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The evening world., 1911-02-18
A certain amount OF imbecility
n nj may be pleasing to the
man of mediocre mind.

Even Consul or any Other intellectual
chimpautcc carnot fail 20 feel a thrill.
.! superiority wneu "a OHd M a
!. pble skirt goes by, But even ia"
ma who deduces to the satisfaction Of
his " ssutism that the wearor Of 70
two-story lat lls a one-story ana Aas"-
raCut- mostly tasemeut-m,nd, does n'f
care very long for the type. Even -
ar Marr.es her. he seeks. after q little
while. t. !Hduce rer to modify 'Io SIZE"
ot her hats, the eccentr,oity OF her
GOWNS.
The evening world., 1911-02-18
80 far As admiration of types
or fashions 10 concerned, women
are the absolute moulders of mas
oulins opinion.
Dawn Of the Hipless.

Ten or fifteen years ago women pad
ded their hips, and the Action OF IN"
day dwelt approvingly on the "opdlrnt
curves" OF the then fashlona BILE hero
inc.
To-day hiplessness has evaded on"
Literature. We read about the "straIg. 1t
hoyishness, the free stride of the
authors pet.
But though woman's charm is potent
enough TO Instil in man an acquired
taste for whatever she chooses to wear.
In as heart he prefers simplicity ani
ua~tarAlnPSSe.
The evening world., 1911-02-18
10 Foster Ola Irish sonr.

Mrs, G. Milligan Fox, the founder ana
leading spirit OF the Irish Folk Song
Society, viii hold "a meeting Tomorrow
afternoon at the National Art club to
establish u branch OF the society. 4
large number OF influential Americans
and American s~ympathizers have
RESPONDED to The cali.
The evening world., 1911-02-18
VIII of Missing Postmaster Ash
hurst ~ Filed for Probate,

Pli LADELPIiIA, I'eD, lS,-The viii
OF p stmaster Ri,hard l.. Ashhurs. OF
this city. who mysteriously disap-
peared. Wasr fled yesterday. \ death
notice was inserted in the papers by
his family, which believes he fell from
tho AI.!lioa psl!a. Pier at Atlantic City.
The evening world., 1911-02-18
BY NIXOLA L SMITH.
Paris has spoken.

PdrtS has spoken.
The high note OF feminine folly hos been struck.
The hdrem skirt is to succeed the hobbled horror
which has made tromen hideous and ridiculous during
the past year.
Already the "mannequins" OF the great French
have worn publicly the frankly bifurcated
garments which their employers are trying to intro.
duce. In the window of one Of Fifth avenues most
expensive establishments a gown showing the harem
skirt Is being displayed.
American women will never wear anything 30
ugly, 30 ridiculous." exclaimed a woman who saw this
The evening world., 1911-02-18
Posterity viii Be Shocked.

A nose ring has as much reason for
being as an ear rims, and the anklets
OF the Moorish harem are not greater
symbols Of inferiorlty than a watch
strapped around the leg.
The binding OF the Chinese foot, the
sN adding OF the indian pappooss give
The evening world., 1911-02-18

are so hopeless as to require 'freaking
up why then let her wear the hobble
SKIRT, the harein skirt or any other
circus costume she chooses TO distract
pubic attention. But why should a
normal creature OF even fair attractive
ness adopt the uniform of the ugly
d~ucklings" Venus in "A harem skirt
WouId not present any marked superb
ority over Dr. Mary Walker n the
latter lady sAoUld forswear her trous-
ers and irocK coat Tor the new fashion.
ID woman a c0mpensating fate has
given She .ru N'ave -" gracious lines
Known to NJ >. Yet she has
SHOWN away u decadcUt desire to
d!stort AVID c.eapen her charms
And II the fashious OF The last few
years may be taken as an indication.
she j. tead!Gg more ana more to in
ruurrui'y and tt1lN
The evening world., 1911-02-18

The clearing House statement for
tn. week dive days. shows that the
banks hold xi.Si3. go more than the
requirements or the % per cent. re-
serve rule. This II a decrease OF tsi3.-
2D In the proporiionlte cash reserve
as compared with last week.
The evening world., 1911-02-18
Martyrs to Fashion.

Blu. the brief definition contains more
than VIC in on. steel prison houses Will
ever dream.
The truth about the female figure Is
that it possesses wide hips. The a~ncients
told IL lptthe great white soddesses that
enshrine1 l the beauty that was Greece.
That's all very we'll" says the wearer
.. me hipless aorset and tho ho5ETe
The evening world., 1911-02-18

singular garment yesterday. But she was wrong. Our adoption Of the
hobbled skirt proved that
New FORKS stiffness IN the matter Of fashion is limited merely By
the Invention OF Paris.
Whatever French dressmdkers are crazy enough to invent Anert
a pOmen re crazy enough 10 redr.
The evening world., 1911-02-18
Short Cut to Love.
F~reakishness Is the short cut 10
success in everything, in art, in
Literature and In life and love.

Bat the SlcCeSS is as short-lHHI as
tie path which leads 10 II. The life %.
tie 'ues, seller" rs longer tHln 90,
love az "a Broadway beauty either fcl.
or inspired.
"Womeu viii never be beautiful I'll
they forget about fashion" said the
Russian Countess de Svirsky AID
nothing proves more quickly the hid
eo0sness OF our changing modes than
a glance at ones WI photograph taken
even FIVE years back.
In all the history OF fashion there arc
lust TWO costumes for women that have
permancDt ~charm-the simple drapcry
of the Greek maiden and the Empire
gown, which was a revival OF II.
Since we make mans taste, what
excuse have we for perverting it7
Tho hobbls and harem skirt, the
two-story hat, the ankle watch
and the late craze for earrings,
what are these but evidences of a
simian imitativeness9
The evening world., 1911-02-18

S%urYraglsts and anti-suragists may
differ as TO the desirability OF woman's
political emancipation. but there are few
leaders In either camp brave enough TO
hold out against a generally prevailing
style.
When the hohble skirt came In the
feminine reformer could not help reflect
ing that though YOU emancipate certain
women against their viii, though you
give them all the rights in the world
the slave instinct must reassert itself,
The momen you free their brains they
proceed to tie up their feet.
Trousers and Liberty.
Y is a sinsularly incomprehensihla
psy biology which prompts women to as
soc!Ite the idea of trousers with that of
liberty, From the days when susan Il,
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady stanton
made a brief and |inglorioas debut In
The Dlfurcated bags Invented by Amelia
Bloomer to the recent appearance or
Alma Webster Powell in hcg husslr
uniform, there seems to have been "A
very general feminine notion that ser
y.tu,e is put on and OFF with a skirt,
This Lief IS tie more as'oulsHlus Is
the countries wherein woman Wodrs.
trousers are those In whl'h she is most
seryile and least respected. In Turkey,
china, Persia and parts Of India, in
Morocco and TuUIs women emily the I"II
emancipation of trousers. but are held
in an aolect bondage which Western
women find 1t difficult to realize OF un-
derStlnd.
why should we take our fash
ions in clothes from the harem
any more than our fashions In
morals7
After all, what an ethical anarhron-
ism there is I'm wear.Hs the divided
skirt Of the harem without having tHe
divided husband as well, l. We ta"r
their costumes, why not their customs
Polygamy Itself is not more inartls'io
than the harem skirt, and not more
immoral. for nothing a. more immoral
than a deliberate lack OF beauty.
Why Freak" Costumes?
Doubtless the hideousness of the new
fashion IL all that IS needed 10 insure
rs Success. But why cannot the few
really beautiful women realize that
fashion Is the republic wherein all wom-
en- are born with equal possibilities for
Es.iness,
It is all we'll enough for a wom-
an with a bad figure or one whoEs
features seem to have been
Eought on the instHllment plan to
wear crazy clothes.
In newspaper Offices the spectacular
display OF a rather poor story is some
times described as ~"freaking II up" II
a woman after an impartial survey Of
The evening world., 1911-02-18

In newspaper offices the spectacular
display OF a rather poor story is some
times described, as ~'freaking It up" II
a woman after an impartial survey Of
her Ease and hgure decides That both
The evening world., 1911-02-18
SKIRT Is Already Here:
Will N. Y. Women Wear IT.? Sure!

They Eagerly Accepted The HipLess Corset Sheath
Afrocify and Hobbied Horror Stiffness in Fashion
Limited Merely by the Intention of Pans-Crasy
Enough to Wear Whatever French Dressmakers
Invent.
The evening world., 1911-02-18

skirt. but how would that old Venus
OF Milo look in MY clothes?'
worse than you do. my dear lady.
because there Is more of her to spoil.
There arc many women sndur
ing . smiling martyrdom in the
cause Of some frenzisd fashion.
What can We do?" they urge. EFF
We don't follow the fashions the men
won't follow us. our husbands. or
sweethearts. will trail after women VINO
wear the harem skirt"
The evening world., 1911-02-18

Beauty 10 truth-truth beauty.
That IL all 70 know N all ye need
to Know" sang the poet who best
celebrated the uav ana gracious
loneliness Of the Greeks.
The evening world., 1911-02-18
why should we take our fash
ions In clothes from h harem
any more than our fashions In
inorals7
Why Freak" Costumes?

Doubtless the hideOusness Of the new
fashion IL all that IS needed 10 lHsur"
rs Success, But why cannot the few
really beautiful women realize that
fashion Is the republic wherein all wom-
en- are born with equal possibilities for
rufuese
The evening world., 1911-02-18

1t is all we'll enough for n wom-
an with a bad figure or one WHOSE
features seem to have been
sough. on the instHllment plan to
wear crazy clothes.
The evening world., 1911-02-18

Trousers and Liberty Go
Together in the Feminine
Mind, but Why Take from
the Harem Fashions in
Clothes More Than in
Morals?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27
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 GILBERTIAN ANECDOTE

From Chronicle and Comment" in the
 July Boollman.
 There was a time, however, when the vogue of Pinafore was simply amazing It was not copyrighted and after it's suc- cess in London 1t was pirated in the United States. This piracy was the ini- tial cause of Gilbert's hatred of America and Americans. However, if America did not send him it's dollars, it was quite ready to spread his fame. Church choirs added "Pinafore" to their repertoires, and it is recorded that 100000 barrel-organs were constructed to play nothing else. Here is an ironical note from a newspa- per of the time: "At present there are 42 companies playing 'Pinafore,' companies formed after 6 D. m. yesterday are not included Its catch phrase, What never? Well, hardly ever," was deadly It is told, for instance, that one editor barred his staff from using it. 'It has occurred 20 times in as many articles yes- terday. Never let me see it used again" What never?" was the unanimous ques- ton. Well hardly ever," replied the wretched man. The readiness of w. s. Gilbert's wit is well illustrated by this story told of him. He and F. C. Bur nand, the editor of Punch, were guests at the same dinner table, where a wise host placed the rival humorists at oppo- site ends of the room in the hope of dis tributing equally the witty table talk. Continual shouts of laughter rose from Gilbert's corner. until Burnand, after in- effectual attempts to arouse similar jocularity in his immediate circle and un- able to conceal his chagrin. leaned for ward and said in his most sarcastic man ner: q suppose Mir. Gilbert Is telling some of those funny stories which he oc- casionally sends to Punch, but which don't appear" To which Gilbert drily replied: q don't know who sends the funny stories to Punch, but it's very true they don't appear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27
Demonstration Farm Work in Ala
 bama


 Slowly but surely the Boys Corn clubs and the demonstration farms are revolutionizing agriculture in this state. All the work of the press and the schools proved valueless in the past, because the slovenly farmer could sweep any of it aside with the remark, What does that fool know about farming anyway"
 When the farmer sees in his own neighborhood an acre of corn loaded with ears, or acres of cotton culti- vated in accordance with the instruc- tions of the agricultural department at Washington, he is silenced by what his eyes see. His own incapacity and ignorance are demonstrated on the spot. I
 In 1910 but 33 counties were sup piled with demonstration agents; this year' every county in the state, CT in number, has one, and greater results are expected. In 1910 the yield of corn on demonstration farms was 41.4 bushels per acre as against IS bushels per acre on non-demonstration farms. The yield of seed cotton was 1220.2 pounds per acre as against 474 pounds on farms that knew not mod ern methods. Over 5000 farmers in 1910 in this state lent hand in pro- noting better agriculture, and Wal ter Harper reports Bradford Knapp, the new head of the demonstration bureau at Washington, as saying: "We have found that the farmers of Alabama respond to the work of this bureau as well as to other construc- tive bureaus of the department with unusual readiness. Alabama is classed among the very best of those where we have operated. You have a won- derful variety of soils and agricul- tural possibilities that are not yet fully appreciated by your people. Cli- mate, rainfall, drainage and many other advantages combined with fer tility and variety of soil make Ala bama one of the most promising states agriculturally in the Union"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27
Suicides and Publicity

The death rate is decreasing in this country while the number of homi- cides and suicides per year is in- creasing. This induces the American Academy of Medicine setting at Los Angeles to urge the newspapers to refrain from publishing articles con- corning suicides at least. "All alien ists," says committee of the acade- my, "are practically unanimous in the opinion that the suggestive eff feet of the reading of details of sui cides is a powerful factor in the causaion of suicides among suscepti- ble individuals" -.
 In 1908 there were 5000 and over suicides in this country, and the year. ly number will soon cross the 10000 line. None of these are from the ranks of the actively insane or of those hopelessly diseased mentally. As a rule they are people without hope and without courage.
 "If," says the committee of the academy, "the members of the press are still skeptical as to the fact that they are now accessories to crime, we suggest that they assist in the study of the conditions. We suggest that in each city the papers agree to re- frain from such publications for a month. Then that all simultaneously publish an account of one such case, placing the account upon the front page, with suitable headlines. Again refain from further publication of such cases for a month. In the mean time, let them keep accurate statis- tics as to the cases and methods, with the dates, in the territory covered by their patronage, and compared with
 
 similar periods under present condi- tions. We suggest that these dates be sent to the officers of the academy as basis for further study. If the re- suits show a direct relationship, fur ther persistence in the publication should be recognized as criminal.o This would be reasonable if all newspapers were controlled by req sonable and patriotic men. To pro- cure such an agreement in, say, New York would be an impossible task and in any other city it would be difficult. Many yellow papers are published in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27
I never did repent for doing good, Nor shall not now.
 Merchant of Venice.
Corn and Cotton in Alabama

Early planted corn was injured by the. -drouth now happily ended. It is a plant that has roots which spread without once going deeply into the soil, and the dry, hot weather did in- jure early paintings and the injuries cannot be overcome by favorable Temperature and moisture. This, however, is not the case so far as corn planted later is concerned. Many a field will be benefited by the rain fall and cooler weather, and the crop as whole in this state will be fine one, always provided another period of excessive heat and dryness does not visit the state.
 Cotton is horse of another color. It has tap root, and the dryer it is the deeper does that tap root go. It has come out of the drouthy spell in excellent condition and in good form for growth and fruitage. The possi- biIity of a record crop in this state is admitted by many observers. No matter how large the crop may be in this state the belief prevails that good prices will be obtained-prices rang ing from 12 to 15 cents.
 A big cotton crop under such prices, and a corn crop almost up to the needs of the state means good times in Alabama in the coming cotton veal regardless of what may take place ir the rest of vhe country. All crops in sa1f parts of the country promise, how eyer, well, be it wheat, corn or cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27
HUMoRs OF HE CORONATION

From the New York World.
 Lord Methuen, who was idisastrously beaten by a far inferior force of Boers at Magersfontein in the first year of the war and who was also defeated and cap- tured besides in the third year of the same struggle by a Boer army which Lord Kitchener reported as certainly not superior in numbers to the English, is made a field marshal by the King.
 Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the ablest man in all the British colonies and possibly the ablest man in the British empire, is ig- nored. John Hays Hammond, who was deer in the Jameson raid and the intrl- gues to destroy the Boer republics, estab- lahing monarchy in their place, has ar rived in London as the special represen- tative of the worlds greatest republic.
 The Earl of Rosebery, who has been a greater enemy of his own party, the lib- erals, than of his opponents, the tories, has changed his name to the Earl of Midlothian, although he cannot change his record. The uncle and brother-in- law of the King have been made Knights of the Garter for conspicuous merit in being the uncle and brother-in-law of a scN erejgn. Lord CurZon, who made more enemies in India than any other governor general of the last 50 years, has been re- warded with an earldom of the United Kingdom. No colonial statesman has been 1 admitted to the heavyweight class
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27

From the Washington Post.
 Like the man who solves the problem of life by admitting that 1t is riddle, Peter c. Sharp of Pittsburg, Kan, has solved the problem of having two wives in one house by determining to live by himself henceforth. He is going to build each wife a little house of her own. while he will remain where he is in single bles- sedness. Thus, from one extreme the oc- togenarian with the two wives rushes to another.
 While one is compelled to, commend the | common sense of Sharp, there is feeling
 of resentment that he should spoil so de- 1 lightful a romance. He had lost Anna I Catherine his first wife. in the Chicago l fire 10 years ago, but she turned up again after he had wed Miss Celia. Wife No ?, who is aged 50, showed that she had saintlike qualities in deciding that Wife No. l. aged TO, should never go without 8 home, but should live with the family, a little nest of two wives and one hus- band, all under the same roof, without jealousy, and with love and kindness and all the Christian qualities reigning
 It was a beautiful picture of self-abne- gation. It seemed to prove the ascenden- cy of charity over jealousy. It showed that outside of Utah, where customs and traditions helped the polygamy game along, it still was possible to defy tradi tion and have two wives under one roof But just as pebble has been known to change the course of a great stream, so chance remark of a neighbor, address ing the first instead of the second wife as Mrs. Sharp brought the whole struc- ture of love and charity topping about the heads of Sharp and his two wives. Wife No. ?, in a rage, ordered Wife No. out, saying she was lazy, and accepted all the honors, while she, Wife No. 2, did all the housework
 Sharp admits that polygamy is no go outside of Utah. "I thought at first" he says, that I could be happy with either were the other dear charmer away, but now I know I would be happier were both charmers in Jericho. Anna Catherine ain't the same woman she was in n, by long shot, and since she came back Celia's temper has got that awful there's no living with her. l swan, them women nearly drove me crazy with their picker ing"
 There is no use of talking-ths Enoch Arden business, male or female, isn't what it's cracked up to be. 1t may sound beautiful in poetry, but it doesn't work in real life. If husbands and wives must get lost, they ought to stay lost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27
Atlanta's Commission Bill

The Georgia legislature meets this week, and Atlanta's commission bill is ready to be laid before it. This bill calls for five commissioners at $6000 g year each. They are to be elected to serve four-year terms, unless re- called. The two receiving the small est votes in the first election will serve but two years. The commits sioners are to meet at least once a week, and all meetings are to be pub lie. No commissioner can be inter- 'ested in any public utility. All ap- plications for franchises must be pub lished seven weeks, and in case the application be granted 15 per cent of the voters can demand and secure a referendum on the grant. The Atlanta bill contains, in short, the initiative, referendum and recall in all their Oregon vigor. A petition signed by % per cent of the registration list puts any one of these reforms in the course of operation.
 The bill as drawn is progressive throughout. It calls for publicity at every stage of the city's affairs and it aims to eliminate politics, both large and b>tfy. stvard- -heeling, vote-buying,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27
IBsEN AND ORNsTERNE

Ruth McEnery Stuart in Harper's Bazar
 I was talking with a cultivated young Norwegian in Christiania one day, a man of. cosmopolitan education, with, a beautiful American wife, at whose table I had the pleasure of meeting the Amer ican minister and the ex-consul and their ladies and others of the diplomatic cir cle. Conversation naturally drifted to Ibsen. My host showed natural pride in him, and his assurance of a dignified literary style lost in translation, even of flashes of humor untransla hble, was in- teresting, if somewhat formal. But it had not occurred to me to question the place the great man held in his esteem until later in the evening, when chanced to ask somewhat of Bjornsterne. In stantly his manner changed. 4
 There was magic in the name, and his whole being responded. Before answer ing in words, he rushed over to his book shelf, and brought in his arms a set oi the books of the man whom Norway loves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27
From the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News.
 hHE tendency to elaborate our spec
 tacular entertainments until eye
 A can no longer be satisfied with seeing" has had many illustrations in this period of daredevil leaps and in genious mechanical devices of various kinds. The circus which formerly pos sessed a magic for youth and age alike has assumed a magnitude and splendor which excites our special wonder, but at the same time it has lost nearly if not quite all the old-time savor The one- ring circus of the good old days. when John Robinson was touring the country and Johnny Lowlow was In his prime, was well worth waiting for from one fall to the next The lady in the spangled fiesl1ings who seemed so much at home on the calico pony was the fairest vision that ever flashed upon a boyish horizon. The jungles of Asia and Africa seemed to have yielded up their faunal riches when the elephants and the camels and mayhap a zebra came marching by. The ringmaster autocrat of the one charmed circle, seemed rare combination of a despot and & dandy.
 It was the school of entertainment in which "Dan" Rice won name for him. self, but the appetite for amusement has become keener with that upon which 1t fed. For some time he has been pre- serving the traditions by travelling about the country with one-ring circus, but now the melancholy intelligence comes that his little apgraqation-hardlV more than a side show-has had to go into