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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
A Very Wet Exhibition

An Inferno in water colors was the picture presented at the Wild West show
 this (Monday) afternoon" said Percy Clark last night.
 I've seen many shows, scenes and sights, but the Indians, cowboys, Cos sacks acrobats, elephants and ponies aI- most swimming through the programme in a sea of mud, with the rain pouring in torrents, eclpses anything out of the or cinary that ever was in the show busi- ness It was the Wild Wet show. Under | the canvas, with the first rainfall, 1t trclsled down and forced some spectators to move. When the downpour came it rained, dripped, leaked and soaked every bcdy under the canvas except a few who Eosted umbrellas. Ladies with fine hats. laco and shirtwaists first shuffled uneasi- | ly, then their faces became pictures of de- 1 spair. Children shivered in wet clothes, while a small stream of water flowed along the path that led to the seats. {.
 "The crowd hesitated after the close of the performance to take the still falling iain, but more particularly did they view with unwilling minds the water every where. When they ventured forth there were small streams everywhere to cross. Now, l think the management deserve 1 credit for the pluck of the performers,
 and the putting of the whole programme
 through, but I think that those fellows in charge who insisted that a part of the audience go out the back way and into a | wilderness of water, weeds and mud,
 ard finally to a swollen torrent 15 feel
 wide should be made to pay for some of
 the ruined shoes. skirts and dresses of
 many ladies' I led many by long wind
 ing path to the embankment that is sup posed to hold the flood of the stream off of Smiths park, and after q quarter of IL mile trip we circled back to the car
 tracks and then to the point where tho
 street cars take on passengers. To have
 come out the main entrance and proceeded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
state Fair Presidents

H'Pi esident R. B. Burton is being heartily congratulated on his successful manage nent of the State Fair, and he deserves all the praise that is being bestowed upon him. said business man.
 "t. H. Holeombe. as president of the Alabama state Fair association in lsio' made a big record. and so, too. did his predecessor. .. W. Ufford. president in 1909. MT. ufford is really the man who sot the fair. firmly established on q busi- ness basis and made it possible fer others 10 suoceed financially"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
BACK BAY ANKLES

From the New York Press.
 Both Charles Dickens in his lifetime and his admirers ever since have bitter ly regretted the mordant criticisms he made of our people and aur institutions in the American Notes and Martin Chuzzlewit The unusual event of m heir to this blunder of literary tact, with a second Dickens faux pas, is agi- tating the residents of Boston at pres ent, and Alfred Tennyson Dickens is held up to the scorn of the modern Attn ems for an inadvertent comment on the ankles of Back Bay. According to the chronicles, the novelists son was st- ting In a club window in Boston on a rainy day when the women passershy were bent on keeping their skirts out of the mud To Charles son and Alfred Tennysons godson the foot spoke as well as to Shakespeare, and what the pedal prospect meant to him was voiced in the phrase Better 50 years of Eu- rope than an ankle of Back Bay" It is also charged that he quoted from his immortal fathers writings in the phrase "Beefy, Beefy as Mrs. Micaw ber's own."
 Boston does not seem inclined to par don him, and although we hold no brief for that town, we are of the same mind. The fame of the city on the Charles and of Harvard as seat of culture, plain living, and high thinking should have reached to Australia, where the young CT Dickens has lived most of his life. The traditional dlet of beans and cod fish balls, the austerity of life lived in the east winds, are matters of common report wherever travellers tales are read or told. Slenderness is as much a part of a Bostonian woman's heritage as are eyeglasses and a net shopping bag. Any one who has sat in a Boston club window on a rainy day will en- phatioally resent the allusion to beef By the time the son of Charles finishes his contemplated American tour he may be so much more familiar with our fauna that If he makes another compar- ison as to the ankles of Back Bay 1t will be with those of the graceful, at tenuated limbs of the antelope But beef neyeri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
AND SHE WAS PRESIDENT.

AND SHE WAS PRESIDENT.
 The girls of Fulton have organized an anti-slang society. A certain miss with golden hair was elected president Asked if she would accept the position, she re- piled: Sure, Mike! Gosh, girls, I am rattled in my cupola that 1 am really short on gab We are certainly hitting the high places and 1 never tumbled to such a possh before, but when I give you the high ball I expect you to get there, Ell, and whoop 'er up for all that's out. I think Inf up to snuff enough so that the flies won't light on me while do- ing the president stunt of this society act but I won't stand for any monkey doodle business from you gals while I'm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
Alfalfa Cultivation in the Black Bel

Alfa1fa Cu1tlvatlOn m the bIacK beIt
 The presence in the state of F. D. Coburn, secretary of state of Kansas, should and, let us hope will, lead to a great impetus in the cultivation of alfalfa, especially in our black belt counties. He began the growing o1 alfalfa as a commercial crop in Kan sas. and he is widely considered al authority on that subject
 In the 16 black belt counties of this state enough alfalfa could be growr to meet all demands, in the southeast at least, for baled hay, and this is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
The Statc Fair

"One reason why I am safe in saying that the State Fair was high class, is because everybody says so," remarked R. O. Morris "I was not able to see much of the fair, but every person l lave met who did attend has spoken en- ttusiastically of the exhibits and the va rious other attractions.
 From all accounts this fair was un- doubtly the best ever held in this part of the country-as good as anything of it's kind in the United States.
 People who have attended many of the celebrated fairs in other states say 'that Birmingham's State Fair this year was unsurpassed. ... ..sg.sa 4.s .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
Mir. Mabcn Returns

President J. C. Maben Of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company return cd yesterday from Atlantic City where he had been at the bedside of his good wife, who had been extremely i'll for several weeks. Mrs. Maben is now con valeseent, but she will not be strong enough to leave Atlantic City for some time.
 Mrs. Malen said he expected to re- main In Birmingham the rest of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York. Press.
 Nearly everybody tries for the lying championship.
 X couple in love can get sentimental ever steam radiator.
 What makes woman so proud of her children is nobody else is.
 The dam of the reservoir of man s money breaks every time he gets any.
 A girl can't keep her secret engage inent to herself even if 1t hasn't happen .d yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
Good Trade

Local trade is good,p said John l.. Parker. 'The big crops in Alabama spell prosperity and not only to the farm CTS but to business men generally; and that prosperity is reflected very strik- ingly in Birmingham.
 "The State Fair was a grand success. It brought more visitors here than ever and at the lowest calculation they spent s50O,O00, a great deal of it with the mer- chants.
 "rhe outlook for fall trade is excel lent. Business will be brisk from now until the end of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
The Psychology of Coincidence

'The coincidence of meeting some one of whom you are thinking is at times starting," said man who delights in psychological analysis.
 q was in d chair having my shoes rolIshed and suddenly remembered an important engagement I had with vis- itor at the fair grounds. At that very instant he entered the door. I commented uron it because he was one of possibly 200,O0O then in the city. ..
 Later in the day l met lady whom I had not seen for two years, but of whom l had spoken to my wife that morning.
 Now there is only the mathematical element of the chance which gamblers often figure on. but it is of so great q dimension that it could hardly be cyphered out.
 "Coincidences are very impressive to the superstitious or to those who believe ii occultism, the transmission of thought, and particularly those who believe in the supernatural and the phantom pie lures of dreams"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES,

running this ranch We ought to extend an invite to the married ladies to get out or the wet and help us shoot this slang business. It's getting fierce. Gosh, gals, come. on m; the water is fine!"-Mexica Mo, Ledger. ass SAD FATE. Alas, what a pity Of drink he should die. He lived in city Constructively 'dry.'
 SOMETIMES. "so Daplienia made you a pie?" "Yes." sSFs A = Did she put whole lot Of love in it?'' T don't know Does love give a person acute indigestion?"
 CAUGHT MAPPING. The slender woman, once so gay, Is now upon the rack. ee Shes lately heard Dame Fashion say That curves are coming back.
 JUST A POSE. He is always whooping for his country and his flag Have you ever seen him do any more for his country and his flag than whoop?' Well. mo-"
 --4c ANGEL4Ss -z. . q gaze upon my apgel trin1S ,s But she's not from the stars. She sits behind counter grim a And hands out black cigars, ailwaulee Sehtinel. I gaze upon my angel trim, But she's not from the stars; She wields a good big rolling pin And hands out family jars.
 St. Louis Times. I gaze upon my angel trim, But she's not from the sky; She leads the chorus with vim And kicketh very high.
 NOBODY.
 Nobody cares
 Just now, b'gee,
 To take 8 trip
 To Tripol.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Ne must wait until December before We know whether Maine went wet" or dry" The suspense is awful, but under the laws of Maine it cannot be shortened
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
BURIED EGo.j

BURIED EGo.y There was man in our town r. Who thought he knew 1t all; Opined if he should pass away, The skies would surely fall. He walked about with pompous mien And much inflated chest; Himself the cream of humankind, He pitied all the rest. But when his worldly race was run And death had laid him low, Just what 1t was he'd said or done, Nobody seemed to know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

The mugwumps and half breeds of % years ago are now insurgents or progress sives and they are increasing in numbers. Those vetoes did il.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

one mill In North Carolina is driven hy electricity generated 175 miles away. Alabama should note this down for fu- ture reference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

The Plantagenet renaissance seems to lead to monopoly and golf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

The Turco-Italian war is conducted so secretly the film makers have no oppor- tunity to equip the shows with pictures Of the war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Why do so many people grin when they have their pictures taken? Respectfully referred to the Remsen board of referees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

st. Louis has invented noiseless soup spoon. but in the woolly west classes will be needful in order to train all to use it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Candidate Frothingham of Massaehu- setts is sorely troubled when he is asked to defend Mir Tafts vetoes of tariff re-  auction bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

The royalists have been chased out Of Portugal and at present they are travel ine in Spain, hitting only high spots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

The reconstruction of the trusts is pro- gressing, slowly it is true. but steadily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

President-elect Madero has been hung in effigy several times, but such incidents cannot drive politician out Of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

The whale stranded at Atlantic City arrived too late to be a first class attrae- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Uncle Ike Stephenson's election was coarse and sordid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

The Turco-Italian war is still on the carpet Don't forget that it really exists in theory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Uncle Ike bought too much beer and too little chewing gum in his senatorial cam paign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

If Mir Columbus could drop in on Us this year he would scarcely recognize the western world that he discoveerd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Tripoli seems to be willing to change bosses, knowing as it does that it can not get a worse set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

MoyING-PICTURE MARY. Mary had little job,
 Which lay behind a wicket, And when you wished to see the show From her you bought a ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Being legally eligible to parole, ex- Banker Walsh has been released on parole, but no trust magnate has been sc leeted to take his place in the peniten- tiary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Lewiston is safe, for Niagara is one dam that never breaks loose. It was built by nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Every appetite is encouraged by the news that pr. Wiley is to have some in fuence in his own bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Any country that lacks sand can pro- eure a full supply in Tripoli. It hasn't much else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
A ouPsTER,S RTTsE.

That last joke of yours is sacrili- gious.'
 ''Oh that's easily remedied. We'll let child say it.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
4. QTICK CHANGE-

"Baldsome has more hair on his head now than he has had for years.'
 Has he been using a new kind of tonic?"
 "No. He's wearing fuzzy hat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
EAsIrY AyOIDED
From the Los Angeles Times


 Poor Myrtle Reed" Asafd Chicago member of the Illinois " oman's Press association, Killed herself becapse sine was too. much of an idealist Rro her iidealistie mind the uglifiess of life proved, at last, intolerable. sfss
 Myrtle Reed found fey things that measured upsto her higtf &tandard She was especially down on the magazines. One day, l remember"--
 The woman journalist smiled. as9 a { sI.remember meeting her just after she had recovered from an illness She told me she had worked all through her ill., ness. She said that, on his first visit the doctor had declared:
 Now remember, no brain work.
 'e'But, doctor,s she had demonstrated, I have a contract with a magazine to turn out three magazine love stories this week. Must I break it?'
 Oh, mo- said the doctor oh, mo; you, needn't break it.,,& s<ss
 ssf& ------- -..,. {, 2 ------l- SUMMER GLORIEs ALL HAVE FLED By Mrs. Mary WareH 3gS Time win blight the fairest flowers That ever bioomed in natures bowers And so 'tis with the human heart Whose blossoms one by one depart. Sweet summer, with it's sky of blue, Is: lost in autumn's graver hue' And nature seems to veil her eyes When summer in its glory dies 4 All the beautiful. bright flowers, .s 1'hat smile in summers golden hours Have served their purpose. and lnstead, Are numbered now among the dead!s And like the flowers, we have spent The season that our Father lent! But like the doyers. have we made glad The hungry heart, beclouded, sad?f And when. like them, were lost to sight. Will memory cling with fond delight To some Kind word. or deed of oprs.ls Like perfume round vase of fi0wcrsf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
A FINE FIDDLER.

A FINE FIDDLER. For doting femininity There's pleasant news to tell; Jan, Kubelik long haired s can be, Has come to say farewell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala.' postoffice as second-class matter uhder act of Congress March 3, 1873
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

C F. Morgan and T. S. Millsap are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald ln It's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
TELEPHONES .

For murder. though it have no tongue will speak With most miraculous organ.
 Hamlet,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

! No communication will be published
 without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
SOMETIME

CAUGHT MAPPING.
 | The slender woman, once so gay, l Is now upon the rack. H.
 1 Shes lately heard Dame Fashion say 1 That curves are coming back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. SS.oo Daily and Sunday. per month. -. " Daily and Sunday. three m0nths.. -.oV
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
EMINENT DOMAIN BILL MEETS THE APPROVAL Cf
 GOVERNOR BALDWIN
Judge Peck of StratfOrd So An nounceS After Talk With States Chief Executive
(Hartford Tirnesl


 Representative Peck of Stratford had a conversation with Governor Baldwin this morning on the train on the bill giving the Women's college of New London the power to obtain land by condemnation proceedings. MT. Peck favored the bill in the house and Governor Baldwin congrat- ulated him on his speech in behalf of it. He was surprised at the gover- nor's congratula tions, and frankly ex- pressed his surprise, adding that all the lawyers in the house believed the governor would veto it.
 Governor Baldwin replied that he would not veto the bill, and said he was heartily in favor of it.
 The governors statement as to his attitude in regard to the bill is in accord with what Senator Mahan, on whose motion the bill went through the Senate under suspension of rules. Senator Donovan of the Twenty-sixth district being the only Senator who offered the slightest objection to it, has stated.
 On being asked, afterwards, what he thought the governor would do in re- gard to the bill, Senator Mahan said with emphasis:
 "He will sign it."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
CANDEE vS. BANKS.
Easton Representative Says Slick Lawyer Double Crossed
 Himself.
(Hartford Times.)


 The back-firing of Leader Banks on his own amendment to the death damage bill was puzzling to the house. MT. Banks had amended the Carpen- ter amendment, and MT. Thoms- 6f Waterbury, an excellent lawyear, had expressed the belief that the Banks tail would negative the desired effect of the bill, at least as applied to ac- cidents which might occur from the passage of the bill until it became a law. MT. Banks said Nothing of the kind" or words to that effect and the house accepted his amendment. La ter on, when MT. Dunn moved the suspension of the rules and the trans mission of the bill to the senate, MT. Banks thought, after all, MT. Thoms was right. The house had already refused to reconsider, and the legisla- tors agreed that they were in a fine tangle How it was strengthened out, was told in Tuesdays Times. MT. Candee of Easton, who was told last week by the Republican leader to go out in the lobby and finish his speech On the Talcott H. Russell bill, could not forego his opportunity to say some cutting things about the qual- ity of Republican leadership. He said he had never seen a slick lawyer so doublecross himself. MT. Banks just grinned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
THE DEATH LIMIT LIABILITY
(Journal and Courier)

The state house of representatives has done a good thing in repeating the law setting a low value upon hu- man life sacrificed in an accident. The law came originally into existence, we suppose under distinguished public service corporation patronage and was founded in the preposterous the ory that humans are unable to fairly estimate the value of a life lost in this way. Like the restoration of the right of trial by jury, which was prac- tically denied for like reason, the rejection of the theory that the value of human life is to be estimated by artificial measurement will be for ever recalled to the credit of the leg islature. It is some years ago that Judge Wheeler, now Justice Wheeler If the Connecticut Supreme bench. ex- pressed his contempt for the death
 limit liability from the bench, but it vas just that indignant comment that vas needed to start an agitation that s now to be crowned with success,
 Or we can see no reason why the
 tate senate should take a different
 'eW Of it's duty in this connection. It
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27

local track. There may be even doubt if he had his signals to make the crossover until he had passed be- yond them, although Coroner Wilson seems to take a contrary view.
 Is it not plain that the problem is all as to practical railroading and lit- tie as to mere rules?
 The coroner reaches sound con- c1usion, in that portion of his finding s~s.<ea recommends two engineers in each cab
 If it is a fact, as the railroad con- tends, that recent accidents are the fault of the engineers, how can the managers of the railroad contend that the human equation should not be multiplied to the point of safety? One engineer may go to sleep at his post, or die there. But two will not.
 One point is omitted from the dis cussion by the coroner. He appears not to have touched upon the matter of fragile cars.
 All is not over with respect to the lives of passengers when train leaves the track
 The slaughter will be smaller in every case where the cars are strong.
 It will, be greater in every case where the cars are fragile. Most of the dead and most of the injured were taken from the day coach attached to the Federal Express. The Pullman cars gave a large degree of protection. The Pullnans were practically intact after leaving the embankment. The day coach was shattered. The tongs of the wrecking derrick held, when at tached to the Pullmans, but cut through the remnants of the day coach like a knife through butter
 So the slaughter was increased by another failure, the failure to provide throughout the entire train the strong est possible cars. Day coaches should be as strongly constructed as Pullman coaches. Steel coaches would be bet ter than either.
 The Farmer renews its suggestion that the prosecutor should act prompt ly along the lines laid down by the coroner.
 The Farmer renews it's suggestion to the coroner that he should abandon secret inquests except in rare cases where some secrecy will be advantag- eous to the cause of justice. He can not afford to have his office in public odium and his findings under suspic- ion by reason of unrepublican methods of holding his court.