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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
ENGLISH GARDEN CITIES

Hollis Godfrey in the March Atlantic.
 For. those who long for "the whole| sky" and trust in its benef1cence, 1t is' a pleasant duty to record some few de-' tails which deal with garden cties''| swiftly springing up outside the smoke and erime of English towns. Underlying these various projects are basic ideas worthy of. citizens of Altruria. They re- quire that the property be highly restricts ed, that the number of houses built on each acre be sufficiently limited to give each householder pleasant and health- full surroundings, and that these houses be placed among greenswards where chill dren may play and old people dream. They demand that all the services neces- sary to community life shall be ration ally and wisely developed, that all build ing and planning shall consider both the hygenic ana the esthetlc possibilities, and that the 1oys of country life shall be com bined with advantages of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
ORIGIN OF BASEBALL
From Outing.


 Baseball probably grew out of the old English schoolboy game of "rounders" Some have adduced evidence that 1t came from the old New England game of lone old cat or two old cat," which may ps true. The old game of tipcat may also be related. It was played by four, six or eight players, each standing by q hole or base. One of the opposite party threw the cat to batsman, and every time it was hit they had to run about the bases Probably rounders and tipcat had the same ancestor. At any rate. baseball belongs to the family. An Englishman seeing baseball game for the first time might very properly say, .This is round- CTS made scientific" We took the old same, iaaoe rules and amended it until now 1t stands forth as the national gan,a of America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
AS A BRETON SEES US

From the Louisville CourierJournal. A ALEXANDER FRANCIS, a British "A journalist, has published a book
 1 as the result of a visit to America. In 1t he tells us that our young men are being made effeminate by being taught by women in our CO., educa tional institutions. They are be- coming tender and girlish, and there is an absence of the fine virility that characterized the young American when
 the country was newer.
 We can contemplate this criticism with perfect complacency. Criticism that bothers an individual or coun- try is that which contains grain of truth with "gob" of fapdoodle. When the criticism is wholly flap
 doodleicious' it may be enjoyed with
 out qualm.
 We are having a great deal of diffi-
 cu1ty in convincing the youth of the land that there are wiser ways of working off steam than by banding l together and tying a freshman to a | railroad track where he may be for gotten at critical moment and smear ed along mile and a half of lonely track by limited train. We are in-
 sisting that 1t is possible to have a
 good time at college without pitching
 freshman down the ventilating
 shaft and allowing him to cook in the
 basement till the hook and ladder out it fish es him out half dead. We are hotiy asserting that the glory of foot ball should not consist in the sum to- tai of gore shed. per game and per
 capita. and that brawn may be devel- oped without the breaking of bones
 and athletic spirit shown without
 sending a score of athletes to the em- balIner every year.
 | In view of the facts we can contem- plate the animadversions of Alexander
 Francis with serenity and enjoy his authorship because he is "a amoosin cuss." Some of us began our educa-
 ton fin the country schoolhouse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
MODERN WOMAN DRUMMER
Knows How to Use Her Charms to the
 Best Advantage

From the Albany Journal.
 Memory has not quite obliterated the day when the mere suggestion of wo- man drummer would have been synony- nous with all that was unfeminine and intolerable, but in this advanced period she is stamped with the seal of success and well enrolled in the growing army of
 knights of the grip.'
 Originally her selection was limited al-
 most exclusively to articles which brought her in touch only with women, but grad ually her field of operations has broad ened until today her dozen or more trunks are packed with goods destined for in- spectfon by large mercantile houses of varying types, and the business so long
 nonopolized by man must be shared with his fair sister,
 | My first glimpse of a successful ex- ponent of this art was educating. Un- consciously one figures type, but the reality rarely accords. Fancy pictured a rather severe, rather masculine woman. ungraced by the pleasing tone we are
 tond of imparting to the particular type of. our admiration, But fancy all was wrong .and simply In line with the pre- judice of the past: for my ''lady of the grip was wonderfully gracious and femi-
 nine to a degree; dignifed, but brisk and altogether businesslike.
 Nature had been kind to her in the dis tribution of gifts and had well equipped her for her part in life. Quick intuition told her the exact thing to say, and
 with a word here, and smile there bit of explanation and an effective air of deference to masculine judgment and knowledge. the order was credited
 and the account closed-pending another visit,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

Presidents Taft and Roosevelt have both approved it, and it's importance must be plain 10 every citizen. The government appropriated last year s14,972, 1920 for sani- tary and health purposes, and this money was scattered among all the departments. Senator Gwen thinks it should be ham efficient. He stands in short fer con efficient department of health would save 600,0O0 lives annually, to say nothing of the misery involved in 100000 cases of illness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
GAVE NICOTINE ITS NAME
Jean Moot Immortalixed By the To-
 baeco Plant
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston GlOpe.
 Although the father of Jean Nicot was a simple notary he spared no ef- fort to educate his son. As soon as 1t was possible he sent the youth to Paris. where it was not long before his learning attracted the attention of the King. Henry II.
 For a time he served Henry as sccre- tary and Francis 1T. when he came to the throne, sent Nicot as envoy and | ambassador to Portugal.
 Always interested in men and affairs, the ambassador met at Lisbon a Flem- ish merchant, who told him rare stories in regard to what their ships had brought from foreign shores to increase commerce in Flanders. He gave Nicot some seeds of an American plant that was unknown in Europe. He told him of certain valuable qualities of the plant, mentioning particularly the me- dioinal properties it had.
 Nicot sent these seeds to Cath crime de Medic telling her all that the mer- chant had said. On his return from Portugal, Catherine presented him with one of the plants which had been raised from the seed.
 | This was tobacco, and the botanists named it Nicotiana, in honor of Jean Nicot. The Chevalier Thevet, a French traveller. disputed with Nicot for the honor of having introduced this valuable plant into France, but the name given it goes to prove that the honor belongs to the ambassador at Portugal.
 It is doubtful if Nicot himself or Catherine de Medici realized the enor- nous value of this plant in commerce
 But Jean Nicot rendered nnother service to his country. It was he who
 produced the first model of French dictionary, He called his work the
 '.Treasure of the French Language
 but it was not ready for publication un- til he had been dead six years
 All identity with his work is now lost
 in the perfected French dictionary but lthere still remains his vocabulary, the l one of the old French language. | When Nicot died his body was laid at rest in the Church of St. Paul al Paris. where many important persons lbave been buried. This church suffered ldosecration during the revolution ant many tombs were destroyed.
 After his death the question came III Of erecting some kind of monument to him for. his services to France Some one suggested that it take the form ol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Great Theatrical Manager

"John cort, who owns and controls nearly 15o theatres west of the Mis- souri river and who is. incidentally, the foremost of Western theatrical mana gers and producers. won his wealth and standing practically within the period of 12 years" said Richard i.am- bert, a well known theatrical man.
 "Mr Cort is a man of ripe experience. He has engaged in varied lines of the theatrical profession. When the west was young and little thought of by managers of road companies he fore saw the great future that was in store for that section of the country and laid Lis plans with the purpose of some day controlling 1t theatricallY He has extravagant optimism.
 Seattle is MT. Corts home and head quarters. His offices are in the Moore theatre building, and that theatre IS said to be. with but one exception, the best equipped on this continent, the one exception being the New Am sterdam theatre in New York, The Moore has a seating capacity of near ly 24oo and it is not unusual for high class attractions to play to $16,0G0 dur ing an engagement of one week.
 within the past three years MT. Cort has been instrumental in the opening of new theatres in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Mis- soula, Billings, Ogden and Salt Lake City, and he has now in the course of construction the Beilig theatre in Port land.
 "This big fellow who touches Du- lnth with his little finger and stretche es his thumb to Seattle and the Puget Sound country and then with the oth : CT hand reaches down to San Fran cisco, Los Angeles and nearly to Fl paso, with Salt Lake and Denver thrown in for good measure, has not overlooked Chicago in his building. At the cornef of Dearborn and Randolph streets is the Cort theatre, which was completed last fall. This is said to be tie most unique theatre in this coun- try.
 Among the 14S theatres of which MT. Cort is director 14 he owns out right and several others he holds large interests in.
 MT Cort has only two attractions on the road at the present time, Max Fig man, who is now playing the Henry E Dixey role in Mary Jane's Pa,' MT. Cort having bought the complete production for his star, and King Do- do, which he has revived and given a ma gniflcent production with Eleanor Kent featured in the prima donna role of Piola, and William Friend as the king.
 Mr. Cort enjoys Ifs. He keeps open house at TWhisker Farm his summer home, located on the shores of Lake Washington, opposite Seattle. Few men have done more for the de- velopment of the great northwest than John Cort."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
Here on n Visit

Birmingham looks fne," said F. Bloch, formerly First avenue mer- chant, but now a resident of Waco, Tex My last visit here was about year ago and since then many im- movements have been made. The bus mess district has improved wonder fully since I lived here.
 "Birmin gham seems to be growing at faster rate than ever. It has great future and in five years from HOW it's population will be vastly in- creased
 Waco. where my son and l are en- gagged in the coca-cola bottlinS busi- ness. is a prosperous town of about 35.- GOO population. Texas is filling up with people and all the towns and cities in that state are growing"
 Mr. Bloch is looking well and IS being cordially greeted by his old friends here. He says his bottling bus mess is large and profitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
StaHdpatteFS Stand AghaSt

The handwriting on the republican wall
 is the word ''Foss' in letters at least two feet high. All see il, for it has al- together eehpsed the handwriting from the De Armond district in Missouri, forcible and plain as it was.
 The counties that comprise the Four teenth Massachusetts district have not been represented by a democrat since the republican party was organized in 1S5s-over 50 years ago. and now those counties fill vacancy by electing the democratic Eugene M. Foss by a majority of nearly 5000 votes. In 1908 the district went republican by a plurality of 14 25o, and this roeS-ribbed republican district has ordinarily cast a republican majority exceeding 1bO0a
 The recent contest was clean cut and definite. ". C. Buchanan went before the people on the Aldrich tariff, while Eugene M. F'oss denounced 1t, and the trusts it shelters, and the high prices that the combine inf1iet on the people. Foss won by nearly 5000 majority There were no other candidates, and the mean ing of the verdict Is as plain as pike staff. From Missouri to Massachusetts the people stand ready to condemn the Aldrich tariff and all 1t implies
 The Fourteenth Massachusetts district is full of factories, including as it does Taunton and Brocton. It lies on the Rhode Island line, and Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich will need all of his machinery and money in order to secure reelection next winter. In the election of 1908 the dem ocratic candidate in that district received but eros votes, while the late MT Lover ing polled 20, s3s votes The revolution is remarkable in Its sweep and emphasis. Eugene NJ Foss poIled 14,sso votes, and William R. Buchanan of Brocfon, an A1d- rich republican, poIled but 9S4Dl
 That tells the whole story, and it pro- claims to the standpattsrs Waterloo in November, in which the tariff will be con demned and Cannonism and A1dris7aism will share it's fate before the people. In the campaign just ended Mr. Foss charged upon the A1d1dch tariff and the failure to regulate the trusts the high cost of living. Editor Buchanan stood by the Aldrich tariff, and be was buried deep under the peoples ballots. Now he as- crfbes his defeat to the refusal of the republican leaders at Washington to do anything to lower the cost of living
 The election of MT. Foss is a blow aimed at Tafrisru as well as at Cam nonism and .Ald11chtsu, feE MT. Tafr's Winona speech was freely circulated in the district. and it was condemned at the polls of the Fourteenth district by an absolutely unprecedented majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

where a woman teacher is inculcator. against which the budding mind rebels from hickory nutting days to. the sea- son at which the unsuspecting catfish takes the angleworm that is fmpaled upon the limerick hook. We know that youths are not made effeminate there.l of learning in city schools, where thel punishment of having the solution of the mystery of partial payments pounded into a brain inhospitable to mathematics falls to one preceptress, while another seeks to hammer home the rules of English grammar to class engrossed in the blandishments of humble peg and marbles. and no one is made effeminate there.
 The influence of the woman teacher upon the boy pupil may sometimes stimulate his interest in brushing his hair back of the crown as well as in| front of it. In. rare cases it may cause him to recognize the error of the ordinance of Boyville that fixes tho penalty of opprobrium and loss of caste upon the lad who bathes when not caught by yigilant parent and compelled to do so. It may teach him to treat little girls with courtesy in Il stead of contempt, and step out of their way instead of on their toes in the playground. It may serve to has, ten the civilization of the young sav- age. But 1t is not any more probable that boy will be made effemi- nate by the influence of the woman teacher than that he will become ef- feminate as a result of calf love at 15 or marriage at 25.
 There would be little profit in writ ! ing books of travel if they were neither sufficiently informing to the "native'' to cause commendatory comment nor sufficiently inaccurate to evoke reply. Perhaps Mir. Francis inserted his ob Z servations upon the woman teacher and the American boy with a purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
O'NEAL A WINNER

From the Troy Herald.
 We recently saw a gentleman who had just made tour of the northern coun- ties, and he gave it as his opinion after a careful observation of the political sit- uation in that section that Colonel O'Neal would sweep the North Alabama counties like cyclone. He said further that it looked like landslide for O'Neal all over the state, We know the situation in South Alabama is largely for ONeal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

Walker County News: "The ONeal meeting at Montgomery Tuesday night was the grandest ovation to candidate for office I ever beheld,p remarked a Jasper man. "The county of Montgom- cry seemed solid for him.''
 Walker County, News: Knowing ones insist that the counties of Jefferson, Montgomery and Mobile will present ma jorities for O'Neal that will doubly annul any and all possible majoritles that may be cast for Mallory in any other coun- ties in the state, The Tennessee valley, the hill counties, the piney woods and the seashore are in excellent line for O'Neal.
 Huntsville Mercury-Banneri Reports from the o'Neal headquarters continue to give glowing accounts of the chances for the success of the. north Alabama candidate for governor He is now tour ing the southern counties and is being enthusiastically received everywhere he speaks Present indications point to an other great victory for the conservative tleIutnl III lAC hd9 pillhdiys
 Piedmont Journal: We are for O'Neal for governor because we believe he is the man better representing the conser- vative sentiment of the people of Ala bama aud better able to administer to the physical welfare of the state. He stands just where he has stood before, during and since the amendment comprehension the conservative interests and progress of O'Neal elected governor.
 Walker County News: The O'Neal forces are fighting in the open in this campaign They do not dodge issues, nor straddle fences. They do not prac- tice gumshoe politics nor create doubt as to where they stand.
 Like Colonel O'Neal himself they are waging a contest for a principle. That principle was enunciated in the last cam paign and the stamp of approval placed upon it by a majority of 27,000 of the sovereign white voters of Alabama. The O'Neal forces will not recede one iota from the position they occupied last fall.
 Some people who are now opposing the candidacy of Colonel O'Neal are praying sink down; but it stubbornly declines to do so; because MT. Brooks Lawrence has threatened to revive the corpse by in- ducting into office in this state men who were in line for the thing last fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
REFLECTIoNs OR A BAcHELoI
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The prize husband has never been born yet.
 It's easy to admire man to his face when he will do something for you for It. Children have a good time until they get old enough to learn it doesn't cost anything. It is a great comfort to a woman to feel that any minute her husband might learn 10 appreciate her. A man thinks he's full of logid to ro-
 member the states that were in tho geog. rapay ahe4 studded. spss efs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

ties desiring to be served with luncheons, dinners or suppers there can telephone their orders in advance. MT. Arnold states that he will cultivate three and half acres as a truck garden so as to raise all the vegetables for the hotel and have them fresh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
Shades Mountain Hotel

D. E. Arnold has leased the Shades Mountain hotel property. heretofore known as the Park Bluff hotel. He has managed some of the best resort places in the country and he says that 1t is his purpose to make the Shades Mountain ho- tel especially attractive this summer. He will open his place to the public June l. and his season will end September 15.
 It is announced that from now until June Mrs. L. M Arnold will conduct the hotel as a terminal clubhouse. Par-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
THE GATE OF HEAVEN

By F. w. Bourdllon.
 Whither leads the Gateway N
 mat stands at the top of the hill. With the bars against the sky? \ A child. l dreamed thereby TO enter Heaven straightway.
 l am old, but I know still mat the edge of the world is ther
 And beyond is Paradise, me land that is more fair
 Than the wisdom of the wise. l know it, for, did climb
 In my beggar-cloud of sin, And gross with this worlds grime
 l could not enter in, [ Though l had waited times and a tiI
 No sight of glory. no sound VT rapture should reach me there;
 Only the common ground Only the old despair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
SEEN FROM FLORIDA

From the Pensacola Journal.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says the serpent's tongue Is creating mis- chief in the Cudahy family. Looks more like a pocket knife at this distance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
NEXT GOVERNOR

From the Luverne Journal
 If Hon. Emmet O'Neal lives long enough he will be the next governor of Alabama. MT. O'Neal will make a chief executive of whom the people will be proud. Vote for O'Neal, boys. He stands for the rights of the people. ''is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
PASSING STRANGE

From the Chattanoogd IlIncs.
 The Alama milan who saw his personal devil in a field, needs the attention of Brother Brooks Lawrence. The things that the Fuller bill did do for the state of restr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

Uncle Joe says he will never quit under fire. This means that he will not quit must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

Joseph Gurney Cannon may deny that he belongs 10 the D. and o. club, bu! the members of that club know better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

The mortified republican congressional blue penciling its standpat literature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

Wade Ellis stays on the federal pay roll, although he serves the g. O. D. in Ohio Reform hAs field even in the White House s,s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

All republicans must be for Cannon or against him. There is no halfway house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

The Senate insurgents are getting busy and a surprise from them is daily ex- pecfed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

The tweaking of Uncle Joe's nose is now a commonplace incident in Wash ington-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

WOHdtI WllO hHOChiuS lit 1lOW.
 A FAMILY SECRET. '1Ie's not a man to balk at tri1es" Indeed? I know from personal knowl- edge that he can't take a pill"
 COMMENT Clifford Pinchot is travelling toward Theodore Roosevelt What do we care about comet travelling toward the earth?
 The crop of spring poets is the most promising in years. despite the high cost of living.
 By publishing his memoirs now MT. Jeffries adds trife more to his contin- gency fund.
 Character is read by the color of a mans eyes. but not half so accurately as it is by the pattern of his socks. In trying to bounce man like Uncle Joe" it Is always best to take into con- sideration the possibility of a fareback. The Wright brothers and Commander gedry nave nlgn TeSafu TOT the AIaer- ioan eagle-the one you see on a silver dollar.
 A magazine that doesn't have horror story about the hool1worm these days s not in the running
 The wolf at some peoples doors makes a noise like an automobile
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24
Amendment Election statistics

''i have been looking over the fs- ures of the amendment election last No- ve1iber and I find them quite interest ing and they win doubtless be so to the candidates in the approaching pri- maries,' said a man who sometimes oclves into statistics.
 There were 11.395 votes cast in the amendment election here in Jefferson county. The majority against the amendment was 1To1. Greater Bir- mini gham. as at present constituted ro1led 5s per cent of the total vote ol the county, or to be exact. 6705 votes AdG Bessemer and Brighton. 7ol. and there remains for the country precincts rroper 3991 votes.
 tT estimate that in the county pri- mary there will be 1S.5o0 votes cast, in the state primary, 12.50o."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

This old earth is billed to take a bath in the comets tail on the night of May
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

Cannonism has been tumbled from its pedestal, even though Uncle Joe still fingers on the scene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-24

Fairbanks came home without having killed a thing. and only the customs of- fcers greeted him when he arrived.