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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
GET THEE AN HUSBAND

From the New York Evening World.
 Have you little husband in your home? |?
 For what is home without one of these, oh, my daughter?
 Even as a Christmas tree without the trimmings.
 Behold, husband is the trimming on the tree of life.
 He is a thing of beauty and joy for ever.
 He is a decoration and badge of merit more to be cherished than a Carnegie medal.
 But a manless woman is an abomination under the sunl
 She shall be cast out and covered with scorn.
 The scoffers shall scoff at her, and wait CTS and porters and janitors shall not bow down before her.
 Yet behold, when anything in trousers appeareth at her side, she shall be cov- ever with reflected glory.
 For To, a woman is only a woman, but man, though he be bald, and fat, and grouchy, and frayed at the edges, is man for a that.
 And he looketh like tip
 Go to! She that hath not husband shall find all her days flat, stale and un- profitable.
 But a husband shall give the work for thy hands to do.
 Yea, he shall scatter thy carpets with ashes and newspapers; he shall make holes in his socks that thou mayest amuse myself in darning them; he shall burst off his buttons that thou mayest put them on again.
 And what is life without an occupation?
 Alas, how shall lone woman bear the monotony of existence, with none to criti- else her and none to argue with her; with no one to dictate unto her and nothing to get upon her nerves?
 For behold, a household without the morning row and the evening jar is more ipsipid than village without scandal.
 Therefore I charge thee get thee hus- band. Yea, verify, verify, even a bought, bor- rowed or stolen husband is more to be de- sired than none at all. For what profiteth, it a woman, though she have every other luxury in all the world, and have not little husband in her home? Selah!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
GROWTH OF THE PRESS
Charles M. Harvey in Leslie's.

Charles M. Harvey in Leslie's.
 The person who would call the roll of the great daily newspapers of the United States in 1S55 would have had short task The Globe formerly the Conner cial Advertiser), dating from 1797, and the Evening Post, from 1901, are the present New York city dailies which are over a century old. Outside of New York the journalistic centenarians In the larg- CT cities are the Philadelphia North American, the Hartford Courant, the Baltimore American, the Cincinnati Com mercial-Tribune, the Pittsburg Gazette Times, the St. Louis Republic, the Charleston News and Courier and a few others Benjamin H. Day started the New York Sun in 1883, James Gordon Bennett, the elder, launched the New York Herald in 1885 and Horace Greeley established the New York Tribune in 1S4l, while Henry J. Raymond brought out the New. York Times in 1851. The Courreur des Etas Unis, the great French daily, and the still better known Ger man daily, the Statts Zeitung, appeared a little earlier than did the Sun By a few years also the Sun was antedated by the New York Journal of Commerce
 the best known paper of the United States in its field. Also a little older
 than Leslie's Weekly are the Transcript
 the Post, the Journal, the Traveller and
 the Herald of Boston, the Baltimore Sun, the Springfield Republican, which
 has had a Samuel Bowles at its heac
 for more than three-quarters of cen
 tury; the New Orleans Picayune, thu Argus and the Journal of Albany, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Record. Herald, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, tho Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. the Pitts5urg Dispatch, the Memphis Com mercial-Appeal, the Richmond Times Dispatch the Mobile Register, the Tro, Times, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat the Cincinnati Enquirer. the Portland Oregonian and other we'll known papers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
Baltimore and Washington

Next week is to be very political, both in this state and in other states and at Washington. Colonel o'Neal will be in- augurated governor of Alabama at Mont gomery, and his inaugural address will be read thoughtfully and with the care that such an official paper calls for. In other states other inaugurals will be delivered and in not a few United States senators are to be elected
 At the national capital. too the long struggle of 1912 will be begun, for on Tuesday next at Baltimore will be gath cred at a talkfest many political leaders from many states. Governor Harmon will be there as a designated speaker, and so will Governor Foss, and so will Congress- man Champ Clark and many other we'll known democrats Martin W. Littleton, native of east Tennessee, will repre- sent the New York democrats. Senators Bailey and Bob Taylor will be there, and altogether all sections and all schools of thought in the party of hope will be represented at the jubilee.
 It will be but jubilee, however for r.,.1I |, tend to without attempting to fasten any resolutions on the party.
 | But on Thursday of next week a meet | ing of the members-elect of the Sixty second Congress will be held in Washing | ton, and here, indeed, will action be the rule and mere talk but an incident Here tentative speaker will be chosen, and a tentative ways and means committee and probably tentative rules committee, and the policy of the party as to the rules of the House and as to the tariff will be mapped out
 This simply means that the campaign of 1912 will be formally naugurated on lines made known to all men. There will be no gumshoeing in the caucus of January 1s All will be made plain-the revision of the tariff, the organization of the der the anticipated supreme court de- csions. all on broad national lines. Rare ly, indeed, has more Important confer ence been held in either party than that of January 19 will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
Corn RaiSiug Record of 1911

At present South Carolina holds the worlds record for corn raising Jerry H. Moore of Florence county, South Caro- lima, grew last year 22s bushels and 3 pecks on an acre. and this is at present the worlds record. Demonstration Farm Agent Watt, who lives at Talladega, pro- poses that Alabama strive this year to take from South Carolina this great honor.
 Joseph B. Babb is president and Bruce Kennedy secretary, has been asked to offer prize of 5000 to the farmer who succeeds this year in winning the world s record for corn growing. All feel sure tl,at if Alabama farmers are spurred to the work by a big prize offer they will capture the worlds record, and this would be big advertisement for the state. It would be one that would attract immi- grafton.
 Boys corn clubs should be organized at once in every one of the q counties in the state The boys will contest for the proposed 5000 prize as well as the adult
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
Ali The LeeiSlatlpe Start

A new legislature begins it's brief ses- sion of 50 days today-a legislature which meets in regular session but once in four years. True, extra sessions for the con- sideration of subjects to be specified by the governor. are provided for. but for general legislation at the call of the peo- pie it is a auadrennial body.
 And this is why economy of time is matter that demands attention from the very beginning of the session. To meet the legislative wants of over two millions of people in 67 counties every hour of the session should be put to good account. Important general bills will come up on every day of the session, and scarcely county will fail to demand the passage of local bills. The legislature can make a good record by attending closely to puD1C DuSl1eSS. II IL WdSlc iAuNh time there would be confusion and dis satisfaction at the end of the session.
 Let us hope the legislature will not fail to consider the number of coun- ties that show in a decade a decrease in population. This matter should be in- vestigated and a remedy if possible, de- vised. There is a remedy for all public ills, and one no doubt can be found that will stop the population movement against some of our best agricultural counties.
 There Is no need, however, to suggest subjects of legislation A flood of bills will do that, and all that any one need do is to ask the legislature to get down to hard work and to keep steadily at 1t until the day of final adjournment ar- rft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
Numerous Changes In The Senate

Two years ago the republicans had a majority of 30 in the. United States Sem ate and on March f next that majority will be reduced to eight ,and the pro- .gressives will be the balance of power. The yandpatters are going out of power altogether in the Senate.
 The democrats won nine states last No- vember from the republicans, and the death of Senator EllSins makes their net lost 10 seats. If New Mexico and Ari- zona are admitted and they send to Washington four democratic senators the Senate will. indeed, be tied when Con- gress meets next winter
 with the democrats" says the St. Louis GIobe-Democrat fin a majority of 65 in the House of Representatives, and with the Senate almost evenly divided be- tween the parties, even if the insurgents should vote with the republicans MT Taft is not likely to get much comfort from the Congress which comes Into ex- istence at noon on March 4, 1911." The Globe Democrat anticipates a Senate that democratic senators from Arizona and New Mexico would tie. Few appreciate how, rapidly the Senate is passing out of republican control.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
pEpYs BELrrrLED HIMSELF

Conan Doyle in Through the Magic
 Door,"
 The wonderful thing about MT. Pepys is that man should succeed in making himself seem so insignificant when really he must have been man of considerable character and attainments. Who would guess it who reads all these trivial com ments, these catalogs of what he had for dinner, these inane domestic condolences all the more interesting from their inan- ity? The effect left upon the mind is of some grotesque character in a play, fussy, self-conscious, clustering with women timid with men, dress proud, purse proud, trimming in politics and iN reliigon gar- rulous gossip immersed always in trifles
 And yet, though this was the day-by- day man, the year-by-year man was a very different person. devoted dlvil ser- want, an eloquent orator, an excellent writer. a capable musician and a ripe scholar who accumulated 5000 volumes large private library in those days-and had the public spiritto leave them all to his university.
 You can forgive old Pepys a good deal of his philandering when you remember he was the only official of the navy office who stuck to his post during the worst days of the plague. He may have been indeed. he assured1y was-a coward, but the coward who hasssense of duty enough to overcome his cowardice is the most truly brave of mankind.
 But one amazing thing which will never be explained about Pepys is what on earth induced him to go to the incredible labor of writing down in shorthand cipher not only all the trivalities of his life, but even his own very gross delinquencies
 which any other man would have been only too glad to forget.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
BRIGHT MESSENGER BOY

MESSENOEit DV From the New York American.
 Now there's s5OOOO worth of stuff In these packages; you'd better be a trife careful" said an employe of the jewelry firm of Cartier, TIP FiftP avenue. as he handed two bundles to Gene" Reichgott, a Postal messenger boy.
 "Uh-huh, assented "Gene,' calmly "Where to?'
 washington, D. e.
 "Uh-huh.
 And tuclSing the packages of jewelry under one arm, the messenger departed
 That was Saturday night He got on a train for Washington at 9 o'clock, kept guard over the precious goods all night, and arrived in the capital at o'clock in the morning.
 Reichgott knew that people who get such costly Christmas presents don't arise early, even on the big holiday, so he baffled hiss expressing sleepiness with two cups of black coffee, and waited around until 9 o'clock.
 At that hour he trudged up to the door of Mrs. Peter, Goelet Gerry's mansion, 2121 Massachusetts avenue. The servant who let him in wanted to sign for the packages.
 Nix" said Gene"
 And why not. young man?' asked the servant.
 Fifty thousand dollars worth O why not" replied Gene" "An' besides, I'm from New York, bo'
 The astonished servant summoned Mrs Richard Townsend, mother of Mrs. Gerry. The youthful judge of men and women family.
 Sign here, he said.
 And you canAe all the way from New York?'
 "Yes'm."
 "Well, we thank you very much, and here's a Christmas present for you."-
 Some class murmured Gene en- Enthusiastically, as he pocketed a $10 bill And with terse but sincere thanks to the giver, he hurried away on his other errand.
 The second package he delivered at the home of family named Robbins, 232S on the same avenue, and there he got an- other $i0 tip. The package contained a costly pearl necklace.
 His work done the little bluecoat all lowed himself some sleep, and then took a train back home. He arrived Monday. He delivered the receipts for the pack ages to MT. Cartier at the Plaza, and got third ten-spot.
 Some con," murmured Gene as he turned his steps away from the aristoc- racy toward the prosaic telegraph office.
 "Got any more Wash'n'ton jobs?" he inquired of the manager with a grin.
 "No, not for you,'' said the manager, briefly
 An why not?" demanded the messen- ger. "I delivered the goods, an I got the goods to show I delivered em." And he drew from his pocket, the roll of tips. wy not, huh?"
 Because you've been appointed a clerlS.'' replied the manager
 Gene turned red with pride ''Some Christmas" said he.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
Prohibition Information Missing

"In the new almanac compiled and pub lished by the New York World, January l, 1911, I notice that the matter entitled, The Prohibition Movement revised by the Associated Prohibition Press pages Ss2 and a3s, is misleading in several inn portant points, just as the same class of matter was misleading in the almanac published a year ago." said a prominent citizen.
 ''I read in The Age-Herald last week an interview with a Mir. Ellington of St. Louis on this prohibition publicity sub- ject, but he had not seen the 1911 alma mac. What he pointed out, however, as misleading a year ago has happened again. In 1909 Alabama had voted down the constitutional prohibition proposition and yet the Associated Prohibition Press, January l, 1910 In the World Almanac, simply says under the head of Alabama Popular vote for constitutional prohibit tion, November, 19O9.' Well, we might expect that the Associated Prohibition Press would tell us the result of that vote IA months after it was cast, but in this new year the result of the Alabama amendment election is not referred to.
 Last November Missouri and Florida, and believe some other states, voted on statewide and constitutional prohibition and voted 1t down, but in the new al- manac, in the tabulated matter under the caption of January l. 1911, are these remarks: 'Florida-popular vote for con- stitutional prohibition 1910; Missouri-con- stitutional prohibition amendment vote, November, 1910. Campaign stirred whole state Yes, it stirred Missouri to high pitch and a majority of considerably over 100000 was cast against the proposition. The Associated Press article on the prohi- bision movement in general starts out by saying. The temperance and prohibition movement made substantial progress in every section of the United States during the year 1910' Prohibition made substan- tia1 progress. Why, the fact is, that the prohibition wave began to recede in 1909. Alabama's big vote against the amend ment was a severe blow, and that back set to the tide of hysteria and fanaticism and political band -wagoning was fol- lowed by other landslides against state wide prohibition. It would be better for the cause of real temperance if the As sociated Prohibition Press would deal fairly with the public"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Concerning Southern Cities

| D. L. Curtain of Buffalo, who repre-
 sents the Rand-McNally company, map
 makers, has been making Birmingham his winter headquarters. He has travelled all
 over this country but his time is divided 1 chiefly between the eastern states and the south
 Few persons have had the Opportunity of seeing as much of the United States
 and seeing 1t at close range as have"
 said MT. Curtain. "During the past few
 months I have visited nearly every con-
 siderable city in the. south and have also kept in close touch with the entire coun- try.
 'The south has been making splendid progress ever since I became acquainted with this section, and with rare excep- tions all the southern cties-large and
 small-have made fine showings in the census. Birmingham's large gain in population has made deep impression on
 the outside world This city heads the list of communities in the 100000 class so Tar as percentage increase goes, and when 1t is remembered that Birmingham is not
 quite 40 years old. even in name, 1t is tho
 urban wonder of the day.
 Birmingham is not only progressive in
 a civic way and striding in it's population growth, but it is one of the most hand somely built cities in America. "Other large southern cities, New Or leans, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Richmond, Nashville, Memphis, ort Worth, Dallas
 and Houston, are all enjoying solid pros perity, but in my Judgment Houston will
 lead most of them in 192O perhaps all but two or three. In the recent census it was credited with only 7SS00, which was S,So4
 less than Dallas; but 1t is going to have deep water facilities and 10 years hence
 it will be one of the great cities. I really
 believe that in time Houston will beat
 New Orleans"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
A MUCH-ABUsED WORD

From the Cincinnati Tfmes-star. '
 A great deal of attention has been at tracted by the action of the Northern ontario Railway company in requiring it's employees to address every feminine patron of the line as madam" and to toss that much abused word 'lady" in the discard.
 The order is one that invites commenda- tion: 1t is in the direction of true re- form. The formality of madam should require the display of a certain amount of courtliness. The railroad men who use it will find that they must live up to it, whether they would or not. Perhaps in time 1t may become as meaningless as lady" has. but for the present It's em- ployment will make for courtesy The jncongruity of addressing . woman pas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 One can't tell the name of the real estate agent about whom this story was written. For one thing, we are his debtor for long automobile ride, and for an- other thing. he's modest violet. except when he's trying to sell suburban prop erty. His prospective customer was ask ing:
 "Do you have absolute faith in the fu- ture of this section?"
 "Sir." he answered, ''let me tell you how much faith have. have studied conditions in every part of Cuyahoga county, and would be willing to stake my professional reputation-yes, and any amount of money--that the future of this particular section is well nigh inexhausti- ble!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
THE EARLY WORM
From Ideas

FTOIl IcedS.
 A father had been lecturing his young hopeful upon the evils of staying out late at night and getting up late in the morn- ing. You will never amount to anything D he continued. unless you turn over a new leaf Remember that the early bird catches the worm."
 How about the worm, father?" in- quIred the young man. Wasn't he rath- CT foolish to get up so early?"
 My son." said the father. solemnly. that worm hadn't been to bed all night; he was on his way home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
woRLD-sTRANGnNEss

By William Watson. Strange the world about me lies.
 Never yet familiar grown Still disturbs me. with surprise.
 Haunts me like a face half known. In this house with starry dome,
 Floored with gemlike plains and sec Shall I never feel at home,
 Never wholly be at ease? On from room to room. stray,
 Yet my Host can ne'er espy, And I know not to this day i,,. s4
 Whether guest or captive I. So, between the starry dome
 And the floor of plains and seas. have never felt at home.
 Never wholly been at ease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10

ditions in the south were unusually sat- isfactory and I find that to be true
 -"I spent a day in Norfolk last week and every man I shook hands with there was an optimist. And from Nor folk to Birmingham I did not meet a single gloomy person. Birmingham looked remarkably bright when I was here eight months ago. and 1t looks still brighter today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
SEEING THE SIGHTS
,e Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 T spent Christmas in Cuyahoga Falls '' says valued friend. "and I put on my best Sunday clothes before I started. My new fuzzy hat T thought was pretty kat Cuyahoga Falls not being a lively place on Sunday, spoke thus to native:
 Do you ever go to the cit9?"
 Nope" says he, why should IF"
 ''Why to see the sights.'' N Whats the user" he asked, looking me over. "The sights come down and see us, If we wait long enough"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
PLEASE KEEP COOL
From the Houston Post.

From lHe ffoustUH [ Ust' . T n - -
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says re- publican has broken into the Texas leg islature." We indignantly resent the statement. He didn't break in. He was duly elected. If the 'breaking In" meth- cd were tolerated in Texas the republicans would have had the state house long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
ELECTRIC LIGHTS FOR RAILWAYS

From Leslie's.
 Safety of the traveller is the first con- sideration. For this reason compulsory laws require the use by railways of safety appliances. For this reason the legisla- ture of New York years ago passed law compelling railroads to heat their cars by steam from the locomotive. The re- cent explosion of Pintsch gas at the Grand Central depot. in New York, which could not have been foreseen or pre- vcented because 1t was purely accidental, is not to be charged up against the rail- road company and has not been. But the dreadful casualty reveals the danger aris- ing from the use of gas for Illuminating purposes on railroad trains. Leading railroads of the country, including the New York Central, the Pennsylvania and others, are lighting some of their prin- cipal trains by electricity, furnished by the axles of the moving train. This gives a brilliant, economical and safe light and 1t is not surprising that it's use Is rapidly increasing. No doubt 1t would be entirely substituted for gas but for the cost involved in making the change from gas. In a matter of such vital im- portanco. should this consideration pre- vail? That is question that legislators may be called upon to answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-10
EATING HIS NAME

From the London Evening Standard.
 A Servian teacher. M Medakovitch, has instituted the most successful method of teaching yet discovered. In his school each pupil is provided with chocolate alphabet, and as soon as he can put his name together correctly he is allowed to eat It. Word making is taught on the same plan. M. Medakovitch's pupils on an average can read f1uently in three