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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
Schiller Players at Biiou

The opening of the summer season at the Bijou last night was most auspici- ous the theatre being filled with an audience that was cultured enough to understand and appreciate the high class of entertainment which was pro- vded for them. Every seat in the lower floor was filled and upstairs there was a large crowd of appreeiative people.
 The play chosen for the opening was the Girl of the Golden West" It was a sngularly happy choice for the lines and situations of "The Girl of the Gold en West" require high talent to be properly developed and had the cast last night not been a strong one the play would have been an utter failure. As it was the production was well staged, the effects well brought out and the climaxes clean cut and snappy
 The play was unusually smooth for the opening of the season and when it is considered that few of the actors have had an opportunity to rehearse together before two weeks ago their work last night appears. well nigh mar velous There were no breaks in the action of the play and al no time was an actor at loss for his lines which shows not only hard work on the part of the cast but a clever stage manager as we'll IL is the custom for a company to have several performances before they get to running smoothly, but this was un- noticed last night. One striking point in the play is the finished work of the pleople in the little details that are not much themselves but either make or mar the play for the critical theatregoer.
 The Schiller players are all that was promised the Biiou patrons and Mana ger Semon is indeed to be congratulated On securing such an attraction for the summer season. While 'srhe Girl of the Golden West shows but half the people that the company carries it is safe to say that if the remainder of the com pany is as deserving of praise as were these seen last night the Schiller players win present most popular attraction.
 There were three actors last night that are especially deserving of mention not to detract from the merit of the others at all, not only for their work in the play but for their adrot management of little things that would have been awkward but for their skill They are Miss Nora Shelby, playing "The Gr;' John Todd, playing Jack Rance" and Richard Thornton, playing Dick Johnson, the road agent.
 It is these three that have to support the heavy action of the play and they do it admirably. Miss Shelby and MT. Todd are especially stars. Miss Shelby last night was charming in her role of the innocent unsophistocated mountain girl, who ran the Polka saloon. The part is well adapted to her style and she gives a very pretty portrayal of the Girl In the dramatic moments of the play Mss Shelby is admirable She is suf- ficiently strong to carry out the re- qulrements of the part Miss Shelby will make an excellent leading woman for the summer stock season.
 MT Todd as Jack Rance" deserves second hoaors for last nights success. The part be takes is not lovable one from the point or view of the audience. but lie won sincere applause for himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
O'NEAL VISITS
 CAMP AT SPEIGNER'S

Montgomery, April f7.-(Special )--Gov. Emmet ,O'Neal, accompanied by J. G.. Oakley, head of the state convict de- tour to Speigners, wiere they examined the improvements now going on at that place. The trip was the first to be taken by Governor O'Neal since he entered the capitol as governor.
 The big dam, which broke just as Gov. B. B. Conner retired from office, is about completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
ADJUSTMENTS
"The Flirting Princess"

For those who have not seen the famous Apache and Vampire dances, an opportunity will present itself with the engagement of Harry Bulger in The Flirting Princess" at the Jefferson thea tre next Saturday matinee and night, for Mort H. Singer is sending us Charles Morgan, who was one of the first to introduce the Apache dance into this countrly, having made a study of the same while in Paris couple of years ago. with an idea of introducing it to the American public. MT. Morgan is assisted by Eulalie Jansen in the Vampire dance and by Maude Emery in the Apache dance, for which many varied coIored light effects are neces- sarV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18


 place where ''the man without the dime could get a bed for the night or a free meal Some little attention was attracted to this fact during the winter when wealthy Denver man came to town dis guised in overalls and sought to discover just to what extent charity began az home. Tn statement published in the newspapers this gentleman declared that without the necessary dime a homeless man down on his luck" could find no better place to sleep than the city jail.
 Credit to Lazarus
 Public-spirited men became interested, and one, Sidney J. Lazarus, manager of the Perfection Mattress company, offered to equipe a home for the homeless with beds and bedding if other merchants, bak- CTS, etc, would agree to furnish the place
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18

tim was the aid of some physician to the soul.
 One is young man who was only recently released from jail. When he came to the home he was in mortal terror of being again arrested and the evangelists say he was almost nerv- ous wreck. He was more susceptible to the treatment, strange to say, than is usual, and within very short while a position had been secured him which paid him $3 per day.
 A Real Need Filled
 Both Dr. OXnam and Mir. Squire are men who are fitted by experience to deal with the lower stratum of so- ciety, and their efforts are meeting with great success. Pisgah home is filling real need in Birmingham and the two men who are doing the work of reclamation without pecuniary re- muneration are public servants in the better and broader sense of the word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
HUNS GERMAN SONG IN
 ALABAMA'S QUIET CAPITOL

Montgomery, April (Special.)-For the first time in three months the state house on Monday resembled it's glad old self. The surging crowds which, during the session of the state solons, pestered the capitol officials almost out of their wits, were absent during the day, a condition that pointed to absolute peace during the coming summer. oficeseekers were not to be found about the building. The hungry lobby was gone. The rush was over.
 The state officials who went In of flee with the coming of the legislature, and who have spent much of the past three months in building up legisla- tion for their departments, were quiet ly at work and rapidly placing their of fee in shape for the long quadrennial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18

While the general public is heartily of the opinion of Commissioner A. o. Lane that idle and shifness men commonly known as 'vagrants' should be forced to leave the city or find employment the work of the Pisgah evangelists, Dr. C. O. Oxnam and Wilson J. Squire, is meeting with unqualified approval from all who are charitably inclined.
 Less than month ago the imperial city of [ Birmingham could boast of no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
BUSINESS MEETING AT THE CONGREGATIONAL

The quarterly business meeting of the church and congregation of the Pilgrim the chapel Wednesday night at 7:i5 o'clock. It was formerly announced that the meeting would be held at 6:30, but the hour has been changed and it has also been decided that no supper will be served. The whole time will be taken up with the consideration of important mat ters. It is expected that the Rev. s. E. Jenkins will attend. Every member of the church as well as the congregation is cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
FRATERNAL HOUSEWARMING
Much Interest Centercd in Event
 Next Tuesday Night

Much interested is being manifested by Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows in the housewarming. to be held in the new Fraterna hall, third avenue. be- tween Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets. on Tuesday afternoon and night April 2j The ladies' reception will be from 3 to , iii. the afternoon. at which floral souvenirs will be given and light Refreshments ser ed Inc general enter tainment will Dc from 8 to il. Speeches will be made by grand lodge officers and members of the two orders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
BIRMINGHAM'S HOME FOR THE
 MAN WITHOUT THE DIME

a spirit of gratitude that is very en- couraging None of the men now In the home is a confirmed criminal and none has yet been taken in who seems to be a hard case. several or theih are men who have been overpowereo by drink and temptation, who gave themselves up as worthless until tolo
 that they could be cured of their habit at the home. It it well nigh impossl-
 ble for a drunkard In this stage to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18

run, which is now on in earnest. Clerks demurely chewed the ends off their pens and stenographers ran placidly over the typewriter keys, just as in ye olden day.
 Herr Deitrieh, whose care of flowers and the capitol lawn Is penchant with him, cuddled his culling knife in his arms and carefully and leisurely saun- tered through his garden humming a Ger man song, and thinking in that lan- guage. None is hapiper than he that the long siege has gone. He can now grow flowers a plenty with only the governor to pluck them.
 In the gubernatorial office the rush of the legislative season Is still on, brought about by the signing of bills, and the review of legislation. But out side that office the legislature is a thing of the past-and they are all glad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
Stomachs of Our Ancestors

Our ability to eat. if one may judge from the old records. ancient cook books. and such bits of literature AS deal with the subject. is slowly dying out. Not only is if dying out, but phy- sicians and nurses are aiding and abet- ting the process A half glass of milk and piece of bread is supposed by some persons to be an adequate meal for a man of today. As against this. II Is interesting to set down what Gervais Markham, in 1875, sets forth as. A hum ble feast of an ordinary proportion which any good man may keep in his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
SIXTH DIVISION
 CASES ARE CALLED

Montgomery, April -tSpecial.)-Sixth division cases were called in the su- preme court when that body convened to. cay, the indications being that the docket Tor the week will be unusually heavy. Cases from Jefferson county are included in the weeks review.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
Not the Reason

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
 Perhaps, dolefrlly suggested the re- Jected suitor, your refusal of me was pfomp'e e1 merely by the fact that I am vegetarian
 Your inference Is quite erroneous" replied the Boston girl As matter of fact. l invariably prefer herbiyorous to carnivorous animals.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18

cure himself by the exercise of his own will, but by means of simple and force ful suggestion of the evangelists and the favorable atmosphere of Pisgan home he is enabled to look at the mat ter in an entirely different and more cheerful light
 Victims of "Dope"
 One of the inmates is a specimen of that pitiable condition known to all people who have seen dope fiends." His case was brought to the notice of the evangelists by a well known young physician who was treating the man. Curing a drug fiend by means of druge is a task of impossibility on the face of it. and the doctor told the Pisgah workers that the only hope for the vic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
HERBERT INAUGURATES HIS
 SOUTHERN MUSICAL TOUR

Washington, April 17-(Special.) )-Before distinguished audience ot official and social leaders, the composer-drector, Vic tor Herbert, today. at the Columbia thea tre, inaugurated his extended tour of the south, scoring instantly. Every number was encored time and time again, the selection from Mir. Herbert's latest opera. "Natoma,' particularly evoking unprece- dented enthusiasm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
A Shock

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 she--Did you advertise my lost poodle. Henry?
 He-N-no. l didn't. my dear. Don't you think 8 reward is too much 10 offer?
 She-No, don't. But you needn't bother. I bought another just like him this morn. ing for $50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18

The orchestra is one of the best heard this season and the vocal artists ac- companying it are such as have rarely been brought together outside of opera.
 MT. Herbert was given a personal ova- tion in recognition of his incessant labcrs in behalf of music in America, culminat- ing in the first American grand opera, .'NatOma "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18

with the other necessaries. Nothing came of this offer until the Pisgah evangelists from Los Angeles came 10 town. Now there is a we'll equipped and growing home in Elyton, the subject of this sketch which Sidney J. Lazarus has fit ted out with beds free of charge and without the necessary dime a homeless ity and which many other charitable cit izens have subscribed to.
 Not for the Shiftless
 Pisgah home is not an institution for the encoura cement of shiftiessness. There are II men in the home now and all who have been physically able to work have been found employmen, and have cheer fully accepted it. Those who have jobs have not been turned out, but have will ingly remained and paid for their board, while the advances of the evangelists in regards to their spiritual welfare. have been received even gladly
 The wonder to them is that such men exist as Dr. Oxnam and MT. Squire. The man who has known nothing but kicks and taunts from people who look down Il bum lis naturally very much surprised when he is clas ped by the hand and told that there are people in the world who are his friends and who are concerned whether he goes to the dogs or to ile devil
 Practical Christianity
 He is more than ever astonished when he fc fod t..1r .,f accept a warm bath and clean clothing and sleep on comfortable bed Thea he begins to take some stock in re ligion and goodness fr general His heart. SC long hardened to society and embit- tered by misfortune begins to soften just little and prayer addressed to the Almighty in his behalf has powerful effect on his mini.
 Pisgah home is 3 modest place, just as true. charity is always modest. The house itself is an attractive little cot tage in the suburbs, vine-clad and cozy. It is situated apart from the smoke and dust of the city and few better locations could be found for refuge for those whom the sins of society have broken.
 It is not yet completely furnished. but donations of clothing and supplies have been forthcoming and it Is be- ginning to assume an aspect Of some thing really lasting and worth while.
 Hope for the Drunkard
 Prayer services are held by the evan gelists every morning at the breakfast table. and the inmates participate with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
ATLANTA GETS uLRIcH

New York, April 17.-The follow ing release was annourced tonight by President T. J. Lynch of the Ma i tional league:
 By Brooklyn 10 Atlanta tSouth- erri). F. w. Ut-ich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18
Hope Tor the Drunkard

Prayer services are held by the evan geIists every morning at the breakfast table. and the inmates participate with
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-01-20
Two Women Of Past Generation Dis
cuss With Some Regret the
Present Methods.

A mother and a mother-in-law liv-
Ing in the same house with their re-
spectiYe married son and daughter
were, contrary to all generally re
ceived ideas of such relationship, the
best Of friends, They sat one evening.
after the departure of the young peo.
pie to the theater, exchanging views
upon the difference between old and
present-day practises In the bringing
up Of children
alice just tumbles the baby into
his crib" said the maternal grand
mother, shuts the door upon him and
leaves him to go to sleep when he
gets tired Of lying awake She says
she has little enough time for getting
ready to go out even then ! always
counted upon singing my babies to
sleep and enjoyed 1t as much as they
did My daughter sings a beautiful
little lunaby in the parlor to her
guests sometimes, but her baby has
never heard It,"
II think my sons devotion to me,
said the other grandparent, began
when his baby eyes used to devour
me with love while l rocked him to
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-01-20
whltelaw ReId on Lincoln.

am only here to tell what this man
was and what he dld-not to ofHer a
eulogy upon him. If one were needed,
what nobler eulogy could be uttered
than the simple statement that after
such a strain and such trials, with
final triumph plainly in sight. he ut.
tered those words and felt as he
spoke? You have rightly selected him
as the chief American maker of his.
tory in the nineteenth century. The
world long ago chose another as our
chief maker of history for the eigh.
teenth century. Both were typical
products of your own race, as devel.
oped in new surroundings, in that con.
flict with wild nature and wild men
which has subdued continent to the
highest uses of civilization Both were
human; neither was entirely exempt
from the weaknesses of humanity. But
whether for patient fortitude and final
success in war, or for wise leadership
of great people in peace, venture
to think George Washington and Abra.
ham Lincoln not inferior to any sons
of the race born in those centuries, un.
der any skies. Nay, more, venture
to think that in the whole long and
glorious history of that race while its
history was ours as well as yours, they
have never been surpassed-From Ad,
dress at Birmingham. Eng.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-01-20
The Longevity of Birds.

It is not always easy to estimate the
duration of the life of a bird Posi-
bly, captivity shortens the birds life;
on the other hand, the wild bird does
not die of old age, but as the result
of an accident, or at the hands Of an
enemy.
According to Naumann, the natural
ist, the nightingale lives for eight or
nine years, the canary from twelve to
fifteen, and the blackbird twelve
years. 1t is a fact that the vulture
was kept in a cage in the geological
garden in Vienna for 11S years. and
that in the same garden was falcon
one hundred and sixty-two years old,
Living In the same garden was an
eagle known to have lived for one
hundred and four years. The mean
age of eagles is go years, and Won
Humboldt saw in South America a
parrot which spoke a language spoken
by a people who had vanished from
the earth more than one hundred
years before that time.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-01-20
NEVER GOT TO KNOW HIM
Seemingly, This Husband Was Some
what Of a Hard Man 70 Get
Acquainted With.

Il met a queer old woman charae'
GER on the train between here and
Buffalo one morning" remarked Po-
lice Judge McGannon when talk had
drifted around 10 queer people one
meets. She was travelling with her
grown son, whom had met in the
smoking compartment and later on
got talking with the old lady. She
spoke Of several people she knew
here in Cleveland.
did you ever happen to know
James H. Soandso?' / asked her
casually, judging from something shS
had said that she did know him.
"She gave me "a strange sort Of a
look. Well she replied, I don't
know whether TO say l know that
man or not. He's a queer sort, you
understandable kind OF a man that
nobody really knows. Why. was
married to James Soandso, and lived
with him for four years, but never
felt that was really acquainted with
him
"And the funny part Of IT," added
McGannon, was the woman was in
deadly earnest about It. She didn't
make the remark by way Of springing
any comedy at all Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-01-20

or old furniture. Certainly there iE
nothing In nature or art more beauti-
ful than a collection OF butterflies
and It is a hobby upon which one
may spend almost any amount Of
money, as is proven by the fact that
one of the Rothschllds gladly paid
more than $4,000 for an especially
rare butterfly which he had long
sought for his collection. Most of
these private collectors, of course.
purchase their butterfly treasures
merely for their own satisfaction and
for the edificatlon OF their friends but
there are other folk who buy butter
flies as an aid 10 their work or bust
ness. For instance the great Partisan
dressmakers buy butterflies in order
to obtain new shades and suggestions
for new color combinations for gowns.
The famous Worth started the prac-
tise and other dressmakers who cater
to the wealthy fashionables have fol
lowed his example
The butterfly hunter penetrates to
the widest and most inaccessible
quarters of the globe in quest of his
precious prey and much of his but
terfly hunting must be done at night
with the aid of dark lantern. A but
terfiy hunter is glad to get a rare
butterfly dead or alive because the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-01-20
PropaaatIna a Tree.

The tree which occasionally gets it
self propagated in the most interest.
ing way is the elder w. H. Hudson in
his book, "Afoot in England" has a de.
lightful passage giving the life story
of some elders he noticed growing on
a Wiltshire down. There was small
group of them set among some rabbit
burrows and local farmer told him
how they came there.
First, the rabbits, finding that the
hill had softer chalk at that spot. had
made burrows. Then some wheatears
came and nested in and lived about
the burrows. The wheatears fed on
the berries Of an elder growing high.
er up on the down and SO brought the
seeds to the burrows, where they root.
ed in the soft ground and soon estab.
lished a hourishing thicket.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-01-20

price to be brought by that one speci
men is apt 10 be we'll worth while
but II the hunter has a butterfly
farm" at home,-as most of the ex.
perts in this field are coming to have,
he bends every effort to capturing
alive the winged beauty or, better
still, several specimens, IN the hope
that such captives may be made the
pioneers In a transplanted colony Of
tho butterflies. However the mere
capture OF the butterflies, difiicult as
II may be, is not the sum and sub.
stance OF the butterfly experts trou.
bles for II the butterflies are TO live
and thrive in their new home their
keeper must be familiar with their
habits and must have transplanted
tho vegetation necessary to give them
the same environment they had in
their original home or something
equally as good"
The most beautiful butterflies are
the tropical ones and thus II comes
about that the butterfly farmer is
most eager to stock his farm with
the ullve jewels from Central and
South America and the West Indies.
Some Of these tropical butterflies
measure six inches from tip to tip
of the wings and they are resplendant
in coloring Of the most vivid hues
The butterfly dealer must handle his
stock with greater care than is be-
slowed by any other merchant. OF
course the butterflies sold to collec-
ters museums, ETC., are dead but ex-
treme care must be exercised in han
ding lest their delicate wings be
broken or crushed. Each butterfly
when unmounted is kept in a three
eornered envelope and the butterfly
expert likes to mount a valuable speci-
men as promptly as possible feeling
that the treasure is safer in that
form. The latest approved method is
to mount each butterfly between two
glass plates so that both sides of the
wonderfully colored wings may be
seen. Another style mount consists
Of a square plaque of plaster into the
followed side of which a butterfly
fits while over the specimen is placed
glass lid which seals 1t hermetical-
ly. This permits butterfly trophies
to be hung on the wall like pictures.