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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
Grade Crossing Proposition This Week

The representatives of the city are to meet the representatives of the railroads on Wednesday to discuss the First ave- nue viaduct problem, and the city's rep resentatives should go to the meeting pre- pared to object to the policy of delay that the railroads seem to have adopted.
 The way to build a viaduct that all confess is sorely needed is to build fl rather than discuss it endlessly. There Is no scheme that calls for additional delay that the railroads apparently will not favor. At present they are asking de- lay until next spring because action of the legislature as to the closing of streets is needed This need Is more apparent than real Whatever the city agrees to do in the closing of streets for term of years will be done without legislative action.
 The city should sternly oppose any fur ther delay. The railroads should not ask it after discommoding the citizens of the city almost a lifetime. The grade crossing evil in First avenue would not have been tolerated in any other city in the 100000 class year after year as 1t has been here.
 Again The Age-Herald calls upon the city's representatives to ask for and to secure the beginning of the building of a viaduct in First avenue at date not later than January 1. That grade cross ing has existed 20 years too long al- ready.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
Winter Weather In November

When early November days are full of frost and even of blizzards 1t Is plain the goosebone prophets who have been pre- dieting long hard winter are at least temporarily vindicated. The storm that swept over Washington and Baltimore, passing on to Pennsylvania and New York. in both of which states snows fell to the depth in some places of IS inches, was indeed a touch of winter early in November. In the Catskill mountains along the Hudson river. there is good sleighing, and this is no doubt the situa. ton in the hard coal districts of Penn sylvania.
 The truth is, the entire country has been thus far in November unduly frost, or stormy, and the goosebone people are therefore. justified in declaring. T tolc you so."
 But 1t is quite a long time even tt Christmas, to say nothing of the new leaf season next April. The weather cleri may change his mind, and this early No
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
undar thA NaM AnnOrtionmert

The republicans have no intention of letting the new apportionment go over to a Congress which will be democratic in at least one of its branches. They intend to shape it up to suit themselves.
 All, however, seem to agree that the number of representatives which is now ss1 should not be permitted to exceed lo0. The unit of representation at pres ent is 1s4.1S2, and In order to keep the size of the House down to 400 the unit will have to be increased to some figure between 22O,OOO and 225,OOO.
 Very considerable changes will be presented in the new apportionment. New York will gain seven additional members, chiefly on account of the growth of the great city at the mouth of the Hudson river. Texas will gain three members and Oklahoma two. To offset these gains there will be losses all the way from Kan sas to Ohio.
 Alabama had 1,s2S,697 inhabitants ten years ago. The presumption is that her rate of growth has since been 20 per cent. This would make her present pop uIation 2.194, 4s6, and unit of 225,00O would leave her shy 65,5s4 people, but even then her fraction would be so large that she would secure an additional member unless Cannonism and Aldrichism in the present Congress stand in the way.
 And then arises the question, has Jef- ferson county 225.oOo inhabitants? Has the county outside of Birmingham s2,315 people? The census bureau will soon .an- swer these questions, and speculation over them should, therefore, wait upon patti ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
ADVANCE AGENT FOR CHORUS

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Reserving rooms for chorus girls and making all advance arrangements for their comfort and convenience during their stay in each city visited Is the principal mission In life of J. Percival Moore, who dropped off a Philadelphia train from New York Saturday. MT. Moore come to Philadelphia as the ad- vance agent of the chorus and show girls of the company in which Miss Lulu Glaser Is starring this season.
 But this particular advance agent has nothing to do with the company or the start. He Is engaged not by the Messrs. Shubert, but by the 50-odd chorus girls of the company who pool their interest and pay MT. Moore regular weekly sal ary to look up hotels and boarding houses, make reservations and then send back a detailed report as to rates. To- cations. distances from railroad stations, theatres, restaurants. etc.
 An advance agent exclusively for the merry is an innovation even for big musical organizations, but the girls declare he is a necessity. The regular business manager or advance agent of a thatrical company limits his work of reserving rooms to the star, and for that reason the chorus girls have de- cided to supply their own advance repre- sentative The small sum levied per capita is said to be saved several times over by their advance agent, who has nothing else to do but inspect hotels, boarding houses, apartment houses and the like. By providing for a party of ID or 15 girls in a place he is generally able to secure accommodations at far more attractive rates than the girls could themselves, applying singly and in pairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
HEALTH INSURANCE
From Norman E. Mack's Natio 1so,+t,1,, for Nro,,or,hou

From Norman E. Mack's National Monthly for November In one of the old-time drouth years,
 from which Kansas used to suffer- Aunt Tina an admirable old lady of Teutonic
 extract. kept writing back east, com plaining that the drouth and grasshop-
 pers had driven them to the verge of starvation. Finally, some of her kin thinking 1t best to do something in the | matter, packed up a great lot of goods
 and shipped them to her. One of them
 followed in due time to arrive with the goods.
 Aunt Tina was overjoyed and assured her relative that succor had arrived
 just in the nick of time. The eyes of
 the other, however, rested on a row of
 six or eight barrels ranged along the
 kitchen wall.
 "~hats in these barrels, Aunt TinaY' he finally asked. "Sauer-kraut," answered Aunt Tina.
 "Sauer-kraut? Oh, auntie. and I thought you were starving to death!'' Starving to death Ach. meln Gott child" sobbea the old lady, i've kept dot in case of sickness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Democratic victory in the Air

Every indication points to a democrat ic majority in the next Congress, and tho election of democratic governors in New York, New Jersey, and Ohio. although Harmon's chances in Ohio are not as good as they were two or three weeks ago" said J. L. Poythress of Kentucky
 The administration is concentrating its efforts in Ohio, and 1t may be that Hard- ing will beat Governor Harmon, but when I was in Cincinnati last week l would have said 1t was an even bet that the democrats would win. If Harmon should be reelected he would make an Ideal candidate for the presidency in lsl2 Three or four weeks ago I spent several days in Ohio, and my republican friends told me then that the betting was m favor of Harmon. If the democrats should have landslide victory on Tues day, do not believe It would be possible Tor the republicans to rally sufficiently 10 making successful contest in 1912.
 With the House democratic, Congress- man Underwood of Birmingham would become chairman of the ways and means committee, and as such the party leader on the floor. He would have to introduce a tariff measure. and 1t would be known, Of course, as the Underwood bill. Un- derwood would get a great national repu- tation, and Birmingham would naturally be prouder of him than ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

vember weather may then be changed. Broken wires will be mended, the early snows may be melted, and the normal may be restored. It Is far too early to consider winter in permanent control of weather conditions. We are yet due an empty coal bin stands ready to well come if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
REFLECTIoNs OF A BACHELoR

From the New York Press.
 The only sure way to get out of trouble is not to get in.
 It isn't safe for a woman to be with some men, even at the other end of the telephone.
 When girls are good, it's because they want to be; when men are good. because they have to be.
 It's as easy to guess about the stock market as to reason out what 1t will do, and much cheaper, because you won't risk so much that way.
 A trusting woman can believe her hus. band spent the evening in the office working even though she finds in his pocket . theatre seat check showing where he was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT POLITICS
 AND THE EFFECT UPON BIRMINGHAM

Y T is indeed a pleasure to return to all
 up and doing town after a long va
 cation. and observe that which has been done
 I have been about a bit since the latter part of August, and have observed, but nowhere, not even in New York with all It's subways and tunnels up to Thirty third street, are things going ahead in proportion as in Birmingham.
 Our census report concentrated the eye of the financial world upon this Birming- ham. A year ago men of, finance looked with a bit of suspicion upon Birming- They wanted commissions and discounts and all sorts of ''rake-offs" for financing Birmingham propositions. Today they are somersaulting over each other, so to speak, to get legitimate investments in this territory. and within 50 days from today Birmingham will be able to get the cheapest money for substantial i'm provement investments of any city In the south.
 This means a new hotel or two, and per haps a winter resort hotel out near the country club new business buildings and general substantial industrial and busi- ness improvement within and about this Birmingham
 return an optimist of the optimists.
 Every man who has an hundred of the real good today will have an hundred and fifty within 12 months.
 Birmingham has made good in every way, and the world admires, applauds and aids those who make good. I like the way Mayor Gully Exum is soaring in the atmosphere and reaching out in improvements and developments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
5000 AERIAL PATENTS

From the Springfield Union.
 Some idea of the interest taken by in- ventors in the science of aerial navigation is afforded by the statement from Wash ington that 5000 patents have been Issued already on airships and aerial contri- vances of various kinds. Stress is laid upon the point that the brains of the aviator must be the main dependence in all cases of successful man-fight. Hope has been expressed that some type of flying machine would be invented that would be automatically responsive to air currents in a manner to relieve the tension of the navigator and lend com parative safety and ease to the opera tion of the machine. If any such de- vice is possible it is not presaged, it seems, by any of the patents yet issued.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
CEDAR WOOD ALMOST ExHAUsTEI

From the Chicago Examiner.
 Within 20 years the cedar for the man ufacture of lead pencils will be exhausted. This is the prediction made by an ex- pert of the largest pencil making firm In tho world. Fifty per cent of the total supply now comes from the southern states. The cedar of Alaska is not fitted for pencils, and unless the demand de- creases the pencil of the future will be made of celluloid or metal with free leads The firm in question saw the danger of exhausing the cedar 25 years ago, and planted large tracts in Ger many, but it will be years before these are available.
 The present outlook is that 50 years from now we shall see wooden pencils only in museums.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
WANTED HER MONEYS WORTH

From Norman E. Mack's National
 Monthly for November.
 A few years ago. Madame Schumann- Heink was to appear for the first time in the city of Newark, O. During that week Mrs. A. called on Mrs. B. Tn the course of conversation Mrs. B. asked Mrs. A.: Are you going to hear schumann-Hein on Wednesday even ing?"
 Now Mrs. A. had evidently never heard of the great prima donna, for she re- piled:
 "No. indeed, when I pay such a price, want to read the book first"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
THE TRULY GREAT.

The bards who sang immortal songs, Upspringing from their hearts, Who strove to right detested wrongs And played heroic parts, Shall wear the crown of bays for aye And sit in purple state. But he who grinds from day to day, Mere jingler' all his fate, Can never hope to reach the stars
 And taste the sweets of fame, Nor to a brand of punk cigars
 Bequeath noble name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
"SPuNt

"spunk' is the name of a new monthly magazine started at Anniston by Jefferson Howard Fore. It Is a magazine for the "UPLIFT," in capital letters, and will boost" at every opportunity. The con- tents include crisp paragraphs of the moment and essays on topics of the day "Spunk" seems to be very much alive and MT. Fore is herewith waited our congratulations. His magazine is one of the neatest publications received at this office in long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
Majority Is Safe

Will T. Shehan. editorial writer for the Montgomery Advertiser, is spending a few days In Birmingham taking final sur vey of the political situation.
 "The democratic ticket will receive the usual democratic majority next Tues day" said MT Shehan. There are some pretty close contests in some counties, but the general result will show safe democratic victory.
 "I have studied the situation over the state pretty closely and see no reason for fear of a falling off in majorities. q. figure O'Neal's majority in the state at 5O0OO"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
AnnrecfafiOn of Muaic

Birmingham has undoubtedly pro- gressed within the past two or three years in its appreciation of high-class music, ' said citizen who has sung in all the fes- tivals held here since 1899.
 ''The Damrosch festivals have done much to awaken interest in good music, and every recital by pianist. violinist or vocalist has had Its educative influence.
 T was particularly struck with the growth of Birminghams music-loving contingent last Thursday when I had the pleasure of hearing Ernest Hutche- son. That gentleman, by the way, is not only one of the best artists who has vis- tied Birmingham, but he is one of the foremost concert pianists in the United States. He will hold his own with any of them. The fact that he is to be the soloist at one of the Philharmonic sym. phony concerts in New York this season shows in what great esteem he is held by so exacting a conductor as Gustav Nah Ter. I have never heard D'Albert, but l have listened to all the other famous pi- anists who have appeared within the past 30 years, and the only artists whose play -<o SSi PesSSco UT SfCh cQutilcQ f1ulCn- eson's were the late Hans von Buelow and Paderewsld. And 1t meant a good deal for Birmingham as a music-lovine community that a large and eager audi ence was present at the Jefferson to greet MT. Hutcheson.
 "One has but to glance over the musical papers to see the rapid increase in the number of yirtuoso players nowadays Pianists and violinists seem to come be- fore the public In battaions. Assuming that all of them are artists, the wonder Is how they can make living, and yet most of them do get recognition and have some box-office success. But it Is only the few who reach a high place in the musical world. Hutcheson, as I have shown, is one who has already got there, and Birmingham is to be treated to sev- eral other exceptionally fine artists this season, notably Tibaldi, violinist; Schar- wenla. composer and pianist; Francis MacMillan, violinist, and Maud Powell violinist. A thorough musical education comes high-for pianist, violinist or grand opera artist, from s6000 to sS000. Those that do make hits in Europe or America clear as much as $10O0O in a season, but they are precious few in number. compared to the many who barely live"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
Polite. versus Prosperity

One of the feature articles in The Independent of November is "Perpe- tual Politics Versus Prosperity" by s. Mays Ball, who describes himself as a "southerner, professional"
 The paper Is written in a bright, breezy style and is sure to attract at tention. It is one of the best things that has come from MT. Balls pen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

ences and meet on a friendly footing
 the neutral ground being a mutual love Of literature. Such ground did not all
 ways exist. Before the club was found ed it's advocates had reason to deplore | that. whereas the army. navy, church. stage and other callngs could maintain their clubs. the profession of letters alone was without fitting quarters
 "A candidate for membership must be either a British subject or an American citizen. Thomas Hardy Is president of | the club, and its general committee is l made up of men of wide fame-his- torians, metaphysicians, novelists, essay ists and churchmen. Hall Caine, Conan
 Doyle Sir William Trealor Bart. the lord bishop of Ripon, and Prof. W. w.
 Skeat are among the committeeman.
 "A feature of the club is the Monday
 dinner at which paper is read by one Of the members. These contributions are sometimes published in full, and when
 not In their entirety a carefully prepared
 synopsis is made for the press. One of
 the papers of the present year which especially interested me was The Infu- eHce or LIeTdtuTe OpOH MuSiC, Dy DIT
 Charles Villiers Stanford, the well-known
 composer and professor of music at the
 University of Cambridge. Another paper
 that attracted my attention was by MT. Strachey, editor of The Spectator on this topic Are Journalism and Litera- ture Incombatible? He showed that they
 were not.
 Tr xVh ii1cf ct- ed a member of the club, Is one of the few men of my acquaintance who loves scholarly pursuits and keeps up student | habits, and who at the same time has l decided turn for commercial affairs. He is president and general manager of the Export Pratt Coal company, miners
 and shippers of steam and blacksmith | fuel. He was until recently. however, professor of Germanic languages In the | University of Mississippi. While occu- pying that position he edited with intro
 duction and notes for Ginn & Co.'s In- I ternational Modern Language Series,'
 Franz Grillparzer's 'Sappho'-a college | text book, of which two or three editions
 have already been sold In England and America. He is also the author of num-
 erous sketches, reviews and magazine
 articles. His latest literary work Is | problem novel, entitled Stronger Than
 Death, the labor of two years, I under
 stand. It will be published shortly. And one who knows something of the plot
 says the novel Is 'permeated by an un-
 conquerable idealism.' Dr. Terrell is one
 of the most modest of gentlemen, but he has a large circle of friends who watch his literary career with much interest.
 Had he contributed nothing more to It.
 erature than his charming lecture on
 Goethe as Lyric Poet delivered at
 Temple Emanuel few months ago, and l illustrated musically on the piano by Mrs. Laurence Block, he would have been en-
 titled to recognition as scholar and
 critic.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
DOLLS IN ENGLAND 60 YEARS AGO

DOLLS IN ENGLAND 60 YEARS AGO From Amelia E. Barr.
 The dolls most in use when was a child in Yorkshire and Lancashire were wooden ones; a round head, square body, legs and arms of thin slats of wood, fastened to the body with wire, thus making the limbs flexible and nov able I possessed number of all sizes and I don't think I used them in the ordinary way. I valued them as entities for representing my story books, with big dolls for giants. little ones for chil- dren and fairies and medium ones for men and women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
HIS REASON

From Harper's Weekly.
 ..Now, Johnny said the Sunday school superintendent, "can you tell me what 1t was that caused the prophet Elijah to go up?'
 ''Yeth, thir," said Johnny Tt wath the Payne tarlff bill"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

There are 60,0o0 Princeton alumni and half of them live in New Jersey, where to man they will vote for Woodrow Wilson. Goodby, MT. Kean and the rest of the ring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
A RARE ADVENTURE.

'Nothing's ever happened to, him.
 That's where you're wrong. He once helped to put out a fire with champagne"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

The Baltimore Sun says Birmingham is growing so fast 1t takes it's measure every night before going to bed and again in the morning when 1t gets up. wants a member of Congress all it's own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

Birdmen are not quite up to the stand ard of harmony adopted by the birds 1T their nests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
A DEFINITION
From Harper's weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
 'Pa, said little Willie Wantaknow. ..what is don't worry philosopher? '
 ..IIe Is a man who makes his living my son, worrying about other peoples worries," said MT. Wantaknow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

Foraker is the Finnegan of the Forum. He is on again and off again the stump in Ohio, but he always goes revised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
GIT IS NOT YOURS, o MOTHERv By Robert Louis Stevenson.

By Robert Louis Stevenson.
 It is not yours, o mother, to complain, Not, mother, yours to weep,
 Though nevermore your son again
 Shall to your bosom creep, Though nevermore again you watch
 your baby sleep.
 Though in the greener paths of earth,
 Mother and child, no more We wander; and no more the birth
 Of me whom once you bore,
 Seems still the brave reward that once
 1t seemed of yore;
 Though as all passes, day and night, To seasons and years. From you, O mother, this delight, This also disappears Some profit yet survives all your bangs and tears. The child, the seed. the grain of corn, The acorn on the hill, Each for some separate end is born In season fit and still Each must in strength arise to work the Almighty will So from the hearth the children flee, By that Almighty hand Austerely led so one by sea Goes forth, and one by land; Nor aught of all mans sons escape from that command. So from the sally each obeys The unseen Almighty nod, So till the ending all their ways Blindfolded 10th have trod; Nor knew their task at all, but were the tools of God. And as the fervent smith of yore Beat out the glowing blade, Nor welded in the front of war The weapons that he made,
 But in the tower at home still piled his ringing trade, So like a sword the son shall roam | On nobler missions sent: | And as the smith remained at home | In peaceful turret pent, 60 sits the while at home the mother
 well content.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

The Republic of Panama may collapse at any moment and MT. Taft Is going down there to see whether it is worth anneXing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

WHOSE CURVES FIGURE MOST? Two celebrated baseball players and a scubrette are doing turn in vaudeville entitled, Curves" The soubrette-but why continue this paragraph? You know what we were going to say
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

When MT. Taft tries to force up maga- zine postage he tries to deal the Outlook and its contributing editor a hard blow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

Captain Peary is going back to the navy leaving the other pole to some other explorer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

Madame Bernhardt is thin in persor but not in trunks. She carries 65 of ths latter when she travels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

On Wednesday morning each man will wake up to count his surprises while his wife gets breakfast unmoved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

All aviators can go up and keep on going up, for there is no altitude limit at the top of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06

The man who does not go to the polls next Tuesday need not expect to enjoy a quiet consequence afterwards.