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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
MAN sHoppER,s CELEBRITY

From the Boston Herald.
 T want to be the antithesis of womanw declared a breezy looking man with red cheeks who was buying soap at a large department store. Then he straightway proceeded to make good.
 He approached the counter and he touched not single thing. Arrayed In splendor thereon were rainbow Labeled bottles of violet hued perfumes, and neatly bound cakes of soap. Heavy was the air with altar of roses, the aroma of tooth powder. orris root and hair tonic. He would have none of their charms. He priced not a single bottle, can or tube with a new patented squirter.
 T want some soap" he beamed. In pursuing his unlocked for tactics he did not ask whether that cake of cerise colored soap would chaff the skin mine is so delicate that I never can get the right nourish er"-he didn't want to be nourished; he wanted to be washed Neither did he say: "The last I got here was so greasy" Neither did he ask the saleswornan If 1t meant three cakes for a quarter when the placard said 15 cents apiece.
 With all the soapy galaxy coquctting his nostrils. he did not sniff single sniff. He did not compare libels with an analytic eye. What he did do was this: he walked straight up to the coun- ter, extended his right hand; he put it on the box that was nearest him, and said:
 "I'll take this, please"
 He had Just the right change. He did not ask If they would take Cana dian dime. No petticoat shopping for me-" he grInned. T don't care what get" And when he said much obliged" the sa1eswoman nearly upset the hair tonic.
 Thank heaven for a man once in a while," she exploded. T don't wonder he didn't want to be like a woman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Fresh and Handsome

Pensacola is a handsome and prosper ous city. and it looks singularly clean and fresh." said Capt Jack ". Johnson, dis trict passenger agent of the seaboard Air Line, who is just back from the Florida seaport. where he attended four days Iceeting of the Southeastern Passenger association.
 'It had been ten years since my last visit to Pensacola. It was poor LOOK ing place then; looked like town or POGO or 5000 population. It now has pop ulation of about 3O,OOO Pensacola has fine streets and they are paved, with wooden blocks It has an elegant new hotel the San Carlos, nine stories high' and with 300 rooms. It Is under the man. agement of MT. Hervey, who runs the new Battle House at Mobile. Then there is the beautiful new building of the Osoeola club, an imposing new custom house. a new city hall of good design, and a very attractive new theatre.
 The passenger meeting was well at tended-something like 100 people being present. We weer royalty entertained.
 ''The next meeting will be held in Miaml.. Strange to say, the Southeastern Passenger association has never met Tn Birmingham. It's territory embraces all the section south of the Potomac and the Ohio and east of the Mississippi. It may be that so long as the association has never met here 1t will continue to meet elsewhere until Birmingham has ample high class hotel accommodations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
This priest has no pride in him.
 king Henry VIII.
Democrats Favor PlscemeaI Revision

Our own Congressman Underwood and Senator Gore both favor the reduc- tion of the tariff schedule by schedule as fast a trustworthy data can be se- cured. Both probably consider the wool schedule as the first point of at tack, simply because it makes the clothing of the rank and file expensive while it benefits nobody except few ranch owners and perhaps a hundred woolen factories. No one really de- fends it unless it be the interests that 1t Is making rich.
 The more the democrats study the problem the palmer no doubt will 1t appear to them that piecemeal revisions will prevent trading and log-rolling and will do more to reduce the cost of living than a general revision under ex- isting circumstances could possibly &C., complish.
 It Is the duty of all democrats to avoid the mistake of the Wilson-Gor- man tariff which repudiated all the promises of the party. The people ex- pect now tariff for revenue only. and whether there is to be a general re- l,,1o d. ule all democrats should take warning from the Wilson German tariff of 1893. They must now give the people real relief from tariff robberies or else will be vol ed out as they were in 1s96.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
Human Interest Proposition

Nothing in Sundays Age-Herald contained more of human interest ap- peal, perhaps, than Sidney F. Lazarus letter about moneyless wayfarers find ing no place to sleep. MT. Lazarus says he has seen day after day Particles in our local papers regarding the estab- lishment of a place where the man without a dime can lay his weary head And the matter ends right there. he says.
 MT Lazarus is not unappreciative of theories, but he rightly asserts that &C., tion is what tells. And he straight way makes a generous and timely proposition. He guarantees to donate and have donated every bed. spring. mattress. pillow, chair and piece of linen needed to run the place" if others will provide 1t. He then suggests that there are in Birmingham at least 12 good sized bakeries and 12 wholesale grocery houses. He calls upon each of ehe bakeries to give one loaf of bread day during the winter, and he thinks each of the wholesale grocery concerns sh ould be willing to donate one pound of coffee a week. He then calls on the packers and market men for a few pounds of fresh meat. He next singles out a dozen or more prominent and prosperous citizens and suggests that each should be willing to give 25 to 50 cents week to pay rent and salary of a man to manage the institution.
 In conclusion MT. Lazarus says: "It's awfully easy if we really want to. Lets do something or stop talking" Here we have not only a humane proposition but we have 1t in concrete form. Mr. Lazarus starts up a discus | sion of a practical question in honest homely fashion. He talks to the point. The Age-Herald publishes a few responses this morning. and will be able doubtless to publish more to. morrow The question is well wortf
 while and should have the attention
 of all good men and women In this busy town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
IN LITTLE, OLD NEW YORK;


 Stand, on the opening night of opera at the Metropolitan Opera house, in the great carriage foyer just as the throng pours out at the close of the perform ance. and lose yourself in the swimming, sensuous sea of soft colors, of whisper ing fabrics, of jewels, of perfumes, of subtle flower scents. of low laughter and charming, modulated voices; hear at one side the subdued clinking of the elevators that descend to pour forth more lovely gowns and lovelier women; and outside the heavy glass doors tn opulent roll of broughams and motor cars and the closing of carriage doors; and see, drawn up across the vestibule the line of waiting footmen. each bear ing across his correctly crooked arm a folded carriage rug in the exact color of his smart livery. No more brilliant spectacle and none more representative, is to be observed in all the metropolis in all the round of the year. The very and outside the heavy glass doors the the heartaches beneath the glittering cxterior-of the life of luxury and lei sure. of fashion and frivolity which it epitomizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
Changes ln the Senate

Even the standpat New York Tribune warns the country against Congress "in which the democrats control the House and the insurgents hold the bal ance of power in the Senate" There is more truth than poetry in this de- scription of the Senate.
 Even If the republicans are able to elect republican senators in Nevada. the republican majority In the Senate will be but nine, Five senators leav- ing" says the Washington Star. the republican caucus and temporarily CO., operating with the democrats can at any time during the Sixty-second Con gress overturn the partizan domination of that body" Messrs. LaFollette, Bristow. Clapp. Nelson and Cummins have more in common with their demo- cratic colleagues than they have with the reactionaries of their own party the crowd that stands by the interests forgetting all else-and it will be strange indeed if they do not act at critical times together. The Providence Journal does not hesitate to say that "the Senate cannot be considered, after March 4, as unqualifiedly republican,
 The overturn in the upper branch of Congress Is Indeed impressive In Maine a democrat will take MT. Hales seat. In New York MT. Depew will be succeeded by democrat. In New Jer- sey MT. Maritime, warm progressive democrat, will take the seat of MT. Kean. In West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Nebraska five democrats by republicans, and MT. Burrows, a Michigan standpatter. will give place to a progressive. It will be a new Sem ate in many respects, and the disap- pearance of MT. Aldrich will not he overlooked even if his seat is taken hv q republican of similar views. It will be a better Senate. It will be one more responsive to public sentiment. and 1t will give promise of even greater changes in 1912-changes that win make it democratic without calling for aid from the LaFollette wing of the republicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
LOS ANGELEs-No. I

From the New York World.
 The City of the Angels is a huge, sprawling town running under full head of steam. The Los Angeles Herald with painful exactness each day set the population down as being S27,eS5 until the census man made 1t 319,19S There arc some towns in the ten-mile radius that could be annexed and thus u;.ke 1t much bigger. as San Francisco is planning to do It the census figures do not please her
 There is a Brooklyn avenue, and quite naturally the trolleys run on 1t. Kings county is near by. The city has a splen- did trolley service, created without scan- dal by Henry E. Huntington, nephew of the great c. P. The Southern Pacific has it's greedy eyes on the system and nego tiations are reported under way for its sale. The cars go almost everywhere ex- cept across town, and some hard heads suggest this had better be fixed before too many other trimmings are acquired.
 A high ridge runs through the center of the town. with a tunnel through for those who do not wish to climb and a slartndicular cable lift for those who do. Angel Flight is the rame of this latter contraption. It looks as though it might become one if the rope broke.
 Oyster cocktails in half-pint glass bot ties seem singular refanshment for street-stand sales. Los Angeles provides them, settled comfortably amid open coolers full of cracked ice, the oysters showing appetizingly at the bottom and the red ketchup posing decolatively be- tween them and the cork.
 The city is highly American in looks and tone, suggesting Boston. save for the wider streets. It gives its worst impression upon arrival, ell the sta- tons being inadequate and amid ugly surroundings, much like those abou. cemeteries in Greater New York. The business section has an abundance of fine buildings and well-stocked stores. As usual, the banks sport the most i'm posing real estate.
 One thing suggests the nLmerousness of the fortune-seeker going it alone viz, the undertakers' shops with thei- ''mortuary chapels" whence those who have not built up families or found friends are sent to their rest. Some are quite as elaborate as the churches. though smaller in size. The same thing is visible in San Francisco.
 Los Angeles does not despise the copper cent which is rejected of men in Frisco The result is petty traffic thrives. which is barred from the greater city, where
 
 for less than cents, though delivered at houses for 35 cents a month. including Sunday. You do not even get pennies in exchange with postage stamps in San Francisco. Buy even lots is the rule
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
FACTS ABOUT-MEXICO

Mexico, and reigned two years.
 h. 1866, the French withdrew from Mex leo. Juarez and Diaz reorganized the army of the republic and advanced on the City of Mexico. The city was captured on May 15. 1867, and Maximilian surren- dered. He was courtmartialed. sentenced to death and executed on June 19, 1867. Juarez was elected president in August. and reelected in 1871. He died July IS, lS12. and Tejada, president of the su- preme court, completed the term.
 The constitutional amendments of Sep tember, 1873, led to a revolution headed by lglesias. Diaz was made commander iil-chief of the army and defeated the rev. olutionists. He was proclaimed provision al president in November 1876, and was elected president at the elections in April, 1877, to hold office until November. 1880. He declined reelection and in 1880 Con- gales was elected president Diaz was again elected in 1884, and was reelected in 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900. 1904 and 19OS
 The republic of Mexico consists of 2s states, one territory and one federal dis trict The national caiptal is the City of Mexico. The state governments, like that of the federal government, are d. vided into three parts-the executive, or governor, the legislature and the ju- dietary. The governor and legislature are elected by the people and the judiciary Is appointed.
 Mexico abounds In mineral resources. In 1907 Mexico led the world in the pro- duction of silver, producing nearly $40,- o00,000. In the same year, gold to the value of s1S,0O0,00O was produced. giving the country sixth rank among the gold producing nations of the world. Iron. copper. lead, quicksilver, zinc, tin, cobalt, and nickel also are mined extensively. The value of exports last year amounted to nearly s125,000,000. The aggregate cap ital of Mexican banks is about s100.000.o0o The building of railroads is progressing rapidly. In 1876 Mexico had 367 miles of railroad. and this has increased by 1908 to nearly 15,0O0 miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
Mr. Tail's Tariff Board

This board is a piece of politics and it ia as mysterious as 1t is political When 1t was first appointed 1t was hedged about with restrictions and could do no valua- ble work. Mir. Taft ignored all restric- tions and finally got pretty good appro- priation to enable 1t to carry on It's work. Rut still all regard it with suspicion. It has no assured place in the public service
 Some say its first report will be made during the short session and that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

Wendell Holmes the ship of pearl which poets fegp unshadowed main fsts that hngs wind it's purpled wings In gulf enc whe sings 4 maids rise to their streaming It's of living gauge unfuri; ship of pear sJ And cell
 Where It's dim dream dwel AS tenan shaped hs growing shell thee lies revealed
 rised ceiling unseaed! Year after wear behed ustrous coll as he Eel the nasty dwelling for the Stole with soft shining archway through up idle door,
 stretched in astound the old more Thanks heavenly message brought by thee, wandering
 Cast fromh fororni v From lips clearer Than neverT blew from While on mine the deep of thought hesr voice that sings Build theem stately mansions my As the swift roll!
 lowvauted pastl f " F. Let nobler last with a
  Leaving thine outgown shell by iifss unssstns sss'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
CHARM OF THE HOME
From Tk Marvel.

1t is not the house. though that may have it's charms; nor the fields care- fully titled. and streaked with your own footpaths: nor the trees-though their shadow be to you like that of great rock in a weary land-nor yet Is 1t the Hreside. with its sweet blaze play; nor he pictures. which tell of loved ones; nor the cherished books-but more. far than all these. 1t is the presence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE pm the Beaumont Enterprise.

rUlh tHe beHulflUnt HntefpT1Se.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald thinks the rank and file will be helped by the sup precision of the get-rich-quick swindlers Tbe get-rich-quick swindlers never harm ed anyone who steered clear of them. It was MT. Wallingford who said that there were those who were always anxious to be 'done," and 1t was his privilege to do" them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
From the Chicago Tribune.
 A REA, 767.0Oo square miles. A Population, 19,000.00

From the Chicago Tribune. A REA 767OOo square miles. A Population, 100000. 4 A Silver production. nearly s50OOO, 900 annually.
 Gold production, nearly $2O,oOo.oOO an nually.
 Value of yearly exports, about s12boOO, GOO.
 Capitalization of banks, about sloOoOO, poo.
 Miles of railroad, about 15,o00 miles.
 Republic of Mexico declared independ- ent February 24, 1921.
 Independence proclaimed December 2, 1922
 Recognized by United States in 1s23
 First constitution proclaimed October 4, 1894.
 Present constitution adopted February s, 1857.
 Republic consists of 26 states, one terri tory and federal district.
 The Republic of Mexico was declared independent February "A, 1S21 established as an empire, under Iturbide in 1922. and proclaimed republic by Santa Ana. De- cember 2. 1922. Iturbide abdicated March 2'. 1923 The Mexican flag, green, white and red, was adopted. The first constitu- tion was formulated in 1923 and 1924 and was proclaimed October 4, 1924 Guada- l'lre Victoria was elected the first presi- dent
 The Texas revolution of 1886 was sue cessful and the Mexican war established the anexation of Texas to the United States.
 The French English Spanish interven- tion in 1861, during the presidency of Juarez, brought about the second em- pire. The war brought out Porfirio Dlaz as 0 republican leader. The army of in- tervention captured the City of Mexico In May, 1863, Juarez and Diaz retiring to San Luis Potosi and establishing the re- publican capital. In April 1884, Archduks Maximilian was proclaimed Emperor of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

Ire "Women First signs in Bostos elevated stations are now considered | reflection on Boston men. and Boston women say they are contrary to the doc- Urine of equal rights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

Mrs. Frances. Hodgson Burnett says that hell is worse than archaic; it is rocooo." She has moved away from Birthstone Corner, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
Question of Sincerity


 q have sometimes wondered If radi- cal prohibitionists took themselves seriously of late when they expressed a desire to have the drastic laws known as the Carmichael and the Fuller acts retained among the statutes,' said an old citizen.
 q can imagine how well meaning but short sighted or impractical men were Jed to support the statewide proposition last year when frenzy was prevailing In some quarters and when band wagon politicians mistook hys- teria for public opinion; but statutory prohibition has been in effect more than n year and 1t has failed misera- bly,, just as conservative and far-seeing men said it would. I can understand easily how a majority of the people might be In favor of keeping the whisky saloon out of business. am an anti-saloon man myself when 1t comes to whigIy, but the laws as they stand put beer and light wines in the same class with strong drink. That Is felt by many of us to be decidedly wrong and it will not be tolerated by the aver age fair minded citizen. l have talked with many prohibitionists of other days who look at the matter In this light. But when I hear men say they will op pose any modification of the state wide laws. I can hardly think they mean all they say.
 AS much as I am opposed to the re- tail whisky traffic I would much pre- fer high license and strict regulation in the large cities than to see the anti beer and anti-wine laws retained on the books. If the prohibitionists and politicians had been wise they would have given Alabama laws less sweep ing and less severe-laws- that might have been pretty generally approved
 T voted in the primary but have paid no attention to how the legislature stands on the liquor question. I take 1t, however. that -our lawmakers, knowing the situation, will act like men and not like children"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

The line is drawn in Iowa at 1000 acres All who have that number of acres are accounted farmers. Those that have less are mere truckers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

Jim Hill is trying to renege on his latest prediction. He is blaming ssood part of t on the reporter, fvho, like the con sumner, is always whs 'e C.ts hit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
PROUD TOWN

From the Pine Belt News.
 Birmingham Is as proud of her census figures as the small boy Is of his first pair of red-top boots. Not only Bir- mingham, however, but the entire state rejoices with her people at the phe- nomenaI growth of the Magic City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

A Christmas shopping list can as well be made up on December 1 as on De- cember 24. Remember the tired people that wait on you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

The barbers' union in New York de- mands the suppression by law of the safety razor. This would be socialism or a new sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
SURE

From the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
 Birmingham Is perfectly satisfied with the census figures, but Memphis wants recount, There's a reason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

Rio Janeiro not only has battleships that mutiny. but it sells coffee grown at home as Mocha or Java. It is a remark able city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

Jln Hill says the country is going to the demnitlon bowwows. This is another reason why you should do your Christ mas shopping early.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
A Good Change

Expressions of pleasure were heard here yesterday at the announcement that the Bessie Abbott Grand Opera company would present La Boheme" at the Or rheum instead of at the Shubert theatre, as had been originally planned. The Or rheum has a much larger seating capacity than the Shubert, and 1t has a far larger stage. The stage of the orpheum is, in fact, one of the largest in the south. and wide and deep stage Is what big com pany like the one which is presenting La Beheme' especially needs.
 The change was brought about at a conference with the I.ieblers, who are bringing the Bessie Abott company south representative of the Shuberts, and Jake Wells, who leases the Orpheum. It speaks well alike for the broadmindedness of the Shubert management and the Or pheum management, and likewise for the enterprise of the Bessie Abott manage nent in insisting on being provided with an adequate stage. La Boheme" is to be performed next Monday night, Decem- Der F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
THE FAULT-FINDER

William Winter.
 Mention has been made of person who, even in Heaven, would complain that his cloud was damp and his halo a misfit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

The plutocrats of Rio Janeiro took to thelr country homes when the naval mutineers trained their guns on them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

The big city in New York proposes. to teach the upstate counties that it has rights which the latter must respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

No one should become a bandit unless he has a Dreadnought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

Troubles do not come singly to Sen. ator Lorimer. He has been sued for a taxicab bill.