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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
Tn Sympathy With Ireland

"I haven't the slightest doubt that Ire land will obtain home rule very soon, said Col. Sam Will John, and my belief is based on the justice and moderation of the claim made by John Redmond, as published in one of our current maga- zines.
 T was very much pleased to receive an invitation to attend the meeting in the Majestic theatre next Sunday, and hope to have the pleasure of few words Of conversation with MT. Deylin upon Some points of parliamentary practice in the House of Commons. I have had some ex- perience as a law-maker and I have studied constitutional law to a consider able extent, and I unhesitatingly say, that were it in my power to grant the demands which Redmond makes I would do so at this very moment.
 'fThe world is coming to recognize the justice of Ireland's complaint and there never was time when the world was more disposed to do justice than today. I should advise everyone to read Red monds article, What Ireland Wants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
Aviation At Belmont Park

The lost balloon has been, located in the almost inaccessible woods of Canada. It will perhaps never be seen again, for if | is carried out of those dense, snow- bound forests it will have to be brought eo civilization on the backs of carriers, and in order to do that 1t would have to be cut Into sections.
 It is high time that dirigible balloon races were abandoned They are not really dirigible. They drift with the wind, and they never come back to d atarting point. All such efforts are idle and valueless. They do not advance the conquest of the air an inch.
 The monoplanes and biplanes at Bel mont park, near New York, are under wonderful control They do demonstrate that the flying age is near at hand. They
 
 point. ready to fly again. Not one of the seven aviators of the Wrights, for ex- ample. has been seriously injured. All are flying almost daily. Machines that are easily controlled and that are not dangerous in the hands of experts must, indeed, come after while into general use
 They soar at Belmont park dozen in number. Instead of a manbird the public see there a flock of birds doing about all that bird can do in the air. The tour nament at Belmont park is, indeed, a great event, and the hope is that a mono plane will be matched with a biplane here at home on the days of the Census Jubilee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
Last Nights Outrage

The whole of Birmingham should feel outraged in the ruffianly assault upon Arlie Barber In that gentleman's place of business yesterday evening. MT. Bar Der, as law-loving citizen, appeared be- fore Judge Feagin yesterday morning, and by the courts leave talked plainly about fragrant violations of the prohibi tion law He did not mince matters Ills called some names and threatened, in case blind tigers were not closed by the police, to use his hatchet. after the fash ion of Carrie Nation.
 While MT. Barber was somewhat sen- sational in his remarks he spoke within his rights, else the court would not have accorded him the quiet and patient hear ing 1t did. But leaving out of the ques- ton whether MT. Barber was sensational founded or not, the attack upon him was cowardly and brutal. and. under the cir cumstances, altogether mobbish.
 The Age-Herald has consistently op- posed prohibition for the large cities of Alabama It has contended that the prin- ciple of statewide prohibition was wrong. But statutory prohibition we have> and this paper has earnestly advocated ob- servance of the law, drastic and un- reasonable though the Carmichael and Fuller acts be.
 A new administration begins in Janu- ary. The people of Alabama made 1t clear at the May primary that the pro- hibition enactments as they stand are intolerable. Public sentiment undoubted- ly demands some modification of these laws; and it is believed that the new leg islature will not be slow In responding to what should be regarded as rational sentiment. But enforcement of the law this community must have.
 Birmingham's new mayor had started out eagerly and fearlessly to rid the city of blind tigers. He was working vigor- ously along law enforcement line and without any sensational incident to pre- cipitate matters he would have gone right ahead to carry out his prediction pledges. Mayor Exum Is that sort of man.
 Let all citizens who have the good name of Birmingham at heart rally to the mayor in his effort to maintain good order. And for heavens sake let there be no more ruffianism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
FRESHMEN

From the Chicago Post.
 trishmen mean much to this country. Just what they mean is hard to say. Ire- land is a paradox among nations, and the Irishman a puzzle among men,. Tn fact, Ireland is no nation at all; 1t is, like Boston, a state of mind. Likewise 1t Is Irish, but 1t is belonging to a certain psychological type. To call him a Celt is an attempt to seem wise; 1t is a dim, anthropological subterfuge. He is no more Celt than your modern John Bull is Saxon, which Is not at all. The only way to learn what an Irishman is, if you want to know is to eat with him or fight with him.
 He is bundle of charming inconsist- encies, With a genius for organization and tremendous appetite for office and authority, he is at the same time the man who invented insurgency. What ever the government is, he's against it.. That Is because he's a poet, an idealist, and a lover; and for such there is but one government, which is the kind that we have not.
 
 only kind of man left in these good Lord-good-devil days that cares enough about the church to give you crack if you say word against it.
 Irish women are proverbially chase and the men are spontaneously witty, for one and the same cause, certain spirit ual accuracy of vision that comes from a simple and clean-cut faith.
 Of all the herbs in the great melting pot of America. wherein we are concoct- ing the man of the future. the one we could least sparesis the vivid, sweet. and wholesome green that is the product of the Emerald Isle.
 Here's to you, Irishmen! You're the standing minority report. On with you. and let no man step on the tail O your coat!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

0f his books he denounced their con-
 trol of and interference with the af-
 fairs of the lesser nations of Europe.
 Under President Brago England will enjoy no favoritism in Portugal. and 1t may be that the English government will endeavor to restore the status quo before she grants recognition to the republic.
 Be that as 1t may. the scheme of joint recognition is not favorably received in this country. Even the New York Tribune speaks disapprovingly of 1t, and its eo tor represents this country in England. Tt will probably be prefer able" 1t says, flor nations to retain full independence of judgment and Nf action In this matter, though, of course, does not preclude confer ence and cooperation. The United States would surely not be willing to deny recognition to some worthy re- public simply because some reaction ary monarchy chose to do so. No na- ton should recognize another without adequate proofs of it's de factor valid ity, but having such proofs there Is no reason why 1t should wait upon the pleasure or the voncictions of others"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

prohibition would have commended itself to majority of the people"
 MT. Dearing was in Savannah recently. Saloons there are running just as if Geor- gia were not a prohibition state, he says. In Atlanta. the city that near-beer made famous. beer is sold in large quantities. In Birmingham, thinks MT. Dearing, as much liquor is consumed as used to be before prohibition was established In Florida, the statewide prohibition move- ment is most unpopular, he asserts, and there they told him that if a vote had been taken two years ago statewide prohibition would have carried the state, while now the matter is taken as joke. The Florida people will vote on the ques- tion next month, and 'it will be showed urder." MT Dearing also believes that Missouri will reject prohibition. In North Carolina he observes, many men vote dry" for political reasons and then drink in blind tigers to their hearts con- tent
 An interesting statement of MT. Dear ings is that the internal revenue receipts show that the consumption of liquor In the United States is about the same in volume as 1t was before the prohibition movement got start.
 If all prohibitionists were total ab- stainers, the cause of temperance would be greatly strengthened" concludes MT. Dearing and that this shaft strikes home none will be likely to deny. The profess sion of prohibition Is not synonymous with Its practice.
 We do not know who MT. Dearing is, but we have little doubt as to his state- ment of prohibition conditions in our sister states of the south. There Is nothing new under the sun; many time and oft has prohibition been found to be impractical
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
vALIENr TRENCHERMAN

From Youths Companion.
 The following account of a man named Nicholas Wood, famed for his gluttony, was written by John Taylor, the "Water Poet" of the seventeenth century. It could not find approval in the eyes of the dietist of today, but the mighty man of the trencher is long dead, and tn erefore cannot reform, and since none of the consequences of the overindulgence of his appetite are re- corded one need point no moral. It is fortunate, however, that the man lived at a time when the cost of food was lower than at the present time.
 Nicholas Wood was a Kentish yeo- man. Be 1t known to all men to wh om these presents shall come" writes John Taylor, that I, John Taylor, waterman of St. Savior's in Southwark, will, with plain truth, bare and threadbare, treat of the remarkable actions of Nicholas Wood.
 "He hath eaten a whole sheep at one meal; pardon me! I think he left the skin, the wool and bone; and pres ently after he hath swallowed three pecks of damsons. Two loins of nut ton and one loin of veal are but three sprats to him. Once at Sir William St. Ledger's house, so valiant and stanch of teeth he showed himself. that he ate as much as would suffice 30 men, and afterward he slept eight hours. ~
 "One morning sent for him to the inn to eat breakfast. He had al- ready eaten one bottle of milk, one bottle of pottage and bread, butter and cheese. He gave me thanks and said that If he had known any gentleman would have invited him to breakfast he would have spared his meal at home. Nevertheless he would do me the cour- tesy to show me some small cast of his office. Whereupon I summoned the host ess and commanded that all the yic- tuals in the house be laid before my guest
 "The inn was slenderly provided but six-penny loaves were mounted two stories high like a rampant, three six penny veal pies, one pound of sweet butter and a number of other dishes were set out, all of which were quick ly brought to nothing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
Misuse of Guard Equipment

'The several commanding officers of the Alabama National Guard in this dis trict are having more or less trouble with the improper use of their equip ment," said local officer. Especially true is this of the uniforms, which are issued to the men. The uniform of the national guardsmen are only to be used when on drill or duty, yet every day men may be seen on the streets wearing parts of the uniform, which is In direct viola ton of the law.
 'eThe difficulty of handling the situa- ton arises from the fact that the gov ernment sells obsolete or discarded aquip- ment which is of course similar to the equipment issued to the guard. How ever, no man has a right to sell or with hold any part of his equipment. By do- ing so he renders himself liable to the law, and the purchaser is equally liable There have been several arrests made recently of these offenders and others will fololM.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
PROHIBITION FAILURES

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
 In an interview printed in The Birmins- ham Age-Herald, MT. J. F. Dearing, who has been traveling through the south re- gently, gives his observations on the pro- hibition waves which he thinks is sub siding.
 ''The time will hardly come when pro- hibition agitation will cease entirely" says MT Dearing. but the prohibition wave that seemed to be sweeping the south has spent its force. The reason why prohibition failed to prohibit in large cities is because the laws enacted have been too radical. Had they been less dras- tic, or, in other words, had they provided for dispensaries or high license and strict regulation in cities of not less than 2o.oo0,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
WHERE aHApPTNEssv WENT

From the Clothing Trades Bulletin.
 The school principal was trying to make clear the fundamental doctrines of the Declaration of Independence.
 Now, boys" he said. T will give you each three ordinary buttons. Here they are. You must think of the first one as representing the life, of the sec ond one as representing liberty and the third one as representing the pursuit of happiness Next Sunday I will ask you to produce the three buttons, and tell me what they represent
 The following Sunday the teacher said to the youngest member: "Now, Johnny, produce your three buttons, and tell me what they stand for"
 "I ain't got 'em all," he sobbed, hold ing out two of the buttons. Here's life and here's liberty. but mamma sewed the pursuit of happiness on my pants''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
UNHEATED CARS IN EUROPE s... 4k. Do;1x,,ox oaCazafta


 In Prussia a passenger was directed to car where the heating apparatus was frozen up, and during the whole Journey didn't get thawed out. He caught cold and brought suit for his doctors bill. The court decided that not only had he Called to prove that the illness was due to the lack of heat in the car, but declared that the passenger had no claim to have the car heated at all and on appeal this de- cision was affirmed. This is probably a continuation Of the legal status which existed not so long ago on European rail- ways, when cars were either not heated at all. on so imperfectly that passengers were expected to carry wraps and rugs enough to keep themselves comfortable. ao if they were In a stage coach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
IN WRONG
From the Newark Star.

From the Newark Star.
 A Newark woman went to the the atre the other night with some friends, but when they were seated she was separated from her friends by a man and woman who seemed to pay no at- tention to each other. The woman fig- ured out that If the two persons would move over a seat she could sit with her friends. Bracing up her nerve, she said, sweetly, to the man:
 Beg pardon, are you alone"
 The man stared at the curtain as if he were drawing a salary for 1t.
 T beg your pardon" the woman said little louder. Are you alone?"
 Get wise," whispered the man hoarsely through the extreme corner of his mouth. This is my wife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Some men would rather go to the den- lists than home.
 It's hardly safe to trust some men when they are in their graves.
 The way to need money most and never to get it is to have big family.
 A girls belief is that she is pretty and her faith that she is prettier.
 A man who is far enough away from his family on a long trip can get along with them pretty well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
Enslex Citizens Indignant

What the September grand jury said in it's report about the inevitable tendency to anarchism caused by the open viola ton of the prohibition laws" said H. c. Russel iof Ensley, twas proved true In startling way tonight Of all the lawless outrages of lawless community, this consider is among the top-notehers. Small wonder that Jefferson county is said to have a reputation next only in blackness to that of Breathitt county, Kentucky.
 Tt is not the prohibition law which Is violated in this case. It is a violation of the first principle of an Americans s liberty of speech, an assertion of the tyr amy of lawless class of men who are literally attempting to dominate in the community. That such an outrage will probably be punished only by the impo- sition of a meaningless fine Is the worst of 1t all. It Is anarchy truly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
WOULD BE READ

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
 Another Presidents message will soon be at hand to be skipped by the average reader"-Birmingham Age-Herald.
 This is indeed true. Not one person in 1000 reads the message. but just think how easily this lack of interest could be overcome if the President would only get Eltnor Glyn to write 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
WHERE RUNS THE RIVER

By F. w. BOuruIIIUH. Where runs the river? Who can say Who hath not followed all the way By alders green and sedges gray,
 And blossoms blue? Curve round to hem the eager flood; It can not straightly as It would / Its path pursue. Yet this we know: Der whatso plains Or rocks or waterfalls 1t strains, At last the Vast the stream attains;
 And l, and you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Life savers at Atlantic City hurrie to the rescue of boat that was apparently flying distress signals. When they got to the spot they found that the sailors had hung out their washing to dry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
GOOD TIP

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
 icle.
 keep up the growing" says the Bir- mingham Age-Herald. flor that is the way to make the town grow" Thanks for the hint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Boss Cox of Cincinnati is going to re- move to New York He thinks that city is the true home of old-time political last line of retreat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

As the man said coming down on the train, England is not the place to commit murder in. He was thinking. alas. of his native land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
THE ARTIST AND HIS AUDIENCE

SdrdH befIHdrut' III I1ofiuoH IIteTVIeW.
 It Is idle, it is stupid to talk of an artist "condescending'' to appear on the variety stage. So long as he does the best work within him there can be no idea of condescension. You would not argue, I suppose, that a prayer uttered in a garrett is less efficacious than prayer spoken in a cathedral? The artist either raises or depreciates the public to his own level.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
TRY TT.

Hard works the only germicide- The only one,sI guess, For what the scientists have called The germ of laziness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

The colonel is endeavoring to take off Stoekhoder Dix's hide in order to nail 1t to the wall paper. but thus far his knife has been blunt and full of hicks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Boss Cox of Cincinnati sees an opening in New York for his fine political brain, and he is going there at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Burke Cochran has clambered on the republican band wagon, and the two par ties in that state are full of confusion and eomplexity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

The gulf of Mexico should study Joe Cannon in this crisis and behave itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

When baseball is mentioned in Chicago all natives change their seats or ask for change of subjects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
EXPEDIFNCY.

There's something wrong with the gas- oline tank of my automobile"
 Do you think you can mend it?" l"Yes; and I'm going to do 1t now while have bad cold.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Speaker Cannon is carrying a bigger load of silence than any other human being.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

And now poor little Portugal Is afflicted with an army 1t cannot drive into exile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
COULDN'T BE MORE SO

Was Miss Boston very much excited when the Prunesby boarding burned down?" matical."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Andrew Carnegie felt tired when he ar rived in New York last week. It was his ninety-ninth trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Chicago has marked up the price of opium sandwiches to s1. Thus does the cost of living go up by leaps and bounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Each Cub player got the snug sum of S1S75, which will enable him to bear up for a while under the sting of defeat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

An aeronaut can apparently land more safely at sea than in Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Sleeping between blankets has been popular in this winter resort climate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
Miss AnsIin,s Ambition

An actress of worldwide reputation is Margaret Anglin, who. though her ex- perence on the stage has been for the most part in the United States, is by birth
 a Canadian" said a local theatre-goer.
 ''She has achieved for herself an envia-
 ble record as star in a comparatively short time. Not only is that her record In America, but beyond the seas, for 1t will be recalled that she made trium-
 phal tour through Australia and New
 Zealand last year and her appearance in
 London is to be matter of a very little
 time.
 while Miss Anglin is still in the midst
 of the harvest that is being yielded by
 The Awakening of Helena Ritchie,' in which she will be seen here Saturday at matinee and Saturday night at the Jefferson theatre, her plans for the fu- ture are being actively developed. She is now making a trans-continental tour which is to continue without break until Thanksgiving, when it is her intention to lay aside her preesnt play and produce about Christmas time a comedy of man. ners, in Chicago. Several authors are now at work upon plays, including Luther Long, but the name of the play to which the distinguished actress is to turn her attention at Christmas has not yet been announced, although this much is certain, she is next to give us an exam | pie of her powers of comedy, which those who remember her as Lady Ursula may | be well satisfied are of the most ex- quisite quality.
 "It is an open secret that Miss Anglin's ambition is in the near future to identify herself more closely than has hitherto been the case with classic drama. This | is at 1t should be in an actress of Miss
 Anglins intelligence. ability and natura genius. For 1t would be a pity for sucf
 3 woman, so rarely endowed by nature as she is, not to woe the classic muse
 since without achievements of that kinc
 no actress can hope to place her name among those few who rank among thu
 immortals of the stage'
 | About Persons
 | Wilson Brown and w. H. Woodward
 who have been in New York for the pas
 two weeks, on financial matters, returned l vestardav
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

A Minnesota sophomore who proposed to S3 girls in one day Is said to hold the college record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

MT. Wellman is brave man and all the world admires him. At least it did un- til he unloaded on 1t the word "equili- orator."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
A CRAFTY SORT.

A CRAFTY SORT. He wouldn't smile,
 We knew not why; Somehow, it seemed 5 He'd rather sigh. We asked him If
 He needed aid; "Sniffsnuflebo' Was all he said. Art Swedish then?' .- We asked of him; s.sS 4s He closed his lips
 And looked more grim. Nonplussed at last,
 We let him be. 'Whingwhanglebump He cried with glee Yiddish or Dutch,
 Choctaw or Greek, He'd found a tongue We couldn't speak, But later learned
 He called it ''spoofing,'' A ruse to send
 All bores a-hoof1ng.
 INCONSIDERATE How was the vaudeville show at the town hall last night?'' t'Oh, pretty fair. A mean trick was played on the contortionist, though" How was that?" "Just when he got himself tied in a hard knot small boy yelled 'Firer "
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

Uncle Sans anti-fat should be pre- scribed for all cities that padded their census returns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

John Bull is respectfully requested to remember that all American dentists are not Crippens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

The colonel will expect to loom large in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

We used to joque about the toque, But 1t was neat And did not spread beyond the head Eleven feet.
 -Pittsburg Post.