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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

"The legislature should repeal the act making the anniversary of General Lee birthday a public holiday" said a Con federate veteran 'Very few people ob- serve it, and they would celebrate the event whether the law existed or not
 Outside of Mobile the courts of the state pay no attention to it, but continue to work on as on ordinary days. All honor to Judge Jones of the federal court, who observed the day by a suspension of all business. The gentleman selected by Camp Hardee to deliver the address Thursday was compelled to attend a state court and disappoint the small but earn est gathering of men and women at Cable hall. In that gathering there was scarce ly dozen young people, and its proceed ings were not deemed worthy of notice by our city papers. It is a mockery to have law that only banks obey"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
LETTER "S" CAUSES WRINKLES II,t.e.,. N-o,.r .Ir Ior..


 From the New York Herald
 If all the Ss in the English language were Z's, then every woman's throat would be perfectly smooth, round, and slender column. It is the member of the alphabet which causes a hissing sound that works havoc with fair throats. Slip over them whenever you can is the advice of Miss Mildred Holland to the members of the Woman's Professional league.
 "rhe letter 'S is bad letter. Every time you pronounce it the muscles of your neck are drawn up and wrinkles come Really more necks are spoiled by this single crooked hissng letter than by any amount of dissipation and neglect. Avoid it all you can," Miss Holland said. use 'Z' to make the hollows in your neck fill out, wrinkles disappear, and your throat to round out and become smooth and beautiful.
 There is. nothing like z treatment for beauty Buzz z's whenever you are alone. If you cannot say the exercise out loud, think z's, and the effect will be al- most the same. Just try saying z and s, and note the different effects on the muscles. And don't forget, when you are buzzing, to smile sweetly at yourself in mirror. There is nothing like smiling and looking cheerful to improve the com plexion and features.
 Every time you peer at yourself in a mirror and say, How well I am look ing, you improve your facial charms just that much. The muscles answer immed- lately to the smiling treatment and clip years off your age.
 And don't lie about your age, either. The Japanese and Chinese have the right idea of this. They are absolutely truth full. Yes. the women are, too. We ought to be proud Of our ages instead of being ashamed to tell them, proud of the brain cells we possess. and proud of the way we hold our years''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
FROM JOURNAL OF MIME. LEANDRE
 

The man for whom we have suffered holds us with a power incomparably stronger than the man who gave us noth- ing but happiness.
 No matter how weak a man may be, you will always find him strong enough to break the heart of the woman who loves him.
 The woman who herself is great art ist or writer or savant never will be as happy as the one who inspires her lover to greatness.
 Someone whom she can love without having to blush for her love, without hav- ing to appear, ridiculous--that Is all a woman needs tSbe happy. no matter how much grief may be included in her love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
QUITE SIMPLE.

QUITE SIMPLE.
 According to the Pleasant Hill Local, Kansas man sent one dollar to an advertiser who offered to sell an infallible potato bug killer. The expectant pur- chaser received for his money two blocks of wood with these directions: Take the block numbered 1 in the right hand. place the bug on the second block and press together. Remove the unfortunate and proceed as before" We infer that, under the circumstances, no inquest would be necessary
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Lots of men will risk their lives when they won't risk their dollars.
 A woman sneers at big shoes no matter what the size of the feet in them.
 What a girl likes about a man sending her flowers is that some other girl didn't get them.
 If woman couldn't match ribbons to her hair, she'd just as soon match her hair to ribbons.
 For a dispute to get red hot it's only necessary that neither side should know what 1t is talking about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
IN A LIBRARY
By Charles Lamb.

What place to be in is an old H. brary! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers that have bequeathed tn cir labor to these Bodleins were re- posing here as il some dormitory, or middle state. do not want to handle, to profane their leaves. their winding sheets. could as soon dislodge a shade. seem to inhale learning, walk ing amid their foilage and the .odor of their old moth scented coverings is fragrant as the first bloom of those scicntial apples which grew amid the happy orchard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
The Iron Market

The local pig iron market was re- ported firmer yesterday than it had been for some time. The price had been quoted at $1075 to s11 on No. basis. but it is said now that s11 IS the very lowest price at which con tracts can be made. Matthew Addy & Co.'s Cincinnati report, just received, says:
 There is a wider and more general interest in the market. It is true that there are half dozen inquiries where there is one purchase, but the fact that consumers are inquiring is in itself significant of their feeling that 1t Is good thing to look into the situa- tion. It Is notorious fact that at present prices producers are actually losing money. The situation in this respect is so bad that a great many furnaces have been blown out and pro- duction has been and is constantly bss ing reduced. It is not apparent that consumption is declining; if it is not increasing it is at least fully holding it's own, and it is only a question Of time when production is going to be very much less than consumption. It looks as if the two were pretty evenly balanced today Iron masters are feel ing encouraged not only over the in quiry but over the actual sales, for there have been some transactions of the first magnitude and there have been great many scattering orders which have been so well distributed that everyone has had a share. It is a noticeable fact that the demand for quick shipment material is increas- ing.
 There come the most encouraging reports from Birmingham. Spectators have been busy there asking for prices and buying iron, and several sales have been made at premium over current quotations.
 "To sum the whole thing up, while there is nothing wildly enthusiastic about the market, yet the situation is shaping itself apparently toward more favorable conditions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
AN OCEAN sI<YsCRAPER
From the Hamburg Letter to the Phi
 adelphia North American.

From the Hamburg Letter to the Phil
 adelphia North American.
 Hamburg-Wireless messages direct to and from any part of the Atlantic ocean such Is the new development promised on the completion of leviathan ships now in course of construction. At present wire less communication from ship to shore is restricted by distance
 The Hamburg-American steamer Eu- ropa, which is now being built, will prob ably be the first ship to communicate di- rect to the shore stations from any part of the Atlantic. It's masts will be unus- ually high, and it will carry the most powerful wireless apparatus ever installed on a sea-going vessel
 Why is it that high masts are necessary in order to maintain communication over very long distances? The answer was given by a well-known wireless expert.
 "It is not,'' he said, "as some people imagine, because of the curvature of the earth, but because the higher the masts are the stronger are the electric waves.
 "A big sea wave will travel much fur ther than small one before it breaks up and dies out; it is the same with wire less waves. ;.
 Roughly speaking, a wireless wave sent out into space is four and half times as long as the aerial wire, so with higher masts and. in the case of the Flu ropa. the great distance they will be apart, you get longer aerials. which en- able you to start off with a tremendous wave and to continue sending these powerful waves one after another through the air. ana
 Thus vessel so equipped will be able to send messages direct from any part of the Atlantic to any of the power ful receiving stations in Europe and America, and it will also be able to re- ceive messages from those stations
 The Europa will be 300 feet long. 96 feet broad, and it will have no fewer than nine decks above the water line-a verit- able skyscraper afoat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
A RAPID PROMOTION

AN.
 "The most rapid promotion I ever wit messed" remarked the old railroad mana ger, occurred to one of my own subordi- mates. I was chief of a surveying party at the time in the old vest We were working in wild country and handbook ing Indian brave came to me for q job. He said he was educated and big chief, and a subordinate job wouldn't do. I needed a back f1agman at the time, so jolied the old fellow, told him that all of us began at the bottom, and that promotion was rapid. He particularly in- quired as to the number of men between back fiagman and chief, and told him three. So he took his rod and I sent him quarter mile up the line.
 ''I was working across little gully, about an hour later, when heard some one approaching It was my big-chief back fiagman He was on the level mans horse and he carried the level rod and three fresh scalps. I tucked, but he spotted me.
 "'Me come for promotion,' he said briefly. Jobs ahead all vacant
 ''I didn't like the look in his eye and I did some quick thinking. You're pro- noted I said promptly. And in honor of your rapid rise, I declare a weeks vacation with pay Here's something on account. Go get firewater.'
 "As I watched him disappearing down the trail, added fervently, And he can have my job. too. resign.''
 -Burges Johnson in Judge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

QUERY. I know it's none of my affair, And yet somehow, I fret. Can anybody tell me where The waist-line will be set?
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Where ever It may set, my lad, Just bear this fact in mind: Unless your right arms to the bad Twill not be hard to find.
 Youngstown Telegram. Oh, fife. Oh, fie, So bold a thought Is more than I can bear; fear She'd set my plans at naught And freeze me with stare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
BY A FAN

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
 icle.
 "Baseball,"r remarks the Birmingham Age-Herald, "bids fair to girdle the globe" The world could not wear Q more beautiful or satisfactory girdle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
G1LDED CREATuREs.

"A man who married an artists model says she turned up her nose at modest home"
 Served him right. He might as well expect a chorus girl to do without limousine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

The coronation festivities in London will cover 12 days, and it is estimated it will cost the average globe trotter s3oO to tide him over those days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

There was a hitch all around in the launching of the battleship Arkansas, and 1t will be uphill business in that state to get subscriptions toward silver set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
THE EpIcURE.

1T He has no life work to begin, No precepts to impart; His long suit Is excelling in The gustatory art.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. And when he eats his breakfast pie Each morning of his life, Believe me, Mawruss, 'tis no lie, q He eats it with a knife.
 Springfield Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio does not drink, smoke nor swear. Ills par ticular weakness is unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

The White Houses tariff board is rapid ly becoming a back number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

The five-year-old eggs that now fill the markets were laid by hens that are dead and gone. Those eggs are full of mem ories and germs,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

The government buys and sells all sup plies at Panama. and prices are about 20 per cent below prices on the mainland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Motor fire apparatus is fast displacing horses in that service. New York has 15oo horses marked to "go'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Senator Aldrich has already left sink ing ship and gone far south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Cold storage eggs are sold under three classifications-eggs fresh gathered, eggs prime and eggs firsts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
 General Lees Birthday

been sent out. and then the whole mat ter dropped again"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Ezra P. Prentice chairman of the re- publican state committee, has resigned. He saw nothing worth staying in for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

One person in every nine in New York City is said to receive some measure of public charity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
INDOORS.

INDOORS. When icy drops Do beat the pane And winter sings A wild refrain, Iris very good To sit at home And far away Let fancy roam. Day-dreams, methinks, Have twice the charm, If we are snug And safe and warm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

If Senator Stephenson is sent back home. as well as Lorimer, Pauline, the White House COW, will expect to go also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
SIGH IS FAME.

Irkutsk is far from anywhere,
 But has a wide renown, Because globe trotters all declare 'Tis quite wicked town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

All that Portugal needs in order to be thoroughly up to date is suffragette uprising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

The Wrights still lack faith in the commercial uses of aeroplanes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Cold storage food is coming down, tar if or no tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

There is a wide gap between Noah's ark and the battleship Arkansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Take arms against sea of troubles, And by opposing end them.
 Hamlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Carrie Nation is as nervous as some of the towns were that she was accustomed to visit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Mir. Edison is evidently a better cleo trician than prophet and philosopher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Extra sessions of Congress are always talked about in the middle of January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
,JEKYLL AND HYDE

Ty Cobb is the king of professiona knockers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
OR UTOPIA.

Both Peary and Cook agree that they are not absolutely sure of having found the north pole.'' Yes. The north pole seems about as hard to locate as the mythical land of Bohemia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

The retail groceryman should either lower his prices or do lot of explain ing,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
MORE IMMEDIATE

Here's an affecting poem entitled Lost Youth"
 Don't talk to me. I've just lost a dollar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

PEACE IS PROFITABLE. Put an end to spats,
 Have an eye, Faithful democrats, To the pie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
PATHOLOGY.

Pa, why do people say that something easy is pipe ?'' T don't know, my son, unless the idea is vaguely associated with the money plumbers get."'
 THE DUMMY DIRECTOR.
 He leads life
 Of gilded ease
 And every prospect
 Seems to please.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1416 New York avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

home. as well as Lorimer. Pauline, the White House COW. will expect to go also. Ezra P Prentice, chairman of the re- publican state committee, has resigned. He saw nothing worth staying in for The government buys and sells all sup plies at Panama. and prices are about 20 per cent below prices on the mainland.
  Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio does not drink smoke nor swear. His par tieular weakness is unknown.
  Motor fire apparatus is fast displacing horses in that service. New York has 150o horses marked to "go.' Cold storage eggs are sold under three classfications-egg fresh gathered eggs prime, and eggs firsts. One person in every nine in New York City is said to receive some measure of public charity.
 All that Portugal needs in order to be thoroughly up to date is a suffragette uprising.
  Carrie Nation is as nervous as some of the towns were that she was accustomed to visit.
 4 The retail groceryman should either lower his prices or do a lot of explain ing.
 Mir. Edison is evidently a better cleo trician than prophet and philosopher.
  Extra sessions of Congress are always talked about in the middle of January. There is wide gap between Noah's ark and the battleship Arkansas. The Wrights still lack faith in the commercial uses of aeroplanes. Senator Aldrich has already left a sink ing ship and gone far south. The White Houses tariff board is rapid ly becoming a back number. Cold storage food is coming down. tar if or no tariff.
 Ty Cobb is the king of professional
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22
Dundee to Clean Up
Lots and Streets to
Make Spotless Town
To Look Bright and New for the
George G. Co. Sale to Be
Held Saturday.

The Improvement club OF classic Dundee
has inaugurated a cleanup day TO show
the many visitors who contemplate moving
TO that suburb Wfat real "spotless town
they have
Arbor day has been set aside for the
securing, scrubbing and raking The club
urges all residents Of Dundee to show their
civic pride by having all rubbish of every
kind removed from their yards and from
the streets and alleys The club will give
a prize OF SIS in cash for the best kept and
most orderly place and a second prize of
$40. The prizes will be awarded Monday
or as soon as the yards can be inspected.
The activity along this line is being
taken not only TO instil civic pride i'm the
townsmen, but to have everything spicll
and span when the hundreds OF prospec-
tive lot buyers invade the district Satur-
day George a Co, who are agents for
most OF the property in that community
Stil on that day open a sale They will
have statesmen on the ground and they will
meet the prospective buyers as they alight
from the cars. Tie activity I'm Dundee
during the next few weeks will be ex-
traordinary.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22
OhiOans Will Meet
at Banquet in May
Governor Aldrich and Several Omaha
Men to Appear on the
Program.

The list OF speakers announced for the
Ohio society reception. given in honor OF
Governor and Mrs. Aldrich at the Rome
hotel. May 20, includes a number of Omaha
men Of note as orators. This reception.
to which all who have ever lived in Ohio
are asked to consider themselves invited,
VIII bring together many Nebraskans who
have come from that state. Tickets are "a
be had from f. A Shotwell, COZ Omaha
National Bank building
The toast list is as follows:
W. w. Slabaugh, president OF the society
will introduce the POSTMASTER, John Lee
Webster
James c. Dahlman will give the welcome
address.
John c. Gown, The Ohio Judiciary
Charles F. Henderson. Presidents from
Ohio"
Francis @. Hamsr The Ohio Pioneer"
William F. GuTtsy. "ohio in the civil
War"
Chester II. Aldrich. 'ohio and Nebraska Z"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22
Eight Are Ready to
Work on Rock Pile
Arrangements Are Being Made to
Have the Men Sleep at the
County Jail.

Eight men are being held I'm the city iai'
pending arrangements for their accom-
odation while at work on the -ock pile
The prisoners will be in charge OF a man
from the city engineers office, who It Is
expected will be commissioned as a deputy
sheriff. In event Of such an arrangement
the prisoners win be lodged in the county
Jail during their terms on the rock pile
BY such an arrangement the prisoners will
not have to sleep upon stone as in the city
jail, Thus far the name of the new deputy
has not been settled on.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22

ihtrigues, which center about a Russian
treasure ship which was sunken in the
baltic sea by revolutionists, and which
both revolutionists and the government are
seeking to recover.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22
FLAG FOR MILITARY COMPANY
To He Given at the Grand Ball at the
Omaha Auditorium Mon
day Evening.

Members Of Adjutant General Phelps
staff and possibly the governor, will be
here Monday night TO attend the military
ball to be given by the First company OF
engineers at the Auditorium. one OF the
features OF the event will be the presenta-
ton Of a. silk flag to the company. The
presentation will be made by the governor
II he finds It convenient to be present
The company has arranged an elaborate
program to be carried out Monday even
ing. There viii be several talks by promi
nent state militia officers.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22

court is at once an important historic docu-
ment and an unusually interesting picture
of actual diplomatic processes in their
lighter as we'll as in their graver aspects.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22

THE WAR MAKER. BY Horace Smith.
4l4 Pp. $3.50. A. c. McClurg & Co
story of the adventures OF Captain
George B. Boynton, who died recently in
New York. Fillbustering, blockade running
and international intrigue are some of the
pastimes in which this adyenturlng- loving
man INDUCED, and Mr.. Smith has written
the story as. it was given to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22
WOMAN is HURT BY AN AUTO
Mrs. Watson, HOusekeDer at Hem
shaw, II struck by Car-Hurt
About shoulders.

Mrs Anna Watson. housekeeper al the
HenshaW, was run down and injured by
an automobile at Sixteenth and Douglas
streets Friday afternoon. The car Is owned
by G. w. Edwards, 2434 Henderson street.
Mrs. Watson was hurt about the should
ers
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22

House VIII Investigate Army.
. WASHINGTON, April 2O-An investiga.
ton OF the methods OF all departments OF
the federal government of the army was
authorized by the house TODAY.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22
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Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22
New Books

Fiction.
LOVE UNDER FIRE. BY Randall Par
hsh. 200 PIP A.35. A. c. McClurg q co.
In this story Mr.. Parrish turns again
TO the southland for his inspiration and
amidst scenes OF strifea and carnage mar
rates a pretty love story. The lady is a
little rebel, who acts as we'll as believes
and in the course of his wooing the gallant
northern Lieutenant Galesworth has his
hands full and goes through as exciting a
series OF adventures as even his dashing
nature could desire.
Illustrated in color by Alonzo Kimbal
ACHsAH. THE SISTER OF JAIRUs
BY Mabel Cronise Jones IS PIP. 81 Broad
way Publishing company
This is a story OF Palestine at the time
of Christ The historical and social as
poets OF that period are faithfully por-
trayed, and there is a charming little love
story running through the whole.
THE CONTESSA'S SISTER BY Gardner
Teal s4t PIP. p.A Houghton- Mifflin Com
pany.
A young American. having inherited a
modest fortune, goes to the Island of
Capri, and settles down to enjoy himself.
He falls In love with the sister OF a
neighborins countess, although the lady
is at the time engaged 10 a German baron.
The various characters of the story form
an Interesting group, and against the
background OF this beautiful island make
an altogether delightful story.
OUT or RUSSIA BY Crittenden Mar
riott- a5S PIP SIS. J. r. Lippincott com
pauy.
mysterious emissary calls upon an
American scientist. and commands him TO
do the bidding Of Russian secret society
OF revolutionists OF which he was a mem
Der years ago in his Russian student days.
and his obedience leads him into deep
plots against the Russian government.
Through love OF the scientists daughter.
q yOuns American Is also entAnglsd In the