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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
MIR. UNDERWOOD,S BOOM

From l1arper's Weekly.
 Leader Underwoods Alabama constitu ehts want the country to understand that when they propose him for President they mean it. The Birmingham papers oo not let day pass without proclaim Ing his qualifications, and a number of ms fellow citizens have organized and gone to work with genuine enthusiasm. lie has plenty of honor in his own coun- try. and nobody means to be saving. With your leave" or, By Your leave, to the steel trust, or Mr. Bryan, either. That is all, pleasant 10 contemplate. and none the less so because it is another sign of the general and growing impati- ence with the sectional consideration as applied to the democratic nomination for the presidency. Nor is the press of the country at all disrespestful. On the con- trary, MT. Underwood is coming in for a lot of expressions of good will from all points of the compass.
 Nevertheless, MT. Underwood hasn't manifested any discontent with his pres ent job. and the majority of the admiring editors seem to agree with the Weekly that for the present he ought to stay where he is and give his name to the first truly democratic tariff law since that of 1857. We predict that Mr. Underwood. though he will get very admirng glance from the convention next year, will not be named for President, and that he will ask to be excused from the vice presi- dency if it is offered him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
WOMEN CRIMINALS

From the New York World.
 Several recent crimes in which women played the leading part have moved the French writer, Jean Frollo, to study womeif~crimnals. He does not. he says think very much of them, and beyond saving that ''it is a woman that reigns in hades." he is not inclined to give them credit for the exercise of whatever brains they may possess in excogitating ana de- veloping their crimes, and afterward es- caping the consequences.
 The woman criminal. says Frollo. never displays in her exploits what Is known as the simplicity of genius Her crimes are always too complex, too ram flied to escape close observation on the part of close investigators. There IS plenty of ingenuity in them-more perhaps than in those of men-but where the man criminal leaves the one inevitable over- looked point the female of that class will leave a dozen.
 Frollo admits. however, that where womans chiminality is only an affair or the heart, she never fails to beat love Torn man by go points to 1. In matters involv-
 ing the taking of life the women may ap- pear romantic enough, but to the cold reasoning Sherlock Holmes they never fail to produce the blunders that charac- terize illogical and inconsequential minds.
 In particular do many essentially fem mine attributes display themselves in women after the commission of crime From the days of Arstophanes df not Adaml down to the present hour, self complacent man has ever assured us that woman cannot keep a secret. If this is so, then 'tis a grievous fault, and grieNously hath woman answered 1t. Frolo assures us that criminal woman cannot conceal her secret. She must blab and as another trait is her un- failing desire for sympathy in her hour of tribulation, it follows that the fellow feeler is bound in long, or short, time to extract the secret from the peccant feminine.
 And as for returning, like all cJim- inals to the scene of the committed crime. woman is far worse, in this case, than man. Just as when injured woman intends to take her life she always re- turns to take it where her traducer stabbed her heart, her honor and her love, so the woman who has committed foul crime always returns to the the atre of tragedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
"BIOOD AND THUNDER" WRITER

From the Cincinnati I1meS-Slar.
 Once each week J. B. Hopkins turns out a 50.OO0 word adventure story which sells for 15 cents, and is warranted to make the blood run mush ice. He is one of the disappearing school of old sleuths, who grind out behind the barn yarns, which are vigorously denounced by those persons who have never read them, but which simply reek with morality, the tri umph of virtue, and the inevitable defeat of personifed vice It takes Hopkins four days and nights of almost uninter- mttent labor to churn out his 5000 words which amounts to about 70 columns of solid matter in an ordinary newspaper. For the rest of the week he has nothing to do but rest. q got into writing ad- venture stories in an odd way, said Hopkins on one occasion. T was writing editorials on a paper in Memphis at the time that Senator Carmack was shot down in the streets of that city"
 Mir Hopkins goes into some detail as to the events that immediately followed that killing. If appeared that an impetuous section of the Memphis public had taken the nasty resolution to edit the secular press through the sights of six shooter. There was always the chance that the writer of virile and inpassioned editorials would reap a few posies of immortelles. Some of the sternest critics of the, policy of the paper which then employed MT. Hopkins were known to be excellent wing shots And so I bounded from journal ism to litera ture at one fell swoop, so to speak" said Mr. Hopkins. "I may never die martyrs death because of my 1o cent stories, and it is possible that no city will ever he called on to erect a monument to my virtues on the public square. But | hold that the least satis- factory estate a person can leave behind him is a brass cross on a pavement, marking the spot where 1t shappened. I am cruel adventurous devil while my typewriter holds out, but the person of ferinG to acquaint me with any of the red blooded forms of entertainment is due 10 get d new light on the facility with which i00 yards can be negotiated by ltcra- | feur"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
About Moving Pictures

There has been a good deal of discus sion pro and con in regard to the moving picture play and theatre and the influence that these plays have on the public. " said devotee of the five cent theater q would like to add my mite to the criti- cism of the photo plays. The majority of the plays now shown at the best the aters are plays that are uplifting. that have a serious moral, one that it be- hooves us to follow. This is the major ity I say. but every now and then in- teligent theater goers are disgusted by the inanity of the play on the canvas The foreign manufacturers are the worst offenders. it is true. but even our Ameri- can producers put one over occasionally that should be suppressed.
 "The preponderance of the western play in the moving pictures is to be deplored. There is nothing uplifting, nothing edu- catonal. and to even the ordinarily edu- ted person, nothing amusing. to see a lot of men attred in the costumes that have passed long ago, depicting impossi- ble situations, under impossible condi- tions. It Is said that the reason for the superabundance of the western play is that it is cheaper to produce. The manu- facturers will become aware shortly that it is a penny wise and pound foolish pol icy to force something on the public that is not worth while"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
Strong for ward

The Appointment of the excise com mission is the thing of uppermost thought in the minds of Birmingham people.. said a man who is interested in the situation yesterday. Tt IS the thing that is being most dlseussea wherever hear men talking. or course no one has any line on whom the gov ernor is going to appoint but there IS no doubt in my mind that the eommis- sioners appointed by Governor U Neal win be the best men for their places The selection is complicated by the fact that 300 applications have been made for the places. as T am informed
 ."The men who expect to apply for H. censes are getting anxious for the gov ernor,s return 10 the state, and the an- nouneement of the names of the conn mission. Their license tax will be the same for the year 1911, whether they open their businesses October I or De- cemher and of course they desire to get licenses as soon as possibie' IT the governor returns within the next few days, and announces the appointments in1rned iately. the saloons can be opened possibly by October l. but if he does not return to the state until September 12. and delays naming the excisemen for many days after his arrival, the reopening of the saloons will not take place until a much later date, which will mean loss to those who get liz censes. -Ls 2 Any three of the men named in the Hotel Loby' column of The Age Herald yesterday, would, in my opinion, make an excellent commission. I am not able to make guesses at all three who will be chosen, but l am convinced that George B. Ward will be one of the ap- pointe ees" f.'f fl5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
Baby WIlp DiNcd

''i am well aware that the average par ent thinks his baby the eighth wonder of the world" said A. J. Reilly, the well known coal operator, "but my b months old boy pulled a stunt that I consider remarkable for one of his tender years.
 Near by residence at Inland is a swim ming pool, which has been the deluight of my two nephews, aged 10 and 12, respec- lively, who have been visiting my folks. They fixed diving board about five feet high and enjoyed themselves as only boys can, with my young hopeful as an eager spectator.
 He was in the charge of my sister, and when the boys had left the pool for the house she stayed behind enjoying tine cool, shady place.
 Suddenly she missed my boy, and look ed up just in time to see him standing on the edge Of the diving board Before she could prevent he placed his hands in regulation style and dved into the deep pool below. Her cries attracted my older son. Will. who jumped in and brought the baby out. He seemed quite pleased with himself at the feat. and none the worse for his plunge.
 Not bad for i5 months kid, was it. said A. J.. as he swelled up like toad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
He watery kingdom, whose ambitious Bead splits in the face ef heaven.
 Merchant Of Venice.
Return of the Home Team

After winning a majority of the games played on long road trip and losing in course of it one of it's best fielders, the home team has returned full of determination to win more games with possibly the pennant thrown in for good measure. With out, however, the added honor the team will be runner-up and that surely is glory enough in season of many accidents and mishaps.
 The team will receive a warm vel come when it returns home today to begin the concluding games of an athletic struggle covering all the warm months of the year. The con- test between New Orleans and the home team will be decided in the home games, and the greater the home en- couragement and enthusiasm the bet Yer Will the home team play ball.
 The numerous leagues do not pre- sent any warmer contest than that going on in the Southern league be- tween the home team and the New Orleans contestants. No matter what the result may be there will be ex- cellent sport at Redwood Field in the next ten days, and the chances are that every person, man or wo- man, who finds delight in athletic contests will go there to see it. From Magnate Woodward and President Baugh to the utility members of the team all have worked faithfully and we'll to uphold Birmingham's end of the contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
An Interesting Picture

T saw picture not long ago that was decidedly uplifting, said a freauenter of the cheap theaters 'I do not re- member the exact name 0f the play but it showed the influence of a flower on the lives of a family Marvellous results were obtained from that simple geranium The picture was logical however. and nothing that was not improbable was in- troduced. One comes out of the theater after seeing a play like that feeling that after all the moving picture play is well worth while. If there were only one more of those kind.
 ''I note that two of the leading produc- CTS of films are putting out weekly film devoted to the events of the week in the world. These are possibly the best films that have ever been shown. The film is more of d newspaper than moving pie ture play. There were several scenes shown that were unusual and would have been impossible to produce."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
BILL" STEGALL DEFEATED

country folks-the reel country folks. them whut rises in ther mornin' an hitches old Beck up 'ith paw-paw bark ter tn bull tongue blow, an then spends tn rest of tn day wrasslin' with tn soil. tossin' the clods, pro and con, from one furrer ter ernother,'
 During the senatorial caucus Bill was asked what he thought about another member of the legislature who was hard to place ,in the fight
 Wall" remarked Bill as he bit off dimes worth of plug at one mouthful that feller is jist perszely like an old feller what lives up in Pontotoc county This ole feller is one of those hyar albi- neys-these hyar white haired, pink eyed, foolish lookin' albineys, an he's got two boys jist like him, an they've got CT ole COW named Spot. I was to this feller's house one evening, and he called them boys and says ter 'em:
 Boys you go bring up ole Spot, hits about milkin time. One of you git on one side CT tn cricll an t'other on t'otifer. fer yer jist as liable ter find ole Spot on one side as tother, an maybe both. That's the way that feller is.''
 In making a speech in the house one day Bill said one of the opposition to a measure Didn't have sense enough to set duck on the side of a hill or bell CT buzzard."
 Discussing the. charge that money was used in the secret caucus Bill was heatedly arguing with one who, did not see it his way, and demanded proof.
 Proof h14i.9s said Bill s'Some things yer don't have to prove. When see the nuzzards swarmin' and hyin round an round and hanging about one place, I don't have to go up thar an Stick my nose agin dead COW to know there's carrion up in tn forks of tn crick."
 Bill will be greatly missed-and Ponto- toe could have done a good deal worse than send him back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
Magnificent Lessnn

For centuries Dante's Inferno has been treat out of the reach of thousands of peoplea but the motion pictures have placed this great allegorical story before every man, woman and child now" said theatregoer 'I have read with interest the accounts of the production of this picture, which required one year in the making, and which is the joint product Of dozen of Europes leading actors sew eral hundred actors of lesser fame, scores of artists who painted the elaborate seen cry used in the 100 scenes presented, a dozen sculptors, who made the figures represented. and the musicians who wrote the special music which accompanies he motion pictures.
 No motion picture ever displayed has the same interest as this one, which is to be seen at the Orpheum this week. The picture runs for two hours and 100 scenes from "Dante's 1nferno' are de- picted in all their stiffness. All of the pictures are realistic and some of them are gruesome, while others are beauti- full and impressive. The conception was taken from the drawings of a famous artist who illustrated the original man uscrip of the Inferno, and who was a contemporary of Dante. Therefore the ideas are in line with the thoughts and the conceptions of the poet.
 The pictures are an education in them selves, Thousands who might have read the poem and not understood many parts of it. and thousands of others who have never read the poem can see the picture and know the poem for what it is. The picture will also mean a reader undef- standing of the poem to those who have read ii. or who read it in the future.
 "A lecturer who is Dante student lee lures as the picture progresses, further increasing it's interest. I have been old that the picture is interesting hat many people see it several times in a week and enjoy it more each time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
Jackson Dispatch to Memphis Ne

Jackson Dispatch to Memphis News Scimitar.
 A MONG the fallen in the last battle "A of ballots in Mississippi is .BiH' 4 \ Stegall of Pontotoc, long time rep resentative from that county, and one of the unique characters of the house of representatives. Bill did not run counter to the prevailing sentiment, which was for Vardaman right considerably, as it gave him majority of 1O45 over both his opponents. Just what was the matter with the voters and what was between them and Bill has not been figured out
 In "Bill' Stegall's defeat the house loses one of it's picturesque characters, with as much originality as David Ha- rum, and a homely humor such as is sell dom found.
 Stegall had voice like the celebrated bull of Bashan. When he began to get fervid. the chandeliers rattled. When his eloquenee and precipitation both got up, so di1 thoA whose eardrums were not st, eng.
 He spoke largely in parabes, and never made any attempt to disguise his rural cislect. It has even been charged against Biil that he sometimes committed may hem on the English language on purpose to reassure the people that he was from Fontotoc and uncorrupted by city ways
 On one occasion he rose in the house. that was years ago when the seat of gov ernment was in the old statehouse and it Was Bills first term in the house-and introduced a bill Ito prevent Heck thompson and Bill Woods from fishing Tn simmons creek and made a speech on the subject. His opening sentence is a classic about the capitol /
 Mist-oo Cheerman." remarked Bill.
 The gentlemen from Pontotoc re- sponded the speaker
 T jist want to say in relation to this yer fishing bill, that I represent some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
~All-South" Conference at Memphis


 The Southern Commercial congress and several allied organizations have Issued call for an "all-south" con- ference to meet in Memphis October g, next. Every city in the south should send delegates, for the object of the conference is to set forth the advantages of the south in this pre- Panama period. The conference will urge all interested people to see the qptith rather than merely to hear of It.. The Atlanta conference held last year did make the possibilities of the oouth more widely known, and it is hoped and expected that the Memphis eonference will increase the national knowledge concerning the south.
 This district should be well repre- oented at the Memphis conference, for both southern and northern men will attend it, and the resources of fhc mineral region of Alabama de- 1.-TWO national attention. The value
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
AN OLIVER OPTIC HERO
From the New York World.

fTOn tue NcW IoIk Woflu.
 The wreck of the steamship Lexington developed an Oliver Optic hero in real life in the boy of l6 who climbed the rig eing of the doomed vessel to flash the wireless call for help. The storm hay ing dismanllod the ships wireless equip ment the daring lad clambered up the mast, adjusted his instruments, and from his peiilous perch summoned the revenue cutter Yamacraw to the rescue of the @ passengers and crew.
 This was a deed Of boyish bravery and resourcefulness worthy of the best iuven- le fiction. Apart from it's romantic side, it is interesting as showing the great ex- tension in the use at sea of wireless tele- graphy and as affordng new proof of the character of the operators. Has single
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
Hours of Labor

The Georgia house of representa- tiyes by vote of 12S to 40 passed | bill to curtail the hours of labor in machine shops, cotton factories and mills to ten hours a day instead of the eleven hours now permitted in that state.
 Twenty-Five years ago a twelve hour day was the rule in European countries. The trade unions have re- duced this to fewer hours, and 2,000, ,000 toilers in Great Britain and in Europe are advantaged by their efforts. The legal limit in several <ountries is, as follows: |. Austria-Legal maximum eleven hours, but often exceeded under per init.
 Germany-Eight hours for under ground miners, eight to ten hours for 4eAec idH"dy eiupioyeS, HiHe to ten hours for factory workers and in the Building trades. K Italy-Ten to eleven hours in fac tories and workshops. Belgium-Ninet to eleven hours. France-Nine to eleven hours, twelve to fifteen hours in unorganized trades.
 Netherlands-Ten to eleven hours l In most industries. Denmark-Nine to ten hours.
 It will thus be seen that Georgia
 10 simply keeping step with European
 nations. She sets no example or i precedent. She is endeavoring to
 keep up with the procession which
 constantly calls for shorter hours of
 labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
Al INCIDENT OF THE ROAD

From Ijarper's Weekly.
 stop cried the man in the road. You are exceeding the speed limit
 That's all nonsense,' retorted Binks, bringing his car to a standstill
 tThats what they all say" said the man in the road, climbing into the car. You can tell your story to the ana gis- trate at Hinktown--jest seven miles up the road. Start along, please
 They drove on in silence 10 hlinltown, where, as the car drew up in front oi the courthouse, the man in the road got out
 Much obliged for the lift" said he You can settle that matter of speed with the magistrate ifsyou want to. As a stranger In these here parts don't thinl, my word would 50 for much'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
DEMOCRATS TOGETHER
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register. f1I
 Mr. Underwood says that efforts made to divide the democratic party in order to block the path of its new and success ful leaders, will fail. When asked the question in Atlantic City, he said: ''rhe best answer to that was the splendid agreement and harmony among the demo- cratic majority in the present Congress. Surely nothing that was done in the last session indicated q split 1 am convinced that the party will stand firm as rock for real, sane revision of the tariff. That will he the issue Nothing can change it." Mr. Underwood is right. The party gives no sign of desire to commit snicide.j
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
TILL TOMORROW

By Christina Rossetti Long have longed till am tired Of longing and desire; Farewell, my points in vain desired, My dying fire; Farewell, all things that die and fail and
 tire. 4. si, Sprngtde and youth and useless pleasure And all my useless schemng, My hopes of unattainabe treasure. Dreauis not worth dreaming, G,owworns that gleam but yield no
 warmth in sleaming. Farewell. all shows that fade in showing, My wish and joy stand over Until tomorrow heaven is glowing Through cloudy cover, 5@t Beyond all clouds loves me my Heavenly
 Lover. .s s..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
SHAKESPEARE IN CoCkNEY

From Tit-Bits.
 During the run of "The Merchant of Venice" at the Lyceum, coster, who had witnessed the production, was ex- plaining the plot to a less fortunate com panion.
 Dyer seer" said he. '1ts like this ere. There is a cove what's fell in love but e don't like to go courtin' without bein' logged up hit: ho e goes to pal and asks i'm to lend i'm trife. His pal says e aint got no ready but is willing to go bail for i'm.
 ''So they goes to an old joker in the city an e lends 'em some oof. Then they says. What int'rest?' and e says, 'Garn away, You're all right. If yer don't pay me at all l shant summons yer; only, if yer don't I'll have a pound off yer chest e says, like as if e's jokin'. Then they laughs. cause they've got some stuff acomin' over what's bound to turn up in time for the mar lIet, so they thinks.
 But it don't turn up, an the old faker comes down on em, and won't settle it without the pound of flesh. ell, tHls glTl WHdL was d-SOln 10 marry the boke, 'en she ears as 'e's in trouble. makes it up with the solicitor for the defense, takes is place, gets CT air cut, an appears in the trial at the lavS courts, cause she's got something up her sleeve.
 Then the jury gives verdict of guilty, an the judge says the prosecutor is od- l slider. "Up jumps the gal an says, 'Aint yer | goin' to give i'm a chance?' An the old fraud says, No, l ate | i'm;
 ''rhcn she says, Very well, go on with l yer performance. But, says she this yer case don't say nothin' bout the dan ger of the entertainment. Now, if you draw one drop O blood we shall come on yer for damages. an sell yer up l Well, Bill wen she says that you never see an old bloke look so took down
 in all yer life