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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
The Census Work

"In 1900 we heard very little of padded census returns, but it seems now that the census bureau dug up several cases of padding ten years ago, although the evil dence was insufficient to warrant prose- cution of the dishonest enumerators.' said John F. Glennon of Washington, D. c. But 1t is different this year. Di- rector Durand has been on the lookout for census frauds and, backed by Presi- dent Taft, he Is determined to let no enumerator suspected 'of padding escape investigation and to punish every padder who may be convicted.
 Quite a number of ambitious cities have made phenomenal population show ings this year, but after all the census count in the great majority of cases Is believed to have been honestly and care- fully made. A few cities of the 100000 class have not made the showing they were entitled to make. Louisville com plains and justly, but the enumerators were probably not to blame for not counting everybody. Lack of co-opera- tion on the part of boarding house keepers and housewives in general &C., COuHlS TOT lle apparent bllidll iSdSO ih Louisville's population. I was in Louis vile last week and friends there told me that a reasonable estimate of the population was 275OOO. The census gives the city only 223.oO0. Surely a city of Lousville's importance Is entitled to re- count in the face of what must have been an inadequately taken census.
 Birmingham large population and it's wonderful percentage of increase have been a great advertisement for the city. have heard scores of men on railway trains talking about Birmingham as a city of phenomenal growth. A friend employed in the census bureau at Washington tells me that there was not only no padding in Birmingham but that the enumerators, from no fault of their own, failed to list all the inhabitants because they couldn't get at 'em. But the uncounted persons would probably total not over 1000 or 2000 at most-and that being so Birming- ham does well to 'jubilate.' When I was here on a short visit in 1899, I made the prediction that Birmingham would be a big city some day. but 1t has surpassed all my expectations; and I can see now that it will outstrip all southern cities in the 1920 census, New Orleans alone ex- cepted."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
A FLOWER AS RENT

In Flint, Mich, the local school board has secured a 99 year lease of a site for a new school building at the rate of one From The Survey.
 clover blossom year. The man who of- fered to rent the land on these terms must be something of poet, and the board in accepting the offer has entered into his spirit and determined to make every year ceremonious payment of the rent. It is pity that when sites are given, g they so often are. the generous donors do not exact some such rental as this, that will require touch, at, least, of beauty in the schoolyard. The require ment of a bunch of roses, or of some other chosen flower, which must be grown on the premises under the childrens care, would inject a new, a much-needed and delightful element into school life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
Fine Hotels in TexaS

H. F. Latinier of the Queen and Cres- cent Route returned yesterday with Charlton Morgan from Dallas, where they have been attending the meeting of railway passenger agents. The two officials remained in Texas to take the trip over that state which was ten- dered by the Texas and Pacific rail- road.
 T was struck with the magnificent hotels in all the Texas cities" said MT. Latimer. 'They impress every one, and to our way of thinking the hotel facil- ities of Texas account, to wonderful degree, for the progress of that state.
 Tn Dallas they never wait until a hotel is needed. They note the rapid growth, and when a hotel Is anyways desirable they go right after it, and construction is started at once. The hotels everywhere in Texas impressed the passenger men very much, and we feel no hesitancy in telling people about the modern comfort they may enjoy In any Texas city from hotel viewpoint. city receives more good will by having modern, up-to-date hotels than in any other way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18

From Life.
 There was once beautiful young thing who said that the man who won her must love her for herself alone. To her came the first suitor. who said:
 T love you because of your wonderful beautiful hair!'
 Tt Is a switch." she smiled. and the suitor went away disenchanted.
 Came the second suitor, who said:
 T love you because of your wonderful eyes"
 "one of them squints,' she laughed, and the suitor went away swiftly.
 T love you because you have such lovely teeth" declared a third suitor.
 They are false," she smiled. display ing them, and the third suitor went away discomiitted.
 T love you because you have perfect complexion vowed the fourth sutor.
 T buy 1t by the box," she smiled, and the fourth suitor went and married a grass widow with six children.
 Came then the fifth suitor, who sighed: T love you because you are you; be- cause of yourself; because there Is soul In you Wnleh atlracts ne Hreslstl- bly,"
 But don't you like my hair?" she asked
 Tt does not especially appeal to me. never liked that tint"
 And my eyes? Do you not admire them?s
 They are blue. and my favorites are brown But I love you because you are. and"
 My complexion. Do you not think it hne?"
 Tt Is not smooth, and I have mo- ticed that you freckle easily and your nose turns red in cold weather. Their Is an an immaterial detail. however, for my affection is based on-"
 And my teeth? Do you not consider them admirable?'
 They are too small. I am not a man to be swayed by such trivalities My love is on a higher and nobler plane than"
 Well you are a horrid, uncompliment- ary wretch, and I couldn't marry you if you were the last man on earth! The very ideal If you begin picking flaws with me before we are even engaged, what might I expect of you if we mar ried?"
 And the fifth suitor went away and started a bucket shop, and she married man who told her she had the smallest hands he had even seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
SARTORIAL SHOCK

From the Chicago Tribune.
 We have from time to time referred to the social customs of the eastern states as they differ from those of the west. It is an interesting study, and the sociol ogist of the future who collects these data will have valuable material for work showing how radically different were the manners of the different sec tions of the country. Not long since there was reported the appearance of a New York gentleman in Greenwich, Conn.,, who was garbed in a straw hat, long tailed coat, black trousers, tan shoes, pink socks and red tie This de- parture from convention was startling enough, but now we have reason to be- lieve that in Connecticut men sleep in their white, starched shirts, for one has just come to his death because the stiff band of his shirt strangled him while he slept. The habit of sleeping in ones day garments went out in the west many years ago, and the census shows that the use of night shirts or pajamas antedates the Chicago fire. It comes with a shock to learn that Connecticut still clings to older customs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
FRIENDS WE LEAVE DEHIND
From Holmes "Autocrat of the Brea
 IL

From Holmes "Autocrat of the Break
 fast Table"
 I find the one great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving To reach the port of heaven we must sail some times with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail and not drift, nor lie at anchor. There is one very sad thing in old friendships, to ev- cry mind which Is really moving onward. It Is this: that one cannot help using his early friends as the seaman uses the log to mark his progress. Every now and then we throw an old schoolmate e over the stern with string of thoughts tied to him and look-I am afraid. with a kind of luxurious and sanctimonious compassionate see the rate at which the string reels off, while he lies there bobbing up and down, poor fellow! and we are dashing along with the white foam and bright sparkle at our bows-the ruff fled bosom of prosperity and progress, with a sprig of diamonds stuck in it!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
An old Classic March

"Every time l see a reference to the Dead March in Saul l am re- minded of the fact that this cele- brated funeral music, majestic but simple, is seldom heard in this coun- try in these modern days, while In Europe, especially in London, no state obsequies are considered regular or in good form without It." said a man who keeps up with music and who reads foreign papers. T can recall many of the state funerals in England within the past 25 years and the Dead March in Saul has been played at all of them. that and the march from Beethovens Symphony No. taking precedence at nearly all obsequies held tn Westminster Abbey.
 "An old musician tells me that 30 or 40 years ago. when brass band fu- nerals were more in vogue than now, every bandmaster, even the leaders of small bands had the music for the Dead March in Saul and no matter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
1.-THE BLUE BIRD"

From Golfers Weekly.
 When Maeterlinck wrote on Barrie's wall: ITO the father of Peter Pan and the grandfather of the Blue Bird" he probably had in mind the general pur- suit of happiness, expressed in the ad- ventures of children, but perhaps most specifically the appeal of the boy at the end of the audience which so closely adapts Peter's question: Do you be- lieve in fairies?" The deepest difference between the two is in the dramatic quality. Barrie, for all his playfulness. has an exceptional theatrical instinct, strengthened by shrewd study of theat- rical effectiveness. Most charming one act play of his produced in London last season, called ''The Twelve-Pound Look," is as remarkable for dramatic grip as it Is for high comedy in style. Maeter- linck's dramatic quality, which Is un- doubted, is less firm. ''The Blue Bird is given at The New Theatre with finish probably never surpassed by any spectacle on the stage. Whether the poignant human meanings lose in the visual grandeur of the setting 1t Is not easy to say, but, at any rate, the pro- duction is perfect in its kind. The New Theatre is accomplishing what it was founded for when 1t gives to the public with the highest skill, a work of so much beauty, significance, and imagination. Last winters record was re- markable for a first season, and this year with a company and equipment al- ready satisfactory at the beginning, and with the obstacle of size very cleverly overcome, the outlook Is as bright as could be asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
UNNECESSARY
O OANAFHIOHzJ From Snare Moments.

From Spare Moments.
 A family that had struggled many years in a poverty-stricken portion of the city suddenly came in possession of a competence. They moved into a little place in the country and tried to i'm press their neighbors with their import ance They talked constantly of what people in our position" should and should not do.
 Some of their city acquaintances came to visit them one summer, and the It. tie daughter of or 8 was showing them about the place.
 What nice chickens" exclaimed one of the guests when they reached the poultry yard. They lay every day, too, suppose?'
 ''Yes," said the youthful hostess, that is they could, of course; but in our po- sition they don't have to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
Census Padding a National Evil

Omaha was the chief padding city in the census of 1890, when it reported a population of ,452, and retribution came in 1900, when it's population fell to 1o2 555. In the census of 1900 St. Joseph, Mo, reported a population of 1O2,979, and fin this years census 1t has only 77,OO0 an apparent loss of 26,000. As a matter of fact, St. Joe has been reasonably pros- porous and the reported loss is but a confession of padding in 1900
 In the census of this year Tacoma. Wash, is the leader in this class of frauds. It first turned in population of 11s,24S, and a second enumeration ordered by Director Durant cut these figures down to S2,972. In other words, Tacoma attempted to pad its population lists to the extent of SS,276 names. The additions were made in 34 out of Tacomas 92 enumeration districts. Five other cities. Including Minneapolis. are known to be affected by padding frauds, and at least . dozen more are suspected. Indictments are to be found, and the guilty, especial ly those higher up, should be sternly pun ished. Retribution ten years later is not sufficient to restrain overambitious cities.
 Thus far no southern city has been caught in the act Atlanta's returns were received in Washington with sus- picion, as were the figures from Mem phis ten years ago. An expert was sent to Atlanta few weeks ago, and the re. ported figures were allowed to stand Tn, figures from Memphis this year ar, awaited with interest.
 No padding can be done on an exten- sive scale unless a clique higher up plans W In Tacoma a close investigation would reveal a combination that engi- neered the attempted placing of Ss,27t fraudulent names on its census lists. The members of that combination should be punished even heavier than the humble enumerators who took instructions ffom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
IN HOTEL. HOBBIES
Entertainment Manager

w. l.. Radcliffe, formerly of Rich- mond, Va, but now of Washington, D C., spent yesterday in Birmingham. He is manager of the Radclina Musical and Entertainment bureau and is high ly esteemed in musical circles.
 The oftener I come south" said MT. Radcliffe, the more am I impressed with the splendid progress of this sec tion. As I am especially concerned with music. it is gratifying to find in Atlanta, Birmingham and other south ern cities increasing interest in high class artists. Victor Herbert and his orchestra are among my attractions for the south for the coming spring season, and the outlook for booking is excellent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18

men higher up in the social or official scale.
 The subject is receiving due attention at the White House and In the depart ment of commerce and labor, and big crop of indictments is expected. Presi- dent Taft insists that all padders be brought to justice and proper punishment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18

what else was played, that was never omitted Any band of eight or nine brass pieces can play it. It is less difficult than Chopin's Marche Funebre' which is now played by all bands of any respectable standing. In fact, it is not difficult at all
 "The Dead March in Saul Is from Handel's oratorio written in 1TSS and first performed in London January 16, 1739. Saul was the great composers first oratorio and was heard many times in England. But it is not given in the present day, for while 1t Is intensely dramatic and contains some of Han del's best work it is entirely too long -S9 numbers. An authority on music says In writing of the oratorio: Most famous of all the numbers is the Dead March" In c major, the elegy on the death of Saul and Jonathan. Impossi- ble it is to conceive how sound could be more utterly sad It is one of the most most remarkable instances In mu- sic of powerful effect attained by the simplest means, and the wonder never fails taht such effect could be secured In the major mode. It is a peculiarity of almost all Handels dirges and songs of sorrow that they are written in this mode, while almost without exception other composers have deemed the minor a necessity for the expression or sor- row and hopelessness.'
 ."The last time I heard the Dead March in Saul was at an organ re- cital at the old cathedral in Berne,
 
 distinguished organ virtuoso, was the performer. He opened his programme with a prelude and fugue by Bach and the Dead March in Saul was the sec ond number. As familiar as I was with the music it was so finely played as to seem almost a revelation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
JouNsoN,s OPINION OF ROUSSEAU

From Boswells Life of Johnson.
 One evening" at the Nitre, Johnson said sarcastically to me, Tt seems, sir, you have kept very good company abroad Rousseau and Wilkes" I answered with a smile: My dear sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company; do you really think him a bad man?' Johnson: Sir if you are talking jestingly of this, don't talk to you. If you can be serious, I think him one of the worst of men, a rascal who ought to be hunted out of society, as he has been. Three or four nations have expelled him, and 1t is a shame that he is protected in this coun- try Rousseau. sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign sentence for hls transportation than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these may years. Yes, I should like to have him work in the plantations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
THACKERAY ON MARRIAGE
m Thackeray's Letters.

I married at your age, with f400 paid by newspaper which failed six months afterward, and always love to hear of a young fellow testing his fortune bravely in that way. If I can see my way to help you I will. Though my marriage was a wreck. as you know, I would do it over again, for behold love is the crown and completion of all earthly good. A man who is afraid of his fortune never deserved one I wish you the very best. The very best and pleasantest house I ever knew in my life had but f300 to keep 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A man will quit his bad habits when he dies.
 A womans figure looks so lovely to herself she knows 1t does to everybody else.
 It's never safe to have so many prin- ciples that you can't take good care of any of them.
 Going away to the office Tor work seems to make a man much more home- sick than going off fishing.
 girl can be so unhappy over never getting married she might Just as well be so over having done 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
RATTLE HYMN OF THE REPuBLlt

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC By Julia Ward Howe. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; E He Is tramping out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are slowed, He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His trouble, swift sword;
 His truth is marching on I have seen him in the watchfires of q hundred cirding camps, They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and faring lamps;
 His days are marching on, I have read the fiery gospel, writ fin burn ished rows of steel "As ye deal with My contemnerS so with you My grace shall deal; Let the Hero born of woman crush the serpent with his heel,
 Since God Is marching on." He has sounded forth the trurnpet that shall never call retreat; He is sitting out the hearts of men be- fore His, judgment seat, o. be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
 Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ, was born across the sea, 4ts " With glory in his bosom that transfip- ures you and me; As He died to make men holy. let us die to make men free,
 While God Is marching on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
MT. Yoakum's Recent Speech

B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the Fris- co lines, is like nearly all of the prom inent railroad executives, an interest ing talker and writer. He is usually optimistic, and he never tires of telling eastern capitalists about the wonderful resources of the south and southwest, and few men can discuss large ques- tions more convincingly than he. In speech at the Oklahoma state fair
 recently Mir Yoakum had for his theme, Wagon Roads and Railroads" He declared that new nationalism' is not
 needed to deal with the new indus
 trialsm." He said that the founders of
 this government could have no concep- tion of the vast interstate commerce which would move over 235,000 miles of railroad, instead of the little which then dragged over a few miles of bad wagon roads. This was no reason, how ever, why this new development should be treated in any sense as lawless, nor Is there any reason for attempting to arrest 1t because 1t requires a read
 ton. As the commerce between states expanded and as transportation was ex- | tended. a far-reaching, connected and | interdependent industrial system was created and this must be subject to some system of law
 But after all" said MT. Yoakum this thing called interstate commerce
 and these instrumentalities called rail-
 roads represent the very vitals of our
 national progress, and the very health and wealth of our whole people; and
 the people of the country, instead of being aroused by infiammatory appeals
 to adopt measures to destroy them, should be taught by enlightened dis cussion to find some way to promote
 them and at the same time fairly regu- | late them."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
.IAslk,s TROUBLE
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 Jack London, psychologist, and also novelist, says every human being is combination of an ape and tiger Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Well, Jack did not act much like a tiger in his recent scrap with that California saloonist, so he seems to have made a monkey of himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18

Neither Gilbert nor Sullivan got penny out of the production in the United States of their bright and tuneful operas. The managers gobbled all the profits. But Gilbert is coming here to reproduce the operas, and he should go back well re- Warded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
TUSCALOOSA TrMEs-GAzErTE

The annual industrial edition of the Tuscaloosa Times-G Gazette, which has been received, is a highly creditable achieve ment This edition is printed on a good quality of white paper and the typo graphical work Is excellent. A number of attractive illustrations lend additional interest. Tuscaloosa's advantages are set forth in highly commendable way. This fine old southern town has recently had a decided impetus In its growth and it's prosperity is reflected by the Times Gazette. 4g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18

No man can name necessary of life tariff, while any schoolboy can name a score that have been put up in the price 1ietS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18

The new nationalism points distinctly to practical monarchy in this country, and the first monarch would be Theo- dore I.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18
LIMERICKS.

l. There was young maid from the south Who had an adorable mouth; Why, even when fussing, Or scandal discussing. You'd wish you were kissing that mouth.
 H. There was an old dame from Nantucket. Who sent for her "suds in bucket; She drained every drop And then hated to stop This drunken old dame of Nantucket. There was a young maid from the city, Whose face was surprisingly pretty; In the country she caught A bee and we thought
 pity!'' There was an old man from Ishkooda, Who heard chap speaking of Buddha, And he said, "Who is that? Is he lean? Is he fat?" The stupid old man from Ishkooda- There was an old man with the Itch, Who often lay down in a ditch;
  Of scratching my back" Said this filthy old man with the itch.
 WHEN WE PART. The careless, indifferent person says, 50 long,"
 The affected person says. "Au revoir." The theatrical person says. Fare we'll"
 The giddy person says, "Ta, ta." The slovenly person, says, Goodbye" The sincere person says, Goodbye"
 GOT HIS DESERTS. In the city of Blnn, Overridden by sin
 Dwelt bad, hypocritical primate, Who's lingering now, With a brand on his brow, In a place with a tropical climate.
 NOTHING NEW 50 you are not interested in the plan for penny postage?", Not at all. I've had the postcard habit for years"
 A CINCH. The man who is content to sit in the sun doesn't find 1t hard matter to kill tins.
 THE FARMER.
 The day is over,
 The world is fed,
 And the farmer sleeps
 On his feather bed.
 Kansas City Star.
 | He snores so loud,
 The rooftree shakes
 Like an aspen leaf
 Until he wakes. HOW TO PUT UP A STOVEPIPE. Putting up stovepipe is easy enough if you only go at 1t right. In the morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18

The colonel's southern western trip Is ended, and his services will now be given to aid the desperate candidature of MT. Stimson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18

The pictures of President Braga are being doctored to make them resemble those of the colonel.