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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
UNDERWOOD'S DEMOCRACY

government to bring about reforms. He of self government in accordance with the principles of the founders of the republic. He is utterly and unaterably opposed to the initiative and referendum and to the recall. T believe" he says, "that the people of the United States, when they take the time and the trouble to do so, can elect honest and efficient men to rep resent them; and 1 do not believe that the people of the United States have either the time or that they will take the infinite trouble necessary to carefully eX- anime and enact, legislation or reject dan- gerous Legislation if it is submitted to them to vote on directly. I believe that all the evils of today that we complain of can be renedied by and through repre- sentative government" That is the sound, sane doctrine of a political econo- mist the sort of doctrine that used to bel taught by Dr. Woodrow Wilson, when he was only an instructor of the youth of Princeton, but from which he has depart- ed since he became candidate for Presi- dent, either because he has caught the lnlecllOn Ol the lllpdtlthl Oi pcSousO hS thinks the impatient are in the majority.
 MT. Underwood's brand of democracy is very wholesome and very refreshing to contemplate in these days of political cons fusion. It is bound to attract the coun- try's attention, and it can scarcely fail to command the serious consideration of 0 democratic national convention, assem- bed for the purpose of nominating 8 President and a Vice President and de- claring d platform of principles. And it will not fail of remark in this connection that MT. Underwoods faithful adherence to proved democratic principles has not in any measure detracted from his effi- ciency as servant of the public inter- ests and d promoter of the country's con- fidence in the democratic party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
m DANCE IN sNOWsTORM

From the New York Herald.
 I,ondon.-Four thousand dancers in an artificial snowstorm is the remarkable spectacle promised at the Royal Albert hall on Wednesday, December 20. Tt will be the gayest sight yet seen in London" said Mir G. Sherwood Foster, who is a leading spirit in the arranging of the Three Arts clubs Christmas car nival
 The Three Arts club has been founded to form a social center for students of music the drama and the fine arts and crafts. It has already a striking list of patrons, while it's working" members in clude such prominent persons as the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Lowndes Among others who are to take | part in the carnival are the Countess of Bective, Lady Maud Warrender, Lady Alexander, Lady Tree. Lady Walter l Crane, Lady Frampton, Lady Clarke I Jervolse, Mrs. Landon Ronald, Mrs. Hall
 Walker and a host of others well known in art, dramatic and musical circles.
 But the storm dance will be a single
 incident in this annual festival of Bo-
 hemian London.
 "The whole hail." said Mir. Foster,
 will be decorated with green upon a
 white ground, and the great organ will | be hidden with snow laden trees. The scheme is ambitious, and nothing ap- | preaching it will have been seen in Lon
 don before.
 "A procession of dancers will be held during the evening, and at a moment
 when these have taken up a definite po-
 sition in the arena Father Christmas impersonated by one of the most promi- nent actors of the day, will make a
 state entry upon sleigh drawn by fairies. He will then distribute souvenirs of the occasion among the women. These souvenirs are being designed by lead ing artists and will be greatly prizec by the possessors. Corell Windeatt's bank of 120 performers will provide the music. It may seem incredible that { band of 120 should be necessary for 6 i dance, but it will be in this case.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
THE SHOP GIRL
New York Correspondence Cincinnati Times-Star.

New York Correspondence Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 The great department stores are be- ginning to feel the holiday business Show windows are more brilliant than ever, crowds are larger, the jam about the bargain counters Is more dense. The clerks are courteous, but hurried. Now and then d cutting edge Is felt in con- versation. The delivery wagons may be seen on the streets later than they were a month ago. The other day lady who had made a small purchase fell into con vcrsation with the girl clerk while wait ing for her change. Don't you dread the holiday rush?" she asked. half in idleness.
 The girls eyes filled. She reached her slender hands toward the inquirer with nervous frightened gesture. T am SC afraid of it. she almost whispered Il think sometimes that I cannot live through it this year. Every year the work has grown harder. until now it is a nightmare dream of the year around I wake up in the night, and lie there In the dark and think of the holiday sea son and of the way I will suffer. stand all day long, until late Into the night, until every nerve and muscle throbs and aches with pain. And then fight my way home on the crowded sub- way, I never get seat. When l dc go to bed I am so exhausted that my sleep does not refresh me. 1 wake in the morning, aching. trembling, and go te t.. dtnn z the coming day. And so it goes on. day after day, night after night. When was younger, l could stand the fatigue better. But now
 "iIow old are your" asked the GUS toner.
 "1Wenty-fcur" said the girl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Hotel Question

The Chamber of Commerce hotel committee meets Wednesday, I believe to organize" said a public spirited cit izen, and I have faith in the ability of that committee to do something The conditions here are certainly much more favorable now for $1.000,000 ho- tel than ever before. Three or four years ago outside capital would not have been invested in a hostelry un- less something like $950,Oo0 of local money had been put up for second mortgage bonds.
 T believe now that if Birmingham citizens would put up s1Oo,O0O and take second mortgage bonds that the rest of the money needed would be forth coming from the north. A $1,000,0o0 hotel would certainly be good divi- dend payer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
HAD ONE GOOD QUALITY

From Norman F.. Mack's National
 Monthly.
 Did you notice any suspicious charac- ters about the neighborhood?' the judge inquired.
 "Shure. yer honor," replied the new po- liceman, 'I saw but one man, and l asked him what he was doing there at that time O night? Sez he, I have no business here just now, but l expect to open a jewelry store in the vicinity later on At that I says, I wish you success, sor.' "
 ''Yes," said the magistrate In a dis gusted tone, and he did open jewelry store in the vicinity later on, and stole IT watches"
 'Begorra. yer honor anSwered the po- liceman after a pause, ''the man may have been thafe but he was no liar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
Praise for Oxford

Tn years gone by Oxford university
 it's atmospnere and it's teaching methods appealed strongly to me, more strongly than any educational institution in Great Britain," said a citizen who visited the Old World in the early 9Os
 Tn those days ] was personally ac- quainted with some of the great Oxford celebrities. never tired of reading about the historical colleges and halls that made up the university. In recent years I have not kept track of Oxford and had thought that, perhaps, it was becoming modernized to a degree that would have destroyed much of the halo which was there during the nineteenth century.
 "Twenty-fve years ago used to read q great deal about bringing the famous ln- tsitutions of higher learning up to date. ThY educators of France seemed to he stressng the demand for more science. They tried to minimize the importance of the classics, and that spirit of so-called progressiveism seemed to have permeated | the entire educational world
 While too much importance cannot be given to technical education, still the old culture should not be eacrifled to science, no matter low strong commercialism might have made the demand for practical scientific training to the exclusion of Latiu ! and Greek anG belle lettres. I am glad to learn, however, that Oxford Is holding its own as the venerable center, so to speak
 of broad culture-what we used to call the humanites. l learn from the New York Sun that Dr. Charles F. Thwing, president of Western Reserve university, who re- gently returned from a trip abroad, has
 words of high praise for the Oxford method of education known as the tutoria al system, and that he is strong advocate of it's introduction into large American col Aeges. In volume which Dr. Thwing has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
Birmingham's Building Operations

The reports of building operations in the month of November cover the 70 principal cities of the country, and in this list of 70 cities Birmingham is No. IA, while Atlanta is No. 32 and Memphis No. 29. Dallas is No. r, and is the only close rival Bir- mingham has in the south.
 In Birmingham BOT building per- mits were issued last month, calling for an estimated expenditure of S791,806. Even the home folks eX- press surprise at the great volume of building that is going on. There are no indications that the winter season will materially lessen that volume. More buildings are needed and more will be put up. In the city are several long stretches of unim- proved property, but the prospect is | that these will soon be covered with buildings and people, and that the city will become compact and homo genous from Wylam to East Lake, in- elusive. Fare more building is going on here than in either Louisville or New Orleans. According to the No vember tables Birmingham, Dallas and Memphis are the three most prosperous southern cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
About Democratic Principles

-Four years ago 1 had almost given | Gp hope of seeing the democratic party elect another President" said a demo- crat who has been a voter since 1872. But last summer at the extra session of Congress Oscar Underwood devel- oped into such a masterful leader that l thought that he, or some other den- | ocrat of his conservative school, might possibly carry the party banner to vic- tory in 1912.
 As time went on Underwood rose higher and higher in public esteem. He seemed to have a genius for har- monizing conflicting interests Of bringing together party factions. I still have hope, but every now and then l hear of some prominent democrat spouting progressive democracy-maln- ly the initiative and referendum.
 If the democratic convention listens to sane and conservative advice and nominates Underwood, who has a pas sionate love for representative govern- ment and a well grounded suspicion Of the initiative and referendum and other vagaries. then I believe victory will be ours. But if so called progressive ideas dominate the convention for one would Le in favor of letting the campaign go by default, so far as the democracy might be- concerned. It would cer- tainly be a waste of time and waSse of money, for national campaign funds are always large, to try to elect democrat of the William Jennings Bryan sort. Any democrat who is wholly satisfactory to Mir. Bryan would be doomed from the start.
 Now some earnest populistic souls who think they hold bedrock principles say the party must preach these doc trines even if such preaching spelt defeat A great many of us, and l be- ,eve the majority of the people who vote the democratic ticket, look upon the rule or ruin tactics of certain ones as little short of atrocious. The party has won on tariff for revenue only and it can win again on the same plat -orm. Grover Cleveland was the only democrat since the war who occupied the White House and the next one who caches the executive chair must be somewhat at least on the order of Mr. Cleveland, rather than on the order of the many times candidate, Mr. Bryan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
Sunday Concerts

"The large audience which attended Rudolph Ganz's piano recital at the lief ferson theatre Sunday afternoon was significant" said a music lover, flor it showed how eager the people are for musical art It was serious audience and the proportion of men present was noticeably large.
 "The Sunday concert seems to be re- garded by many church people, as well as others, as a decided moral agency. High class music such as has been heard in Birmingham, and such as is always heard in New York and other
 large cities, is distinctly humanizing It has no bad side to 1t. It Is handmaid of religion, and that being so Sunday afternoon concerts are encouraged by many representative Christian people.
 Twenty-Five years ago most of the Sunday concerts were given in beer gar dens by orchestras or brass and reed bands, and, of course, such entertain ments were possible only In large cities where the foreign element was very numerous But now the concerts are given in public halls or theatres, and | lUt duultIteS dlt dS uttoiOuS do tuui Cll congregations.
 Next Sunday Atlanta has one of its symphony orchestra concerts, and In cities of the large class, such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Minne- apolis, the symphony pops on Sunday are greatly. prized as edueative and spiritually elevating.
 Tt may be that some of my church | friends have scruples about attending | Sunday concerts just as some of them
 have the old Sabbath notion touching | the eating of hot meals om Sunday or
 reading the Sunday newspapers. Al
 right minded Christians. I take it, believe l in an orderly observance of the Lord E
 day, commonly known as Sunday, rather | than the Sabbath. The views of honest people are respected and always will be. | Those who do not feel right in going to | a Sunday musicale should stay away,
 but in Birmingham, as in New York, the more good music we. can have on Sun | day the better will be Birmingham
 moral atmosphere"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
GULIEI.MUS REX

By Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
 The folk who lived in Shakespeare's day, And saw that gentle figure pass By London bridge-his frequent way
 They little knew what man he was! The pointed beard, the courteous mien.
 The equal port of high and low. All this they saw, or might have seen, But not the light behind the brow! The doublets modest gray or brown,
 The slender sword hilt's plain device. What sign had these for prince or clown Few turned, or none, to scan him twice Yet twas the king of England's 8 kings The rest, with all their pomps. 0nd
 trains, esa Are moldered, half remembered thiA gs- Iris he alone that lives and reiensv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
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-Springfield Union.
MICH WOR SIT

T see where a Kansas man wants damages because another man called him natural born crook and kept him from becoming member of the Anti Horse Thief associaton.'
 There is no need of being so sensitive. Why, the fellow he is suing might have called him a picture show tenor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

perial splendors of the durbar the Moguls of many centuries ago. Many of the trappings of today were de- signed for that purpose, and the first durbar at which an English King and Queen will be crowned in person will long be recalled in India as a historic event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
POOR SANDY.

The young Scotchman never liked his mother-in-law and this weighed heavily on the mind of his wife, who was i'll.
 Calling her husband to her bedside, she said to him, Sandy, lad. I'm varra i'll and I think I'm gang to dee, and be- fore l dee, 1 want/you to gie me a promse.'
 "Ill promise" said Sandy What is it?"
 "Weel, I ken that when I dee I'll have a fine funeral, and l want you to ride up in front in a carriage wi my mither."
 "Weel," sadly responded Sandy. rye gied ye my word, and it's nae me that's gang back on that, but I'll tell ye one thing, ye've spoilt the day for me- Norman E. Macks National Monthly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 People get into a lot of big trouble trying to lie out of little one.
 Generally the man who sneers at the hayseeds quit being one himself only the other day.
 A man can always tell it's his house when he comes home late by how loud the stairs creak.
 If a man got the kind of dinner in his own house he raves over out camping his wife would have to go home to her mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

At present the transcontinental tele- City, where messages are repeated. With in year, however New York will be able to talk directly with Tacoma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
THE BRYAN ATTITUDE

From the Washington Star.
 MT. Underwood is doubtless wondering whether MT. Bryan will be permitted to constitute himself, the entire ways and means committee of the. democratic party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
EFFECTIVE TREATMENT

He gazed upon a frowning world, Quite cheerful all the while, And 'twasn't long before the world Responded with smile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
ADRIFT WITH T
A PARTING THOUGHT.

Long years we toll for some fair prize
 Which still evades our eager hand; Until at last. grown worldly-wise,
 Beside the grave of dreams we stand. Poor pilgrims of a vanquished cause,
 Our quest has been in vain; The song that once had little pause,
 We'll never lift again. And yet, why weep? When hope is sped And darkness draweth nigh, May we by this be comforted:
 You had the strength to try
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

All the milonaires are leaving the Sen- ate, it is SO changed. The old guard are either kicked out or else they decline d reelection which they know they cannot Seclre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

Some democrats are kept busy trying to eliminate William J. Bryan. It is not easy, however, to eliminate a man who boiled six millions of votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
YEA. XER1LY.

YEA, VER1LY.
 "A rainy day is brimful of opportuni- ties for the girl with trim anl<les.'' What do you mean to infer?" "This: If the curse that fell upon the churl who is said to have peeped at Godiva, should smite all the chaps who peep at trim ankles, the world would be full of blind men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
READING THE PAPER.

When Lillian Graham starts to weep Our tear-ducts do not flow; We're much more apt to fall asleep For half an hour or so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

One Johndee resigned and another Johndee was elected president of Standard Oil It is now in charge of John D. Arch bold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

People will not move to Indianapolis unless they have some guaranty that Mayor Shank will stay in the grocery trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

Philade phia's reform mayor is making good in every step he takes. He gets farther away from the machine every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

Mrs Pankhurst may be howled down, but, suffragettsm is as a rule being howled up, especially in Los Angeles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

Nearly all the women voted in Los Angeles and no one hereafter should say that the women do not want the ballot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

In every "six best sellers" there are yawning chasms, and one of them is usually just behind the leader
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

The king-emperor in India is selling speetaeles and meeting with receptions that are rarely equalled elsewhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

It seems-you'l think it strange, l know,
 And be disposed to f1out- She didn't dream that mistletoe Was anywhere about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

Congress will hold out until the baseball season opens, and then every man can select this faVorite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

But, oh. the cruel words she spalle, The flashing look she gave, When I essayed a kiss to take,
 Just then extremely brave!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

The king-emperor in India is selling speetacles and meeting with receptions that are rarely equalled elsewhere.
  In every ''six best sellers" there are yawnng chasms, and one of them is usually just behind the leader.
  Congress will hold out until the baseball season opens, and then every man can select this favorite.
  Some queues in China are cut off by de- eapitatioa. Anyway, to get rid of the Manehu pistils. The Great Easterns tonnage was 24,000, and only recently has it been surpassed.
  The Goldman incident at Harvard is the biggest college event of the year.
  The classes in bugology are all on the spot engaged in making actual tests.
  Chicago claims to be the hub of Amer iean politics in convention years.
  The packers actually at the bar of jus tice are the wonder of the world.
  All infantas claim @ right to do as they please. An open-faee winter is in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

THE WRONG FELLOW, MAYBE. She stood beneath the mis1etoe In pensive meditation; Her attitude-I thought it so- Was like an invitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
SIGNIFICANT

"Christmas is almost here" Sure"
 "The janitor hoped I was well this morning..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

santa Claus, too. says do it now.o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
HE TIMES

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

The classes in bugology are all on the spot engaged in making actual tests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

Chicago claims to be the hub of Amer iean politics in convention years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

The Goldman incident at Harvard is the biggest college event of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

The Great Easterns tonnage was 24,0OO, and only recently has 1t been surpassed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
KIN TO THE DIME NOVEL

An open-face winter is in our midst
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-31
OFFICERS DENY
MEANS WAS S[UGGED

Tom Means was not the victim of
a highwayman Saturday night, but
suffered from his own bad habits ac-
cording to John Kearney and BILLY"
Sheer. night officers of the police
force, They declare his story that he
had been struck from behind by a
footpad, rendered unconscious by the
blow and robbed of what money he
had in his pockets to be a fabrication
woven by his Imagination.
Means had been drinking freely
Saturday night" said Officer Kear-
ney, land shortly before midnight be-
came so intoxicated that he was re-
fused any more liquor by the bar
tenders at the Olympia saloon. He
started home and after rounding the
Tallman Drug corner, fell off the
curb and struck his head violently. l
was notified that a man was lying on
the street and found Mr.. Means un-
able to rise. At that ime he explain
ed that he had had a rheumatic at
tack in one of his legs and had fallen
off the walk. and asked that a cab
be secured to take him home. 1
called a cab and did as directed and
was surprised this evening to hear
that Means had circulated a story
that he had been waylaid and rob-
bed"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-31
TANMAHY HALL IS
FACING A SCANDAL
Charge Supreme Court Seat
Was Sold
Brooklyn Editor, Making Accusa-
tiOns, Arrested for Criminal Libel,
But Is Later Gwen His Liberty.

New York, oct. 31.-Tammany Hal
today faces what its enemies declare
is one of the biggest scandals in its
history through an investigation
launched today by District Attorney
Dewitt of queen county into the
charge of selling judicial positions
which was made by William Berri
editor of the Brooklyn Standard
Union.
Former Congressman Willet. Pat
rick Callahan and Herbert Ketcham
three Tammany candidates for judges
of the supreme court, had Berri ar
rested on a criminal libel complaint
but when he offered TO prove the
charges, they finally withdrew the
suits.
Ketcham and Callahan declared
they learned that Willet had borrow
ed large sums of money before secur-
ing the nomination which Willet ad-
mitted
He said he withheld $4,000 for
campaign expenses and spent mos,
of the $4,000 borrowed, on business
enterprises.
Berri's attorneys say that Willet
visited Charles Murphy, Tamany
boss, and secured his endorsement for
tie office.