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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
CARNEGIE GIVES $1O,OOO,OOO
 TO INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH

MT. Carnegie declares that the whole world is going to listen to the oracle on the top of Mt. Wilson, and in a few years we shall know more about the universe than Calico and CopernicUs ever dreamed of. I hope I shall live long enough to hear of revelations that are to come from Professor Hale of Mt. Wilson
 MT. Carnegie's latest donation to the in- stitution. like his first, is in bonds. The institution was founded on January B, 1902, when MT. Carnegie gave to a board of trustees $l0,00O,00O in registered bonds, yielding per cent interest The pur- pose of the institution, in MT. Carnegie's words, is "in the broadest and most lib- eral manner to encourage investigation, research and discovery, show the appli- cation of knowledge to the improvement of mankind and provide such buildings. laboratories, books and apparatus as may be needed"
 MT. Carnegie is fond of his little joke and even in the best oval of so magnif- cent gift indulged this fondness. He had written a note to Robert s. Wood ward of Washington, president of the in- stitution. telling him of the donation, and this note was upon Carnegie's desk when Mir Woodward called upon the steel mag nate.
 ''Show him in," said Mir Carnegie.
 MT Woodward said the ironmaster, as the president entered, "I am very busy.' Assuming a petulant air, MT. Car negie added, q need some time to devote to my affairs here Indicating a mass of correspondence upon his desl) and I dis like to be interrupted. Would you mind waiting in the next room for a while, and by the way, here is something that may interest you."
 Mir. Carnegie nonchalantly handed him the note. following him to the door and closed it. Then, while MT. Woodward read of the endowment, MT Carnegie sat d2wn at his desk and chuckled fully five minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
ToRECEIvE WITH
 xRS. ANGpS TAYLOR

Mrs. Angu Macey Taylor, who has announced an afternoon tea for next saturday, in compliment to her cousin, Mrs Lownds McCaa of Anniston, has included inl her receiving party Mrs. McCaa. Mrs John Sidney White, Mrs. John Brazel, Mrs. Harry Burn, Mrs. Murray Baker, Mrs. George Hughes, Mrs. E. M. Robinson, Mrs. Robert Pat ion McDavd, Mrs. Samuel Perry, Mrs. Thomas Hmilton Simms, Mrs. B. B. McCaa. ati Mrs. John Wade Watts. The. younf women who will assist are Miss Elizabeth McCaa, Miss Mary liar rison. Mis- Maybelle Taylor, Miss Mary Howell. Mss Helen McAdory, Miss Lil- Han Huses. Miss Margaret Todd and Miss Tho Peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

New York, January 20.-Andrew Carne- gie today announced gift of s1o.O0O, 900 to the endowment fund of the Carnegie Institute of Research of Washington. This brings his endowment to the insti- tuition up to total of $25,0O0.0oo.
 In confirming a report of the endow- ment MT. Carnegie said:
 'The report is correct. They had a large endowment before and this $10,000, COG makes the total of fheir endowment $25, ,OO0,OO0, but the institution has already scored successes to justify even that sum. I believe the institution in research will repay tenfold in service to the world
 Doubtless you noticed in the tele- graphic news of yesterday that the yacht Carnegie had just reached Buenos Ayers, That yacht is the first-one ever built with bronze substituted for iron. The latter defects the magnetic needle and bronze does not The result is that all former observations are inaccurate"
 Mk Carnegie said also that the work of the institution had cleared from blame the captain of the British ship who ran his vessel upon the rocks by proving that the British admiralty charts by which the captain was guided were two or three degrees astray.
 The discovery of 60,000 new worlds by Professor Hale at the observatory on Mount Wilson, Cal, also was announced The observatory was established by the institution.
 MT. Carnegie said that a telescope far more powerful than man has ever made was under construction for the Mt. Will son observatory. With it he hopes to make possible the discovery of still more celestial bodies.
 The new telescope will have a Tense of 100 inches diameter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
BASKETBALL AT
 THE ATHLETIC CLUB

Tuesday evening there will be an interesting basketball game at the Ath- letic club between the Birmingham Athletic club and the Central univer- sity. Sponsors and maids have been chosen as follows:
 For the Athletic club: Miss Mary George CrliiSshan sponsor Miss Edith Bowron, Miss Adrianne Beatty of Au- gusta, Ga, maids.
 For the Central university of Ken lucky: Miss Elizabeth Thatcher of Somerset, Ky, sponsor; Miss Elizabeth Dearborn, Miss Ellen Linn Motion, maids
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
Negroes Rob Freight Car

It was reported to the police last night that car had been robbed in the Frisco yards at Thirtieth street and Eighth ave- nue. North. Detectives Gray and Nation hurried to the scene, but failed to catch the thieves. The negroes had just broken open the car and removed large num- Der of sacks of flour when the watch- man of a nearby building came upon them. The negroes dropped the goods and fled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
Ecuador Rejects Mediation

Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 20- Ecuador has declined to send the dis pute over the Peru Ecuador boundary to the Hague court for arbitration. Jose Peralla. the Ecuadorean secretary of foreign affairs, answered today the joint note of the United States. Brazil and Argentina, and rejected their eff
 forts toward mediation and the sug- gestion that the dispute be submitted to. the Hague tribunal. In his note Senor Peralla says an arrangement di- rect between Ecuador and Peru is the only possible solution of the difficulty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
"Dancing will begin at o'clock"
ARRANGEMENTS

An important meeting will take place at the home of Mrs. C. T. Randall this morning at o'clock for the purpose of establishing an educational department for nurses in the Young Women's Chris tian association. The class will be of Il months duration and will be for the pur- pose of instructing young women in the proper care of the invalid poor.
 The Art Study circle will meet this aft ernoon at o'clock in Mrs. J. B. Raul ston's studio, the Watts building. The study is Michael Angelo.
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groom Mrs. E. H. Douglass, who re- sides here, to be present at the cere- mony
 The only out of town guests were: MT, and Mrs. c. P. Orr and MT. and Mrs. James Weatherly of Birmingham, and Miss Julia Morgan and Mr. Ben Morgan of Nashville, daughter and son of the bride.
 The house was beautifully decorated with roses. each of the four apart ments having a different color, white, pink, yellow and red. A buffet sup per was served. Dr. Charles Stakely performed the ceremony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
BILLIARD SOCIETY
Holds Interesting OratOricn1 Contests
 at Fridays Meeting

An oratorical contest was the fea- ture of the programme at yesterdays meeting of the Hilliard society at the High school. Ben Gross. with his ora tion, "The New Republic won the prize, a volume of Henry Grady's "Or- ations and Speeches."
 Others on the programme yesterday were James Moore "Excelsior;" Orville Coston, War" and Leon Israel. "The Great Crisis" All the orations were pronounced of high order of excel lence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
Two Negro House. Burned

Two negro houses located at 213 Broad street. Elyton, and belonging to R. s. Munger, were destroyed by fire last night shortly after o'clock. The total damage will amount to about $500, which is covered by insurance. stations Nos. l. IA and 15 answered the call and found the houses burning fiercely when the arrived. It was only by good work that the fire was pre- vented from spreading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

persons who are interested in the mys- terious functions of the human intel- lect. Miss Grey is the embodiment of what the theosophists aim to be- but she does not claim to be a theosophist and laughs if any refers to her astral body This wonderful woman seems to be able to place herself in trance like state at will and in that condi- ton to read the thoughts of others and also to see what events the future holds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
A wEDING OF
 LOCA INTEREST

The jarriage of Mrs. Sallie T. Nor ran ofMemphis to MT. Howard Doug- lass oi Nashville is one of local in- terest because of the connection of the later in this city. A Montgomery daily avs of the wedding:
 At he home of MT. and Mrs Hart well Douglass on South Perry street Wedfsday evening the marriage of MT. toward Douglass and Mrs. sallie T. organ of Nashville, Tenn, was consmmated.
 Oty the relatives of the contracting parks were present and the marriage tool place in Montgomery rather than in he Tennessee city because of the deFe of the aged mother of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
Virginia Harmed

tons of the present theatrical season at the Shubert theatre is the engage ment of Virginia Harmed on February and 2. Miss Harmed will proffer new play, The Woman He Married" by Herbert Bashford, the well known dramatist. that deals with a new phase of New York life. Competent critics declare it is better than anything Miss Harmed has had since her joint starring tours with E. H. Sothern, not excepting Iris" in which, under Charles Froh- mans management. she had two years of immense success in London and New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
MRS. TROUPE BRAZELTON
 TO GIVE AFTERNOON TEA

Mrs. George Troupe Brazelton will en- certain Friday afternoon in compliment to Mrs. William Hood, Jr. of Silver Plume, Col. Her guests will be limited to the young matrons and few of the girls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
MRS. MORGAN SMITH
 HOSTESS AT LUNCHEON


 One of the lovely affairs of yesterday was a luncheon at which Mrs. J. Morgan Smith was the hostess, entertaining at her home. Her guests included the mem bers of the Coloniol Danes, among whom are Mrs. R. D. Johnston, Mrs. Charles Calhoun, Mrs. Merrill Northington,. Mrs. Charles A. Locke, Mrs Arthur Adams, Mrs. N. w. Trimble, Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Algernon Smith, Mrs. E. M Tut wler, Mrs. J. D. Dabney, Mrs. Henry Lee Badham. Mrs. Hugh Morrow, Mrs. David Roberts, Mrs. T. U. Walter and others.
 The luncheon table was beautifully adorned, narcissi and hyacinths being used in graceful profusion, and lights glowing within yellow shades. The occa- sion was charming as are all over which this lovely hostess presides. NOTES AND PERSONALS
 Miss Mary Lou Cobb of Waynesville, N. C., arrived last night to be the house guest of Miss Alma Feagin for the week end.
 Mrs. Lowndes McCaa of Anniston is ex- pected Monday to be the guest of Mrs. Angus Macey Taylor.
 MT. and Mrs. A. M. Taylor and their children will spend the month of Febru- ary at Pass Christian.
 
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel Barnett and chill dren are spending the remainder of the winter lin Daytona, Fla
 Mrs. Jesse l.. Drennen is the guest of relatives in Orlando, Fla.
 
 rived yesterday to be the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. M. Tutwiler.
 Mrs. Augustus Wilkinson Is at home in her apartment at Terrace Court after an extended visit to Chattanooga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
Ruth Grey at Orpheum

The engagement of Ruth Grey at the Orph cum starting Monday will be found absolutely unique. and of character to interest all classes. but particularly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
OPTICIAN.

Iago-"To suckle fools and chronicle small beer.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Wheelock, Edith Thompson, Elizabeth Bowie, Ellen Linn Motion, Elizabeth Thatcher.
 The chaperons included MT. and Mrs. J. C. Halstead, MT. and Mrs. Berry Baugh, MT. and Mrs. R. c. Munger, MT. and Mrs. Henry Hiden, Jr., MT. and Mrs B. A. Peppernan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
DOLLY-ETTES

Transmgated Mummers Some of Shakespeares Char acters In Useful Roes-Od Friends Recognized
 In Every Day Garb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
MRS. SPENCER MABEN
 ENTERTAINS AT DINNER

MT. and Mrs. Spencer Maben have in vited a party of friends to dinner this
 evening at the Country club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Lear-"Get thee glass eyes, And like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
BARBER.

Bassanio-"How many towards, whose
 hearts are as false, As stairs of sand, wear upon your chins The boards Of Hercules and drowning
 Mars?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
CHIROPODIST.
LABOR AGITAToR.

Anthony-"Thi was the most unkindest cut of all.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
MESSENGER ROY

Puck-"I'll put a girdle round about the earth In 40 minutes.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
PL.

OhCdESIhA fLAf EA Henry IV-"I have sounded tho very Bass-string of humanityv'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
BARTENDER.

Cassius-"Strke as thou did'st at
 Caesar!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
PULLMAN PORTER.

Shylock-" I bend low and in a
 bondmans key.
 With bated breath and whispering hum bleness Say this?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21

Portia-"I can easier teach 20 what were good to be done, than to be one of 20 to follow my own teaching"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE.
SCHOOL MARM.

BUTCHER. Hamlet-"Murder Most Foul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-21
LAUNDRESS.

Lady Macbeth-"Out damned spot"
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
EVER TAKE A MUSIC BATH?
They Are as Good for tho Soul,
Holmes Says. as Water for
the Body.

One must be educated, no doubt. to
understand the more complex and dit
ferent kinds OF musical composition.
Go to the concerts where you know
that the music is good. and that you
ought to lik" 1t whether you do or not.
Take music bath once or twice a
week for lew seasons. and you will
find that II is to the soul what the
water bath is to the body. | wouldn't
trouble myself about the afrectations
OF people who so to this or that series
OF concerts chiefly because 1t is fash
ionable. Some of these people whom
we think 50 silly will perhaps find.
sooner or later. that they have a dor
mant faculty which Is at last waking
up. and that they who came because
others came. and began by staring at
the audience. are listening with new
ly found delight. Everyone OF us has
4 harp under the bodice or waistcoat.
and II 1t can only once get properly
strung and tuned It will respond to all
outside harmonics.-Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
Found Granny's Hoard.

There Is certain class of persons
who never will trust their little for
tunes to banks-the old blue teapot
or the wooden sock seems safer to
their minds. And then. perhaps. there
Is misery streak in their makeup
which encourages them to keep their
money at hand where they can actual
ly see 1t when they so desire And
often circumstances are such that
these private boards are lost and
money that might do good TO needy
relatives and friends never comes to
light. Granny Krag of Fort Plain. y.
Y. loved her son Henry and his chill
dren. She always had been of n saw
ing disposition. but when she died sud
denly on February % last relatives
had no idea what she had done with
her savings. On March IS the house
cat chased a mouse under an old foot.
stool that had often been used by
Granny as she sewed carpet rags
The cat didn't catch Mr.. Mouse; but
in reaching into a hole in the lining.
the cat drew out a $50 bill Further
search brought to light $S7O-alI
Granny's little hoard
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
Soul In the CORPORATION.

A tramp who had been put of a
Rock Island train fell into vat OF
boiling water while seeking place to
sleep. The whole train schedule was
disarranged In order that special
train which rushed the tramp to n
hospital should have the right.
The soullessness Of the soulless cor
poration has its frontier. It may be
without heart in the competition for
business. without conscience in gain
ing its earnings out OF passengers and
shippers But when the appeal OF hu
man suffering is made to 1t. 1t can Tor
get that its policy Is to keep labor
at its lowest wage to pay for personal
hurt only II 1t must. to gouge and.
sometimes. to cheat. Where spontan
ec impulses are generous there Is
no real danger that any policy OF In
dustry. developed out OF commercial
conditions. will ever become fixed.
however profitable It's meanness and
cruelty may prove to be-Toledo
Blade
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
For CramDS,

A piece of old-fashioned candlcwick
worn around the leg in the garter
place, next to the skin. will prevent.
or,--cure. cramp In the calf OF the leg
or in the foot. have proved this by
personal experience: believe this
would prove effectual In preventing
swimmers cramp: those liable to
cramp while In the water would be
wise to try II. Cottonbatting. wrap
ped round the body from the arm pits
downward. saved the life of man
suffering agony from painters cramp;
1t gave almost instant rclicf.-Nation-
al Magazine.
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thyroid glands In the hope that 1t will
improve their physical and mental con-
ditions. These glands, which are OBJ
tanned from sheep and other animals.
are fed to the children three times
day in tablet form. The experiment
has been under way for about three
months. but at least year must
elapse before any definite conclusions
can be reached as to its value. The
experiment Is being made on the tne-
ory that some chemical element Is
missing from these children. and that
TO correct their condition 1t Is neces-
sary to find out what this Is. These
studies are directed by DR.. w. S. Cor
nell, who is in charge OF the medical
research.
Another selected group Of 20 feeble
minded children OF different grades
are being fed with the pineal gland.
also in the form OF capsules. Their
condition is being compared with that
OF 20 children OF the same grade who
are not being given the gland. very
little is known OF the uses OF these
ductless glands. but the discovery that
feeding the thyroid gland to the Gre
tin type improves their condition has
led several Investigators TO believe
that the feeding OF pituitary and
pineal glands may have similar effects.
The pituitary gland Is situated near
the base of the nose. When 1t Is dis
eased it causes disease commonly
known as giantism. The pineal gland
In a small conical structure found
above the third yerticle OF the brain.
or course. these experiments may re-
suit in nothing. but SO far the results
have been most encouraging.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
PlMPLES ON FACE 3 YEARS

II was troubled with acne for three
long years. My face was the only part
affected, but it caused great dishgure-
ment, also suffering and loss OF sleep.
At first there appeared red, hard
pimples which later contained white
matter. suffered great deal caused
by the itching. | was in n state OF
perpleXity when walking the streets
or anywhere before the public.
Il used pills and other remedies but
they failed completely. thought of
giving up when nothing would help.
but something told me to try the Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment. sent for
a Cuticura Booklet which | read care
fully. Then ! bought some Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and by following
the directions | was relieved In few
days. | used Cuticura Soap for wash
ing my face. and applied the Cuticura
Ointmen, morning and evening. This
treatment brought marvellous results
SO cont nucd with It for few weeks
and was cured completely. can
truthfuIly say that tho Cuticura Rem
edies ar" not only all. but more than
they claim to be-" (Signcd G. Bau.
mel. 1Ol5 W. Goth Place. Chicago. ILL.,.
May 2S. 1911. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere. sam
pie of each. with 32-page book. will
be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura," Dept. IS X. Boston.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

man beings. DR.. Goddard's assistants
have Investigated the records Of near
ly every one of these descendants only
to discover that $50 of them-or more
than half-were feeble minded. many
of them with criminal records. Among
the others were numerous epileptics
showing conclusively the terrible
consequences of that unfortunate
union.
DR.. Goddard's assistants have traced
nearly thousand OF the same young
mans legitimate descendants-the re-
suit OF his union 10 a normal woman.
Not single case OF feeble-minded-
ness has been found among them.
When this great work is completed.
DR.. Goddard believes 1t will be the
most powerful argument ever present
ed for the unsexing Of all feeble-mind-
ed persons. The state OF New Jer-
sey has already passed law which
provides for the unsexing OF all In.
mates OF institutions for the
feeble-minded. However. this will
only prevent those who are
already In the institutions from
breeding more feeble-minded children.
More effective measures are necessary.
and to that end Prof. tombstone. who Is
superintendent OF the training school.
has outlined a plan which. II adopted.
will. he believes. do more to solve the
problem than anything that has been
attempted SO far.
"All that we have yet done has been
to house the feeble-minded." said Prof.
Johnstone the other day. Now
We are finding that they are in
creasing with such rapidly that this
plan Is impossible. We have got to
go a step further. Special classes must
be organized In every school
for all children who are be-
hind in their work. These children
must be examined carefully by physi-
clans. We are standardizing tests for
feeble e-mindedness. and SO accurate
are these tests that every feeble
minded child can be detected with
absolute certainty. II morally suitable
! these backward children can be kept
In school and live at their homes until
the age of puberty. II they are not
morally suitable they should be sent
to training schools for the feeble.mind.
ed. There they should be unsexed
and taught some useful occupation.
Thirty to fifty per cent. can be made
entirely self.supporting after ten
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

years training. When they grow up
they can be placed in homes and
farms for feeble.minded adults. The
men can work in shops and on the
farms. The women can sew and work
In the orchards Many Of them can
be permitted to return to their own
homes. The greatest danger today Is
that feeble-minded persons when they
are allowed to return to their homes
bring more feeble minded people into
the world. But unsexing them will re-
move this danger and within n few
decades the community will have to
deal only with the occasional feeble.
minded child who Is born to normal
parents.
We are not ready to adopt the old
Spartan custom of putting to death
the feeble-minded and the physically
unfit. although there are some per
sons who believe this should be done
We cannot continue to house them
The expense Is already greater than
the state can bear. We must put an
end to the breeding OF feeble. mind.
ed children as far as possible and
train those we have and those that are
bound to come to be selfsupporting
The training school at Vineland is
the only institution In America that
Is scientifically and systematically
studying the problem OF checking the
increase Of feeble-mindedness. Elab.
crate experiments are constantly be
Ing conducted there with view to bet
tering the condition Of the inmates.
who number approximately 400 A
few years ago 1t was discovered that
the cretin type lacked the thyroid
gland, and that feeding them the thy.
roid gland of a sheep produced a dis.
tinct improvement. 1t Is now be.
lieved. in fact. 1t has been demon
strated in many Institutions. that II
the thyroid gland be fed to the cretin
type at an early age their efficiency Is
greatly increased.
At the present many feeble minded
children of the Mongolian type $50
called from their slant eyes) are be.
ing fed with pituitary glands and 9th
srs with mixtures of the pituitary and