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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
To Be q Great Festival

"Birminghams forthcoming music fes- l tival will be undoubtedly the greatest | thing of it's kind ever attempted in Ala bama," said man who is in close touch with the festival association, "and what take an active interest in musical mat l ters is the alacrity with which citizens are subscribing to the guarantee fund. Last years festival, with the Dam- | rosch orchestra as the chief feature, was brilliant success financially and mu- sically. but this years festival will have in addition to symphony orchestra un- der the baton of Victor Herbert, Amer ica's greatest composer, many vocal stars two or three of them of the first mag nitude. Among the celebrities will be Schumann-Heink, Gadski and Evan Will liams Evan Williams, the tenor, is as widely known now as any celebrity in this country Frank Croxton, basso, is another artist engaged for the festival. He has appeared In Birmingham recitals and not in recent years has such noble bass voice been heard here. Still an other of the fine artists booked for the
  mezzo soprano. She is young and beau- tiful, and has a wonderfully sonoroas voice. She is so attractive as to com mand almost as much pay as older celeb- rites, like Schumann-Heinl< and Gadski
 "The festival dates are May 22 23 and 4 There will be three night perform ances and two afternoon performances. One of the programmes will be rich in selections from Victor Herberts works, including Natoma,' his latest and great est opera success. 'Natoma' is really the first American grand opera that ever made a hit. Few have been attempted, but those that possessed merit lacked something vital, and were never accept able enough to the public to get beyond premier performance. Natoma, on the other hand, has been received with unbounded enthusiasm, and there is no doubt whatever but that it will keep the boards for years to come.
 'In order to have the number of great singers announced for the festival a larger guarantee fund than usual must be raised, but I understand that prac- tically everyone who has been asked 10 put his name down for $100 has readily consented. Of course, no part of the guarantee fund will be collected unless there should be a deficit, and all who subscribed would be called on pro rata no matter what the amount of deficit might be- But instead of the festival failing to pay expenses the management has reason to believe that it will have surplus of from s1o00 to s200O to carry over to next year. Should this years venture be as successful as President Hocombe thinks it will be, a grand opera festival will be undertaken in 1912"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
MINIATURE LIBRARIES ,o,, tho NaW York Tribune.


 The librarians of Europe are giving much serious thought to two problems that confront their profession. One is the question of finding space for the vast additions that are being daily made to
 the collections under their charge; the other is the preservation of books, pam phlets, periodicals, daily papers ana ooc- uments printed on the perishable papeF of today. Some time ago a proposal was made in Germany intended to soive the second of these two problems py providing for the printing of a small number of all important publications on specially prepared, extra durable paper for. deposit in public libraries, mes anu records. There still remains the Ques- tion of the need of ever increasing sneil room.
 Two Belgian students of the librari- ans requirements have recently come forward with plan that appears to or fer at least a partial solution or potn problems at once by means of photog- raphy. By photographng down" to a microscopic size they have succeeded in making feCOTu ol d PoA"PAASS VI '~ pages on a single small plate, and in their enthusiasm reason from this that by their process even the most crowded library can make room on it's shelves for thousands of books to come. This theory, which has been seriously discussed already in different parts of Europe. suggests some obvious objec- tions. The miniature photographic neg alive can evidently not be used in the case of current books or older works that remain in constant use. The claim that the negatives could be made of im- mediate availability by enlargement on white screen is fantastic to say the least, as is the suggestion that in this
 way the specialist could have on nls own shelves, with little space. the whole literature of his speciality. Apart from
 the cumbersome necessity of the proper apparatus, there would always be the question of copyright to be considered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

ico, but Congress would think twice before it sanctions the seeking of peace through intervention, for the longer word means bloodshed and great expense. It means war in short.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
FASCINATION OF YELLOW

William Johnston in the Popular Maga-
 zine.
 There is undoubtedly a scientific reason why yellow appeals to the criminals and the insane, but the higher significance of color has not yet been satisfactorily explained. A crazy woman invariably delights to deck herself in yellow. The color appeals, too, to the lower orders of the human race, an illiterate negro, for instance. It is the color of gold, over which thousands and thousands have gone mad. It is the color of the moon, which the ancients believed to have a peculiar influence on mad persons. Ii was the favorite color of that unfortun- ate genius, Oscar Wilde. Some day, hope, some scientist will be able to tab ulate the psychic effect of the spectrum on the human race. It would be vel worth doing. Everybody realizes even now in a general way that colOrs do di- rectly affect the senses. What a jal discordant combinations give us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
REFLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Start a lie and it will breed thou- sand.
 Some men blame even their corns on the way the government is run.
 A woman tries to be better than she seems; man to seem better than he is.
 There's so much conceit in every body that everybody thinks his is less than other peoples.
 A roll of dollar bills pulled out of the pocket with a flourish looks richer thar q modest purse lined with hundreds. and that's why so many people do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
The Iron Market

The local iron market this week has been firm in tone. but tonnage contracts have not been large. Matthew Addy & Co.'S report says:
 Enquiry has increased. Prices are firmer and the whole market is steadier. There is, however, something of dead lock between the makers and the con- sumers as the latter are attempting to buy for delivery far ahead at the prices which are being asked for spot ship ment This does not meet the views of the iron masters at all. They believe business will be better later on in the year and that prices will be higher, and they are asking a premium for forward shipment. Some sales have been made but as a rule consumers are waiting. Yet in spite of this attitude there has been fair business during the week, the larger part of the tonnage of course being for fairly prompt shipment. And there is a constant demand for shipment on old orders. This Is one of the most en- couraging features of the trade, as it shows that iron is really needed From our own reports the stocks on hand in the yards of consumers are generally small, many of them running from hand 10 mouth
 Everyone admits that the low point in iron prices has been passed and there can be no doubt but that the trade is getting right along in sounder and bet ter condition. Coke is more active, many sons supply"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
FRUITLEss LITERARY ENDEAyoR

From the Westminster Gazette.
 It has been estimated that out of every 10000 books written only 100 are accepted. Working on this basis and as- suming that 1000 books are printed in England in any one year, it follows that 9900o books are doomed to remain hid den forever in their authors locker or else be consumed by the flames. Each book has probably taken six months to write, and at this rate nearly 5O000 years of combined work, for which not penny is paid, has been spent in one year on fruitless literary endeavor. At the rate of e1 per week, if the writers had joined the labor ranks, they would have earned over R2,5OOO00. And the lot of those who have the good fortune of getting 9 novel accepted Is little more enviable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

The arbitration and peace movement is spreading and Mr. Taft may be able to start a worlds effort that will end war everywhere except in Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

The proposed method may, however, be found of value in a more restricted but possibly far more important. field that of the preservation of legal docu- ments, for instance, and of official rec ords of all kinds, and also for the pres eryation of works whose usefulness or value is past, but which yet may at some future date acquire a new, if 1t be only an historic, interest. By cooperation the libraries of the world would thus be cumbering much needed shelf space. Two set of plates, kept in different places, would suffice for the purpose of preser- vatiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Congressman J. Adam Bede tops all in slandering the Senate, for he says Lorimer is the cleanest man in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Mexico is country of big landed pro- prietors and it is also the home of peon- age. It has more peons to the acre than any other country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

The people are still awaiting the su- preme courts decisions in the oil and to- becco trust cases. Additional suspense comes easy now that it has become a confirmed habit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Editor Hemphill seconds Editor Har- vey's motion to make Woodrow Wilson President of the United States. These editors are about year previous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Missouri is now a state without a capi- tol. It burned down, and Jefferson City's right to a new one is disputed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

In the light of MT. Aldrich's purchase of a big rubber plantation in Mexico, we begin to see why our troops are on the Rio Grande
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Money may be distressingly easy in New York, but many in the provinces do not find it in that condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Every baseball team cultivates the habit of victory before the season be- gins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Burton, Ohio, comes forward with s5 widows in a population of 605. And yet it has no suffragette club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Some think the 2o,0o0 regulars should be reinforced by an equal number of cowboy fighters recruited by the popular maga- zines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

The snow shovel has been laid away and the lawn mower is installed in it's place. There is no rest for mere man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

St. Louis has sold for use in the army a trainload of shoes and 1t cries aloud for more mobilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

In few days the English language will be reinforced by another language fresh from the diamond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

The country has annexed chile con carne and the boil weevil and it cannot stand anything more from Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

The campaign barrel should be filled and emptied in plain sight of the public
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

There is no boss in this country thai can outdo Diaz in that capacity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

An invasion of Mexico without con gressional authorization would be unpre- cedented and revolutionary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

his life, and with no responsibility beyond nonentity. Such a man must be pro- foundly indifferent either to despotism or to liberty. His contempt of the people must incline him rather to the side of tyranny. When we cannot detect any thing divine in men, the better part to play is to make use of them. We can cniy serve well that which we respect. He was only with the people because he was of the people, and thus the people ought to triumph. He would have be- trayed it, as he served it, unscrupulously.
 The court well knew the tariff of his conscience. He theratened it in order to make 1t desirous of buying him; he only opened his mouth in order to have it stuffed with gold. His most revolution ary movements were but the marked prices at which he was purchaseable. His hand was in every intrigue, and his honesty was not checked by any offer of corruption. He was bought daily, and rext morning was again for sale. Mira beau, Lafayette. Montmorin, M. de Laporte, the intendapt of the civil list, the Due d'Orleans, the king himself, all knew his price. Money had flowed with him from all sources, even the most inn
 pure, without remaining with him. Any other individual would have felt shame before men and parties who had the se- cret of his dishonor; but he only was senot ashamed, and looked them in the face without blush. His was the quietude of vice. He was the focus of all those men who seek in events nothing but for tune and impunity. But others had only the baseness of crime-Danton's vices rartook of the heroic-his intellect was all but genius. He had upon him the bright flash of circumstances, but it was as sinister as his face. Immortality, which was the infrmity of his mind, was in his eyes the essence of his ambition; he cultivated it in himself as the element of future greatness. He pitied anybody who respected anything. Such a man had of necessity vast ascendency over the bad passions of the multitude. He kept them in continual agitation, and always boiling on the surface ready to flow into any torrent, even if it were of blood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Premier Stolypin felt the recall and succumbed to it without a murmur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

sentence was written for the dramatic column which read, "She plays daring game with time and wins" It appeared in The Age-Herald yesterday morning, ''She plays daring game with time and wine" Some people are proud to pose as expert wine -bibbers, but sarah's forte | is acting. OF COURSE NOT. Of womankind He's very fond. Mats fifth, 'tis said, Will be blonde.
 She's pretty as
 A picture, too. Lii Russell? No What's wrong with you? Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Who eer she be, One thing is true; Never again In old St. Loo.
 St. Louis Times. Just where Nat found His chorus flame; Nat's strong on that Doll Baby" game. VAIN EFFORT. Did Tupper understand much of Sarah Bernhardt's performance in French?" NO. He carried along a bill of fare printed in French, but it didn't seem to help him much' POOR THING. A woman's one Who cannot smile, Unless she knows
 Shes dressed in style. Birmingham Age-Herad.
 Poor mans the one
 Who cannot smile
 When wifies bills
 Consume his pile.
 Youngstown Telegram.
 POETIC FERvoR. The poet wights of Dixie land Are all in tune for spring; Ere long the whole delighted band Will gaily start to sing In praise of watermelons ripe And juleps in the glass; Of drawing day-dreams from pipe And lounging on the grass But sweetest note of all the tribe Will come from those who trill- Rejoiced in spite of critics jibe- Of fishing in the Till LIGHT DIET A Health Evangelist recommends smiles and kisses for breakfast. Fine and dandy! But a normally constituted person is apt to feel the need of some thing more substantial before venturing out for busy morning. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
ADRJFT WITH THE TIMES

IT OFTEN HAPPENS. He had a reputation or being very wise, But when events proved him fool There was no great surprise. There's hardly anybody Who isn't weak, somehow; Despite the learned look he wears, The laurel on his brow.
 LATER LESSONS. "Gribble married seamstress.' 'She knew how to baste" "YeS. And since they have been mar ried, she has learned how to lambaste" THINKING OF SUMMER.
 When she's a peach
 And rather trim,
 What bliss to teach
 Her how to swim
 HE DIDN'T KNOW When are you going to pay this bill?" My dear sir, if I were half as good at divination as you seem to think I am, l would go into vaudeville and com Dland princely salary
 A SIGHT WORTH SEEING. When Broadway lights begin to blaze, Of thrills there is no lack; Iris worth good money just to gaze On Kitty Gordons back. THE AMATEUR PLUMBER. ''so far as I know, Twobble has abso- lutely no crotchets." "On the contrary, Twobble rides one of the most expensive hobbies maginable' You surprise me-" "He has an idea that he can mend a break in water pipe.'
 ENVIOUS, PERHAPS.
 As soon's a man
 Acquires a roll,
 The world declares
 He has no soul.
 Birmingham Age Herald.
 AS soon as man
 Acquires renown,
 The world begins
 To run him down.
 Detroit Free Press.
 As soon as man
 Ties up for life
 The world exclaims:
 His poor, poor wife" h Youngstown Telegram.
 HE WASN'T MOBBED. There goes man who wrote q ragtime song about goo-goo eyes, T am not surprised to observe that he is on crutches." "Oh, he wasn't crippled in the way you suppose. He accidentally sprained his ankle"
 PARDON, MADAME. In what was intended as a compli- ment for Madame Sarah Bernhardt,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

The strawberry shortcake is literally in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Johnny will want to come marching home when it gets right down hot in Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
HE DIDN'T KNOW.

When are you going to pay this bill?"
 My dear sir, if I were half as good at divination as you seem to think am, l would go into vaudeville and com D1and a princely salary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

PARDON, MADAME. In what was intended as a compli- ment for Madame Sarah Bernhardt, a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
From a Farmer. View Point

"I have been greatly interested in the development of the plans for the good roads congress-" said prosperous farmer, "and personally I am looking forward to the event with keen antici- patton. I am deeply interested in the question of good roads and I think from all accounts that the congress will offer splendid advantages for the people of the country to get valuable suggestions as to the methods and means of constructing public highways. If the plans of the good roads com mittee are carried out and the govern
 ment models are secured for exhibition the convention will be somewhat of a schooling for the people of Alabama in this line of public development.
 "Of course, the distinguished men who have accepted invitations to be present at the affair will for the peo- pie generally arouse the greatest in terest in the gathering. But for us farmers, many of whom will be able to attend the greater number of these sessions, the demonstration work will | be of most consequence. I sincerely hope that the committee in their ef-
 | forts to secure the attendance of the
 prominent national and state men will
 | not neglect to make this feature ot
 practical instruction in the work oi
 building good roads certainty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
Presidential Politics

Tn the west President Taft is strong CT just now as a candidate for 1912 than he was soon after his Winona
 speech, but if the democrats nominate Governor Harmon, I think it safe bet
 that the next President will be a dem ocrat," said Jacob w. Rathbone of
 Kansas City.
 "Although not much of politician,
 have been familiar with western sem
 timent for the past 25 years. Until recently I lived in Minnesota. Tbe re- publican party has generally found the
 west, as a. section, great stronghold.
 Bryan used to be wonderfully strong out our way. but what have remarked with surprise is the fact that Bryanism has given place to conservatism, and Harmon Is especially admired in the west today because he is believed to be conservative, and Grover Cleveland type of politician. Those who used to shout for free silver, or 16 to 1, are no longer vociferous. Cheap money is no longer advocated. In fact, the cur rency question was practically settled | in the successive defeats of the Bryan ized democracy.
 Well, now that the democratic party lis once more harmonious-and it has
 not been more so in my day-victory flor 1912 seems. if not reasonably as.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
HE WASN'T MoBBED,

HE WASN'T MOBBED. There goes man who wrote q ragtime song about goo-goo eyes" T am not surprised to observe that he is on crutches."
 "Oh he wasn't crippled in the way you suppose. He accidentally sprained his ankle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25
A SIGHT WORTH SEEING

A SIGHT WORTH SEEING. When Broadway lights begin to blaze, Of thrills there is no lack; Iris worth good money just to gaze On Kitty Gordon's back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

For his bounty There was no winter mt, m autumn twas That grew the more by reaping.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-25

Did Tupper understand much of Sarah Bernhardt's performance in French?"
 NO. He carried along bill of fare printed in French, but it didn't seem to help him much"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-08
REAL FACTS ABOUT BATTLES
IN MEXICO Are NOT TOLD
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
PORTLAND, Ore, March s.
That there is greater military ac-
tiyity and casualties in the Next
can revolution than press dis
patches would indicate is shown
in a letter received here today
from Lew w. Van Horn, nephew
of Sir William Van Horn, head of
the Canadian Pacific railroad. Ac-
cording to the missive young Van
Horn is now an officer in the rev.
olutionary army station near Tress
Castelles in Chihuahua. Under
the date of February 20 he tells
of an engagement near Tress Cas-
telles, in which he says ninety-six
federals were killed and Is horses
and 104 guns were captured lby
rebels. The engagement was new
er reported in the press dispatches.
He speaks of other engagements
In which the number killed were
numerous but were not made pub
lie in the United States.
One portion of the letter reads:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-08
NEVER ANY INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA
OR SICK, Classy, UPSET STOMACH.

Ition, pain in limbs, sleeplessness,
|belching of gas, biliousness, sick
headache, nervousness, dizziness
or many other similar symptoms,
If your appetite is tickle. and
nothing tempts you, or you belch
gas or if you feel bloated after eat
ing, or your food lies like a lump
of lead ON your stomach, you can
make mp your mind that at the
bottom of all this there is but one
Characterization of undigested
food.
Prove to yourself in five min~
utes that your stomach is as good
as any; that there Is nothing really
wrong. Stop this fermentation and
begin eating what you want with
out fear of discomfort or misery.
Almost instant relief is waiting
for you. 1t is merely matter Of
how soon you take a little Diapep-
sin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-08
0REC0N'S NEXT STEP WILL Be
REFORM LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM

SALEM, Or, March SIS a
state legislature a costly, ineffic-
lent body where log-rolling is the
rule, and real law making the ex-
.ception?
Oregon says: yes"
So Oregon is looking for a way
to correct the evil.
The recent session of the Ore
gon legislation was the last straw.
1t opened a states eyes not alone
to the weakness of this one legis-
lature, but to the fatal defects of
the entire system of making laws
by proxy!
Oregon had picked a good legis-
lature. The issue had been def.
nitely drawn between the people
and the machine. So anti-ma-
chine men were sent to the legis-
lature.
But within 4S hours after the
session started the machine had
both house and senate bound hand
and foot with it's system of max
ing laws.
That's why Oregon is disguised
The boosted reform delegation OF
Multnomah county that controlled
both house and senate led to the
fight for corporation measures and
killed peoples laws.
Mind you, Oregon had a good
legislature; it's members were ON
the whole honest and wike awake
the direct primary had sent tn,
best candidates to Salem.
BUT 1T WAS ALL USELESS,