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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
frOStS aud Fruits In April

"A miss is as good as a mile" says an old maxim. This is certainly the feel ing among fruit and vegetable growers in this state The mercury hovered near the frost point, but did not quite camp down at it or below it, and no frosts nipped young fruit or tender vegetables No frost damage is reported at any point in this state.
 When 1t is remembered that snow fell ill Missouri and at Cincinnati and far down in Kentucky. the escape from frost damage in this state is a matter of con- graduation. Alabama is not accustomed to April frosts. As rule killing frosts do not occur in this state after March lo and this year a damaging frost would have been exceedingly unweleome, because of the advanced state of the corn planting and of the fruit trees and truck farms.
 The escape from frost damage is pretty good assurance of a corn crop and of an Elberta peach crop. not to mention the output of strawberries and early vegetables. Alabama can be trusted to get out of the frost belt early in the season, and to stay out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
Mobiles Tented City,

The tented city, at Mobile during the reunion there next week Is expected to take the old veterans back to war times and make their meetings and relations of old experiences more real and more like a reunion than any within recent years.
 From the great circus tent, in which the meetings will be held, to the camp of army tents, which will be laid off by di- visions under the beautiful magnolias, and magnificent oaks of Monroe park, all will resemble war time camp.
 Here they can see the ships coming in with the worlds commerce, and at night can watch the thousands Of lights which mark the passage taken by Farraguts s fleet when he captured Mobile harbor, and can picture the battle of Mobile bay.
 Max Hamburger, the chairman of the entertainment committee, will return to Mobile tomorrow to take active charge of the entertainment features on which Mo- bile is spending more than s15,000. Before leaving he asked that the rumor be cor rected which has been circulated that the hotels were raising rates. "On the con- trary,' he said, they ale requiring that not less than four people occupy one room, and no amount of money can se- cure a room for q single person. We are guarding against increases of price any, where, and can assure the visitors that their interest will be looked after"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
"EGOnomiC Liberty" In Milwaukee

Not only has Milwaukee, a city that had ten years ago 285.3l5 population. elected a socialstic mayor but it also elected socialistic council. and the city is to be conducted for two years by ''the social democratic party to use the term of the victors in that city. Alder man-elect Berger is their spokesman, and he explains what they will undertake to accomplish in those two years. Nine tenths of what they will contend for, most progressive men as a rule desire. Political liberty" he says, 'ehas be- come inadequate. We must have both political and economic liberty"
 Nearly all the reforms advocated by the social democrats of Milwaukee are such as all progressive Americans desire but some are peculiarly difficult; for ex- ample, this:
 The city ought to afford the protec- ton of the law to such of it's citizens as are unable to afford it themselves. A poor person with d just cause has no standing in the courts unless some law yer Is promised a big share of the pro- ceeds of the case
 "The law courts are high priced affairs az they are at present conducted Fees and costs are beyond the means of the many, and lawyers retainers are forbid ding The social democrats of Milwau- kee will have to rearrange the entire schedule of the courts, to bring them within the means of the poor, or even l to keep the rich from using the courts and their delays from expressing the poor. There is, however, a vast differ ence between a political promise and an operative remedy for existing evils.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
Benefits of Free Competition

The first number of The Direct Buyers Journal has been printed in this city. In sll the country there is not a paper like 1t. The Journal is edited by Hinton G. Clay ybaugh. who has had an experience covering IA years in the grocery trade
 Editor Clabaugh thus presents his plan:
 we shall endeavor to give yoa all the general grocery news fresh while it b news; our market report and Buyers Information sheet will be invaluable to direct buyers as we will give them fac tory cost; figure out freight rates. etc. In other words. we are going to show our subscribers where and how 10 get goods at a lower cost, and the retailer who comes in direct touch with the con slmer can with great ease handle any
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
Nothing do I see in you That can find should merit any hate.
 king John.
Senator AldrICh to Retire

The retirement of Senator Aldrich on March next marks perhaps the cul- imitation of the plutocratic period in the United States Senate and in the country The supreme court and the administra- ton may bring back competition and curb monopoly. and if they do not do 1t a President will be elected who will do it.
 Senator Aldrich stands for privilege and monopoly beyond any other man in the Senate. even outdoing in that re- spect Hale, Lodge, Kean and Boies Pen rose, simply because he is more adroit and persuasive than any other one of the clique that rules the Senate. These men make tariffs and other laws to suit beneficiaries rather than the mass of the people They do this because the former are campaign contributors. Things go in a circle in Washington. It was not so before the war, but those days were not perplexed with trusts and monopo- lies. Today the republic is in real peril The next few elections will determine whether it is to remain a republic of the people by the people for the people or whether it is to sink into a plutocracy. Aldrich prefers the latter and he has per- sistently and consistently striven to es- tabnsh it.
 It is not altogether certain that he re- tires wholly because of III health. He did not make up his mind to retire until he had consulted Boss Brayton of his state. If Rhode Island had manhood suffrage instead of suffrage based on property. the result of the November election in that state would not be doubt- ful, and as the ballot stands in Rhode Island the opposition may carry the next election. The last governor of Rhode Island was democrat But the blind boss and the veteran senator are agreed that some other man is to carry the standard of plutocracy. and that set ties it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
--es------------- LOVE THAT ENDURES

F rom the Boston Globe.
 A man of sentiment from the south met and loved a woman of sentiment from the north. She promised to be his wife. Just before the date set for the wedding the man died. The woman grieved for him, and sought some slight in contemplating the last gift received from his hands. She died last June. Before she died she expressed a wish that the treasured gift be placed OF her grave in famous Greenwood. The wish was respected.
 The gift was statuette of that ever old, ever-young theme-Cupid and Psyche. But a Phillstine came by and was shocked at the statuette's lack of twen- tieth century attire. He complained to the superintendent, who reported the matter to the trustees. The trustees took the statuette from the grave.
 When the statue of MacMonnies' Bac- chante was removed from the Boston public library the late Dr. William for the reasons given by other opponents. He condemned the Bacchante for its frivolity and want of sufficient artistic purpose to warrant it's permanent res idence in a library built by the people and dedeicated to the advancement of learning"
 Dr. Everett was classical scholar and. therefore, could distinguish between fippapt sensualism and spiritual symbol ism He would have smiled at the trus- tees of Greenwood, and referred them to any classical dictionary, which would have told them that Psyche Is the sym bol of the soul. To the bereaved woman the statuette might well have syrnboliZed the fieeting nature of all things human and the durability of the spirit of i'm. mortal love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
Another Democratic Victory
field

Yesterdays election in the Rochester, N. T., congressional district was another rebuke to standpatism, the Aldrich tariff and the high cost of living. James S. Ravens, democrat, was elected to repre- sent the Thirty-second congressional dis trict by a plurality of practically 6Oo0 votes over his republican opponent, George W. Aldridge.
 The significance of this result is em- phaszed by the fact that the same dis trict elected a republican congressman in 1908 by 1O,167. It Is. another evidence of what the republicans may expect all over the country when the congressional elec- tions are held this fall. The widespread discontent, the dissatisfaction with reac- tionary leaders, the increased cost of liv- ing. Cannonism, Aldrichism and machine rule will all combine in demanding change.
 The Rochester result may we'll cause even greater alarm 10 the party in power than the recent Missouri and Massachu- sets congressional elections. and it ap- pears that If the republicans are to save the day in November heroic measures are necessary. The handwriting is on the wall. The democrats are almost sure to win the next House
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
RaiEin DaY

April 30 is Raisin day in California. Al ready the country has been flooded with all kinds of advertising matter expioit- ing this unique event. and the state of California will bestir itself on the ap- pointed date to make the raisin memor- able.
 It is all scheme to awaken interest in the raisin industry of California, which has become extensive and profitable.
 On Raisin day every railway line and steamship company will serve California raisin dishes, and newspapers will devote pages to telling about the California raisin.
 The headquarters of this unique adver- Using are located at Fresno, where the California raisin day committee is hard at work getting in touch with the news papers, while lodges, churches. school so- cieties and clubs are helping to send out information broadcast.
 It is planned to boom the raisin as it was never boomed before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20

outside of Innesa Marlin and Homer painted between 1870 and 1890, when soid now, bring half what they were first sold for. The Raphael" and "Corregio in the Yerkes collection sold for less than he paid. Few believed in them. and they are not the fashion. Too many counter feits turk among Italian pictures. The Prado gallery, at Madrid, had F alleged "Raphaels' Only are now generally accepted. a5a .ss
 The value of pictures as ali invest ment is governed by the fashion among millionaires.- There is a run now on Hals and Rembrandt The authenticity of all that both painted is well doeumented Both are prolific. There are enough pie lures to make a market. They deserve their reputation. The fashion will change, but not for some time. Meanwhile, mill lionaires want them. They may fall, as other paintings have. ,Salvator Rosa goes cheap today. Whistlers paintings are lower than they were. Fortuny does not bring his old price. A painting by Con- tnre great man in his day. does not bring what Couture himself got. The paintings by Firth, the man who did the 'Derby Day. sell for a fifth of what they did taken by, dealers when they were new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20

John McGovern in National Magazine.
 What Is Chicago? I will try to guess and to tell. It is a population in number great, because, for instance, it daily uses 30.oo0 telephones and over 60 hospitals some of them very large op.s indeed, for here surgery. off the battlefield, has found its busiest haunts. The deaS are buried in l6 cemeteries. Ten of them are Jew ish, and there are Polish and Bohemian burying grounds. The union printers are filling their third large lot. Tb1re are about 300 great school houses. many of them groups of buildings. When Presi- dent Taft visited the city in 1909, he was greeted by 10000 little children. massed on the lake front park. and about 45oo00 more were playing at home. Chicago does not wear gloves-does not carry cane; it has no time for these polite" things We boast that it does more, with better machinery, than any other com munity on earth. It has a kind heart under it's working clothes, and has always counted everybody in as one more Chi- cagoan. It's morals raise the present average of North America, or it's popula- ton would not increase so rap.dly. In appearance, 1t is often gray and melan- choly, like old ocean; but In spirit, as in history, 1t is young and ever hopeful It is the most prolific inventor that time has produced. It still welcomes every body who can labor, and it's generous salutation thrills AT kinds of lowly people with growing desire to cast their lots here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
IN-H0TELLOBBIES-
Festival Matinee Begins at 3

The music festival night performances are advertised to begin at s:15 o'clock and the matinees at 8 o'clock. little margin is allowed on the night schedule for starting the concert. Last night it was 10 minutes past the advertised time before MT Danrosch took up his baton and rapped for attention, but the after noon concert will commence at 3 sharp. Mir. Damrosch desired to have them start at 2S0 in order that his musicians might have ample time to rest before the next performance; but at the urgent request of the local management the time was fixed at 3, so as to accommodate the school children.
 This afternoons programme opens with Beethoven's beautiful overture, Leonore, No. 3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20

article of merit and it is certainly to his
 interest and the interest of the consum-
 ing public to handle and push the sale
 of those goods he can buy direct. One
 single direct buyer could not devote the
 time and expense necessary to secure the right kind of information. but We can. A good buyer with The Direct Buyers Journal to help him will. save many dol- lars in his buying during the year. At any rate he can see the price and com pare it with jobbers' quotations. We shall have nothing to sell-nerely try ing to bring the packer and retailer i1 direct buying touch with eacb other Our will be accurate and helpful and we are going to succeed
 There seems to be no reason why a retailer or even a consumer should not be permitted to buy where he will and at as good rates as others are offered, and if the Direct Buyers Journal can reipaugurate unrestricted buying in this country it will accomplish not a little toward decreasing the cost of living. and in determining the general problem con nected with combination and monopoly field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
MT. Damrosch to Mrs. Aldrich

Said a music lover last night: "This afternoon was admitted to the Jefferson theatre while MT. Damrosch was con ducting his festival rehearsals. I sat back near the door and was greatly in- terested in watching everything and in listening to the 50 musicians of the or chestra tuning up. The wood-winds were jabbering with the strings and the brass now and then talked out. The kettle drummer was a bit busy, too, and alto gether this preface to the rehearsal was intensely interesting to me, a layman.
 Mrs Aldrich, the Birmingham pianist, of whom everybody in this part of the country must feel proud, was the first to be tried with the orchestra. She came on the stage quietly, shook hands with MT. Damrosch, whispered something to him, and then took her place at the piano. The rehearsal went off brilliantly. MT. Damrosoh, who is very fine pianist himself, looked pleased The work being played was Weber's 'concertstueck'-16 or r minutes-and when it ended the famous conductor turned to the little lady and with sly grace and humor said: Mrs. Aldrich, you introduced yourself to us as an amateur, but we simply don't be- lieVe it ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
YALEr poEs THE KISSING

From the Richmond Virginian.
 aris.--Letting his valet do the baby kissing and< handshaking is the latest wrinkle that Count Boni De Castellene has developed in his race for re-elec- ton to the chamber of deputies from the Basses-Alpes district, in southeast ern France.
 Bonrs friends and enemies alike are laughing today over the latest batch ol stories regarding his candidacy in this district. which is one of the poorest in France. The peasants of Basses-Alpes, for the most part, sleep on piles of hay. The hotels are so poor that Boni, still the polished dandy that he was when Anna Goulds millions were at his dis posal, carries his own bedding with him. As for shaking the rough, soiled hands of the voters and kissing their ill-kept babies, Boni declared open re- bellion. However, the job had to be done by someone, so Bnni hired a good looking valet to keep mp the cnfantile osculation end of thes business and the warm clasp of those hands in whose powerful grip Boni ii afraid to trust his dainty fingers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
PICTURES AS INVESTMENT
From the Philadelphia Press.

T foiH luO 1Atf1d1ipfitu ANDes
 Nothing Yerlses bought did better than his pictures as an investment. Chicago railroads got into trouble. The London Tube disappointed. The New York lines in which he was interested went through many vicisstudes.
 The Franz Hals Portrait of a Woman" cost him $12.o00 and sold for s137,to0. He paid about $l0,000 for his Rembrandt and it brought s51,400. In 1896 he paid s1s,425 for Turner's Rockets and Blue Lights, and 1t was knocked down at the auction of the Yerlkes gallery for $129,00Q.
 This is one side. The Burne-Jones pie lures he bought sold for half what he paid for them. Most of the English pie lures, painted in the last % years, he bought went below the original price. Paintings by Alma Tadema and Lord Leighton, which were going for s15.00f to s20.0OO at private sale, from 20 to St years ago. bring third to half of that today. The Inness which Yerkes had, sold at about sSoO0. and probably doubled on his hands. Most American pictures,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
JAP APPRECIATION OF LEARN

Tone Noguchi in the April Atlantic.
 We Japanese have been regenerated by Hearns sudden magic, and baptized afresh under his transcepdental. rapture; in fact, the old romances which we had forgotten years ago were brought again to quiver in the air, and the ancient beauty which we buried under the dust rose again with a strange yet new splen- dor. He made us shake the old robe of bias which we wore without knowing it. and he gave us a sharp sensation of revival. However, what impressed us most was that he was striking figure of protest He wrote to Mir. ~Otani: while this rage for wasting time in societies goes on there will be no new Japanese literature, now new drama, no new poetry-nothing good of any kind Production will be piade impossible and only the commonplace translation of for eign ideas. The meaning of time, the meaning of work, the sacredness of lit erature. are unknown to this generation ' He was, indeed. the living proof of the power of solitude with which he tried to master these problems, and with which he succeeded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
Watching the Comet

It does not pay to scan the east ern sky at present for Mr Halley'r comet. Only those armed with a three Inch telescope can see it, and then they must be up and doing by o'clock in the morning. Seen through a glass at present the comet digcloses no tail If looks about the size of hens egg. dull and white in color.
 The truth is. the comet will not be visible in spectacular way and at a convenient hour until May 20, and the connecting of the great majority may be the better be postponed to that date. The eccentric few can veiw 1t before May 20, but they will not oe greatly rewarded by all they will see of the famous visitor.
 After the comet passes between the earth and the sun no doubt the tail of the comet will play more promj- nent part in the HlSy. It is very long but very thin, and if the lights in the sky be adjusted to suit it, no doubt it will shine brilliantly athwart the sky. All this will occur from and after May 20, and not before. Don't waste any sleep on the comet until them. and not even then. for the comet will be an evening spectacle after May 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
IRON DEPOSITS OF CANADA Good in Cassier's Magazine.

-' Noou III Sdsslef $ Magazine. f'
 lt IS now known positively that iron ores abound in practically every prov lnce Of Canada. Only eight iron mines are In operation, and only one of these IS producing as much as 10o,OOo tons of ore III year, it is true; but active prep arations are being made in the eastern provinces for exploiting the recently proved deposits of ore on a large scale At present the chief Canadian blast fur naces draw most of their ore from Belle Isle, in Conception Bay, near St. Johns, Newfoundland. Newfoundland is very rich in iron ores, and nearly 100000 tons are raised annually. most of which is used in Canada. But enormous and rich reserves of hematite ore have been found in New Brunswick, within easy distance of large coal fields. Deposits of huge quantity and high quality have also been proved in Ontario. Quebec and Nova Scotia in the east. and in Vancouver and British Columbia in the west. Recent investigations conducted by the depart ment of mines, together with private prospecting. inspire the hope that Canada is as rich in iron and steel making ma terials as the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
Need of Late Cars

T think some arrangement should be made by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for the running of a later car into town from East Lake," said Elliot Parker. Living at East Lake l am not bothered much about it, but it is proving quite a proposition for the beaus of the Woodlawn and East Lake young ladies. For instance. if young man living in another part of town takes a young lady living any distance out on this line to the theatres at night the chances are very great that he will either have to walk back to town or have a taxicab sent out for him. As it is but rarely that the taxicab company will send a machine that distance the young man invariably has to walk back. At present the last car leaves Birmingham at 12:3o, but its trip to town is the last of the night, as it leaves East Lake at F o'clock, and upon it's return goes to the barn at East Lake. AS a remedy I would suggest that the street car company have car leave East Lake at 12:3O o'clock and re- care to operate it back to East Lake. The South Highlands has a car leaving town at 12:45 o'clock. which makes it possible to catch it back to town somewhat after o'clock. I know of one young man who has missed the last car from East Lake at least half dozen times during the past few months, and it happened that each time he had caught the first car after the theatre turned out, but it arr rived at East Lake after the last car in had left there.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Making money is making temptation in spending 1t.
 Platonic love might work if only one of the couple got it.
 A man worships his own brains. especially if he hasn't any.
 When man marres his troubles be- gin, but they can begin before if it's a breach of promise suit.
 There are so many ways a girl can fool man she is perfectly willing to let him pick out any particular one of them.
 A woman's heart is most of her body and all of her head.
 A man could make a lot of money betting against his own success
 The prettier a girl isn't the crazier she is to give some man she likes her photograph.
 once man gets it into his head he s lady killer he's an easy mark for any of them.
 Most people are, so busy being good to themselves they haven't time to be even decent to anybody else.