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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
Underwood as a National Figure

Tt is highly gratifying to hear ev- cry Alabamian who comes back from a summer vacation spent in the east say that oscar w. Underwood is spoken of favorably as g. presidential possi- bility," said a well known lawyer.
 T have talked with at least a dozen Birmingham men within the past four or five days who have recently visited New York and some of them have been as far as Boston, and they have told me of the growing Underwood senti- ment among business men. in the great financial centers.
 Gov. Woodrow Wilson, who is a conspicuous democratic figure, seems to have more followers in the west than in the east. From all accounts Har- mon is regarded in the east as an ex- ceptionally strong candidate. Some think that the ticket should be liar mon and Underwood, but not few say that If Harmon cannot be nom mated in the democratic convention Underwood may be chosen as a stan dard bearer. New Workers regard our distinguished Alabama democrat as safe and sane and the safe and sane statesman is what the country espe- cially needs at this time.
 "of course, everybody knows that Governor Harmon is as conservative as he is able, but we find many demo- crats who would prefer to have Under wood on account of the latter being a comparatively young man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
DOMINIC GERARDI

From the Louisville Courier r-J ournal.
 The harp was invented by Jubal, &C., cording to the Bible, and it is one of the oldest stringed instruments. Poetry and romance-of an earlier period. and the inspiration of the songs of trouba- dours that preceded both, the harp of Jubal's day, somewhat improved, and for some time patented, is as popular today as 1t ever was.
 Dominic Gerardi. whose death is chronicled In another column. was Q humble harpist unknown to fame, but very well known indeed in Louisville, where his harp had been heard for a quarter of q century or more. Many of the belles whose nimble feet responded to the notes of Dominic's harp when house dances were still popular and it was not necessary to invite ones guests to hotel to entertain them are now gray haired. Some of these at whose wedding Dominic played when he was young, are grandmothers. And how many of those for whom Dominic played at dances or weddings preceded him from the stage?
 From behind the ferns and flowers, and in the restaurants and hotels Dominic Gerardi saw a good deal of fashionable life in Louisville during the years he spent in his adopted coun- try, which he liked well enough not to return to Naples, although Neapolf- tans have reasons for strong local at tachments if anyone has. Among the countless number of persons who heard him play there is perhaps none who does not sincerely regret his death. To borrow thought from famous grave side tribute, what a wilderness Of How CTS the harpist would sleep beneath If everyone who cherishes the memory of his music and a kindly recollection of the player, could lay blossom upon his grave.
 Usefulness Is truly measured not by the measure of fame, or dignity of posi- ton, but partly at least by the happi- ness a life brings into the lives of others.
 It Is better to play harp well and live we'll liked and die regretted than to sit in the seats of the mighty and die leaving more persons to say in charity, de mortuis nil nisi bonum' than to say in sorrow that the world, or the community, has suffered a loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 ~ ERMONs innumerable, books too
 numerous to mention, essays that 0 are countless and a few plays have been written upon the curse of drink. But how about the curse of the everlasting ubiquitous, undodgable invitation to have a drink?
 The mayor of the town of Dunellen, in New Jersey, says man cannot be mayor of Dunellen and be sober. He has resigned to return to sobriety, private life and such a measure of freedom from annoyance as it is possible to find in Dunellen, where it is customary to invite man to have drink when you meet him, and for him to invite you to have another before you part, and for others who happen along to suggest sundry drinks during the time you are together.
 Mayor Sanford is described by a cor respondent of the New York Herald, who visited him to find out just why he re- signed as a jovial. well spoken man of 6, who lives in fine old mansion and possesses wealth and culture He is not a crank, and he is not a total abstainer. He is not a prohibitionist. He takes a drink when he wants it, but he protests against a burdensome necessity for talk ing drinks when he doesn't want them or offending constituents and losing votes.
 The overworked American habit of treating causes a great deal of drunken ness and Restitution. Many clubs have rules against treating. Few of them rig idly enforce such rules. All saloons en- courage the habit. It pays dividends There is little hospitality in American barrooms for those who drink temper ately and sit around tables. Treat or Travel' is their slogan. In European countries two men may spend as much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
Everything in Place Tomorrow

The county exhibits and the fine
 exhibit of the state department of
 agriculture are already installed. The
 state exhibit will be the leading fea- ture of the Fair, for it will not only show that the state has grown this year but it will demonstrate how the crops represented were grown. It will be an object lesson in modern scien- tific farming. In machinery hall have been placed exhibits showing the industrial development of this dis trict and state. The agricultural and industrial exhibits and the live stock will together show what the state is doing.
 In great modern fairs many light attractions are expected and the Fair management will in these lighter re- spects meet all expectations. Let no one say that the Fair will not be fully itself tomorrow, for it will be. The free attractions will be in place and in excellent working condition, and the opening day should be an ova- ton to the management.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
NOT MUCH VARIETY

New York Correspondent Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 Julius Tanner is in vaudeville, which may account for the wheeze which fol- lows. MT. Tanner was exposed to the night air in an automobile recently. Next day he developed a mild attack of tonsil- itis Eat lot of ice cream,' said some amateur doctor. Its fine for the fevered chords In your throat,
 Sc Mr. Tanner found himself nice lit tie ice cream parlor and sat himself down at table and beckoned to the prettiest waitress. What favors have your" he asked. .5 tl l+r. if Ts
 strawberry and vanilla.v said the girl in husky tone. aaat
 'Ah." said MT. Tanner, sympatheti- cally, and have you tonsllitis, too?"
 "No," said the girl Just strawberry and vanilla
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE. 'He longs to make his name house. hold word" Highly commendable" But only in connection with something for which the ultimate consumer will have to pay stiff price,"
 FEBLS LOST. [ The baseball fan
 Doth seem deprest;
 Iris now his plan To take rest.
 A FETCHING POSE. How did she manage to get so many offers of marrage?' "She had her picture taken with fry ing-pan in her hand.'
 DANGEROUS STUNT. To lie upon Ones back and smoke Doth make this life
 Seem like a joke.
 Birmingham Age-Herald You may smoke "cigs
 When lying fiat,
 But do not try A pipe like that.
 New York Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
Dr. Denny Comes To Tuscaloosa


 Deacon Hemphill of the Richmond Times-Dispatch was shocked almost beyond expression when he first heard that Dr. Denny actually thought of turning his back on Virginia and her best educational institution to accept a place in Alabama. The very sug- gestion was repulsive to him. It all most turned his stomach before he had had his morning tonic, at any rate.
 The Age-Herald trusts that the good deacon has by this time become accustomed to the changes of these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
MIME, NINGO, PROHIBITIONIsT
,m the New York World.

From the New YOrk World. . '
 The prohibition party has gained re- cruit. It is Mime. Ningo, the homesick African gorilla, who had been trying to to drink milk punch which had been prepared at the suggestion of persons who have written to Director Hornady recom- mending the seductive beverage as a cure for homesickness
 "A nice young jag," they wrote. twill do her ladyship world of good"
 Bue Mme. Ningo. either lacking the in- telligence with which the monkey race Is credited, or because of moral scruples, showed no appreciation of the paiatable concoction and maintained a firm seat on the water cart. .ass,s.5 ...i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES
A Great Educator

"Dr. George H. Denny. president of Washington and Lee university, who has resigned his position in Virginia 70 ac- oept the presidency of the University of Alabama, is one of the greatest educators in this country" said Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of Birmingham's public schools. He has a national reputation as a scholar He has proved himself to be man of exceptional capacity in every way, and his administration of the af- fairs of our university twill be most sue cessful, NO doubt.
 ''If the trustees support the new pres ident cordlally-and they will do that, believe-the University of Alabama will soon become famous throughout the land. A splendid opportunity presents itself to the president-elect, and as Dr. Denny is man of large ideas as well as culture and executive talent. he will doubtless turn out to be the very man Alabama's great educational institution needs. This state is indeed fortunate in securing the services of such an educator"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
I SAID TO LOVE,
y Thomas Hardy.

By Thomas Hardy. -i b ssa
 I said to Love: r4q a.s Tt is not now as in old days, s When men adored thee and thy ways
 All else above; ,ls .' f,. Z Named thee the boy. the bright, the one Who spread heaven beneath the sum-
 l said to Love. 4s
 I said to Love: tg+,sttsf sf "Thous art not young, thou art not fair; No fairy darts, no cherub air
 .. Nor swan nor dove f Are thine, but features pitless ss5 And iron daggers of distress N
 said to Love
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
AN UNDERGROUND MISSISSIPPI

From the Christian Herald. 7"'
 Geologists are claiming that the great est underground river in the world flows from the Rocky mountains underneath New Mexico and Texas, emptying itself in the Gulf of Mexico. This river is thought to be in places several miles wide, and it is believed that it feeds rivers that flow upon the surface. The artesian well belt of Texas is pointed to as the uplifting of the water from this river, often from 800 feet below.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

In his own day he seemed in the popular imagination a sort of Don Juan who riayed the piano to admiring ladies who rushed to the rostrum and threw their hearts at his feet. For our generation he lives most vividly in his thunderous rhapsodies and delicate tone poems His compositions have never been entirely &C., ceptable to the musical elite, and widely divergent views of their worth are being expressed. Arthur Hervey of the London Morning Post has no hesitation in pro- ncuncing Liszt, in a new biography, "one of tho greatest sincerest and most orig inal musical thinkers of the nineteenth century," Walter Kramer of Musical America, on the other hand declares: He was a man of rare musical gifts, a student, humanitarian, q philanthropist, helper of those who needed him, but he was not great composer" Between these extremists an editorial writer in the Rochester Post Express locates camp of sane truth seekers, men and women who will neither deify Liszt nor dub him a charlatan." 8t-a s=f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
FRANZ LISZT

From Current Literature for October.
 hundred years ago, the brilliant and eccentric Franz Liszt was born in a Hungarian village. His spirit is still abroad in the world. At the present mo- nent musical journals in all languages teem with critical estimates of his genius.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Meals make morals.
 What makes girl so pretty is she can think so anyhow.
 Farming supports the world better than it does the farmer.
 The smarter man is in business the mere it would help him if he had some serse with women.
 A woman naturally hates to lie. and maybe that's why she does it so beauti- fully for the sake of the family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
Southern Prosperity

southern Prosperity
 "The entire south seems to be pros pering this year as never before." said A. s. Lacy of Kentucky. who is reg istered at the Hotel Hillman.
 During the past few years have seen great deal of the south. Vir- gfnia- is my native state and Halifax
 county is my old home county. I spent
 the past summer in, Virginia, and that state is prosperous from one end to the other. had never dreamed what great strides it would make. The north ern part of Virginia, the valley, and southwest Virginia have been prosper ous ever since the war, but the section in which l was reared was, if not pow erty stricken, less prosperous than the
 other sections. Now, in Halifax coun-
 ty and in all that part of Virginia known. as ''the Southside great thrift
 is in evidence. I am interested with my
 brother in a large tobacco farm in my
 native county and although we hear
 much kicking about the tobacco trust
 ruining the farmer, I can say that the
 trust, instead of damaging tobacco
 planters, has, as a general proposi-
 tion, benefited them. We have made a fine crop this year. although it is not quite as large as we had counted
 on. We will get good prices for our tobacco, and it has been this way year in and year out for several years past. Yes. Virginia is teeming with pros perity.
 Tn Kentucky crops we have had an excellent year. I was in Texas last spring and found business and agri- cultural conditions in that great state highly satisfactory. Texas has a mag nifcent future.
 Alabama has a great cotton crop this year, I understand, in spite of Au- gust deterioration. Her corn crop is the best ever made. and from all ac- counts 1911 will be Alabama's banner year from an agricultural viewpoint.
 Tt had been about four years since was in Birmingham until I came a few days ago. This city has made wonderful strides, and it will continue on its forward movement To a visitor everything looks busy. Prohibition may do for rural towns. but prohibition is never the sign of a large city. I was not surprised, therefore, at the people of Birmingham, which is practically Jefferson county, voting back the sa- loon at their first opportunity. I have sometimes thought that I would be prohibitionist if a law could be passed and enforced which would prohibit prohibitionists from taking a drink. It is the inconsistency of the prohibit tion politicians that has caused many people to vote the other way It is fact that many men who have voted the prohibition ticket in various parts of the south have been drinkers. Apro- pos, I met an old Birmingham friend standing in the entrance of a small beer saloon and asked him if he was going in to take a drink. He replied in the affirmative, but said that he had been waiting some minutes trying to elbow his way up to the bar for glass of beer, and what helped to make the congestion, he remarked, was that sev- eral of his prohibition friends just ahead of him were scrambiing for beer.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE REAL ATTRACTION.

THE REAL ATTRACTION. Her smile was bewitching,
 Her voice was so sweet, An army of suitors
 Fell down at her feet. Her face and her figure
 Could not be improved; In fact, by her figure
 All greatly were moved. Ten millions, twas whispered, Invested with care. No wonder that grille
 Had lovers to spare!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

The Detroit baseball team is evidence that it takes more than one man to win pennant. Ty Cobb did his best, but he could not overcome shrewd team man. agement in Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
A GREAT SURPRISED.

A GREAT SURPRISE. There's nothing makes a fellow fret And feel cast down and fainty, Like learning that suffragette Is rather sweet and dainty. To gay New York, not long ago, That sort of woman hied her, And would-be scoffers knuckled low The moment that they spied her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
THE PET DOGS TRIBUTE

From the London Evening Standard.
 A Devonshire newspaper in reporting the funeral of a. lady of title states; ..FIorai tributes. one from the deceased's pet dog with the inscription, Fond lave from Gertie. To Dear fMother.'" s-5Afs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Leader Mann of the republican party says the next presidential election will be thrown into the House. He must think that MT. LaFollette proposes to run any way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

President Taft probably knows now what is the matter with Kansas. He is, however, keeping his newly acquired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

The President was confused in the course of a Kansas speech when a man arose and shouted, What's the matter with Teddy?" The man was led away and quiet was at length restored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Among the sons of millionaires attend ing the University of Chicago are 1oot students who are working part of the time to help pay for their education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

War is simply making the Mediter- ranean tour. It is no worse than the globe trotters in that respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Jack Johnson is>reported to have spent all his money in London, and Chicago begins to hope he will be unable to re- turn to his home city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

With Diaz and Reyes in other lands, Mexico should be able to settle down to business and peace after stormy period of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

The flareup in Tripoli is causing peo- pie to forget that Morocco is still on the map.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

The effete east is winning this year the chief baseball pennants. It is illogical, but the result cannot be changed at this late day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW


From the New York Telegram.
 Threadneedle street, in London, is sup posed to have gained it's name from the Three Needles. which used to be the sign of the Needlemakers' company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Mir Carnegie of peace fame was not even consulted when Italy got ready to go to war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Leprosy has broken out in Kansas. The progressives say, however, that is not a part of their programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

The modern football player has dis carded the mops of long hair. The world grows wiser as it becomes older.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Premier Giolitti says Italy is endeavor- ing to preserve the equilibrium of of the Mediterranean, that's all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Jack Frost reluctantly comes to the relief of the swatters of flies and mos quitoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

The beautiful enamel which is used for covering Japanese trays, boxes. etc, and. On which the painted birds, flowers and figures show so brilliantly, is obtained from the sap of the lacquer tree. The tree grows sometimes to the height of 30 or 40 feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Italy took what 1t wanted and what 1 had been promised way back in 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

William Weston is still the country $ best cross continent traveller, aviators in- cluded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

There are several species of fish. rep tiles and insects which never sleep during the whole of their existence. Among fisk it is positively known that pike, sal mon and goldfish never sleep at all; also that there are several other fish that never sleep more than a few minutes a month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

The 24-button gloves may be succeeded by 240 buttons and then the one-piece garment will prevail and be sufficient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Italy's battleships are about to return the cost of the investment in territory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Canada's opinion of Uncle Sam needs evision upward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
CURSE OF HAVE A DRINK

time as they like over a glass of beer Americans keep the glasses filled. The re- suit is that the majority of those who frequent saloons drink more than they want, more than they ought to have and more than they can afford. The habit of treating is so universal that to many men all meetings between friends must be celebrated by an invitation to, drink, and 1t is difficult to refuse. The case of the mayor of Dunellen is extreme, but there are hundreds of thousands of Americans who habitually drink more than their judgment approves or their thirst de- mands because they are thrown with others who treat and must be treated
 in return.
 If your friend invites you to eat and you have eaten or happen not to be hum gry you may decline to break bread and give no offense, but when he ashs you 10 drink he silsists. Maliy hnen who are by Inclination temperate and who have no lack of "courage to say mo-" so far as the drink is concerned, dislike to say no to hospitsble invitation which. is GUS tomarily accepted. As an English huinor- ist puts it, we are constantly drinking the health of our friends and spelling our own. We should regard man as nuis- ance. and as madman. if he should be unwilling to take mo- for an answer to an invitation to join him in eating & pie or chop. Y5-fts
 There are many Americans who are not abstainers, not prohibitionists, and cer- tainly not cranlls, who will sympathize with the mayor of Dunellen. It is often difficult, even for a man in private life, to get through the day without taking drinks that lower his efficiency during his working hours and without seeming un- responsive to the hospitality extended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
ESED I'D IT

 T wish had my brothers sang-froid,'h said Bill Microbe to Bella Microbe. I've noticed that he seems ito have a great deal of self-possession." 'Yes, indeed. Why, he has been under the microscope so often that he doesn't mind being stared at in the least"
 DAILY DANGERS.
 A man must know
 What he's about j Or else he'll go %
 The toadstool route
 Birmingham Age-IIerald. When he tries meat It makes him squirm ys For fear he'll eat g48
 Some deadly germ. Youngstown Telegram When on a stroll E It's acquiesced,
 Autos may knock k@Fk #
 Him galley west ttAk Scranton Tribune Republican. If iff his boat FE 84#
 He goes to mote,
 Some fool is apt
 To rock the boat
 Houston Post.
 944.z- gs8 A FINE CHARACTER. Does he stand well in the commun- ity?" sa Nserk "So well that he can wear a fuzzy lat without getting himself talked about"
 DIPLOMACY. His wife was fat, He was no "ehump, Just told her that
 He thought her plump.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. For saying "fat''
 Instead of s''trim,'' He figured that T.,s G., -,. a48 She'd sit on him. sss ~ ,es ,5s.
 Youngstown Telegram. A SORT OF RECESS. q thought you told me Mrs. Muchwet was married again?' "She was married again up to last week, but she is having a matrimonial intermission just now
 CELEBRATING Ei5e Far and near 9tfefrtf W Shameless pack e-s- Still they cheer, Booze is back!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
LURID WHIsKERs.

Are you aware of the fact that ]. Hamilton Lewis is going to run for the United States Senate?'
 "Yes. And I was just thinking that if be runs fast enough he. may be mistaken for new comet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04

Damming the Mississippi has been under taken. The great dam will stretch seven eighths of a mile across the river at Iowa. It will rise 8 feet above the river bed and will have 11s flood gates 30 feet wide The initial installation of 12O,O00 horse power for generating electricity is to be completed July 1, 1913.