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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17

have seen some of those old doors. which had been made in that fashion.
 Now, coming to the matter of blunders in the use of musical terms, I think I have discovered one in Edwin Markham s luminous essay on Edgar Allan Poe. and yet I will not point 1t out with caution, for it may have been that Markham, a man of singularly fine style, used the word l have in mind advisedly. It is in this passage, touching Poes master-song; The Raven, written many years later than these early lyrics to beauty and death, is the final threnody in memory of his lost Lenore, once the queenliest dead, but now elected to live immortally The Raven has gone into the languages of many nations as requiem of imperial afflietion. a poem that takes rank with the unworded and unearthly harmonies of the Dead March in Saul.'
 T take it that Markham uses the word unearthly inthe sense not of uncanny but in the unusual, not to say archaic, sense of spiritual or sublimated. But while the harmony of Handefs dead ildiCl IS peileCl, tileTt IS uoliiiB ptNu- liar about it, nothing especially difficult of musical apprehension. Yet this dead march as whole is the most remarkable ever written inasmuch as it is in a major key and is at once simple in con- struction. majestic in spirit and dirge- like in every measure. But in Handel's orchestration of it the plaintive oboe is used with telling effect, and in mod ern arrangements for large military bands the piccolo has an important part I once heard the United States Marine band play the Dead March in Saul at a state funeral in Washington, and I shall never forget the effectiveness of that pie colo I suspect that it was tone color and not harmony that Markham had ref erence to when he used the word un- earthly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
"SLIVERs" OAKLEY'S NEW ROLE

might not like me in the part so that I might be allowed to go back to my clown get-up but after I got used to 1t bit I decided 1t was not so bad after all, and now I am beginning to enjoy the new work immensely
 'It seemed strange to me to make love on the stage, even in pantomime, for I have been more used to handling stuffed club than to encirclng the waist of an Indian maiden in distress. During my first performance as the Indian chief I kept thinking what would happen If slipped and fell as I rush away bearing the Indian girl in my arms. Then 1t oc- position-for the first time in my life was trying to avoid laugh. But when all is said and done, it is much easier to play straight serious role, with straight appeal to the sympathies of an audience. An actor has the plot to help him out, but comedian, especially low comedian or clown, has to depend upon his own personality and ingenuity to pro- yoke the disabilities of an audience. A successful clown must keep a stock of new stuff always on hand, for the old stage business soon wears out. Therefore, new tricks must be provided as soon as his material becomes familiar to the audi but to be a good clown requires much hadder work and much more nerve tension on the part of any actor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
From the New York Telegram.

From the New York Telegram.
 ~ LINERS, the Hippodrome clown, de-
 cIares that it is far easier to make people cry than it Is to make them laugh His theory has a practical basis, too, for he is most successful clown and has worked at making people laugh for a good many years For the first time in his theatrical career, however, Slivers is now essaying a serious romantic role. This is in the Ballet of Niagara" where in he appears as a young Indian chief tain, enamored of the daughter of rival brave and engaged in the attempt to save her from sacrifice by her own people. II was his change from the comic makeup of a clown to the feathers and beads of the warriors raiment that prompted Sliv- CTS to speak of the relative difficulties of the two widely different roles.
 '1t seems very strange to me-" he said, as he adjusted his feather headdress in front of the mirror in his dressing room at to me when I appeared for the first time in a straight makeup. I had the sensa- ton that the audience would laugh, and it seemed surprising to me that they took me quite seriously It was the first time I had ever appeared as romantic hero, and I am free to confess that dur ing the first few performances my one idea was to get off the stage as quickly as possible. l almost wished that they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
FORMER LORD MAYORS COCKTAIL

From the New York World.
 Sir William Treloar, former lord mayor of London, found many things to like during his short visit to this country. But one thing that particu- larly distressed him was an experience
 in Maine when he was unable to get a cocktail in buffet car. And you call this free country" he remarked
 while grieving over the disaster, when
 man who likes a drink can't take
 one because some one else feels he should not" It puzzled him to think where he got this queer notion. The worthy gentleman is unfortunate in not being familiar with the history of this country, America, and espe-
 cially New England, owe much to their
 English origin. They retain some ant cient English prejudices and practices It was because the early Puritans ob- | jected to having some of their private affairs regulated by other people that | they crossed the Atlantic. By force of I their example ever since, their follow CTS have been busy regulating othel peoples private affairs.
 If 1t had not been for an old notion | borrowed from England, Sir William would probably have had his cocktail | in Maine and to that extent though better of America
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
TWO WORLD OLD LODGINGS
To Fly and to Turn Metals to Gold Are
 Practically Accomplished

From the Smart Set.
 The aeroplane, even as it is today, is the most wonderful thing in the world. It satisfies world old longing. All our other modern inventions are incidental. They have been created to satisfy wants arising from our gradual progress. The steam car, the steamboat, the telephone and telegraph-al lthese things and all other applications of machinery to in- dustry and sport have been desired since the earliest ages-one has been the ability to turn baser metals into gold. and the other has been to fly in the air like a bird. In these two longings chemistry and mechanics have run a long race, and mechanics have won; at least Hamilton flies as well as Icarus ever flew, and Icarus only typifies the eternal longing of mankind to fily in the air The trans mutation of metals is still but a Sunday newspaper silly season fact.
 But when you come to think 1t over calmly, is it true, after all, that mans flying ability is so much in advance of his ability to turn brass into gold? know of several pieces of jewelry that have quite q respectable appearance of gold. They stand all the eye tests. It is only when the acid is applied to them that they turn black, and are known for what they are-plated brass That is pretty good commercial transmutation of metals. Many men have been glad to buy gold bricks, and have been happy and satisfied In their bargains until the plating wore off So transmutation ha1 kept fairly in step with flying. I am not sure that transmutation and flying are not about neck and neck. This is a wonderful age!
 Of course it Is beautiful to see one of those great white man-birds rise from the earth like monstrous gull and soar; but a well made piece of fake gold jew elry is also fair to look upon-until the brass shows through and the thing turns green. But. of course, no one but a ninny accepts plated brass for pure gold. All of us however. accepts the conquest of the air as finally accomplished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17

]" HE steamer passes Bird Island
 in the night, and the high hills
 \ of Kauai give the first glimpses of land after the ship parts company with Japan. This is not even glim- mer of green in the uplands, for trop- fcal foliage tints itself with olive and brown, but the slopes and levels along the sea are brightest emerald. for here lie the cane fields which make the Hawaiian group precious possession. Little farm villages sit checkerboard amid the green. and here and there tall chimneys rise, locating the grind ing and evaporating plants where the sugar cane gives up its sweets to the world. The surf dashes heavily along the shore, as if its salty. fingers were reaching into the very cane rows in their. vicious desire to destroy. Be- tween the mountains are visions of fair valleys edged with forests and suggesting running streams, but cas- cades do not greet the eye on every hand as in the Azores. The cane grows not only on the lowlands by the sea- but its green battalions have crept far up on the mountansides wherever the irrigating ditches can follow.
 The Hawaiian mosquito shas a mel ancholy and disappointed wall, quite unlike the triumphant tril of the Amer ican article. Honolulu real Estate agents advertise desirable homes as "mosqui- to proof"
 The Princess Theresa of the ex-royal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
Even the Poor Are Happy and Free
 Among It's Splendors

Annie Laura Miller in Denver Repub-
 lican.
 The lovely Irish poplins are made in Dublin, but it is said that the only pay ing business of the city is Guinness brewery. Dublin Is full of hopelessly poor people, yet In spite of their pow ertv they look far happier and freer than the factory workers of busy Bel fast At Hawth, a suburb of the city, we saw an old man, with snow white hair and beard, dressed in shiny black, with a high hat, scraping fiddle and gaily singing and dancing to the crowd at the station. And on the train going back a merry faced cripple. so ragged that his flesh showed here and there, twanged a little banjo with one string and sang Harry Lauder's song, She Does Ma Care for Me" It would be impossible to hear worse singing or to see more shining countenance.
 The city was being beautifed for it's world famous horse show, held every August, and we had much amusement watching the rejuvenation of the two
  ashamed A poor, wooden statue of Tom Moore stands near Trinity college. It Is said that when it was erected there was such an outcry against it medl- ocrity that the committee explained, in apology, that they were all artists, whereupon someone retorted: "Yes, artists who sh hould never have had a brush in one hand without a shoe in the other" One morning the statue ap- peared all copper colored, the next the draperies were of bronze tone, and its final condition was a greenish bronze all over. A leaden equestrian statue of William III in chain armor went through similar changes. emerging finally picked out with gold, and it was verry funny to see a canyas-clothed workman mounted behind the leaden William touching up his hair.
 Our last glimpse of the city was on the first horse show day when the streets were crowded with people of all sorts, including fashionable women in hobble skirts, high heeled buckled shoes and hats like umbrellas, and we had that glimpse from a decrepit cab driven across the city from one station to an- other by a rusty old man who look ed surprisingly like a chin whiskered New England farmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
The Business situation

Henry clews, in his Saturday review, says in part;
 Activity on the stock exchange in- creased in spite of intervention of the holidays, and the undertone of the mar ket was strong. the tendency of prices being steadily upwards. The influence contributing chiefly towards reviving con- fidence was the october crop report. This removed all doubt concerning the corn crop; the government report exceeding even the most sanguine expectations of 5000 100000 bushe crop. Corn is king; not only because of it's great money value but because of the numerous di- rections in which 1t is sued both for domestic and industrial purposes. In money value 1t exceeds both wheat and cotton combined. The wheat yield though not what was desired. has exceeded early expectations, and a large crop of oats has also been garnered The yield of cotton has been disappointing: but, so far as the south is concerned, this will be fully compensated for by enhanced prices All doubts concerning the crops are now out of the way except cotton, which will be subject to danger from early frost for at least another two weeks. Since the harvest is the most important element in our national prosperity, it Is a source of satisfaction that this factor of un- certainty is now permanently eliminated.
 "The political outlook, another we'll worn element of doubt is steadily im- proving Radicalism is being rebuked in all directions; issues have now been clearly defined. and seem to depend very largely upon personality. The eompara- tive lack of interest in election issues, Is shown by the falling off in registration in all parts of the country compared with previous years. It is taken for granted that republicans will have to face con siderable losses at the polls next No vember, and there is some probability that the next Congress may become dem ocratc This fact, however, appears to cause little real uneasiness, ,-and the elections are certainly much less threat ening element than two or three months ago. It Is also a noticeable fact that public opinion is becoming less hostile to corporations; this being due partly to public recognition of the fact that cor porations are here to stay, and partly to the fact that managers of the latter recognize that they must submit to some form of regulation, obey the law and show a decent regard for public opinion. The change in the latter respect mani fested in various quarters is highly en- couYaging as tending to disarm much of public criticism. No one now seriously fears the forthcoming supreme court de- cisions on the oil, tobacco and other cases. The court may force reorganiza- ton, but is not going to destroy prop erty values. The decisions when issued will probably have no further injurious effect than the famous Northern Seeuri- ties case. No harm but good followed that decision'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
The State falr

The splendid success of the State Fair just closed marks another achievement in which Birmingham's enterprise has been largely in evidence. It was not only the best fair that has yet been held, but the people of Alabama who have been in attendance have manifested keener inter- est in the exhibits and in the special features than ever before It was an enthusiastic crowd, and favorable com- ment was intelligent and hearty
 The admirable management was very generally remarked. While J. H. Hol- combe, the president of the fair associa- ton, received the ready and cordial sup port of the directors and heads of de- partments. it was to his own large capac- ity and untiring efforts that the wonder ful success of the fair was due. MT. Holcombe is a hard-working business man. He is one of the busiest men in Birmingham. but he is also one of the most unselfsh and public-spirited. He not only gives his services. but as the fair is an institution that benefits the en- tire city. what he does as the executive head of the association he does whole heartedly. All honor to Mir. Holcombe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
FINE DIAGNOSIS

From the Popular Magazine.
 Boss" Clark, who has been city editor of the New York Sun for more years than he likes to say, arrived at his office one afternoon, took off his coat, sat down at his desk, groaned aloud three times, and complained of a severe pain in his side.
 q think I have appendicitis, he re- marked, "and I am going to find out about it pretty soon"
 few minutes later one of the report CTS found him in the office library study ing a medical book. The boss slammed the book shut, looked up at the reporter, and said, in a tone of fnality:
 q have got it. find that I have every symptom set out in this chapter"
 He went home and called doctor, who examined him and told him that there was nothing the matter with him. Two hours later the boss teleplloned for his brother, who is a clergyman, to come over from Brooklyn to see him. Then he went to bed. When his brother arrived, the boss said:
 T know you are a preacher, but this is where you so to a rum shop. I read in the medical book at the office that champagne Is good for appendicitis l am suffering tortures with appendicitis, and | I want a quart of champagne. Go get it. | And the clerical brother went and got it. The boss drank it all. but 1t did hin no good Before sunrise the next morn ing he telephoned to hospital for the ambulance, and had himself taken to the operating room, where he persuaded the
 physician that he had appendicitis | He was right, and the operation saved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
Fall Elections ADDroachin6

On November s no less than g. American states out of total of 4e will Ielect governors. The democrats sare hopeful and aggressive in every one of the 32 states, and they expect z to carry some states that have long : been republican and to make gains in gall the rest All democrats feel that feature of the situation is that the democrats everywhere present a policy ethat is positive and outspoken. It is tnot one of negation. Perhaps Chamr Clark has best outlined the democratic Aprogramme, as follows:
 T. The reduction of the tariff to q revenue basis.
 "2. We would increase our trade b, rreciprocity. treaties with foreign na ctions, particularly with Central Amer .Ica and South America and with Can aada.
 "3. We would abolish all superflu yous offices.
 A. We would cut appropria tions t'
 the needs of the government economic rally and effectively administered "5. We would restore our merchan cnnarine to it's ancient commanding DO ssition on the high seas which demo
 crats once gave to 1t.
 s "s. We would submit Q consfitu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 -HE high esteem in which the short
 story is at present held is charac-
 teristic of an age that believes in getting down to the gist of a subject whether fact or fiction The general be- lief is that it has come to stay, along with the quick lunch, the 15-minute ser- mon and the short-arm jolt. And this by no means implies decline in quality for the stand required is high. There are many short story writers In the field, good, bad, and indifferent, but publishers announce a demand for first-class work. and are willing to pay well for the right sort of material. Some of the best writ CTS now get 5000 or more for a single production, not to mention the hand some royalties obtained through the later publication of a number of the stories in book form. What a change since the days of Poe, who received only s100 for the Gold Bug" which was printed as a prize story in a Baltimore paper!
 And Poe was really the founder of the modern short story. Whatever his faults of subject or style, the general structure of his tales continues to be the accepted model for all similar productions. For the method employed by the short story writer is altogether different from that followed in the longer novels Balzac may be selected as a notable example of the latter; with him a multitude of details are traced with infinite patience from their widely separated origins until they meet in the inevitable climax. The short story, on the other hand, is neces-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
st. Bernard College

The Rev. Father Charles, o. s. B., of St. Bernard was in Birmingham yester- day on his way to Belmont, N. C., to at- tend the silver jubilee of the Benedic- tine abbey at that place. He was the celebrant at high mass at St. Paurs and at one of the earlier masses.
 "St Bernard college is in most four ishing condition,' said Father Charles Its student capacity has been enlarged so that now we can accommodate 15( boys, instead of 125 as formerly. The attendance Is about up to capacity We had 145 students last week and a few more will arrive before the holidays. Bir- mingham is we'll represented
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press. all pathetic
 It's all down hill to the wedding altar, and all up ever after.
 The only real luck in four-leaf clovers is that they are not poisonous mush- rooms.
 The road by which you get out of debt is 100 times as long as the one by which you get in.
 There is nothing that can give people more happiness than to talk about their maladies they think they have but haGent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
Worlds Great Production

Frederick Warde is having great sue cess with his Shakespeare production "Timon of Athens He writes to an old friend in Birmingham: q am anxious for you to see Timon. It is an impressive, actable play"
 According to the press criticisms of the production the Greek dance in "Timons' D banquet in the first act Is artistic and highly effective This dance is really a great feature of the performance and is arranged by Miss Nicolides, who was born and educated in Greece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
WOODROW WILSON ON THE STUMP

E'rOm the NEW lOTK ouII.
 Over in New Jersey President Woodrow Wilson as democratic candidate TOT gov ernor is furnishing the surprise or the campaign. On the stump he Is not prosalc and tedious, awkward, self-conscious and unsympathetic, as many people believed he would be, and as democratic CT of his nomination, those whe prefe
 Mir. Katzenbach or Senator Silzer, ee'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
BIRMINGHAM
the Baldwin Times.

From the Baldwin Times.
 Birminghams growth is marvellous; in 1900 her population showed up only 3s,- 415, and as shown by census of 1910, l5z' 6s5. Such leaps and bounds go only 10 show what the future will develop with so good start All Alabama IS proud of the showing the Magic City makes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
GREAT TOWN
the Sheffield Standard.

From the Shef1leId Standard-
 Birmingham now claims a population of something like 135,00O, which includes the suburban towns-EnsIey, Elyton and dozen others. Then they have, besides, the two Johns-Sam will and John Tom- linson. Great is Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17

Bozeman Bulger, formerly of Birming- ham. has written musical comedy, and not a few of the eastern papers predict its success on the stage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
REGARDING THE SHORT STORY

sarily epsodical, yet the lone incident must carry with it the conviction of having been unavoidable result of pre- vious circumstances, inferred, but not de- scribed. To borrow an iiiustratian from the ring, the long story describes the training. the short story the fight-but after all the whole tale is told at the ringsde
 1 While the reign of the three-volume novel has ended here, it is not so every where. In Japan fiction still conducts continuous performance, equal in inter- minability to it's neighbor, the Chinese play, if the following tribute of a Jap anese scholar to the varied accomplish ments of his master can be accepted as evidence:
 While he accomplished in the difficult fields of mathematics physics, and meteorology enough to secure his lasting fame, he was able to turn his atten- ton to an entirely different field, the domain of literature and arts. In the | first place. pr. Kitao was an excellent German writer. The fact may be clear l ly recognized in his profoundly interest | ing novel, 'Waldsnymphe,' which is left unpublished. This splendidly writ ten German novel consists of 15 volumes of about 1000 octave pages each, illus trated with 100 beautiful pen pictures of | his own'
 | Fifteen volumes of 1000 pages each! Sweet simplicity of the pupil-but what | a master! Who shall set the limits to a nation that produces such d giant as this-a leader in the sciences and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17

Senator Loriner is now bluepencillng the lists of guests at Chicago banouets That city Is queerly constituted.