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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19

the present effort may be they will re- turn to it until the speakers autoeraey is overcome.
 The House has sunk in public estimation under the present system while the Sen- ate has gained public favor. and good many men are anxious to change the rules that have rendered the average represen- tative an automaton. The House de- sires to resume control of it's business in order that it may regain it's position be- fore the country and it's influence over na- tional legislation.
 But after all the prevailing discontent goes deeper than temporary rules. It springs from the popular feeling that sees in the high cost of living a condem- nation of the new tariff bill. Nothing is plainer in present-day politics than the disapprobation of the people concerning the tariff
 The issues of next fall are becoming plainer every day. There will be an as- sault all along the line on the Aldrich tariff bill, and the assault will be largely directed against it as whole, with it's eff fects upon the cost of living specialized. demand will be made for a revision of the House rules, so that Cannonism would no longer be possible. Governmental ex- travagance, and governmental eentraliza- ton, will be denounced. and the growth of the trusts will be fully presented. These issues will be altogether sufficient. The increased and increasing cost of living will be quite enough to put enough demo- crats in the House to act as check upon the administration and Cannon, and as a rebulxe to the tariff makers of the present Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
MISS MURIEL GULF

From Human LiAe'
 Kansas has produced many sensa- tions. and the mental ones are not tie least of these prodigies from the sun
 flower State. The very latest bid to fame comes from the youngest dramat- ist who has ever had play accepted bv big New York manager. NThis remarkable young playwright is
 college girl only 19 years old, ana her play has been accepted by Liep Ter S, Go. for no less a stage star than
 Eleanor Robson.
 Miss Muriel Culp is the young genius
 who at IS has entered the portals which older and more experienced aspiring
 dramatists have tried in vain to open. Little Miss Culp is a student of Kan
 sas university, and her play, Father land the Frat which attracted the at
 tention of Miss Robson's manager when he was in Kansas City last fall, was put on by the Kansas University Dra-
 matic society, the "Thespfans," for the first time at Lawrence, Kan, the col lege town where the young dramatist lives.
 So impressed was the theatrical man.
 ager with the cleverness, the technique,
 the character development in the play
 that he wired Liebler & Go. at once for
 their permission to purchase the dra
 matic rights for Miss Robson.
 The play deals with college life and Is a straight farce. The young dramatist has just completed another play of an entirely different kind which will be
 produced this spring under her own management.
 Miss Culp has been writing poems. plays and stories ever since she was old enough to hold pencil in her fingers, and when she was not 15 sn e wrote the Surrender of Yorktown for the Salna high school class play. Her short stories and poems have ap- peared in western publications, but her sudden leap into the sunshine of managerial favor came with her re-
 markable play of last fall. Miss Culp is the granddaughter of the late Judge Lewis Hanback,. who for six years was congressman from Kan sas.
 | The youngest dramatist in the his- tory of the modern stage is a modest and retiring little miss who doesn't in the least like to discuss her mental superiority and her sudden leap into | fame. The fact that she has never been out of Kansas, and has in spite of her
 distance from the center of dramatic life--New York city.-accomplished so
 much, is explained. in her wonderful appreciation of stage requirements, by
 her close study of plays and players.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
ALPHABET OF HEALTH

From the Atchison (Kan.) Globe. Abstain from intoxicating liquors. Breathe good air.
 Consume no moreNfood than the body requires.
 Drink pure water.
 Exercise daily.
 Find congenial occupation. Give the body frequent baths. Have regular habits. Insure good digestion by proper masti- cation.
 Justify right living by living right. Keep your head cool and your feet warm.
 Make definite hours of sleep. Never bolt your food. Overexercise Is as bad as underexercise. Preserve an even temperament. Question the benefit of too much medi- cine.
 Remember An ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure.'
 Sacrifice money, not health. Temperance in all things
 finder no condition allow the teeth to decay.
 Vanish superstition.
 Worry not at all.
 x-tend the teachings of this alphabet to others.
 Yield not to Encouragement
 Zealously labor in the cause of health and galn everlasting reward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is a-vcnry of this great world.
 Merchant Of Venice.
Local Parcels Post Service

Congressman Fosters bill, now under consideration by the House committee on postoffces and postroads. is not a sweeping measure, but it is a measure that would prove great and valuable beip within it's restricted scope. It might and probably would lead to something broader and still more meri- torious.
 The Foster bill provides that parcels shall be carried from one point on rural free delivery route to any other point on the same route at the rate of cents for the first pound and 2 cents more for each additional pound up to II. with a schedule ranging from 1 to cents for parcels weighing less than a pound. It directs that the pro- posed new tariff shall not be construed to increase any existing rate of post age on third class matter, and that provisions, meats, fruits, vegetables. seeds, cuttings bulbs roots, scions and plants shall be received and forwarded, any existing regulations to the con- trary notwithstanding. Arguing in sup port of the bill, MT. Foster pointed out that whereas the rural carriers are equipped to carry 125 pounds each trip, they do not on an average scarry as much as 25 pounds simply because the present rates of postage on parcels are prohibitive.
 Experts in the postoffice department say that the Foster bill would add s12,- 00o,00O a year to the receipts of the postoffice department, and this addition would almost be clear gain. And yet, the Foster bill hangs fire in the com mittee. Here is chance to make good the deficit in the postoffice depart ment while the needs of the people would be handsomely served. Mir Fosters bill should get out of the hands of the committee. Once before the House it would undoubtedly be speedi- ly acted upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
Contractors Flock Here

Representatives from over 40 large contracting firms are in Birmingham now getting specifications for the street ini- provements. sewers sidewalks. curb, gut ter, etc, at Corey, the model industrial city, which is being built near Ensley, said William Huey of Meade & Huey, the engineers. '"rhis will be the biggest street Improvement contract ever let in the south, and contractors from every where are bidding on it. Not only have many firms sent their representatives here, but still others are writing and tel egraphing us for specifications.
 Birmingham contractors to the num- ber of 15 are figuring on the work or va rious parts of it; Bessemer has three con tractors, Gadsden two, Chicago ', and one, two or three from each of the fol- lowing cities: Richmond. New York, Cleveland Muscogee, Minneapolis, Spring field. Elgin, Jacksonville Atlanta, Mo- bile. Augusta Kansas City, Charleston, Nashville. Little Rock. St. Louis, Wash ington, and Greensboro, N. c.
 These facts give the best indication of what widespread publicity this event has. We had letters of inquiry from all parts of this country, even the Pacific coast. Of course, such things advertise Birming- ham, and in the best possible manner, for a contract of great magnitude in city the size of Birmingham means that that city is growing rapidly, keeping abreast of the times, and making things hum. l don't know of anything that could have attracted more widespread attention for Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 have read with much sorrow the mo- tice in The Age-Herald of today to the effect that number of Brminghams most prominent citizens were about to cause to be erected on Avenue G a build ing for use as a public library.
 Of course. we are not supposed to at tach any importance to the fact that most of these gentlemen reside on the South are doing what they conscientiously be- lieve to be the best thing for the wei fare of this great and wonderfully pro gresslve city. But it seems to me, as a suburban resident, that an asset as im- portant as a public library should be centrally located. in order that 1t would be easily accessible to all of this great 
 The county of Jefferson could well af- ford to erect a modern courthouse and jail and sell the present site to the city of Birmingham for its library. plan which firmly believe would meet with the hearty approval of all But how we as citizens of the greatest city in the south can afford to erect a public library in a place where the people who really need 1t could not conveniently reap its benefits and where it would only be of real ser vice to a class of people who could easily afford a private library, is positively be- yond my powers of comprehension.
 Gentlemen, if the plans outlined at your meeting Thursday are completed, l believe that it will only be few short years until you will reflect upon your er- TOT of the year 1910 and sorrowfully say, We are not the first, who with best mean ing have incurred the worst. Respect fully. w. A. dii1'i]"'
 Birmingham, March IS, 1Slo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
PEARY AND ATLANTA
the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 If Commander Peary and his interested personal friends have occasion to think that the public has dealt harshly with him, he has nobody to blame but him self
 He voluntarily chose to place his achievements upon a commercial basis and he has no right to complain at being measured by the stern exactions controll- Ing an ordinary business proposition.
 All efforts to obtain from him final and convincing evidence substantiating his as- sertion of being the discoverer of the north pole have been met with the cold and unwavering statement that this evil publishers-which means that later on it will be doled. out at so much per vol ume
 It is, of course, the commanders own prerogative to place such an epoch-mak- ing event as the location of the north pole upon a commercial basis. But in so doing he has no just ground of complaint if the American public applies the same test, and protesting itself from Mis- souri," asks to be shown" Lieutenant Shackleton. of the British navy, recently planted the Union Jack nearer the south pole than at any pre- vous time in history. But as naval officer trained at public expense, the obli- gation to his government rested upon his conscience. When he reached London he promptly turned his records over to prop erly constituted authorities for the in- spection of all parties.
 | Tn this respect, Commander Peary does not present pleasing contrast. Although | for years he has prosecuted his Polar searches by grace of the navy depart ment. although his training and largely the influence that won the confidence oi his packers came from that training, he has not yet seen fit to submit his records
 to the government.
 | Even the behest of Congress does moi
 move him. When that body sought to ob
 tain logical and satisfactory evidence
 upon which to accord him official recog milton. 1t was met with the same reply rather commercially-tinged, that hal greeted unofficial inquirers.
 Under these conditions. Congress i
 right in withholding any form of officia recognition from Commander Peary. l te has selected the dollars-and-cents bas is for the exploiting of an event unpar
 plleled in history, he must not conplail
 if the public considers his claims iron the same cold and dlspassienate angle.
 His bravery, his endurance and his per
 sistence. no man doubts
 Neither can any man deviate from tn method of arbitration fixed by the com
 mander himself
 In the worlds withholding of that uni
 versal recognition due so glorious al achievement there Is of course, an ele ment of pathos Men would like to hay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
The Proposed Public Library

In another column of this issue will be found a very sensible card from MT. ". A. Gillian in regard to tho location of the proposed public H. brary. The option secured on a fine lot On Twentieth street and Avenue G is evidence of a laudable desire to equip the greater city with a free public li- brary. At present this is the only Amer lean city In the 100000 population class that is with out such a library.
 But public spirited as the citizens are who secured the option on the Cox lot they have made a mistake that this broad city cannot afford to indorse and accept. The lot in question lacks cen trality in every respect. It is fine Southside location, and that is all. A lDTdly Oh II WodAu hoA pS SSfisteA " shoppers, to office folk and worst of all to people coming in on the street cars from outlying sections. All street car
 in order to go to a library on Ave nue G nearly all people arriving in the city by trolley would have to transfer. and that consumes time, is troublesome. and 1t would minimize the usefulness of the library.
 The long and short of the matter is, the city's public library should be To- cated as near the heart of the city as the funds available will permit. l. should be within reasonable walking distance of office buildings, hotels. High ool. and above all else, of the ends of street car lines. The greater part of the people of this city will "come in" by street cars, and this should be considered in locating the city's free public library.
 The want of centrality condemns the Cox lot at the very outset. and the op- tion sh ould be permitted to expire with out the investment of a dollar con- tributed by the people in general. It is not fit location for the city's pub lie library, valuable as 1t may be for other purposes. The officers and direc- tors of the Library association mean well, but they have made a mistake in selecting the Cox lot as the scene of their public labors, for centrality is all- important in the location of the institu- tion In question. That institution is to be circulating rather than a reference library.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
War on the HouSe1y
library.

The presidential housefy will soon begin to multiply in this latitude, and the first spell of hot weather will bring upon us multitudes of them. When it is known that the belly and feet of the housefly are hairy. and that it can carry from 500 to 5000, GOO bacilli to be dislodged wherever 1t alights, we begin to see what its pos- abilities in the direction of disease germs are. Before the germ theory of disease became known. the housefy was con- sidered harmless so was the mosquito: but both are now known to be deadly pests. nankind's most dreaded foes.
 So long as horses are stabled in resi- dence localities just that long will there be swarms of bousefies. It is best to assume that at present the breeding of housefiies in cities cannot be prevented. and the only way to avoid the dangers that attend the flights of the housefiy con- sigts in the screening of windows and doors, and the careful screening of all ar ticlos of food. Too much care cannot be taken in this matter One single fly can do a world of mischief, and every house. keeper should begin at once to bar out the typhoid fly. It is also the fly of all other intestinal diseases. Screen it out There is no safety in warm weather ex- cept behind screens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
HYMN TO PAN

From the London Academy. Tell me, o Muse, concerning the dear son Of Hermes, the goat-footed, two-horned With dancing Nymphs among the woody
 dells- Those Nymphs that tread the crested
 cliffs and call On Pan with long, wild hair. the pastoral Deity. He within his lordship hath The peaks of mountains and the stony He has his portion in the summit snows. Or through the woven copses comes and And sometimes he is drawn to silent wells And sometimes, through the craggy pin
 nacles, Climbs to the overlapping peak that shows The 'outspread flock below it. Ay, he
 goes Ever on high and hoary hills ta nnd And pierce among the knols the savage Our keen eyed Deity; and with sons At evening from the chase he comes
 along Breathing sweet strains upon his reeds.
 An, sure. That bird cannot o'er pass him that doth Her plant and honey song in leafy shades Of bloomy spring. With him the noun
 tain maids Those singers clear, with light foot wan
 dering w By the black water of fountain. sing. While echo moans about the mountain
 crest,
 And with quick steps the god, the dance
 addrest, Hither and thither leaps in the ring With lynx's tawny hide for covering. His back is clad; and with clear strain6
 of song His breast is gladdened in the meadow
 ground sS Where in soft grass many mingled
 throng
 Of crocus and sweet hyacinth abound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
ON EATING OUT OF DOORS

San Francisco still has it's tamale. Fire and the loud chatter of ruin may have fallen with equal destruction upon Barbary Coast and Mob Hill alike, but the retailer of chicken tamales still sells his wares upon the streets by night and the wayfarer welcomes the viand. Scof- fers may suggest that seagull is the principal component of the peppery combination of meat and corn meal, and the unalterable price of three for two bits lends color to the aspersion. The tamale is none the less a satisfying meal, a meal of the streets, not a thing for knife and fork and dinty napery.
 Cincinnati still hears of late evenings the plaintive cry of ''winnewish.' It demands the resources of philology to discover that 1t is but the negro attempt to compass 'winerwurst." No matter how it may sound on allen lips, this noc- Cincinnati among such as are going home at unholy hours.
 Richmond streets are still the market for fried chicken, yellow legged chicken on a slab of pone no less yellow. The purchaser of this refreshment may won der how he may get so much at price small. He may estimate that the two levies with which he pays the ancient darky can scarcely cover the cost of manufacture; the cost of material is unaccounted for Far better leave it unaccountable. save that the chicken was cheaply acquired in the natural way, for no gentleman would cast cloud on the title of the chicken for which his mouth is watering.
 Happy these and the other communi- ties where man who hungers may find his sustenance awaiting him at the curb and may go his way eating and rejoicing in the moral support and approval of the citizenry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
TAXICAB TRICK

From the New York Sun
 I'm just pinning on my braid," said the young woman who had been called to the telephone. "Oh, about 20 minutes. I guess"
 That is trick" she said, that came in with taxicabs. man going anywhere with woman in an old-fashioned cab would have squandered half a weeks salary before he would telephone to her about the stage of her toilet. But with taxicabs it is different. They eat up money faster than the old cabs and it 10 nothing unusual now for an escort to ask how much longer it will take to get ready. Within 15 or 20 minutes of the time set ho calls a taxi and gets here just as you are going downstairs. Not very roman tic. no; but it's sensible and saves money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
WELLS OF TURKISH WOMEN

From the Metropolitan Magazine.
 Turkish women do not wear wells be- cause of their religion. as many suppose. If is merely the survival of an old cus- tom. When the Turks still lived in Tar tary, before the time of Mohammed, 1t was the habit of the men to steal such women for wives as attracted them. This led to so much fighting that about the second century after Christ the Turks came together and decided that hence fcrth the women should go yelled, and should not meet men but dwell in harems a. soon as they arrived at womanhood- which was at about II years of age
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
The Iron Market

The pig iron business is dull in Birming- ham. but some of the sales agents report considerably more inquiry. Matthew Addy & Co.'S circular says:
 There is more animation in the market. A good many buyers are pursuing the gum shoe method of purchasing. That is, they are purchasing without making any noise or fuss over it. The large whole sale consumers have picked up great deal of iron in this way and it is prob able that the orders which have been quietly placed this month have been of much larger volume than most sellers realize.
 Taken as a whole the iron trade is now breaking all records. At the present time the country's output of iron is greater than ever before in it's history. It is evi- dent that iron is not accumulating at the furnaces, and it follows that the country's consumption is larger than at any previous time. And while furnace capacity Is now strained to the limit yet the foundries and steel works are capable of melting much more iron. Not only is this true, but it is also true that with many of them the busiest season of the year is still to come and their prospects for a larger business than they are now doing are excellent.
 "It is not to be wondered at that the feeling in all branches of trade is opti- mistic. Prices are firmer than they were at the beginning of the month. In the north s16.5O for No is the ruling price and at Birmingham sl3.25 to s135o. depend ing on the time of delivery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
spRAGINs FOR o,NEAL

From the Athens Courier.
 Senator R. E. Spra gins of Huntsville, if is said. is now an enthusiastic O'Neal supporter. The Mallory forces were sure for a time that this distinguished and able young statesman would land in their camp. Spragins at one time was very prominently spoken of by his friends for the governorship himself He is fine man and his support will be helpful to O'Neal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
REFLECTIONs OF \ BACHELOR ,.n, +ba New York Press

Nowhere do fierce flames burn out sooner than in love,
 Responsibility might not be so bad IT it Aid not act so proud of It's stupidity.
 With heaps and heaps of people who are good examples it's just because they are afraid not to be,
 The man who has some big divi- dends due him in the next world Is the man who never talks about his health.
 The hardest thing on Q man at the opera Is how mad 1t makes him that some of the people there seem to en- |1ov 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
Stirring Times In National Politics

v.surgency is well-nigh epidemic in w.s8ington. In the Senate Senator Cum .-s,. ifs opposing the Taft railroad bill, e.a in the House the insursentt and dem
 -.t. are working together 10 end the Hsspotlsm oivspealpter canno} The al- ,,les are fighting systs1m rat}er than ;l,-o, and no matter wha 'ne result oi