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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
Insurgents and Insurrectos

When Congress meets the Mexican movement will be assailed by the in- surgents and upheld by large invest ment interests. A billion dollars in- vested in Mexico will speak through certain leaders in the Senate in favor of the Diaz autocratic rule, and Sen ator LaFollette will lead the insur- gents in championing the insurrec- tos as the true friends of popular rights and liberty. No matter what the administration may say it's army movement is movement to crush the .fisurrection and to re-establish the shaken authority of the aged Diaz. The insurgents, supported to some extent by the democrats, will assail the administration for putting the country in the attitude of a de- fender and supporter of Diaz and tyranny.
 The great expense of the Rio Grande movement will almost cer- tainly call for the passage of an urgent deficiency bill at the extra session, and any such bill will be bit terly opposed, especially by the in- surgents. The insurgents have never accepted MT. Taft as leader and never will, and his effort in behalf of the billion dollars invested in Mexico and of Diaz will be used to widen the gulf between them. In other words, a Diaz sentiment in the extra session will be met at every point by an anti -Diaz sentiment, and probably a great deal of truth about Mexico and the Diaz regime will be told before Congress takes summer vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
Planning for Music Festival

Birmingham had successful music festival last spring with Walter Dam rosch's New York Symphony orches- tra as the chief attraction, and steps are now being taken to have a festi- val again this season. Damrosch will probably be re-engaged, but in ad- dition to his excellent orchestra and his solo quartet of vocal artists, one or more great celebrities will be on the bill.
 J. H. Holcomb, the president of the association, who managed last years festival, and to whose untiring en- ergy was largely due it's financial success, has been induced to head this years festival movement. He is sup ported by an executive committee composed of public spirited citizens, and at a meeting held yesterday it was suggested that instead of raising a guarantee fund of only $6O00-the amount of last years fund-a hun dried citizens be asked to sub scribe S1O0 each toward guarantee to make good any deficit that might result. In other words, guarantee of $10,000 is proposed, and it should be easy to raise this among the citizens of Birmingham who appreciate the humanizing influence of high-class music.
 The chances are that three days festival in May will wind up with a surplus instead of deficit. The one last year paid expenses, and the guarantors were not called on for cent. With Mary Garden, Tetraz- zini, Schumann-Heink, or other draw ing attractions of their rank there would probably be a considerable surplus. However, if there should be a deficit it would be small, and would, therefore, fall lightly on in- dividual guarantors.
 Damrosch gave a festival in Bir- mingham in the spring of 1909. It was a brilliant artistic affair, and music lovers thronged to all of the five concerts. In 1910 the crowds were even greater. As Birmingham is growing rapidly in population, to say nothing of it's advance in musical culture, it is safe to say that con- siderable percentage of increase in the number of those who buy tickets will be in evidence. A display of pub lie spirit and enthusiasm at the start is needed, and in this matter MT. Holcomb and his committee should not be disappointed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
sEwANEE IN THE SENATE

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch
 The University of the South, which the Brooklyn Eagle Speaks of affectionately as ''the little cold water college of Se- vance in the mountains of Tennessee" will have three of its graduates in the United States Senate after the 4th of March-John Sharp Williams of Missis- sippi, the former democratic leader of the House. and one of the ablest of the rep- resentatives of the south; Euke Lea, ''the young giant of Tennessee" and LeRoy Percy of Mississippi. "The University of Princeton" says the Eagle, cannot be- gin to approach this record" The Eagle says further:
 Capt. Archie Butt. the Presidents mill taiy aide, has obtained promise from MT. Taft to visit Sewanee during the com ing spring. Sewanee achieved great fame in the world of athletics by the performance of its football team in the season of 1899. With a squad of only 15 men 1t made a 2O0O-mile trip, playing five games in six days. It won them all and was not scored on once. The team was coached by Herman Suter, the famous Princeton halfback, who is now the pub fisher of Luke Lea's newspaper, the Ten nessean. of which ex-Senator Carmack was the editor when he was assassinated by Colonel Cooper"
 It is hoped that Capt. Archie Butt will be able to hold MT. Taft to his engage ment. Sewanee is always a delightful place to visit, and particularly during the spring. It is built up on the mountain top, but far beyond tem.pation. It is not little cold water college" but a great big university with 3S instructors, grad uate schools and all the marks of institu- tions of its sort. It has been very suc- cessful in turning out big men who can hold their own against any odds, and if 1t only had a good deal more money it would become speedily one of the most largely attended of the higher institu- tions of the country, as it is already one of the best in scholarship and achieve ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
Hookworm Among the Children

The Rockefeller sanitary commits sion and the Georgia state board of health have made public figures which show that few, if any, counties in Georgia are exempt from hook worm infection. In thirty-nine coun- ties the infection of the school chil- dren ranges from 40 to 80 per cent; in forty-six counties from 20 to 40 per cent, and in twenty counties from 1 to 20 per cent. It is scarcely exag- geration to say that hookworms are lessening the vitality and energy of one-half of the children of Georgia.
 Beyond all reasonable doubt the children of Alabama are proportion ately infected, and Alabama should not rest until her children find re- lief from this insidious infection.
 The donation of $1,O00,00O for this purpose by John D. Rockefeller is bringing every state board of health to the rescue of the children. Scien- tific treatment is in this way brought to bear, and the infection bids fair to be minimized and perhaps eradicated. The inspectors are building up public sentiment in this respect as well as public knowledge among local phy- sicians. All physicians are enabled to detect by personal observation the presence of infection. The fight against the hookworm is well organ ized in the southern and Pacific coast states where it is more preva- lent. In each state a director has been appointed and he and his staff aim, first, to enlist the services of all local physicians, and then to urge the people to seek examination and treatment. All school children are ex- amined. All indigent people are treated without charge or fee of any kind. When all this has been accom- plished then stop must be put to soil pollution and years will be con sumed in accomplishing this part of the task. But it can be done, and 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

might cite 50 more examples. Even the astonishing lameness of character ob- servation shown in the parallel of Chan tecler's barnyard with ordinary human life seems to lose on the stage by the fact that the actors, like Poe's ghouls, are neither brute nor human.'
 This Is the judgment of Paris
 Rostand has written an enduring work, rich in beauty, in philosophy, in shrewd and gentle satire of our human world But this work, however delightful as lit- erature, cannot be given on the stage without travestying itself. Those feath- cred creatures. with faces staring at us from odd parts of their anatomy, are not the barnyard characters we know so well, but race of monstrosities. For Ros- tand has attempted the impossible and the result pays the penalty that every art must pay when 1t tries to ignore the limitations which are the very marrow of its being.
 "Chantecler," the stage "Chantecler." by attempting a realism which is not and cannot be convincing, obscures the only quality which makes it worth while as work of art-its magnificent realism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
An honest tale speeds best being plainly Told. king Richard HI.
Cotton Seed Products

Out of S09 cotton seed mills in the country all are located in the south except two. Kansas has one of the two, and Illinois the other. On ac- count of the bulk of seed the mills are confined to the cotton fields, and always will be. Texas is the leader in this industry followed in order by Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Alabama.
 In Alabama there were one year ago T mills that crushed in year 310,800 tons of seed, obtaining there from 13,061, 400 gallons of oil, 141,- 200 tons of meal, $500 tons of hulls, and 13,77O,OO0 pounds of linters. The value of these products was $8,714,- 900.
 It becomes interesting to inquire as to what becomes of the rest of the seed of the state. The mills crushed 31O,O00 tons, or just about one-half of the seed that goes with a crop of 100000 bales of lint cotton. Some of the remaining half is used as seed, some perhaps fed to stock, some used as fertilizers, and the remainder goes to waste in odd places. Valuable as the seed has be- come only half of the seed product reaches the oil mills, which are to be found in almost every county.
 The tendency is to build smaller mills-to attach one, in fact, to every ginnery. In that way the seed reaches the mill in better condition, and the value of the oil depends altogether upon the condition of the seed when 1t is crushed. Judging by the general course of building there should be 150 mills in Alabama by 1920. The use of cotton seed oil as a substitute for animal fats renders it unlikely that the products of cotton seed will ever become less valuable. The use of meal as a foodstuff bids fair to in- crease and altogether the outlook for cotton seed products is promising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
Segregation of the Races

The first segregation act of the Baltimore city council was declared unconstitutional, and new ordinance has been adopted which will stand any test, it is believed, that lawyers may subject it to in the courts. The ordi- nance relates more particularly to building permits. Any application for . permit to erect residence is to specify whether the proposed Building is to be occupied by whites
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
VALUING THE BABY

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 The California state board of health has placed value of s4O00 on a baby Prof. Edwin R. A. Seligman of Coium- bia declares that baby of less than n year old represents a value of at least s15O,o0o. And Prof. Thomas Nixon Car yer of Harvard says that $20 Is a fair value for the average person, and pro- ceeds to figure out the profit and loss ,o the community. on the basis of future earning power of the child, comparing him to a COW which consumes certain amount of fodder and produces a cer- tain quantity of milk each year. f
 Sordid souls these. Let Us hear from the poets, who express more of human nature in line or two than the econo- mist in a 5Oo-page tome. Says one: They are idols of the hearts and of houss-
 holds, t-
 They are angels of God in disguise
 Another sings:
 Children are the keys of Paradise. And when a baby dies one sings plain lively: 4}A4sf You scarce could think so small thing Could leave loss so large.
 Still another thinks of children as Living Jewels dropped unstained from
 Heaven.
 A poet who must have had experience sang: A A baby in the house is 2 well-spring of
 pleasure.
 Finally. our own Longfsllow, who loved children. said: g@ ss.s{ An, what would the world be to us If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before.
 It is commercial age when the baby is weighed against sack of dollars. The wealth of Rockefeller cannot balance the value to be found in a little child. Nor can a kings crown satisfy the hears if the sunshine of infancy be wanting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
Concerning Convention Cities

Birmingham is especially popular as a convention city and the only thing that prevents it from capturing more large na- tional meetings than it does, is it's lack of adequate hotel accommodations, said an active member of a fraternal order who seldom fails to attend the annual gatherings of his organization.
 During the past ten years I have missed only two of our national meet ings and within the past two years have heard many delegates express them selves in favor of Birmingham for a meeting place just as soon as this city was equipped with one or two more ho- tels. Among southern cities Atlanta and Richmond are popular from a convention point of view. Each of these cities is prepared to take care of almost any gathering. But the majority of people who are in the habit of attending nation- al meetings have visited Richmond and Atlanta one or more times and they would like to come here because Brming- ham is in the spotlight as phenomenal city. Coming here to attend a meeting would be a change for them and they would certainly enjoy it.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
RErLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the Now York Press.
 After the marriage altar begins the cure.
 Contradicting the cook is about the in- sanest thing.
 Young people can have a very good time by not following old peoples advice.
 large part of the admiration woman can feel for man is because he has to shave.
 Women might vote less on principles than men, but they'd be pretty sure to vote more on conscience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
SET FREE.

She was a woman imperious, Always her mood it was serious. An, but her husband he suffered so- Truly, the world 1t can never anow. Murmured he, "Yes, dear," innumerable
 times. Followed her meekly through various
 climes. Still for his troubles was treated like
 snitz, But, now that she's dead, oh, how gaily
 he f1itsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
ERE LONG.

ERE LONG. Ere long we'll gaze With hearts awhirl, And loudly praise The bathing girl.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. But why the wait? Fen now the rage Are bathing girls Upon the stage.
 Youngstown Telegram. We don't approve, Not at our age, Of bathing girls Upon the stage.
 Houston Post. The place to bathe A bathing girl Is on the beach Where pillows swirl.
 San Antonio Express. What matters it, On stage or beach, Just so the girls A peachy peach?
 Daily Oklahoman. What matters 1t To make a po'm? We're strong for them If wife ain't home.
 st. Louis Times. A HORRIBLE EXAMPLE. 'oThe talIest soldier in the British army
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
An unexploded Shell

"A most peculiar discovery has just been made public through a member of the Grenfell-Hoadley party, which has been travelling about the south for some tiue," said a citizen.
 Captain Bartlett, the widely known English war correspondent and newspa- per man. was strolling about Mobile few days ago. He is very much interested in wars and relics. He discovered two cam non balls in front of a Mobile store which had been picked lip during the war be- tween tine states and placed on a large pile of oyster shells as an ornament or advertisement for thef restaurant. The English war writer, after looking at the two shells, finally discovered that one of them was loaded. He went into the res- taurant. reported his discovery to the manager and the cannon ball was ex- amined minutely.
 "The belief of Captain {, Bartlett was confirmed and some of the oldest citizens of the city were called in to look at the charged cannon ball. The only explana,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
WITH PIPE AND rEu1r

By Austin Dobson. With pipe and flute the rustic Pan Of old made music sweet for man.:
 And wonder hushed the warbling bird And closer drew the warm-eyed herd The rolling river slowlier ran. Ahi would--ah! would, little span. Some air of Already could fan
 This age of ours, too seldom stirred
 With pipe and flute. But now for gold we plot and plan; And from Beersheba unto Dan,
 Apollo's self might pass unhsard.
 Or ind the nlght1ar's note pref fsrred- Not 50 1t fared; when time begah.
 With pipe and nute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
Harmon Sentiment in the West

'I was in Seattle last month and found that city growing at rapid rate,' said William Deneen of Chicago. "All of the western cities seem to be prospering as never before All made fine showings in the census, but believe Seattle has the best future of any of them, with the ex- ception of San Francisco, and possibly Los Angeles. #
 "I heard a good deal of political talk in the west, and among tho democrats Governor Harmon of Ohio seemed to have the lead for presidential honors. He Is very popular indeed, and it is generally thought that he will head the presi- dental ticket in 1912, although Woodrow Wilson is being somewhat favorably dis cussed for standard bearer.
 "western democrats have the reputa- ton of being more radical than those of the east and the middle west. But many business men in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco gave it as their reason why they especially admired Harmon was that he was conservative rather than radical I believe if the democratic con- vention were held this year Harmon would have a walk-over for the nomina- tion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Senator LaFollette and the insurgents in general propose to ascertain the cost and the whyness of the "maneuvers' along the Mexican border.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Colonel Roosevelt should not be expect ed to shut himself up in stuffy news paper office when we have such goings on in Texas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Mexico's constitution forbids foreign troops from entering the country, but when an army becomes aggressive 1t does not go round reading constitutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

A new aviator whose name is Mars has dawned on the world. For once birdman has been found who has name that fits his calling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Some think the United States will yet extend from the pole to Panama. This would be alliteratlve, but it would in- clude 8 great many undesirable citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Mexicos troubles do not come singly. She had several small earthquakes on Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Locomotive engineers in Mexico are no longer willing to run their trains at night when insurrecto bullets go whistling along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
OMAR OUT OF DATE
m the Washineton Post.

From the Washington Post.
 q sometimes wonder what the vintner buys half so precious as the stuff he sells,' sang Omar. but that was before Mrs. Busch received her >2OO.0o0 gold dia- dem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
OH, OF COURSE
From tine Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 The people of Birmingham "voted over- whelmingly'' for commission government. And yet we don't doubt that there were some persons in Birmingham who were busily engaged in saying "the people don't want it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

The continued silence of Captain Hob son Is becoming painful to the fippant parag graphers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

viterbo, in Italy, is full of jury dodgers who decline to sit in judgment on the indicted Camorrists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

They are beginning to photograph the coronation costumes in London. This sort of thing is to go on until the middle of June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

The coronation is stirring New York society to it's very depths, and Newport bids fair to be depopulated this summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Many legislatures propose to tax bach elors, but few have passed laws of that nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

The Aldrich currency plan may have an April string attached to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

The old original Maine is billed to ap pear to all observers in about six weeks. We will then know who did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
HUMAN NATURE

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 Now that it is possible to buy a drink lawfully in Alabama, so many people won't want to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

wild west show would be a superhu ity on the Rio Grande this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Mobilization on the Rio Grande will post millions and the Guggenheims will not foot the bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Harvard students now drink in skim milk with their Epictetus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
AUTHORS ABSORPTION.

AUTHORS S ABSORPTION. ''Has Scribit suddenly gone crazy?' q think not. Why do you ask?' T passed him on the street this morn- ing and there was such a wild look in his eyes it frightened me-"
 ''Oh, don't be alarmed Scribit is writ ing novel and he kills of his villain to- day..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Sixty-five years ago Gen. Zachary Fay Tor also marched to the Rio Grande.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

The largest man is he who refuses 10 stand up and let rich widow marry him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
UNDERWOOD, TARIFF REvIsIoNIsT

Strawberries are edging up to the short cake stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
HAVE YOU NOTICED?

HAVE YOU NOTICED? The chorus trips in harem skirts, Forsooth, to be in style, But all unchanged, those Mauds and
 Gerts Still wear the same old smile. 
 HANDICAPPED. q feel sorry for those poor Koreans.'' 'Why?" ~Because, You brutep is the strongest expletive they know" "Yes?" "Just think how much they would like to call the Japanese something really sul- pEurous."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

Instead of mobilizing an army on the Rio Grande the administration will have to mobilize excuses for it's action in aid- ing Diaz when Congress meets on April f.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
SEEMS ODD

SEEMS ODD. contemporary publishes a picture of penniless baroness, which shows her to be very, very fat We would have supposed her to be very, very thin.
 PAUL COOK