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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
IN HOTEl. l,OgBIES
MT. steiner,s Enthusiasm

NY enthusiasm over Birmingham in- eteases rather than diminishes," said B. oteiner Of Steiner Brothers. bankers, for merry public spirited resident of this e''y' but now a citizen of New York.
 while l lived here I thought that the oiiihihgham district, with it's assured fu- .ofe' about the most inviting proposition Ill the country from an investment point oI View, and now as a New Yorker .fiihk none the less of Birmingham. but better of 1t, for the city is growing not ohiy Tn Population, but in commercial im- poreance. And it is so recognized in the financial world.
 The splendid showing that Birmingham made in the census did a great deal to advertise this section From a population oi oo,4lo In 1900. to 6s5 was certainly ois Jump, and 1t made the people of New 1ork sit up and take notice We had been handicapped in Birmingham by our small population as shown in the census report of ten years ago. Whenever east ern money lenders were asked to make a large loan on Birmingham property the reply usually came: Birmingham is too small It is very different now Only re- gently a life insurance company loaned one man here s1,0O0O0o on his Birmingham real estate, and two or three years ago the same man was able to borrow only S40o,0oo. The individual responsibility was Just as good a few years back, but Bir- minsham was not then in the million-dol- far class when it came to the matter of city real estate as the basis of security. It IS not only in that class now, however but it will attract the attention of east ern capital more and more as time goes on.
 Speaking of population the late Sig Steiner of Steiner Brothers made an ear nest effort to have the legislature extend Birminghams limits about 12 years ago, long prior to the work of taking the 1900 census We spent s25Oo in trying to pro- mote the Greater Birmingham movement but the people here did not then appre- eiate the commercial value of census fig ures, and consequently we got very little support in the enterprise. Everybody now appreciates the value of high census rank.
 Business in New York is very quiet look for nothing of panicky nature but there will |be considerable business depression. The Birmingham district looks better. right now to me than anything in the east. The fact is that the south, taken altogether, Is the most prosperous part of the United States.
 Tn New York talk so much about the south in general and Birmingham in par ticular that my friends call me that Bir- mingham booster We'll, do talk Bir- mingham every where in my affice, on the cars, in the hotels, and I always have eager listeners"
 MT. Steiner has his banking quarters in New York in the new 35-story building known as the Liberty Tower at Liberty and Nassau streets. He says striking feature about that famous skyscraper is the marble interior finish, all this marble from bottom to top having come from Alabama. Tt gives me fine theme for booster talk, said MT. Steiner, "and I certainly never miss an opportunity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
Many Adams Counties In This Country

The grand jury and Judge Blair are evidently going to the bottom of the bal lot corruption in Adams county, Ohio, except that they are doing nothing to- ward punishing the vote buyers, some of whom were clergymen and Sunday school superintendents.
 It is best to see the situation as it is. The county has no considerable town. It is an agricultural county, considera- bly isolated. All told there are in it T2Oo males of voting age, and all but 137 are native Americans. There are few in- deed ignorant" foreigners in the coun- ty. Nor are there in it many "worthless' negroes, for there are but S7 negroes in the entire number of votes. The truth may as well be confessed in Adams coun- ty, Ohio, as it has been in Delaware and in Rhode 1sland--the native whites and
 
 to barter for sum the sacred privilege Of American citizenship as any man that can be found in the slums of large cities or out of them This is a distressing fact, but the truth is better told than suppressed.
 In Adams county practically all are tarred with the stick All parties are guilty and all voters either buy or sell 'It's just a condition down there" says khe democratic central committeeman of Adams county.
 The exposure will be beneficial provided Judge Blair takes steps for the punish ment of the vote-buyers. Thus far he has not lifted a hand in that direction. It may take all winter to sift the county thoroughly. and the vote-buyers should be indicted without fear or favor. These gre the lawyers, business men, farmers, teachers. laborers, Sunday school super intendents and even ministers of the county. The Adams county exposure ex- ceeds anything that this country has ever had in legal and official form, although 1t has long been known that vote buy ing on Wall street money has long been practiced in several states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
IN THE FADING YEAR

Hood, "Ode to Autumn" The squirrel gloats on his accomplished
 bOard The ants have brimmed their gamers
 with ripe grain;
 And honeybees have stored The sweets of summer in their luscious
 cells; The swallows all have winged across the
 main; l But there the autumn melancholy dwells, And sighs her fearful spells. Amongst the sunless shadows of the plain Alone. alone, Upon a messy stone She sits and reckons up the Dead and
 Gone, With the last leaves for love-rosary. Whilst all the withered world looks drear-
 fly, Like dim picture of the drowned Past Tn the hushed minds mysterious far
 away, ~ Doubtful what shostly thing will steal the
 last Into that distance. gray upon the gray
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
FOUNDING OF 1.-THE LAMBsr

Arthur Wallaek in the New York Evening
 Post.
 It was Christmas in the year 1877 that the Lambs club was founded. George Mclean, a close friend of mine. used to office at the theatre and in that way came to know Montague, Beckett and Ar mott. Desirous of showing his apprecia- ton of their friendship, he gave little supper in their honor in the historic blue room at Delmonico's, then at Four teenth street and Fifth avenue. We had such delightful evening and 1t was pro- posed that we should meet once a month, and that each of us should have the priv ilege of inviting one guest. As "Dels" was somewhat expensive for our limited means, I was appointed a committee of one to find a more suitable meeting place.
 This being decided upon, it was then proposed that we give ourselves a name. Many were submitted, but it was not until MT. Montague told us of club he had belonged to in London, and which was called "The Lambs," that we finally decided upon that title.
 So .The Lambs" we called ourselves, and '"The Lambs" we have remained ever since. From occupying a room for few hours once a week for meetings, and once a month for supper; to superb clubhouse on Forty-fifth street, with 1000 members is somewhat of an advance even in these days of telephones, subways and aeroplanes. Varying were the vicis- situdes through which the club went, but thanks to the loyalty of one member in particular, aided by one or two others, the club weathered the storm that one time threatened to engulf it, and today stands as firmly intrenched as any or ganization in the country.
 It Is an organization devoted to advanc ing and encouraging art, and for the pur pose of affording its lovers and disciples the opportunity of meeting on common ground. Though the actor predominates, as he shonld. seeing that the club was founded and supported principally by members of the profession, there are also artists, architects, sculptors, composers, musicians and authors to be found on it's list, and there is a large lay membership including a number of army and navy officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
"NAPOLEON IN HELLv
ravid Starr Jordan in the Popular Scien II.

ravid Starr Jordan in the Popular Science
 Monthly.
 In the Wiertz gallery in Brussels is a wonderful painting, dating from the time of Waterloo. called Napoleon in He'll" It represents the great marshal with folded arms and face unmoved de- scending slowly to the land of the shades. Before him. filling all the back. ground of the picture with every express sion of countenance, are the men sent be- fore him by the unbridled ambition of Napoleon. Three millions and seventy thousand there were in all-so history tells us-more than half of them French men. They are not all shown in one pie ture. They are only hinted at And be- hind the millions shown or hinted at are the millions on millions of men who might have been and are not the huge widening human wedge of the possible descendants of the men who fell in battle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
Death Losses In the Old Year

The dead of 1910 include King Edward and Chief Justice Fuller and Senator Dol liver and many other well-known public men, but the losses of the year that were most deeply felt came from the ranks in letters. Leo Tolstoi, Mark Twain, Bjornsterne Bjorson. Goldwin Smith and Julia Ward Howe were all names that readers held in high esteem. Their work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
To Have Four congressmen

;. D. r. Turnbull has returned from Monticello, Fla, where he had spent the holidays with relatives.
 "The people of Florida are naturally elated over the large increase in the pop ulation of the state-over 200,000,' said MT. Turnbull. Florida has now only three members of the House of Represen- tatives in Congress, but the new census insures an additional member. For many years it has been prosperous state and it's progress is particularly in evidence now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
MIR. DEPEw,s ILL OMEN
e New York World.

From the New York World.
 Senator Depew was a visitor at the White House recently. As it was a stormy day, Bill Pannell was detailed to check umbrellas and hats.
 Senator Depew, wearing his usual smile, shook hands with Pannel and per- nttted him to sbrush the snow off his coat after which PannelH handed him a check for his umbrella.
 He glanced at the check and then at Pannell, his face changing in expression from one of good cheer to frown,
 What is the trouble?' asked Pannell.
 Look" said the senator.
 The check bore the number g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
The Iron Market

'No advance in the iron market is ex- pected this month," said a broker, "but I look For better prices early in the spring. Some buyers have an idea that iroH will be on the low level it is today the rest of the year; but if we have fairly good crops next summer iron will take jump. Good crops will mean an improvement in business conditions and iron will share in that improvement
 "In the meantime production will be kept down and when, a brisk buying movement does start in there will be a great stir among the furnaces to make iron fast enough to supply the demand D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHEI.on

From the New York Press.
 Cheerful martyrdom is feminine.
 Brides come to their senses, in spite of themselves ~ man can repent of being politician after he is downed. The money spent in trying to gild sin would make virtue solid gold.
 The dearest thing to a woman about house is all the things she has put away in the closets if she only knew where to find them -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
MAYS sENSITIvENEss

From the Atchison Globe
 An Atchison man is wearing wig. No one dares mention it to him. When he meets any one he looks angry as though ready to say: You have mo- ticcd my wig. Mention it if you dare" Women don't feel that way about it. When they put on false hair they talk about it to every one and discuss the different styles of wearing false hair. But man with false hair on his head is mad about 1t all the time and ready to fight any one who dares mention it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
Florida Senatorship

"When l was in Florida recently I found great excitement in the contest for the United States senatorship for the term beginning with the Sixty-second Congress, the candidates being w. A.
 Blount of Pensacola and J. N. c. Stockton and N. P. Bryan of Jacksonville" said Capt Jack ". Johnson, district passen- ger agent of the Seaboard Air Line. Governor Broward, who had defeated Senator Taliaferro in the primaries sev- eral months ago, died. There is no gen. eral state primary. but county primaries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

 night a good many years ago, when he made journey to visit his kin He had been in the house only two hours when he heard one of the girls telling friend over the phone of his visit. "Oh, we're In for it. she said He brought two grips, and I suppose he will stay all summer" farrell decided on the one real-visit system then, and he finds that 1t is very satisfactory.-Topeka Capital
 FAMED
 He led a non-
 Resisting life
 And never tried
 To bluff his wife. Remarkable
 How welk he knew
 That such a scheme
 Would never do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
GENEROSITY OF FAMOUS ACTOR
 From Saints of the Stage" in CornhiH


 Magazine.
 Quin has hardly had justice rendered to his good works. How refined was the manner in which he forced upon penni- less Thomson s100! It was debt, he said, which he owed the poet for the pleasure he had experienced in reading his poems.
 What generous humor in his reply to half-starved Winston, who tinlidly asked, under the impulse of hunger, what he should do for a little ready money for the next few days. Nay" exclaimed Ouin, If you are in want of money, you must put your hand in your own pocket!' And when Winston did so, after Quin had left, he found a el0 note. which Quin had placed there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

are now beng held. Blount is strong. and as only a majority can determine there will be a second or turnover primary. The legislature elects in April Blount is certain to be in that second race. He is a highly successful lawyer, and is re- garded as one of the most intellectual men in all Florida
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
OLD WINTER, S JEST.

OLD WINTERS JEST. The bard who sang her bloomy dells, The haunt of fay and pixie. Beholds with wide and wondering eyes A snow-white land of Dixie! Oh, realm of rose and mocking-bird And softest zephyrs blowing, Can we believe that joyful cry The children ralse,-"'Tis snowing!"?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

A San Francisco man says he will rot before he pays alimony to his divorced wife, but it Is believed he will change his mind before decomposition gets firm hold on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
HOW TO VISIT RELATIVES.

HOW TO VISIT RELATIVES.
 Frank farrell has system which makes him very popular with his kin He drops in'' occasionally, eats a meal and departs. That gives him time to tell his two stories, sing his one song, and make himself generally agreeable When he goes away, his kin regret that he did not stay longer. If he had the staying-over-night habit he would be sure to repeat some of his stunts, get into a quarrel over religion or the tariff. have a fuss on account of other relatives, or do something to give the family ex- treme pleasure at his departure. farrell was broken of the habit of staying. over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

In view of Joseph G. Robin, the sky rocket fnancier, people in New York are trying to define the word 'banker,' any way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

For every vote-seller in Adams county there must have been a vote-buyer, and yet Judge Blair has not found one of the latter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Ohio. the modern mother of presidents, does not seem to be greatly shocked by the disclosures in Adams county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

The vice president of the United states was rebuked by the Senate. That, in in fact, is all vice presidents are good for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

The depositors in that wrecked New York bank begin to wonder II the Room will be able to come. back next spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

MT. Parr, a customs sleuth, has just walked away with s1oo,0Oo of government reward money, earned in the sugar trust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Despite the Carnegie peace fund the Krupp gun-making firm rolls up ssooo,- 900 a year in net profits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Professor James spirit was scheduled to come back but up to the latest dis matches it had not arrived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Judge Blair suspends his own sentences to jail. The quality or mercy IS not strained in his court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

man who takes an upper berth now gets bargain counter sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
MIGHT GET THE HOOK.

"Why don't you write rhyme about bank embezzlers?" some one asked a busy bard.
 '.I would do SOL he answered, "if I thought 1t were safe to rhyme lawyer with 'paranoia.' !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
A THRIVING BUSINESS.

Two miserable looking hoboes called on the dean.of medical college in Philadel- phia and proposed that he purchase their bodies for the dissecting room, as they were on the verge of starvation and had not long to live. "It is an odd proposi- tion," hesitated the dean. But 1t is oc- casionally done," suggested the spolSes- man eagerly. Well" said the dean, i've might arrange it. What price do you ask?' "over in New York;" replied the spokesman, they gave us $4O."-Clipped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

President Robin says he is insane and his depositors are plainly mad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Monetary insanity is what ails Banker Joseph Robin of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
\ STOCK PHRASE.

q fear he isn't finished political orator.
 Why not?"
 Because he never refers to the voter 8 nalienable right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
THE HARsHNEss or NAPoLEoN

THE HAHSHNESS OF NAPOLEON
 Kiellanc-"Napoleons Men and Methods"
 In the service and in intercourse with his officers he was cold almost repellent. severe, and infexibly just. One day General Gouvion Saint-Cyr. afterwards marshal, appeared at the Emperor's morning audience at the Tuileries. Na- poleon said quietly to him. You come from Naples. general?' "Yes, sire, re- l1nquished my command to Marshal Per ignon, whom your majesty sent to relieve me-" And no doubt you have leave of absence from the minister of war;" "No. your majesty; but had nothing else to do In Naples" Unless you are on your way to Naples within two hours you will be shot on the plain of Grenele at 12 o'clock precisely said the Emperor. re- turning his watch to his pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

If vote buying is stopped in Ohio bank clearings in october and November Will be decreased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
THE NEWSPAPER CRITICS

Banker Robin of New. York is certainly a bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

The trouser gown from Paris probably consists of two hobble skirts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

MAUD IN WINTER. Maud Milles looking very nice, Went out to help to harvest ice. The judge was skating, turned to look, And instantly tumble took.
 -T. E. M. in the New York Telegram. Then Maudie laughed so loud and long, She drew about her quite throng, Who gazed upon the judges plight And said, My land! But he's a sight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
THE AFTERMATH

THE AFTERMATH. "Father played Santa Claus Christmas.' : 'Yes; his makeup was great" Whats he playing now?, 'Hide-and-seek with the collectors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
THE BARD IN JANrrAR1

THE BARD IN JANUARY. He sang a song of Christmas, He sang the glad New Year, But when the bills were falling due He only shed tear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Tn New York they are saying at pres ent that one Robin does not make panic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
QUITE PRosAIC.

QUITE PRoSAIC. "Do you observe the young chap with a cigarette in his mouth?" "Yes.'' ''I saw him yesterday on his knees to a beautiful heiress." "Did you surprise them very much?" No; she merely remarked that she didn't think the shoe was small enough"
 UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. You should not male unkind remarks about the coffee.' "Why not?' That's abusing the weak
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
IS IT SO?

IS IT SO? I've often heard high-livers say That when there comes gloomy day,
 A little drink
 Will make them wink And drive all life's dull cares away. HELPING THE GENTLE READER. "Who Is that MT. Flubber you are a1- ways writing about?" asked the fair querist.
 "Oh, he's an imaginary person." an- swered the jozesmith. 1T should think you'd publish a cast of characters sometimes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
AN OLD ENGLISH ELECTION

the stolen slippers. Two men stood be- fore his window night and day, one with red slipper at the top of pole and another with a green. Colonel Salwey's winning card was the big free trade loaf, which was about 10 times the size of the miserable protectionst production. These two loaves appeared in the shop windows of the Whig bakers, and the free trade loaf was given for the asking
 The election lasted three days. On tho nomination day hustings was erected in tho market place and his worship, the mayor, presided. The opposing candi- dates sat on either side of his worship and abused each other in the most gen. tlemanly. manner possible The mayor de- nlanded show of hands, and as they were declared to be in favor of the Whigs the Tories demanded a poll. A polling day followed. The electors of Ludlow. like those of Eatonsville, were seized with temporarily dizziness of the head and some got Into the wrong booth and were kicked out. The third day was chairing day, when the successful candi- dates were seated in chairs decorated With their own coors and carried on the shoulders of men around the town. preceded by bands of music. The grand old peal of bells of the parish church rang merrly, as they had done at every past election for more than six centuries. and the bell ringers got so drunk that they could scarcely climb down the steps of the lofty tower. This grand old town in the days of Edward " had been prac- tically the capital of England, and it was thence that his son, Edward V. was taken to the tower to be smothered by the order of Richard III. It is curious to note that payment of parliamentary members. which is tenet of modern radicalism in England, is no new doe Urine, for there are records in Ludlow showing that in the sixteenth and seven- teenth centuries their members were paid at the rate of two shillings day for the time occupied in parliamentary duties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

The Panama canal can be more easily fortified than the standpat republican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Harry Thaw has not asked for change of residence in many months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Purchased voters never become spell bound when a party orator appears in Ohio
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Two hundred thousand New Workers see moving picture shows every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04

Some of the choicest seats on the water wagon have not been taken this year.