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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
"DRYr. WINES AMERICAN FAVOR
 TIES
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 'sWine drinkers in America demand a much dryer champagne than those of France. the great wine country of the world,' said Henri Ducollet, a member of a manufacturing company of Paris, at the Raleigh. "In Paris and through France the taste of the people runs to sweet champagne. but over here, and in England. too. those who drink cham pagne want an extra dry wine. The cham pagne province of France has been stirred greatly by the act of the cham Der of deputies withdrawing the depart ment of Cube from the champagne prov ince. Residents of Cube and of the cham pagne district are unable to give any explanation for this action of the govern ment. but despite the protests of the peo- pie of Cube and the champagne province, the deputies insist upon withdrawing Cube.
 ''The department of the Cube has been a part of the champagne province for centuries. Troyes, the capital of Cube, with population of 55,000, was formerly the capital of the champagne province. and in the whole department of Cube there are 256,0O0 residents who joined prac- tically unanimously in opposing the action of the government Naturally, the peo- pie of the champagne district are wrought up to a high pitch of indignation, but there seems to be no remedy. It will not make any difference in the growth of tho grapes or the production of wine, how ever. There will be just as much cham pagne come to America as ever before.
 'It is gratifying to observe a very sub- stantial improvement in business in Amer ica," added MT. Ducollet. "I have been making trips to this country for 20 years, and have a pretty good idea of the con- dition of affairs here. Two years ago there was a decided depression, but last season I observed an improvement, and this year business appears to be almost normal. At any rate, that is my judg- ment formed from the increased number of sales I have made. There is a cor improvement in business con- ditions in France. It is noticeable to a foreigners, however, that there is much greater inclination to gamble in this coun- try than there Is In France. Perhaps 1t is this recl1lessness in America that causes the occasional periods of business depression"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
Piping Natural Gas to This City


 On the day that natural gas in needful quantity is piped to and throughout Greater Birmingham the people of it should hold jubilee, for it means its doubling in population in ten years. Nothing so strongly at tracts small industries as natural gas. This is the story of every gas field and of every city that is able to se- cure good supply of this convenient fuel-a fuel that needs no handling and that is less expensive than any other.
 While oil would add to the states developed resources, yet natural gas 1 is, of the two, far more valuable to this city. The supply of it in the | Fayette field seems to be abundant and preparations are being made to pipe it to this city. "If," says Presi- dent Nelson, we can get natural gas here in commercial quantity there is absolutely no end to our possibilities. ]" This is but the simple truth. As soon as natural gas is known to be flowing to this city in ample volume manu- lecturers will begin to come in. The small manufacturer is very partial to natural gas. He wants fuel he can turn on or off in twinkling. He will come here as soon as the proposed gas line is known to be meeting all requirements, and there seems to be no reason to doubt the capacity of the Fayette field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
THE sHOPPER.

Early this morning a thin, well dressed woman walked rapidly into an Atchison dry good store where a big sale was go- Ing on. Rhe stopped at the first counter she came to and began ransacking it. The woman at the counter fell back, and a clerk hurried forward, and respectfully looked on. The woman's hands handled the goods on that counter with the prac- tlced skill of a surgeon, when he is per- forming operation; she did not miss one piece of goods, and then with a hard ghtter In her eyes, and setting her thin IDS more closely together she darted to another counter, plunging head first into the material piled two or three feet high. The other women at the counter looked at her deferentlally, and the clerks gazed fascinated. From counter to counter the woman vent without glancing to the right or to the left. She examined every yard of goods, every ready-to wear garment, every rieee of embroidery, lace etc. Then, with the swiftness of an arrow, she shot into the basement of the store. and from a damaged egg beater to bolts of cloth, her hands flew over everything in that basement. Everywhere the woman en- countered awe-struck glances from the otlier women and the clerks. At last the town clock began striking D. m.' Clerks removed their aprons and covers were placed over the goods preparatory to clos- ing the store for tfle night and that small, thin woman, with a triumphant gleam in her eyes and grim smile on her lips, carrying a bundle about as largo as a walnut. walked out of the store, and every clerk there, and every woman knew they had seen a magnificent "shop- per- in full peration.-Atchison Globe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
MONTE CARLO CHANGES OWNERS

From the Chicago Post.
 The management of the Casino at Monte Carlo has changed, passing into the hands of a Parisian named Briquet.
 Monte Carlo is the most widely adver- tised gambling spot in the world, although before the policy of conducting, the great watering places of the Continent was changed it was not more conspicuous than the rest except for it's climate and nat ural beauty of location.
 It has progressed with the closing of the others and is rich in the romance of it's kind, with tales of fabulous winnings and losses, systems and suicides. Breaking the bank at Monte Carlo'' gave a man a No halo. The gambling room has ten tables devoted to roulette without a double zero, cutting the Amer ican odds against the player in two. With the crowds surrounding the tables it was found most convenient to play the coors generally. '-r
 Breaking the bank has been spec tacular feat. but for money involved has been childs play, compared to stakes in private games in New York or even in Falls City, Neb.
 At the beginning of play the man in charge of each table was given 10000 francs ($2000). If this amount was in- creased by losses of the players, break ing the bank" meant more, naturally. The bank was "broke," however, when the cropier lost his original roll, and play was suspended temporarily at that table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
RcRardinR Car Service

"The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company and the city commis- sion should hold In abeyance the pro- posed cutting in two of the Highlands car line until the people inconvenienced by the propositoin can be heard" So said John " Ramp, who lives on the North Highlands.
 "The people on the South Highlands are as much opposed to the proposed change as are the people of the North Highlands, and there is not a man, woman or child on the Northside who is not opposed to the change. The truth is, the commission should not in such matters listen to one person when a thousand people may be inconvenienced The proposed cutting in two of the Highlands line would, think, first and last bother and perplex more than a thousand people"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
ART OF IDLING

From the New York World.
 Why does the average business man, returning to his desk after a two-weeks summer vacation, feel worse. more tired and less inclined to do a good days work than he did before he went away? And why does the average retired business man, with plenty of money and absolute ly nothing to do beyond enjoying a we'll earned life of ease, become discontented miserable and even i'll just as soon as he tries to do nothing?
 Scientists in answering those two ques- tions place the blame partly on the demon unrest and partly on ourselves for not mastering the art of doing nothing and giving the body real rest whenever we have an opportunity.
 Ungrammatical as it may sound, we don't know how to do nothing" We don't know how to rest during vacation or how to settle down to a life of ease after striving, toiling and saving for years with that very state as our goal.
 Doing. nothing is often the hardest kind of work for one who has not learned how to do it, according to Dr. Richard P Francis of Montclair, N. J., writing in the Medical Record.
 According to Doctor Francis, one impor- tant reason why men (and women, too) are unwilling to withdraw from their oc- equations, either gradually or suddenly, is the feeling that without their guidance the particular business or pursuit in ques- ton will be utterly demoralized and soon go to r0k and ruin.
 'If only they would try to mako the the doctor says, ito see the good that they had accomplished. and not think SC much of their failures, it would be q best, instead of the worst, or everything. 7" comparatively easy matter for them to be more satisfied with their daily life."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
Talk of Georgia.s Prosperity

While Macon, where live, is feeling the short peach crop, business on the whole is very brisk, indeed" said R. C.. Darlington, a well-known insurance and casualty man. "Very few sections of the country are so rich in products of the soil as that around Macon. We are in the garden spot of Georgia, hence it is that Macon is all the while thriving and increasing in wealth. The company with which I am connected is erecting a To- story office building. Macon is quite well built up, and from business point of view this year will be one of the best in it's history"
 MT. Darlington. after spending a part of yesterday in Birmingham, left in the afternoon for Anniston to visit his brother, John B. Darlington. As he was taking the train Mir Darlington said: Tt has been four or five years since was last in Birmingham. The city has improved wonderfully. It is evidently growing fast'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
CHILD LABOR IN SOUTHERN MILL

Mrs. J. Borden Hartman, in Harpers
 Weekly.
 pr. c. w. Stiles, chief of the division of zoology of the public health and marine hospital service, Washington, D. C., tells us that ''the cotton mills are almost the only real friends the poor whites of the south have" and 'I am not an exponent of child labor as an abstract proposition, still I look upon child labor in the south as the lesser of two evils" And every thinking person who sees the medieval conditions of life on the tenant farms, and with Dr. Stiles. The anti-child labor en- thusiast certainly has his place, and we have need of him; but there is no denying the fact that there is class of senti- | mentalsts who. without comparing past | and present conditions of the operatives. | condemn the cotton mills so unreservedly that they stir up antagonism and so re- | tard the natural evolution-i. e., the chi.d | becoming less and less a part of the cot ton mill life and a more regular attendant at. the schools. Year by year there is
  | first generation of whites who came from | their wretched homes to the mills had | rough hands and stiff fingers that were unable to guide the spinning of the soft, fine cotton, so they made spinners of their children, whose smooth fingers were yet | unhardened by toll. The second genera | tion of mill workers who can handle with delft and accustomed fingers delicate fab ric and machinery, can take better care of the children and can keep them out of the mill
 | In our natural abhorrence of the exis- tence of child labor under any conditions we must try not to lose sight of the picture as a whole, but believe that there are some extenuating circumstances on | the side of the southern manufacturers who, by the resumption of the cotton in dustry at the close of the reconstruction | period, came to the rescue of the masses of the south, then reduced to the depths of poverty
 | Child labor is one phase in the evolution of the southern cotton industry, and 1t is gradually passing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The more disappointed. bride Is the surer she is 1t can't be so
 Making money for somebody else seems good deal easier than for yourself
 When a man brings a present home for his wife it's sign he is going to try to spend the evning out.
 The weather saves lots of people from being dumb at a party, but they'd be more interesting if it didn't.
 If woman can't go off on a summer trip any other way, she will take troll ley ride Into the country and call 1t one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

election of deputies by departments, proportional representation in the in- terest of minorities, and the election of members for six years, one-third of whom are to be elected every two years. What M. Caillaux will be able to accomplish is uncertain. He can not, however, evade action in this im- portant issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
Summer Weather

There is nothing like getting used to hot weather" said busy man. T read an interview with MT. F. H. Linnehan in Sundays Age-Herald, in which cool July, if not positively forecast, was. infer entially promised Well, we are about to celebrate the Fourth of July and the thermometer is still registering high. But we have got used to hot weather and do not mind 1t as much as we did month ago.
 Say what you please about the heat. Birmingham summers are far pleasanter as q general proposition than are the summers farther north. l have suffered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
Business Improving

"General trade is improving, and in view of sthe satisfactory crop situation it Is safe to predict continued improvement
 said J. s. Wellman of Chicago. "The railroads are prospecting and most of them are planning to do a great deal of betterment work during the next two
 years. They will spend large sums for
 equipment this fall and whenever the railroads are large buyers of material sll
 branches of business are directly ben efitted."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

more from heat in Chicago than I ever did in Birmingham. Another thing that has always impressed me--heat prostra- tions are almost unknown in this part of the country, while New York, Chicago and St. Paul witness many deaths from sunstroke whenever they have very hot weather"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
EXPERT ADVICE
Success Magazine.

From Success Magazine.
 The prison turnkey found the two cell mates deeply engrossed One bored over the market reports of a newspaper and figured on the margin with a pencil His celmate sat expectant.
 Bill" said the mathematician at last, you could make s34 night stealth hogs in Iowa"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

The distance from New York to Mon- tank Point is 11S miles, and a train re- gently covered the distance in 1 hour and 55 minutes. The point may yet become the country's great steamship terminal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
\ SENSIBLE PERSON.

A SBINpIIoIIlJ T I71sN0E'' 'I'm not averse to words of praise, An open-minded toiler said, But I despise the chap who pays A compliment for board or bed; Who thinks by honeyed words to win The boon of which he stands in need Whene'er he doth his wiles begin His spacious words I do not heed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
A PLEASANT PROSPECT.

Iris warm, but think of what's to come And let us not despair. Ere long will frost our frames benumb And snowflakes fill the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

CAUSE AND EFFECT. know a little lady
 Who has the sweetest smile; But maybe that's because she knows Her lids the latest style, And all her clothes are stunning, As stunning as can be, And no one in this busy burg Is better dressed than she.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

New York admits it is not rich enough to support Madison Square Garden. The present building is to give way to big skyscraper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Omaha has dining room in which meals are served to gentlemen without coats" All other cities should have them
 z eight up to October.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Glavis and Pinchot are rejoicing over the rejection of the Cunningham claims, They are both vindicated. although the President Is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

A man may be as young as he feels, but he is generally asked to prove 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

America contributed to the coronation the Delaware and John Hays Hammond, and both were conspicuous to the limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

How would g. crown look on an Amer Taft would need at least a No. g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

If Congress desires to confer a benefit on the people let it decree that woolen goods shall hereafter be made of wool.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

It is predicted the democratic national convention will be held in Baltimore, and the republican convention in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NOT FINISHED.

"Is he what you would call the typical man about town?"
 well not typical. You see, he las never yet figured in an automobile acci- dent with party of stage ladies'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Wisconsin will hereafter select her sem ators by direct primary. Uncle lkeS pocketbook made the revolution easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Unless Lorimer is punished the legisla- tive jackpot will continue to be a cher ished institution in Illinois.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

King George has put his crown back among the moth balls while he goes about wearing a gray derby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Beverly, Mass, is unanimously of the opinion that Congress should adjourn at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
DEPTORART,E.


 "Pm afraid there isn't much future In store for my son. remarked MT. Many plunks. Isn't he ambitious?' asked MT. Haz- zerlot
 "Oh, yes, but his ambition seems limit ed to the desire to smoke a more eXpen- sive brand of cigarettes than any other young cub in towp.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Woodrow Wilson is no novice in poli- tics. He has been writing and teaching politics for 90 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Caruso's throat has cost him s140,0oO How muck it had cost the American peo- pie is not stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

The late Mrs. Carrie Nation literally carved her way to fame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

The Aunt Della apple pie is appearing on the restaurant menus and counters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

That boy who preferred hair cut to watermelon should have had both.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
No EXCUSE WHATEVER.

'Tibble's capacity for trouble is un- limited"
 'Is that so?"
 ''Yes. Why, he could even worry be- cause William Waldorf Astor has not yet been given a title by King George"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
A -DOLEFuL PLIGHT.

He lost his roll at poker r.. s' His heart began to ache, . !. The while he sighed, q cannot now A glad vacation take"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

No one can tell how the Maine was blown up or how we can get rid of the Philippines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

The days are growing shorter and Christmas is really coming. And then that shopping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
EXCEPTIONAL CASE.

You should never laugh at another's misfortune"
 But the man who just now stumbled over dog while chasing his hat is a notorious practical joker.'
 "oh' if that's the case I'll join you in a hearty laugh. Hahl Hah! Hahi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
WA STE OF TIME

Do you read the magazines?'
 ''No. l already have a safety razor and ] can't afford to buy motor car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
sIJsPICIoIJs CIRCtJMsTANCE.

"The cashier of our bank sings in a church chor.'
 Does he sing very loud?"
 Louder than anybody else' ''We'd better have his books examined at once''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
HIGHER COST OF LIVING

Holland has windmills and the United States has Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
IN GAY BOHEMIA

original members of either formal social circles or gay bohemia to plan an en- tertainment that offers the charm of real novelty These suggestions should be gratefully received by Sir Philip and his friends, who really fizzled in their at- tempt to be formal since they dined "a rordinaire" and drove home la mill lonaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
ALL UPsE

ALL UPSET. Who looks into a pair of eyes Until his head he loses, And bout the girl doth rhapsodize, From sky-piece to her 'shoesies," Conducts himself, till folly flies, As he were full of liquor; And when at last he gets more wise, We wish he'd done it quicker
 Birmingham Age-Herald. But, Paul, you must remember, son, Once you were only twenty; And what the summer girls did, Paul, To you was-well a plenty! When hearts beat youthfulwise and free To follow any fancy, 'Twere idle then to argue, Paul, Loves foolish necromancy! James B. Nevin, in the Rome Tribune Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
A CITPE

knew a sad somnambulist, A victim of despair, Uptil he wandered into church And slept an hour there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

z E. Morgan and T. s. Millsap gre the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

No communication will be published without It's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are inelosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congross March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. SOC Daily and Sunday, per month. .70 Daily and Sunday. 3 months..... 200 Sunday AEe-Heraid. 200
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-09-05
The PITY OF III


Benlah Binford, the other woman Of
the Beattie case, whose only claim to
public interest is her utter depravity,
is. it is announced, to be featured IN
motion pictures and, as soon as the
trial is ended, is to pose for fer.es
OF films which are expected to make 4
hit throughout the country.
Already the authorities in Washing
ton, q. c., have announced that No
such pictures can be shown in that
city and the example will doubtless
be followed by many others.
Newspaper pictures Of the girl have
been numerous, but they do not con-
yey the impression that would be dy-
en- by a motion picture, in which hi,
debased young person would Haunt
herself in the semblance OF real life
before the eyes of millions of the
young and impressionable throughout
the country.
There is nothing Illuminating about
the Binford girl. According to ell &C
counts, she embarked on the down
ward path at the early age Of thir
teen and her career since has been an
relieved by the slightest suggestion Of
true womanhood or even ordinary de-
cency. Her conduct since she was
thrust into the limelight has not given
her a better credential before the pub
lie than she enjoyed before, she las
fairly gloated over her unclean con-
spicuosity and her consent to pose fol
moving pictures furnishes the tina
touch to a character that is altogether
and perniciously putrid
If any effort is made to place hel
before the public in film or In fest
the authorities ought to take promp
steps to sQuelch it.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-09-05
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