of living.
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WANING sERENADE
rom Richard Hoffman's Musical Rec

From Rfcnard HoHIHaH Musicai NV
objections.
In recalling the serenade of the Phil
harmonic society to Mile. Nilsson l am
reminded of custom now fallen into
desuetude. but which at the time
sneak of $500 was a favorite method
of bestowing a marked compliment up
on anyone whom you wished particu-
larly to honor.
The serenade was not only offered to
visitors of distinction, but prevailed
extensively as q delicate attention
which you might pay to the lady OF
YOUR choice. 1t was thought the proper
thing at that period for man to en-
90 pe the best brass band he could af-
ford and to proceed with 1t after mid
nirht to the house of his preferred and
then to stand beneath the windows
while the musicians played their most
sentimental and amorous selections. 1t
was not an uncommon sound even 10
hear a double quartet of male voices
Gin v,ne beneath the windows of'some
favored damsel. while paterfamilias or
tho butler made ready some light. re-
freshment for the donors OF this grace
full compliment. -
These romantic attentions have taken
flight with the advent of electric ligh Is.
elevated railroads and other voices of
the night, but thirty-five or forty years
AFRO even New York had few hours
Of stiffness after midnight and the
night Waterman lent an indulgent ear
to these jewellers, who would doubtless
be locked up as disturbers of the peace
did they hazard such an enterprise I'M
der our modern regime.
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WHAT THE OLD VETERAN DID.

From the st. Paul Dispatcn.
The old veteran had paused In his
"reminiscences and was hopping his
brow while his audience waited impa-
tiently, thinking he had left OF.
II recollect." he continued dreaming,
that at the battle Of Alma had a
very excitin' time. Bullets were peltin'
upon us like RAIN men fell right and
left, cannon roared like thunder itself,
and, worst of all, the enemy had man
aged to get withinta hundred yards of
our position. I was mad with excite
ment and wasn't thinkin' of anything
except just fightin' for all was worth.
All of a sudden I turned and found
that my regiment had changed its posi-
ton and I was cut off--left to the
mercy of the enemy, sir!"
The veteran paused; he always does
at the most exciting part; he finds It
amusing. HNs
well. what did you do?" asked an
impatient listener.
'sDo?" said the old fellow. sleepily.
"Well. rickon ] did . mile In three
minutes"
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KIPLING IN VERMONT

From the Chicago Post
Senator Beveridge, apropos of fame.
said at Washington luncheon:
What is fame, after all? Kipling, when
he lived in Brattleboro, took a trip to
Montpelier. and the first evening he came
down to the hotel dining room he over
heard this dialogue between two walters:
First Waiter: DO you know who that
is, George?
Second Waiter: NO. Who Is it.?
First Waiter: That's the celebrated
Kipperin.'
Second Waiter: What's he doneT
First Waiter Hanged II l know. Fish
line, amt it'?"
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From Some Musical Recollections of
Fifty Years." by Richard Hoffman, pub
lished by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Mile. Nilsson made most agreeable
impression upon everyone. She was, at
this time, tall and graceful, with an
abundance of blonde hair, made more
striking by her dark eyebrows and deep
set gray eyes. She had Just come from
the grand opera in Paris, where she had
created the parts Of Mignon and Ophelia
in these operas Of Ambrose Thomas,
and her conception Of Marguerite in
Faust" and Of Valentine in the "augue-
nots" was superlatively fine. We have
rarely, IL ever, had finer actress on
the operate stage, whose divas UP to
this time had seldom developed great
histrionic ability. Grisi. it is true. had
her moments of dramatic power in ."'Nor-
ma" and the ''Huguenots," but Nilsson
might have won fame without her mu-
steal gifts by her splendid approximations
in tragedy and melodrama. In 1872 Cam
panini joined the Strakosch company and
sang with Nilsson In all her best parts.
His voice, then fresh and smooth, pos
sessed many charming qualities. Like
Nelson's, his acting was superb, and
together they have given some Of tho
finest representations in italian opera we
have ever had in this country.
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THE "GIRLY-GIRLY" SHOW

the observation In France or among the
first nighters to whom tradition assigns
the front row seats and to whom conven-
tional humor denies hair The single
blessedness of members of the chorus is,
however, not without an advertising
value. The managerial instinct that
prompted the assembling and exploiting
of chorus unmarried and under 20 is
acutely commercial. Until rival adver-
tises a chorus of greater numerical
strength and equal physical charm, guar
anteed to be composed of entirely unso-
phisticated ''girlies'' under Is, the venture
should net handsome returns
There is not element more acceptable
in musical comedy than the comeliness
of the chorus, and youth is desirable.
1t is certainly not immoral to be young
or reprehensible to be beautiful. But
the motif of musical comedy managers
who employ such expedients as guar
anteeing to the public the spinsterhood.
as we'll as the youth, of members of the
chorus, is in need of elevation. Only an
extremely sour seat buyer, of either sex,
would fail to applaud a pretty chorus,
and even to condone miserable failure of
the music and the comedy to meet crit
ical requirements But when style of
stage entertainment classed as comic
opera proclaims itself mere beauty
show-to avoid the shorter and uglier
word-the inference is that music and
comedy. which ought to be essential ele-
ments. are so conspicuously lacking that
there is nothing left to talk about save
the dimensional perfection of the girls, to-
gether with their tender yearD and free
dom from the responsibilities of matri-
mony.
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the governor appoints the judges, sub
jeet to confirmation by the state Sem
ate, but few, If any, other states have
1t that way. In some states, however,
all the judges are elected by the legis-
lature and 1t used to be so In Ala
bama.. l believe in primaries and popu-
lar elections for executive and legisla-
tive positions. but judges should not
be elected by the people, for various
and obvious reasons. Fancy the people
voting for a chief justice of the United
States supreme court"
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FROM "LocKsLEY HALL,

BY Tennysdh.
For l dipt into the future, far as human
eye could see.
.iw the Vision of the world. and all the
wonders that would be;
Saw the heavens filled with commerce.
argosies of magic sails.
Pilots Of the purple twilight. dropping
down with costly bales;
Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and
there rained a CHASTITY dew
From the nations airy navies graphing
in the central blue;
Far along the worldwide whisper Of the
south wind rushing warm,
With the standards OF the peoples pluns.
ing through tho thunderstorm,
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Music Tonight

Ii the weather permits, Shows band will
be heard in Capitol park tonight. The
programme which the conductor has pre-
pared Is full of bright and catchy music,
and with a fair night the crowd in at
tendance will be very large
Two concerts had to be called off on
account of the rain, but it is understood
the band will make up for those losses to-
ward the end of the summer season."
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REFLECTIONs OF A BACHERLOR.
From the New York Press.

It's a short bill that has no dunning.
We don't try to think well of people
who even think we'll Of us.
The reason men can be such liars is
they think you can't see 1t.
A woman wants people to believe In her
husbands brain so that maybe 1t might
come true.
When a man makes love to them, girls
have the most peculiar way of believing
It IL true II 1t isn't and that It isn't II
It IL.
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Good Crops In Black belt

Sundays rain may have caused some
damage to the crops in Alabama, but
corn and cotton in the black belt were
looking remarkably well last week." said
Al c. CARRIER.
All the crops in that section we're
growing fast and the outlook for big
yields was most promising. Notwith-
standing the wet weather 1 believe the
farmers will make good crops