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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08

New York, January 7--Young Mas ter Nineteen Hundred and Eleven was greeted by millions of joyous per sons when he hopped off the Stork express at one second after midnight, but it's dollars to doughnuts he didn't meet a happier person that Miss Christie Mac donald. The Spring Maid who has just taken apartments at the Liberty theatre where she is displaying choice assort- ment of rippling lyrics and tuneful melo- dies.
 Just because she happened to be among those present when the new year arrived don't get the impression that she keeps late hours. Nothing would be further from the truth. Ordinarily she gets to bed in the best of season. but following her successful flight to stardom last Monday night, she has had to sit up very late In order to use up an extra supply of happl- ness. Talk about a boy with new red wagon or a man who has just received word that his mother-in-law can't live! Their joy is a dismal thing compared with her present state of mind. And when the singer and her youthful managers Messrs Werba and Luescher-happen. to meet the joy trust goes into session right then and there. So far as they are con- cerned. the world is divided by three.
 Here l am df laSt,' ft| Salu rMiss M Hc- donald yesterday afternoon. e4st
 Up among the stars?"
 "On the Theatrical Milky Way" she laughed. atss
 How long has it taken you to arriyee''
 About 12 years. It was a. slow journey, wasn't it?" ',
 But the welcome you received at the end of it made it worth while (
 "I'll never forget it.. In the applause that followed my singing of Day Dreams Monday night all the hardships of the one night stand and my carries struggles were forgotten. So much de- pended on the reception of that song It runs all through the piece and when the. audience kept encoring it l could have jumped across the footlights and hugged everybody We felt after the first act that New York was going to ask The Spring Maid to extend her visit, and when We saw the newspapers the next morning We were sure of it. The piece has been well received in other cities, but we wanted New York's indorsement. I was almost certain of the plays success, because there were so many little signs which told me so. You know, little things that woman sets great store by 1'
 "Then you believe in signs?'
 "Implicltly. Especially electric signs said Miss Macdonald.
 How does it feel to write your name in Edison juice?''
 f Threw Kiss At Sign r
 simply delicious now. but when came up Forty second street on the opening night and saw my incandescent signature over the door my knees began arguing as to which one should have the right or way. It was an awful feeling. l had no idea how long my name was till saw that blazing thing The more looked the more letters saw, and darted into the theatre and made up my mind to forget it. After the first act I stole out and threw kiss at it,, and now get to the theatre early every night,.so can walk hack and forth underneath it.. I've viewed 1t from every angle.";
 DO you mind shutting of the current and murmuring something about the earlier part of your career?'' ~.
 II bee your pardon for raying about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
She Takes No Chances

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 ''Well,''. said the tall woman, q don't want to go on record as saying I'm ab- solutely against corporal punishment I regard 1t, however. as last resort, don't you?''
 The shorter woman spoke seriously. I'll tell you exactly what I do. When the boy Is fussy and cross and it seems as if l couldn't stand it another minute. take him up to my room. Once there I put clinical thermometer between his lips. then take out my watch and wait three minutes. If the thermometer shows any temperature decide the naughtiness is really indigestion or some kindred i'll, and I put my newly found patient to bed and make him comfortable. If, on the contrary he registers normal, give him one. mare chance to behave, and the min ute he breaks his parole he gets the spanking he richly deserves. Under these circumstances instead of feeling conscience stricken really enjoy giving it to him.
 "No,' she concluded 1T haven't mar velous self control spanked him once when he really didn't deserve it, and I suffered so while he was i'll that now I take no chances"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
Peculiar Manner of Suicide

Gainesville, Ga. January 7.--Gid o'Kelley whose body was found lodged in the fork of a tree recently. committed suicide while under the in- fluence of liquor,s according to an in- vestigation which was concluded hero today. O'kelley first stabbed himself near the heart. and finding that he would soon bleed to death. 1t Is said, he chose the ynique method of forcing his neck in 8 tree fork and falling so that his neck would be broken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
Aviato-s Out. for Practice

San Francisco. January 72CurtiSs and Radley. two of the aviators who will fly during tho aviation meet to begin here tomorrow, tried out their aerial craft late today. Radley made a 10-mile flight. reaching an altitude of 1900 feet in going out over San Francisco bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
San Francisco Editor De.a

San Francisco, January 7.--Charles Sedgwick Aiken, editor of Sunset Mag azne and widely known as a writer, died today after long illness. MT. Aiken was AS wears of age and is sur vived by widow and one child. He was a natice of Cleveland. O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
The School Record

That boy of yours
 Does he bring home reports of school examination marked "odium'' or poor and conduct report cards indorsed ''bad?'
 Or
 Does he just manage to scrape through on his exams, get his regular promotions by the skin of his teeth and escape being Suspended for insubordination? And it worries you. Which is natural. But
 Doubtless the boy will pull through all right. He may be fit subject for occasional discipline and he may not be a shark for learning, but don't you worry about him.
 Hunt up your old teacher
 Ask him about the boys who went to school with you in the long ago days. He knows their history. And you will be surprised.
 There's Theodore Johnson, who always stood head in spelling school-worlling at days labor. And William Harris, who never failed on history date-clerking in grocery store.
 And what of Bill Jones, who funked so many times? The wealthiest man in the neighborhood. And John Miller, who was adept at town ball. but a failure in geography? He is the judge up at the
 
 What? you say.
 But the schoolmaster, who has watched the careers of schoolboys for many years, understands that you cannot tell how far frog may be able to jump by look ing at It." So you cannot phophesy how far a boy may go by his school record.
 Many brilliant men failed at school
 There may be reasons why your boy lags. Maybe it is the teachers fault. He may not know how to get at your boy to get out of him what is in him. Or he may promote him too slowly or, too rap idly.
 Or it may be your boy is of the kind who develops late. N--
 Anyway
 Don't lose faith in your own flesh and blood.
 Do not discourage the boy by finding fault. Do not scold him. Encourage him! Believe in him! Help him! And he will come out all right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
Heart To Heart Talks
By EDWIN A. ME

himself Is thought to be significant. If Johnny says he wants to be a doctor the family concludes he is cut out for a physician.
 And so on.
 The fact Is that few boys have suf- flcient Judgment to know in advance what may suit their temperament or ability.
 Exceptions? Certainly. Some boys in- stinctly choose the right vocation. And some manifest a genius in certain ways very early in life. But the average youth mas neither strong urgings for certain em ployments nor genius
 Do not worry however Your boy is likely to wabble into the right place.
 Lincoln wanter to be an inventor and got patent on a useful device. He tried the grocery business and surveying before settling to the law. Grant was failure as farmer and merchant. Stone wall' Jackson was a college professor be- fore he developed his war talent
 The best you can do for your boy is to give him strong body, sturdy char acter. an educated mind and let him work out his own salvation.
 Let him feel that the responsibility is on him. Advise with him. Help him, And then
 Pray God to guide and keep him and turn him loose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
ssFinishinx, the Girl

"Finishing" the Girl
 A wealthy widow of the Meadowbrook colony has applied to the courts for an allowance of s17,0Oo annually to .com- plete the education" of her daughter. The girl Is to be "flnished' abroad. Two, three or four years may be neo- essary for the Finishing process. Why H7.oo07
 We'll, there must be an establishment in Paris and probably one in London. It includes maid and governess, besides other servants Tt means expensive ing, gymnasium, etc.
 Then there Is the grand tour of the continent, so the bud" may speak in- telligently of well known places.
 And there must be the outfit for the debut, and Paris dressmakers are ex- pensive.
 Seventeen thousand dollars.
 Why, plenty of American girls are finished in this country for considerably less than seventeen hundred.
 And I know of one mighty fine speci- men who was Finished" on less than H70 a year.
 The folks sent her through the high school, where she graduated with honors True she may lack some of the fancy accomplishments of the European finished young woman. but she Is better educated
  be good American wife and mother. ST. $1700-s170
 tell you I can instance a "finished' girr' back in the sos, whose education did not cost to exceed SIT a year. And very sweet girl she was The cost of her three or four books and of her two or three simple gowns one of linsey woolsey with white cuffs and collars, for school wear and one or two of white muslin for Sunday-did not exceed the sum have named s17,0o0-$1700- -$170-s17. It does not matter so much as to the cost, but 1t does matter as to the girl. It is nice to have s17,00O or $170O or $17o tc spend on your girls education. But
 Is the girl really educated? Does the finishing finish?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
The boomerang

The Boomerang When bit of sunshine hits ye
 After passing of a cloud, When a fit of laughter gifts ye
 An yer spine is feeling proud, Don't fergit to up fling 1t
 At a soul that's feeling blue For the minute that ye fling 1t
 It's a boomerang to you.
 That stanza Is the best thing Captain Jack Crawford ever wrote.
 It rings true.
 It is good philosophy. Joy comes in the wake of him who dis penses cheer It is the reflex action Of roodness. It comes back many fold AS Crawford says, it is a boomerang
 Flowers grow in the path behind him who tries to sweeten some of the worlds bitterness and brighten some Of It's oarK- ness. Tt is on the old, old principle that what you give you have, what you witn- hold you lose.
 When YOU meet one who habitually scat ters seeds of kindness and smiles of good cheer. one who puts the soft pedal on the miseries of life and sings out the haiie- lujahs-
 Follow that man! Learn from him how to imbibe kindli- ness, how to inhale good cheer, how to absorb sunshine-and dispense 1t.
 If you know of a book by anypooy anywhere that will teach it.
 Buy that book! .. Prv into the secret Because the world needs the sunshine and you need to give it. Somebody must give the word or smile of encouragement that sets ripples of healing and gladness into motion.
 Why not you?
 immediately the bigness of spirit. the nobility of soul. that comes to you.
 It is the boomerang.
 The word of grace spoken in season, the ripple of sunshine set going by smile, will take root in your soul and bloom and blossom there; the word or smile of helpfulness withheld will wither the tender plants of kindliness and make sterile your soul.
 Scatter seeds of kindness. It is the only way which you can grow happiness.
 Your Boys Future
 The question of what career in life their son shall choose troubles many parents. ,... In European countries the sons life work Is usually selected Tor nm pc fore he Is born. He Is to follow the business of his father, whatever that may be.
 Formerly, in this country. the old-fash- toned father sternly mapped out the calling of his heir. which might or might not be that of his father, and forced his son into it.
 In these days the youth has more freedom to choose. But
 Often the mistake is made of urging the boy along the Inc of his early desires.
 That ia fo say. if the syna .,Ses machinery the parents C he ,ouId be maohinist or engineer. hereas nearly all small boys like ma chinery.
 Or the boy draws pictures everywhere. therefore his future must be along the srt lines. .s ar thA arbitrary choice of the youth
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-04
ElKS ARE CONSIDERING OFFER
TO PUT ON COMIC OPERA

The Calumet lodge of Elks last even
ing formally discussed a communica-
ton from Rufus X. Love of Chicago
who offers TO stage comic opera her,
on any date to be set by the local
lodge.
The comic opera is entitled, "The
Big Noise" and has just been sue
cessfully produced under Mr.. Loves
direction 10y the salt Lake City lodge.
The lodge after some discussion last
evening, decided 20 consider the ques-
ton again at next meeting, Wednes-
day evening OF next week, when it will
Zoe decided whether or not Mr.. Loves
offer will be accepted.
Mr.. Love is no stranger TO Calumet.
He was here several seasons ago and
successfully staged "A Night in Bo-
hemia," under. the auspices of the
Elks.
1t is believed that if the local lodge
decides to stage the comic opera that
Il will be a success i'm every sense of
the word. The production provides
work for at least 100 people, including
1 big chorus.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-04
MANY WILL ATTEND SONS
OF ST. GEORGE EXCURSIONS

AT last nights meeting of zone and
All lodge, Sons of st. George, mat
tiers pertaining to the lake trips to be
taken under the auspices of Quincy
and One ana All lodges on June . and
IL to Port Arthur and Marquette, re-
spectively, were discussed.
The lodges have footed the amounts
necessary To guarantee the steamer
United States being at Portage Lake
on the dates mentioned, certified
checks for the same having been sent
the Chicago Transportation company,
owners of the big floating palace.
Already all of the state rooms have
been applied for and allotted, and
tickets also are being purchased for
deck chairs. 1t is expected that the
two excursions will be among the
most successful ever held in this Sec
ton.
one ana All lodge last evening. also
nominated officers for the ensuing
term. Further nominations will take
place at the next meeting of the or
der two weeks from last evening, to be
followed by election the same evening.
a representative to the grand lodge to
be held in Detroit this summer also
will be chosen.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-04

word of the death of a brother in Corn
wall.
Peter. the two-year-old son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Brishki, of Fifth
street, died at 10 o'clock last night
following a three weeks illness The
funeral will take place tomorrow af-
ternoon at o'clock, with services al
st. Johns Croatian church:
Mrs. William j. Coombe and son
Weldon, left for Detroit this morning
to join MIR. Coombe, formerly of the
First National bank Of Calumet. who
was recently appointed n state bank
examiner. Mr.. and Mrs. Coombe will
mako their home i'm Detroit.
special car left the copper coun-
try Tuesday evening for New York,
having on board large party of cop
per country residents bound for Hell
singfors, Finland. The party includ-
ed nine adults and several children
from Calumet 5oolled by l. w. Lakso
OF Calumet Severa; will return to
the copper country after "A visit i'm
Finland, while others will remain in
Finland. Among those in the party
from Calumet were Mrs. Joseph Maxi.
John w. MAXI, Mrs. Hannah Wiki,
Miss Lempi, Wiki, Andrew Kovala.
Isaac Kallio. O. Wenalainen, Kalle
Rintala and Isaac Stem
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-04
TRIP
IN SMALL BOAT
THREE MEN ROW SlxTEEN-FOOT
CRAFT TWENTY FOUR
MILES TO EAGLE
HAR6oR.

John Hearle. John Pharaoh and Mi.
chael Shuttz rowed a l6-foot boa
from the Calumet & Hecla Lake Su.
perior waterworks 10 Eagle Harbor
starting out az o'clock Tuesday al
ternoon. ana i'm making the journey
underwent a trying experience. They
reached their destination in just twen-
ty-four hours. The distance is TWEEN.
ty-four miles.
The three men offered to take new
l6-foot row boat to Eagle Harbor for
a Laurium resident. The boat was
built during the winter by Henry Cor
gam the well known light keeper, aud
slowed away in a barn until spring
The three volunteers wanted TO get
Ia Eagle Harbor and offered to row
the boat there. 1t was taken to the
c, Il H. waterworks and the Journey
started
According TO the mems story, re-
ceived in Calumet through telephone
communication, the boat began TO leak
when about two miles Of the Journey
had been completed The men had
nothing on board with which to caubk
the seams of the craft. and with a hat
used as a bailer managed to keep her
afoat. Five Mile point was reached
about 8 o'clock i'm the evening, ana
the men managed to row ashore and
landing. They were drench-
ed to the skin owing to a choppy sea |
and in a pitiable plight They spent
the night at Five Mile point withou.
food. nd early tho next morning de.
cided to continue the trip after patcn-
lrG up the leaks as wen as thcy could |
under the circumstances. Thcy were |
successful i'm reaching Eagle River.
and cbtdirc1 food and dried tneir /
clothing there with the boat ais, fix.
nd M, tncy were enabled to proceed tn
Eagle liari ar pulling in there about |
o'clock Yesterday afternoon.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-04
POLISH PEOPLE
TO CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY OF GRANTING OF
POLISH CONSTITUTION TO BE
OBSERVED HERE SAT-
uRDAY.

The Polish residents OF Calumet will
celebrate Saturday. May 6 marking the
anniversary of the adoption of the
Polish constitution. st. Stanislaus
KostRi Polish society has charge of the
celebration, and has prepared an ex-
cellent program for the occasion.
The society will meet in the lodge
hall at 8 o'clock in the morning and
parade TO st. Anthony's Polish church
where high mass will be celebrated.
Following mass the members of the
society, headed by the Tamaraclx band,
will parade the streets.
At 5 o'clock, the members will as
semble at the Italian hall, where
supper will be served. This is to be
followed by a vocal and instrumental
concert beginning at Z p. m. The ad-
dress of the evening will be made by
Rev. FIR. A. Wolny of st. Anthony's
church.
After the concert, dancing will be
indAged in, the Tamarack band hav-
ing prepared an excellent program.
During the evening refreshments will
be served. A number of Polish must
cal compositions will be rendered by
the Tamaracl< pand. The composer is
Joseph Blank.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-04
NOTICE TO STONE MAsoNs.

Stone masons are invited to bid up
on the erection of a retaining wall tc
be built on the extension of Fifth
Street, North of Pine Street. i'm the
Village of Red Jacket, and all neces-
sary excavating work i'm connection
Herewith. Three portions of sand are
to be used To one portion of cement
and the bids are to be per perch on
the stone work and per cubic yard on
the excavating.
All bids are to he filed with the
Clerk of Red Jacket on or before eight
o'clock p. NJ, on Monday, May Sth,
1911. The right to reject any or all
bids is reserved.
Further information can be secured
from the Village Clerk.
ms BY order of the Counsel.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-04
BIDS WANTED.

building contractors are invited to
bid for the erection of two-story adj
dition to the Wolverine school, accord.
ing to plans and specifications prepar-
ed by the architect, Mr.. Joseph Chatel
Plans and specifications may be had
from the architect at his Office, Wolv-
crime Mine. All bids to be filed
with the architect or secretary Of the
school board on or before 6 o'clock
Tuesday evening, May 0, 1911.
A certified check of so per cent OF
the contract price must accompany
each bid. The right is reserved to re.
joct any or all bids.
by order OF the School Board,
m-9 James Cruise, Sec'y.