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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Alabama's Sons at Home and Abroad

Alabama's Sons at Home and Abroad
 The high place in national affairs won by Oscar w. Underwood has re- suited in giving this state no less than five chairnianships in the House, and every one of these chairmanships is coveted position. MT. Under wood himself becomes chairman of the ways and means committee, that committee of committees, and by vir- tue of that position he becomes the floor leader of the triumphant democ- racy in the popular branch of Con- gress. Upon him more than any other man rests the conduct of the great preparatory campaign of 1912. He can make or mar presidential campaign, and every man in this dis trict has confidence in his judgment and his patriotism.
 Nor is this all. MT. Clayton will head the judiciary committee, MT. Richardson the pensions committee, Mr. Burnett the immigration com- mittee, and MT. Heflin the exposition committee. MT. Taylor remains on the rivers and harbors committee, MT. Hobson on the committee on na- val affairs and MT. Dent on the com mittee on Military affairs. MT. Black mon, the new member of the delega- tion, goes to the favorite committee on postoffices. No other state will be honored in the new Congress to the extent that Alabama will be. No other state will be so potential in the next two years in national affairs, and especially in the framing of na- tional laws, and the delegation will serve the country with the skill that comes from experience gained in long service.
 Nor is even this all. Look away to distant Panama. There two sons of Alabama are conducting success fully the greatest single enterprise ever undertaken in this world. It is Col. William c. Gorgas, who made and is keeping the zone fit place to live and to work in, and Col George w. Goethals is conducting the rest of the work
 So that either nationally or inter- nationally the sons of Alabama are busily at work, and here at home the boys on the farm are preparing to emulate the achievements of Ala bamians abroad by growing at least 100 bushels of corn on selected and well-cultivated acre patches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
WALKING A LOST ART

From the Daily Sketch, London.
 The walking stick is going out. -''The nice conduct of clouded cane' is pass ing into memory and the goodly ash plant and the fragrant cherry wood lie forgotten in the hall stand. The mana ger of large firm of stick and um- brella merchants says that the number of sticks sold by his firm represented a tenth of the quantity disposed of five years ago. Not only that the mana ger added, ''but those which do find GUS toners are, for the most part of the cheap variety, represented by the cheap plain ash and myrtle.
 How do I account for it? Well, there is little doubt but that. the enormous in- crease in the number of motor cars, bi- cycles and general traction of all kinds has a lot, to do with it. People, too, in the present day are in such a hustle to get here, there and everywhere in about a quarter of the time intended by na- tlire that they have no time left to think about carrying walking sticks.
 "Then again." the manager added sadly, ''the general tendency of the age is to eschew the good old-fashioned exercise of walking, and as result the walking stick trade is today-well, not what it was by a very long chalk-and those who do buy sticks are not able, by reason of their increased expenditure in taXicabs, to buy a respectable stick such as our grandfathers went in for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Reaarding Blind Tigers

"t'rom my observation l would say that the blind tiger or illicit liquor traffic IS
 much more firmly established in the south and west than it is in dry territory in the north" said w. C.. Ellington of New York "I spend two or three weeks every summer in prohibition Maine, and have seen d good deal of the south and west in recent years. The blind tiger is bold in Kansas and Oklahoma; and in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama the illicit whisky business is carried on extensivcly--more extensively, perhaps, than in either Oklahoma or Kansas. In the larger towns of Maine the prohib:tion-laws have been fragrant ly violated ever since they were adopted; out the violations arc certainly less bold than they are in Tennessee and in some parts of Geoigia, to say nothing of Aia- bama.
 T do not pose as ieformcr or eNem- A1ar. although I never drink intoxicating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
sHERMAN,s REMARK ON WAR

IoiIi tne WdSHiilS lOn foSl.
 Every once in a while a question is raised as to the correctness of famous remarks of famous men on great occa- sions," remarked John A. Gregg of At lanta, Ga., at the Raleigh. Recently there has been considerable discussion regarding the remark attributed to Gen. eral Sherman, who, iti is claimed, de- scribed war as hell
 Several persons have vehemently de. nied that Sherman ever made such remark, and have been told that nont less than his own son made this denial A few weeks ago in Atlanta Judge Cal houn, who was present when the com. mittee of Atlanta citizens called upon General Sherman with the request to protect the city against depredations by the union army, gave what he claimed to be the correct version of the story As Judge Calhoun related it. General most courteous manner. After listening to their petition, he said:
 We did not come here to- fight non- combatants. We do, not wish to do any more harm to the city and country than is absolutely necessary, but you must re- member that war is hell, and cannot be refined
 This, Judge Calhoun declared, was in substance what Sherman said, but rela- tives of the general declared that his re- mark was war is a cruelty, and you cannot refine it.. This. it was said, was made in a letter addressed to the mayor
  of Atlanta, dated September 12, 1864. In the light of Judge Calhoun's declarations, and he seemed to be perfectly clear in his remembrance, l am inclined to be- lieve that. the hero of Atlanta did de- scribe war as hell"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Russia and American Passports

The Age-Herald is glad to see that Senator Screws of Montgomery in troduccd on Friday last a resolution on the subject of American passports in Russia, which was referred to the committee on federal relations. Ar ticle of the treaty between the United States and Eugsia, made in 1882, reads as follows:
 "Thcre shall be between the terri- tories of the high contracting parties I rt ciprocal liberty Of commerce. and nay igation. The inhabitants of their re spective states shall mutually have lib- eriy to enter the ports, places and rivers of the territories of each part. wherever foreign commerce is per niitred. They shall be at liberty to so-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
The House That Jack Built

T learn with a good deal of interest, said a public spirited citizen, that an auxiliary committee of the Associated Charities here. is going to produce the children's musical comedy, The House that Jack Built at the Orpheum.
 This opera has been taking the Pa cihc coast by storm. Portland cleared s4ooO out of it. and I see no reason why Birmingham shouldn't do just as well. Washington, D. C.. recently gave it for the benefit of the Daughters of the Con- federacy and had great success.
 "It's a brand new, stunning thing, you know. We've never had anything like it.
 MT. McGrath, secretary of the Asso- ciated Charities, is about as enterprising and energetic man as will be found anywhere, and is pretty quick to grasp an opportunity The ladies he appointed on the board are the women who do things here in Birmingham.
 "Senator BanShead's wife and Senator Johnsons wife have both written with enthusiasm of the success which Wash irgton city had, and urged the introduc- ton of the opera in Birmingham for the benefit of a civic cause.
 "It is through these ladies, in fact. l understand that the capable manager and director of the project Miss Margaret Martin of Chicago, mas been induced to interest herself in Birmingham and lend her talent and practical assistance to the committee that has undertaken the stag ing of this important and really artistic [ work
 What person is there, grown up, or not ! grown up who isn't interested in seeing | all the characters walk out alive from tie pages of good old Mother Goose. Besides being treat for the public and good for Birmingham, the opera will be of the greatest educational benefit to the 200 or so children and grown-ups who will take | mart '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Rev. Lanier's New Work

T am glad to learn that the Rev, J. J. Lanier, rector of Grace Episcopal church. Noodlawn, is to publish in book form the Reinicker lectures which he recent ly delivered at the Theological seminary of Virginia said man interested In church matters "The title of the new volume is The Church Universal
 MT. Lanier is rapidly acquiring a fame which reaches wherever men are inter ested in theological subjects. His three earlier volumes on 'Kinship of God and Man have won unRounded praise. Bishop Sesslms of Louisiana says, It is the greatest contribution made to theology in the past 100 years Bishop wells oi Spokane. Wash, calls it 'Epoeh-making in theology. Bishop Nelson of Atlanta says, There are many to whom 1t Will be a benediction, as to me it has been a revelation Dr. Beverly E. warner of New Orleans says, I am more indepe- ed to MT. Lanier than to any other writer on theology of modern times, while the Rev R. w. Norwood of Montreal, can, says, I do not know when l have read anything so stimulating' And go at goes through the list
 ''The poignant and universal appeal or Kinship of God to Man can be better appreciated when it is understood that it is a defense of the Christian faith against the agnosticism of the age
 Many have thought it strange that a scholar of MT. Laner's attachments should be in charge of a small parish like that of Woodlawn, but l understand that it is his wish to have small parish in order that he may have more time for ihis stlldiesr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Mir. Mann Supplants Mir. Cannon

The republican caucus at Washing Con will not be held until tomorrow night, but already it is determined that MT. Cannon is not to become the candidate of his party for speaker, and it follows that he will not aspire to the leadership of the minority on the floor He steps down and out because by remaining at the head of his party he would arouse an angry insurgent opposition within his own ranks. A like objection applies to Representatives Weeks of Masaa- chusetts, and he will not become the leader of the minority.
 The man selected is plainly Repre- sentative Mann of Chicago. He is a lawyer who has been congressman fourteen years. The insurgents will work under him with reluctance, for he had long been a supporter of MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
THE RECALL

V'IOm IFle LOuISVTTIG IIeFdII.
 francisco l. Madero Is trying to apply the recall to old man Diaz. but he should not attempt to shoot it into him-Bir- rningham Age-Heraid.
 Madero has brought down thea old iogy cabinet of Mexcio and the I. Man wal follow Madero appears to b1i states man, d warrior and a dipiomat-qualrics that go to make an effective insurseat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
The Music Festival

"The festival announced for the fourth week in May-May %, 23 and 2f --promises to be not only the most att tractive musically ever held in the south, but to be the most largely attended of those held in Birmingham, said member of the festival executive com- mittee. Tn addition to Victor Herbert and his excellent orchestra we are to have Schumann- Heink. Gadski, Evan Williams, Agnes Kimball, Frank CroX- ton, Eleanor de Cisnoros and other vocal soloists. A music festival, as rule, presupposes a local chorus, but it has been decided to make this year $ festivali an all-star affair so far as vocal music is concerned. That means there will be more orchestral num- bers than usual. The fact is that the symphony orchestra has grown to be more and more popular with miscel laneous audiences. In all the cities, large and small. orchestra pops draw better than almost any other form of entertainment.
 "It has been particularly gratifying to find such a ready response on the part of our citizens in the matter Of a guarantee fund for the forthcoming festival. One hundred $100 guarantors were needed in order to place the fes- tival on a scale of greater magnitude than ever. and with very few eXcep- tions those who have been asked to subscribe their name to the guarantes list have done so. Not only is that true, but the common remark has been: "A ooo1 thin n sign
 AS out town requests for seat reservations are already quite numer ous the festival mana cement feels quite sure of a surplus instead of a deficit. Should there be a deficit, however, it would fall so lightly upon guarantors as to be mere bagatelle.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Better Business Conditions Expecte

Better Business Conditions Expected
 Tn the business world improved condl- tions are expected this month said John P. Ahearn of Chicago.
 February was a fairly good month"; but March was dull in most branches of trade.
 Early in the year prominent finaneiers said dullness would be the rule through out the first half of the year. Some or them forecast real depression, but even the most conservative leaders predicted decided improvement by July. 1t Is generally felt that with good crops III sight genuine prosperity will prevail the last half of the year. I believe the country will enter upon a new era or solid prosperity within the next four or five weeks.
 Tn March l was in a number of vest efn towns, and while business was qulet, everybody with whom l talked was look ing forward to a brisk trade situation m April, May and June"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
SCARCELY GRIEvE, o NATURE

By Henery Timrod. I scarcely grieve, o. Nature, at the lot That rent my life within city's bounds,
 And shut me from thJ sweetest sights
 and sounds. Perhaps l had not learned, if some lone. Had nursed dreamy childhood, what
 the mart Taught me amid its turmoil; so my
 youth
 Had missed full many stern but
 wholesome truth. Here too, o nature, in this haunt of Ar Thy power eis on me, and l own .h.
 thrall M
 There is no unimpressve spot on earth, The beauty of tile stars is over a,s, And Day and Darkness visit every 1 hearth. Clouds do not SCOTT us; wonder factory's
 smoke Looked ike a golden mist when morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
INSTRUCTIONS OF BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The smallest financial returns are from friendly loans.
 A man acts important about sending q telegram if it's only to his wife.
 man can have more sentiment about an old pipe than about his great grand -father's portrait.
 woman who can't tell yoil what the text of thcssei mon was can describe cv- erv gown that was in the church.
 Children seem, to go 10 school to be taught that what their parents were taught when fhe' '"".'f i6 school isn { so any longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Gnnl Effect on Trade

'rhe passage of the revenue bill Fri day night, after a prolonged and deter mined fight, has already had a heartening effect on trade,' said an old citizen.
 "The measure that was proposed con- tained an insurance clause which would have worked serious injury to the mer- chant class. The proposition to raise the assessment schedule to 100 per cent on valuation was insisted on by the admin istration, but as a result of reasonable compromise the rate was lowered to 50 per cent. which was the assessment rate in the old law. Had the bill been enacted with the 100 per cent clause in it. mel chants and everybody else that had any property or business interests in Alabama would have been hard hit. As it iss things have turned out well and the mer4 chants of this city look brighter and alto gether more optimistic than they have for two or three weeks past
 with a continuance of fine spring weather the retail trade will doubtless be Unusually brisk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
pEEVIsH

pEEV1SH ..The stage fascinates and entertains us because it holds the mirror up to na- ture.'
 No doubt, no doubt. But drat the SOIL brette who holds mirror up to tho spotlight and throws the reflection into my face while she sings one of those Come and love me songs"
 MARY HAD Mary had a little curl That hung beside her ear But when she went to bed it hung Upon the chiffonier
 Milwaukee Sentinel. Mary had a perfect bust Which caused the men to stare. But when she sought her downy couch She hung it on chair
 Springfield Union. Mary had head of hair Like a fairy in fable, But when she went to bed at night She laid it on the table.
 Allentown Democrat. Mary had two shapely calves This isn't any fable We hate to dsappont you, boys, She kept them in the stable.
 Houston Post. Mary had the bluest eyes You ever saw. Alas. While one of them was all her own, The other one was glass.
 FINALLY .'Ill tell you what's fact, it's weary waiting for something to turn up.'' "Yes, indeed. Especially when, in nine cases out Of iten 1t Is only fellows toes that turn up."
 A VICTORY SONG Oh, the time we spend in scheming And in hoping and in dreaming, And the time spend in waiting for the ships that never come. All our fond illusions scattered And our fairy castles shattered By the buffets of cruel fate that startle and benumb, Till our hearts are weary, weary And the world is dreary, dreary And we've lost the lit that charmed US in the happy days of yore. But4 brave heart will endeavor To push on and on forever When the obstacles are greater, still cpntendng all the more.
 THREE CHEERS. Common sense has triumphed again." "Tell me about it." '"rhe, originator of the Chantecler vest failed to get rich
 APRIL FIRST. I kicked no hats
 Containing bricks,
 But telephones
 Were up to tricks. az PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

liquors; but it strikes me that the dis respect for law that has grown out of drastic prohibition legislation is far reaching for harm. Maine has tried pro hibiton for 50 years, and look at that state today. According to the government census the illiteracy there is appalling. Moral standards in Maine are compara- lively low-lower than they were 25 years ago. Maine is backward in every way, but at last, through the untiring efforts of the Maine democracy. relief from statewide prohibition is in sight.
 Now that Alabama is about to return to the local option column, Tennessee and Georgia will doubtless soon follow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle.
 If Birmingham don't devise some ef- feotive plan of suDpressing so many kill ings of it's citizens at grade crossings and by automobiles and street car acci- dents, it will not make good show ing ill population at the next census as in the last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

MT. Sheehan's senatorial toga and sa- cred principle have been packed away in moth balls to await the death ot m surgency and the .reinstallation of ma chine rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Passion Week

In the litnrgical churches this is known as Passion Sunday, and this week as Passion week. Today marks the near approach of Holy Week. In the Catholic church the erucifx above the tabernacle and the various images in the sanctuary are yelled in penltential purple and will remain yelled until Easter.
 Although this Sunday is styled Passion, the gospel narrative of the passion of the Master is not read in the services this morning, but on Palm Sunday, a week from today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

The Easter hats are numerous enough to meet the demand but the Easter lilies are not. Easter will conform to the hats rather than to the lilies. The date will not be changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

It will be decided in Chicago on Tues day next whether Carter Harrison can come back the fourth time He thinks he can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Chicago expects no stay-at-home vote on Tuesday next It is to be a warm po- litical tussle between Carter Harrison and the pedagogue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

A player on Manager Chances Cubs can stay out late at night, but he will be assessed 5000 for it. No lodge meet ing or other excuse will answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

When kings have to go into training for coronation purposes it is plain the ceremony is becoming altogether too strenuous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Paper automobile tires that are resi- lient and proof against punctures are coming in just as the airship is getting ready to suppIant the autos altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

The capitol at Albany will not be re- built under republican auspices, and there is much sorrow in that party oh this account
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Mary Anderson Navarro is to collabo rate in writing a play. Any play that our Mary takes hand in will be clean play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

The newspaper pass proposition bobs up serenely in the legislature to be num- bled over indefinitely,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

The special interest agents will lose their mileage if they travel to and from Washington as they have in recent Al drich wears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

The unsterilized drinking glass is un- der consideration at present before 90,- O00,001 Of intelligent Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Mexico needs better elections than H. lnois has. She should look elsewhere for an election model.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
WITH AN APOLOGY.

 How brightly beams the sun without, This April day. how fairi Such frolic breezes roam about, Such gladness everywhere. Methnks I hear the valleys ring With elfin voices sweet, where wood-nymphs form a rosy ring And dance with flying feet. Methinks I hear the laughter deep Of some old satyr-wight, Who wakes at last from winter sleep And ehuckles with delight, While far and near, on land and mere, Are joyous harmonies Upsoaring from each grassy spear And lifting OCT the leas. But. pardon this perfervid proof Of inward ecstasy; gazed out on a dingy roof And these thoughts came to me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Phoebe Cousins says the Colorado wom- en sell their votes Phoebe had better stay out of Colorado this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Champion Johnson is taking the rest cure in jail because he did not respect the speed ordinance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

The opening game of the regular base ball season is a matter of common knowledge and interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Statesman H. Dink and the college pro- lessor are keeping the air in Chicago full of waves of harsh words.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

.IThe vaudeville stage will soon be ele- vatcd by returning insurrectos from the Mexican border
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

A $5,O00,0O0 fire broke the senatorial deadlock in Albany, N. Y. Deadlocls anywhere are expensive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Tho war cloud on the Rio Grande still retains it's Wall street lining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
A CENTEIn SiiOT

The fire at Albany did not wipe out all records unfortunately.
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SEEMS so.

"Henpeckt thinks there is not another woman in the world like his wife" An optimist, eh?,
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IN DESPAIR. Oh. Miss Libbey, Laura Jeani My love wants a Limousine. Tell me how to Give it her. Weekly wages, Seven per
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You taught me how to know the face of right.
 king John
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

WHAT? What poet who Won't welcome June? The straw hat, too Not yet, but soon.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. What poet who Won't welcome May And those low shoes He put away?
 St Louis Times LOTS OF SAND BLOWING AROUND. q presume Uncle Sam sent some of his grittiest soldiers to patrol the Mexican border?' If they were not gritty when they went there, I dare say they are gritty now.'
 STRANGE. "Freproof buildings Seem a joke; "Pouf,' They go right a' Up in smoke.