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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
Ballinger a StlCker

The four democratic members of the
investigating committee after reciting
In their report the acts of Ballinger
reach the conclusion that "he is not
deserving of public confidence and that
authorities to resign his office Mr..
Madison, an insurgent republican, ar
rives at a like conclusion.
The whitewash wing of the commit
tee is to met in Chicago next Tues
dav but as Senator Flint is in Europe
1t will not be able to do any white
washing with majority brush. But
six members at the most will be present
at the Chicago meeting-six out of the
twelve members of the committee.
The facts recited by Mr.. Madison and
the four democratic members seem con-
vincing. and under those facts Ballinger
can but stand discredited in office or
nut of it. If he becomes a sticker and
the President refuses to act the next
Congress will act. If Ballinger re-
mains in office he will be impeached
by the sixty-second Congress and
trial by the Senate will follow. This
n exactly what sticking means after
a condemnation as sweeping and
searching as the one at ST. Paul Ger
tainly was.
Secretary Ballinger will be ousted
from office. Neither the standpat MEM
hers of the investigating committee
nor the President himself can save him.
He has been proven unfaithful to the
public and he must go. 1t may be IN
the near future or it may be after i'm
neachnoent in the winter of 1911 and
trial and a long drawn out continual
tion of a national scandal. The re-
nublicans have no other choice, for
Ballingerism will not die out While
Ballinger is in office.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
AMERICANS ABROAD
They Make "A Great Deal of Noise When
They Start for Home

From the Washington Herald.
Harry I. Parker of Pittsburg, who has
spent the summer in Europe, and who
was seen at the New Willard last night,
In speaking of American tourists abroad,
said: Americans when they leave Paris
for home have the joyous air of con-
querors. Not only do they leave moth
ing Of themselves behind. but they take
away everything, they can carry.
"Pandemonium reisns at the railway
station" continued Mr.. Parker. "Shout-
ing and singing, rushing about in fear
of having forgotten something, smoking
and yelling, they convert the railroad
station into an inferno. Young men with
low, turn-down collars and broad, big,
padded shoulders covered with loose
coats, walk UP and down the platform
of the station In Paris and saunter into
the train only when the whistle blows.
One Frenchman told me. with much sad
ness In his eyes and voice. that he be-
lieved that Americans look upon the
French with even more disdain when they
leave france tndn Wnen lney ldnQ IN
that country. In direct opposition to the
American woman who has become Paris
ianized by stay in Paris, the men seem
to have been Influenced not at all. Not
an article of their clothing has been
bought In Paris. Not a necktie or hae
bears the mark of a Partisan maker.
Exactly as they were when they came so
| they are IN leaving
IF they ever go back to Paris" said
Mr.. Parker, who has spent every sum-
mer In France for the last Is years, "it
Will be to spend their time on the outer
| boulevards of Montmartre. The only i'm
| preston of the old world they take
away with them Is a recollection of the
Bal Tabarin, or the Cafe OF Heaven, or
He'll. or the Cigale Music hall. The num-
Der of dogs and birds which accompany
many Of the departing Americans is as
| founding Certain families have coureurs.
The Emperor Of Germany, were he to
visit Paris, would not be more elabo-
rately preceded. His departure, how
ever. would be a good deal calmer."
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Piecemeal Revision

The Providence Journal certainly is not
a democratic newspaper. 1t Is progress
sive independent republican newspaper,
and it supports as rule republican
nominees and republican policies. 1t sees,
however, no great gain to the country
in pieeemeal revision. Tt really does not
consider revision of that sort practicable.
Speaking of cotton goods 1t says 1.-THE
cost of production in this case Is In
creased by the protection given to build
ing materials, machinery and other arti-
Giles which the cotton manufacturer has
to buy. How, then, can the cotton sched-
ule be reduced II the machinery schedule
is left untouched? No doubt excrescences
in the tariff might be Topped off here
and there without general revision. But
1t may be doubted IL the policy of piece
meal revision can be carried very far.
1t is a poor substitute LOT the sWeephi6
reductions in every direction which the
interests of the consumer-and the real
interests of manufacturer and working
man, for that matter-plainly demand
The journal says 1.-The whole elaborate
system of protection depends upon a
nice adjustment, not merely of the indi-
vidual schedule to the profits the bene-
ficiary expects, but of each schedule to
every other" It should have added that
when the administration assails one
schedule of this closely knit device for ex-
plotting consumers. 1t will assail all, and
will fight back to the utmost of their
combined power.
Once open the subject of revision be-
fore Congress- no one can restrain de-
bate or the offering of amendments, at
least not in the Senate. The House will
be in chaotic condition next winter
and the standpatters will be cowed into
silence. The insurgents will not be able,
even IL willing, to dictate piecemeal re-
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and that we are quite aware that Thac
cray as a writer of keen satire and
reproachable English had undeniaH
claims to distinction. In short Of
irony must be perceived by the consign
If 1t is to be at all effective, and
would leave US far short of the bull
eye of our desires If in shooting at til
particular target our exhibition of a
gressive American assertiveness left b
hind 1t only an impression of vastit
dinous Ignorance.
We are no longer in the Hedging Il
erary stage. as we appeared to be in Il
days when all we had to show along Il
erary lines were a few shelves full
poetry and essays by Longfellow al
Emerson and some clever but Who'll
provincial fiction writer's like Edgar A
Ian Poe and James Fenimore Cooper al
washington Irving and Nathaniel IIa'
thorne, and 1t is not fitting, therefor
that we should continue to bear the tai
that once rejoiced us.
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Hot Times Approaching In New York

As the time draws near for the Sc
lection of standard bearers in New
York interest increases and doubts Also
No one inside or outside of the pop
ulous state sees clearly the outcome.
1t should be rememb cred that the
republican convention is to meet at
Saratoga Springs on September 81. It
will have met and adjourned when
the democrats full of confidence and
ginger meet at Rochester on Septem-
Der 30 to name a candidate for gov
ernor.
1t Is believed Theodore Roosevelt, a
delegate from Nassau county-Oyster
Bay-will dominate the Saratoga con-
vention. He Is leading the movement
to down the bosses and uphold the
demand for the establishment of the
"a iiiiii ~ Stclli. AtICly tie CODlIOl Vi
the convention will not satisfy him.
He Is leading a movement that must
encounter at the polls either a victory
or a defeat.
Does not the party know that the
only way of keeping the bosses out
of power and of committing the re-
publican party to the primary system
consists in a victory at the polls in
Who but Roosevelt can lead
such movement with any promise of
success? Absolutely no one. No other
Does not this mean that he must face
the party situation by becoming that
party's standard bearer? Would 1t not
ly would be poor politics and Theodore
Roosevelt is the best politician in
America.
Well, assuming that Theodore Roose-
Welt will become the republican NOM
inee for governor, what then? The dem
ocrats at Rochester two days later
would then be up against another sit
uation. Only one democrat can be
named who can defeat Theodore Roose-
welt, and he has bullet in his neck!
He is not even known to be a recep-
tive candidate. He is simply trying to
regain his health and strength. But
when the democracy call will he, can
he afford to, ignore their call?
A race for governor between Gaynor
and Roosevelt would be not only a
spectacle for the gods but it would
be truly national and after it had
taken place all would be able to see
with reasonable clearness what is in
store for us in 1912.
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families will follow. and this means in
turn a depreciation in the value of prop
erty. The problem Is one that springs up
from time to time in all southern cities.
Its solution is, however, largely in the
hands of real estate and renting agents,
and if they act wisely race friction in
city streets is kept at a minimum.
To the credit of the negroes, be it said,
they do not as rule court trouble by in
vading a street that had been exclusively
occupied by white. They prefer to live
as a rule in localities Inhabited by peo-
pie of their own color. In this city the
trouble complained of in Baltimore is
rarely duplicated, and each race makes
Its homes in eengenial streets and sec
lions. When a city is about evenly di
vided by the color line this may seem to
be difficult, but in practice it is found
to be easily feasible. The negroes prefer
the independence to be found in locali-
ties devoted to their own race and they
do not show here any of the spirit that
Is creating trouble in Baltimore.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
THE BACHELOR GIRL
Her Lot in Life IL Not Mt All to BE
Pitied

From the Boston Herald.
Not so very long ago the married wom-
an looked down with pity upon her I'M
married friend as she gave entertain
ments and went to balls and theatre
parties and had good time generally
while the unmarried one stayed at home.
Now things have grown so much In the
favor of the single woman that her
married friend. often envies her liberty,
her youthful appearance, caused by the
absence of household cares. and. above
al, her income, which she can spend
as she wills without asking any ones
permission. And indeed there are worse
things than being a bachelor girl now
adays. Women are firmly established in
the business world, and they are Begin
ming to be paid large salaries, which
would satisfy many man. They can
go almost anywhere without an escort
to the theatre, to dinner at many of the
restaurants and to nearly every kind of
evening affair.
The prosperous, clever bachelor girl is
in as great demand as the bachelor man
for week ends. She is much more en-
PERTAINING than the stay-at-home girl,
and her bright ways and smart cos
tunes make her a dangerous rival for
the married fiirt, who has had things her
own way for so long.
Last and not least, she is able to lay
aside money for her old age, which many
a married woman worries over, and per-
haps buy home in the country. which
may be hers no matter what befalls.
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vision. It is difficult to see how the
House can be confined to one schedule
next winter. 1t is difficult from every
point of view to see how pecemeal re-
vision can become practicable.
It may, however, be "a good-enough
Morgan" until after election, and then
means may be found to postpone 1t to
the next Congress. Then the presidential
election will be close at hand, and in
1912 the people will demand a general
revision to the plain. just basis Of a rev.
enue tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
A NEAT APOLOGY

From the Hillsboro, Kan, News.
Several Of the leading society ladies OF
Hillsboro insist that we apologize for an
article appearing in the News two weeks
ago. in which we said too much valuable
time was wasted by the ladies at their
functions on cards and finch" We
humbly apologize for the item and wish
to state that we lied. There is not a
lady in Hillsboro that knows the jack
Of clubs from q Jerusalem artichoke,
and as for finch, they never saw the
game in their lives, and some Of them
think it's new kind Of corset. When
they meet at social functions they occu-
Ply their time in reading the Bible and
conversing about the efficacy of the atone
ment and the whichness of the when.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
Was a Great English Painter

Few famous pictures by modern paint
ers are so familiar as The Light of the
World reproductions of which hang on
as England, and l learned with sincere
regret of the death of the great artist
William Holman Hunt, which occurred
last Wednesday, said lover of art.
The work referred to, so often seen in
photogravure, represents the Savior light
Ing His path through the night to the
door of a hut and there knocking for
admittance.
Hunt, is as well known, was one of
the founders of the -Raphaelite school
or movement. The New York Sun in a
lengthy and instructive article on Hunt
says: Harsh criticism followed the orig
inal Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood wher-
ever it displayed its work The public
would not buy the pictures of the new
school. Holman Hunts "Rienzf' was
bought for $500, so 1t was said, by a
friend who never looked at the picture
after having received it, but who con-
tented himself with having done a work
of charity.
In the early SOS the artist hook trip
to the Holy Land, and it was there he
gained his inspiration for many of his
greatest works. Many years saw him
back in Palestine at work on canvases
of scriptural themes. Some of the best
known of these are 1.-The Finding of the
Savior in the Temple, painted in 1850;
1.-The Shadow of the Cross completed
after four years work in 1879 THE Tri-
umph of the Innocents," done In 1885, and
Christ Among the Doctors In 1890
''The Lady of Shalott" and Nazareth"
are two other canvases ranked high in the
artists work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
HIGHwAYMAN STOLE A KISS
from the st. Louis Times

From the st. Louis Times.
A general police order has been issued
for the arrest of a 'highwayman' who
held UP Frances Mueller. 10 years old,
and robbed her OF kiss the other night.
Miss Mueller alighted from car. ap-
preached the "highwayman' and asked
him to direct her to a Russell avenue
address.
I'm stranger in the neighborhood
and I'm afraid she said.
We'll, miss, don't worry; I'll take you
there" the man replied.
When In front of the house the strang-
err stepped in front of Miss Mueller and
commanded her to hold up her hands.
AS the girl obeyed he stopped over and
kissed her on the right cheek. r..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
NEGRO Residents In White Sections

Baltimore is disturbed by the intrusion
from time to time of negro residents into
streets that whites alone had previously
occupied 1t is difficult to handle this
problem in large towns, because IN SUCH
towns not a few negroes become affluent
and with affluence comes the desire to
live in better streets. This renders segre-
CATION doubly difficult for not only the
constitution forbids 1t but monetary
strength opposes it.
The invasion of street by negro
family invariably means that other negro
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
BEHIND THE BARS
"JOhn Carter" Tells His Experiences
Magazine Article


From John Carriers Prison Life as
Found it," In September Century.
To attempt to bring the conditions
life in saltwater prison clearly befoI
the readers eve. 1t Will be advisable
detail days routine. At 5:45 the go1|
rings. This sounds like very ordina
and necessary procedure, but the mor1
ing gong is the insistent fact that dill
turgs ones dream fancies, the everlasI
ing reminder of ones status in life. 4
the sound of it 700 men get out of bel
wash, dress and tidy their cells. 4
6:15 they march to breakfast In I'll
dining halls. Breakfast over, they ri
turn to their cells for a moment, bI
| shortly march out to the shops, begii
ming work promptly at o'clock. VOL
continues until noon, at which tiGo
recess is taken for dinner. At 1 vol
begins again, and 1t continues until
when comes once more the silent mard|
and by 6:15 every man is locked in III
cell. During eight months of the ye}
| the night school occupies 80 men uni
lS o'clock. The remainder may smol|
and read--or write verse-from to
at which time the gong rings and II
light goes out.
| This Is the invariable week day ro1
tine. On Sundays and holidays comesI
welcome change. On Sundays the goT1
rings an hour later, and after breakfal
| the men return to their cells for lonl
er period Apropos of the word eel
the aristocratic prisoner uses the e]
phemism apartment" or ROOM" lei
after his release he may be unable
break the habit of referring to II
sleeping room as a cen. On Sundays,N|
course, comes chapel service, whid
continues from an hour to 90 minute
After service, attendance at which
entirely optional, every man is turn(
out for exercise. With the exceptid
of the walk of a few yards betwe(
the dollhouse and the shops, this is Il
only opportunity that the majority
the prisoners get to breathe fresh al
If 1t rains or SHOWS, even this Is deni{
them. After drill comes dinner, al
after dinner the key turns again. Fro
noon on Sunday to 5:45 on Monde
every man Is locked in his cell and Id
| to his own devices. On holidays, II
stead of chapel services and drill, theI
are entertainments, followed by fe
hours of quasi-liberty, during whi{
| talking is allowed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
NIPPER JIM's DARLING.

Nipper Jim's darling from Omaha p
him a visit last week. He took her
the romantic old haunt on the Nodaw,
where the old grapevine swing is still
running order. While he held her wa
hand in his and the futter of Jir
heart responded to the gentle pressl
and the silent ripples of the stream a
the tinkle of the COW bells and bleati
of the innocent lambs were waited
their ears and Cupid was firing his da
into their loving hearts Jim spoke
and said: This is one of the happi
moments of my life. Mound City jeff
sonian.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11

Colonel Roosevelt is holding his popu-
larity in the west said Charles B. Rath-
borne of Kansas City, land l believe will
be as popular in 1912 in that section as he
is today.
But 1t is generally talked in Chicago
and other cities this side of the Missis-
sippi where l have been recently that ex-
President Roosevelt is SO OVERRIDING
grandstand politics that he will become
unpopular in the country at large.
IT am a democrat, but have never
thought our party had the ghost of
show to win in recent years. l believe
victory will be ours in 1872 however. 1t
certainly looks that way now"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
TOO MUCH EATING

From Answers.
The stranger in the hotel pumped down
his bag.
~ wanter ROOM" he said
mo 81" raped the clerk. Second
floor"
rs 1t a good one?' queried the
stranger
Excellent! The boy will show you the
way" replied the clerk.
The stranger took up his bag.
"Right-hol" he said. "Oh, say, what s
the eatin' hours in this hotel?'
breakfast" answered the clerk. u to
III lunch, II to 8; dinner, to s; supper,
8 to H."
The stranger dropped his bag again.
Great Jerusalem!' he exclaimed.
when am goin to git time to see the
town."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
L4,sperity In Evidence

"Besse-aer is growing steadily said
T. 4. Weller of Birmingham. land agent
OK the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land
company. lone of the best evidences OF
that city's prosperity is the fact that
there are no vacant houses. On the other
hand there is a demand right now for at
least $50 new dwellings.
II do not know what population the
United States census will give Bessemer,
but the population of Bessemer and It's
environs-say within a radius of two or
three miles-is not less than $4,000"
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A PROBABLE cENTENARIAN.

After using tobacco for 45 years, we
ern man decided that the habit was
furious to his health and quit. The
Is no telling how long he expects
live. now that he has given up the dea
" weed.
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HERE'S EDYTHE GADDY.

Edythe Gaddy, Maybeles younger sis
ter was f1ouncing around the streets yes
terday in more finery than circus actor
Inc. She had her heels lacked up about
four inches and had consolidated her own
and Maybelle's jute hair, about four pecks
in all, and had it done over waste
paper basket. Moreover, she was decked
out In yards of red ribbon of fine text
ure and dozens of gilt buttons and other
gaudy doo-dads of great price. And al
though she had been sent up town to
order a quarters worth of laundry soap
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ADR1rT WITH THE TIMES

for her mother. she tore around as
she had all the arrangements to m,
for the log rolling and the rural lei
carriers convention, besides seeing t
the street car and bond election D.
lions had enough signers. Every ii
she passed a man or a crowd of n
she looked at them as If to say, dc
you dare speak to me, you bruter' {
every boy who saw her knew that
he took out after her she wouldn't
her best Manhattan, Kans., Mercur,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
JUST TO COME BACK TO You.

BY julia Nelly Finch. -
Just to go back! Go back once more,
And leaning, look within the door!
To catch the freight on the hearth,
To see the chairs drawn close around
Remembering all the wholesome mir1
The singing daughters cheerful SCUM
To hear my mothers tender calling
And thro' the twilight shadows fallir1
To see the heaven of her face,
Her forms benignant, comeiy grace:
To lean my head upon her breast :
And leaning there, know rerseSt res
All! II our dreaming could ffp
And wishing could but nsNxe b IS
think no heaven I'd wa xti -
But, mother, just to coma +. N ri
Birmingham, September.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11

F. Augustus Heinze expects his actress
wife to live in Butte, Montana. This is
expecting a good deal of an actress, al
though Miss Mary MaeLane seems to be
equal to the task
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CATAcLAsMIC.

"Have you heard about the latest sem
sation in upper circles?"
NO; put me next
Mrs Niggs and Mrs. Nubbins are at
daggers' points because Mrs. Niggs said
Mrs. Nubbins' grandmother smoked a
pipe"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11

Former Vice President Fairbanks rises
up to say that there is too much hysteria
abroad in the land, and also too many
false prophets. This is the general YER
dict of the monopolists
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11

Some of the book reviewers seem to re-
gard African Game Trails as a piece
of fiction. They are In danger of be-
coming members of the Ananas club.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11

Sunny Jim Sherman frankly acknowl-
edges that he is not reading any repub-
lican out of the party. He had better
not, for election day Is drawing near.
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ALL TOGETHER.

Lorimer, Lorimer, who tied can to Lor-
inner
And gave the Hamiltonians quite jar?
Teddy did, Teddy did, what other chap
than Teddy did?
Our ripping, rearing, roaring Teddy R. !!
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The promoters of the new nationalism
will now proceed to expand their doc
trine so that 1t will cover about all the
things that the government can handle
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A CHITG FIEND's FATE.

He dubbed and he dubbed,
He dubbed night and day;
He curled up In his auto car
And tried to sleep that way.
And now that he's departed
Into the realm of shade.
He'll boil year in Hades hot
For every mile he made.