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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
LONDON THEATRES

From the Indianapolis News.
 IF all but three of the London theatres the orchestra floor and stage are sit uated below the level of the street, so that entering from the sidewalk the spec tator finds himself on the first balcony O. dress circle floor, and is compelled to walk downstairs to the cellar to find his orchestra stall. The Criterion thea tre, which Wyndham made the most fashionable theatre in London for quar- ter of a century, is entirely situated un- derground, the ceiling being about 12 feet below the street level. The Palace Music Hall, which was built for an Eng fish opera house and was opened with Sullivans "Ivanhoe has it's orchestra floor on the street level, and so has Trees His Majestys The Savoy thea tre, home of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, is built on the side of hill and practically in the middle of a block Although the roof of the Savoy only rises a few feet above the level of the Strand, It's orchestra floor opens on an inside street of such poor dimensions that it would be called an alley in Amer ica. The Savoy was built at tho time all London managers thought a theatre had no chance of success unless it was on or near the Strand. Since then other theatre districts have grown up around Leicester Square. Shaftesbury avenue. Charing Cross Road and St. Martins s Lane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
DON'T DELAY TIDEwATER

From the Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette
 The news of Mayor Exum's veto Of the renewal of the Tidewater company's regret in Tuscaloosa. The Tidewater company has been for several years try ing to establish an interurban electric railway between Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Gadsden, but the panicky times, which stopped practically all railway building, has delayed them in their work. Recently it was announced that money had been secured and that work would begir at once, if the city of Birmingham would grant enough time to finish the work. The board of aldermen extended the franchise by an almost unanimous vote, but Mayor Exum has returned it to the board for reconsideration.
 If the policy and spirit indicated in Mayor Exum's message had been follow ed in the past birmingham would have bad but few railroads, either steam or electric. Electric interurban railroads have proved of so much benefit wher- ever tried that it is surprising that Rir- mingham's chief executive should not encourage their building from Birming ham to Tuscaloosa.
 The interurban electric railroad is something entirely new in the south and the pioneers in the building should re- ceive every possible encouragement.
 Tuscaloosa hopes that the Tidewater franchise will be renewed and that the road will be built at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
Getting In Line for the Canal

The English steamship lines are getting in line to serve the entire Pa cidc coast of South America and the Japanese are said to be organizing a similar service. The one will distribute in American territory British goods, while the other will turn loose Japan csc goods. This country seems to be kept busy in digging the canal but not in getting ready to use it.
 The coal men of West Virginia are not letting any grass grow under thelr feet However. They are securing both at Colon and Panama concessions and frontages from the Panama govern nent.- The canal zone leaves a three mile strip at both ends of the canal fin the hands of the government of Panama. Neither Color nor Panama are in the canal zone. The concessions that have been granted for coaling privileges are in Colon or Panama.
 If Mobile and this district have se- cured concession at Colon or Pan ana they must have done it when no one was looking, for not a word has been heard about any such transac- tion. The subject may be referred to in the Presidents message, for the President and Colonel Goethals both favor the opening of coal depots at Colon and Panama by Uncle Sam. The proposition is at first sight surprs- ing, but 1t may commend itself fur ther on. Congress will no doubt take a hand in this ma tier and Alabama will no doubt trust to the fact that she can lay down coal at the isthmus at rates that West Virginia cannot meet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
ROSE PIroNoFF IN VAUDEVILLE

From Human Life.
 By virtue of holding the title of cham pion long distance swimmer of the United States, a little Polish Jew girl of 16 Is proving one of the vaudeville sensations Of the season.
 Miss Pitonoff, when she dashes onto the stage in white stockings, a short white frock and flying hair surmounted by a big white bow, creates a surprise by her juvenile appearance. She would
 pass as the identical Mary of the story
 books, and one-half expects to see the
 lamb come following after. In bathing
 costume, however, and once she gest into
 action in the tank, her sturdiness and strength of body become apparent.
 This modern water-sprite first came into fame by swimming the distance of
 ten miles. from Charlestown Bridge 10 Boston Light. This feat has been tried periodically for the past 20 years, but no one ever succeeded in reaching the goal before. A dozen stalwart men of noted endurance as swimmers were in the race when Miss Pitonoff won her laurels. One after another they were picked up along
 the route down Boston Harbor, defeated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
posr-cENsus SCREAMS

From the Charlotte Observer.
 Just as Macon is rubbing it into Au- gusta, so Chattanooga is rubbing it into Knoxville and Atlanta into Memphis. Each revenged itself for contumelious filings cast ten years ago, when condi- tions were reversed Though 1t gained nearly 20 per cent and without any ex- tension of corporate limits, Memphis was passed not only by Atlanta, but. by Bir- mingham as well-this latter defeat by the .heart-breaking margin of little more than 1000 heads. From second place in the eX-Confederate south it has fallen to fourth, it's 1S1,105 being exceeded by New Orleans, Atlanta and Birmingham. Augusta, Knoxville and Memphis can truthfully say that the railing Rab- stakehs all made considerable exten- siors-Atlanta and Birmingham huge ones-while they themselves stood pat Tennessee legislators desiring to keer large republican suburbs out of barely democratic Knoxville and Augusta long ing in vain for the north Augusta, s. C.. doispensary. But their revenge, if they eyer get any, must be deferred until 1920 We rather regret that the successful con testants did not set an example of for hearance and good manners which woulo haver elegated such unpleasantness per manently to the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
I nm a man More sinn'd against than shining.
 king Lear.
Density of Population

Seventeen states and two territories have been reported by the census bureau, and Rhode Island outranks them all in density of population. She holds 5l5 peo- pie to the square mile. In other words, on $40 acres she has 515 people, or nearly one to the acre. Massachusetts is a good second, with AIS people to the square to the square mile. Those in New York are not. however, well diffused. They are largely concentrated at the states great port.
 Alabama has 15 people to the square mile, as compared with 955 ten years ago, and PA 20 years ago. When the Ala bama bulletin is issued and the urban Increase in the state can be compiled, it will be seen that the apparent increase per square mile has been confined to the cities and mining district and does not extend to the agricultural counties of the state as a rule. It is true this is gen. eral condition, but it should not be per nitted to remain condition in this state, where only one-third of the land is under cultivation and where all farming land is freely offered below it's producing value ir good hands.
 Missouri has 47 people to the square mile. and Iowa 4O and Kansas 20, and Vermont s9. but in all these states farm ing lands are held at about s1oo an acre, whereas in Alabama good farms can be purchased at from s1O to $20 an acre. This difference should not exist, and it will disappear when the advantages of Ala bama are made known to all home-seek-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
The Lafe pr. HandIey

Everybody who ,knew the Rev. pr. Handley loved him and those who did not know him personally felt a real reverence for him." said an old citizen.
 T have known many men of sincere piety, but I never came in contact with any man who was so thoroughly conse- crated and at the same time so full of comradeship as the lamented pastor. Dr. Handley not only loved his Presbyterian church and loved his fellows of whatever creed, but he loved the best in music and was always an eager and discrminat- ing listener at every high-class concert given in Birmingham. Dr. Handley had a sunny nature and no one seemed to get more out of life. An unselfish, brave and blameless soul has departed and the pow CT of his example cannot be overesti- mated. The people of Birmingham re- gardless of religious denominatios should raise a fund for monument to his mem- ory. A movement for that purpose would surely seem like a work of love-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
What a Great County Needs

Those who have in mind the probable location of the government building those who know the extent of the coun- tvs business and who daily see evidences of it's growth, those who desire to see the county jail raised above all eyes and ears. in a place from which no prisoner can escape, all these stand ready to second the proposition that d skyscraper courthouse and jail be built at once, and the whole problem disposed of for 50 years at least. The question should again be submitted to the people in the broadest possible manner. Give the people a right to make choice be- tween an annex that would but delay the problem and a building that would put the problem altogether out of exis- tence.
 1 But what of the old courthouse, say some. That beautiful building-outside- is needed for a public library that will send circulating libraries into every school district in the county. A county that has no free public library is not an up-to-date county, and that is where Jefferson county stands today. The in- terests of 100 school districts would be subserved by turning the old courthouse into a free public library that would serve every school district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
ROSA BONHEIJR,S LETTER

The "Reminiscenees0 of Rosa Bonheur," which the Appletons have published with numerous illustrations from her paint ings. contains many interesting family letters from the famous French painter. Here is one of them: February T. 1867. Dodore, you old cuss, have just received your letter,w hich I could hardly read, but which pleased me all the more as I'm in the same box as regards handwriting. However, l advise you, since you are for tunate enough to have Tatan with you, to ask her to give you few lessons, if only to show you how to form your up- strokes. You old cuss I asked you for the address of your modeler and you haven't sent it. You forget, I have a masterpiece to get modelled, or else it will be spoit, which would be a pity. So please send me this address, in the name of the pigs! l will arrange with him. Peg away, peg away, my dear Dodore! You must produce Us something fine in two months, As for your Sis, why, she is body that hesitates at nothing. I work as I did at 20 only there are so many things to do at once that I am like a donkey with 20 feeds of oats ~all around him, and trotting about to each of them in turn. l have received letter from Auguste He's a nice cup of tea! Goodbye, my dear Doiore, and work well
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
CenterS of Population and Trade

Birmingham is the thirty-sixth city in the United States, gain of GA points in decade. The list of cities is in order as follows. New York. Chicago. Philadel- phia. St. Louis, Boston, Cleveland. Balti- more. Pittsburg, Detroit, Buffalo, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Seattle. Newark. New Orleans, Washington, Los Angeles, Portland, Jersey City, Kansas City, In dinapolis, Louisville. Providence, Roches- ter, St. Paul, Denver, Columbus, Toledo, Atlanta, Worcester, Oakland, Syracuse, New Haven, and Birmingham-S6 in num- Der. Spokane and Duluth have not been reported. but neither will outrank Bir- mingham, and this city will stand as No. se in the list of cities in this country in the next ten years.
 Forty-nine cities, each containing over 100000 population. have been reported. Pos sibly Spokane and Duluth will carry the number to 51. These cities contain about 20, ,l00, GOO people, or nearly one-quarter of the population of the country. The per centage of growth in these cities has been in the last decade SIS per cent. We have eight cites each containing a population exceeding 5OO, ,OOO and fl or 42 more each containing a population of 100000. These cities. about 30 in number, promise to re- main the great centers of a country now well advanced toward settled and per manent condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
.CYs SUIIOWAY

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 Of no man In Congress can 1t be said more truly than of "Cy" Sullo- way of New Hampshire that he is representative of the district which sends him to Washington. The news that his seat is in danger means that the House is in peril of losing one of it's picturesque figures. Of whom will the young men in the press gallery write as the ta1lest man if SulloWay is removed? Who will be pointed out by the waggish capitol guide as the biggest man in Congress, although you may have heard more about MT. Can non or someone else?" Who will bring of the down east" of fiction and the drama if "Cy" Subway is eliminated?
 MT. Subway, like Hi Holler, Is character who has place in popular esteem as a type" He looks like the rural New Englander who goes to the door in the first act of the melodrama, opens it gingerly. lets in several feafns of paper snowstorm. observes that u is "cold without, and it blows" and makes it apparent to the audience that the misunderstood, mistreated ma ligned heroine, hip-de in the drifts and homeless, is one to be pitied, and not scorned. The ad-chested ruddy- complexioned, unvarnished rural New Englander who makes his entrance when the man behind the scenes is .jingling sleigh bells, unwinds "com- forter'' from his throat, stamps about the stage to improve the circulation In his feet, warns his hands over make believe fire while perspiring in his win ter outfit, is "Cy" Sulloway minus foot or two of his height and yard or so of his girth.
 Nothing but the possibility of dem ocrat succeeding him can reconcile the right thinking to the prospect of Mir Subway being sent back to Manches ter. The diminishing republican vote in his district indicates, however, that he must content himself with retire ment next time if not this time. After ward we shall have to look to the stage for so pronounced a rural New Eng land type Many other New England CTS in Congress are cosmopolites. No other is like the Hon. Cyrus Adams Subway, who has never been called anything but "Cy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
All PrecedentS DiSregarded In England

The manner in which the English parliament has been dissolved after serving less than a year out of ten- ure of seven years is without pre- cedent The veto bill was never passed by the house of commons at all. The unionists demanded a whack at 1t and if was sent to them first. They had not acted on it when dissolution came.
 But there Is no red tape in British nolitics when none is desired. The liberals knew the lords would not ac cept the bill were they given a life lime to consider it in, and so they made a long matter short by dissoly ing parliament and carrying the great issue to the polls for settlement.
 This is the referendum in all es-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30

From the Chase County (KanD Leader.
 Get cheap watch that ticks loudly and inclose it in white egg-shape case. When the old hen gets snuggled down to setting good and hard, tiptoe softly into the hennery and carefully place the in closed watch under her. being careful not to Tile her temper more than is absolute ly necessary in so doing. Pretty soon so the receipt runs-the continued tick, tick begins to get on the old hens nerves. She becomes uneasy and wonders what in thunder is the matter with that egg that it has got to keep up such an ever lasting racket. She squirms around on the nest two or three miputes then stands upright and takes a look at the noisy egg. She wonders if it can be possible that it is going to hatch before she gets fairly started to setting. She squats down again and tries to let her mind wander off into happy, peaceful dreamand but it's no use The horrible tick, tick, tick is upsetting her nerves completely and she Is likely to go into mysteries any min ute. She can't stand it any longer, so with a frenzied squak that frightens all the rest of the chickens out of the barn yard she leaps into the air. wild-eyed and with feathers ruffled strikes off across the country on the run. She don't stop for fence or hedge and keeps going until she is fairly out of breath and ready to drop from fatigue. After she has had time to cool off and think the matter over a while she finally returns to the harnyard but there is no more setting for her. The very sight of a nest makes her so nervous that her teeth chatter. She is so afraid of sitting down on a nest that she actually stands up when she lays an egg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30

sential respects and the new parlia- ment. supplied with fresh instructions,
 will be ready to give the lords a full dose of the public will on January 81 next In two months the biggest is sue England has known since the days ef William and Mary will be threshed out and settled by the people acting through representatives selected for the especial purpose The elections will be practically concluded by December =. and then come the holidays. and on tle last day of January parliament will meet to carry the will of the peo- pie into effect.
 The Pail Mall Gazette owned by Willie Waldorf Astor, says the destinies of the British empires should not be settled by the bosses and saloonkeep- CTS of Buffalo. and Milwaukee. referring to MT. Redmond's new fund. and the liberals are melting. the electors to turn against the arrogant peers. The election is to be fully as bitter as the one held in this country last Novem- Der and the will of the people will be carried far more speedily and fully into effect. In directness and dispatch the British methods have our methods beaten to a frazzle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
AN INTEMPERATE SMOKER
E. Mccann in Tobacco Leaves.

J E McCann in TObaccO Leaves
 For about 70 of his S6 years, Carlyle smoked and made most of his contempor- aries smoke. The trouble with him was that he was too fond of smoking a rank pipe on an empty stomach. That gave him pains.i and his contemporaries partic- iilar pains, for puir auld Carlyle was as savage as meathouse dog all the time He cared for but two men in the world Tennyson and Dickens All the rest were puir, feckless reckless incorporate blad- ders and gas bags, and all because Tom did not know how to clean his pipe and keep it clean, and would smoke before breakfast. zts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
THE PICKET GUARD

By Ethel Lynn Beers. All quiet along the Potomac" they say, Except now and then a stray picket Is shot as he walks on his beat to and
 fro,
 By riheman hid in the thicket; 'Tis nothing-a private or two now and Will not count in the news of the battle: Not an officer lost-only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, his death rat
 tle." All quiet along the Potomac tonight Where the soldiers lie peacefully dream
 ing; Their tents in the rays of the clear au-
 tumn moon
 Or the light of the watchfres, are
 gleaming. tremulous sigh, as the gentle night Thru the forest leaves softly is creep
 ing; While stars up above, with their glitter
 ing eyes,
 Keep guard-for the army is sleeping. There's only the sound of the lone sen
 try's tread,
 As he tramps from the rock to the And thinks of the two in the low trun-
 dle-bed
 Far away in the cot on the mountain His musket falls slack-his face. dark
 and grim,
 Grows gentle with memories tender As he murmurs prayer for the children
 asleep,
 For their mother-may heaven defend
 heri The moon seems to shine just as brightly
 as then,
 That night, when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips-when low mur-
 mured VOWS Were pledged to be ever unbroken.. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He washes off tears that are yelling, And gathers his gun clorr- - -7 IT. place. AS if to keep down the He passes the fountain, tn inf tree
 The footstep is tagging ears Yet onward he goes, thru [ i'f rn4e 3ett of light, Toward the shades of ia.aft fe dreary Hark was it the night win fnstee the leaves? Was it moonlight so sudd eie It looked like riffe-"Ah' Ah ssYe. bye!" And the life blood is tbbi aa 'aea- ing. All quiet along the Potoms of8f4 No sound save the rush 1t -f While soft falls the dew O ss4 4
 the dead
 The picket's of duty for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
Thinks Birmingham Morally Better

q was particularly interested in a short interview in today's Montgomery Ad- vertiser," said a member of the Chamber of Commerce last night. Tt was an in- terview with Mir Edmund II. Dryer, one of the ablest and most highly esteemed members of the Birmingham bar. The newspaper man makes MT. Dryer say: Now that Bessemer and Ensley have been annexed etc. While Birmingham would like well to have Bessemer a part of the greater city, it is still outside, and we must wait for 1920 for that The-in- terviewer or the printer doubtless made the mistake.
 MT. Dryer was speaking of the numer- ical strength of the bar. and said there swere over 400 attorneys here. The inter- view then proceeds as follows:
 f When some one facetiously suggested that Birmingham seems to have sufficient use for this great body of lawyers, MT. Dryer, ever patriotic, said:
 '"Well, they do seem to have a very good practice, but the truth is, Birming ham is 10 times better than it was 10 years ago. although one-third of the states litigation originates in Jefferson county But that is easily explained when we look at the vast and complex forms of business and industrial enterprises we have in operation.
 Morally, Birmingham is growing better every day, and there is a great difference in conditions there now and several years ago."''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
The Hip Cities

q used to think that Chicago would overtake New York in population some day in, say, about the middle of this cen tury,' said J. E. Riordan of the Borough of Manhattan. "but think it reasonable to predict that New York will always keep in the lead of Chicago.
 'The Illinois city will grow at a rapid rate from now on but so will New York Tn 1920 New York will have something like 5,500.OOo people and Chicago about S0oo,0O0.
 "London is still keeping well ahead of New York but one can easily imagine that inside of 30 years the American me- tIopolis will surpass the present metropo- lis of the world in population
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
ar,,LECrroNs OF \ BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 The way to prove you love a girl is to let her convince you you do.
 I1sually the wise-looking man has no wits behind his looks.
 The most frequent lie is how glad vou are to see people when you meet them.
 A woman loves to tell how she was invited to place she wouldn't go, spc- cial1y if she wasn't.
 A man can lose lot of money with out blaming himself if oniy his way Of losing it was foolish enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
POETRY TINGED WITH SADNESS

William Winter in Gray Days and Gold.
 The best poetry of the best poets is touched with sadness. Hamlet has nev- CT been mistak for a merry produc- tion. Macbeth and King Lear do not commonly produce laughter. Shelley and Keats sing as near heavens gate as anybody, and both of them are es- sentially sad. Scott was as brave, hopeful and cherry as any poet that ever lived, and Scott's poetry is at it's best in his dirges and his ballads of love and loss. The "Elegy" and the Ancient Mariner" certainly are great poems, but neither of them is festive.