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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Patti's Price Was High

From the Indianapolis Star.
 Patti. says Robert Grau. who managed her last tour in this country, was the shrewdest stage celebrity of her day. She would remain in her dressing room until the cash was in her hand. for she scorned checks. MT. Grau relates story of her ability to hold her own with inn presarios.
 Once the old time minstrel magnate, Colonel Haverly, had the ambition to be- come an impresario. He called on Patti at her hotel in New York. sent in his card. and was graciously received.
 Madame" said Haverly, T should like to secure you for tour of this country, if we can arrange terms"
 For concert or for opera?" asked the diva.
 For concert" Haverly responded.
 ''Well, for how many nights do you want me?" Patti asked.
 sixty. at least"
 '1 will sing for you for SO nights for $240,000 and the usual allowance for ex- penses-one half of this amount to be de- posted with the Rothchilds on the sign ing of agreements was Paths ultima tum.
 But, my dear madame" he said that is nearly five times as much as we pay our President for an entire year."
 Well" said Patti, why do you not engage the President to sing for you?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
SOCIETY IN NEW YORK
By MARGARET WATTS DE PEYsTER

Miss E. L. Sands, Mrs Sidney Dillon Rip lep, MT. and Mrs. Harry La Montague, MT. and Mrs. Blair Fairchild, MT. and Mrs. F. c. Havemeyer, Mrs. J. c. Drouil- lard, and MT. and Mrs LeGrand Benedict
 Evidently the British invasion of the hearts of American maids was only start ed for the winter when Lord Camoys cap tured Mildred Sherman and officialdom follows in i1is wake in the person of tho British vice consul at New York, William Gunther Gardner, whose engagement to Miss Marion Edith Began has just been announced. Miss Began is the very culti- vated young daughter of James B. Began of the Kncberboclxer hotel She made her her official appearance in the world last year, after completing her educa- tion at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, in Brussels. MT. Gardner was ap- pointed to New York last year. and dur | ing his brief stay here he won many l friends. In entering the diplomatic ser 1 vice he has espoused the career of many of his forebears who have thus served their country for several generations, and before coming here he was attached to After the wedding, which will probably take place in February, the young couple will spend a three months honeymoon trip through Egypt up the Nile.
 Much IS heard each year of the Junior league, that organization composed of the popular debutantes of the season, which early in the spring gives some kind of q dramatic entertainment for the benefit of the settlement work. The election of off cers for the season is an event of interest to the young women of society. Miss
 Harriet Alexander was the president last winter, and a meeting was held last week at her home, No. 4 West Flfty-eighth street, at which the following officers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
The Conaueror. Man

"Thou shalt have dominion'
 When the Jewish exiles left Babylon, 800 B. C., to go back to Jerusalem to build the second temple, using oxen, mules and cames, they were four months on the road. Little dreamed they of the day of rail- roads or of electricity. Nowadays man travels on the earth and under the earth, on the water and under the water and through the air. Wonderful conquests. But Mans greatest conquests are over the animal life of the world. Long ago he conquered the big elephants and the wild horse. And now science is breeding and using insect life to destroy mans most pestiferous enemies.
 For instance:
 Since 1t has been discovered that the mosquito is one of the most dangerous of the microbe carrying insects war has been declared. The agricultural depart ment is breeding the ''darning needle" insect with which to destroy the pred atory mosquito.
 swat the fiyl' is a national slogan.
 We are just beginning to discover what the fly does to us. And so our govern ment Is breeding a certain species of wasp that is able to sting the house. hold fly and destroy that disease bring ing pest.
 And then there are the good microbes.
 One sort of bacteria is being cultivated that is used to enrich the soil and thus help the husbandman.
 Another kind of microbe is being em- poyed in antiseptic tanks to purify city sewage Great tanks filled with these little scatengers, invisible to the naked eye, make way with the refuse that is drained into the receptacle.
 Man is having dominion.
 He is using the good insects and mil crobes to destroy the bad-doing indi- rectly what he is unable to do directly.
 To be able to go from Chicago to New York in IS hours is a great feat, but a thousand times more important is that sort of dominion that frees man from the dangers of contagion and disease and prolongs human life.
 Some day man shall have conquered the animal pests as he has conquered the beasts of the wild.
 Man was made to have dominion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
The Wife's Decalogue

IhS WIG DeCdiOSue
 ESIRsT.-Thou shalt have no other husband than him whom thou l hast welded.
 Second-Thou shalt not prefer be- fore the home where thou lodgest thy literary club, nor thy sewing circles, nor thy missionary society.
 Third,-Thou shalt not waste thy husbands substance nor his wages on vain apparel and glad raiment while thy husband goeth abroad in patched trousers.
 Fourth.-Thou shalt not regale thy back door neighbor, neither thy fan- ily, with the vain gossip of the sew ing society, nor with the scandal that lieth under the tongue of the tattler.
 Fifth-Thou shalt not nag thy hus- band in his own house. Nor shalt thou utter thy much complainings in hls ear lest unhaply he may prefer the corner saloon to thy company
 Sixth.-Thou shalt not envy they neighbors house, nor her automobile, nor her millinery. Nor shalt thou pout thy lips because they husband doth not buy thee a sealskin sack. 2v
 Seventh-Thou shalt not serve punch with stick in it to the guests of thy reception nor offer high stakes of sheclles at thy wist club, lest thy sons become gamblers or thy sons-in- law drunkards.
 Eighth.--Thou shalt not talk. deceit fully over the telephone. Nor shalt thou say to the unwelcome guest, T am so glad to see theei" nor pass thy 14-year- child at half fare.
 Ninth.-Thou shalt not go dressed fiji to kill on the streets and slatternly in thine own house, lest thy husband have no comfort in thy apeparance And thou shalt not be gracious and sweet in the church aisle and shreM in thy home, lest thy children prove deceitful.
 Tenth-Thou shalt not give the l teaching of thy child over to thy hand maiden to the Sunday school teach CT, but thou shalt train up thy child | in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Nor shalt thou permit the fires of thy fathers and thy mothers reli- 1 zion to die out on the altar of thy heart for verify there is no adornmeni of woman's life that is like to that oi spiritual raiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Pay Ynur Mnrtgages

A recent writer speaks of mortgages on character"
 Which is a fine figure.
 You may have a mortgage, say, on your home or your household goods These 'plasters are common. They rep resent needed loans and if well advised are helps to ownership.
 You bend your energies toward pay ment of principal and interest But
 The mortgage that most distresses mor- tals is the mortgage voluntarily assumed and without sufficient consideration ot bad habits, the mortgage on character That mortgage is
 A lien on body and soul!
 You may or may not be able to pay the mortgage on your property before YOU die. Nevertheless you will have been successful if you have kept your self free from the lien on yourself.
 The mortgage on self, together with the mortgage on property, makes dou- ble ortgage-double debts and double in terest.
 There's the tobacco mortgage.
 The habit of chewing or smoking in- dplged to excess and almost any use i7 excess is, as every we'll informed person knows, a draft on vitality, shatterer oi nerves, a depleter of vital forces
 And the liquor mortgage.
 The drinking habit is a mortgage thai demands tremendous interest rates. II ruins the stomach Things, benumps the brain cells, hardens the nerve fibers paralyzes the power of mind and body.
 Other mortgages?
 Plenty of them. The mortgage of ex- cess in eating. of sleep loss, of excesses of lust, of dishonesty, of all unrghteous- ness.
 Pay them off!
 Else, principal and interest, they will absorb you, soul and body.
 The sooner you pay the better, be- cause the interest on these mortgages Is not merely compounded, as in a real es- tate loan, sem-annually.
 It is compounded daily.
 By and by it will be impossible for you to pay the accumulations
 Pay the mortgages now.
 Stop the interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Let Me Send You This Book FREE

cry man. young or old. who would be strong in manly ylgor. It Is word of hope, carefully written, inter esting booklet which should be. In every ones possession. Therefore send today. If in or near the city, call at my office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

were elected: President, Miss Frances Breese; secretary, Miss Winfred Chisolm; treasurer, Miss Alice Ely; vice treasurer. Miss Josephine Nicoll. A few of the debu- tantes elected to membership are Misses Justine Ingersoll, Ruth Moller, Frances Wyeth, Caramal Carroll. Eugenie Phil bin, Cora Hennen Morris, Vieva Fisher, Eleanor Prentice, Hagen Symington, Polly Jacob, Katherine Lawrence, Sarah Manice. Urling Sibbley. Jeannie Emmet. Margaret Knapp, Frances Henry, Helen Huntington, Gwendolin Condon, Cornelia Chapin. Lucy Dahlgren, Mildred Rice and Marjorie and Florence Blair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
A Cure for Seasickness

From the London Chronicle
 A curious cure for seasickness is given in an old homeopathic medical book, "The School of Salerne' He that would cross the sea-" runs the prescription, must a few dayes before hee take ship mingle the sea water with his wine. This is a remedy for them that are rich, but if it be poor man, then he must drink sea water onely that he may the easier eschew casting. The reason hereof is be- cause the sea water is salt, and with it's saltnesse and the stipticitie that followeth saltnesse it closeth the mouth of the stom- ach, and thereby avoydeth casting or per breaking" Some might prefer to be sick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
New Musical Instrument

From the London Globe.
 new stringed musical instrument is re- ported to have been devised. by Japan ese violin maker in the city of Nakoya. The invention is named the reilSin, and seems likely to supersede the samisen. It has the shape of guitar, save in the neck, which is the only part resembling a samisen. There are four strings to it, and by manipulation of the keys the in strument can be made to do the work of several samisen. The inventor has played his reikin in an orchestra of Japanese in- struments and showed that it is a success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Not To Be Cheated

F rom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 "They tell me Tinkleton is at work or big canvas which he calls The Retreat of the Ten Thousand y
 .'What does he expect to do with it ?''
 ''Sel it to old Bondclipper.
 Any chance of that?'
 NO Tinkletop has only 933 figures ir the painting and Bondclipper will insist upon the .fua ten thpusand."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Ida Lewis

The Grace Darling Of America IS dead.
 DO you remember among the exhib- it's of interest at the Worlds fair Tn Chicago the rowboat used by Ida Lew is in her work of saving lives in New port harbor?
 The boat was presented to Miss Lewis by the people of Newport . She was the daughter of the keeper of the old Lime Rock light off New port and no seaman could better han dle boat or battle with the waves as an expert swimmer. And she was brave with the bray cry of woman. Her record as a saver of human life is matter of history. And among those recued was score of men, those rescued was score of men. Personally Ida Lewis was q most gracious woman. but modest and seem ingly unconscious of her heroic en- deavor Her womanly qualities no less than her intrepid spirit and daring gentle ness made her the pride of Newport The cadets of the Naval academy sim ply adored her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

Fill in the coupon; let me send you at once my free boklet in. plain seal ed envelope; 1t is profusely illustrat- ed with ha1f-tone photos; keep 1t in your pocket for easy reference. read the chapter on Vitality; read the chapter on Debility; read the chapter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
The Blessing of Debt

Are you in debt2
 Most persons are. And with most of us it Is good thing to be under obli- gation to creditors.
 A debt is load that holds one steady.
 We are like horses who need not only the load, but the spur. The debt is the load; the creditor is the spur.
 Debt is often a blessing in disguise. It arouses within us the divine force that makes for winning.
 Balzac would write only when he was in debt. And usually he was in debt; therefore his long shelf full of books.
 We, like Balzac, need sometimes to feels the spur in our Hanks. Who can say what treasures of Sir Walter we might have missed had not Scott been under the necessity of paying his debts?
 Or what should we have had from Goldsmith, who wrote like an angel and talk'd d like Poor Poll.' and who was al- ways borrowing. And our own Mark Twain. | Mr. Clemens says by nature he was lazy. But at the age of 60 he felt the spur. His publishing house failed, and
 though he was not under the legal neces- sity, he felt morally bound to pay the creditors in full. In paying that debt what delightful
 heritage was left us! It is no disgrace to owe debt. The disgrace consists in neglecting on refusing to pay You may reach an honest man in no more tender spot than to send him his bill marked Please remit or to have
 the collector call more than once.
 He wants to pay It hurts him to disappoint or fail. He will do his best. If the debt is made with likelihood of payment and the desire to meet the ob- l lgation it Is a blessing. because Lacking capital, the average man would get nothing ahead. But by going in ! debt he buys something, buckles down to the job and pays out, becoming by so much a capitalist It is hard sometimes, but When the load is landed at the end of the road the sting of the goad is forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

in every way. He says that the idea came to him when he was touring through Eu- rope last year.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-07-13
Waldo and the Picked Peppers.

"NOw dearie." said the nurse. ~
want you to learn this nice little poem
about Peter Piper licked a peck Of
picked peppers.
"Shan't!" answered the Boston child.
much In the manner Of other children
"Oh. naughty. naughty! Why. Wal
do, why won't you learn this pretty
poemY'
For two reasons." answered Waldo
''ln the first place. the ALTERATION Of
the line you quote Is 80 excessive as to
destroy any literary finish that snch
adventitious aids to metrical compost
tion might lend II used more sparing.
ly And In the second place. consider
the impossibility Of picking peppers
which have already been picked. The
whole thing Is beneath the attention Of
any intelligent person."-Boston Trav.
Qlpr
Catoctin clarion., 1911-07-13
THE PERSIANS.
Not Ruled by Caste. but Are Great
Stickisrs For Etiquette.

Not Ruled by Caste. but Are Great
stieklsrs For Etiquette.
The p. assures of the Persians are In
the main refined. They have not
many kinds of recreation. Converse.
ton Is one of their chief enjOyments.
Although large proportion OF them
can neither read nor write. ] think we
must call them an intellectual people.
They are natural iinguisis. and since
their country la inhabited by many
different races they are obliged to
speak several different languages. 1t
is not unrOnmon to find n man who
scarcely knows his right hand from
his left who can speak two or three
languages tinently. TO this number
man OF any education whatever would
add two or three more.
There II no caste among any OF the
races found in Persia. A son Of Nasir-
i-Din Shah's butler became his prime
minister: a peasant girl once became
the first favorite of this same kings
'anderun because she lifted her veil as
the king WAS passing through her na-
tive village and her beauty appealed
to the royal fancy.
But while there Is no caste the Per.
SLAMS are In some ways great stirklers
for etiquette The Zi-i Sultan. the old
est and most capable son of Nasir-l.
Din. could not succeed his father on
the throne because his mother was
not of royal birth. All social func-
tions. moreover. are attended with the
most rigid ceremonies. and woe to the
person who attempts to 0verstep the
bounds which custom has prescribed
for his rank.-Mary A. Colquhoun In
Los Angeles Times.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-07-13
WON'T FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, THURSDAY, JULY 49, 1911.
NAPOLEON CARlCATUREs.
The First Was Drawn by Q Fellow Stu.
dent at erienne.

oent ~ ort0nn0.
Napoleon in caricature IL one Of the
most prolific of subjects. lnde'd. Euro.
pean political rarirature from lI0S
until 1919 may be said to have been
Napoleon. Although In France this
form OF l.ictoral art was rigidly sup
pressed. Gilrny and RowlanlsOn In
England and n score of artists In Ger.
many and Austria were depicting the
great emperor M the most infamous
of monsters.
The first known caricatnre Of Bona.
parte was drawn years before the first
consulate. when the BOurbOns still sat
upon the throne of France 1t Is re.
produced In Norwood YOung's THE
Growth of Napoleon Young Bona.
parties years at the military academy
al Brieune were no, happy ones. He
was q COrsicnn. and AZ that time Cor.
sica was D recently conquered prov.
ince.
The cartoon. which was drawn by a
schoolmate. represents the future EN-.
peror standing. n severe and determin.
ed look upon his face. with both hands
on the top Of musket. resting the
butt on the ground A smaller figure
behind him. an old man whose nose
nearly renries his chin. Ia pulling him
back by his wig
Eapoleon's feet face in two direc.
tlOns one forward. the other back
ward Underneath IA written. Bona
pnrte rllshes to the aid of I'aOii to
rescue him from the hand Of his enc.
mics" These words have been struck
through withta pen. which has also
been dra wn across the face of Ma.
pOipOn
Catoctin clarion., 1911-07-13
Tho Messaue In tho Box.

On q table In the waiting room OF
specialist IL an inlaid box. When one
opens it-and most visitors to the spe-
cialist do-a smaller box Is found and
one not so large inside that. This
continues until finally the last Is
reached. a tiny thing with slip OF
paper inside It. On the paper Is sin
gle word, Curiosity"
~ keep It there to amuse waiting
patients" explained the specialist.
III there was only one who went
through the scale Of boxes he might
feel sore about 1t. but he or she leaves
the box closed for the next conner. and
when there are quite few In the
waiting room It gets to be a pretty
good joke. and | can hear laughter as
the latest arrival gets stung. picked
the box up on trip to India and hap
pened to leave 1t In the waiting room
one day. Now It stays there all the
time."-Eew York Sun.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-07-13
THE COTTON INDUSTRY.
Alexander Hamilton Forssaw lts I'm.
portance In This Country.

Alexander Hamilton Forssaw lts I'm.
portance In This Country.
There exists In the archives Of one
Of the Oldest among the cotton spin.
ming families in northern New Jersey
a long letter from a banker of New
York addressed to Alexander Hamilton.
when he was secretary Of the treasury
The banker had heard that Hamilton
purposed to build cotton mill ut Pat
erson. N. J This project the banker
condemned and stated that 1t was the
opinion OF all the merchants In New
York whom he knew that not In hun
dred years would the cotton milling
business In the United States employ
200
Hamilton went ahead and planned
the industrial town he named Paterson
and also planned and financed com
pany for developing water power and
for financing corporations thereat
Hamiltons original company. known
as the Society For Useful Manufac
lures. exists to this day at Paterson
The agent whom Hamilton sent &c
England to buy cotton mill machinery
was instructed to have II knocked
down" and placed In small boxes that
were to be marked Bibles FOt the
Moravians OF Pennsylvania" II was
at that time against the laws of Eng
land to ship any kind OF industrial ma.
IN n,.NNl
tons brother and two OF his agents
were caught trying to ship the cotton
mill machinery to Paterson. aud they
were imprisoned for ten mont s.-COt
tuu
Catoctin clarion., 1911-07-13
USE Of PUBLIC
PLAYGROUND
Children Derive Self Reliance
and Progress|veness From It.
A TRAINING N. CITIZENSHIP.

The Playground a. q soeiaiizins In.
huones 10 Unequaisd, and . Com
munity Can Do Nothing Better
Than to Establish ons-Pfsssnt Con.
ditions Are Poor.
Few fully realize the great socializ'
ing influence Of the playground on
those who witness as we'll as those
who participate in its activities.
The value Of a sound body with a
clear mind cannot be overestimated.
The measures taken by play teachers
to offset the evil influences OF the
street should receive due credit In any
discussion Of the playground problem.
The effort to impress upon the mind OF
the growing youth n spirit OF loyalty
and fair play IL another most COM
mendable feature Of playground IN.
struction, but Of greater consequence
than these or other matters Of public
import that playground officials have
inaugurated Is the subtle training IN
citizenship that the boy receives while
playing with his fellows ON grounds
conducted under public auspices.
On the playground. a. In the street
and at the ballot box. all are equal
Play instincts are common 10 rich ana
poor alike. On common ground. equip
ped and maintained by common
wealth whose very name implies the
storing up Of resources to be drawn
upon when the good -sf the whole de-
mands 1t. the boy learns the great les
son Of brotherliness and strengthens
those ruling traits Of American char
acter that are his birthright.
Self reliance. progressiveness. love OF
fair play. desire of system and ambi-
tion Of self development are some OF
the direct results Of playground activi-
ties. Other Institutions may and DO
teach one or more of these fundamen-
tails. but there is no other single Or
ganization that unfolds them stimuli
taneously In an atmosphere of free
dom, the first requirement for proper
growth.
A study Of any city discloses a de-
plorable lack OF knowledge on the part
of it's citizens concerning their public
institutions. The majority know little
or nothing of the great forces that
make for civic betterment. Municipal
advancement depends largely on the
degree Of interest manifested by the
community at large IN municipal AT
fairs.
With the growth of the community
spirit on the playground we may justly
demand of our future citizens an ad-
ministration that Is broad minded and
public spirited as well as clean. honest
and businesslike. TO attain this end
wise men have seen fit to begin with
e the boy on the playground.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-07-13
A Coral Pine,

While United States warship was
Off Barbados few years ago sailor
who was amusing himself fishing for
sharks brought up from the depths a
long "churchwarden" pipe that evi.
IDENTIFY had been lying at the bottom Of
the sea for hundred years or more.
1t was unbroken and had either been
accidentally dropped overheard or
washed out of some old wreck. The
coral insects had seized upon It and
covered the long stem with delicate.
lacelike branches and the bowl with
fine "vermicelli" work. So completely
was 1t concealed with the coral coating
that It was impossible to determine
the original material of the pipe Oddly
enough. the inside of the bowl had
been left untouched and still showed
the stains Of FIRE and nicotine.-New
York Press