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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
First Visit to Birmingham

Charles E. Smith, a prominent citizen Of Richmond, Va, is registered at the Hotel Hillman.
 This is my first visit to Birmingham, and am more than pleased with the city" said MT. Smith. T have been hear ing so much about Birmingham and the Birmingham district that was expecting to see quite large town, but 1t sur passes all of my expectations. Birming- ham made a splendid exhibit in the last census. and there seems to be no cessa- ton in it's growth. It unquestionably has great future.
 T am most favorably impressed with the handsome appearance of the business district and as for the South Highlands am charmed with the beautiful houses and lawns, and with the general beauty of the scenery, enhanced as it is by a. magnificent mountain background.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
A REALE FAN

"The man who doesn't feel, during the baseball season, that the game is the most important thing in the world, de- serves considerable sympathy. He misses a great deal of fun, and he is out of touch
 with the plain people. There are fans and fans There are highbrow fans, who look with contempt upon amateur base ball. They maintain a coldly critical at titude, and no play Is so fine that they can't recall finer. They are much like the highbrows of literature, who confess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
THE RAINBOW

By William Wordsworth.
 My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky;
 So was 1t when my life began; So is it now I am man;
 So be 1t when shall grow old. < Or Jet me die.
 The child is father of the maA; And 1 could wish my days to be Bound to each other by natural piet,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
REFLEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A pedigree seems to have a genius for keeping clear of bank balance.
 Most people seem to think the only way they can learn to save money is by vast ing it.
 Eve must have had big grievance in not being able to threaten to go home to her mother.
 When a man is learning how to drive his new automobile he is learning how to cuss much faster.
 A woman wouldn't give up her right to cut another dead in the street for all the voting privileges in Christendom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
GEOGRAPHIC THANE OF sKIBo

From the New York World.
 The remarkable popularity of Triioy has resulted in a constant succession or novels dealing with artistic life. many or which treat of the Latin Quarter or rar's' though the greater number are or Ne" York.
 In the first named the novelist usually shows his originality by making his nero inc a model, but in the latter he chooses a wealthy woman of society who is also a picture buyer-a parsonage after the artists own heart In every case the hero is a struggling artist" which is the technical term for young man of great but unrecognized talent and an unfortu- nate habit of breeding over his misfor- tunes. It would seem that the artistic
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way of struggling is to nope in the studio, smoke innumerable cigarettes and curse the successful. The cheery atmosphere of polite bohemia, or what the author im- agines to be such, characterizes all novels of this class. The artist is invited to fashionable drawing rooms, where he talks about his ideals instead of trying, as he would in real life, to ''sting" some nnwary guest for portrait. The object of his adoration is about to marry an English lord or an American millionaire, but his art chatter changes the tenor of her dreams and she shows her preference for him in unmistakable fashion. But he will not tell his love because he is en- gagged in struggling" Finally his picture is hung on the line and wealth and fame appear on the horizony Then he pro- poses.
 Those who complain of the dearth of im- agination or the part of modern novelists should read few stories of the studio school. '--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

Madero and De La Barra will really be joint presidents of Mexico after Diaz retres, and if they should need an um- pire General Reyes will not be selected. Reyes is now persona grata in Mexico at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The whitewashing of Lorimer is no longer feasible, and either he must be turned out of the Senate or else the Sen ate must admit that it is made up of men just like him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

American senators and representatives are paid Si5O0 a year with many per uujsites added and a salary of 5000 year for members of the house of com labor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
DEPRIVATION.

I've never found an. easy way Of quickly getting rich; That's why have no auto car To throw me in ditch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

A TRICK OF THE TRADE. A poet got up in the morning
 And sang a sweet song of delight; But he met with great deal of trouble Before he went backward that night So he made a few changes of meter, Revised few phrases intent, And the song he had warbled so gaily Became a heart-broken lament.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
EASILY MOVED.

''Diggs is one of the most excitable per- sons I ever saw'
 "Is that so?'
 "Yes. Last night he hissed the villain In photoplay."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

As to whether or not a man knows when to quit depends great deal on what he is doing.
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Queen Mary has put ban upon bridge parties, and those to whom the game Is a source of revenue\are distressed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The supreme court should be asked to say that the end-seat hog is an unreas- enable restraint upon transportation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

Madero Is a prospective president in a sense that no American is, for he has governors who will attend to the bal loting on election day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The insurrection in Mexico never did attain to colossal proportions, but it was stronger than was the men In power at Mexico City and they knew it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The Detroit team is trying to win a pennant in the first half of the sched- uled games. This is decidedly irregular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The Standard On's love and admiration for the supreme court decision increase daily. It wants no other in it's business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The vice president of that Philadelphia team took his baseball too seriously. This is mistake that a good many make.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
ENTRANCEMENT.

"The woods green heart is a nest of
 dreams Where fancies fair fit to and fro, Mid shadows cool and golden gleams, And the spiders web and the vioIet's S
 glow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The quickest way to get rid of trouble Is to crowd it out with hard work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
ouITE THE oPPosIrE.
A TRICK OF THE TRADF

''He seems to have a winning smile"
 "You just ought to see his losing look. T
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Diaz gets his revenge by turning Mex ico, full of reform dreams that cannot be applied, over to Madero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The Standard Oil's six months of grace are slipping away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The willing worker nowadays Is also the wilted worker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

Some men are so dreadfully handicap ped they can't look wise, even when they keep their mouths closed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The person who invented shirtwaitsts deserves a Nobel prize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

What the average man likes about be- ing public spirited is the applause he gets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

Montgomery may yet become the Ta- coma of the south. Recall petitions are in circulation there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

And ever the peace of forest aisles Allays the feverous, fretful heart, And the joy that attends on natures
 smiles Heals every wound. soothes every
 smart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

We don't think much of the proposition to erect statue of liberty at Reno, Nev.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

Mexican peace is anlicted with relapses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

1 The insurrection in Mexico never did attain to colossal proportions, but it was stronger than was the men In power at Mexico City and they knew it.
 
 | Madero Is a prospective president in a sense that no American is, for he has governors who will attend to the bal loting on election day.
  The Detroit team is trying to win a pennant in the first half of the sched- uled games. This is decidedly irregular The Standard Oil's love and admiration for the supreme court decision increase daily. It wants no other in it's business. The vice president of that Philadelphia team took his baseball too seriously. This is a mistake that good many make.
  The supreme court should be asked to say that the end-seat hog is an unreas- enable restraint upon transportation.
  Queen Mary has put a ban upon bridge parties, and those to whom the game Is a source of revenue\are distressed.
  Diaz gets his revenge by turning Mex ico, full of reform dreams that cannot be applied, over to Madero.
  Montgomery may yet become the Ia coma of the south. Recall petitions are in circulation there.
  The price of Standard Oil stock contin- des to go up. The people may be hunting for souvenirs. Chicago wants a Y. NJ. c. A. hotel from which the tip trust would be excluded.
  Dr. Wiley is studying mincemeat and some day he may definitely define hash. The person who invented shirtwaitsts deserves a Nobel prize.
  The Standard Oirs six months of grace are slipping away. The willing worker nowadays Is also the wilted worker. Mexico is beckonng back peace with both hands.
 The Lorimer case has come back to the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

Mexico Is beckoning back peace with both hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
THE TRUTH ABOUT MINCEMEAT

chance presided at the ceremony, a sim gle whiff of the fragrance and aroma that spread throughout the kitchen would nave begun work of faith to which sight and taste would shortly add their convincing testimony
 Mincemeat Is mincemeat. That means it contains meat, and the meat is minced. Can you recall the wooden bowl in which the choise beef was put, together with rich, firm suet, and big purple seeded rais- -ins, and citron, and dash of rum and a good slug of whisky, and the good Lord and grandmother knows what else? If you can, you know what it is to feel the digestive juices rise right up from the roots of your tongue, till you had to swallow to keep from strangling. And the memory of the scrapings from that bowl still brings the thought that if the crumbs that fell from the rich mans table were mincemeat, then Lazarus wasn't so bad off, after all. ssets rs,
 This is no question for mere men to settle, whatever their knowledge Of crucibles, retorts or qualitative analysis. Bring on, instead, some New England great aunt, a middle west farmers wife of the olden time, and an ante-belum nanny. In two minutes this impartial triumvirate will render verdict that will cut as clean and conclusive as the decision of the wise Solomon regarding the maternity of the disputed babe. They are the true augurs in a case of this kind, and their inspection of the alleged mincemeat set before them will call down either merited blessings or unqualified censure upon its makers. Whatever passes such court must be mincenleat, indeed. without reproach.
 That's the kind of mincemeat that George Washington and Andy Jackson ate, the kind that Champ Clark still ''nones" for, the kind the nation wants!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The price of Standard Oil stock contin- nes to go up. The people may be hunting for souvenirs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

The Lorimer case has come back to the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
OBSERVATIONS.

 - OBSERVATIONS. As to whether or not man knows when to quit depends algreat deal on what he is doing What the average man likes about be- ing public spirited is the applause he gets. We don't think much of the proposition to erect statue of liberty at Reno, Nev.
 The quickest way to get rid of trouble Is to crowd it out with hard work
 Some men are so dreadfully handicap ped they can't look wise, even when they keep their mouths closed It is hard, to have any respect for a man who has his picture taken two or three times a year. simply for the sake of souvenirs.
 When mans wife belongs to seven bridge clubs he can get lot of consola- ton out of attending poker parties. Tn every small town there is an inven- tor who can't make living.
 One of the smartest men we ever knew always said "Yes, my dear,'i to the craziest observations his wife would make.
 There are people in the world who seem to get as much pleasure out of news paper compliment they write themselves and pay to have published, as they would if the praise came voluntarily from sone- body else PAULsoOOk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

Chicago wants a Y M. c. A. hotel from which the tip trust would be excluded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

Dr. Wiley is studying mincemeat and some day he may definitely define hash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

It is hard to have any respect for a man who has his picture taken two or three times a year, simply for the sake of souvenirs. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
IN PAWN.

IN PAWN. Poor old Navarro, What can he do? Nobody planes him For feeling blue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

When a mans wife belongs to seven bridge clubs, he can get lot of consola- tion out of attending poker parties.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-13
DIVORCE DAY TO-DAY
Marital Woes Heard in Cir
cult Court.

Divorce was granted Cora Bridget,
living in the northwestern part of the
county, from William Bridget, on the
grounds of failure to provide. The de-
fendant lives in New Castle. 1t was
alleged that he had failed to provide
sufficiently since March, 1908.
On cross complaint in which fail
ure to provide and abandonment were
alleged, Marietta Kettler was divorc-
ed from George Wesley Kettler in the
circuit court. Kettler filed suit for
divorce several weeks ago. His wife
retaliated by filing cross complaint
and Kettler dismissed his complaint
on Monday, just prior to the trial.
Alleging that she will vigorously
prosecute her defense to the suit for
divorce filed some time ago by Louis
Martin, if she is provided by her hus-
band with the means by which to do
SO, Martha Martin on Monday filed
with the clerk of the circuit court a
petition for suit money. She declares
that she will be at considerable ex-
sense in retaining attorneys to fight
the case here and also to take deposl-
tions of witnesses who live in Day
ton. Her only means, according to
the complaint, is a small portion OF
an equally small pension given by the
government. She asserts her hus-
band is strong and able bodied and
asks that he be compelled to pay for
her defense to his action.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-13
HETEROGENEOUS
WERE FILED TODAY

Interrogatories filed in the circuit
court by counsel for Frank Morgan.
who is suing the Citizens Telephone
company of Cambridge City for $1O.-
600 damages for personal injuries. de-
mand that the company answer peril.
nent questions relative to the condi-
ton Of line on South Third street in
that town at the time of the accident
The complainant says that on March
9, 1911, as he was standing up in a
flatbed spring wagon. drawn by a
team, he was uncermoniously jerked
from the wagon when he came in con-
tact with q telephone wire which sag
xed In the middle. and which hung
over the street. He says that it was
not light enough for him to see the
wire and that he was thrown heavily
to the street, that he sustained inju.
ries to his side. back and other parts
of the body and was permanently in.
1ured. The interrogatories must be
answered by November 1s.-The tele.
phone company has demurred to the
complaint, alleging that 1t was as
much the carelessness Of the com.
plainant as anything else which was
reasonable for the accident and also
asserting that the complaint does not
state suhicient facts to constitute an
ection Of this character.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-13
A BONEHEAD PLAY
BY LOCAL LEADERS

The action of the Wayne County
Republican Central Committee in
refusing to hold the La Toilette
meeting in this city under it's au-
spices is described as "bOnehead
play" in the Sunday issue of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, strong Taft
paper, in an article by r. G. Tuck
er, Indiana political correspondent
for that paper. Tucker is promi-
nent in Republican politics in this
state, and thoroughly acquainted
with conditions in the HOOsier
state. The article, in part, follows:
1t is conceded that in the Sixth
District the old guard has made
what would be termed in baseball
as a bonehead play. At Richmond
it was decided by the alleged and
near leaders that the Republican
organization shall show Senator La
Toilette the cold shoulder when he
comes there the latter part of this
month to make a speech.
The indications are that nothing
finer could have happened for Sen
ator La Toilette. The cut-ard-dried
scheme of the old liners to ignore
him apparently hasn't appealed to
the laboring classes, and they have
appointed a committee of 100 men
to make all arrangements for the
meeting.
The outlook now is that Senator
LaFollette will not be able to ad-
dress all of the people who will
want to hear him at Richmond.
The attitude of the local machine
has given him an opportunity he
probably desired OF getting right
at the masses.
It is the understanding that the
old guard leaders here have been
talking the matter over, and that
they have determined to give Sena-
tor La Toilette good squelching
when he comes to Indianapolis.
The Republican organization will
hand him the cold shoulder and
will have nothing to do with his
meetings, but there are reasons to
believe now that the laboring class
es will take charge of the plans, as
they have at Richmond
Republican leaders do not hesi.
tate to say in private that there is
a lot of feeling among the radical
progressives in Indiana agains,
the present Administration, bu'
they have taken it for granted that
it will not be manifested in the
election of delegates Their fear
is that enough of the progressives
will remain away from the polls
next year to give the state to the
Democrats.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-13
TO THE REFORMATORY
A Negro Lecher Was Sen.
fenced Mondav.

Without displaying the least emotion
on his expressionless face, Harry
Frazier. alias Harry Ralston. the self
confessed lecher was sentenced to
two to fourteen years in the Jeffer
sonville Reformatory and fined s.
and costs by Judge Fox of the circuit
court.
The nineteen-year-old negro on Sep
tember Is. attacked Vera, the young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Pfafflin.
in the rear of their home, 1OS North
Sixth street, and on September 20
was indicted by the Wayne county
grand jury for assault and battery
with intent to commit a felony. The
girls screams frightened the negro
away, but he was afterwards arrest
ed and identified by the young girl.
1t was the advice of county attorney
Denver Carl Harlan that Frazier plead
guilty. but it was strongly against his
own wishes. AS soon as he had been
brought into the court room and had
been arraigned, the negro plead not
guilty, distinct surprise to his attor-
ney. About a half hour later. after
the attorney had impressed upon the
negro's dull intellect the futility of
fighting the charge, he was allowed
by the court to withdraw the not gull
ty plea and enter in its stead one OF
guilty.
The state, though it had anticipated
such an action was prepared for trial.
the little girl, with her parents and
younger sister, Ruth. and the other
state witnesses being assembled in
the court room.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-13
A HEALTH COURSE
FOR THE SCHOOLS
Is Strongly Advocated by the
County Superintendent,
G.. O. Williams.

Fundamental principles of good
health, the first symptoms of the more
prevalent diseases, as we'll as treat
ment which may be prescribed to give
temporary relief in such cases, and
methods to be pursued in case of acci-
dents, should be taught in the rural
schools, according to county superin-
tendent c. o. Williams, with whom
good health and sanitation is hobby.
Incorporation of such course in the
district schools will likely be recon-
mended by the county superintendent
His idea is not to make physicians out
Of the pupils but simply to acquaint
them with the simpler theories of good
health. The absolute ignorance of peo-
pie on the subject is to be deplored. he
says. Good health is such an important
thing that the education of the youth
in this regard should not be neglected.
The question is of particular import
ance in the country, he says, as farm
ers when taken suddenly i'll, Or are in
jured often have to wait long time
before they can receive medical atten-
ton, either by visiting the country
physician at his Office or calling him
to the home.
Preliminary steps in putting this
plan into practice have been taken.
Rest rooms have been provided in the
new schools. The rest room is more of
a hospital than anything else. where
either pupil or teacher may be cared
for in event of sudden illness. These
rooms are ordinarily fitted up with a
couch. easy chair. mirror and kit OF
the simpler remedies, such as arnica
smelling salts and possibly a book, in
which. after long search, one may find
something which seems to describe the
ailment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-13
Peace Negotiations Opened
in Forbidden City, Gen.
Yuan Representing Inter-
ests of Revolters.
UNFOLDS THE REBEL
DEMANDS TO REGENT
Envoy Failed to Effect Peace
in Hankow Visit Chez
Foo Residents Welcome
Invading Army.
lNational News Association)

PEKIN. Nov. 13-Peace negotia-
tions between the throne and the
Chinese rebels were opened in the
Palace within the forbidden city to-
day, following the arrival of Gen Yuan
Shi Kai, who has been in the south in
communication with the revolutionary
chieftains. Gen. Yuan came to the
capital as the envoy of the rebels, al
though he has not been actively af-
filiated with the revolution. He has
the confidence of both sides.
Gen. Yuan brought with him to thc
capital the demands of the rebel lead
ers and they were unfolded to Prince
Chuen, the regent, in a long private
audience within the palace.
In the meantime the rebel army
which is marching on Pekin was halt
ed in it's progress pending the out
come of the negotiations at the capi
tai.
The coming of Gen Yuan has long
been heralded. He was first sent tC
Hankow to treat with the rebels and
attempted to effect a lasting peace
While he failed to bring about this re
suit, the government continued tc
show it's belief in him by inviting him
to the capital to become Premier
Yuan refused this offer but consented
to return and to bring with him the
demands of the rebels and to counse
the throne