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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
MT. Lodge and Machine Rule

Senator Lodge of Massachusetts is op- posed to the election of United States senators by the people. So is Senator Penrose. So are all other machine sen ators. Not one of them has more com pact, efficient and imperious machine than MT. Lodge controls and really owns. Even Tammany is not more centrally and individually handled.
 MT. Lodge is a historian and a student and he turns loose on helpless people a great bunch of first principles" and all that, when he knows all the people know the real issue is machine politics vs. pop uar rule. MT. Lodge thinks the re- public should be a government of the ma chine, by the machine, for the machine, rather than government of the people, by the people, for the people. But he cannot with all his casuistry change the issue.
 The trend of politics in all sections of the country, including Massachusetts, is against machine rule and in favor of the utmost popular and direct action. MT Lodge himself was nearly whipped last November by the movement that put MT Foss in office. Governor Foss stands for direct action by the people The Lodge machine did re-elect it's master by a small majority, but long before his new term is completed Massachusetts will be- come fully committed to popular and di- rect rule, and the Lodge machine will have become ancient history. Perhaps Lodge and Penrose will be the final cham. pions of a method that stands everywhere condemned by patriots and honest men The people are not cultured up to the Lodge standard, but in some way they ascertain whom to vote for, and all ex- pelence shows that they are to be trust. ed far and beyond any machine of eithe, party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

There should be no question about the passage of the juvenile court bill now before the legislature, and 1t goes with cut say:ng that Judge N. B. Feagin will judge Feagin has done, more than any man in this part of the country for the reclamation of delinquent boys. He knows boys and knows their habits. The juve- nile court is what he has been seeking to have established for many long years and now that his dream is about to be realized his friends expect to see him set the new court in motion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
HE GAVE UP

From the New York Telegraph.
 A man from Omaha, walking down Broadway with devotee of the Rialto, asked why New York seemed so full of divorce
 "It isn't" replied the New Yorker That's just an impression you west erners get. Of course. this city has it's share of divorce. but you must remem- Ter New York is much larger than any other place in the United States and it is the originating point for more news than any other city. That's why you lear of so much divorce here."
 That sounds all right" said the Omaha man, but just the same I'll bet there's more divorce here in New York in proportion to it's size than there is ill any other American city,
 Just to prove that you're wrong," said the New Yorker, "Tll tell you what we'll. d.. We'll stop the first five men we meet here on Broadway, explain the argument to them, &nd ask if they're not married and happy. I'll bet at least four of them will answer in the affirma- tive."
 "All right" said the other. 'Hers comes man. Let's stop him..
 The New Yorker took one look and gave up. The man approaching was Nat Goodwin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
MORE ABOUT GIRLIEs.

Sing a song of sixpence Went to see a show Twenty seven chorus girls Tripping in a row. Some of them were knock-kneed, Some of them were bowed Had they dressed in longer skirts It never would have showed Birmingham Age-Herald. Dad went into business, Earned lot of dough- Cholly home from college showed ehim How to make it go, Myrtle in the chorus picked Cholly for her own, But when dad died he left it to An aged woman's home.
 Springfield Union. To the song of sixpence We would add verse, Just to show that long skirts Might have been much worse Dresses in which Fashion Nowadays delights, Show the curves and angles Even worse than tights.
 Youngstown Telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
AT THE MOVING PICTURE SHOW
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post
 |"HE REV. FED COPP having set
 the pace. why shouldn't others fol-
 ! low the trail? There are dark places to be explored. hidden recesses in the underworld to be opened to the light of the monday sun. Various resorts of
 nfamy'' call for the glare of publicity. Among them, ah! among them, is the moving picture show, that deadfall of de- pravity. where vice turks in ambush and giant despair sits at the gates!
 Bad things, these moving picture shows. Calculated to lead the youthful mind into devious paths. Dubious pictures. with still more dubious morals! So say the muckrakers of the nations capital.
 Last night a self-constituted committee of one went on a tour of inspection. The result was more Illuminating than shock ing. Examples of depravity were con- spicuous for their absence. There were no bacchanalian orgies. no Decameronian
 revelries. Instead. the man of family and his family were present Also the young fellow and his sweetheart. Every boise and pose indicated that the young man meant business, and she helped out to the best of her modest and retiring abil- ity. They sat close together. And who shall say them nay?
 The. curtain rose. Or, rather, on the lowered curtain the preamble of good things to come was heralded forth You might have shut your eyes, and yet not have been lacking in provision of the treat that awaited you. For Flossie Mari-
 gold, who sat in the second seat back, read 1t aloud in most tNdramatic and audi bles tones-"dickey the Miser; or, The Messenger Boys Revenge" Mickey was true to his secret intent, and sequestered the occasional. tips in his mothers stock
 ings. Numerous contretemps ensued, un- til finally Mickey. springing from mov- ing street car, is placed hors du combat, so to speak. He writes a pathetic let ter to the manager asking him to hold the job until he can come to the front again, for he needs the money for purpose which he ingenuously explains. One of his bad companions "snitches" the note. He reads it to the others. Mickey the pariah becomes Mickey the hero, and they pool their fortunes to make up the $19.s7 lacking. Tableau and red fire. And Flossie
 weeps aloud. the tears falling unheeded upon her new near-sealskin pelisse.
 | Then follows Marc Antony's address over the dead Caesar, wherein one of the rabble, who shouts loudest. has his
 wig awry and discloses an unmistakable Celtic countenance. But why be peevish A IL a-.x- A 4 Judith and Holofernes. accounted apoch- ryphal by the orthodox Who was Ju-
 dith? Who was Holofernes? Search us Also the audience. But the verities were
 maintained, for had not Holofernes -s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
Rails and g Canal to the Warrior

Ex-Mayor Vanhoose Is right when he says the psychological moment in this district has arrived. Congress will, with in 1G days, appropriate all needful money for the opening of the Warrior river tu a point near the forks of the river above Squaw Shoals, and the Panama canal Is nearing completion. The psychological moment is here all right.
 MT. vanHoose's proposition of canal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New~York Press.
 Girls get young men only in the eye. but young men get girls on the brain.
 To get the credit for thing is regard ed by everybody as being just as good as deserving it.
 Give . woman children and her devo- ton to them will make her find some merit in their father.
 A man will brag how he knows all about cheese just the way he will about how much his company thinks of him.
 Nobody is fool enough to think he is as great as he pretends; he is fool enough to think he can make other peo- ple believe so. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
CROSSING THE BARI

"CHOSSING THE BAR" By Alfred Tennyson. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of he ba., When put out to sea! Twilight and evening bell And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark! But such tide as moving seems asleep Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out tho
 boundless deep
 Turns again home. For though from out our bourne of Time
 and Place f< Rfk The flood may bear me far, hope to see my Pilot face to face When l have crossed the bar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

present intolerable prohibition laws will be so changed as to allow hotels to serve liquor to their guests. The buffet in a fine hotel in a city of Birmingham's size is worth easily s3O,OOo year to the lessee, which means indirectly big fact for the owners of the building"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
roo SLOW
,a woman's National paily.

From the Woman's National Daily.
 A Chinese laundryman in Oakland. Cal, recently had his troubles with a watch that habitually lost time. So he took the timepiece to the nearest watch maker.
 "watchee no good to Charlie Lee,' said he; briefly, pushing 1t across the counter. You fixee him. chr A'/
 certainly" said the watchmaker. What seems to be the trouble with it?''
 "Oh, him too muchee by n by." said Charlie Lee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
vIvIDLY TOLD.

Robinson Crusoe hadsbeen asked if he felt very lonely on his island.
 'Lonely?" echoed the celebrated so- journer. ''If a book agent, selling the Harvard Classics, had put in an appear ance Iswould have fallen upon his neck and wept for joy"
 Thereupon the company marveled at his extreme solitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
LESSON FROM BIRMINGHAM

From the Charlotte Observer.
 Greensboro, in the role of Pharaoh re- fusing to let High Point go. may take en- couragement from the fact that Birming- ham has just defeated an attempt on Bessemer's part to- divide Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

From the Mobile Item.
 That Birmingham delegation In the leg islature appears 10 be a very strong arr gument especially when 1t comes to se- curing legislation for their constituents. It is gratifying to know that the Mobile delegation Is in close touch with them and in view of this fact the Jefferson ians will doubtless step to the fore when the call s sounded from the coast county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

The men who provide the campaign funds for the republican party fully be- lieve that party is maintained to make men rich even If 1t was organized to make colored men free
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

The marriage of the Gould girl, aged IS, to British lord. aged A. gave New York a coveted but slushy spectacle. The weather clerks approval had not been se- o,1rod
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
JUST ABOUT NOW.

JUST ABOUT NOW. Now doth the hopeful baseball far His head begin to wag, The while he doth outline a plan For bringing home the rag joyous smile illumes his face, And happy is his dream, Because he pictures in the race A pennant-winning team. With Artist Goldberg, we might say, They all look good when far away"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

Let us hope the new Young Men S will be as fine as that of Jacksonville, Fla, to which all eyes in that city arc attracted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

The garment workers In Chicago to the number of 10000 were compelled at last to go back to work at the employers terms. The strike was begun last Septem- her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

The Gould-Decies wedding was, of course, very notable-notable, that is to say, for flunkeyism and extravaganza. Old Jay Gould never dreamed that he was leading up to such a spectacle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

The honest people of Illinois would like
 to unload Billy Lorimer, but so long as they cling to the republican party they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

It Is announced that all the cold storage eggs will be worked off by March 1. No man with a sensitive palate will indulge in scrambled eggs before that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
A MISSING ACCESSORY.

The fact that John Chinaman has de- cided to do away with his cue will he a sad blow to the artists who draw comic supplements. For comedy purposes, Chinaman without a cue is like a jug without a handle, or prohibitionist without corkscrew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

No state desires to lose congressman and this is why the Crumpacker plan will be pushed through. Jefferson county needs an additional member itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

Eight persons have been carried in an aeroplane, but some of the new big ones for use this year will carry, 1t is said, 40 people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

Senator Lorimer continues to sit in the with and without gloves. He will cer- tainly ascertain all the bearings of his own case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

Senatorial elections still hang fire in Montana, New York. Colorado and Iowa. Three democrats and one insurgent should be the outcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

Wall street is not afraid the ship of state will encounter trouble on the reel procity reefs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

The near-disaster on the North Birming- ham line calls aloud for viaducts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

Arizona votes today on her constitution, and it hopes to become full-fledged state before Congress adjourns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

Senator Lorimers vote on the direct election of senators is looked forward to with interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

After serving 20 years the elder railroad station of this city is to be improved and remodelled, and it may last 20 years longer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
WRECKED HIS MIND.

''The man over there in Cell 4sOo seems to be extremely violent" remarked the visitor.
 ''Yes,'' answered the keeper. He tried to remember the Maine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

It Is so cold in Chicago the chauffeurs just naturally blanket their automobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

MT. Taft hopes to obliterate all mem- ory of Winona with his new Canadian reciprocity proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
New Hotel Talk

"I am glad to see that MT. Dangaix is interested in $l.ooo000 hotel proposition, .aid successful business man.
 ''Evervbody agrees that Birmingham needs a skyscraper hotel. MT. Dangaix has an excellent site at the corner of Nineteenth street and Fourth avenue, and understand that his plan for firanc- ing the project is altogether business like.
 'I have an idea that just as soon as the legislature adjourns that number of leading men will get together and put through $1.OooOoo hotel enterprise. either in cooperation with MT. Dangaix or someone else who Is interested in first class si.e; say after the legislature ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

Senator Root sees spots on the Lorimer toga and surely he is not sensation alist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

Chicago is now executing an allegro movement on the snow shovel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

frizzled beard dyed vermilion?
 It was all very human and altogether satisfactory to those present. One nickel. cents, half a dime. But dangerous or immoral? Let the muckrakers sleep the sleep of the contented. Unless some- thing worse than this come to pass, youth full Washington will not be led far astray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

Weep, ch. weep for Youngstown Maidens' swoops and swervesl Any gown so fashioned As to show their curves Would be "worse,-' he chortles Than the looser kind! If we lived in Youngstown Oh, well-never mind.
 Houston Post. Hey, Judd, how about Houston? Are skirts" there so swell When they prance up Main street, Past the Rice Hotel, They make all the others Seem not worth ones while? Pshaw! The girls of Birmingham Have them beat mile.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Sing song of four towns, Jealous as can be, A bevy of St. Louis girls, Pretty as can be. All of them are pink Some are light, some brown; When your girls get sight of them They go back and sit down.
 St. Louis Times. Paul Cooks you're wonder; On your verse ponder, Wondering where out wonder You can find the guile For to mine own knowing Little Rock is growing Girls, that without blowing, Have B'ham Beat a mile" Sing a song of sixpence, Pocket full of dough: How papa must hustle To dress his grille so Wander down on Main street Watch the dear gazelles; Anyone with half an eye Can see that they are swells.
 Arkansas Democrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
GLAD TIDINGs.

Oh, give a cheer,
 Oh, give a shout The rat" we hear, Is down and out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER

vivian Gould, aged IS. is now My Lady Decies of Hingland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

WE MEAN INDUsTRIALLY From the Richmond News-Leader.
 Why should the Birmingham Age-Her- aid give its city . black eye by claiming that it is the "Pittsburg of the South?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09

And now am I, if a man should speak truly little better than one or the wicked. -.=s's'-
 -1 King Henry IV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
THE POETS.

THE POETS. How sweet is love The poets sing, Especially
 Along in spring. When violets bloom And comes the May, Dan Cupid steals Their hearts away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-04
The Fruit Growers.

A glance at the program for the an
illogical Society to be held in Augusta,
Nov. 14-16, should arouse sufficient in
terest on the part of every farmer to
secure his attendance, If it is possible
for him TO be present Such a topic as
Renovation of Old Orchards han
died by a practical man like Geo C.
most farmers of Maine.
The star speaker of the distinguished
list to be present will deliver several
addresses One of these will be on
"Co-operation the Need of the Hour,
for Producer and Consumer" Here is
a topic that means much to the pro-
by an expert and he will present
points worth considering The same
speaker, Hon. Geo. T. Powell of Client.
n. Y, will treat "Some Lessons of
1911" and he will give a practical
demonstration in pruning for setting,
and trimming to shape trees.
On some of these subjects it should
be remembered, discussion is invited
and desired. Everyone is invited t
come to the sessions and not only &C
quire useful hints and information
but show interest and take part. The
object of these gatherings is to in
crease the sum total of knowledge OF
and remuneration FROM fruit growing
The rapid advance in fruit culture
since the activity of this society is
deeply gratifying. This year should
eclipse all records The work is for
your benefit; it is duty which you as
farmer and even a possible fruit
raiser TO give it the encouragement of
your moral support
Prof F. c. Sears of Amherst, Mass,
will deliver an address on Fruit
Growing East and West" and anoth-
er on Practical Experience to Date in
Commercial orcharding
Prof. Bonns will talk on the Re
suits of Two Years Work at High
moor, State Fruit Farm" Wilfred
Wheeler OF Concord, Mass. will dis
cuss Small Fruit Culture and Mrs
v. p. Decoster win give IAN Hour in
Wonderland"
In addition to all. these. something
proven at the New England show te
growers. is In store, for those who at,
tend tbs sessions in Augusta week af.
ter next. 1t will be a demonstration
In box packing by an expert.
Packing Of fruit il an art and oul
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-04

Americans now claim the most pop
uIous community in the world. New
York. it is believed stands at the head
of the list with London close second
With 4,7ss, 1888 inhabitants registered
under the government of New YORK
city in the federal count of a year ago,
the British capitol has just failed to
find more than 4,522, se1 in it's cores
ponding administrative county
Though London with the outer ring
that stretches its boundaries over al
most 700 square miles has reported a
population of something over seven
millions, the statistical experts declare
that New York with its similar sub
urbs would today show a population
hundreds of thousands above this fig
ure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-04
Coming Events

oct. 26-Nov 4-NationaI Dairy Show,
Columbus, Ohio,
Nov. 3-i2-New YORK Land and lrriga-
ton Show.
Nov. 6-1t-Maine Corn and Fruit SHOW.
Portland
Nov 14-15-16-Annual Convention Maine
state Pathological Association, Augusta.
Nov l6-Mecting of the Governor and
Council.
Dec. I2-15-Maine Poultry and fet Stock.
Portland
Dec. l4-15-Maine Livestock Breeders
Association, Orono.
Maine Fair Dates.
Oct 31-NoY. 1-2-Danvilie Jet. Grange
Fair.
Nov. 4-Gentlemen's Night <cHnebee
Valley Grange, Madison.
Nov, i-Megunticooh Grange Fair,
Camden.
Nov, 6-11-Maine Corn and Fruit Show,
Portland
Nov. H-Somerset Pomona with North
Mt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-04
Sneer-Provokine Penalties.

1.-The fellows who steal children. and
the fellows who steal girls for de-
based uses. are getting it good and hot
in these days" says Hartford Courant
"One of the former class was sent uI
yesterday in New York for twenty
five years as a minimum and fifty
years as a maximum term of impris-
onment He is "a years old, and he
will have time to think the matter
| over before he breathes the free air
again. He deserved all that he got.
Steal a child. blackmail the parents.
| and it is thus that these scoundrels
hope to get their living. Our judges
are just right in teaching them that
the end of their speculation IS to get
their bread and butter by working Tor
| the state during most of what is lett
of their natural lives
Temporizing with crime TO the eS-
tent of fixing penalties that are
mockery is the worst of all nullitiers
of law. When courts make criminal
and petty practices dangerous TO the
persons and pockets of the Vioators
we shall have less reason to complain
of laws that do not prohibit This is
as true in connection with the liquor
law of Maine as it is in the pure food
situation. This weeks Golfers has
the following editorial:
zone aspect of the pure-food sltu-
alton carries establishment TO the or
binary mind: namely, the degree of
punishment inflicted when food dealers
have been found guilty in criminal
You find violent lam
guage in indictments, then victories
won by the prosecuting attorneys, ana
then fines which must make the manu-
facturers or sellers smile. Cases of
bad patent medicines end in fines as
high as $50 and S25. but in a headache
powder case, involving heart de-
pressant. which happens to lie under
our eye at the present moment. the
fine was 81. \ cancer reducer" Is
punished to the extent of $50. \ medi-
cine which contained cocaine. without
announcing ii. leads to a fine of SD
IN an ice-cream case, where poison
Gus ingredients were charged and
plea of guilty entered. the fire was
SO. For adulteration of milk the fine
seems to be usually 80. Eggs. packed
with filthy. decomposed, and putFtd
animal substances" led to a fine of
So We might multiply this list in
definitely. 1t is seldom that eonvie-
tions secured by the Department of
Agriculture bring any penalties except
those which might at least be called
moderate
Why not license all these evils? It
is apparent that the laws against
them are not enforced. The govern
ment threats sound fierce enough and,
like the liquor traffic. their evil pro-
pensities are acknowledged II judges
assess only sheer provoking fines are
they not encouraging hypocrisy and
perjury-as the liquor interests and
their Democratic allies claim in
Maine?