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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
DAVENPORT AND THE ORIENTAL

From The Illustration Detectives. By
 George Jean Nathan, in the August
 Bookman.
 MT. Homer Davenport, the cartoonist several years ago accepted a commission to attend an exposition in one of the large American cities and to detail the most interesting phases of the fair in a series of characteristic drawings. so- called "Chinese Day" was to be a feature of the months programme, and, as an in troduction to several drawings depicting the manner of the event. MT Davenport thought it would be fine idea to get up 8. general design displaying the figure of commanding dragon and containing the other conventional decorative ingredients that Americans demand in everything pie torial that is supposed to relate to the yellow kingdom. Accordingly, he drew the imperial winged serpent in the act of de- fying the universe, and when he had fin- ished his task, was not at all dlspleased with the result. A friend, however, sug- gested to him that it might be good idea to surmounN the introductory draw ing with a quotation in Chinese that would lend tone" to the work and would. as well, serve as further introduction to the balance of the Chinese series.
 The artist agreed; sought out a Chinese with one of the Oriental mer- chandise exhibits, and asked the latter to put down some militant motto in his na- tive letters. The Chinese, after mo- ments hesitation, did so; Davenport traced the queer characters onto his drawing, and sent the completed work to the publication that he was representing. Two weeks later 1t appeared, and two days later the editor of the publication received a letter from well-educated Chinese in Washington that read. in part. as follows.'
 INT. Davenport's picture is credit to inc sentiments that America holds toward China. but the incongruous words he has placed above it are out of place and spoil the whole thing. What do they mean in connection with the picture of our exalted dragon, our exalted emblem ? What has Buy of How Sing & Co., got to do with the patriotic drawing? Is the whole thing intended merely as an adver- tieenent9"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
Congress Now and in December

Congress Now and in December
 Congress can be depended upon to get ready to adjourn before the pres ent week is fully ended. All legisla- tion is shaped by the need of ad- journment, which has become acute and pressing Great revenue bills will be adjusted to suit this need. The special session, begun April 4, is nearing its closing day. Tomorrow the statehood bill will be voted on in the Senate and a vote on the cotton schedule will doubtless follow soon afterward.
 The wool bill and the free list bill are now in the hands of a conference committee of which MT. Underwood | is an influential member. The floor leader regrets exceedingly the action of the Senate in striking from the free list bill meats and flour. While the House." he said recently, may finally yield, if it is unable to reach the provisions placing meats of all kinds and grain of all kinds on the free list, it will be from necessity and not from choice" Whatever can be wrung out of the interests for the benefit of consumers will be se- cured, and the remainder must go over until we have a Senate that is not subservient to the interests.
 The regular session which meets on the first Monday of December will necessarily be tariff session from start to finish. The country has demonstrated at the polls real down. ward revision, and Chairman Under wood will certainly see to it next win ter that every schedule of the Payne Aldrich tariff is brought down to a revenue basis-to a basis that will decrease the cost of living. That is to say, he will show what the demo- crats would do if they had full pow CT, and when he has done that his full duty has been discharged.
 Between the bills that MT. Under wood will report and the bills that the republicans will offer as best they can, based on their political de- vice called a tariff board, the coun- try will be treated to great strug gle, and that struggle will enter into the election of President in the fol- lowing November All Alabama hopes that Oscar w. Underwood will him self become the nations choice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
The Virginia Capital

John B. Darlington of Anniston, one of the best known industrial men in Ala bama, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 q spent last Sunday and Monday in Richmond" said MT. Darlington, and while the usual summer dullnes in bus mess prevailed, the general trade situa- tion there was very satisfactory. Rich mond Is a fine city and is growing stead ily. It has made wonderful strides in the past two or three years. In the matter of skyscrapers it was somewhat slow, but when 1t did take up with the office build ing fashion it distinguished itself. Rich mond has many towering structures now and the First National bank building In course of construction will have 20 stOrieSi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
ALCOHOL AND THE DEGENERATIVA \.
 DISEASES

The remarkable parallel between the in- creased consumption of alcohol and the increase in deaths from heart and kidney diseases is shown in an article by Norman E. Ditman, M. D., appearing in the issue of Harpers Weekly for August g. Since 1880 the proportion of deaths resulting from these diseases has increased so per cent, and the consumption of alcohol has increased in almost exactly the same ratio. This relationship is demonstrated further by study of the prevalence of these diseases in nations which use al- cohol. as a dink in different forms. strengths and amounts. Thus" says this author, 'the Irish, using by preference the stronger form of alcohol, whisky, show the highest death rate from these dis cases followed next by the beer-drinking Germans, then by the miscellaneous drink ing Americans, and last by the terl- rerate Polish Jews, whose death rate from these diseases is the lowest of nlL. :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
High License and Regulation

The Jefferson county local option campaign is progressing quietly For mer contests in which the liquor ques- ton was involved have been charac- terized by bitterness and certain form of hysteria, and the absence of these unpleasant features is extreme. ly gratifying.
 On the 24th of August many sin cere prohibitionists will vote dry only. Many will vote both dry and wet-that is to say they will vote for the dispensary system rather than vote for the open saloon. But it is believed that the great majority, dis gusted with the blind tiger, will vote for high license and regulation as the best solution of vexing problem.
 Those who actively oppose the sa- loon talk as if they thought condi- tions would be as bad here as they were prior to January 1, 1908, when the legalized liquor traffic was pro hibited. Such people lose sight alto-, gether of the excise commission. The governor has appointed as excise commissioners in Colbert, Mobile and Montgomery men above reproach, and he will appoint the same class of men as excise commissioners for Jeff ferson county.
 The law gives excise commissioners large powers, and that is as it should be. If the citizens forming these commissions were weak and corrupt the open saloon would become obnoX ious indeed But with high-class men to safeguard the public the strictest sort of regulation will be in evidence. No license will be issued for salo,l in a residence section and no appii- cation for a license will be granted unless the applicant is known to be a decent citizen. The opposition to the 30-room hotel, judging from the arguments presented, assumes that everyone who applies for a licerse will receive it on the payment of the price. But thoughtful men know that such will not be the case. The excise commission will grant hotel licenses only to applicants who will be law abiding The day that any licensee violates the law, that day away goes the license.
 With a large majority in favor of regulation and with excise commis- sioners who will perform their duties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

but they do not spread before the att tending farmers the extent and variety of their knowledge. They come right down to methods, and remedies for known evils. They teach the farmers how to dip cattle that carry ticks-how to feed dairy cows-how to fertilize cotton-how to make the farm attractive to boys and girls, and so on to the end of a long list of subjects.
 Auburn is doing a fine work in it's summer school for farmers. Let us hope it will keep it up just as long as a large class can be gathered to hear lectures. The intelligent farmer knows that Auburn is practical in stitution and that what it teaches is based on actual tests and actual ex- perience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
THE AUCTION PEND
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Bildad is as confirmed an auction fend as Mrs. Toodles of historic memory. Strong in resistance to all other lures, he seems utterly unable to withstand the temptations of the hammer and the block. Tt is probably true, as is friend Dobb- leigh has said, that in the days to come Bildad will stop his own funeral pro- cession to go in and bid on some article for which neither he nor Mrs. Bildad has any use, if perchanee the cortege passes a red flag on the way to the cem- etery However this may be. what is. true is that while dozing in church last Sun- fday morning Bildad was suddenly aroused by the minister's announcement of the hymn.
 "We will continue our service by sing ing the three hundred and seventy-fifth hymn" said the clergyman. Hymn new S75.'
 -Four dollars.' roared Bildad, still lingering on the borderland between tho province of dreams and the land oe reality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
PART OF THE PUNIsHMENT

From the Los Angeles Times.
 Oliver H. Curtis, the well-known so- cologist of Omaha, said in a recent lec- ture:
 But our slums are much cleaner than the old, old slums of Europe. Our slum denizens are cleaner, too. Among us it is unusual to sew up children in wooen underwear for the winter-not SD abroad-and I once heard in Hungary of a case that you will hardly credit. A man was arrested for stealing a pig and they told him that he must take bath before entering his cell
 What! Take bath?" the man cried, in a mortified voice.
 a" Yes, said the jailer. How long is it since you've had a bath?'
 So help me- said the prisoner sol emnly, I never was arrested before peVer.' |"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
importance of sea power in war sbetween great nations"
Repar1inu ApnIled psychology

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 "All persons whose mental processes are at all active take an interest in psychology, or at least that branch which seeks to account for certain pe- cullarities in our ethical concepts and in our reasoning" said a man of yer satile tastes and keen observation. Since boyhood I have always studied l those people with whom I came in contact; have tried to understand their springs of action. and have tried to learn how they reconciled their con- science with certain attitudes regard ing moral conduct Some of the best men I ever knew held theories and act ed on those theories that seemed to me most strange, and yet these men were sincere and had as much right to think as they pleased as I had Nothing is easier than to criticise. and a rule refrain from passing unfavorable comment on any of my neighbors who happen to hold political or religious opinions at variance with mine.
 q was particularly interested the other day in reading resolutions passed by representatives of a large Christian denomination censuring certain in- stitution of learning under church con- trol for allowing dancing under its auspices. It seems ~that amusements styled worldy--dancing card playing and theatre going-are prohibited by the book of discipline A member of the church that so prohibits should be governed accordingly, but find that many pay no attention to the church law laid down fin black and white. 1t would be wise. perhaps, to repeal the discipline rules, but that is not for me to say as I am not of the house. hold of faith which looks upon theatre going, card playing or dancing decent ly as immoral or hurtful 10 the Chris tian llfe But whatever be the rules governing the church of ones adher- ence, or whatever be the laws of the state, they should be strictly observed. Yet I find small infractions by men who are otherwise models of morality. The Ten. Commandments cover all the essential things that we must not do, but when it comes to made laws and regulations the conscience is easily strained.
 Many men who are not hypocrites by any means make a great howl because the prohibition law Is violated. but dare say there are not many men in this town who take a. social glass at all who have not violated the prohibition law I have not violated that law but I think I am one of the few. In the first place. never drink liquor, but I would not violate the law no matter how much I might desire drink.
 Total abstinence is the only safeguard against the liquor evil but so long as my reighbors choose to drink in moderation and so long as the liquor traffic is going to be in evidence. I will vote for saloons rather than for dispensary. Some of my best friends will vote for dispensaries. They are men who call themselves prohi- bitionists, but their psychology justifies them, I suppose in voting for the dis pensary system, blind tiger and all. This is a funny world Inconsistency Is very glPrinE"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
Farmers at School in Auburn

That many farmers are leaving the blow and filling the lecture rooms of the Summer school at Auburn is ad- ditional evidence that the day of slovenly farming is coming to an end in this state. The farm demonstra- tors are signing the death warrant of that kind of farming, and the at tendance at Auburn will put the seal on the instrument.
 The lectures at Auburn are ex- tremely practical. The men who de- liver them may be technical. students-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

oently entered. upon the happy state knows so little about housekeeping that she shudders lest the butcher and poker and the rest of the tradesmen discover her ignorance, She orders only articles with which she has some acquaintance, and ends her business interviews as. quick iy as possible.
 on one occasion this young wife was feeling rather puffed up by reason of some newly acquired knowledge of things do- nestle, when the ashman came through the street, uttering his usual cry:
 Ash-ees! Ash-eesr'
 AS the man neared her window she grew more and more perplexed What on earth Is he sayng?" she asked herself At last he appeared at the back door, and there she confronted him.
 -Ash-ees?' came in husky guttural For moment she looked at him resi- tatingly. Then, drawing herself up with great dignity, she replied:
 NO, do not care for any today"
 August LippIncott's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
REr,EcrroNs OF BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 man is ashamed to wear new clothes and a woman not to.
 "A penny in the hand is worth more than a nickel in the slot machine.
 The more sense a man has about most things he bigger fool he can be about some things.
 1t seems as if woman would rather nave her husband wear rubbers than use Christian language.
 When a man gets mad about the cook st home, it's safer for him not to boil over till he gets downtown and can scold the office boy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
st Bernard College

Birmingham will be well represented at St. Bernard during the coming year." said the Rev Father Lawrence, O. s. B., of the college faculty. who is acting pastor of St. Aloysius church at Besse- mer while Father Kitrick is away. Many of the students who were with us in 1910-l1 will return and there will be many new enrollments from the Birming- ham district. The fall term opens Sep tember 12."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
Bright Trade Prospects

Some people like to see business booms, but moderate, healthy trade situation is far better than any abnormal rise in values or any imitation of any sort" said R. C. Morrison of Chicago
 There has been a fairly good general trade during the past six or eight weeks and the outlook for fall is very bright in- deed. Business should be especially ac- tive in the south. Crops in this part of the country never were so large
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

Every man gets all necessary data for wool revision every time he buys a suit of clothes and he stands ready to throw tke report of the tariff board in the wastepaper basket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

An injunctior is not wholly bad in all eases. A Chics go man recently secured Che restraining his wife from calling him up by telo ophone during his office hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
MPTOMS.

Colonel Soggsby's eyes look Hshy. Don't you think we'd better remove him from the banquet hall?'
 Not yet, not yet Although his eyes do look rather fishy his eye-lids have not yet begun to droop.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

Upton Sinclair is utilizing term in iail to boost his particular brand of lit . erature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

faithfully and we'll Birmingham will be free for years to come from a repetition of the agitation over the liquor question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

John Jacob Astor, who has divorced wife, has won another, aged 3. Thus { aociety's chief prize in New York is taken out of the market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

Good people should read the plays of Shakespeare more and spend less tune listening to Baconian theories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

The barrel route over Niagara Falls will never become popular outside "i vaudeville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

MT Leishmap may have a chance to poke the Kaiser in the ribs. John Hays Hammond will have to rest content on ais London record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
KNOCKERS

There was girl in our town Who had wealth of hair" And since it never tumbled down, The neighbors did declare, Although they rather liked the girl Her name was Gussie Twigg- And here their lips began to curl, They'd bet she wore wig.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

The revolution against MT. Bryan was rendered complete by MT. Underwood's prompt and courageous action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

New York city claims to have passed she 5,o00.OOO mark, not counting a mill lion more at The end of tubes in New Jersey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

A Lorimer witness is match for war scare prophet any day in a period of investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

Some think President Taft is training to enable him to swing veto pen with ' igor and precision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

No one has yet been told which of the sS little Standard oil companies is to be the bellwether with the power to name prices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

pr. Wiley is opposed to beer made cut of cabbages. The Remsen board may, however, overrule him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

Fall hats for women are to be high, but not andu1y broad. There IS alWays room at the top.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

The doctor, preacher and lawyer crop leaves nothing to be desired, but the potato crop Is sadly disappointing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

New York is building another big subway. It will be stuffy, but New York feels that it must have 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

The weather clerk should withhold all heat waves from this town until the focal option question is settled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

James ,Whitcomb Riley should not trespass rudels on the Carnegie privi- lege of founding libraries bearing his name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
SOME DISADVANTAGES

 Hast thou a tiny strip of lawn? Dost mow 1t every day, Arising with the lark at dawn, Pretending to be gay? Dost ever wish thou ne'er hadst tried The sweet bucolic life, For one who would not be denied By whom I mean thy wife? Dost ever race to catch thy train, With wildly beating heart, For fear before the steps thou gain, That "choo-choo' will depart? Hast ever stood up all the way To town, without chance So much thy languid form doth sway, At morning news to glance? Dost watch the clock the whole day long And leave the show at night, Right in the middle of a song, And homeward take thy flight, Because thou liv'st so far from town And twill be i o'clock Before thou layest myself down In some suburban block? If so thou well may'st heave sigh And wish thou hadst the dough- To live in town, though rents are high And few cool breezes blow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING.

BEE ORE AND AFTER TAKING. He used to tie her dainty shoe, Delighted with the task; But now, when there's chore to do, She has to ask and ask. And even then he doesn't stir
 Until she almost cries. Forthwith he makes a face at her And sluggishly complies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

Six pigeons flew from Jacksonville to Baltimore in two days without once stopping for gasoline
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

A Tammany leader Is about to be de- posed He kept a butler and played { off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

The lords have concluded that last ditch stand would be more annoying chan profitable. and so a majority of them have concluded to take their med lcine and say no more about 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

OVERCOME. I know a certain citizen, Most wise, 1t would appear; Who's very philosophical While drinking of his beer But sometimes when the weather Precludes his keeping cool, He quite forgets his stately mien And drivels like a fool,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
POSITIVELY CHILDUnKE.

POSITIVELY CHILDLnKE.
 Tt is surprising how silly some of these stage women are," remarked Mrs. Flih- bit. who never goes to the theatre.
 Why so, my dear?'' asked MT. FIihbit. a patron of burlesque.
 "A paragraph In this newspaper states that Madame Cheriemort played for two years in A Dolls House."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

THE USUAL ADJECTIVE. I've noticed one thing" And what is that?' Tt seems impossible for a man to be sociologist without being an eminent sociologist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

ABOUT BREAKING THE BANK" Reading any fiction these days?" Nothing more than few press agents stories from Monte Carlo"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
TELEPHONES

There is but one puritan amongst shem, asd he sings psalms to hOrnpipes
 Winters Tale,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
MODEST FAMT

MODEST FAME. He opens the directory With something of an air; His bosom swells with modest pride, Because his name is there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

SORDID, AND YET The poet sings of Blossom Land With all his heart and soul; Most any land is Blossom Land For him who has a roll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

A BIBLIOPHILE. "He has a collection of books that d. most any man Might envy" 'Indeed?'
 "Yes. They show sum total of s50- coo in bank deposits PAUL COOK,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

z E. Morgan and T. s. Millsap are .-the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald In its circulation dena rtment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffoe as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

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