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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04
AS TO COMIC SUPPLEMENTS

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 THE suggestion that the works of
 Browning might be ,I employed in in higher tone to Sunday journalism is made by Louisville social workers. As to the feasibility of the proposed plan to uplift the Sunday newspaper there can be no question. It must be admitted that If energetic journalism should take hold of the works of the great poet with the intention of making material for colored supplements out of them, and blow their way from "kiver to kiver'' great many supplements might be made, and they might be colored handsomely Whether or not they be good substitutes for the existing colored supplements would depend, of course, upon the point of. view. Whether or not they would be comic would depend somewhat upon the artists treatment of the theme. It is conceivable that any one of dozen of the bright young men who make illustra- tions for comic supplements might, If turned loose upon "The Ring and the Book" find something in It's pages out of which to make "side splitters.'' But the result would hardly be satisfactory to the membership of a Browning club. The supplement would probably be less sat isfactory to the devourer of comic sup plements than the adventures of Captain Kiddo, Major Ozone, Maud. the Newly weds or other characters prominent in the pages of comic supplements of the unreformed type.
 It has been solemnly asserted by a student of child welfare that the physical effect of performing the service of caddy is extremely injurious to boys. The boy walks further than he should and grows one-sided from carrying a bag of clubs. To the average man it does not seem that such light exercise as following golf player about the links would greatly damage the constitution of healthy lad. But the specialist who Is looking for evil where others do not expect to find it is able to prove to his own satisfaction
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Captain Hobson and His Coat

Captain Hobson continues to fling off his coat when he rises to elo- quence in delivering commencement addresses. The weather clerk is more to blame than the hero of the Merri- mac, and the effort to declare the latter ungallant and discourteous will miscarry. While the weather clerk sends us ninety-nine-degree weather no one can properly and sensibly wear on any occasion any superflu- ous clothing. Necessary raiment is another thing. This Captain Hobson wore. He discarded his coat, leaving his waiscoat, shirt and undershirt still in place. Three thicknesses of clothing are certainly enough on any manly breast, and a fourth in this weather is strictly superfluous. Cap tain Hobson therefore shed it.
 There is no record that any ladies were offended because he removed his coat, and while the present tor ridity continues it will not be possi- ble to turn the incident into an issue. One clergyman cannot make an issue in the present temperature, and no 1odv cor,ac fo,.xuor rd +o COW +bo+ Lo,. feelings were hurt by the removal of Captain Hobson's coat when he grew eloquent over the sinking of the Mer- riroac
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An Old NcighbOr

Having the Jemison Real Estate and Insurance company in the First National Bank building again is like the return or a neighbor after d long absence" said one of the tenants of that building yes terday. 'I remember when the company some five years ago, first moved into the building, with offices ou the second floor It was comparatively small concern then, just starting on the great develop ment work which has made it one of the greatest factors in the upbuiiding of this district.
 T know of no business institution that better represents the spirit and the pos sibililles of the Birmingham district. Five years ago a dozen young men gathered together and started branch of business that was In It's infancy. Today l doubt if there Is another firm of its kind in the south.
 There is one feature of the Jemison developments that has always appealed to me- While all their enterprises have been money-makers, both for the stockholders and the purchasers of real estate, every development has been one that looked to the improvement of the city, the conver- sion of fields into places of residence, the creation of residence parks-in brief, every development has been a genuine effort to build up, improve and better.
 T have always felt that the Jemison company was to some extent public in- stitution in Birmingham. It gave us our first residence park; in the middle of the financial panic it financed and built the Empire building, which is one of the finest in the south; it materially aided in financing the Chamber of Commerce, and now the company has developed Corey, which I consider the greatest undertak- ing of It's kind in this country, not even excepting Gary, Ind Gary was developed by the United States Steel corporation through a subsidiary, while Corey was de- velepod by private capital and with money which was subscribed by citizens of Bir- mingham.
 'It really feels like the return of a friend when the company comes back into the First National Bank building. and un- der conditions that are so flattering. It now has marble home, complete, ample, beautiful attractive and in the very heart of the business district.
 q hope that the company may in the next five years accomplish as much for Birmingham as 1t has in the past five years, increasing year by year in like pro- portion to its past record"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04
ALICE OF WONDERLAND WED

From the New York world
 Alice, of Wonderland fame' mas JuS' been getting married. She and her hus- band returned from their honeymoon trip a day or two ago and were warmly vel comed by the younger social set or Leonia' N. J.. where the young couple VIII re- side. She is now Mrs. Howard Mccor- mick. wife of an artist of growing re- pute She was Miss Josephine. Newell. Her father Is Peter Newell. the author and illustrator.
 when MT. Newell was illustrating Car rolls Alice in Wonderiano ana "Through the Looking Glass and What
 Alice Found There." he utilized hi
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stand and could free ourselves from the dangers and criticisms of the public. I wish we could go to some republican governmental source and say, Here are our facts; here are our business; here is our property and our cost of production,' and could be told just what prices we could charge and just what we could do."
 It is difficult to go further than this. Such a plan would be decidedly centralizing. It might invite dishonest magnates to pile up campaign funds to control the Senate and even the White House. While MT. Gary does not suggest the dangers of the plan he certainly is frank in acknowledg- ing a desire for a central controlling authority. He has nothing to con- ceal from the government or the pub lie. In these respects his position is exceptionally strong and it must prove conciliatory to all except possi- bly, Chairman Stanley of the investi- gating committee.
 Governmental control of corpora tions is coming, and the people have a remedy at all times against any ills it may bring. Their votes can cor rect any evil when centered for that purpose.
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BOOKS
John Alfred Langford.

As companions and acquaintances books are without rivals, and they are companions and acquaintances to be had at all times and under all circumstances. They are never out when you knock at the door. are never mot at home" when you call. In the lightest, as well as in the deepest, moods they may be applied to- and will never be found wanting In the good sense of the phrase. they are all things to all men. and arc faithful alike to all.
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An Animatins Address

"The school and college commence irents hereabouts have been full of Interest and the commencement orator has. in most cases, uttered words of wisdom" said well known educator.
 "One of the most animating addresses that I have heard in many a day was delivered by Dr. Charles w. Kent at the Birmingham High school com mencement. The subject of education has been discussed so often and by SC niany great men that it is hard to pre- sent new ideas, but Dr. Kent was as original as he was trenchant. His theme was, Ideals and Ideals of Ed ucation.' His speech ip part was pub lished in The Age-Herald but these terse sentences are good enough to be reproduced:
 -'What is education? we well may
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SOME "I.ANGMIDGE D

T enjoyed reading Bob Miller's letter. which appeared In the Herald last week. immensely. I fully comprehend the feel ings created in Bob's productice brain-- far away from home, on the barren rocks m an ungodly country, guiding the drill. trying to penetrate the subterranean stratum in search of gold, with centipedes. chuckwallas. rattlers, Ghila monsters, ta- rantuias and bedbugturlars lowering around his abode, and the sprites, nymphs, gnomes, and rumbling volcano below, and the ever enchanting strains or the telephone wire bringing back echoes or other days. Well, Bob, you are IL corker, solar plexus a spiral nebula- you are a great genius. You soar above the clouds on eloquent wings, vocabulat- ing strange and mytifylng phrases, in- comprehensible for the dwellers on this mundane plane"
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The new Lorimer Investigating commit tee In the Senate is expected to furnish a full list Of those who put Lorimer over.
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Sweet Springs Herald.
IN THE SPRING

IN THE SPRING. Tn the spring young mans fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of love-, Though he knows but slender chance he Has to feed a turtle dove.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Tn the spring young mans fancy Lightly turns,'' the poem goes. ITO thoughts of love-" A woman's fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of clothes.
 Rome Tribune-H Herald
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picture.oue prosperous Calhoun


 ''The hills and valleys of Calhoun pre- sent a pleasing prospect to the eye at all times." said Percy Clark "but all the more at this time of the year when the furrowed fields, with their green cotton and corn plants, cArefully titled, show the industry of the farmers.
 'In that prosperous section of the coun- ty tributary to Piedmont l found on recent visit the farmers busy with the blow and the hoe, and was struck wlth the marked improvement in the farming as compared to ten years ago. was pleased to learn that improved methods were bringing prosperity to merchants and farmers alike.
 "In & fve-mile drive to Piedmont Springs I saw many white children at work In one family seven were indus triously engaged in cotton chopping at ocIock under the hottest kind of sun. l saw one tidily dressed negro woman as sisting her husband with hoe
 "Piedmont dn stage-coach days, cross plains) has grown from red, dusty struggling village of a few hundred to pretty town of 250O population. with nice stores, pretty fresh painted homes commodious churches. water works and sprnlkled streets.
 ''The country from Rome, Ga, lying along the Southern railway, and from Cedartown, Ga, on the Seaboard to the Coosa river, is as fair, picturesque and fruitful as any land the sun shines on.
 ''The scenery is in many places as beau tiful as the most favored sections or western North Carolina. Old world Visl- tors have said that the view about Jack sonville, with it's sweet valleys, red hills and cIose-hedeing mountains is like unto Swiss village in It's framing
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charming daughter, now bigger but still charming, as the model for his drawings. which became familiar to many thousands of readers. Her features have changed but slightly since those childhood days, less than decade ago. She Is still ex- tremely girlish. even when singing in the Presbyterian choir at Leonia.
 MT. Mccormick, who captured the fair Alice as his bride. is brother of Frederick Mccormick, the Russo Japanese war correspondent. artist ana author. As an artist, the bridegroom has gained a, reputation both in color and pen and ink work. He is also q clever wood engraver.
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Former President Castro of Venezuela is in Portugal getting ready to stir up trouble In his native land. His native land is. however alert and ready to meet him at the border.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

Lightning was too quick for an Ohio telephone girl. It rendered her insensible before she could say Hines busy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

No decision and no public sentiment can lessen John DIS dividends and he is content He long ago said that dividends are what he wants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

In Mexico 1t is now difficult to say which is insurgent and which is bandit, the two in action being a good deal alike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

Wheat threshing has been begun in Texas and it will so on until snow flies in Manitoba.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

Diaz still proposes to die in Mexico, and this shows that he proposes to coms back. Hope fingers long in the human breast
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SOMEBODY WILL LOSE.

SOMEBODY WILL LOSE. What Is meant by the triangle in modern dramas?"
 When two. men love the same woman, or two women love the same man." 'Umph! That's isn't triangle That's gamble.' PAUL COOK.
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The Congressional Record printed last month 225 speeches and it had no room for reading matter,
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Justice Harlan may not be a fan but if he is he is certainly ready on slight provocatlon to lick the umpire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

Diaz took all of his grandchildren with him and he cares comparatively little for the rest of the Mexicans.
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President Taft begins to feel towards the Senate like setting his foot down. He wears a No. Il E. E. shoe.
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Diaz has left Mexico and now Mexico is trying to get over both Diazism and in surgentism.
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The rule of reason Is knocking points off the price of tobacco trust shares daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

Gilbert and Sullivan are both dead and the art of writing operas that are really comic died with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

Chairman Gary gave the Gates jar, al- though he said nothing about the son.
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Justice Harlan is 7S years old and yet he dissents with all the vigor of a young man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

FOND OF THRILLS. Estella is a cruel girl She's never, never willin' To see a play that doesn't boast A demon-hearted villain.
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The supreme courts best grip is as a dissolvent of bad trusts in the light Of reason.
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that caddying is a form of child labor that entails i'll results. Persons who make a study of child welfare may hon estly believe that comic supplements constitute one of the major evils of the day. But it is somewhat difficult to be- lieve that they are right.
 To be sure many changes might be made in newspapers if newspapers were to be reformed with view to making them purely educative and regenerative in their effect. It is not, it must be ad- mitted, the aim of the press to supplant the pulpit, rob the Sabbath school of it's function, remove the need of the high school and devote itself wholly to spir- itual and temporal preaching and teach- ing. What the effect of a newspaper made to fulfill the ideals of persons who view the press of the times with alarm because it publishes a dangerous comic supplement can be best judged by the wide circulation of worldly dailies and the narrower scope of the circulation of those that most nearly approach those ideals. Circulation is not the sole con- sideration, but without 1t no educative or missionary work can be done. The
  most useful newspaper Is one whose purpose is worthy and whose general ef- feet is improving, and not one so vir- tuous and priggish that those standing in need of mental or spiritual tonic will have none of 1t. It is as the layman friendly to the projects of the school, the university and the pulpit, and not as militant parson that the press may be useful The newspaper must be hu- man or unread. To be widely read it must make broad appeal. It is Horace, we believe, who asserts that 1t is right to unbend upon fitting occasion. And there is a wel-worn couplet about non sense being occasionally relished by the best of men. The comic supplement may not be absolutely necessary to the welfare of newspapers, but that it is inimieal to the welfare of any class of newspaper readers has not been convincingly ar gued, and it gives innocent enjoyment to many lovers of humor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

Seattle has a newspaper fight that finally became so hot it sizzled into court.
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Chicago accepts it's new s2S, ,000, 900 rail- road station as mere matter of course.
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An umpire never reverses a decision, al- though asked to do so every day.
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LIFE,S WAYS

Lifes ways are ever winding
 Through dark and fair they go: Down vales where blooms are blowing
 And up the hills of snow. Morn after morn Is flashing
 Its glory fo the world, Night after night is falling
 Upon hope's banners furled. And some are ever weeping
 And some are wreathed in smiles; Some wish the Journey longer,
 Some curse the weary miles. And still life's ways are winding
 Through dark and fair they go; Through sunshine and through shadow, Through blossom-time and snow.
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ask. It is the power, briefly stated. of sustained attention to disagreeable tasks It is nerve; 1t Is grit; 1t Is en- ergy. If we educate our young man for the high purposes of citizenship to such an extent that public office means to him only the joy of service, then the young mans education has been glorious success. If he seeks out a task because 1t is the hardest in view, the greatest obstacle to be removed, then, indeed, were his years of schooling well spent.
 "'Just as truly, education may be said to be power of adaptation to en- vironment. A we'll developed home life should be the greatest evidence of an educated national conscience, yet sad to say in that respect we are most deficient for we have the worlds worst record for broken homes.
 "'And I should like to say in clos ing to the graduates who occupy the rostrum tonight, there are three things you must take into consideration In starting out fin earnest to fight the bat tie of life. Anyone can make living, if he be industrious. What you want to do it not merely to make living, but to live a life. The knights of the days of chivalry went out upon quest for the deeds sake, for the kings sake and for humanity's sake. So you should seek to get the most Of life's good things, for life's sake, for humanity's sake.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
TON. OF THRILLS.

men rich enough to rent house in Lo don for cornation week."
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Presidential Candidates


 Governor Harmon of Ohio and Gov ernor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey are strongly in evidence as candidates for the democratic nomination for the presi- dency in 1912" said Jacob Merrill of Chi cago.
 I spent week before last in the east where heard many democrats talking in favor of Wilson, but more who were es- pousing the cause of Harmon. In the far west Wilson seems to be stronger than Harmon, but my guess is that Gov ernor Marshall of Indiana, now third m the race, will receive the nomination. All three of the men mentioned are hish types. Any one of them would grace the presidential office but Marshall is my preference. and unless Harmon or Wilson is nominated on an early rol call think a majority of the delegates will unite on the Indiana candidate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04
DEGREES OF AFFLUENcE.

we have a new standard of wealth in this country"
 How is that?' we have rich men, very rich men and
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O.. K.

O. K. The heat may be oppressive, But still 1t must be granted That it's cheering to the fellow Who has his garden planted.
 Scranton Tribune-Republican. It's also cheering to the man Who owns the soda fountains. He Is already making plans To send wiley to the mountains.
 -Wilkesbarre Times-Leader. It's also cheering to the chink Who washes shirts and collars, Y or when old Sol turns on the heat The chink piles up the dollars.
 Allentown Democrat. It also pleases Satan some And causes jubilations, Because 1t is the season when The preachers take vacations.
 Houston Post. Tt also pleases wicked wights Who frequent all the beaches Where there are girls in bathing suits The kind described as ''peaches."
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A WOMAN OF TASTE Mrs. Flubber is seldom seen with MT. Flubber here of late.' Her excuse is a very good one" What is it?'
 MT Flubber's hair is bricl<-red and 1t doesn't harmonize with any of her new gowns"
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UNLESS HE BREAKS HIS NECK. When we an aviator see,
 From praise we can't refrain. He sails the heavens dauntlessly
 And falls to rise again.
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CROWDED OFF.

CROWDED OFF. 'Does he stand on his dignity?'' 'fNo. He says too many other people show disposition to step on it."
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All parties having business with me next week and those desiring to be united In marriage in my office will please call in the forenoon beginning Monday and con tinuing all week, as I will be at the ball game each afternoon.-Ed. M. Stieklin, Justice of the Peace
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ser,nons and Hot Weather

When l was a young man l heard a Sunday sermon which consumed an hour and 20 minutes in its delivery, and listened to 1t with close attention from beginning to end" said an old citizen. "The day was excessively hot and the church was filled to it's ca pacity, and yet the entire congregation seemed rapt. The preacher was famous for his intellectual force. He was not silver-tongued, but better; he was scholarly and inclsive. and every sen tence he spoke seemed to ring with the note of sincerity There was a sub stratum of metaphysics in his presenta- ton of the gospel message. It has been many years since I heard ser mon such as that have in mind.
 'I do not believe the long sermon is popular today, or could possibly hold the undivided attention of congre- gation. I myself, while I enjoyed the sermon of one hour and 20 minutes. would stay away from church today if thought the minister was going to preach at any great length. The best sermons in recent years have been de- livered in less than 25 minutes. and many excellent sermons in less than 15 minutes.
 Our attitude toward the preacher and his sermon now compared with that of the'long years agone can be accounted for in many ways, but the difference is chiefly this: Our mental habit in former days was that of composure; {; we felt edified by the exhaustive treat ment of scripture text, but In this twentieth century our life Is at high pressure and Is consequently feverish.
 After all, 8 fresh. Illuminating thought condensed into a few words should go further in the the nature of things than the argumentative dis course more or less elaborated. Ger tain it Is that in this seething heat of early summer the shorter the sermon the better"
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SHE'S IF.
'Gllks has an impeachment in his
Does he stammer?p

"Giks has an impediment in his speech" Does he stammer?" "No. His wife does all the talking"
 FINE. How do you do, Miss Peek-a-Boo? We're pleased with you Also the viewl
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OH, HAPPY MANI

The following advertisement appears in the Harrisburg. Ill, Bulletin:
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Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 14ls New York avenue.