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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28


 From Chronicle and Comment in the July Bookman.
 The news came the other day that the Italian novelist Gabrielle d'Annunzio, was in financial difficulties and that a sale of his property did not bring enough to meet his debts. The story was not surprising, for d dAnnunzio in hts extrava- ganees has been one of the most speetac- lar literary figures of the age. From the beginning of his career he has delighted in playing the great Exquisite, out-Byron- ing Byron and t-Brummelling Brum- mel. For example, 8 number of years ago he made a journey to Cairo. Some of the Italian papers printed a detailed list of his wardrobe. The following is the account of Neapoltan journal: embellishments, 4S.
 Drawers, with various faces and other establishment, 4S.
 Socks of all kinds, 12 dozen
 Ditto of quiet tinted silk, two dozen Hats, evening suits, smoking coats, shooting jackets innumerable.
 Gloves for walking, 4s pairs.
 Ditto for evening, 24 pairs.
 Mufflers of beautiful silk, 3.
 Walking sticks, 12.
 Umbrellas of violet hue. S.
 Parasols, green, TO-
 Handkerchiefs, p dozen.
 Cravats, resplendent and varied, 15o. Waistcoats, 10.
 snoes for walking, 14 pairs.
 Shoes for crocodile hunting. pairs.
 Slippers, soft, silent and tremulous," rairs.
 "The author carried also a very fine car bine, three revolvers. dagger with a beautiful wrought handle, such as Sal- 1ator Rosa loved; Venetian box of perfumes, a lap dog, dainty and ele- gant" with a pointed nose. It Is interesting to note that Signor d'Annunzio took all his 14 trunks with him in a first-class carriage, And people speak of authors as poveri in canna!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
No Excuse for Hysteria

"The forthcoming election to decide whether Jefferson county will have a legalized liquor traffic or remain dry will, I think, result in favor of high licensed saloons." said a prominent business man.
 The campaign will be full of gin ger, no doubt, but I hope there will be no bad blood such as characterized the county campaign in 1907 and later bprohibitionists in the legislature were worked up to the hysterical point. and the prohibition ranks contained many politicians who thought that prohibit tion had come to stay. Women and chill dren participated actively in the amend- ment campaign. No matter what excuse there might have been for intense ex- citement in 1909 when the amendment proposition was defeated, there is no reason whatever why both sides should not keep cool in the election soon to be held.
 Many men who voted dry In 1907. will vote wet this time They have real ized what a serious blow prohibition was to the business interests of this city. Drunkenness has not been min imized. The man who abuses liquor gets it some how or other. Far better have strictly regulated saloons than blind tigers. Some of my good prohibit tion friends talk the other way, but l can hardly take them seriously"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
Alabama College.

All the colleges of Alabama, as far as l am informed, have been prospering during the past few years" said pro- fessional man. The scholastic year Just ended was the best, and the year 1911-12 will probably be even better.
 "As a large percentage of the stu dents come from small towns and the farm the colleges naturally thrive most when the farmers make big crops and get good prices. Last year was, taken all in all, good crop year In Alabama, and now that bumper crops are in sight the farmers will be better off than ever
 More attention Is being paid to technical training. Chemistry in all its branches Is being taught in several of our colleges, and no class profits more by applied chemistry than the tillers of the soil. Some years ago southern colleges, generally speaking, were deficient in English. Professors of lit erature blocked out good courses, but some how or other many graduates failed to write reasonably good Eng fish. There has been a decided i'm provement in this respect. The proper attention is being paid to composition, and the time is soon coming when every young man who holds a diploma will be able to express himself clearly and convincingly on paper"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
The Great Cathedral

The splendid Episcopal Cathedral be- ing erected in New York will be. when completed, the largest religious edifice in America and one of the largest in the world" remarked a layman. Those of us who have seen pictures of the complete design of the great cathedral have ad- mired the beauty and dignity of edifce
 But writer in the New York Sun crit icises the architecture because of it's com posite character. He says among other things: It should be mute but eloquent sympolization of the Protestant Episcopal
 church, directly transplanted and de- seconded from the Church of England
 The critic then goes on to say:
 Turning to the great English cathe- drals which alone should have been studied to inspire the design of St. Johns, it is true that few of the former are har- monious throughout Durham is pure Norman so is Peterborough, with the ex- ception of its western facade. Salisbury, which was built within two generations, is pure early English Most of them, however, exhibit under the same roof succeeding periods of Norman, transi- tional. early English. geometrical and perpendicular. But there is nothing vul- gar or ridiculous in this. because each tells a story, a poem perhaps, of his tory of the church. the succeeding dy- nasties and the development of artistic taste and architectural skill of the people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
Birmingham's Progress

Birmingham makes a most agreed ble impression on a visitor who had not been here since 1S97,' said Will liam Harold of Indianapolis. T found Birmingham quite live city nearly 15 years ago, but there were no sky scrapers and no elegant boulevards. The Tennessee company had just started to build steel plant, and the citizens were naturally elated over that forward step taken by the leading in- dustrial corporation of the south
 Wonderful strides have been made since then. The Tennessee company, as corporation, has rebuilt the steel plant on a scale of magnitude which could have been little dreampt of 10 or 12 years ago. In addition to the Ten nessee company's large operations the American Steel and Wire, another sub sidiary company of the Steel corpora tion, is building great up-to-dat plant.
 "The model industrial town of Corey furnishes an object lesson in what is being done in the welfare line in this district. In Birmingham's business sec ton l find magnificent office buildings and a general air of prosperity on all sides. As for the residence sections, Birmingham surpasses any city with which I am familiar
 Atlanta made little better show ing in the last census than Birming- ham, but will be surprised if Birming ham does not outstrip the Georgia city in the matter of population when the next census is taken"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
"RAZOR-BACKS"
From Tainted Tents" in the July Metro politan Magazine.

From Tainted Tents" in the July Metro
 politan Magazine.
 The razor-backs are stalwarts. Their business is conducibe to brawn. Their work of pitching and striking camp keeps them in condition, and they are enlisted from class of society to which the Don nybrook fair would most strongly appeal. A mix-up is for them mere diversion, and though they disappear after their duties are performed and may be found sleep- ing under the edges of the canvas, yet they sleep lightly. The slogan "Hey Rubev awalkes them into instant and strenuous activity. These words are a battle cry and bring prompt and effective response. The razor ?backs work in entire harmony with the gamblers, and supply for them the show of force which occa- sionally becomes necessary. In the usage and ethics of the circus 1t is understood that the canvasmen are to be supplied with their chewing tobacco by the genle- men of the gambling concession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
BRYAN,s FIRST SPEECH

From the Washington Post.
 Do you know that William Jennings Bryan first gained fame as an orator and spellbinder in his home town of Jackson vile, Ill.,, where he was born, and that he never would have been heard of, in all probability, except for the merest acci- dent?" queried Earl B. Wiswel of Jack sonyille, at the Raleigh last night MT. Bryan was born in this Illinois town, which now has a population of some 16,- GOO It is in Morgan county, adjoining Sangamon county, where President Lin- coin first saw the light of day
 My father was chairman of the county committee at the time Bryan was young man, and had made arrangements for a political rally in that section of the coun- ty. He had been promised the services of very distinguished democratic orator who was booked to make the principal speech of the evening. But at the last moment this spellbinder was unable to keep his engagement. but sent word that in his place he had selected William Jen- nings Bryan, who was then only 21 years of age, and had just started practiclng law
 Naturally, when the audience was mo- tifed of the change in plans, 1t was bit terly disappointed, and some of it's mem bers left the hall. But, hardly had MT. Bryan been presented to the crowd than the sentiment changed at once. Before he had talked for five minutes you could have heard pin drop in the hall, and al- though he did not finish his address for nearly an hour, he held his hearers spell bound. They were simply electrified by his words, and when he closed he was greeted with one of the most stupendous ovations ever accorded to any man in Jacksonville before or since"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
R.ILADE OF MIDSUMMER

Clinton Scollard in July Columbian. The rose still blooms within the clipt par
 terre,
 boon to lovers; still the south winds
 sigh;
 ,rbere is a sense of languor in the air; Each hour that passes seems too sweet
 to die. st-t sett s. Low croons the cuckoo where the or
 chards lie l1 Aswoon in dreams from morn to mellow
 morn; The wheat is golden meath gold-blue
 sky; attfs.s.
 And hopes of harvest kindle in the corn. The thrush at twilight weaves a silver Of song that quavers till the moon is 2 high, There is an orient altar everywhere; Each hour that passes seems too sweet
 to die;
 The shrill cicada sounds it's sudden cry In the hot bush, then leaves the silence
 lorn; An amber ripple runs along the rye. ! While hopes of harvest kindle In the
 corn. I'll mountains call us, staff on stately
 stair; The glades invite us; we are fain to
 fly. Leaving behind the thralling bonds of
 care (Each hour that passes seems too sweet
 to die.) g Forgetful of the web of ashen ply To soil whereat were weary mortals bornx Grasping the need the darker days
 deny
 How hopes of harvest kindle in the corn.
 ENVOY. 4tq Love, let us share it's glamour, you and |. Each passing hour that seems too sweet
 to die Life is at flood tide, of no glory shorn, When hopes of harvest kindie in the coyn.I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The reason man can get so mad with his shirt buttons is he has a wife.
 Anybody knows the difference between right and wrong till he tries to prac- tice it.
 If all the women in the world had one dress any one of them could be content with two.
 Most any job looks about as big as a pea to a man till he tackles it, when 1t grows to be a mountain
 The more his wife can do with the lit- tie money he gives her the greater dnan- cer man thinks he is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

as each pious old archbishop of abbot lit- tie by little did what he could to improve and beautifuy the church he had grown to love-first always the choir, next the transepts, finally the nave. Yet if an architect of the fourteenth or fifteenth century had proposed deliberately to build a church with the mixed up architecture of the preceding three centuries he would rightly have been judged insane'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
LIFE AND LOVE.

In garden sweet with roses
 Love dreamed the time away, Nor cared for wreathing posies,
 So sweet was slumber's sway. An ever splashing fountain
 Made music all the while,. But Life toiled up the mountain
 For many a weary mile. And when the shades were falling
 On locks turned white as snow,< Life heard Loves voice a-calling
 From the valley far below.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
FORGED TO MOVE.

"The Twobbles are moving away from our neighborhood.
 Are they dissatisfied?"
 "Oh. no. They like their house very much and their neighbors for the most part are congenial but the Bilkers will soon return from attending the corona tion in London and Mrs Twobble, being in delicate health, doesn't feel able to endure the airs they will put on.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

si00. but be would have none of them.
 Bowed by the weight of his 80 years of toil," says the Valley Falls Vindicator ''his white hair falling in curls on his shoulders, and with his body supported by two stout sticks, Mair arose to make one Of the strangest pleas ever heard In the courtroom Here is his plea to the court: Judge, this woman and me have mad our little fusses. When I get mad 1 sputter and when she gets mad she sputters. but I don't hold grudges.
 have lived long time but never went 10 sleep with grudge in my heart. When 1 lay crippled she waited on me and m angel in heaven could have treated me better. l would rather die than give her Up. That woman is the wife of my bosom and I'll never give her un this side of the grave. She fixes my bed and she fixes my vietuals and I can't go on without her Sometimes I get provoked and, cuss and charge and then it's all over. But I'll take oath on an open Ribla that I'll euss no more" And wouldn't you cuss and charge again if sent this woman back to you?" asked the court.
 That woman need never be afraid of me, pleaded the old man as he stretched his hands toward Mrs. Mari. Come home Angeline, I'm needing you there our days are short and I promise you I'll never use another cuss word Won @ ~ " Sou lo coIne Dack; Wont you come? I'll die of loneliness and grief without you" But the gray-haired woman on the witness stand shook her head. Pm afraid" she said. Then inc judge and her lawyer went out to discuss the matter and the Old man continued his plea. When the judge came back he told Mair that he would send Mrs. Nair home, but he had to treat her right and not swear at her or harm ner His sons, Will and Andy, would stay at home and see that he obeyed the courts order. Judge, you talk pretty good, and I will do my best I will do anything your honor says. ''=-Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

pr Owen still insists, despite the bar renness of the River Wye, that Bacon was the original literary syndicate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

English is no longer to be taught in the Cuban public schools. The fear seems to be that it means the substitution of baseball for bull fights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
HARKTNG pAr'
BARKING BACK. In 1412 stenography s Was known to men. I wonder if the blonde stenog. Were extant then?
A STRANGE PLEA.

A pI ftAINOE FLEA.
 In the Jefferson county court one day this week Thomas Mari, 80 years old, acted as his own attorne a divorce suit brought by his wife. almost as old. Mair told the court that a "jacl1leg law yer" had offered to defend his case for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

King George, unlike Tom Jefferson, did not hitch his horse to fence while he went in to be crowned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Japanese players will soon appear in our big leagues. Talent from anywhere is appreciated In those leagues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

London is wide and long, but its ca pacity was greatly strained at the cen ter during the coronation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Rome is at present considered the healthiest city in Europe. Its death rate Is 1s a thousand people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
THAT ALASKA GRAB.

Since light has late illumed the dark Of what we wished to know, Pinchot and Glavis may remark,
 We told you sor'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Business is picking up in Pennsylvania. where a new penitentiary is being built to meet the demand for more lodgings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

There is no free coinage of silver, and the President does not know where to unload.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

An Ohio mayor has reduced his salary by $1,O0O. No commissioner has thus far been heard from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Senator La Toilette opposes reciprocity and supports the free list bill. He lives in a border state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
n,ANNuNzIo THE MAGNIFICENT

The London suffragette pageant was second only to the coronation procession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Dogs cannot bark in Montclair, N. J., after p. m. How about the backfence cats?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
A PROITD HT1sBAND.

His little wife has hit him twice
 Each time she threw a plate. Although such conduct isn't nice,
 He says her aim is great.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
A GREAT LITXIrRY.

Passengers on the latest leviathan. the Olympic, can get a salt water bath with out tumbling overheard.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

MT Bryan indorses the Underwood wool schedule, although he hopes the day will come when we will have free wool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
DRIVEN FROM HOME

DRIVEN FROM HOME. "Where are you going?" q don't know I'm just going" of that's the case, why go?" "It's time for the girl next door to take her vocal lesson.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

The windows of some houses along the coronation pageant route brought in $7O0O a day. The season was. however, short
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

With a school Of whales off Cape May and sea sergent off Atlantic City, New Jersey is ready. for a great season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Why, nothing comes amiss. so money comes Witha1.
 Flaming of the Shrew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
ANTICIPATION.

July the Fourth will soon be here,
 The hearts of baseball fans are gay; They'll witness with exceeding cheer
 A double-header on that day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

The women who pride themselves on being 1oO years old are numerous this summer Every ne!ghborhood has one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Mexico for Mexicans is the new war cry in that revolutionized country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
DECORATION.

Gladys Maud spent weeks and weeks toiling on her graduation essay"
 "The mental strain must have been fearful.'
 Yes. indeed It took her 10 days to se- feet a ribbon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
A GENTLEMAN OF LE1srrRE

King Manuel has raised mustache. He has plenty of time to devote to it's cul- ture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
FEW ARRIVALS.

"IIe says the first thing that comes into his mind.'
 That being the case, I presume there are long intervals of time in which he says nothing.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
TOUGH LUCK.

An aviator sad did cry.
 "Oh, Agnes, look at mel I started out to sail the sky
 And now I'm up a tree!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
THE sBLF-coNFTDBNT V. RT.

There goes contented man. Thinks he's the smartest person in the world, eh?"
 Why, mo-"
 'Umphl That's the only kind of people ever saw who seemed to be contented."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Trunks of rubber are the latest thing sought by the globe trotter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Rain falls on baseball games and coro- nation ceremonies alike
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

The French army is training 400 avia- tors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
TELEPHONES

Bell (private exchange connecting all Gerartmcnfs), No. 490O.
 PeopIes-EditorInl rooms 2I1, busi- ness office 23o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congrass March 8, 1879.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
Is There Anything In the
World You Would Not
Do for Your Baby?

No Then stop minute and read this, for il wiIl tell
goa something very important, it will show YOU what
NEsrLfs FooD has done for other babies.
One a, wc write this. there lies on our desk
Rabv's blck-bordcrei letter from mother in the
G. hot countries. II IS d hrlrt-rcniing letter,
''o'y for in il She tell, how her baby, eighteen
months DID, drd last year Of s,luation with doctor,
ans tthrr and mother al. looking on hcIpIrssy.
There uIs no food the child could keep on its ,tomlch
Now She hls another baby, and b, vas going the same
way, when hr read an announcement like this IN this
y-ry magazine fry month. ago. She the coupon
fr sample OF NfsrLfs lni already she !. happy tor
the baby getting better right along; and She Is
going 10 send US a photograph Of the baby NrsrLfs
foop has saved.
We arc not telling you this story because it is At all
unusual Lat year one blb, in twelve died because it
wls not properly f-i. bu, ever, year Nfsrlfs Foop
help to save hrger number Of these babies.
Cows And that's because NTrLfs Foop
Milk the best substitute Tor mother milk.
q, .. Nf,rLEs Foop Is the best COW S milk
won 'o from our own ,lntr, dIirics purified
sni modified under scrntid, direction. I'LL IT, light,
d-l,Ir food for the bib, and the nearest thing in
The world 20 mother milk. II comes IN q powder;
you simply add water and boil tor uNo minutes.
Try 50, ifyour blb, is not doing well, send
NESTLE'S the coupon for a trrr tril package
and il he IS, send it ln,vly-it will
'yr the weaving problem tor you.
HENRI NESTLE, 100 Chambers St, New York
Please send me, free, your book and trial package.
Name ........... .......... ..................
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
VERY we'll | was sitting on nv wall

NERY well was sitting on my wall
when the woman came down the road.
| noticed her first when She stopped 10 look
back and her absurd elegance OF dress. cx-
pcnsivc and i'll fitting, attracted my close
attention She was carrying a bundle.
wrapped in strong paper. II seemed 10 be
heavy; for she shifted it from hand to hand.
When She came near, spoke to her"
YOU spoke TO her tirst,"
We'll We spoke simultaneously. She
asked what time II Was, and of course told
her"
~Ah' She was going to keep an appoint
mcnt, then. But why did YOU start to speak
TO her, strange woman, AT ALL"
Look here, Kent. You'll have to let me
tell tins IN my own way.
80 long rs YOU tell il. Well. 90 on
"Shc thanked me. and asked ii | were Mr..
Scdgwick. answered that was. and sup
gestcd that She make good by completing
the introduction"
she wasn't a woman OF your own class.
them"
Scdgwick looked puzzled. We'll. no. |
thought not, then, or | shouldn't have been
SO tree and easy with her For one thing.
she Was painted badly, and the pcrspiration.
running down her forehead, had made her a
sight. Vet, | don't know: her voice WAS
thdt oi cultivated person. Her manner
was awkward and her dress weird for thar
time OF day, and. for AL that. she carried her
sell like a person accustomed 10 some degree
OF consideration. That | felt quite plainly.
| ielt, too, something wcanny about her.
Her eyes alone would have produced that