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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
WHAT DO YOU THINke

New York Correspondence Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 Miss Ethel Lloyd Patterson is a very good looking young lady who writes for one of the evening papers here. Not Nto enter upon an impertinent discussion of the items of Miss Pattersons toilet, one may safely say that she always looks well groomed. There are no loose ends of hair, nor does anything sag which should be pulled tight Miss Patterson went up to the Hotel Martinique the other day to look over a collection of the feminine alumnae of various colleges. In recording her impressions, she placed her self on record to this effect: College girls do not wear silk stockings. Most of them are thin They either walk fiat-footed or with sort of athletic roll. They abjare high heels. They do not wear puffs, braids or curls. They seem to proudly de- clare that their coiffures are poor things but mine own A chaste moderation in millinery is theirs. The college girls belt slants down in the back and up in the front. When she stands she leans back on her heels. She might use with advan- tage a safety pin to keep skirt and shirt waits on speaking terms. They do not wear earrings, corsets, veils or perfumes They do not powder even the most bril- liant noses. They are addicted to white collars and cuffs and plaited skirts and heavy gloves and shoes"
 Did you go to college?" asked her city editor, having read her story.
 Miss Patterson rose and slowly revolved herself upon one diminutive heel. Well, she said, what do you think?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
Now hell outstare the lightning.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
Our Schools and School Attendance

The annual report of Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of the Bir- mingham public schools, shows with out specially intending to do so, the inadequacy of the eity's educational system. The school census shows that there are 39,536 children of school age in this city, and out of that number only 15,517 are in school. The average daily attendance is in other words, less than one-half, and not far above one-third, of the school population. There are in fact in the city's schools but 20,202 seats all told for 39,5 ,536 children.
 And yet many think this city is do- ing better than an other in the matter of public education. The city schools, so far as they go, are well conducted by Dr. Phillips and his as- sistants. They are we'll organized but are inadequate. To put the schools of this city on an Iowa or Massa- chusetts basis the number of school buildings would have to be doubled and the equipment would have to be correspondingly increased.
 This cannot be done on the basis of present taxation. The tax limitations of the constitution of 1901 deprive one-half of the children of Birming- ham of school accommodations, and there is no way in which the demands of 10000 children of school age in this city can be properly met except by taking Birmingham out of the sweeping terms of the constitution by turning it into a taxing district with powers to provide itself with what it needs. It is not economy to let over one-half of the children in this city go without at least an elementary educa- tiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
Great Interest in Birmingham

"In Detroit and the surrounding coun- try Birmingham is certainly well adver- tised as hustling city, for as soon as people to whom I was introduced while there learned that I was from the south, they immediately inquired about the city of Alabama with the marvellous growth, said Douglass Mcqueen of Montgom- cry who has been in Detroit connected with the Packard Motor company and arrived here yesterday to represent this firm in Birmingham.
 "The Michigan people are particularly well informed concerning the resources of this district and opportunities offered in Birmingham and many of them read Birmingham papers to keep in touch with the city's pace They never miss chance to ask tourist or southern man if the things that they hear are really true and they are eager to learn more of Alabamas agricultural progress, as we'll as the coal and iron industry. The Michigan farmer is turning his attention to Alabama and naturally wishes to be near the metropolis of the state for con venence to railroads.
 "In the minds of the Detroit citizens, judging from their interest, the south and Birmingham are synonymous and many of the younger men have requested me to write them of the possibilities in this section with view of locating here.
 Corey is also often spoken of It is most mentioned as a model town and it's future is freely discussed as linked with that of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
Democratic Prospects

q think the democrats have sooo fighting chance for victory in isl@' saiu NJ. N. portner of St. Louis. Ihe repup- licans are certainly less harmonious than usual. but it will never do to rely much on the weakness of our opponents. am a democratic layman, so to speak, have never taken any active part In politics but always vote the democfa,ic ticket. feel more enthusiastic now over the approaching campaign than nave in many years.
 ..1,he democrats are undoubtedly more united than they have been at any time since 1892. There Is really more harmony in evidence now than there was then. l am not beholden to any particular eandi- date, although I feel proud of Speaker Champ Clark because he is from the same state in which I vote. l have no personal acquaintance with him. l hap pen to know Governor Harmon person. ally, ard if he should be nominated by the democrats I will take pleasure In voting for him. I have never met any or the other democrats who are spoken or in connection with the presidential nonl- nation. I hear a good deal about con gressman Underwood of Birmingham. lie is undoubtedly a very strong man, ana from the favorable comments that l have read in tho past two weeks 1t would not surprise me at all to see MT. under- wood chosen standard bearer. In many respects he is the most logical of all the candidates"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
A LINGO FRINGE

From the New York World.
 Ever. a prey to alarms, Europe is now agitated by the fact that the German crown prince made himself conspicuous in the royal box at the reichstag when the Morocco settlement was discussed. He shook his head when von Bethmann- Hollweg explaned that Germany had made a fair bargain with France; and when the chancellor referred to pr. Lnoe- quist, who resigned as Colonial secre- tary rather than defend the agreement, the jingo prince slapped his brother on the back with royal approval.
 The German emperor is one of the ab- lest sovereigns of modern times. He has ruled 23 years, during which time Germany has made great progress. He has preferred to fish in troubled waters and has done so with such skill that. though he has caused many war scares. he has never had a war. In the present case he was not wise in Irritating Flu rope to gain another slice of equatorial Africa, but after having done that, he was surely wise in agreeing with France rather than compel her to war which would have shocked the world.
 Frederick William is 29 years old and has no duties in the state except some purely formal ones, chiefly of military nature The German people have never elected him to anything. Being young and probably under bellicose influences, he might like to see war in which half Q million men might be killed.
 What preposterious institution is the ,,f ic, makes the silly antics of such youn3 hot head a matter of serious concery for the moment and of grave apprehensioa for the future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
Dr. Wu Says a Republic Is Needed


 Nominally the revolution in China . an uprising against the Manchu fartars who conquered the country 26O years ago and have held it and ruled it and outrageously taxed it ever since. Revolutions have taken place, but none had been successful up to the one of the present time.
 While no doubt the Manchus will be upset and driven out of power, yet the present revolution is much more than an anti-Manchu movement. It is movement to put China on the ..,es of the most progressive nations. The rapid rise of Japan suggested and really led up to the present revo- lution in China. This is why Dr. Wu advises the abdication of the prince regent. He thinks that a republic will alone bring peace and stop the shedding of blood.
 The return of Yuan Shi Kai to Pe- king must bring affairs to a focus soon. The Boxer indemnity is over- due and this, with other matters, may
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
PASSING OF HOWARD PYLE

any other successful man-conservative, provident and normal. He does his work and takes care of himself and his credit. Titan, the Venetian, industrious and am- bilious, had ministers and kings for his friends and companions. Leonardo da Vinci, whose Last Supper, the wall painting at Milan, has made him immor- tal was a brilliant architect, sculptor. engineer, scientist and musician. Raphael tremendously practical, was not only the architect of St. Peters, but was an able archaeologist and an authority on the antiquities of Rome. Michaelange- To wrote poetry, drew plans for splendid | buildings, and was one of the most learned anatomsts of his time. The old mas ters' were sensible men. So are the young masters, whether they be artists, lawyers, doctors or preachers. Nor is any great achievement the completed effort of an inspired instant. Nothing worth while is done without toll, and toll compels one to be sober minded and careful"
 The first book in which his skill IS a story teller and his talents as an illustra- tor became conjointly apparent was "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" pub lished by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1883.
 His next book, romantic sea story called within the Capes,' published by the same firm in 1885, was without illus trations. Following these two were fPep- per and salt dSS6 a collection Of fanci- full tales and verses, and "The Rose of Paradise,' and .eThe Wonder Clock" which, were published by Harper & Brothers under date of 1888.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
Personal Economy

We all hear a great deal about the high cost of living and I can readily understand how family expenses in- crease from year to year. but I am an unmarried man and it costs me prac- the case 15 years ago." said a citizen who works for a salary.
 "The other day l heard a man with wife and two or three children say that he was not able to save as much out of a S6000 salary as he saved the first year he was married out of a s9000 salary. But every unmarried man who makes as much as 5000 a year can live very well and can save something if he tries. I set down in book every nickle l spend and for what l spend 1t; have done this for many years. I find looking over my 1900 book that I spent that year just s952. My clothes cost me about SITS, my board sS60 and my laundry s75. I spent S75 on vacation trip.
 My salary is 50 per cent larger now than it was in 1900, but last year my cost of living was only SIP more than it was 10 years previous. l am now 36 years of age and am fixing to get married next year. l have saved up nearly S7000, which will buy q comfortable home. It may be that will not save much after I take a life partner, but there Is no excuse for an unmarried man not accommodating some- thing. The high cost of living has had little effect on the sum total for clothes, for while certain articles may cost more certain other articles can be bought for less price,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
From the Farm To the Kitchen

The commission is about to attempt to bring producers and consumers to- gether on Fourth avenue between
 Twentieth and Twenty-first streets. In that space and under the direction of city marketman, wagons from the country full of farm products will be lined up ready to serve buyers.
 This plan has been widely utilized in other cities, and when we'll con- ducted it has never failed to be sat isfactory to both producers and con- sumers. The two classes apparently absorb and divide the profits that had before gone to the middlemen. An even division of such profits would be fair and equitable.
 Much depends upon the manner in which the farmers get ready to use the new market. Consumers in the city will go there to buy if they be- come convinced that they will find there what they want. Anything grown on a farm from a turkey to an apple should be brought in. Hominy in all its forms will find customers in the new market, and so will many another article straight from the farm. The market will not be es- tablished to develop freak food prod ucts, but any we'll known article from the farm will assuredly be met by eager customers. The new city mar ket deserves and will receive the &C., tive support of those that desire to be relieved of the unnecessary exac- tions of middlemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
WHAT WRITER'S MAKE

New York Correspondence Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 Writing for a living isn't itself as bad a profession as it is held to be by Robert s. Yard, who has recently published the con- fession of publisher in a weekly period- ical. MT Yard holds that "our favorite novelist has to work like the deuce and sell at least one short story a month to average $3500 a year. Well, it all de- bends on who your favorite novelist may be. Some of the best writers of fiction stories insist on calling them fact stuff, you know. The owner of the "Who's Who ranch in Montana, who writes serio-comic stuff for a weekly avera ges not less than $30000 a year. Irwin S. Cobb recently gave up newspaper work to be- come regular highbrow, because he can make N5,000 year easily. Lincoln Steffens, the original muck-raker, was city editor not so long ago. Recently he invested $35,O00 in the stock of a newspa- per. It isn't likely that he exhausted his resources. Charlie Van Loan was report ing the street car strike in Philadelphia when an idea for a short story came 10 lliill I1S WiOlt IL anu oOlQ IL DelWGeL riots. It was his first story, but at the end of the year following he had netted about $15,000 for base ball fiction. Rob- ert w. Chambers, who is as 'favorite'' an author as there is in the United States, probably makes $40.000 a year. David Graham Phillips before his death cleaned up an average of not less than S25 900. George Randolph Chester, the Cincin- natian, certainly makes s15,0o0 year. That is a most conservative estimate. It would not be hard to pick out score of short story writers who average not less than $10000 annually. One young man of my acquaintance works not more than one week in three and averages s350 a month. Another has done his $100 weekly for five years They are representative of large class of writers, who sell fic- tion to the lesser magazines, and depend on quantity of output for their income AS MT Yard admits, the moment they make lucky serialization or dramatiza- tion their income runs into alluring fig ures. One newspaper man I know adds $50 every week to his income by writing a dime novel after his days work ends Another "novelzes" two or three plays a year, at an average price of $500 each Jacques LeFevre was a Wall street re- porter before he began writing labelled f1c- tion. Now he has red cars and country homes. Roy McCardell, the humorist certainly makes s15,000 annually. Perhaps more. Mighty few New York writers make as little as $3500 a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
JOAQUIN KNOCKS RUDYARD

San Francisco Dispatch to New 1ork Her.
 aid.
 Joaquin Miller, poet of the Sierras. does not believe that ''The female of the spe- ces is more deadly than the male." Nor does he believe that the distinguished au- thor of the poem which has had that .'en-
 sational line for it's refrain was sincere
 when he wrote it.
 "Kipling has nothing in this poem but
 chorus, and I don't think much of that , was his comment when he read it. In his cabin aerie on the heights, towering high above Diamond Canyon. the venerable bard is bed ridden. He had not read Kipling's poem, "The Female of the Species" Copies of it and of Hall Caine s reply in verse, ''The Mother of the Man, T were shown him.
 "Cane's verse is not so well balanced as
 Kipling's." said he, although his poem rings truer. It is more sincere. But Caine shows that he is not as experienced 1 in rhynling as is Kipling.
 1 "Kiplng has done a great deal of good | in the world with his poetry" he said | slowly, but his work is retrograding His great fault is that he insists upon ex- plotting war and warriors. He has not | fulfilled the promise of his .Barrack Room
 Ballads and his later poetry has been 2
 step backward. He has taken wrong stand in his latest poem. He is as fai | from the right standard as he was in his articles upon Canadian reciprocity. 1 'T am not suffra gist, but say God | bless the women. and I protest that the
 measures carried out in England to sup press the suffragsts have been a h,o, upon the manhood of the world If Kip. | ling were as familiar with Shakespeare as | t,I I.ol +,
 have long played too important parr | in the world events to be slurred Per haps he blinds himself to this fact
 "Kiplings new poem makes him ridicu l lous. Neither ir conception nor in con- struction is 1t worthy of him. Although ! consider him the greatest of nvine | writer's, must say that he has showI 1 that he knows nothing of philosophy ol | fact. Poetry, to be great, must be ar outpouring from the heart Kipling's heart was not in his latest verses, al. though he may have believed it to be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
Pittsburg Is Full of Fears

Pittsburg sees the seat of steel su- premacy going to the great lakes going to Duluth, Chicago, Gary and all along the Ohio shore. The fur naces on the lakes get ores without any rail charge, while Pittsburg's fur naces are taxed 98 cents ton on ore transportation from the lake. It is this that handicaps Pittsburg and is steadily undoing it as the steel and iron center of the country.
 What Pittsburg demands is a rail rate on ore of 50 cents ton between the lakes and the furnace in the Pitts burg district. This is Pittsburg's s slogan and it declares it will be sat isfied with nothing else. It appeals to the Pennsylvania railroad to come to it's aid in this great crisis because the Pennsylvania hauls the greater part of Pittsburg's immense tonnage. To save this business the Pennsyl- vania is asked to make 50 cent rate between the lakes and Pittsburg on ores. Thus far the Pennsylvania railroad has shown no inclination to cut its rates in two. A reduction of 4S cents in a 98 cent rate is indeed a big cut, and up to the latest report it had not been granted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
Dr. Denny in His Adopted State

When Dr. Denny comes to Alabama this week he is to all intents and pur- poses an Alabamian. The alumni of the University of Alabama will well come him and at every turn he will be accepted as an Alabamian, although he will not leave Washington and Lee university until January 1 to take up the duties of presidency at Tuscaloosa. All know, however, that he has agreed to transfer his services from the Virginia institution to Alabama s university, and all believe his coming will go far towards giving the latter high rank among the universities of the country.
 Alabama will indeed welcome Dr. Denny, for Alabama feels that the time is ripe to line up her great uni versity with Tulane and Vanderbilt in the south, and with even the best in the north. That is why Dr. George F. Denny was asked to leave Washing ton and Lee, and it is believed that he sees an opportunity in the Alabama institution to render not only the state but the rest of the southern country a great and enduring service. All Alabama welcomes Dr. Denny to his adopted state and to his new life work. He is plainly the right man in the right place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
The Late Joseph Pulitzer

"Of the many interesting sketches of Joseph Pulitzer the one by William In- glis. entitled An Intimate View, print ed in the last issue of Harpers Weekly is peculiarly Illuminating" said an old citizen who for some years was engaged in newspaper work MT. Pulitzer was unquestionably great man. He over came all sorts of obstacles In his young manhood, and by brains and force of character and prodigious energy he came to be recognized, even before he was 30 years of age, as a power in public life. His motives were always high, and 30 far as I can learn there was not the least pettiness in his whole nature. remember when MT. Pulitzer bought the New York World. I had frequently looked over that paper when it was owned by Jay Gould. Indeed I remember the paper when Manton Marble was writing vigorous democratic editorials for it. At the time MT. Pulitzer bought The World it was so run down as to attract no attention whatever It's columns were reports were regarded as untrustworthy. The new owner put it on it's feet at once and made 1t an excellent news paper. It soon attained q position of wide influence.
 'In the late fall of 1892, just after MT. Cleveland was elected President the sec ond time, did some special work for The World. I turned in my copy to the city editor. I never met MT. Pulitzer, but I gathered from the general talk about the office that he was fine man | to work for, although at times very ex- | acting. As the years went on Mir. Pulit- ger became more strenuous, due, per i haps to his blindness. Among his friends ] Mr. Pulitzer was doubtless man of engaging personality. but his tremendous nervous energy must have had anything but a tranquilizing effect on those who came in contact with him. MT. Ingls says Of MT. Pulitzer:
 l '' He led the way and drew all his men, from the greatest to the least into a fierce, relentless, resistless activity that took no heed of pain or fatigue so long as results were achieved. He set a heart breaking pace, yet had the art of mak- i ing all his men follow with enthusiasm no matter how exhausted. Extravagan devotion to his duty long ago wrecked 1 lis health and destroyed his sight; SC that for more than 20 years he received all his news of the outer world by ora report One could not be neal him without feeling of sorrow for tht ale man whose health and strength were daily devoured by the wonderful news paper he had created. The note of sad ness in his voice, no less than the ex pression of incessant introspection ant breeding in his countenance, commanded sympathy
 While man of MT. Pulitzer's typ will always command respect, for at hear he was a good man, as well as potential yet he might have achieved even nor
 in life had he disciplined himself so a to have acquired habits of sweet repos at freuuent intervals during the "A hours The man of brains who thinks at higl pressure and is always going like stean ensine will never fail to make himsel felt in the world, but there is d certai kind of pathos in it all-this wearing cnes self out when a reasonable amour of calm would result in clearer visioi and often sounder judgment'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Laying in Additional stocks

H. J. Porter of the Porter oiothihs company leaves today for New hork' and will be absent about 10 days
 "I am going east" said MT. Porter, to buy additional holiday stock. During the summer we laid in large fall and winter stocks. but our business has been larger than we had anticipated, and we ind 1t advisable to supplement certain lines. look for a very brisk trade from now until the end of the year. Present weath- CT conditions, of course, are faVorapie and the pay rolls in the Birmingham dis- trct, if not at the top notch, are, never theless, very large"