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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
The force of heaven-bred poesy.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Republican Apportionment Talk

The republican papers are freely discussing the apportionment of dele gates by their national committee when it meets next month. The sug- gestion of Senator Bourne that dele gates should be based on votes cast finds ready acceptance in many states. Its equity and good sense is nowhere denied, except, perhaps, by the southern postmasters.
 There are 10 states that are not ex- pected to cast a single electoral vote for the republican candidate for President-Alabama, Arkansas, Flor ida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tex as and Virginia. These states ex- pect to seat 238 delegates in the na- tional convention out of 1064, and every one of the 238 will vote for the renomination of the man who ap- points postmasters.
 This is why the anti-Taft republi- cans do not like the southern post master scheme. It means the support of the administration, or of some one the administration favors. All other republicans are handicapped by the 238 votes from the solid south.
 The Bourne plan would assign four delegates to every state arbitrarily, and then apportion the remainder on the basis of the vote cast in the last presidential election. Under this plan the delegation of 24 from Ala bama would be cut down to seven, and the number of delegates from the solid south would be reduced to about 100 instead of 238. It is not probable that the change will be made this year, but it may be made in 1916, for the republicans in the con- tested states are becoming tired of machine delegates from the solid south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
Women in the Role of RecalIers

WOuchI At IuC ASOiC oi lNcSdlcIS
 California finds that she has large ly placed the recall of all state of- ficers, judges not excluded, in the hands of women voters, and she be- Rins to wonder how the new combi- nation will turn out. Whenever the women dislike an official they can send in a petition and call an cleo tion. The petition need be signed by but 12 per cent of the voters, and the women alone constitute about 50 per cent of the total vote.
 The California bench has long been thought to be controlled by the rail roads. It is very unpopular, and the recall, it is thought, will soon be ap- nlisd to some of the offending judges."
 Women are, however, naturally nppservative, and it is not probable 1hat they will oust any judge who is honest even half of the time. They are not demagogical, and they are not destructive. They want peace hnd quiet and general happiness. All lho predictions concerning the use = the recall in California in women's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
QUEER WEDDING COMBINATIONS

Ansonia (Conn.) Correspondence Pnlla-
 delphia North American.
 My grandfather married a Fox, my
 father Canary and my brother Par
 rott, but I'll gos them one better says
 John R. Welch, who will wed Miss Elean-
 or Rabbit here next week. ~
 In 1888 Michael Welch married Mary
 Fox in County Clare, Ireland Twenty five years afterward his son Peter led Alice Canary to the altar in New Haven. Richard, eldest son of Peter, last year found his bride in Miss Edna Parrott, and John, next in age, will contribute to the list with "Welch-Rabbit," as he puts 1t.
 The matrimonial records here for the last two years show that Miss Beatrice Wyre was married to David Pole; Miss | Edith B. Partridge to William Bush; Miss | Alberta Bunyon to George Foote; Miss | Grace L. Waters to Harold Fish, Miss Elsie Lyons to Edward Woods; Miss | Emma Cook to R. E. Householder; Miss Gladys Stone to Jacob Wall; Miss Mary l G. Locke to Walter Dore and Miss Agnes | Wolfe to Samuel Beaver. | In Derby recently, Walter Graves mar.
 ried Miss Anita Coffin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
TRAITS, OF HOWARD PYLE

art we base our attempts upon the tradi- tions of Appropriations which, how ever good in their time and place. are the outcome of bygone school not fitted for American purposes" He bade his pupils forego foreign training, saying that every necessary inspiration was here. But when he finally did go to Italy to portray with pen and brush certain phases of life he became European enthusiast He wrote to his pupils that they'd better come over, too.
 Pyle rarely emerged from Wilmington. For time he had classes In Drexel in- stitute in Philadelphia. Once lie went to Canada and once to the West Indies. where he picked up rich assortment of pirate yarns and color. The furthest west he ever got was Chicago. After his call to lecture at New Haven before the Yale Art school he went about more but friends who wished to see Howard Pyle usually had to travel to Whining ton.
 In Wilmington he gathered group of pupils, Of whom he demanded talent and earnestness but no money. They had to pay him only for the rental of their strd- los. Some of his pupils there or in Philadelphia were Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Maxfield Par rish, Frank Schoonover, Stanley Arthurs. w. J. Awkward and Sarah Stilwell. It was estimated yesterday that more than half Of the artists who are regularly rep- resented in the Century, Scribner's and Harper's were taught by Howard Pyle. When pupil submitted a rough compo- sltion it had. at Pyle's request, no title. He used to hang it on board and stand back to survey it. If the meaning of the picture did not flash upon his intelli- gence Instantly he rejected 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
COWS ON THE KING'S YACHT

| ture in her majesty's boudoir is of in- laid satin wood-as, indeed. in all her rooms-tastefully upholstered with green and cream silk brocade. In one corner Of the room there is handsome writing desk.
 In the queens bedroom one found two young women actively engaged in finish ing large mosquito net The bedstead is silver plated, and bears at the foot a representation of the crown. The ward robe is faced with two large oval mir TOTS. and there are two chests of draw CTS. The dressing room is equipped with swing bed, similar in design to the kings. l-sl
 Close to the royal apartments is the dining saloon, which extends the whole width of the deck. It is paneled in light oak-upon which are displayed the kings monogram and crown-while over the rich Wilton carpet of royal blue are scat tered Persian rugs. Immediately over head is the music room-a superb apart ment. It has great glass dome be- heath which are four painted panels rep- resenting Dawn. Night. Sea and Sky.
 Amidships. on the starboard side, are the king and queens rough weather apartments. They are similar in arrange ment to their other rooms in the fore Of the ship, but they occupy considerably less space Astern, on the hurricane deck, is the king5s smoking room, car peted in the same style as the dining saloonV and provided with comfortable recesses for card games.
 It Is stated that the king and queen personally supervised all the details in connection with their own apartments and those of their suite
 Two COWS from Windsor are to be taken for the mili, supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
 HHE kings floating palace, the Me-
 dina, in which their majesties will
 4 sail for India November Il, is still in the hands of little army of work men.
 No effort has been spared to make the vessel as comfortable as a modern pal ace. Even the presence of hard working uphosterers and painters and paper hangers failed to deprive one of a sense of ease and luxury.
 The kings suite of rooms are situated on the port side, and the queens on the starboard side. Each consists of a sit- ting room, bedroom, dressing room and bathroom.
 A blue Wilton carpet of trellis work design, has been laid in each of the kings rooms. The sitting room is fur nished with a magnificent desk of inlaid mahogany. a fairly large bookcase, and a number of easy chairs upholstered in blue morocco. On the writing desk there is a miniature keyboard, by means of which the king will be able to ring for his private secretary, the admiral, equer- ry, valet or attendant
 Leading out of this room is the kings bedroom. His majesty will sleep in a white enameled swing bed, which can be made stationary at will. There are two wardrobes and a chest of drawers all of inlaid satin wood. The furniture in the dressing room adjoining is of a sim lar kind. The bathroom is most elab- orately equipped. .-is i3gf'
 A light green Wilton carpet. of a esm- liar design to that used in the kings apartments, has been laid throughout the queens suite of rooms. The furni-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
HOW THE SCOTCH LIKE GOLF

WaIter NJ. CabOt Tn the Forum.
 The American is apt to seek in play ing chiefly excitement, struggle, the winning of purse, the Ticking" of an opponent. The European, on the other hand views 1t in a larger, soberer way. The spirit of the answer given by a Scotch golfer to an invitation to visit America and it's links illustrates what mean by a larger way"
 "Laddie," said he, q could na' leave the links here. The smell O the sea, the sheep bleathin', the wee ba' running in and oot O bunkers fashioned hum dreds of years syne; ma, ma, I'm goin' to gowf in Scotland till a dee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

hands are probably erroneous, pro- ceeding on basis that does not deep ly impress the new voters in Cali fornia. Washington has both woman suffrage and the recall, and outside of Seattle the combination is pro- ducing no undesirable results. Seattle is hotbed of politics, and it is ex- stormy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
Regarding Proposed Contract

"One important clause in the contract ordinance embodying the proposal of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company to reduce current charges seemed to have been overlooked by some citizens who have discussed the question referred to-" said Commissioner James Weatherly. Tt is this
 "1t is further understood and agreed that nothing in this contract shall be construed to prevent the city from itself furnishing electricity to the inhabitants or the city from the light plant now owned and operated by the city, or any other lighting plant hereafter established or ac- quired and operated by the city; ana further, that nothing in this contract shall be construed to prevent the city from granting a franchise to any other person o,. corporation for the conduct of the bus mess of supplying electricity to the in- habitants of the city, either or both, on such terms and conditions and at such rates as the city may see fit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
YUAN "SHOWED, THE Rovrps From the Out1ooIy


 An Incident of the Boxer rebeI,ion when Yuan Shi-Kai. now in supreme command of China's army and navv was viceroy of Chill gs.es a surrestron or his quality. A number of the Rover chlers of his province came to ask him to take part in the leadership of their movement. As an inducement they as- sured him that it was impossible that the movement should fail, because inc boxers were possessed of magic which made them invulnerable to foreign bull lets. Expressing great interest in this invulnerability. Yuan invited them to an excellent dinner. When they had dined he declared that it would be a very simple matter to test the invul- nerability because his soldiers were equipped with foreign guns. He there upon conducted his guests to the court yard, stood them up against a wall, and with a company of his own soldiers. armed with foreign rifles, made a con- vincing test of the matter. Strange to say, not a single Boxer proved invul. nerable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
From the New York Sun.

| From the New York Sun.
 ZANE day Scribners accepted from l( him verses accompanying outline O drawings St. Nicholas took a fairy tale and scribner's story. After that Howard Pyle came straight to New York. He studied in the Art Students league and sold to Harpers Weekly sketches to be worked up by other artists. An idea" called "A Wreck in the Offing'' the editor liked so much that Pyle got permission to work It up himself. Pyle labored on 1t for weeks. He gave his whole time to it. When 1t was finished he had just nickel to take him down to the Harper offices in Frank lin square.
 The art editor wasn't fin. Pyle walked back to his studio room on Broadway, near Thirty-second street. He intended to ask his roommates for money, but couldn't bring himself to it. When they went to supper he pretended he was Ill and couldn't eat. In their absence he searched his old clothes and found a 50 cent piece. The next day he learned that Harper's Weekly would not only use his sketch, but would make a double page of it. Pyle straightway got friend and went off to Delmonico's for dinner.
 Thereafter he prospered. In two years he could have gone to Europe, but instead he returned to Wilmington.
 Until he went abroad last November. Howard Pyle had never been in Europe. He found that he was best able to recre- ate the mediaeval life and pirates that he pictured and wrote about at his home in Wilmington, Del. He said that art in America was not on a firm foundation because instead of developing a national
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
SOME STARLlT GARDEN

By William Ernest Henley. Some starlir garden gray with dew, Some chamber flushed with wine and fire, What matters where, so I and you
 Are worthy our desire? Behind, q past that scolds and jeers For ung1rt loins and lamps unit; In front, the unmanageable years,
 Tho trap upon the Pit Think on the shame of dreams for needs, The scandal of unnatural strife, The slur upon immortal needs,
 The treason done to life. Arise no moro living lie, And with Ile quicken and control Some memory that shall magnify
 The universal Soul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
An Ohseryant Man

Edwin | Lane, a representative or the Leon Mann company, makers or 'Mann- Tailored coats for men and women, New York. and a stockholders in that com panv who was registered at the Morris left yesterday for Savannah. He is one of the best known commercial men that visits this part of the country.
 q have been making the south for % odd years," said Mir. Lane, and In that time I have remarked steady 1m- prcvement in business conditions Tn this section The greatest rate Of improve ment has been in the past three or iour years. I consider the south's mercantile proeress due largely, and In some local ities. entirely. to improved conditions in agricultural activity My travelling ter ritory is from Tampa, Fla, to Duiuth' Minn I see, therefore. the northwest as well as the south, and can make con- narisons. The south is the richest part of the United States and if the southern farmer were to work anything ike as hard as the northern farmer he would make money faster than now. He would soon become wealthy. Agriculture in the south as a business is coming forward year by year. The fact that corn IS pe- ing raised in Georgia and Alabama on A large scale is sufficient to indicate material progress. can remember when all the corn that was fed to stock in the south was shipped here from the west. Now n-anv southern farmers raise all the corn they need for feeding. The south has the climate and the soil, and northern home seekers are looking thls way more than ever. The south's truck ing interest is sure to develop rapidly within the next year or two.'
 MT. Lane said that in travelling through the country he heard good deal or political talk On a recent trip he visited Nebraska and Kansas. "Yes, hear mucn ahout Underwood as presidential tim her My home Is in woodrow Wilson's state. Governor Wilson is losing what prestige or what political force he had, and I think 1t is safe to say that he Will not have as much strength next year as he has right now Wilson has been a good educator, but since becoming poli- tician he seems to have talked too much' I am A republican in national elections. think President Taft will be renomi- mated. and I think he will have good chance of being reelected. All this talk ahout the republican 'progressives' is ex- aggerated. Republican dissensions olteh appear serious, but when the time comes we generally get together
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
auIRKs OF DETERRENT LANGUAGE

From Harper's Weekly.
 It is impossible to kick" man in French. You must give him blow with the foot" The Portuguese do not wink" at one; they "close and open the eyes" In the languages of many semi- civilized tribes there is no word with which to convey the idea of stealing, perhaps because the idea of property Is so vague. It is related of one of the early missionaries that. in attempting to translate the Bible into Algonlsin, he could find no word to express love, and was compelled to invent it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 What makes a man want to be g good husband Is Tot Leing married.
 The poor initiate the rich and get poor CT, the rich illisate the poor and get richer.
 woman has a fair understanding of politics till her husbSnd explains it to her
 A girl seems to have bigger horror of sensible clothes than a man has of prison stripes. A girl seems to think her fathers Judg- raent might be worse for her than an utter strangers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
Classic Shades of Tuscaloosa

q spent a pleasant day in Tuscaloosa last Friday" said Percy Clark, and was delighted at the evidences of con tinued growth and prosperity in that dear old town.
 Tuscaloosa, which by the way was made the second capital of the state Ill 1s2 has many beautiful homes of the colonial and baronial style of architec- t,re. This latter 1 apply to composite tvoe of structure, distinctive as to inc days when the owners of broad ceres
 and many slaves made their homes In
 the cities and towns, visiting their plan
 tations from time to time. What splen-
 dil basic work these grand houses Tor
 the undermining inside, but only fresheh-
 ed up with color outwardly. They well suit the wide streets, beautiful lawns many of them shut in by well kept
 hedges. Then there are the grand old oaks. Some of them have had to DOW to the car of progress, but many are le1' as sentinels to point us to the past with it's noble citizenship which walked De- meath their shade, and traditions which would well found historical romances such as MISS MunlDdCH D i'iSS >NSo~-s and His Times
 l If there is any place that stands dis- | tinctly as the old south done over te meet the changed conditions, Tuscaloosa is the very best complication I know And amid the classic shades Of tht | University I spent some hours III the I companionship of that sweet tempered l scholar, pr. Eugene Smith. l though | of the days when Plato walked in tn' gardens and entertained and instructed II philosophy. the academicians. With pr Smith as a guide, unlike Virgil In th' Italians master piece, I saw visions
 arboreal loveliness, imposing buildings some with the marks of age some WIZ
 the creeping ivy, like cobwebs on ci'
 wine bottles. wherefrom inspirations hat co,ne or within which Knowledge ha' made her temples. Then the newer ones l Smith Halr from whose walls bronz 1 tablet speaks of the life work Of one 1 tho truly great men of Alabama, on
 ,vho abides with us beyond the three
 s.,re wears and ten allotted to mos
 r,en. He has in the beautiful puiiaine
 a museum stored with many treasure eathered from Alaban1a's bosom-geoioSi cal. geological and biological
 1 The newer buildings-'Comer Hal, siv 1 on over to practical and applied science l and mechanics, well named; Morga 1 rIaIl.' languages, laws and physics, mos l appropriate. - Al, T do hope tine state will taks<up tn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
Training Geese

"I was verly much interested this morning in talking to Miss Virginia Ack- errnan, leading woman of The Goose Girl, about training the geest which ap- pear in one of the acts,' said a well known theatrical man. "She told me that last summer she selected flock or geese and commenced training them. She Ted them, cared for them, petted them ana devoted hours to them, until they became thoroughly accustomed to being with her. Then she gradually weeded out the flock until finally there were only five or six left, and they were the smartest in the flock. Later she discarded two of these. and finally narrowed down to three, which she uses ill the play. However, most or the time only two appear on the stage. IL is on such little things as the proper training of geese that the success or fall- ure of a big play sometimes depends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

King George and Queen Mary are to go to India each with suite of cabins com- prising a stateroom 22 by 16 feet, bed room 16 by IS feet and bathroom 12 by IS feet And yet they will have no doubt a full allowance of seasickness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
EXPLAINED

From the Hutchinson News.
 The Birmingham ge-Herald is cross and suggests a growing hen would be a good e1nt:cm for the New York state suf fragists The paper has a mere man for an editor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

pr. Finney is just now talked of in connection with the presidency of Prince ton That concern should wait until next June The Baltimore surgeon has a good job at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
onsERyED IN TUsCALoosA

From the Tuscaloosa News
 The Birmingham Age-Herald interviews a citizen on "An Addition to the Court Hcuse' Judging by the recent grand jury's report. the first million dollars or so should be spent in enlarging the jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
A Peculiar Change

By one of those peculiar slips which will happen in the best regulated news paper offices, mistake was made this morning in one word in the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company ad. which changed the meaning of an entire paragraph" said Frank Bell, publicity agent for that company.
 ''The advertisement was written 10 read, We propose to instalr, and the word propose was made to read we prefer to install
 q feel confident that the public under stood what was meant and that no one will misunderstood. The mistake IS one of those which will happen, as l nave found out after dozen years experience in the newspaper and advertising busi- ness The uninitiated would be surprised if they could see the rush and rapid work in u modern newspaper office, that the paper was not full of errors. but as a matter of fact, such mistakes are few and far between"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

The freshwomen at Radcliffe are begin ming to cultivate the frightful brutality of hazing. They have not gone far as yet, but beginning has been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

No one is thoroughly pleased by the Moroccan agreement unless it be the French. Diplomacy is not warranted to please all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

Boston has a preacher who says he never has and never expects to see a game of baseball. He is missing more than he has any idea of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

Dr. Sun Yat. Sen is still in this coun- try, where he is engaged in financing the Chinese revolution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

Melvin Caniman has decided that he de- sires to see the new year, and he has therefore postponed his Atlantic trip in a balloon. to another year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

work of putting the university park in proper shape, and that the services of a landscape engineer will be called into use, fer they are needed.
 'As my guide led me from one building, and one department to another. was im- pressed with the splendid opportunities offered the men, and the women, too, of the state. And then when we passed the old barracks, Woods Hall,' we recalled some of those whom I had seen in the Seventies receive their diplomas and medals for oratory. Some of them are living; alas some whom we loved nave passed out-Thomas w. Clark, Robert J. Lowe, Frank Mccall and Ashley. Per haps as in the days of the Druids, their spirits revisit these scenes and rest un- der the shades of the trees, awaiting the last bugle gall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

The boarding house strawberry better known as the prune, is going up, and 1t may go so high that it will become fash ionable.