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The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
POPE'S CONDITION
CAUSES ANXIETY
May Participate in Celebra-
tiOn on Wednesday.

Rome. Aug 5.-The Pope's health con-
tinues TO cause anxiety. Owing to his
weakness he has suspended his audiences
until Wednesday. when he will partici-
pate in the ceremony of the anniversary
of his conservation.
He is much preoccupied with the
prophecy of his death in 1912 and ar
ticles in the press relative to his health
Orders have been given 10 keep things
from the Pope, but he insists upon read
ing the newspapers. His sisters are
with him constantly, and the doctors
visited him twice daily until yesterday.
Though reports of imminent danger are
exaggerated, he is undoubtedly enfeebed
by old age, the gOut, and the heat. 1t
is proba bile that after the ceremony in
TN" Sistine Chapel the doctors will or
de- another period of rest
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
Record Pinno PLAYING Fent.

Paris. Aug. 5.-The Paris newspapers
record a feat of endurance on the part
OF one Thorpe. a native Of Bohemia. who
played the piano for thirty hours and fif-
teen minutes without stopping. 1t seems
that this Is not the first such perform
ance on a piano. for Mr., Waterbury II
credited with having strummed the Keys
for twenty-eight and one-haif hours
without. a break. Thorpe was fed aud
given stumulants during the entertaifiS
ment. It. is not mentioned. however.
whether or not the audience brought thar
hsds with them. =
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
Sue. for Employees Act.

Hartford, Conn. Aug. 5.-A novel suit
has been instituted against the Hartford
Gaslight Company by Hyman Levinson,
who claims damages of 5000. LevinsOn
states that on January 10 an emplOye
of the company pointed a revolver at
him and threatened TO shoot, and alleges
that as the man was employed by the
company on tho day in question. the COM
pany is responsible for his actions.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
Fifty-nine Years In Asylum.

Fulton, Mo-. Aug. 5.-Charles Thorpe,
for nearly fifty-nine years a patient in
the Fulton Hospital for the Insane, is
dead. aged eighty-nine. Since he was
admitted, in October, 1852. Thorpe was
discharged four times, but vas re-
turned each time. Once he escaped
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
Musicians Pay Raised.

Chicago. Aug. 5.-Music will cost
Chicago theater managers $4,000 more
during the coming year than it did last
year The Chicago Federation of Mu-
sicians has gained a complete victory
and raised salaries of players from 20
TO so per cent.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
Di.membered Body Found.

Denver, Colo. Aug. 5.-SCattered for
quarter of a mile along a lonely noun
tain gulch twelve miles north of here,
the dismembered body of a woman was
found yesterday by a ranchman. There
seems to be little doubt that the woman
was murdered.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
AERO COLLEGE OPENED.
University Given Money for New
Branch of study.

Branch OF Study.
Paris, Aug. 5.-The Aerotechnic Insti-
tute, established, thanks to the generosity
of NJ. Deutsch de la Meurthe. the WELL
known wealthy sportsman. has been off,
cially opened by the minister of public
instruction.
Deutsch announced two years ago his
intention to give to the University of
Paris a sum. of $4,000 and an endowment
of $Sc,oc0 for the installation Of an aero
technic institute, This has now been
established at st. Cyr. near Paris, busy
center of aviation. -'.-.-
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
DUKES TOWN TRANSFERRED.
Tayistock Estate Sold to Tenants
md Other lIddera.

Tayistock Estate Sold to Tenants
md Other Bidders.
London. Aug 5.-A sale of part OF the
Duke of Bedford's Devonshire property
realized s125,oeo. The property sold COM
prised eleven hotels and inns, business
premises. and about 200 cottages In the
town of Tayistock. and $500 acres in the
neighborhood.
The public houses brought exceptionally
high prices; otherwise. competition was
not Keen Business premises wcrr' chief
ly secured by ritting tenants. When the
sale is completed the whole OF the town
OF Tarissock wiii have changed, owner
ship.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
INDIAN TONGUE LEARNED.
Londoners Prepare for Durbnr Cere-
-, mony In Decembef.

London. Aug. 5.-The latest fad in Lon
don is to study Hindustani, and lessons
In this difficult language are fitted in
between luncheon and tea engagements,
or between the ride IN the Mall In the
early morning and the II o'clock break
fast. #I.
This devotion to Hindustani is in view
of the approaching coronation durbar. to
attend which hundreds OF English men
and worlen will follow the King and
Queen to Delhi.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
Scales for Vegetables,

Chicago. Aug. 5.-Following the ex-
ample of Evanston. the north shore
suburb. Chicago will do away with peck
and quart measures as far as they are
used for vegetables, and substitute
system of weights. =
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06

Fairbanks, two experienced road build
ing engineers from the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. and H. ].
Hurlbut, of the land and industrial de-
partment of the Southern Railway, ac-
company the train and conduct free
demonstrations and lectures at each
point
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
COST OF UPKEEP
FOR AUTOMOBILES
Much Depends Upon Owners
Handling of Car.
HOW TO. REDUCE EXPENSE

Keep the Tires Fully Inflated and
Do Not Run the Machine Too Fnst.
1t Also Pays to Have some
knowledge of Ethe Mechanism of
the Car-Useful Hints to Owners.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
High Speed Is Expensive.

High-speed driving and reckless turning
of corners are great helps to big repair
bills, as are a dozen other things about
a car, such as too little oil and hitting
ruts without slipping the clutch. There
Is hardly driver who estimates the real
cost of speed. The destruction increases
not in direct proportion as the speed in
creases. but according to the square or
even the cube. A car can be driven at
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06
AUTO SHOP PLANS
A RECORD OUTPUT
EMF Company to Make
$4,000 Cars in Year.
TOPS HIGH MARK BY 10000

Big Mandatory Will Make Every
Part of Machines to be Turned
Out I'm Its Own Plnnts-Census
shows Total Output of Country IL
400, ,OOO-One of Largest Concerns.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06

The Frank G. Tickling Company, ac-
cessory dealers. has secured the premises
adjoining its present location, in Four
teenth street. They plan tearing out the
wall and converting the two buildings
into one, to be used as a salesroom.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06

Miller Bros have sold model T ForC
touring cars to the National Training
School for Boys and ]. B. Jaques. anc
a roadster of the same make to Jonr
Uppleby.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06

Though we have already turned out
half I dozen 1872 cars We have found
x imposssbis 70 keep one on our show
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06

The Wilson Company. representatives
OF the Cole 80 and K-r-i-t. will move
from their present quarters in Four
teenth street September l. Mr.. Wilson
declined yesterday to say where his new
location would be. though he intimated
that he had one or two places with more
commodious quarrers in view.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06

Clarence Barnard leaves this morning
in his STANDARDIZATION for a trip to
Lutherville, Md. In company with DIR.
Luckett, he will make a trip to Noun
tain Lake Park, Md, Tuesday.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06

w A. Ward, of the United Motor
Washington Company, returned yester-
day from a weeks visit to the Columbia
factory at Hartford. Conn. where he
has been looking over the new Knight
motor, which that firm Is bringing out
for next season.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-06

Wine & Benson have delivered six
cylinder. seven-passenger Premier to
William Murphy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
A Month of Postal Savings Banks

The establishment of postal savings bank in each state and territory has re- suited favorably. The deposits of the first month averaged sl2OO per bank, and this is beyond the average deposits of English postal banks.
 MT Hitchcock now asks Congress to appropriate enough money to enable him to multiply the banks up to the demands gress will deal literally with this popu- lar measure The Postmaster General de- eires to establish as speedily as possible BOO additional postal banks, or about 10 more in each state. This would by no means cover the ground, but postal bank system can not be built in a day. Con gross should, however, promote freely the establishment of system that is work ing efficiently and smoothly, and that is of value to poor people at least.
 But even if postal banks. are established up to the plans of the Postmaster General yet it is plain that the Panama canal cannot be built on bonds placed In postal savings banks. Time, in other words, is needed in which to bring out the maxi mum possibilities of the new system. All believe the final results will be large and satisfactory, but 10 years will have passed before those possibilities are brought within reach of the treasury depart ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
Mexico Smouldering

After a long rule with an iron hand the republic of Mexico has become pretty full of discontent It is said no one out side of the official class now has any liking for the Diaz regime. It should always be remembered that in Latin America no real elections are held. The party in power manipulates them, and in this way revolutions are invited and are sure to come in the long run.
 The insurrectos in Chihuahua are not numerous. but President Diaz dare not weaken his strength elsewhere for the purpose of sending a strong force to that state. The rebellion goes unchecked and no one can see it's ending.
 President Diaz has good many rurales or mounted policemen, but his army is small and it is drawn largely from the prisons To withdraw any considerable
  Chihuahua would open the way for the rise of insurrectos in other states. Mex leo is in short ripe for a general re- volt against the DiaZ tyranny.
 All Mexico is not up in arms against the aged president, but it is ready to
 t-. rise against him, and he knows no doubt what the situation is. Diaz has been los ing popular support long time, and to- day Mexico is a smouldering fire which may break out at any time. And yet DiaZ may be able to keep this discomfort from spreading to the capital in dangerous pro- portions to the end of his days. He is over 80 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
ROMANCE OF OWEN KILDARE

From the New YOrk World.
 The real romance of Owen Kildares life is told in his best-known novel, My Mamie Rose." in the writing of which he was assisted by his wife. One day in his youth on the East Side, where he was born in 1864, he was in a group of boys who were annoying young women. A girl passed by and Kildare knocked down one of her annoyers. Then he es- corted her from the Bowery. From that day he was the slave of the girl, Marie Rose Deering.
 He began to study under her direction. Together they went to the lectures in Cooper Union and in school houses. When Kildare asked her to marry him he was a baggage agent earning ss week. By 1900 he had saved enough money to mar ry on, they thought, but the girl died before the day set for the wedding.
 With her passing went his new interest in the things of a settled life He was rapidly becoming drifter when one day on a park bench he saw a prize offer for the best short story submitted to a newspaper. He wrote part of his own life story on wrapping paper and in a few days saw his own name in print for the first time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13

From the Louisville Courier-Journai
 The earliest trace of coffee in Europe appears in letter under date 1615 writ ten from Constantinople. by an Italian Pietro della Valle, to friend at Rome, in which the writer proposes to teach Europeans the use of what the Turks called Cahue ar Kauhi. our word coffee, first written as Coffa. Its introduction from Asia into Europe was chiefly due to Turkish ambassador at Paris wno,
 in the year 1868, made the beverage high ly fashionable. His porcelain cups were beautiful, his napkins fringed with gold and his Turkish slaves on their knees as they served the brew of the brown berry to the ladies of court. Then in 1872 an Armenian at Paris followed up this advantage by opening a coffee house at the time of the public fair. The banish ment of Rousseau was occasoned by his wit and railery leveled at the coffee drinkers of France.
 It appears that England had the bev- craze at an earlier date, for an English Turkish merchant brought Greek oerv- ant to London in 1852, who opened shop lo SSil II pupllNly. T UT ~ yCdio oi iuOiS England was deluged with witty pam phlets and satirical poems against the use of coffee upon all sorts of grounds. In 1874 the women got up a great petition to parliament and filled the land with lamentations. They declared that the Turkish curse would make their chndren dwarfs and pigmies. The history of cof- fee houses is often the history of the manners, morals and politics of a people, and for this reason they have frequently been suppressed by law. The use of the Arabian berry in such public places was more than twice forbidden in the country where it grows, and the same fate hap pened upon its introduction into England. The 20 years of strife were followed by a great reaction in the public mind, when Sir James Muddiford was praised for promoting sobriety among laboring men by the substitution of morning coffee to brace man before breakfast instead of ale. beer or wine. While coffee Is the mainstay of laboring men elsewhere over Europe, it Is not so today in England, where the preference is given to tea Un- der Charles II, in 1675, royal proclama- tion for a time shut them all up be- cause the coffee houses had become the rendezvous of anti-regal politicians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
LIFE IN A SAHARAN OASIS

Is combating without much foiec his in furiated wife, whose fierce gestures and torrents of abuse seem to be leading to a tragic climax. But no one pays them any attention: presently tiey separate, shout ing and shaking ti,eir fists at aacn other till ecr"er lio ,se divides them
 Presently venerable Arab rides by m white tufian. green sacket, and. thrown over this, pale blue cloak. Behind him on his mule which has a splendid red or,dle decorated with silver. tides his wife, her face yelled, her whole body swethed in muslin. Perhaps in the se- clusion of the harem she, too, has a voice in affairs.
 In spite of their white robes the arabs sit everywhere on the ground. One at tfs corner of the wall below me is mend ing with needle and thread a tear in his cloak; his brown hand Is thin and slen der with long fingers, like a woman's Up the burning white road comes 8 hunter returned from the desert. His green hat is faded till it Is almost white. bis black cloak Is coated with dust, and every now and then he shifts the gun tha | is strung across his shoulder, as if ts weight had become unbearable. His foot sore horsc troops wearily, and there goes before hin a camel, on which hang the bodies of the gazelles that he has shot. Biskra, Algeria, January 15
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
Segregation of Jefferson Needed

The defeat of Representative Motion 3 bill in the house renders still more de- eirable a constitutional amendment that will segregate Jefferson county. This proposition is well advanced, and the legislature will presumably lay it be- fore the voters in 1912. It does, it is true, postpone relief from the fee brigade un- til the year 1915. but if remedy be im- possible sooner it is better to accept one even four years hence.
 Once let Jefferson county be put on a footing by itself there will be little trouble in finding satisfactory solution of the fee problem. Senator Hugh Morrow Rrasped the situation early and no doubt he will see that his plan Is carried out. It simply consists in the segregation of Jefferson county, and as soon as that :s accomplished then all the other coun- ties in the state will not care what legis- lation Jefferson secures. Whatever this county asks for as to fees and costs and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13

in far less liberal way, as travelling theatrical managers have for years found to their cost. The states of Massachu- setts, Illinois and Louisiana, which con- tain the big cities of Boston. Chicago and New Orleans, have laws which are particularly drastic, as they absolutely bar children under 16 years of age from appearing in theatrical performances. It is well understood that these laws were drafted with children of the factory and the mill in mind. Nevertheless, though their sponsors perhaps did not so intend 1t, they operate directly against stage children. As matter of actual fact, m children anywhere are so well cared for and watched over as the youngsters back of the footlights. Every stage hand or grip becomes at once their champion; every stage manager and stage door, tender is their loyal friend. Nothing in the least objectionable ever reaches their eyes or ears. Coupled with this, they are invariably accompanied by some older person and their work, if work it can be called, occupies a scant two and a half hours at the most, and usually but a few minutes. 1
 The receipts of the monster benefit are to be utilized in enlightening the publis upon the hardship which the laws of certain states unwittingly work against children of the stage and against art in the hope that steps may be taken making for their repeal or modification. The Ma tional Alliance for the Protection of Stage Children feels that this matter Is one of the most important in connection with the theatre.
 The general committee of the alliance contains such well-known names as Au- gustus Thomas, the Rev. Thomas c. Slicer, Prof. William Lyon Phelps, John W. Alexander, the Rev. Percy S. Grant, Daniel Frohman, Henry B. Harris, Percy Macleaye. Levi Mayer, Mrs. Fiske, Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin. Julia Marlowe, Hamlin Garland, Hamilton Wright Ma bic, Francis Wilson, Winthrop Ames. Mrs. Edith Ellis Furness, Mary Shaw, F. F. Mackay and Annie Russell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
Airships At the Border

Airships and aviators are to be hurried to the Mexican border to act there as scouts in keeping the United States army officers stationed along the Rio Grande well informed of the movements of both federals and insurrectos near the border. Both Gen. Leonard Wood, who heads the army staff, and Gen. James Allen, chief of the signal corps, have confi- dence that airships can become very use full as scouts along the Mexican border. Six airships are to be used in this ef- fort to preserve the neutrality laws of the United States.
 This will be the first use of airships in war, and the aerial fleet of the Rio Grande will become historic. The value of aeroplanes for scouting purposes will surely be tested before the movement of the insurrectos in Mexico is ended, and all the nations of the world will watch the new scouts Each aviator will be ac- companied by an army officer, and that army officer will be the real scout watch ing all movements. The new policy seems to call for an airship at stations about 50 miles apart all along the bor- der, and the success attending these aerial flights will indeed decide the use- fulness of airshps in war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
The School Bill

The bill to submit to the voters an amendment to the constitution providing that counties and public school districts may levy a special tax passed the house by vote of 76 to 2. It is hoped that the senate will concur by unanimous vote. That the senate will give the measure the necessary number of votes for it's adoption is thought to be certain. but a unanimous vote would have a splendid moral effect on the public school situa- tion of the state in general It would make the ratification of the amendment in the general election of November, 1912, comparatively easy, for with such evil dence of the legislatures approval of this important measure the people could be easily aroused to a point of enthusiasm; and this enthusiasm would result ulti mately. in large majority of the coun-
 
 local taxation for adequate support of their schools.
 Alabama has suffered too long from poor schools in the rural districts and from it's low census rating in the scale of literacy. The ridiculously small county tax of one mill for the rural schools which is now permitted is really not one-fourth enough to maintain country schools as they should be maintained. but the proposed amendment allows coun- ties to levy four mills and school dis tricts five mills. Many districts would vote for the special tax of five mills, and thus revenue would be raised suffi- cient to build up a school system in the rural districts that would in time put Alabama well forward in the educational ranks.
 Tn view of lack of interest in this local taxation question remarked a few years ago, the almost unanimous vote in the house in favor of the bill was as sig nificant as it was encouraging; significant because it showed that a campaign of education had been in progress. Four years ago an amendment bill seeking local taxation for the public schools was be- fore the legislature, but it failed to pass. few years prior to that there was so little interest in this question that no one, 1t seems, could be induced to give 1t seriels consideration, or at any rate to start up an active movement in be- half of local taxation. Let the senate make the vote for the amendment bill unanimous, and the people at the next general election will roll up an overwhelm- ing majority for it's ratification.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE STAGE

W.T.. 1., is so ssDss's" s".tsa%sn, 's prsss sss
 w given in America is that now being arranged by the National Alliance for the Protection of Stage Children It will take place on the afternoon of Mon day, February 27, and some idea Of It's magnitude may be gained by the state- ment that the programme will require fully five hours in consummation, start ing at D. m. The directors of the Met ropolitan Opera House have donated that capacious theatre and it is here that the performance will be given. The execu- tive committee of the alliance, which con sists of George c. Tyler. managing direc- tor of Liebler & Co.,, chairman; Marc Klaw, Daniel Frohman and Charles Froh- man., is now busily engaged upon the work of arranging the bill. for which the most prominent actors, operatic artists and musicians in the country have volun- teered their services.
 As every theatregoer knows, child actors and actresses-children of the stage-are necessary in the presentation of certain plays. 'The Blue Bird" Rip Van Win kle," "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 'sUncle Toms Cabin" Little Lord F'aun- tleroy," to mention a very few which have charmed countless patrons of the drama, could hardly be given without them. It Is from sources such as these that the stage owes Maude Adams, Julia Marowe. Annie Russell, Elsie Leslie. Ma bel and Edith Taliaferro, William Collier. Henry E. Dixey, Joseph Jefferson's sons, Wallace Eddinger and others. Where state laws arbitrarily prohibit the ap- pearance on the stage of children, the latter are debarred opportunity of learn ing the rudiments of the dramatic pro- fession. Not only this, but there are lost to playgoers many plays impossible of production without the services of juve- nile actors. No fault can be found with the laws of New York state In this re- spect, the licensing power being vested in the mayors of the various cities. Many other states, however, handle the matter