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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
.mer,co, Musician. in Europe

"Americans who do not closely follow the activity of the American musician in Europe can forR only very lnader ouate idea of the work done on this side by our countrymen and women,' writes the editor of the Musical Courier who has been spending much time abroad and whose last date line was London. There are nearly 100 Ameri- can singers permanently engagel, on opera house stages in Europe, and there are more than that number 'es- saving, as the French call 1t. in Italian and other opera houses. Concert sing CTS, shattucks. lolinists,. composers and others in. other fields of music are met with on all sides in pursuit of the career of music in Europe and the manner in which they are received Is indicative of the feeling of free trade in the musical art on this side so far as it applies to music. There Is no such prejudice against the American musician as exists In America, and that must be manifest to any one who knows. for 1t is obvious to us in the practical field of music that many, If not most, OI Ii.S AHlciiCoii HiuoiSioi' here in Europe are not of such artistic stature yet as to make their attach ment a clinging one. But Europe Is liberal in its judgment, particularly on American musicians residing over here; if 1t were not liberal in the dispensation of it's criticism some of our folks from home would have to walk or remain here.
 "When once an American becomes popular, in music. in Europe there are no questions asked as to his nativity, and whether he comes from Bronxville. Baltimore Battle Creek or Oyster Bay. it does not persuade Europe for or against him. Where does he como from?' is a quite natural question after his or her debut, and then it Is prompt ed by casual interest or curiosity. But the country he is from is not tabooed because he happens to come from that country, or because any one else might Be coming thence. This liberal spirit will, in due time. be echoed by our side and we shall, in due chorus, dts play the same gen ,rous spirit exhibited
 in Europe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal. A we approach the dusk of life we "A look back toward the morning A and think how much brighter and better were the things about us then than they are today.
 Distance gives a prospective that is al- ways pleasing. just as time tints the early recollections with a rosy glow.
 How many grandfathers of today are willing to admit that the actors about them can compare with the players of their day?
 The recent appearance here of James ONeal has started a flood of comment. Neal was born just 63 years ago and be- gan acting when but boy.
 The old man admits himself that nearly all of the old actors are gone, the actors remains to point to the past and tell of the great achievements now but mists of history.
 There is proneness on tye part of peo pie, especially people who attend the the atre, to shake their heads and sigh, "IIe is a great actor, but he is not so good as the actor of my time.'
 So 1t is today. So it was in Shake speare's day So it will be when the, grandchildren about us trot grandchildren of their own on faltering knees.
 Nothing is eveFHo good, so bright, so beautiful as the days of youth, and the older we get the truer this seems to be.
 We do not think when we are young, just crossing the threshold of life, so to speak, that the days are then the bright est.
 How many young boys-beardless and undeveoped, look forward to the day when they will reach mans estate? They do not realize then that they are enjoying their halcyon days, days which can never come again.
 They do not appreciate 1t, but they will never be so happy again.
 The years add their burdens. The mind becomes weary. The thoughts travel backward. The days we thought SO little of become memories rich and radiant
 This Is why our actors seem passing away. We think of the ones we used to know, without due regard for the ones
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

From the Meridian Star.
 The Alabama legislation on the subject of prohibition and the amendments to the constitution will not be accompanied py any parades and hot lunches and hys. terical appeals by means of prayers ana hymns. It is best that 1t should be so. The church descends from its dignity and detracts from it's influence when 1t en- ters into a contest on the streets and at the polls, exposed to the insults and derision of the indiscriminate mob. The rule that applies to the church applies also to women. It Is a mortifying sight to any man who honors his mother or wife or sister to see good women arguing with half-drunken toughs and ward heel CTS, or exposed to the contempt and de- rision of the scum of the streets The presence of children in such scenes and their innocent participation is of course, out of reason. It is probable that such exhibitions as marked liquor and anti liquor campaigns in Alabama in the past will never be seen again. They had their effect, and were in great measure re- sponsible for bringing about the great in terest that now prevails everywhere in the question of temperance, but the sac riice Is too great. Legislation on the subject is a matter for the attention of men, and for calm, dispassionate refiec- tion and action. The extremes of anti liquor agitation that recently convulsed Alabama, and with so little good effect, will probably never be witnessed again,
 
 women who worked so hard and so vainly for prohibition can trust their cause in the hands of good men whose consciences have been awakened, and who, If not ad- vocates of impracticable absolute prohi- bition, are at least the true friends of temperance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
FILING TT ON

From the Cleveland Leader.
 He had been on a hunting expedition for several days in the backwoods, roughing rather severely, and on talk ing seat in a railway carriage return ing homeward he looked as begrimed and weather-beaten a trapper as ever brought his skins into a settlement.
 He happened to find seat next to 8 young lady-evidently belonging to Bos- ton-who, after taking stock of him for few moments, remarked:
 Don't you find an utterly passionful sympathy with natures most incarnate aspirations among the sky-topping noun tains and the dim aisles of the horizon touching forests, my good man?'
 "Oh, yes,' replied the apparent back woodsman; land I am also frequently drawn into an exultation of rapt soulful ness and beatiic incandescent infinity of abstract contiguity when my horse stum- bles."
 'Tndeedr' said the young lady, much surprised T had no idea that the lower classes felt like that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
Senatorial Elections This Month

n Maine the democrats have made choice of a man for senator who ss a lawyer of great ability, Charles F. Johnson. He is @ man. too, who enjoys the confidence of the intelligent people in the state. In Ohio, too, good choice has been made. MT. Pomerene is law yer of high professional attainments, an excellent speaker, and a man to whom no scandel attaches. He was Governor Harnon's choice, and yet he is known throughout Ohio as being progressive in all things.
 The new democratic senators will be sn the public eye in the next Congress, and the party will be judged by the stand they take on various bills and poll eies of the party. Maine and Ohio have made no mistakes, but what will New York, New Jersey and West Virginia do? If those states elect senators that are a credit to the party, the road to success in 1912 will be wonderfully cleared and made smooth. If, however, the three states elect men welded to special in terests the democrats will stand con- demned at the outset. There Is a great deal of success or non-success shut up in the pending senatorial elections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES

There have been many high-class vio- lin soloists within the past 20 years, but few have measured up to Francis Mac millen, who appears in Birmingham next Wednesday afternoon in Mrs. Cathey's all-star course.' said a well-known man of musical culture. ''No violin virtuoso who has played in New York this season seems to have made such a popular hit.
 "Macmillens recital here will take place at the High school auditorium, and it is hoped that for the reputation of Bir- mingham a large audience will greet him. Many season tickets for Mrs. Cathey's al-tar artists, including Macmillen, have been sold, but the High school auditorium should be crowded"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
THE LATEST CHARGE

From. the Philadelphia Record.
 Like most established institutions, the United States Senate has it's critics. and here and there one so unreasonable that he will believe anything bad about it..
 A crowd of farmers were abusing the Senate one market day when one old fellow hustled into their midst
 ''Well, b'ys," said he, whats the Sem ate up to now?'
 'Why, ain't ye heard. Zachary?'' said young farmer, winking at the others. "The Senate's went and passed bill addin' two extra months to the win ter"
 Zachary struck his forehead with his red-mitted fist.
 Do tell" he groaned "Aint that the luck. An here am I clean out O fod- der"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Tillman-well. I wonder where you'd find a better bunch of lawyers and straightahead good fellows than these same men. They stand for what is best in Birmingham, along with Mayor Exum, A. H. For.l and Gordon Craw- ford and a few others. For they have the real progressive spirit, the large sized community spirit that is slowly but surely beginning to make itself felt. I think this city is to be con- graduated on is high grade lawyers, and also its other high grade citi- zens."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
GUS THOMAS, CHEERFUL JEST

From the New York telegraph.
 Augustus Thomas pulled this one at the annual dinner of the Association of Theatre Managers of Greater New York:
 Two undertaAers happened to meet on Broadway
 First Undertaker-Hel1o, Mike, how is business? .A
 Second Undertaker-Fine. I've got two on the ice and three crossing tne river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
PERILs OF LION TANNING

"I.ouis, this will prove the end of me yet" said the trainer to an attendant as he came from the cage after an exhibi- ton fight with the iercest lion.
 Good Lord, major,'' cried the man, ''you aint losin' yer nerve. be you? You surely ain't afraid of Reno"'
 Afraid of that dog!'' said the trainer, disgustedly. Afraid of my hat! Noth- ing of the sort But these cages are the worst places for draughts. know I'll catch cold in one some day that'll prove my death."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
THE REASON WHY

From the Clanton Press.
 The article in The Age-Herald of Sun day last, headed, "Wanted-A Mayor Apply at Clanton." Is calculated to re- fleet somewhat upon the best town in Alabama Clanton is not scarce of mayoralty timber by any means. MT. Age-Herald. It isn't the scarcity of ma terial so much as 1t is the pressure of business which keeps our men from of fering. f'sf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
VIEWING WITH ALARM

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 You may have noticed that every time Woodrow Wilson speaks he says some thing" says the Birmingham Age-Her- aid. Yes. and yet, if he isn't careful, he may say something sooner or later for which he will be~sorry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

The Chicago Record-Herald says the Lorimer toga begins to look about as neat and attractive as last weeks mop rag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The small man is smallest in small things.
 Strong minds are much more anything than agreeable.
 Deafness is very, contagious when an appeal for charity Is making clamor
 The less he deserves it the more a woman wants her husband to be praised.
 A girl can be awfuliy surprised when she gets kissed, specially If she expect cd 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Postal savings banks are success wherever they have been tried. and the trouble is they have not been tried in many places.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

In Lisbon all newspaper presses that do not support the government are de- molished. This is called republicanism over there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Billy Lorimer retains his nerve at Washington, no matter who speaks or how plainly anyone presents the case against him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
Growth Since Census Report

"A feature of the New York World Al manac which particularly interests me is the table headed Statistics of Cities in the United States" said J. J. Herndon of St. Louis. "As the census has been so recently taken, I had supposed that estimates would be omitted in the 1911 almanac. but here they are as prominent as ever.
 ''The population figures of some of the cities are given under the head of 'esti- mated at exactly what the census bureau gave them. Other cities appear to have grown at a moderate rate since April 1910, while large growth is claimed for few. Poplation estimates are usually furnished by commercial bodies. Bir- mingham Is set down with 150,00o, and these figures are certainly modest enough Atlanta estimates herself at 160,000, and Memphis herself at 175,0O0-too high in both cases; much too high in the case Of Memphis, for if there ever was pains taking count, 1t was in that city.
 "New Orleans has grown a few thou- sand-from 1000 to 345.oOo-but Louisville feels herself to have gained considerably from 2z30oo in April, 1910 to 261,ooo, Jan uary 1, 1911"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
Famous yir,uoso Comes Wednesday

When Abe Hummel claims to be a Brit ish citizen he is trying to play prac- tical joke on King George.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

when 1t was announced that Senator EllSns had left his children s20,0O0,000 an- nouncement was also made that the Duke of the Abruzzi is on his way here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Correspondents no longer designate MT. Lorimer as senator, his grip on the of flee being uncertain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

The coronation gown of Queen Mary is to be IS feet long. It will not be tackled onto a hobble skirt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

In the Lorimer case the trouble is many think his right hand knew what his left hand was doing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
CONCERNING NEAR-SUICIDES

days to enjoy, and more so the one whose buoyant spirit tides him over the dark days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Atlee Pomerene has been elected sem ator from Ohio, but he has never yet explained how he got that name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
Optimistic View

"It is generally felt in the business world that the interstate commerce con- mission will decide in favor of the rail- roads in the matter of advances in rates . said Roswell A. Martin of Philadelphia. q have no tips or no way of know ing in advance what the commission will do, but I would be willing to bet that the interstate commerce commission will not render decision in any wise harm full to the business interests of the coun- try. And since the wages have been advanced and operating expenses have greatly increased the railroads should be allowed to advance rates accordingly. That sort of ruling would have a splen- did effect on general trade. It would make things hum.
 And then if the United States supreme court decides the oil and Tobacco cases so as not to upset the industrial world there will be another stimulus to business. I take hopeful view at least. look for prosperity throughout 1911."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

The Washington hotelkeepers do not care how large the House of Represen- tatives becomes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
Distinguished Anglican Preacher

One of the most attractive pulpit speakers in England is Canon Henson or Westminster abbey and preacher at St, Margaret's church in the abbey grounds said travelled layman.
 'St. Margarets is a small edifice, but is old looking and, as matter of course, is historic. When l was in London some years ago the late Dean Farrar, at that time a canon, was the preacher at this famous church. Farrar was, as all read CTS of choice books know, a somewhat fiorid writer. His pulpit style was natur- ally much like his writing style, and while some people speak slightingly of highly polished rhetoric I have never met anyone who had heard Farrar, or had read any thing from his pen, but who spoke in glowing terms of that eminent Anglican divine. He was indeed man of singu- lar charm.
 Canon Henson, who now attracts a cultured congregation, is known through out the religious world as extremely low church, He is probably regarded as the leading evangelical in the church of England, and if he is not the actual lead CT he is the most notable clergyman of the evangelical party. I can remember when there were ten or a dozen famous preachers in London at the same time, among them: Stanley, Farrar, Boyd Car penter, now bishop of Ripop; Sturgeon and Parker. I have not visited England within the past few years, but in read ing the London Times I would say that in the church of England Henson was about the only big gun there, homi- letically considered. His Christmas ser mon at St. Margaret's, published in part in the Times, was true and beautiful Here is a paragraph from it that partic ularly impressed me:
 1" Perhaps it is true to say that the more we know of this strange life of men on earth the more we are oppressed by it's sorrows The poets are In this respect our representatives. Their noblest verse is profoundly sad. Melancholy Is the almost invariabe note of greatness. Only the very young or the very shallow escape it. The stern hand of science lifts the veil from the normal process of life on this planet, and we see that it is throughout a process of intense and un- avoidable suffering. Birth, decay, death they are the cycle of woe which all must tread. Then, too. few escape wholly the fierce shocks of untoward circumstance. Our lives are cut short by disease and disaster, or miserably shattered by be- reavement. Worse still are the calami- ties which men bring on one another. The world of human experience is full of al taaJ And worst, of all is the suffering which follows on personal transgression. All this various mass of unhappiness Is gathered up in the phrase, their sorrows and all is known and appraised by our Creator. Christmas day is for everyone who ac- cepts the Christian gospel nothing less than the commemoration okthat supreme moment when in the checkered story of humanity the kindness of God our Sa- vior and his love toward men appeared' D,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Mayor Gaynor stands by Senatorial Candidate Shepard, while Governor Dix remains silent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

If it has not been an open winter it is at any rate an opened winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

The weather is playing practical jokes at present on the ground hog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

In Adams county, Ohio, the search for one honest man goes on continuously and unsuccessfully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
Some Leading Men

q noticed in the Official Papers of the Personal Research Society Saturday some mention Of few of the men who are making the modern Birmingham" observed a local merchant, and want to say, for one, that I certainly do subscribe to those names mentioned. But right here I want to add word or two about certain other of our men who have also begun at the first round of the ladder-some of them at least and stand today at the lead in this com munity. They are our best lawyers. More than one of them was a country boy, and turned from the blow to the law office. and step by step worked his way up. There's Judge Sharp for one, and sydney /. Bowie for another
 We've got some pretty good timber here in Alabama, you know. Take a few others of th..ir calibre, men like Judge Grubb. Walker Percy, Hugh Morrow, E. H. CAbaniss, Lee Bradley
 James Weatherly. E. D. Smith, John
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Candidates for the next Nobel peace prize must get busy before February l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

The hair cut of wu-Tung Fang Is an in- ternational event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

In sod houses in Kansas they have to mow the grass frequently to find the baby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Brazil thinks her navy should not mutny oftener than every other week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Winter is half gone, but it is hardly safe to say that it's backbone is broken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16

Even Judge Parker may try to come back in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
. SANE LEGISLATION

Commander Sims was lectured. and that was all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
New York Stock Market

Henry Clews, in his Saturday review, says in part:
 "The stock market is working between two conflicting conditions, viz, strong technical situation, but somewhat un- settled outlook as to natural conditions. The strength of the situation lies In the fact that securities are in strong hands. that weak accounts have been eliminated, that speculation is within very moderate proportions, that prices of stocks and bonds are considerably below the high level and that they yield much better returns to the investor than formerly. An other important factor in the stock mar ket is the expected ease in money for some time to come, arising from the re- turn of funds from the interior and from lessened demand for business purposes. It must also be taken into consideration that the big banking interests of the country are enlisted on the side of higher prices. Their function is to finance the great transportation and industrial organizaz lions of the country; and it so happens that our railroads are In pressing need Of large supplies of new capital. This means that many IulliOIS Ol uCW oSSuiieiSS VII have to be placed during the current year; hence None of the strongest reasons for keeping the stock market in a condition ready for the absorption of these forth coming issues.
 Such are some of the facts which ex- plain the present resistance of the mar ket to unsettling influences. On the other side of the account there is an unsat- isfactory bank situation in certain DOT tions of the country, resulting from the enormous expansion of loans and the lat ter's continued excess over deposits. It should be said that there is some improve ment in the matter of loans owing to the recent conservative attitude of western bankers; but there Is still considerable strain in certain portions of the interior, arising from excessive land speculation. irrigation schemes and the increased bor- rowings of farmers for buying cattle and carrying crops. The western situation as a whole is unquestionably improving, al- belt there are still points of weakness which will probably have to be eliminated. The local bank failures, being confined to weak and unimportant concerns, were without particular significance and had little effect upon the New York market