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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
A New Kind of Grafter

T wish some authority as all powerful and drastic as the Birmingham commits sion would take cognizance of the news stand srafters,'' said prominent drug gist and news dealer yesterday. e
 By that term I mean those men who habitually drop in every morning and read my papers and magazines. At times the store is so congested that legitimate patrons can't get even close to news rack and soda fount. Why men come here reg ularly every morning, take the papers from the stand and read them as leisurely as if they were in their own office, out of my way, and reading their own paper If man reads a paper at my stand he de- liberately takes cents away from me. l am selling news, not whitepaper, and he has filched the news which sell Aside from this he is in the way and when he replaces the paper it is unevenly folded and sometimes torn. Most likely he places it in the wrong compartment, which means more work for the clerk Yes sir, I want to see this class of grafters dealt with"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
rBsEN PUZZLED HIMSELF
From the London Globe.

From the London Globe.
 As every other great author, Ibsen was perpetually asked to explain what he meant by his plays. Just as perpetually he pretended not to know. Somebody" he once said, Twill one day come and tell me what I do mean. The critic Is ai- ways ready to see double meaning in ev- erything. In "A Dolls House. for exam pie, there is the scene in which Nora en- ters, followed by a porter carrying Christmas tree Nora takes her purse and gives the porter a shilling instead of the usual sixpence. Swedish critic, if you please, found a symbolic meaning in the act. Nora, he thought was socialist who desired to equalize wealth, and 1bsen was a socialist propagandst!'
 You never notice anything" Ibsen once said to friend. For instance, you don't remember at this moment the color of the wallpaper in your own bed room But when I enter a strange room notice the very smallest details. Nothing escapes me. Yes, see everything"
 Once when Ibsen was engaged In writ ing a play he by chance dropped scrap of paper on which were the words, "the doctor says" Mrs. Ibsen determined to have a joke, and one day casually re- marked "who is that doctor in your new play? l suppose he'll say some interest," ing things?" Ibsen at first was silent with astonishment Then he broke out into a fit of rage, full of reproaches Tor her spying.
 While at Bergen, Ibsen fell a little in love with pretty girl, who used to bring the young poet flowers from the wood. One day. while walking with her, the pair were suddenly met by the young lady's father, who had no respect for an impe cunious poet Ibsen, like Goethe, was no hero, and incontinently fled, leaving the girl to explain as best she might It was to her that the poem ''Flowers of the Wood' was written.
 As a young man Ibsen was by no means certain of his vocation. Until he was 32 ing In fact, a fairly large exhibition might be got together of the canvases painted by Ibsen in the days of his early manhood, and scattered now throughout the farmhouses and country villas of Nor way. He remained all his life profoundly interested in art, and his judgments of ancient and renaissance art in Italy are always original. Of Raphael he said; ''Rapnaels art has never warmed me. His beings belong to the Garden of Eden before the fall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
Prohibition Enforcement

Tt is hard to tell just what would be the best solution of the liquor evil" said William S. Weston of Chicago but l have never been in any state where statu. tory prohibition was really effective.
 Tt seems that Birmingham is just now in tile throes of fresh prohibition wave The municipal government and the police department, working in thorough accord should be able to accomplish something in the line of prohibition enforcement. Tc looker-on, what this city needs most of all is nigh license and strict regulation.
 Present conditions are farcical, for while it will be possible to shut up the town very tight during the next few days it will be absolutely impossible to keep il shut up unless human nature is re- formed''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
A Clever Actress

T saw Miss Nora Shelby when she ap- peared with Dustin Farnum in Cameo Kirby, at the Shubert theatre this sea- son, and if her acting in stock is equal to the manner in which she played her part in that play, I am certain that Bfr- mingham will be delighted with her." said a well-known theatre-goer. Miss Shelby is pretty woman, has a striking figure and is able to wear all kinds of tasty cos tunes and gowns to the best ability, a fact that will appeal to women theatre goers.
 Miss Shelby brings to Birmingham one of the best wardrobes that has ever been seen in a southern stock company Sne wears several stunning gowns in the first four or five plays to be produced It IS a stage secret, but Miss Shelby has al- ready sent four trunks full of costumes, gowns and dresses to the Bijou. ana 1 suppose she will bring some others with her. That is a collection that will en- amle her to wear a different gown for each act of every play, beside the cos- tunes such as she wears as the girl in The Girl of the Golden Vest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
rAyORITE FICTION.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 we, the People
 Fest French Briar Root Pipes oniy 50 Cents.'
 ''All Our Laundry Work Is Done by Hand"
 "Health Corsets.''
 "The Bazoo Invariably Stops When sub scription Has Expired
 With Assurances of the Highest Ke- spect, Your Obedient Servant, J: Smith," "
 I'd Lend It to You Willingly, Old Eoy. if I Had It." : '.Yes, Sir, I'm Carrying All the Life ln- surance I Can Afford"
 Fortunes Are Made by Raising Fig cons. Write fer Booklet" '1 Didn't Forget to Order the Sugar, Maria; Was Hindered by Business call ers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
The Iron Market

Business since April l has been un- usually quiet,' says Rogers, Brown X Co. Of Cincinnati. There have been some good inquiries. but resulting business has been only fair, the bulk of inquiries and sales being for a small amount
 Some buyers are making fair purchases without going through the form of putting out general inquiry. They realize exist ing prices are favorable, and knowing the irons, are buying accordingly. This has injected an element of secrecy which has made the market appear deceptive in the amount of business done
 Coke is quiet with good contracting in the east, but locally of slight interest. Production is without material change and shipments on contracts are moving steadily"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
MISS TAFTS CHARACTERISTIC From Harper's BaZar

Miss Helen Taft, at 19, is a whole some, attractive girl, with never a trace of pose or affectation in manner or con- versation. She possesses sufficient sense of humor, inherited from her father, to prevent her head being turned by the
 attentions she has received. Most of the intimate friends of the Tafts family zse
 wont to declare that in features as well as in temperament Miss Helen favors her father, but there is no doubt that the
 daughter of the house has many of her
 mothers traits as well.
 To suppose that just because Miss Taft has always been an inveterate reader
 and has won scholarship.at Bryn Mawrs
 and all sorts of prizes at school. she must necessarily be bookish sort of person, Is to do the young lady distinct injustice 4slthouneh she each summer pursues a definite course of reading, she indulges in Ia wide range of outdoor athletics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

None of the articles named pro- duce any considerable revenue. They are not imported, but the duties inl- posed on them are added by trusts and monopolies to the prices that ulti- mate consumers are asked to pay. That is what a modern duty means the right to exploit the home con- sumer up to the tariff point. That is why tariffs are made by special in terests, andsthe Senate is kept packed by the representatives of those in terests.
 What the Senate will do with Chair man Underwood's Free List bill re- mains to be seen. If it refuses to ac- cept the bill so much the worse for the Senate and the interests in con- trol of it. The House bill will go to it directly and if the Senate rejects it the issue between the two parties will be made up. The one party will stand for reductions on the prices of necessities, and the other party will stand for maintances of the profits of the trusts that are exploiting the ultimate consumer, including the meat trust, the International Harvester company, the bagging trust and a score more of other heartless monopo- lies in the necessities of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
Reducing the Cost of Living

The reciprocity agreement will, when ratified and applied, pull down some prices, especially in the cities near the Canadian border, and it will be finely supplemented by the Free List bill that Chairman Under wood introduced on Wednesday. The Free List bill is caucus bill, and it strikes directly at high prices in nec- essities used by all the people, It will help the farmer as an ultimate consumer. It will bring lower prices to all ultimate consumers, whether they are buying cotton bagging, blows, harness, wire for fencing pur- poses, fresh or salted meats, flour, corn meal, sewing machines, oatmeal
 salt, shingles, laths, or sawed lum- Der. The list is long one, and it is made up of necessities, not luxuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Goipr Ahead

Every time 1 come to Birmingham 1t seems to have made a big stride for ward" said Cliff Wayne of Atlanta, as- sistant general passenger agent of the Seaboard Air Line railway
 Atlanta, like Birmingham, goes right ahead. Since the census report of nearly leo,o0O, nearly a year ago. Atlanta mas added probably 10 or 15 per cent. In the next census Atlanta and Birmingham will probably be in the 9Oo,0o0 population class.
 Birmingham seems to be enjoying the commission form of government. It taxes well and in the course of time the com mission will be in vogue everywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
GOLDSMITH AND THE COACHMAN

From Eccentric Biographies.
 In the winter of 1776 Oliver Goldsmith ordered coach from Covent Garden Piaz- ga to the Devil Tavern. at Temple Bar at which place a weekly club was then held by the literati of the day. When the doctor was set down he had a guinea and shilling in his pocket. and being rather an absent-minded character, he gave the coachman the guinea instead of the shilling. The doctor repaired to the ciubroom; the coachman drove away. Be ing called upon for subscription the doc tor threw his shilling upon the table, which he had imagined was a guinea; he soon perceived the mistake and related the circumstance to the club. The com pany laughed, and the doctor in a rage rushed out of the room to seek the coach man, but in vain. In the following week. when the club was full, and the doctor enjoying his bottle, the waiter brought him word that a hackney coachman de- sired to speak to him. After receiving some sarcastic, advice from his friends to be cautious of his commerce with coachmen he went downstairs and was astonished to find it was the same indi- vidual who had driven him the preceding week.
 ''I have brought your guinea back" the coachman said, 'I know you made a mis- take. Now some scoundrels would have pocketed the money and have said noth- ing at all about the matter, but that's mol my way, your honor; I thank God, if SC be I'm poor, I'm honest; 1t wears well as body may say.''
 My dear friend" exclaimed the doctor q honor and admire your principle; you will please to wait here few minutes"
 Upon which the doctor marched up stairs and told the story with all those mind on such occasions will beget in 2 good heart. He finally urged them to z subscription as proper reward for singu lar honesty in the lower ranks of life. Il was generously compiled with, to tho amount of 50 shillings. The good but cred ulous man ran with the collection to tho descendant of Phateton. poured 1t into his hat, and after affectionately embracing and blessing him was returning upstairs to his convivial friends. with that envia ble and sublime satisfaction which ever, good man feels after the performance O. triumph; his friends welcomed him witt peal of laughter, at the doctors ex pense, The guinea which the coachmar had pretended to return was a-coun terfeiti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
The Presidency

"1f this country is to have republican President next year the Hon. w. H. raft will be the man. said John McClendon of Philadelphia, ''but If we are to have democrat think the chances are large ly in favor of Governor Harmon of Ohio.
 The presidential situation from dem- oeratic point of view strikes me as being similar to that Of 1884. Sure it is that no democrat since Grover Cleveland's day has been so likely to be the presidential time politics are as uncertain now as they were in ante-bellum days. As a betting proposition I would say that Taft would be our next President"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
pHyIIIs LEE

Oliver Herford, in Seribner's Magazine. Beside primrose 'broidered Till
 Sat Phillis Lee in, silten dress While Lucus 1imn'd with loving skin Her likeness. as shepherdess. Yet tho he strove with loving skill
 His brush refused to work his wiis. Dear maid, unlos you close your eyes I cannot paint today" he said; sTheir brightness shames. the very skre And turns their turquoise into lead" Quoth Phyllis, then, "ro save the skie And speed your brush, I'll shut m
 eyes.'
 Now when her eyes were closed. the des Not dreaming of such treachery, Felt soft whisper in her ear,
 '.Without the light, how can one see = "If you are sure that none can sees I'll keep them shut said Phyllis Lee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
LOST SECRETS OF ARCHITECTURE

According to Frank E. Wallis, the prac- tical architect and writer, whose book
 How to Know Literature, has recently been published the medieval guild of reasons really possessed secrets of build
 ing unknown today and out of tine guild originated the Masonic fraternity with IS secret ritual, though the secrets of the order, he remarks, are not at present of an architectural nature. The ancient builders had rules for falsifying both horizontal and perpendicular perspective; ordinary vaults were made to seem .m- mensely high and short naves longer than they really were. These things" wa-es Mr. Wallis, involved the most astonish- ing variations from the right angle and the straight line, imperceptible to all ex- cept the most persistent investigator, and it is quite certain that many of the rules or tricks by which they were done are still among the lost secrets of the craft D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR

From the NeW YOrk Press.
 A pretty poor way to be on good terms with people is to be on them with your- self
 X woman always seems to be looking for bad news from any of the family who are away
 The more friends you have the more you would be able to find they weren't if you had trouble. Because man could get ahead in the world by attending to his own business he wants to attend to somebody elses
 There's hardly anybody who can lie awake for quarter of an hour after so- ing to bed without claiming the next morning he never closed his eyes till day light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
MetropoI,tan Birmingham

"I used to think of Birmingham as a small town, but the oftener l come here the more impressed I am with it's metro politan character'' said w. s. Larner, United States government agent, regis tered at the Hotel Hillman
 q spent several days here early in the year. and l said to myself then that here is the great southern city of the future. Birmingham seems to have grown rapid ly since January. It is much larger city than l had dreamed it would be when l first heard of it in the early sos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
OF COURSE YOU CAN
From the Pensacola Journal.

From the Pens5cOIa JOufnaI.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald tries to
 get funny and says that up that way they have never heard of Megargel
 That may all be very true, but if the editor will take little time to nvest- gate he can readily find out all about him and the road that is sure to be
 built Money builds railroads and Me gargel and the Pensacola people can do | it without the help of the Birmingham people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

From the New York Press.
 The mournful sound of bagplpe wrestling with My Heart Is in the High lands issued from the corridor of the West Side court and as Jay Finn, chief clerk, hurried toward the pens to sup press the disturbance, the air changed to ssrhe Campbells Are Coming" In the pen for men prisoners was Sandy Mac gregor of Ii Cooper square, with kilt and breeks. bare legs and bald head and his faithful pipes bent heady to cneer his fellow prisoners. Sandy had been ar rested in West Fifty-first street early in the day and was locked up on charge of intoxication The music of his pipe had drawn several nickels and dimes from the fellow-prisoner and he was placing them in his sporran as Finn ordered him 10 stop the concert. Afterward he was brought before Magistrate Murphy.
 Sandy leaned against the table and lis- tened to the charge.
 What have you to say of being drunk, San6y?" asked the magistrate.
 Well, baiie, we a have our faults. l took a drappe for cold,''
 'Inat IS so, fetOrteu the court, put what clan do you belong to?"
 "Bailie, l am a Macgregor. Rob Roy Macgregor and l am an honest man. 1 am far frae hame.'
 The spectators laughed, and the magis- trate rapped for order as he said T do not know exactly what to do with you. I cannot understand what Macgregor is doing out in New York after midnight un- able to take care of himself. Let me gang hame, balie, and I'll gie ye blaw from my highland pipes,' re- piled Sandy, starting to tune up. The effect on the magistrate and the spectators was like magic.
 "Discharged, said Magistrate Murpny, as the court attendants placed their fin gers in their ears, and Sandy marched triumphantly down the aisle to freedom. Outside the door of the courtroom he De- gan to play "Auld Lang Syne'' until an attendant hurried him from the building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

The scientists in New York city inject ed 100000, GOO assorted disease germs In four goats, and they got away and are today astray in that city. Those goats may have almost anything from nook worm to yellow fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

The British lords are beginning to ac- cept the inevitable and no new crop or peers will probably be created. Trust an English lord to know when the time to surrender has fully arrived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

There is danger that President Taft VIII become a democrat If he keeps on nego- tiating reciprocity treaties. There IS nrecious little protection in such treaties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

Nebraska resents Memphis advertising proposition of buying MT. Bryan at $2,ooo'- GOO. The sum named might have been good 15 years ago, but not now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

with a million dollars if she also had thick ankles.
 o, JOY.
 Last night I dreamed
 And had my wish:
 l threw my line
 And caught fish.
 Baltimore Evening Sun.
 I dreamed that once
 Let truth be told; But all l caught
 Was just cold
 A PASTIME. "There goes Mrs. Whinger. She enjoys bad health" "DidsI understand you to say she 'en- joys bad health?" Exactly. Nothing gives her more pleas- ure than describing her symptoms"
 FORTITUDE. The winding ways that lead nowhere! Poor baffled fools are we, Who still must toll and still must bear And never shall be free, Until we cods to earth returned Are vanished and forgot No more by crnel Fortune spurned, To share the losers lot. But, pshawl Why should we waste in tears The golden days so fair? Or moan to unresponsive ears In accents of despair? Far better, with a soul serene To meet the shocks of fate; Whate'er the future holds, I ween, We can but work and wait.
 EVIDENTLY. "He gives away a great deal of advice" Good advice?" Tt must be. Nobody takes it." AN OLD-TIME THRILLER" Uncle Toms Cabin is still on the boards. The press agent of a company now playing the central west exhorts the public as follows: "Scorned, ridiculed and rejected of the elect few years ago, it is now welcomed in the very homes of art, and thousands are weeping and laughing over it's various incidents nightly. The scenes display ed eating Siberian bloodhounds will partici- pate in the drama
 OF COURSE NOT. ''There is an oppressive silence in the Whizzle flat Maybe no one Is at home.'' "Oh, yes. MT. and Mrs. Whizzle are both there" Maybe Mrs. Whizzle has her mouth full of hairpins and can't talk" ''Pshaw! Having a mouth full of hair pins doesn't keep a woman from talking.'
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

congressmen will get down to work just as the fishing season begins. This is a case of hard luck brought on by an impatient President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

The rescued passengers on the Princess Irene call their experience "shipwreck de luxe" They had sand and no rocHs underneath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

Americas leisure class are daily em- barking for the coronation. They want to see one of their own kind duly ln- stalled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

Our lawmakers at Montgomery nave stayed on the job long time paying tneir own bills in the intervals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

Baseball time approaches regardless Of W eather Or other small matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

HARDSHIP. Now, love amid the roses Is romantic theme, AS everyone supposes, Of which the poets dream. But true love in city, Where newly-weds are renting. Alas, me, what pity Is often discontenting, They seldom see a flo S,r, 'Cept on a window fl While smoke clouds overpower And make the bridekin i'll. Besides tte cramned endeavor Of living in a fiat, Where there's no room found ever To store an Easter hat
 INSPIRATION Iris not so hard
 TO write a rhyme
 When dreaming bout
 Vacation time.
 Birmingham Age-Herald And what cinch
 An ode to write,
 When specNled trout
 Begin to bite.
 Springfield Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

No one should be surprised if the federal commissioners packed with lame ducks waddle when they jointly act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

The man that is alert and wide-awake knows to dot when the oasepail sea son will be opened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

The lady who has new Easter gown in a closet is not pessimist this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

Abe Ruef is doing well in the peniten- tiary where he has organized blpie class among his fellow convicts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

The iron ore fields just discovered in tne arctics should be used in making chhied steel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

When a bandit holds up a train nowa- days he simply goes through the Pull man porters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

Senor Madero's peace overture seems to have slipped several cogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

Depew says Taft Is misunderstood Chauncey himself Is not however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

Lorimer may escape some criticism In the excitement of the baseball season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

The ticket, Wilson and Clark, for 1912 would not do because both were colieee presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14

The plague has reached Java, but this will not affect Java coffee grown Tn Brazil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
PLAYED WAY TO FREEDOM

Even the Delaware peach crop is scum and abundant.