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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
Death Of William James

DR. William James of Harvard uni
versity who died yesterday. aged IS,
was styled the dean of American phil
osophers. He started out In the pro-
fession of medicine and after taking
his degree in the medical school he be-
came instructor at Harvard in physiol-
ogy But having a prediction for meta
physics he was soon appointed assistant
professor Of philosophy. He specialized
in that branch of philosophy which
seeks to get at mans soul development.
and became professor of psych biology in
1889 and held that title until 1897 when
he was advanced to the head of the
department of philosophy.
While DIR. James did not rank with
those famous nineteenth century phil
osophers Of Great Britain and the CONT
nent he was not without originality and
perhaps none of the great meta :
phsicans had his freshness of style or
charm of expression. 1t was the charm
with which he presented his ideas that
enabled him not only to interest his
classes but to make books on psychol-
ogy that were readable and in a meas
ure popular One of DR.. James recent
books was "Pragmatism; a New Name
for Old Ways of Thinking" 1t Is GER
tainly less vague than most of the
modern psychology. The truth is, II
is esteemed for it's very clearness. II
has been widely read by intellectual
men and women 1t seems especially
to interest the younger set. The educa
tional world has unquestionably lost
one of its strongest men.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
The Crops of 1910

The crops of the good year 1910 are
now made, and they mark an import
ant epoch in the agricultural advance
ment of the state of Alabama.
Reports all agree that Alabama will
raise not only an abundance
of corn for feeding its own
stock. but surplus, thing
that has not been accomplished
for many years, if at all Though the
earlv summer weather was unfavorable
IN cotton on account of continued rains
there was finally a cessation of rain
and cotton has made marvellous ad-
vances since then. There will be a
good average crop. The yield prom
ises to be satisfactory in nearly every
cotton growing section of the state.
The vegetable and fruit crops are i'm
mense and there has been plenty OF
sunshine for the gathering of large
crop of hay. About the only crop that
has suffered is oats. which crop ma
tured near the latter part of the rainy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
BREAKING THE NEWS

From the Westminster Gazette.
The eminent poet and student of Tyro-
lese peasant life. Peter Rosegger, gives
an interesting instance of the manner
in which bad news is broken by the vii
layers of his country. Tt recalls the
famous ballad of the knight whose page
took the news of the warriors death to
the lady and began by telling her that
her little dog had been injured.
After a recent heavy thunderstorm
Tyrolese peasant came into the village
inn and joined a lad of IS who had been
drinking beer and smoking a pipe, and
was just going back to the haying,
now that the rain had ceased.
"St still a WHILE said the newcomer;
"you can afford it" After standing at
the table for some minutes he went on:
well, my dear Mat, you've grown a rich
man within the last half hour"
And Mat. remembering the fearful
thunder clap of half an hour ago. turned
white as a sheet. The peasant then ex-
planned that his father, two sisters and
brother who had taken shelter from
the rain under an old fir tree, had all
been killed by the lightning striking the
tree"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
The Forest Fires

While the loss of life from the forest
fires in Idaho and Montana is less than
was estimated early in the week. the
number of dead will proba bly, reach $50
These figures are indeed appalling. and
an especially deplorable phase of it all
is the thought that the fires might have
been controlled before serious damage
was done had Congress provided for fire
patrol and equipment for fighting fires
in their incipiency. As it turns out, these
forest fires are the most destructive
known in the west in 20 years.
Clifford Pinehot' an authority on con-
servation. and until recently the govern
ment's chief forester, in an interview
which appears in The Age-Herald's tele-
graphic news, discusses the situation. He
had been urging Congress to make an
appropriation for organizing and main
tanning an adequate forest patrol for
the purpose of fighting fires. He blames
especially Senator Hepburn of Idaho. Sem
ator Carter of Montana and Representa-
tive Mondell of Wyoming for thwarting
the movement to protect life and proper
ty from forest fires He points out the
practical ility of fire projections and shows
that the principle of fighting fires in
the forest is the same as that applied by
fire departments in the large cities.
Trained men with the necessary equip
ment reach the scene within a few min
utes after Are starts That is the first
aim of a fire department, and fremen
being on the scene promptly, the blaze is.
soon extinguished provided the equip
ment is efficient. And so it would be
with forest rangers employed to watch
for fires and extinguish them. As Mr.
Pinchot shows, reasonable expenditure
would have prevented at least great
deal of the recent suffering. loss of prop
erty and death After such terrible
lesson as the country has just had the
next Congress will surely be moved to
action along the lines laid down by Mr..
Pinchot.
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season and a large part of 1t rotted
In the Aeld before 1t could be har-
vested.
Taken altogether this has been re-
markedly fat year for the farmers Of
Alabama despite the fact that the be-
ginning was most unpromising. The
farmers of Alabama learned a good
lesson last year when we had a wet
spring very much as this year, although
ii did not extend so far into the sum
mer.
In his desperation last season the
progressive farmer of Alabama did not
cease work on account of the rain, but
worked right on though his land was
in bad condition for cultivation. Many
farmers saved their crops in this way
This same rule was adopted this year
and those who continued to work their
lands during the rainy season have fine
crops. The bumper crops are of two
fold Importance. They will not only
bring immediate prosperity to the
growers but the big corn crop marks
new era in the states independence.
It means the final emancipation of the
farmers of Alabama. A surplus of corn
means more hogs and cattle. More
hogs and cattle mean increased fer
tility of soil and more meat for home
food supplies
The corn and cotton crops of 1910
in Alabama will stand out in the flu
ture as a guide post or standard of
measurement for other crops. The true
Alabama farmer is an optimist from
this time on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27

VIII bear the matter in mind. Charles NJ
schwab and others, in addition to those
whose remarks are given above. are
afraid a trip to Birmingham would con-
sumo more time than the members of
the institute and their guests would be
able to spare; but an earnest united effort
on the part of representative citizens of
Birmingham would no doubt avail. If
the institute should decide to accept Bir-
minghams invitation one or two other
districts in the south, especially in Viz
ginia and Tennessee would be well
worth visiting But three or four days
would be sufficient to cover a southern
excursion, including brief stops at sew
eral cities.
Birmingham should lose no time in send
ing the proper invitation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
.puTTING ON AIRS"

THE observant exchange editor who
goes through several hundred newspapers
in the course of week and finds the ad-
vertisements more interesting than the
editorials. sees good many suggestive
things. In most country papers the man
who bures the dead usually has a stand
ing adyertiseme and he seldom de-
scribes himself as an undertaken. He
generally is funeral director At Con-
cordia he is 'mortician.' What's wrong
with the good old word undertaken It
would be impossible to invent a better
word for the business. The undertakers
may call themselves funeral directors ana
morticians. but the plain people. the
ones who are eventually undertaken, VIII
always use the good old word that did
we'll enough in the olden times. BARRIERS
are good advertisers. but it would seem
that they are ashamed to be known as
BARRIERS. In their advertisements they
are tonsorial artists or hair-dressers
There is absolutely nothing wrong with
the word barber and all the efforts
to supplant 1t with something grandilo-
quent will be a failure. barber will
be a barber to the end of time, and as
his trade is an honorable one, figuring
in all the literature of the ages, he ID
foolish to repudate the name by which
he is known. A Kansas man advertises
in the home paper that he Is a 'prac-
teal iron worker Why not say he Is
blacksmith and be done with 1t? There
Is no trade more manly or useful than
that of the blacksmith, but the aver
age citizen has no more use for a prac-
Zeal iron-worker than he has for q
theoretical iron-worker. "-Emporia Ga
zette.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
Ideal W Gather

The west is suffering from chilly
weather. and even in Texas the drop in
temperature has been so sudden and low
as to make the inhabitants feel uncom-
Portable.
Here in Jones valley the weather is
most 'seasonable." It is still August
and the days are warm but not uncom-
fortably SO and the nights are cool but
not too cool. Homeseekers naturally in
quire about the climatic conditions of the
section in which they think of settling.
Most northern people seem to have it
in their heads that the south Is sizzling
hot in summer The reverse is true. And
as for Birmingham this month has been
IDEAL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27

II,LE CHAFF.
From the Philadelphia Ledger

From the Philadelphia Ledger
"HOSE who have dwet long in Phla-
delphia or in several other old
Il American cities are familiar with
the cries of street vendors that are survi-
walls of the street cries of Great Britain.
Wamong the older generation does not re-
member the characteristic announcement
of the vender of catfish and waffles, or
the porgy man? Then there were the
women with marble sand for the immacu-
late doorsteps that were Philadelphia
pride and the butt for the shafts of
ridicue of less clearly communities
1t has been a score of years since
new washing compounds displaced
them and their cry, Buy any marble
sand?" But we have still with us. like the
poor, the Russian who cries Teens to
meend' tins to mend--in the highways
end byways of West Philadelphia, and
the old woman who toddles along Chest
nut street shrilling Poor old cree-pul,'
rising an octave on the last syllable. And
the chime of the knife grinder is still a
leniently regarded public nuisance, even
tnOuRn tne LUCK Sllcct SlldWbtlIy W.
men no longer chant the advertisement
of their wares-the Philadelphia counter
parts of the famous fishwives of Billings
gate.
Richmond and New Orleans has a rep
ertoire of street cries all their own, and
the ululation of the charcoal hucksters of
St. Louis is not less characteristic than
the cry of "Sna' beans.' (snap beans) in
Charleston, or the proclamation of the hot
tamale and chili-con-carne vendors at
their corner stands in San Francisco.
And now a benevolent young woman In
Boston has actually undertaken to give
instruction in the proper method of in
tonation to a class Of street hawkers.
Miss Wenzell says, amy of the men who
come to me regularly can be heard a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
GreenvilIe Has No PoIicem an

"Greenvile, Butler county Alabama, a
city of 5000 people. hasn't a policeman"
said j. Fred Staley yesterday. THE
Greenville paper of this week chronicles
this interesting news, stating 1t as a
fact that since the death of the con-
stable some tine ago, Greenvlle has
been without a single officer Of the law.
Such condition could never have ex-
listed in the old days. when such fellows
as Jesse Stallings. Fred Winker, Thomas
]. Judge and Jere King era4inhabitants
Of the little city. To control such a
population it required a whole police force
and the city had to issue bonds to keep
it up.
But under the smiles of Old Sol and
J. Lee Long Greenville is now as peace
full as a long summer day. and only the
grasshopper quarrels with the katydid
while little whirlwinds play in the dust"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27

From the Buffalo Express.
young southern woman who lately
moved TO Buffalo sent to her mother for
a cook who had been brought up in the
family. Aunt Venetia's first public try
out was at luncheon. The fish course
was to be crabs; hence the necessity of
a lecture on ptomaines and food poison
ing Now, be sure, Venetia,' said the
young woman, Ito see that the crabs are
alive and healthy before you put them on
the fire"
The day the luncheon came. bringing
with it the crabs, which looked all that
could be desired as they were brought to
table. Pinned to one of them was a note
from the cook reading:
Miss Florence: They was all kicking
alive, except this one. Don't eat it your
self
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27

From the Travel Magazine.
Probably the letter carriers of Venice
are the most ingenious In the world
They know how to Dodge every water
way, turning up on their routes with a
precise regularity that eonvinces you they
have mapped every scrap of the damp
city's land on their brains. If you go
to your destination by gondola they can
beat you thereto by a good bit of time.
What they know about canals has been
applied by them TO navigation on land
and they know every tiny street in the
city.
OF course there are postoffice gon-
dolas, too gay. yellow things, that quite
outcolor the yellow sunlight and any
day you happen over the bridge of the
Rialto you will see them all fastened to
their red and gold poles, Just underneath
the old palatial Fondaco del Tedeschi
which, centuries ago, by decree of the
Venetian senate, two famous architects
of early days, Girolamo Tedesco and
Giorgio Spavento. built for the use of
the many German merchants then living
in Venice somewhere about the year of
1505)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
I'll NIvER GO HOME AGAIN

From Everybodys Magazine.
I'll never go home again.
Home to the ould sad hills,
Home through the ould soft rain,
Where the curlew calls and thrills!
For thought to find the ould wee
house,
Wild the moss along the wall!
And l thought to hear the crackle-
grouse,
And the brae- birds call
And l seq, I'll find the glad wee burn,
And the bracken in the glen,
And the fairy thorn beyont the turn,
And the same ould men
But the ways I'd loved and walkelt,
avick, II
Were no more home to me, II
Wild their sthreets and turns av stariih
brick,
And no ould face to see.
And the ould glad ways I'd helt in
mind, HI
Loke the home av MORA BawIn,
And the ould green turns I'd drdkamt
to find,
They all were lost and gone!
And the !. ~ BARNS n,,rs that romped by 3rul-
Whin they saw me sthopped n til cir
play,
Through mist av tears tyffied to
run ~
And ghost-like creep awayLy
And II niver go home asaipN
Home to the ould lost \ bars.
Home where the soft war; / rain
Drifts loike the drip. av n,arsl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
A COUNTRY OF TOYS
From the Wide World.

From the Wlue WoIiu.
There is no country in the world where
there are so many toy shops as in
Japan In all the towns and in most of
the villages there Is children's bazaar.
and the neighborhood of the principal
temples is crowded with halls containing
things to amuse children. At the great
religious festivals even the poorest are
to be met with their arms full of toys
to take home, and the number of men
and women who earn livelihood by
itinerant streets shows got up solely to
amuse the children can be counted by
hundreds These entertainments include
theatricals where brave deeds are per-
formed by heroic warriors, story-tellers,
song singers and conjurers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
Musical Celebration

That the country will not suffer from
lack of high-class musical offerings this
season is indicated by an announcement
just issued by Loudon Charlton, the New
York impresario. Madame Sembrich
whose transcontinental tour last winter
was one of the seasons striking events
will return in October for a limited num-
Der of engagements, writes Mr.. Charl-
ton Madame GadsKi, though re-en-
gagged to sing at the Metropolitan Opera
house, where she is a pronounced favor
lite, will make a concert tour that will
extend from October 10 February
THAT most popular of singers, David
Bspham. will devote mis- entire season to
concertizing, and his services will be in
constant demand. Edmond Clement, a
French tenor, whose singing at the Met
ropolitan and at the New theatre last
season made g. deep impression, will be
heard in concert after December. Mr.
Clement is one of the best opponents of
the fine style and method of the French
school, and he is expected to become as
popular here as he has been for years in
Paris.
Few singers on the concert and oratorio
stage are better known than George Ham
lin, the Chicago tenor; Herbert With
erspoon, the basso cantante of the Metro
politan Opera house; Claude Cunning
ham, baritone and Francis Rogers, BARI
tone. These four will all be featured
among the Charlton vocal stars. Corinne
Rider Kelsey, the well-known soprano;
Madame Mary Hissem- DeMoss, soprano;
Madame Won Niesson-Stone, mezzo-so-
prano, and Madame Frieda Dangendorff,
| contralto, constitute quartet of prima-
donnas of similar renown. Albert Cues
mel, tenor who made an enviabe repu-
| tation for himself in America sevegal
years ago, returns to fill concert and
operate engagements. A new singer, for
whom Mr.. Charlton predicts great popu-
| larity, Is Morton Adkins a young bari
| tone whom several metropolitan recital
| appearances have brought into promi-
| nence.
For Observation-Disclosures Mr.. Charlton Of
fers Theodore Spiering, violinist, and
Ernest Hutchinson, known not only as a
brilliant pianist, but as writer com
poser and lecturer. Hutchinson Is booked
| for one of Mrs. Aldrich's concerts in
! Birmingham. The famous Flonzaley quar-
tet, generally conceded TO be the great
est of the worlds chamber music organi-
cations. will be in America from Novem-
Der until the close of the season. Another
chamber music offering of interest is the
Beebe-Dethier combination, whose soma
ia recitals have become a distinctive
| feature of metropolitan musical life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
Death to the Bootlegger

Topeka, Kan, August 26.-An agree
ment was entered into today by Henry
j. Bone, United States attorney, and
Fred S. Jackson, attorney general Of
Kansas, by which the federal and
state governments will work together
for the elimination of the bootlegger
in Kansas. Whenever a bootlegger's
shop is found selling liquor without a
government license the proprietor VIII
be first prosecuted by the state. The
evidence will be turned over to the
United States district attorney and as
soon as the accused finishes his SEN
tence under the state law he will be
prosecuted by the federal government.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27

From the New York Press.
What makes man enraged is for his
wife to act as If he were.
4 woman likes to sleep with wedding
cake under her pillow even If she's mar
ried.
Some men seem to take extra care never
to do anything for their wives for fear
they will expect some more.
IT seems hard for flirtatious girls to
overcome the habit of getting engaged
even after they are married
The money that anybody in the family
refrains from putting into foolishness
somebody else in the family does
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27

ton of Alex o. Helm of Columbus, O., at
the New Willard. In Lima, o., he con-
tinued, they have that very thing, a
one-piece hospital. The entire building,
and it is a big one, with wings and ex-
tensions sticking out in this direction and
that, is monolith. The hospital is built
of concrete, and it Is said the structure
comprises the largest group of concrete
buildings in the country. although the fact
that the walls of the whole structure are
of one piece seems to make the use OF
the word group improper. Forms were
built for the walls, ceilings. floors and
roof, and the concrete was poured in.
This resulted In the one-piece structure.
There is not a single joining in the walls
throughout the building. The building Is
as much a monolith as if it had been
carved out of stone.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
DISTRESSING PLIGHT,

The pathos of his words
It never could be guessed;
His sorely- throbbing head
In frenzy wild he pressed
And groaned, My wife gave me
A piece of cloth to match 1t;
I've lost the sample. Gee!
When ! get home I'll catch it!'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
The Iron Market

Matthew Addy g. Co.'S report for the
week says: August Is nine times out
of ten, from sellers standpoint, a dull
month-betwixt seasons, as 1t were. And
this month is no exception to the rule.
While there has been some buying right
along, the volume has been small as
compared with the business done in the
months preceding. But in spite of the
reduced sales consumption is going on
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
CRIES OF STREET VENDORS

block away" Such are the dubious adj
vantages of a Boston education. On the
second day of the course six pupils ap-
peared, one of them bringing a box fors
the instructress to sit on. OF the six
members of the class two peddled straw
berries. one is described as IAN old clothes
expert" the others were junk dealers
All were equally bent on developing
canorous and resonant voices
Historians have laboriously compiled
great variety of street cries of old Lon
don The most successful vendors knew
the art of unsteady projecting their words
into space that they might carry, high
and clear, above the early morning racket
of the metropolis. The Philadelphia ne
gro who cries "Deviled. deviled crabs
here's you deviled crabs," or the pretzel
man who rings the rhyming changes on
toasted" and roasted had their proto-
types in the British chapman who cried
out Grab, crab any crab?' or Delicate
cowcumbers to pickle or New river
water ANY cornes to pick?" must
have sounded not less personal than "a
tormentor for your flies.n New born
eggs, groat'' competed with the strange
cry, Who'll have a dip and a wallop for
a bawbee? 'f-of the man who brought a
leg of soup meat to your door. Then
there was the ingenious music seller who
announced Three underd an fifty songs
for a penny''-and when you bought his
pamphlet you found you had three under
fifty, just AZ songs. The shrimp vender
of Fleet street would shrek Shrinking
shrimps,' and then add, after a reflective
pause, 'Lor', 'ow they do stink today,
to be sure!' The nut seller cried, Jaw
work, up and under jaw-work. whole
pot for halfpenny, hazelnuts," while
generous egg merchant ISSUED an invita-
ton to the public to Crack 'em and try
emf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
WESTNNA ARD HOl

with apologies to T. Hood.)
Oh, saw we not T. Roosevelt?
He's gone into the west
To raise an awful rumpus there
And rob the world of rest.
He took his Big Stick with him.
His swift and ready tongue,
And by the bold insurgents all
His praises will be sung.
Oh, whoop 'em up, 7. Roosevelt,
You galvanize the news
And draw the fire of people who
Don't quite indorse your views.
You just can't keep from fighting,
Your motto's do 1t Now"
And everywhere our Teddy goes
There's bound to be a row.