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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Bnrtsn to the Front

B. B. Burton. who was yesterday elected president of the State Fair as- sociation and president of the Business Mems league. Is one of the comparatively recent acquisitions to Birmingham's citl- zenship. but he has lived here long enough to establish a high reputation for enter prise and public spirit. As manager of the Cable Plano company he has been a marked success. He has been Bir- mingham booster from the time he took up his residence here, and being a man of large business capacity and indomita- ble energy he Is sure to fill the bill as the executive head of the fair and of the Bushes Mems league.
 Birmingham has been fortunate indeed in It's fair association presidents. J. H. Holcombe managed the state fair last year with signal ability, and MT. Burton will prove worthy successor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
SMALL COLLEGE vs. UNIVERSITY

E. Parmalee Prentice. in Harper's Maga-
 zine for June.
 The tendency of modern institutions, then-if we disregard their distractions-ls to make breadwinners, to fit mem to earn money State universities are necessarily of this character, and the influence upon all institutions which compete with them is strong Size itself almost irresistibly drives this away. The revolution, indeed. seems to have gone from one, extreme to the other, and as the old system had little place for men who sought technical train ins, the new ss stem has but scant place for those who desire learning for its own sake In fact, the old system outlasted the period of its greatest usefulness. and when the change came offered but slight resistance to new methods.
 It Is teeonng evident, however, that tie change has gone too far. and that there were some features of former meth ocs worth preserving. The country is too large and the demands of society are too complicated to be served by any single system. Gre of the greatest misfortunes in the education of a nation, John Stuart Mill said, would be the establishment of uniformity unoer the name of unity. There is room in this great country for in stitutions of every kind, and an increas- ing need that different colleges turn their attention in different directions. More over. the new system is beginning to dis close some defects. Classes are so large that there is comparatively little indi- vidual framing and at the same time the compensation of teachers is so low that tse profession no longer draws into it's ranks it's duo rropci tion of talent. While such conditions prevail it is inevitable that college and university work throughout the country should be mark ed as it is by lack of seriousness.
 It is for these reasons that at Amherst, for example, the movement has arisen which sceks Tn suiic respects to return to the cd purposes of education. History can bn taugEr Letter than ever before. We have far ampler nHdns for instruction in deinuctary and tue rrilc,ples of govern n,ssnt. while the need fo. unyielding moral standatds in public oe'nion was never grentcr It Is pierosed. therefore, 10 make the moral ci1'sttcr cf the student
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
ON DINING IN PARIS

From a letter by Henry watterson in the
 Louisville Courier-Journal
 THE murmur comes up from every
 where that living is very dear. It
 4 is certainly very dear in Paris The restaurants, whilst increasing their prices, have reduced their portions. One order in most of them will no longer suffice for two.
 The swin6ling cafes which omit from the bills e fare any mention or glimpse of price list until the meal is over-a device witch ought long ago to have been resented by the public as obviously in- tended to pillage the unwary-are more rapac,ous than ever. Extortion is too mild a term to apply to them and their exclaimed the irate Hebrew cotton buyer of the c, nfederate cavalry during the sec tiolal war, but I calls 'em 'roppers!
 Old Margvery died the other day. So did Frederick of the Tour dArgent. One was celebrated for the preparation of sole which hears his name, the other for his artistic manipulation and dramatic per formance in the matter of pressed duck. I knew tkem both long and well and can attest their skill and bear witness to their integrity Their charges were high, but they were above-aboard. There was a deal of ruffie 10 their shirt. but the stuff .hey served was straight goods" as the commercial travellers say. Indeed, the science of cooking, as it existed in the days of the second empire, has measurably gone out of commission. The average chef is, I am afraid, no longer an artist. It is the fault of the public, be sure, and not the cooks. The chef, like the politi- clan, must please his constituency, and what is 10 be thought or said of ellen tele that wants is dinner "toute de suite?" My old friend, Huger, built me dish the other evening-it took him two days to prepare for it and two hours to fur nish the interior-whch was not only cream O, architectural design, but so good to eat that 1t sent wireless mes sages of cheer and comfort up and down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

would literally roast before I got to town and ice water. In few minutes put my hand on the seat, and what do you think, the green country conductor had by some fol mischance turned on the heat at full tilt. Well, I sounded the alarm at once, and without formality. We half-roasted passengers were sorely tempted to mob the conductor and wreck the car. but we didn't and now since I've cooled off I think it was pretty good joke on everybody concerned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
THE DOLLAR MARK,

| From the New York World.
 John Hays Hammond's farewell re-
 marks on leaving New York to attend
 the coronation were unfortunate and
 disquieting. He goes as the special ambassador of President Taft His mission is wholly personal and hon. orary. He has no official standing. Yet in his speech to the Pilgrims he eulogized dollar diplomacy as a new and lasting feature of government. and said that his errand In London would be mot merely an honorary one to De discharged peffunctorily" but to promote commercial relations. which are the vital principle of the interde- pendence of nations"
 While these views are in Keeping with MT. Hammond's well-known ca reer, they are shoekingly out of place In an ambassador charged only with a delicate personal and social duty. MT Hammonds experiences with Bar nato, Rhodes and Jameson in South Africa, to say nothing of his associa- ton with the Guggenheims and Nor gan in Alaska and Mexico, qualify him Tor adventure, intrigue and war. no doubt; but We believe that he is the ohly man or that type who has ever been intrusted with an ambassador ship.
 While Congress and the courts are making an effort to separate business and government, dollar diplomacy is reVlYing the abuse in it's worst form. IT, as MT Hammond says, that prac- tice is to continue we may as well understand that Big Business has an- heAed the state department and that the great seal of the United States hereafter is 10 be the dollar mark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
Dissolution of Standard Oil

The entire country is waiting to see how the Standard Oil will be dis solved. Thus far no explanation has been vouchsafed to an unsynpethetic public. John D. Rockefeller owns 247,622 shares out of the 938,893 shares of the Standard Oil company. In round proposition he owns quar- ter of it. Will he get oEe-Guarter of the stock of each subsidiary com pany? or will he be given control of an oil-producing area, or will one branch of the business be apportioned to him?
 The lawyers and engineers and ex- ecutive officers are sitting on the problems, and everywhere there is curiosity concerning the methods to be adopted in dissolving company that has been pronounced monoply engaged in the restraint of trade. The public does not know what is going on behind the scenes. It simply knows that the concern has been pro- nounced wholly unreasonable" and it is waiting to see how, when and where it is to be dissolved. The pieces are valuable and will be well taken care of. These pieces may prove to be a new unreasonable trust. Who knows?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
PENALTY OF A HOME.

From the Chicago Post
 suburban youngster, who has lonp been the boss of his neighborhood. has been attending, temporarily school con- nected with an orphanage Very nearly all the pupils are dependents
 The school has dozen bright red chairs which are greatly fancied by the boys, and there is either general scram- ble for them or else the boys who live in the asylum are in them first.
 This particular outsider was not to be denied when all the chairs were filled. and with his superior strength and cour- age would dump one of the occupants before the teacher arrived Her atten- ton was called to this and the small bully was told that he should have a feeling of pity for the unfortunate
 The next day he found all the chairs filled, one by new pupil. He went to him and said:
 Have you home?"
 "Yes''
 "A good home?"
 Yes"
 Father and mother?"
 "Yes"
 Have you always had a father and mother?" Yes" Well, get out of my chair" and the intruder was hurled against the wall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
DRESS TO YOUR TYPE

From Harper's Bazar.
 Madame Tetrazzni Is writing about dress for Harper's Bazar. In the June Bazar she says:
 Personally. l have often wondered why women do not study their type more, and then intensity 1t. l mean, for example some of your own American women There are numbers of you with the wide high cheek bones, the level brows, and the square chins of your own American Indians. Why not, if you have the long, muscular figure and the face of this type, revert to type in clothing? pOf course, l do not mean to don moccasns and leather costumes. But consider the exquisite Indian beading that could be used as trimming-as a matter of fact much of it was used. this spring-or the lovely simplicity of parted hair drawn low over the ears, or the warm red and brown colorings the Indian women so love. Or there is the old Roman type of face, or the Egyptian, offering infinite suggestions for classic costumes; or, of and the dress of my own dear Italian women.
 As far as l am concerned think color Is far more important than line in dress. think woman should exercise the greatest care in selecting the exact shade of gown or hat. And here is another point I believe the color of a woman' 2 eyes and hair has very little to do with the becomingness of the colors she wears Believe me, the whole secret of selecting shades that will enhance ones loveliness lies in selecting shades that harmonize with the complexion. One cannot say, "a blonde should not wear pink and bru- nette should not wear blue,' because a blonde may have the complexion of a brunette and brunette may have the complexfon of A blonde
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
MOTHERS MANIA.

Poor father wears a worried look,
 The baby's gun to cry; Therell be no peace at our house
 Till mother learns to fly She's bought brand new aeroplane
 In which she hopes to sail; But up to now her efforts bold
 Have been without avail. One day she landed in a tree,
 The next twas in a creek: And once we f1shed her from lake, Too overwrought to speak. But mother grits her teeth and vows She'll learn to fly some day. We only hope she will before
 She throws her life away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
Husfuesa in fhe South

Business conditions in the south gen. erally are good, said O. W. Weisel of Philadelphia, 'and I believe there has been an improvement throughout the country within the past two or three weeks. Early in the spring there was some complaint of dullness, but as far as the south Is concerned trade conditions have been very good indeed. I keep in close touch with Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee, and In most of the cities of those states pros- perity is decidedly in evidence. Last week was in Memphis, Nashville, Chattanoo- ga and Knoxville and those cities never seemed more prosperous.
 The dull iron market and the dull coal trade have naturally affected commercial interests in the Birmingham district, but believe that by the middle of July there will be a revival in the industrial world. When the iron and coal markets are brisk Birmingham is the busiest city in the south. It beats all the other cities in rate of growth. and in the next census it will outstrip even Atlanta In population."<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
HER CRITICISM
he Metropolitan Magazine.

From the MetropoIItan Magazne.
 George Ade recently heard that an old lady from the neighborhood in Indiana where he was born was in town on a visit to a relative. MT. Ade thought that theater tickets would be a fitting atten- tion, and on conslting her as to what she would prefer to see, she said that she had seen "The Merchant of Venice" over 30 years ago and had always desired to see it again. He accordingly procured the tickets. The next day he called and inquired to find out how she liked the performance as compared with that she remembered from long ago. "Nyell,"- re- piled the old lady. ''Venice seems to have spruced up a right smart bit, but that Shylock Is the same mean. grasplng crit ter that ho used to be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
"THE DREAM OF EUGENE ARAMr

By Thomas Hood. Two, sudden blows with ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone. One hurried gash with nasty knife And then the deed was done; Thore was nothing lying at my foot But iifeless flesh and bone! Nothing oLt lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me i'll. And yet 1 feared him all the more, Cor lying .here so still; There was a manhood in his look, That murder could not kill! And lu! tte universal air
 Seemed lit with slaastly flame; < Ter thousand thudss-ild dreadful eyes Were Joking down in blame. With brea, ,hleas speed, like soul in
 chase,
 I tock i;ini up a,id ran There was no time to dig grave Before thc day began, In lonesome nocd with heaps Of
 leaves.
 I .lni the murdered n,gn, "Anl all flat .ay read in school, But my thought WIS other where; As soon as :.c 'iriddiy tass was done. In secret vas thef.; And mighty wind had swept the leaves And still the corpse was bare! Then down cast me on my face, And first began to weep For I knew my secret then was one That earth refused to keep; On land Of sea, though lie should be, Ten thouenrd fathoms deep. "Oh, God. that horrid, horrid dream Resets me TOW awake! Again again, with dizzy brain, The human ,fe I take; And my right red hand grows raxtn4
 lot, Like cranuer's at the stake" f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
Bids for Coal Supply

New Orleans has a curious scale for coal, based on space rather than weight. Bids were recently opened by the city for furnishing coal to the police department and the public buildings. The bids were as follows:
 w. G. Coyle & Co.,, Pittsburg coal, A cents per barrel; Alabama coal, 40 cents, and Alabama run of mine 35 cents. Robert P. Hyams Coal Co.,, Pittsburg lump coal, 45 cents per bar rel; Cohava, 43 cents; Corona, 39 cents; Pratt's, 281s cents. Frank S. Walshe, agent, Pratt's lump coal, 30 cents per barrel; Carbon Hill, 35 cents; Cohava, 421a cents.
 The awards under the bids have not been made, but it is plain that Pitts burg not only has competitors but un- derbidders. If the barge lines were in operation Pittsburg coal would, in fact, be driven out of New Orleans. and our operators should promote to the utmost those lines. When they are once fully established Pittsburg will be compelled to find markets nearer home. Pittsburg coal at New Orleans has no logic in it and Bir- mingham coal will make this clear as soon as it has the advantage of wa ter transportation. Pittsburg uses water transportation, and so must Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
A WISE DECISION.

T understand Jilson has literary ten- dencies."
 ''Yes, but he has made solemn VOW never to take part in the Shakespeare Bacon controversy and never to discuss the private life of Edgar Allan Poe"
 That being the case, Jilson will retain his popularity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
Street Car Mail Boxes

The Washington City postoffice is testing a sample mail box on one of l it's street cars. The test refers chief ly to the facility for depositing let
 ters in it while the car is ill motion.
 This box will project about six inches from the side of the car. It has a trough which directs mail into com- partment near the rails, and the mail is removed when the car reaches its downtown terminus.
 The object of placing such boxes on the street cars is to enable resi- dents in the suburbs where few col lections a day are made to send their letters quickly to the center of mail deposits.
 The plan has worked we'll in Will mington, Del, and the Washington City office expects only good results from the installation of the boxes. If letters can be mailed without risk of accident while the car is moving it will certainly prove a great conven- fence to residents in the suburbs. It is, in fact, device for the benefit of the suburbs. No city has larger proportion of suburbs than Birming ham, and the plan should be studied with reference to it's installation here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

From the New York Press.
 An easy way to avoid spats with a woman Is not to be married to her.
 A man never has as much money in the hearing of his family as of other people
 The longer Q man goes without paying bill the more he gets to think he never really owed 1t.
 woman has such an imagination she knows how brave her husband is when re wants to go downstairs to see if there ard burglars, but doesn't because 1t would scare her more than she already is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
OF COURSE
From Judge

From Judge
 Nicker-Does he play by notess
 Bocker-Yes; he bought his piano on the plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

,s'ne women in many cities are fighting for slower car steps and better stopping places The fight is almost as wide as the country itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Lorimer's supporters and apologists in the Senate, bipartisan though they be, are becoming wobbly, and the impression grows that the jackpotter will lose his s.af
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

The boom of Lame Duck Stimson as Mir, Tafts running mate in 1912 is well main tain ed, and Sunny Jim promises to be not even among those who also ran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Senator Ablee Pomerene thinks John D. and his associates should be sent to prison and he is about to introduce bill to that effect. Carry the news to Miss Ida Tarbell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Spec.al Ambassador John Hays Ham, mono has sailed away to represent dol lar diplomacy at the coronation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

1 the spinal column and made the back hair to curl like a dogs tail.''
 Trnffles int st be bought in the basket, the dirt yet sticking to them, and maybe bristle of the pigs snout. Canned truf- fies are little better than cove oysters. The triffle must be brought in "au nat uiel' and cut at table. The bits of black what-is-it that are thinly sprinkled upon the platter in most of the eating places are not trGffles, but projectiles meant to double the cost
 When the old Palais Royal was in it's bloom-it is nt W a roost for bats and owls -truffles were as plentiful and cheap as blackber,ies. Now they come at 10 francs dozen ia tlle hales. As consequence. the epicure must be content with the |hqnteiy mushroom. foresee that the time is coming when the champignon will be as obsolete as the truffle. Then I suppose we shall hav- to come down to carrots and, finulv. to turnips. Happily then, I shall he dining with the angels,
 Speaking of the Palais Royal wreck of what was once upon a time the center Of all that was luxuriant and dazzling in
 
 fashion and frivolity-built by Richelieu for hiraseif and successively the home of the Regent of Philippe Egalite and Louis Philippe, and later of Jerome (Plon Plpn) Boaaparte-in whose gardens Dan ton orated ard Napoleon first saw Jose phine-leads me to recur to an old res- taurant which has been, for more than 40 years. a naurt of my own. It is just acrors the narrow Rue de Valois, which extends the entire length of the east fac ado of the regal tumbledown. Next there to comes tie Rue des Bon Enfants, where the great cafoinal lived before his more ambitious dwelling was ready for his cmineace, whence Andrew Chenler. the Uoer was whisked off to the guillotlne, and where Eumas the elder toiled a gov ernment clerk commended to official em- ployment as "a young man who writes an excellent hand and is possessed of some intelligence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

When Justice Harlan dissents he does i; with snap and vigor that shows he is standing up to his convictions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

The Standard oil Is dlssolving as dellb- erately a. King George Is preparing to be crowned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Madero is the stepfather of his country while De La Barra does the father act, blue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Paltimore's morfey talks when 1t comes
 to getting a national democratic conven-
 ton. It talks up to s1Oo,Ooo, and all rivals are knocked out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Miss Elkins should announce her en- gagement to somebody in order to relieve public anxiety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
DISTRESSING MIsHAP.

Oh, hear the fat man lift his voice
 And drearily complain: My bathing suit-I have no choice1a 1 cannot wear again. "I dived into the deep this morn
 With such gladsome cry, But when I knew my suit was torn, My glee turned to a sigh. So fearful was the rip, Till night in oceans brine I stayed,
 Then made nasty trip. Unto the shore, while bushes dyed My face a crimson hue. Alas, I had good cause to hiL~
 Myself from public view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

There is peace in Mexico and Portugal. and not much war in Morocco. The world is weary of war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

The Grant heresy trial attracted small attention. Heretics are not taken serious Iy nowadays
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
The College Commencement.

with scarcely an exception the col leges in the south have prospered dur ing the scholastic year just ended, and the commencements have been most auspicious,' said a professional man. within the past five years the educa- tional institutions in this part of the country have made notable progress. In many cases endowments have been largely increased. and there has been a steady increase in enrolment.
 "A great deal of attention is given now to technical terms The rapid in- dustrial development of the south has created an active demand for engineers, chemists and other technical men, and southern colleges are beginning to meet south sent to eastern schools of tech 'nology for specially trained men, but the day will soon come when the class of workers referred to will be educated lat southern institutions. But while edu- cators are giving much attention to technology they must not overlook the classics. Every engineer should have a culture side He cannot attain any high degree of efficiency unless he has acquired a good alI-round education He must, above all things, acquire good writing style so as to be able to ex- press himself lucidly and convincingly."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Kansas City's woman bootblacks have become lady barbers. The city council brought 1t about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Dlaz resigned an office and Madero title and De La Barra is at present the real thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Senator Maritime of New Jersey Is a democrat that no caucus can bind or gag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Portugal holds orderly elections and lives eown rumors of revolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

Vedrines finished the 500 miles of the Paris-Madrid race in half day of actual flight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

The ins are out in Mexico,>but the real outs are not yet in and will not be until fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01

This is the first rare day in June, and it Is rarely hot and dry.