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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
This Is Block Day

All who wish to help good cause.-the free outdoor clinic of St. Vincent's hos piral-will have an opportunity of doing so today by putting contribution in an envelope, which is to be opened when the whistles are blown at 10 a. m. This method of charity endeavor Is novel .n Birmingham, but it is hoped and believed that it will make a decided hit.
 The Sisters of Charity who conduct St. yincont's have long since established themselves in the esteem of the people of the Birmingham district, and any appeal made in their behalf meets with ready response. They have great record in charity work, and the latest charity the outdoor clinic-is one which has been greatly needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
EncIand's Religious Spirit

Tine London correspondent of the New York Sun says, No better proof or the growth of religious tolerance in England could be given than in the expressions of satisfaction over the announced intention of the Pope to elevate Archbishop Bourne to the rank of prince of the church. Such comment as the announcement has pro duced is of a character that leaves no doubt of the pleasure the archbishop's recognition has brought to his fellow countrymen."
 In fererring to the above statement an old layman who has visited the British Icles. said last night: "The growth of religious tolerance within the recollection of some persons now living has been in- dceG wonderful. It was just 60 years ago when Archbishop Wiseman's elevation 70 the cardinalate set Protestant England by the ears' The attacks from the press and from men in public life were ex- ceedingly bitter. It really looked as if there would be a revolution. Those who had read history called to mind at once l6SS It was about this time that John Henry Newman preached his famous sermon entitled The Second spring. Ex- citement was running high and England seemed on the verge of a civil war Hap oily the turmoil soon subsided and Eng land resumed it's accustomed tranquility. In England today all branches of Chris tanity seem to be making progress. The Church of England is unquestionably more vigorous than it was even d quarter
 of q century ago. The Baptlsts and the Methodists each grow steadily. and the influence of each non-conformist body is strongly felt in the religious life of Eng | lard The Catholics show large increase in numbers and wealth. From q mere | handful 50 years ago England's Catholic 1 population is today stated at 1,o0o,0oo | rWhlle England has produced some of | the most illustrious of modern free think l ers-agnostics, believe they call them 1 no nation has larger percentage of men and women devoted to church work l than England. England's Christianity
 from a church point of view is more vir-
 ile perhaps, than that of any other Eng
 fish speaking country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
A Logical Candidate

'In many of the interviews favoring Oscar Underwood for the democratic presidential nomination our distin- guished congressman has been called the logical candidate said an old democrat.
 This logical idea cannot be too strongly stressed. It has taken hold upon the eastern democracy. Under wood Is In every respect the iogicai man for the democratic presidential nomination in 1912. Why logical? First because of his leadership in the House of Representatives combined with his general fitness. He is the one man who is recognized by the country at large as the democratic au- thority on the tariff question: In the next place he has proved himself to De a genius as a party harmonlzer. TOT the first time in long years the demo- cratic party Is united, and Underwood more than any other man has brought about this harmony. With a divided party victory Is utterly impossible, Of course; whereas when the party is fair ly well united as it was in 1892 victory is comparatively easy. If Underwood had done nothing more than unite the party he would have been entitled 10 the gratitude of all democrats. But Underwood is looked upon by democrats of every section as the embodiment of tariff reform principles and of demo- cratic sanity Other democrats there are worthy of high honor, but they are not logical candidates in anything like the sense that Underwood is the logical man. I believe Underwood will be nominated and elected"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
IN ARCADIA ONCE
From Lippincotts.

From lippincotts
 Where are the loves of yesterday?
 Sad and sweet is the old refrain; Horace sang Of 1t half in play;
 Villon. in rncasures that throb with
 pain;
 Life at the best is a tangled sken, We arc the tools of time and chance, Wet once on a time we lived in Spain, And every heart has it's old romance. Where are the loves of yesterday?
 An. for an l:our of youth again? Youth thai was short as a month of May, Youth witbAits pulsing blood and brain; Too soon came autumn with mist and
 rain, 9s N -s tgf f Too brief the dream, too short the dance; Yet once on a time we lived in Spain, And every heart has it's old romance. Where are the loves offyesterday? z Here Is a note with 9 lyellow stain, And here is F book of ~ithered spray
 Of sweet alyssum for years has lain. But why res, ct? All things must wane. Iife's sweetest note, loves fondest glance; Yet once on time we lived in Spain, ' And every hcort has its old romance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
CAUSES OF HEART FAILURE


 h The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette, New York, November, 1911, Dr. Homer Wakefield, New York, points out that the majority Of victims of heart disease. &C., ouire the affection through ignorance, and that wider knowledge of the sub ject is of paramount importance. Among the causes of heart disorders are physical strain, over work and violence, and mem tai and nervous overexertion. One of the chief causes of more or less disabled heart is the extent to which the spirit of emulation is carried into games at the present da,. The attempts to break rec ords in running, bicycling, rowing, etc., arc the banc of the age. According to the editor of the Journal of the American Medical association, April 27, 1907, Woods Hutchinson is responsible for the state- ment that Statistics show that athletes arc two and one-half times more liable to heart disease, 60 per cent more liable to kidney diseases and 9 per cent more liable to die of the three main infec- tious diseases of adult life than the aver age man.
 In accounting, however for the de- mans made upon the heart by various kinds and degrees of physical effort, the effect of mental labor is generally over looked. It should be remembered that mental strain and fatigue are sometimes r,ore exhausting to the vitality, and con- sequently require more of the heart than the same amount of muscular action. whenever the vitality is exhausted men tai as well as physical rest is required Anxiety is a potent factor of heart de- rangeme.it, and prolonged mental depres- sicn has a most injurious effect on the heart. It was this fact which led the aucjents to conclude that Sthe heart was the seat of emotion. Mental and physical overwork, excitement worry and trouble during a financial crisis are responsible for many cases of dilation of the heart. Disa sappointmcnt in love or in other ardent am,ieions, assertions or loss by death of husband or wife may cause such pro found grief and depression, and the con seouent dlaton of the heart my be so extreme that even death may ensue, and in such cases it is almost literally true that death results from "a broken heart" After stating that moderation in every th.r. is indicated in the prevention of heart disease and in the treatment of the .an,c. pr. Wakefield makes an earnest ann.ul to philanthropists to give to New York an adequate and properly equipped inatit,I,lon foi the special cure and treat ! mont of affections of the heart Diseases of the l.eart are among the most pre- valent and fatal of American malades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
 NFFICIALS of the burglary insur- ance companies are in despair O over exploits by feather and fur burglaries, two more of which were added on election night to the already long list which the police and private detectives are Investigating without success so far.
 In one of these latest robberies the thieves employed an entirely new device to prevent noises in their operations which might lead to discovery. The instrument employed was an ordinary umbrella, and the police say no other umbrella proba- bly ever was put to such use.
 It was in the fur shop of Enerick & Beyer, at 34 East Twenty-irst street. that the burglars utilized this new safety de- vice. Incidentally they escaped with $10,- 900 worth of furs. The robbery was tis- covered when the place was opened for business the following morning. There was a gaping hole in the ceiling of the first floor, and in a corner reposed an open umbrella, upside down and filled with big pieces of plaster. It was some time before the detectives summoned from headquarters could determine how the umbrella had been used.
 The second floor of the building is unoc- cupied at present, and the detectives final ly placed together the story of the rob bery, beginning with the assumption that the burglars had secreted themselves in the vacant loft before closing time In the night they had started to cut through the floor. When they had removed all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
BURGLARS CLEVER RUSE

the woodwork between two joists, they found the plaster of the ceiling below them, just beneath their hands. Then, the detectives decided, the umbrella was called into play.
 A small hole was cut carefully in the plaster, care being taken that no large piece should be dislodged to fall with a resounding thud on the floor below. Then the umbrella was inserted through this hole, and when it has been passed com pletely through was opened and drawn up against the ceiling
 A receptable for the falling plaster was thus formed, and into the open umbrella the thieves could smash the plaster, safe In the assurance that none would fall to the floor and sound the alarm. The plas- ter laden umbrella could be lowered to the floor, once the hole had been made large enough for the passage of mans body, and the rest ordinarily would be easy.
 In this case, however Mr. Enericlx md the detectives directed attention to the especial skill of the burglars, who made their entrance into the fur shop through a ceiling lined with burglar alarm wires. The evidences of their method in overcorr- ing this difficulty lay before the eyes of the detectives, for two boards covered a pair of wires, so near together that even thin man would have had to squrm very gently between them to avoid con tact with them. Yet through this hole the thieves had lowered themselves and got away with a quantity of furs which, MT. Enerick said, could have been moved only in wagon. -i--fI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
REIIECTIONs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The only kind of lying man can stand is his own.
 Money coming your direction is snail roiu.r away from you swallow.
 A mans life has only to be peaceful enough to make him crave for earth qilakes and wars.
 4 nice thing about fat wife must be how she wouldn't need to fight for all the GOV CTS on cold nights.
 The reason d girl can get broken heart ed because her parents wont let her marry | man is she'd rather he broke 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
VOCABULARY OF A CHILD

Prof. G. M. Whpple in the American Magazine.
 '1 believe that most parents greatly un- derestimate the number of words that are used by their children. The only way to get a child's speaking vocabulary is to go after 1t with pencil and paper and re- ligiously to set down his words, one by one, not for a day or for several days, but for several weeks.
 When during the course of dinner table conversation I asked how many words an ordinary everyday 3-year-old boy could use, the first of my friends guessed 15O words; his estimate was greeted with derision by the other, who declared:
 "'Oh, pshaw Fifty words would cover the vocabulary of the brightest 3-year-old you ever knew
 Needless to add that my assertion that my own youngster at that age actually used, by count 1771 different words, was the occasion of polite incredulity and jocose commisseration of the fond but de- luded parent
 However, this vocabulary is on record in detail Pedagogical Seminary, March, 1aO9), and the inquisitive reader may learn there that 1t is by no means the largest vocabulary that has been reported, though to be sure probably above the average performance.
 "In the 20 odd published vocabularies we find that children from 16 to 19 months arc using from 50 to 232 words, that 2-year- old children are using from 115 to 12N7 words and that the vocabulary increases rapidly from that time on. It is perfectly safe to assert that the average 3-year-old child makes use of 1000 words. .
 "The present vocabulary was assembled in the following manner: We first nre- pared 26 blank sheets, one for each letter, and for 10 days prior to his third birthday recorded words as fast as we heard them used. We next added those words which we knew had been added previously, but which had not chanced to appear during this record. In each instance we framed up conversation that would involve the use by R of the word in question in order to make sure that the word was still known and could be properly used. "Finally we turned to the several pub lisbed vocabuaries of children and found large number of words that had not been recorded by either of the first two methods, these were similarly tested be- fore they were included.
 'Even after all these devices had been exhausted we doubtless missed a num- ! Der of words, as several terms appeared l during the next few weeks which were thought to be third year terms, so that the 1771 words which are recorded repre- | sent a minimum vocabulary, and the ac- tual number of wards known and used by R. prior to his third birthday is prob ably in the neighborhood of 1S0O.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
"STEPPING JIM.

Birmingham police arrested a negro the other day who is known as Stepping Jim" He was charged with numerous robberies. Stepping Jim's' speciality seems to be taking something that doesn't belong to him and stepping briskly away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
Nat Goodwin This Week

Nat Goodwin is not only great comedian, but in the opinion of many he is the greatest of all of those now living.
 said an old theater goer. ''I saw Goodwin the first year he came before the public as star. He was quite young then, barely of age, I believe. But l saw In him all those qualities that go to make up d star. He had a genius for acting.
 ''In The Guided Fool Goodwih was certainly as great an artist as the most famous of our modern comedy artists. l have heard it said that some of his re- cent plays were not so attractive as those of the years gone by, but The cap tain in which he opens his engagement al the Jefferson theater Friday nights IS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
JOY RIDERS.

The motormaniac
 Talks always of his car, Until he breaks his back
 In some tremendous jar. His passing scarce observed
 By others, motor-mad, Who, where the road is curved, Meet the same fate, egad. And thus a harvest grim
 Is gathered from the ditch, While people 'in the swim"
 Make undertakers rich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
OH. SIIREi

From the Rochester Democrat and
 Chronicle
 "The boy up north,' says the Bir mingham Age-Herald, lis looking for his skates" This hardly does the youngster justice He may mislay his shoes, but he usually knows right where to put his hands on his skates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

GOOD CHEFS IN GOTHAM Caruso says
 He will not wed; o-. In spite of that,
 He'll be we'll fed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
A WAY OF SPEAKING.

The village band is broken up
 We do not care a hoot . The man who played the big bass horn Has gone upon toot, The drummer, known as Shorty Mike,"
 With corns upon his feet, Ran short of funds, as many do,
 And $ bcard-bill tried to beat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
IN BROWN OCTOBER.

IN BROWN OCTOBER. The brown October pippins Are bending low the bough The brown, brown leaves, The russet sheaves, r fba Are quite in order now.
 Kansas City Journal. The brown October pippins No longer bend the bough. They did until They went to mill, But they are cider now.
 Los Angeles Express. The brown October pippins Now in November go. First in, then out, As skirts they flout-- At us in the front TOW.
 St. Louis Times. The brown October pippins"-- Why call them brown? They ain'tl Forsooth, we think They're rather pink, They wear so darned much paint. -''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

TO BE SURE. He loves his little wifey- We have no doubt of that; But gets extremely grouchy When she desires a hat. His talk is so sarcastic, She stops up both her ears And very soon she melteth Into 0 flood of tears. 'Tis rather cruel treatment, The neighbors all agree, But maybe now her hubby Is pcor as poor can be And can't afford to purchase The stylish lid she wants, Although, in truth, we're thinking He well might spare his taunts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
A DIFFICULT MATTER.

"It is said that the gaze of a human being irritates wild animal, and it is best to pretend not to see him.
 "Umph. I'd hate to try to snub lion in a jungle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

MT. Roosevelt will have two nephews in the next New York legislature, but this does not necessarily mean that the Roose- welt regime is about to resume at the old stand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Belva Lockwood says the report that she is pennless is a joke, and she de- cllnes to refute joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
NInnLED HIS LUNCH

From the Washington Times.
 "You only nibblcd at your lunch today, John."
 "fiow do you know"
 'You have crumbs on your whiskers, bu. nonc on your cars.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Only. six weeks to Christmas, and very little of that shopping has been done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Even Edgar Allan Poe was defeated for attorney general in Maryland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
so THERE WOULD.

Every man should aim hgh.'
 If the drunken fools who go deer hunt ing would only do that there would be fewer fatalities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

It is believed MT. Carnegie is getting down to his last billion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Rhode Island has adopted biennial elec- tions, and Massachusetts will hereafter be the only state that will elect gov ernor every year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

The innocent bystander fares poorly in Tripon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
A FRIENDLY TIP

Arnold Bennett has very poor opinion of Dickens and Thackeray. Prod your self with pin, Arnold, and wake up. Maybe your trouble resembles that of Queed, whose cosmos was all ego.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
WHAT A PITY!

If lovc could pay the bills, Two-thirds of earthly ills
 Would shortly disappear; But Love, it seems, cannot, A very painful blot
 On married life, we fear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

The difference between a poor man and rich man after arrest is easily defined. The one lanSuishes in jail and the other ,loCg mai
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Hotel keepers say they mean to do something about the tipping evil, but they do not say when or what they will do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

If Senators Stephenson and Lorimer bought their seats they surely are en- titled to them according to the old rule of barter and sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

The American turkey will soon be slaughtered as mercilessly as the Chinese have been of late along the Yangtse- Kiang river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
INDEFATIGABLE.

"Does he seem to have any definite pur- pose In life?"
 unquestionably; he has an aim in life to which he devotes most of his time and attention"
 What IS it?"
 "The extension of his credit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Champ Clark stirred up the Canadians to hear them howl He does not really intend to annex them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

and for this reason Dr. Wakefield thinks the appeal is worthy of serious consider atinn .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Those who have paid taxicab fees in New YoIl: are reluctant in believing that one of tho companies has failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

The little Chinese emperor made many, mistakes. but he did not have to confess that he lad once listened to Doc Cook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Fuzzy Wuzzy is hurrying to Trlpoli to fight a holy war and Italy has big task on it's hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Winter swept Indian summer out of the way just when il had got ready to arrive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Thus far nc one is preparing to keep Colonel Goethals from finishing the Pan-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Mayor Brand Whitlock of Toledo is an Independent socialist and he has been elected to a fouth term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Orvlle Wright does not know whether to call his new airship a glider or a diver. 1t is equally fitted for either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

MT. Balfour. unlike Uncle Joe, retired under fire. They are always ready to re- tire in England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

Doe. Cook says Ae will go back to the farm and live on it. The trouble is he goes back via the north pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16

How silver sweet sound lovers tongues by night, Like softest music to attending ears!
 Romeo and Juliet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-03
SH0NTS GREETS HIS WIFE
Actions Give Lie to Divorce Reports
AS He Meets Family on
Liner.

New York, Aug. lit looked as II
the breach between Theodore P.
Shonts, president of the Interborough,
auc Mrs. Shonts. We're at an end, when
the traction magnate and his family
met on the liner Rotterdam at quar-
antine.
Mr.. Shonts went down the bay TO
meet his wife, two daughters, and
little grandson, the Due de Chaulnes,
and the warmth Of the greeting would
seem to give the lie to the report
that Mrs. Shonts was still considering
filing a suit for separation.
When asked about the rumored in
felicity, Mr.. ShOnts said
Il never make public statements
about my personal affairs. You can see
for yourself, however, that | am here
to meet every member of my family
and not my daughters and grandson
only"
Mrs. Shonts, who was all smiles
when her interrogators preached the
subject, instantly froze in her manner
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-03
Hail Damages Crops.

Hancock, Mich, Aug. 1.-Hailstones
two and one-half inches through and
weighing four to five ounces fell al
Red Ridge, near here. during ter
rible electric storm, damaging crops
and injuring stock. Stones as large
as eggs fell at Portage Lake shir
canal, forcing campers and fishermen
to take to the woods.
ercer.-Game Warden Con r.
Asmuth arrested three hunters six
miles west of Mercer for hunting and
killing deer in the closed season.
They were in the act of dressing their
game when the warden surprised
them. Their rifles were confiscated
and each fined s25 and costs.
Manitowoc.-Man has been
selected as home Offices of the Wis
consin Merchants & Manufacturers
Insurance company, 100000 cor
poration which has just filed its pa
pers at Madison and has been
granted charter.