davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
OLD c.LIINGs THAT SURVIVE

From the washington rust.
The failure, or at least the mooiiica-
ton, of the effort to revive the saiiihs
ship as a long distance ocean freight car
rer affords just now highly practieai
illustration of the economic power Vi III
yention The improved marine engine
with its closely calculated consumption Oh
fuel and the added value of time IN the
,yorld,s transnortation business, has al
most eliminated the white wings from the
sea, except for slow freight ana coast
wise transportation. Yet the steam
whaler has not supplanted the SAILING
vessels in the old whaling seas even
though they are in use In the lar iioilh
ern waters of the Pacific. But the oio
spermaceti candle is no more. petroleum
has taken its place as a cheaper ana
brighter illuminant The factory has re-
nlaced the shipyard at New Bedfard. Yet
housewives still demand whalebone, de-
spite the available and more durable
substitute of steel.
Old callings are persistent. The CANDLE
maker is busy. for there is both an es-
thetic and unitarian demand Tor the
candle. They are conventional lights to
bed not alone in country houses. In
England, there is even candle trust
The candle radates as a mantei orha-
ment, and shines as a table decoratlon'
and mayhap it is still vowed to patron
saints by panic-stricken sailors In stress
of storm or hard on a lee shore. linen
there is the chimney sweep, though ne
may not be found in regions where an
thracite is burned, and smoke consuming
furnaces have further lessened MS op-
portunity.
The railway has not wholly panisneo
the stage coach, even though it has re-
treated to mountain regions and the re-
moto south and west, or else Is MADE an
ornamental and expensive vehicle OF out
door pleasure. But as a vehicle OF the
past it has yielded to the railway mail
car and the rural delivery. There are
kinds of printing best done by mana
press, and there is fine bookbinding that
no machine product can equal. otner
handicrafts linger for reasons mainly ar
tistic. But the spinning wheel has be-
come an ornament, and grandfathers
clocks are but relics that mark the time
of their own slow passing to the grade
of curios,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

States. which he thought would eventu-
ally be accomplished,
while living in England he was a
tutor to the late King Edward, when the
latter was the Prince of Wales ana
stripping. One day Professor Smith was
giving a lecture on Sir Walter Raleigh
After naming several of the notanie
things Raleigh did, he asked the young
prince If he could name something. May
# please you. sir, said the Prince oil
Wales. who had already learned 10
smoke 1 think one of Raleighs Creates
achievements was introducing tobacco
into England.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
The Road to Pest House

"One of the best pieces of roadway,
hemmed in by picturesque scenery of a
rugged nature, is that part of the high
way leading off from the Mt. Pinson
road to the pesthouse," said an en-
thusiastic citizen. THE turnout Is just
beyond Boyles. and the way leads by
the great mountain of broken stone
Screened from the lime rock being got
out for furnace fluxing. This rock is
used for concrete work and road build
ing.
1.-The county owns fine piece OF
property in that on which is now the
pesthouse, l was agreeably surprised
to see such attractive, newly painted
buildings as have been provided. The
keeper lives in a pretty cottage and
noticed his children on the porch. TIL ere
are a number of small houses scat
tered about for those so unfortunate
as to be forced to spend a few weeks
there. Some of the patients have tents
and their own attendants and doctors.
Outside of the terrible pestilence which
calls for isolation of those afflicted
with smallpox there is nothing unin-
viting in that picturesque locality oc-
cupied by the pesthouse settlement"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
sHAKEsPEARE IN GERMANY

From the Atlanta Georgian.
Twenty-seven Shakespearean plays
we're given in Germany in 1909 by 1893
companies and 1918 representations have
been counted. Hamlet was produced
1893 times by s. companies and "Othello'
1856 times. THE Merchant of Venice" was
seen 159 and THE Midsummer Night S
Dream 145 times. Macbeth had 70 per-
formances. Among other plays given fire.
auently were King Lear" IA Winter S
Tale Richard H." which has not been
given in England more than half dozen
times in century; THE Merry Wives
of Windsor" and the second part of
Henry "" We doubt If England, and
the United States together saw in 1909 a
1.-THE Of the snakespearean productions
that Germany enjoyed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
REFLEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
/ If a man can't invent anything else, he
always can deviltry.
A girl can imagine romance that is
more real to her than steak and fried
potatoes are to a man.
The more a mans faith in thing turns
out not to have been misplaced, the
surer 1t is that 1t wasn't an investment.
Just as soon as you begin to give any
body charity he begins to think you
owe 1t to him right along and lot
more besides. -
A woman always tells her friends how
much more her new clothes cost than
(they did SO as to strike a fair aver
&se, with how much less she tells her
husband they did. =
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
GA, LADIES

E. M. c. in Lippincott's.
In the Ragged mountains
dwell a primitive folk who
live mostly on wild berries
thropic old ladies. A norther
visited this section was grea
one day to see two OF thes
women busily engaged in D
others hair and tearing e.
clothes. 1t was only by sh,
muscle that he finally succee
ting the two combatants an
Aren't you two ashamed OF
to fight like that" he demant
were your fighting about, an,
Dusty, disheveled, perspil
paused a moment, and then oil
pushing the struggling locks
her eyes, replied, well, mister
lady ter do when another |,
her?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
Promotion Of PoStmaSterS

Senator Carter of Montana has brought
forward a scheme for the promotion of
postmasters. There is no reason" he
says, "why an efficient postmaster at
Macon, Ca, should not be promoted to
the postmastership at Atlanta. l would
promote the man from Macon to Atlanta,
and from Atlanta to Baltimore. and from
baltimore to Philadelphia, and from Phil
G1elphia to New. York. and would make
h possible for the man who sArtsd et
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
WHITING tn Music of Graphophone

at sometimes write articles for diff
ferent medical journals said one OF the
most talented and popular members OF
the medical profession. 1T will amuse
you to know that before l seat my
self for this especial labor l start a
gra phoph one to playing such tunes as
Annie Laurie or Then You'll Remem-
Der Me- And l keep this up sometimes
for hours. I cannot explain the prompt
ings for such inspiration but 1t Is a
fact l do more satisfactory work with
less effort to the music of the old
familiar tunes ground out. Do you
reckon there is any association of ideas
or inspiration in this as there is in the
grind of the newspaper wheels in those
who wait for the night hour and the
inspiration of stars moving in their
orbits?."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
NATURES FIDELIl
BY william Wordsworth.

BY William WORDSWORTH.
Nature never did betra.
The heart that loved her; tits ief
ilege
Through all the years Of thts oar Es
to lead
From Joy to joy; for she can thifes
The mind that Is within us,
with uuietness and beauty, a. 81 ia
With lofty Thought, that M.
tongues
Rash judgments, nor the sne'
ish men,
Nor greetings where no kindn + f
all
The dreary intercourse of DAHL }fe
shall e'er prevail against u ~ EfRt
turb
our cheerful faith that all which we
behold
Is full OF blessings. Therefore let the
shine ON thee in thy solitary walk,
And let the misty mountain winds be
free
To blow against thee; and. in after
years. sfs.4S
when these wild ecstases shall be ma
tured
Into a sober pleasure, when thy mind
Shall be a mansion for all lovely forms
THY memory be as a dwelling place
For all sweet sounds and harmonies:
oh, then,
II solitude, or fear. or pain, or GRIEF.
Should be thy portion, with what heal.
ing thoughts
OF tender 10Y wilt thou remember me.
a.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
AGE-HERALD's HOE
From the Birmingham Ledge

. OAAi VIC LII iiiiAf SliaIl ACuEc
The Age-Herald has moved Il
home, and now has In the fur
all modern conveniences. 1t
OF moving to move, as most pc
and the moving of a newspai
of the events of its history.
This morning The Age-Hera
fine set Of pictures of its nev.
new furniture and new fixti
good paper now has all the dc
necessities Of a morning paper
pared for a greater career.
The Ledger offers its cong
and stands ready to get out
Herald any morning If any o
machinery should get unruly
smoothly out on Fifth avenue
1t always do so.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
MATERIALS OF ROMANCE

mula that it is natural to find 1t quite
neglected in practice. The local color
lists among us have been busy enough
in all conscience; it is the elemental
factor of human nature that they have
SO persistently overlooked
Here is the error of such as have late
ly fallen into rejoicing at the fact that
at last New York and these United States
are developing atmosphere, romance
Poets have begun to sing the skyscraper
and the grain elevator. The painter has
for some time discovered the East Sde
Patriot hearts protest against the Euro
pean exodus, when there are mountains
at home far more impressive and roman
tic than the Alps. But it is not In the
new-discovered Rockies or the sky
scraper that romance abides, but in the
painters and the poets heart. There
was poetry in the brownsto-e fronts of
upper New York. If only Il ar ~.
come to see it, and there Willis Is est
in the Yosemite for the me sat
operator Let us by all meg 81 r Il
Europe or China or Texas OF sf6s... ~
is that We can learn how to n. as.
possibilities that inhere in a5sl sss4-
and matter-of-fact things. Pa ~
elegies have been written ~ oi.s
men, the great love poems to -
women. Kipling wrote a fl! ,xs.,.s,s
Danny Deever and a poor - 49,
ward VII. It's the man and h T IS.
terial that counts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
The Late Goodwin Smith

Goodwin Smith, scholar and writer.
who died at his home In Toronto las.
Tuesday, was called the last of the great
agnostics," said a student. He was born
at Reading. England, August %, 1923. He
was frequent contributor to the New
York Sun, and that paper gives the
following sketch of his early life: Gold
win Smiths preparatory education was
acquired at Eton. He was graduated
from Magdalen college, Oxford. in 1885,
gained various prizes and two scholar
ships. He became a fellow of University
college, Oxford, In 1S47, and in the same
year was called to the bar at Lincon's
I'm, but he never practiced law. In 1882
Oxford gave him the degree d. c. L.,
and in 1896 Princeton made him an LII.
D. He was regius professor OF modern
history at Oxford from 1858 to 1856 and
was an active champion of the north
during the American Civil War He
visited this country in 1864, after having
written the previous year. Does the BIZ
Bile Sanction Slavery? and ON tho Moral
ity Of the Emancipation Proclamation.
While in this country he made a lee
turing tour and on his return to Eng
land published England and America,
and The Civil War In America
Goodwin Smith wrote great deal on
the annexation Of Canada to the United
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
ADDED BLESSING

From the Springfield Mirror.
"a Georgian has six fiddles. 10 chill
dren and ID hounds says the Birming-
ham Age-Herald. With jug of Ticker
and a fishpole added to these priceless
treasures he would feel richer than
Rockefeller
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
TRAVEL.

"Woo-oo. woo-oo! woo-oo!'
Hear that whistle blow,
When train pulls out Tor anywhere
| always want to 60
It's the same with ships that cross
the sea
There's something in my heart
That pulls and tugs-w5n't let me be
And makes me long to start.
"Woo-oo woo-ooi woO-ooi"
| hear it calling stiE,
Long after the train has wound its
length
Beyond some distant hill .
Long after the ship has swept from
view
over the ocean vast;
And maybe some day, when dreams
come true,
I'll answer the call at lasti
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

Moses Ezekiel, the sculptor is In this
country, and he will be present when his
statue of Stonewall Jackson is unveiled
at the University of Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

If the Emperor Williams sons had
taken the precaution to marry rich
American girls the Emperor would not
have asked for raise in his salary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

The Presidents programme is going
through little by little. and he is scarcely
able to recognize the little grists that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

The Singer Sewing Machine company is
about to cut melon of s30,0Oo,0oo How
many tears and hardships went into that
meloni
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
NOT INTERESTE

| never read a poets lines
That start out in this strain:
I'VE may be smashed to flinders when
The comet comes again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
Open Air Music Fund

More than half of the money needed to
provide park concerts three times a week
during the summer has been subscribed .
said a prominent business man. And
since such good progress has been made
by the ladies of the Music Study club,
who have been canvassing for the concert
fund, 1t is hoped that our citizens in gen
eral will be prompt in making voluntary
subscriptions.
IF everybody would give little we
could have, instead of three concerts a
week, daily concerts.
Thomas Bowron, assistant cashier of
the First National bank, will receive the
voluntary subscriptions. Five dollar two
dollar and one dollar subscriptions should
be plentiful this week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

China and Japan are quarreling over
some hsfleries in Korean waters, and are
sending warships thereto nre salutes,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

Congress, the courts and the railroads
are engaged in rate regulation-eyery-
body. in short, except the man who paws.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

Its surprising how many women say
No to man the first time he pronoses
and accept him when he asks them
again.
1T is indeed. | guess tuat's because
most women are natural-born gamblers"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

st. Louis is ambitious to becons tho
recognized national headquarters of ava-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

The railroad rate bill was not railroad
ed. at any rate, through Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

Collector Loeb proposes to Jail the next
rich smuggler he captures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
RARE FORBEARANCE.

Strange things happen every day."
"Well?"
"A newspaper reporter wrote a
column story about q conference of ply
sicians yesterday without referring to
them as medcos."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

Ex-Governor Folks presidential candi-
daey is belated affair, four years behind
time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
A CoMPENsATING FEATURE.

VO1FII I Il.
THE high cost of living these days
is something awful"
mo doubt Still you must remem-
Der that the facilities for dying were
never better than they are right now.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TINES
TAKING A CHANCE.

band and never fuss If dinner were
late.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

I'm reading the reminiscent articles in
The Age-Heralds special edition I was
reminded Of my own long residence In
Birmingham" said j. II. Adams, vice
president Of the. Sayre Mining and Manu-
facttffing company.
Il came here 80 years ago when Bir-
mingham was only few years old. This
was then small place, of course. But
great strides have been made since Their.
Comparatively few Of the pioneers are
left. DR.. ]. H. Phillips, superintendent of
public schools, came, l believe, about the
same time / did. He had only few hun
dred pupils to look upon then. Now he
has many thousands
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
NO GROWI.ER.

NO GROWIER.
A man asked for some butter in a
Birmingham restaurant. The waiter
misunderstood him and brought glass
of buttermilk. He said that would do
just as well. A man 50 easy to please
would no doubt make a model hus-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
BASEBALL MAXIM.

BASEBALL MAXIM
Perhaps you've noticed"
Noticed WHAT"
1.-THE pitcher who drinks too much
usually keeps the bases full"
THE POOR PAIiSON.
His face is long,
He can't be gay;
Nobody could
On preachers pay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

II Is hoped the long haul of the rail-
road rate bill in Congress will be followed
by short haul in conference.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
CHANCE For POETS

Illinois remains third in population, but
not in good politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

A former wife of Harry Thurston Peck
says he is an ink maniac, and he just
had to write those love letters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
o. HENRY

Newspapers the country over have
Joined in paying tribute to that prince of
story-telers who died the other day in
the prime of his life and in the heyday
of his career. The Louisville Courier
Journal says:
1T will be a long time before the like
or o. Henry appears In the field of light
literature. OF the short story he surely
had the trick of it, true disciple of
DeMaupassant without the pruriency
He could tell a tale right off without re-
course to the Bocaccio method, perpetrat-
Ing a surprise at the close which was
not sexual and adulterous. His star rose
quickly and shone clearly in a corner of
the sky. It falls as suddenly into the
waves of the shoreless sea tear for
his memory, a flower for his coffin and
sympathy for those that knew and loved
him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

me senate democrats were split up
when the final vote on the rate bill was
taken
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10
EASY.

The gentle art of spending
Is not so hard to learn;
All 1t requires is fool desires
And wherewithal to burn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

good many members of Congress see
their finish regardless of the length of
the session.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

me astronomer covers more territory
than a hallplayer. but the former lacks
accuracy and definiteness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

whenever President Taft exclaims
Bully Bully. he becomes once again a
Rooseveltian.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

A healthy, well-fed horse eats nine
times his weight year whether he works
or loafs in his stall
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

The railroad hysterla worked up to or
DER Is subsiding and things will soon 60
on as per schedule.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

The Metropolitan opera house monopoly
In New York is trying 20 bring American
prices for stars to the European level
On an American Fourth of July bored
logs and anvs become ordnance in the
rural districts and the doctors thrive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

TOUGH.
"You can't beat that steak, SIR OBJ
served the waiter proudly.
mo; it's too late now answered the
guest with doleful expression. But I
certainly do wish the chef had beaten 1t
before it was put on the fire..
SHOWS NO MERCY.
To say a wight
He holds a crime,
Yet s heartess quite
When killing time
DISTURBING FACTOR.
rs your wife going away this sum-
mer?'
Yes, but only for about 10 days.
why. she usually stays away q
month";
Il know it. A good-looking widow has
recently moved into our neighborhood
PAUL COOK.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-13

Philadelphia, received cable message
from London announcing the engag cement
Of her only daughter, Marguerite Arm
strong DreXel, to Guy Nontagu George
Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone and
heir to the earldoms of Winchilsea and
Nottingham.
Miss Electra Havemeyer and James
Watson Webb were married in St. Bar
tholomews Church The bride is a daugh
ter of Mrs. Henry O. Havemeyer- Mr..
Webb is son of ". Seward Webb and
grandson of the late William H. Vanderbilt.
John l.. Sullivan, the former heavy
weight champion fighter of the world, mar
red the sweetheart of his schooldays. Miss
Katharine Hartnett. wealthy real estate
holder of Sharon, Conn. He is fifty-one
and the bride forty-five years old.
Thomas Crmmins. son of John y. Grim
minis. of New York, married at Augusta,
Ga Mrs. Julia A. Lloyd. of Noroton, Conn.
Mrs LLOYD is the widow of Herbert Lloyd.
of Now York. She is a niece of James A.
Trowbridge. a banker and broker. Her
father left his daughters independent fort
unes.
"A jury in the Supreme Court in Brook
lyn awarded 10 Agnes Mary Hendrick, for
mer wife of Dr. Charles G. Hendricll. A
verdict of $4,000 against Laura Biggar an
actress for aliena ting the affection of her
former husband.
Mrs. Oliver II. 2. Belmont extended an
invitation to all negroes in the city who
are interested in the wuman'S suffrage
movement to join the Political Equality
Association. of which she is president
What do you think of that for q strategic
move?'
1T will certainly strengthen the cause
greatly in the South" chuckled Busy Man.
Former President Roosevelt cahlcd New
York friends from Africa that he would
accept a big Homecoming reception in this
city on his return June II TO p next MANY
suggestions are already being offered for q
suitable welcome. Halley's comet is hust-
ling to be present in full candle power II
is proposed, for one thing, to train an i'm
mense chorus Of male voices to give the
famous yell of Harvard College. his Alma
Mater, at rapid intervals"
Too tame-too tame. that frog chorus
for such mighty hunter" said Busy Man.
Il would suggest embaInninl the names of
some OF those rare beats that have bitten
the dust before tn" Uner~ing aim of o,ir
greatets faunal sportsman in a veil some
thing like this.
Rahi Rah! Rah, Warthog, Ronro,
orthit Duikerbok, Douc and IT.,
hlte thiShed ColOb, Crested uton.r
huuu. SassabY- Rah, Rah, Rah,