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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
WOMEN IN CHINA
Has the Weaknesses of Her sisters In
New York and Chicago

From the Washington Herald.
Lovely woman has the same weakness
in Pekin and Canton as In New York
and Chicago, according to J. L. Harris
of Shanghai. who is engaged in the ex-
port business at that place. When seen
at the Arlington, Mr.. Harris said:
THE coiffeur-or hairdresser If you
like-the milliner dressmaker, and boot
maker are as important to her, said
Mr. Harris. "as to her American sister
Like the latter, she dotes upon mani
curing, but on account of social con-
ditions there are no professional mani
cures to employ twice or thrice week
Either she attends to her own nails or
she depends upon a junior wife, a SER
want, or a slave to do the work for
her. Her ideal finger nail is not that of
the Occident, at least so far as shape is
concerned. Where the western woman
wants her nails a, simple oval which is
almost parallel with the curvature of
the tip of the finger, Chinese woman of
fashion wants hers to extend well be-
You'd the finger tips
Changing the subject Mr.. Harris said
that if 1t were the intention of Japan
to get a firm hold on China for Interior
purpose, she had started in to do so a
little too late.
China is waking up in all corners of
its immense empire. Soldiers are being
drilled everywhere by European officers,
and schools are opened where the
Chinese youth is taught the manual OF
arms instead of the ancient Chinese
classics. Railroads and canals are cut
ting through the country everywhere,
and it will not be many years before
China will be as formidable an opponent
to Japan as Japan appears to be today
to China. In fact, China's future is ar
irving in double quick time. China will
be able to take care of herself, and she
will not need the help of any foreign
country. The only thing that l am
afraid of when the Chinese awakening
has come to its full development is that
they will proclaim a Monroe doctrine Tor
Asia. and will enforce it, too. No power
in the world could prevent NChina and
Japan from forcibly ejecting every Euro
pean from their SOIL.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

offense yet he was really not guilty
of that offense for which he suf
fered"
In New York the rule is embodied
in the statute law. OF this rule Chiei
Justice Johnson said. IF it be objected
that such a rule may compel the ac-
quittal of one who the jury are salts
fed is guilty, the answer is that the
rule. if it exists must be regarded as
part of the humane policy OF the
common law which affirms that it Is
better that many guilty should escape
rather than that one innocent should
suffer"
The gruesome mass found in the
house which Crippen occupied cannon
be identified as the remains of any
person. The medical experts in Lon
don differ as to whether it is the re-
mains of a man or woman. The body
of the offense must be established be-
fore Crippen can be even indicted, and
no one on this side of the sea sees
how this can be accomplished. Mere
disappearance has no legal criminal
significance. Mrs. crippen has disap-
peared, but beyond this the facts stop.
The horrible thing found in the eel.
lar may. so far as the London doctors
know. be the remains of either man
or a woman. The mass is valueless as
definite legal evidence.
It is safe to say that public preju-
dice will not be operative or potentlai
when Crippen is brought to trial in
London. and cardinal principle OF
law will not be set aside in his case
His neck is still safe, guilty as he
undoubtedly is of shocking Wits
murder.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
WOMEN WRITE WORST BOOKS
Marguerite Mooers Marshall in the New
York World.

Marguerite Mooers Marshall in the New
| York World.
"HERE came a report from London
last week which read this way:
| Leading book publishers have
been invited to give testimony before a
conference on public morals The pub
fishers agree in the statement that wom-
en- write most of the books that are
Objectionable from a moral point of view
and that women are far more eager to
buy such books than men are. In fact
said some of the publishers, the sue
| cess of such books depends mainly on
the number of women who buy them F"
'It is the women of the working class
who read the greatest number of So
called Objectionable books, said Ida M
Tarbell, regretfuly but firmly. when her
attention was called to the London ca
BILE dispatch.
ut is undoubtedly true" she continued
that women are writing many, If not
nearly ALL of these books. The So
called sex problems seem to possess a
curious fascination for women writer's
Then, too, women are so comparatively
new at handling these subjects that they
confuse liberty with license. They go
| beyond bounds in their distorted analy-
ses and apparently lose sight completely
of the lofty ideals which guide men
| In their treatment of the same class
of subjects.
ct would not call book Objectionable
simply because it dealt with unpleasant
problems It is the way in which such
conditions are presented and the purpose
for which they are presented Wild and
wicked persons wander through the vol
umes of Count Leo Tolstoy. but I GER
tainly do not consider him an immoral
writer.
But these women, with their morbidly
motived herones, are utterly devoid of
any ideal mpulse OF course suppose
there are men who write that sort of
| trash
But, Miss Tarbell.' I interrupted
don't you think that the women who
write such books are unduly advertised
Just because they are women and there
fore create the impression of being more
numerous than they really are?"
mo" thoughtfully denied the woman
writer. IT do not believe the English
author of the Success de Scandale a
couple of seasons back was advertised
especially because she was a woman. 1t
was her book which drew attention first
and then, of course. herself"
What is your definition of an OBJ
tionable book?" she was asked.
ANY book which inspires Objectionable
| acts or thoughts she answered gravely.
THAT is what I meant when I said so
much depended on the treatment. Great
sins may be described so that they be-
come a tragedy according to Aristotle's
famous definitions, inspiring the emo
tons of play and terror But so long as
they do not induce imitation in the minds
of the readers their delineation is not
immoral
There Is a certain sort of book not
generally termed immoral which / con-
slider most dangerous. 1t is what I
call the .fiabby' book. All such books
tend to relax and weaken the mind and
the intellectual processes. They are the
downy sofa pillows of literature which
make our brains drowsy. They present
life through a shimmering haze Of I'M
reality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
Crippen'S Defense in London

While England is comparatively free
from the sentimental bias of juries and
the general dilatoriness of American
courts, yet it has certain well-denned
rules of law that cannot easily. if
can be indicted, much less convicted,
in England until 1t has been prov en-
that murder has been committed Sir
Matthew Hale thus defines the corpus
deficit:
II would never convict any person of
murder or manslaughter unless the fact
were proved to be done, or at least the
body found dead for the sake of two
cases, one mentioned in my Lord Coke's
Pleas of the Crown. Warwick shire
case, another than happened in my
remembrance in Staffordshire, where A
was long missing and upon strong
prescriptions B was supposed to have
murdered him and to have consumed
him to ashes in an oven, that he snould
not be found, whereupon B was in
dfcted for murder and convicted ana
executed, and within one year after a
returned, being indeed sent beyond the
sea by against his will, and SO
though Justly deserved death for
tidnapping. which was then capital
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
situation in the seventh

NJ. Gardner Greene of Pell City passed
through Birmingham yesterday en-
route to Mobile. where he will act
as a member of the state democratic
subcommittee appointed to hear the
contest of Judge Anderson against
Judge Brown for the circuit bench.
The committee is composed OF
Chambless Keith and Boswell Wad-
dell 1t will report to the state com
mittee at its meeting on August 81, at
Montgomery.
Il do not believe there is much dan
ger in the Seventh district said Mr..
Greene. 81 realize that the repuhli-
cans will make a hard fight against
Burnett, but If the democrats put up a
solid front we should defeat Howard,
With the full force of the democracy of
the state centered on the Seventh the
democratic representation in Congress
can be kept intact"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

From the New York Press.
man never forgets a favor he does
another and never remembers one done
him.
Generally a man who likes people to
think he has a strong character is as
pleasant to live with as cage full OF
bears
College seems to be able to educate
brains out of some heads; there is no
case on record where brains have been
educated into head
II a man drops the soap and 1t slides
under the hath tub he seems to feel he
wouldn't be doing his duty to his family
unless he got cross with them about It,
One thing a woman has good bust
ness head for is all the presents she
can get out of her husband when she
has caught him doing something that
makes him afraid Of her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
THE HIGHWAYS.
shways, the highways

The highways the highways
Are calling ever on,
To follow far where fancy leads
And boyish dreams have gone;
To break away from humdrum task
And old familiar scene,
To climb the blue encircling hills
And roam the wales between
In hopes to win Dame Fortunes smile
And all the world beside
For aye, for aye the highways call
And will not be denied
The highways, the highways
Are calling ever on;
We wake from troubled dreams to hear
Their trumpet at the dawn.
"Arisei The hours speeding fast,
You've little time to wait,
The wights who'll win are on the road,
Prepared for any fate!'
And still that voice through winters
snow.
And spring and summer-tide-
For aye, for aye the highways call
And will not be denied!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
TIP FOR sUFFRAGErTEs

From the LOUISVILLE Courier-Journa1.
suffragette says that voting is a
simple matter. 1t takes only a rev MN
utes to go to the polls and drop a ballot
.in a box OF course. If one Is as care
less of results as a hen that drops an
egg from a fire escape landing to a Bel
gian block pavement and cackies sell
confidently about her achievement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
NOTHING ELSE

When you worry, worry, worry,
When you sweat, sweat, sweat;
When you hurry, hurry, hurry
And you fret, fret, fret;
When you'd like to see a blizzard
Swooping down from bout the pole,
And the heat has parched your gizzard
It's midsummer, bless your SOUL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
A WOMAN IN DISTRESS.

"Oh, dear" sighed Mrs Ponsonby. Il
can't understand the sporting page at ALL
whats the matter now" asked Mr..
Ponsonby.
"a baseball writer says that Patsy NC
Swat was sent to the tall timber because
he couldn't connect with sufficient num-
Der of bingles. Does that mean he didn't
pay his board bill?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
Cheering Conditions

IT have been travelling through Ala
bama and Mississippi" said Joseph Belt
man, we'll known in the cigar jobbing
trade, land everywhere 1 have heard the
same cheering talk-the corn crop Is
splendid and it is the biggest crop ever
raised in this part of the country. The
corn crop is indeed a record-breaker, and
it will mean millions of dollars added
to the wealth of the south.
"a few years ago Alabama and Mis-
sissippi farmers put all their energy in
cotton thinking it not worth while to
try to raise corn. Millions of dollars
went out of the south to pay for feed
stuff Now the south is not only pro-
ducing practically all the corn needed
here. but many farmers will have a
great deal of corn to SELL With the i'm
proved methods of farming, corn and
hay will prove to be almost, II not quite,
as good money oiops as cotton.
I'm my travels was glad to see cot
ton looking we'll. 1t is late, but with few
exceptions the fields were clear of weeds.
In other words, cotton in Alabama and
Mississippi has been we'll worked, and is
in excellent shape.
Another thing that is worthy of note,
Alabama is raising large quantities of
fruit. The orchard industry in northern
Alabama has come to be very important
commercially | was in Winston county
recently and / looked at vast orchards
on land that ten years ago was not
,,.o
sidered cheap at so to SIS an acre.
With abundant crops in sight the
farmers are in high spirits and the
country merchants are correspondence
optimistic. | look for great business
prosperity this fall"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

strongly to the south. not only read it
in the papers, but see 1t; and the big
corn crop will advertise this section in
the right way What the south needs is
the small farmer by thousands and tens
of thousands"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

The decision of Justice Moody to re-
tire places in the hands of the Presi-
dent at one time the nomination of a
chief Justice and two associate justices.
It is safe to say that not one of the
three will be Harlan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
AN ExPERIMENTER

Il see where a man has married his
mother-n-1aw.
He must be one of those fellows WIN
will do anything once"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

Carrie Nations home for drunkards
wives in ST. Louis is a failure because
woman is unwilling to admit she had
married drunkard and had failed to
reform him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
ACQUIRED HAUTEUR.

IN the old days when the Tiblets
travelled they always carried their lunch
in a shoe-box."
And nowadays?"
"They loudly complain at the service
in a dining car"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
CIeveIand Gets a Catcher

San Antonio, Tex. August 3.-John
Adams, catcher for the Victoria, Texas.
team, was today sold to the Cleveland
American league team. Adams was re-
Gently farmed out by the San Antonio
club of the Texas league
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

John Lind, who will come back, was
elected governor of Minnesota in 1898,
and in 1900 he was defeated by only 2414
votes. He is a democrat and a swede.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

Governor Hughes wants house in
Washington built around library room
and he cannot find one. He is about to
retire to his books.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

"Blocton is enjoying a fair degree Of
prosperity said the Rev. Father
Downs. pastor of the Catholic church
in that important mining town. Work
| is plentiful and our people are living
| in peace and contentment.'
| Father Downs came to Birmingham
yesterday and will return to Blocton
| today
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
THE HAPLEss BARD.

To roam in realms of poesy
And blithely WOO the muse,
Is pleasing quite, but woe Is he
Who simply can't enthuse!
No fleeing fancies brightly lure
To starry-spangled green
And Pegasus, tbs very sure,
Won't prance upon the scene.
Alas, alack! What can inspire.
When verse becomes grind
And petty cares that never tire,
Destroy ones peace of mind?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

stockings kicking at the sky from a
clotheslne.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

Brother Miller, whom Cannon went to
Kansas to pull out of the political mire,
was Overwhelmingly defeated in Tues
days primary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

When you write to an ex-President
enclose a postage stamp for a reply. OF
he enjoys no postal privileges. His widow
will, however.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
Very Dinerent Vow

Il visited several southern states in the
early summer and at that time I saw
many long faces over the poor outlook for
crops" said Milton B. Claiming of Chi
cago, but it is very different now. The
excessive rain had injured the cotton, and
in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas l
heard men say there would not be half
crop. But | was in Texas few days ago
and found that while the cotton crop will
pected, it will yet be very large. Missis-
sippi cotton is turning out well, and in
Alabama / find from some of the fields
saw that pretty fair crop will be
made Everywhere IN the south corn IS
reported as a new high record crop.
THE tide OF population is turning
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

The cat is the charter member of the
limited Comeback club. 1t is largely
made up of felines with now and then
an odd human.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

The colonel is the only man in the
country who does not entertain and ex-
press a warm opinion concerning the
Aldrich tariff
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

How is Pipps getting along with the
Witheringtons these days."
VERY amicably since Pipps' bulldog
was poisoned and the little Withering-
tons have been sent to the country"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
Improvement over Last summe

I'm some quarters midsummer trade
is less brisk than at other seasons
of the year, but here in Birmingham
there has been little falling off in
retail lines" said a prominent business
man. I'm fact, several retail merchants
tell me that cash sales have been
larger during the past two weeks than
during the same period last year
/"While the pig iron industry Is com
'paratively quiet the coal trade has
been uncommonly brisk for months
past.
THE banks are always good barom-
eters of business and the Birmingham
banks are enjoying marked prosperity
this summer. l happen to know that
the First Nationals deposits are larger
by 100000 now than they were this
time a year ago. On August l, 1909,
the deposits of that bank were about
$1,000, 900. Now they total $9,000,oho
"a gain of 80 per cent. All in all, then,
business conditions here are exceed
ingly satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
AVOIDING EXTREMES.

IT don't care to employ a young man
who swears."
II never use profanity SIR
ION the other hand, I don't want clerk
who says oh, fudge!,'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

Shawnee hopes to become the dark
horse or compromise city in the fight
between Guthrie and Oklahoma City.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

The flag end of summer is confessed
when straw hats are marked down to
rs cents
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

The dissatisfied in Cuba take to arms.
while the dissatisfied in this country pro-
coed to knock the bottom out of the
stock market
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

Members of Congress are now at home
trying to explain away the shortcomings
OF the garden seeds they sent out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
A ROUGH GUESS,
PEACE RESTORED.

m man of few words, Sir"
Married."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

The Nicaragua muddle is simply and
solely a piece of banana diplomacy. and
the banana trust pulls the strings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

The flies are as numerous and impu-
dent as they were before the decree
of death was read against them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

The earth may be 100000 years old
but there is no evidence that we are in
the middle of the last act.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

Pugilists fall an easy prey to the lux
ury that accompanies great wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

Evelyn Harris, special agent for the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company, and a son of the world-famous
Uncle Remus." was in Birmingham last
night. He had been to Decatur, where
he was engaged In looking over the prop
critics of the company. Mr.. Harris was
very enthusiastic over business conditions
and said that after the usual summer
dullness business would be of the Dump
er" sort.
Il am very glad to see Birmingham GO
ing forward in her march to greatness, ="
said Mr.. Harris. lover in Atlanta we are
Watching your city very closely and we
sometimes think Atlanta will be rivalled
by Birmingham.
The people of Birmingham have every
reason to feel proud of the accomplish
ments of this city and all the south can
well afford to take an interest in your
material growth
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

The weather often goes right on pay
ing no attention to the weather clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
TEMPLE OF THE SUN

He also thinks he helps who only yells;
Cline it out, Moley!'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

1t is unnecessary now to discuss July
weather. Put it off TO another year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

Croquet is coming into fashion again
It is more athletic than bridge whist at
any rate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES


| w. S. Lopez. who leaves for Minneapo-
lis this morning as delegate to the an
nual convention of the International ~
biographical union, was a delegate 10 years
ago when the meeting was held In Mill
waukee. He carries a unique caro- On
the diverse or face his name is printed
in the middle milwaukee,, 1900, with
cancellation mark over the name OF that
city, appears in the upper left-hand cor
ner, and Minneapolis, 1870" in the upper
right-hand corner. On the lower right
hand corner is Birmingham, Ala. ana
in the lower left corner is the legend:
THE Pittsburg of the South.
On the reverse side of the card is
picture of The Age-Herald building, when
is described in words underneath as The
model newspaper building of the south
and one of the most sanitary in the United
States"
1.-The Typographical union is agitating
for sanitary newspaper buildings said
Mr.. Lopez last night, land | want to
show the convention what has been done
/ In Birmingham along this line. In hav-
ing my card printed l wanted to present
something that would be educative and
at the same time something that would
rebound to the credit of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

Pronunciation tells. The man who says
"pro-high- bition" is apt to vote dry
every time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
THE IDEAL HUSBAND

doubt to the
o happened IN the Gus
Coming
OF oregon
to Hayes Placed
Eleven large One button
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04

New York Is to have one landmark in
the old Astor House. Tt is not to be
torn down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
NOT FIT TO PRINT

IA constant reader wants to know
what the average man says when he
cuts his razor-strop in two while strop-
ping his razor"
ANSWER and say that we are rum
ming a family newspaper
PAUL COOK