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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-21

in the things that are unpurchasable. While money can buy fine houses, yachts pictures, automobiles, balls and dinners it cannot buy respect, integrity or happiness; and no man was ever yet hopored for his riches, however courted
 and fiattered he may have been. The only names In history worth remember ing are there because they did some thing else than make money. The real ly great rewards, the splendid and last ing prizes that have crowned life of effort or abnegation, have never yet been accorded in any land or by any
 race to mere wealth.
 Money when not the gift of affec- ton is held by no moral right except when earned and any amount of money should be an order payable to the bearer for a proportionate amount of service To care more for getting
 money than for giving its full equiva- lent in service is to start on the down grade and he who attempts in the ac- ouisition of money to command more service from his fellows than ne rem
 ders them is unconsciously working for
 the disruption of society. ITO be past the fear of want Is an essential condition of happiness, but to be beyond the chance to work is the greatest misery Some work in which one loses ones self, work for it's own sake or work for another's sake. is the | supreme good of life; and 1t is the | things that we work for that we value | most and enjoy most, for
 "sThe things that we find at our hands, though dear,
 Don't count so much in the long, long run
 As the things that we work for year bN year.
 And patiently gather one by one .erhe possession of wealth should have no weight whatever in deter mining the worth of man or his standing in the community in which he | lives-a man should be judged not by | what he has, but by what he Is. And after a man has acquired wealth he should be judged not by the amount of | his wealth, but by the means by which
 he acquired it and the use he is mak- | ing of It.
 | "Money when acquired by questiona-
 ble business methods, grasping avarice
 or disregard for the rights of others is
 badge of dshonor, and all the gold of Golconda is not worth possessing if one has to pay for 1t in integrity, self | respect, or that spiritual growth that comes not from what ave got, but from | what we give This is the real gospel
 of wealth and will you not accept and | preach 1t?
 If so, let us not live to get. but | "'Get to live; | Then live and use it: else it is not true | That thou hast gotten Surely good use alone
 Makes money not a contemptible stone
 " Give of myself. Mans wealth depends 1 Not on the pence he holds and hoards l Nor on the gift he wells affords,
 But on the spirit gold he makes and l spends"
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great wealth ceases to be associated
 with character, honesty, and public re-
 spect, it is shabby and an undesira-
 ble thing. c, sN
 Though for many years to come the
 commercial spirit may dominate our
 society. at the critical moment there will come to light so much brutal in- difference to the rights of others, so
 much tyrannical use of power, so much
 arbitrary employment of privilege, so
 much cynical disregard of human ties of
 all kinds, and so much vulgar greed
 on the part of some who have been most successful in amassing wealth. that
 money will no longer be considered the
 supreme prize of life. 3.. AS the years roll on this revolt
 against the lure of gold will gather
 strength and conviction until complete enfranchisement comes. Then we will have a new gospel of wealth'--a gospel that teaches that the business of the
 world Is not individual success, but it's own betterment;' that the biggest thing on earth is not pile of gold, either honestly or dishonestIy amassed, that there are better things than the things that money can buy; that it is wiser to spend ones life for them than for those within reach of the every day dollar; and that there Is something very distinguished in the possession of these more precious things--something personal, inalicnable and imperishable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-21
HOUSE COMMITTEE OF WOMEN, MRS. s. JACOBS, CHAIRMAN

The election of Mir. Henry Lee Bad ham as president of the Country club has started an era of new and clever ideas, and that popular meeting place for society promises to be a center of gay and fashionable life during the months to come. An innovation which will be productive of a gracious hospi- tality in the club was MT. Badham's ap- pointment of woman as chairman of the house committee. Mrs. Solon Jacobs was invited te serve the club in this clever management, tact and artistic taste, for, under the new regime, many changes are to be wrought in the club involving entertainments of varied or- der, the establishment of a tea terrace, and improvements in the furnishings of several apartments-ln brief, many things will be done, and all of them with the view to making a more at- tractive and pleasant place for, the women who are affiliated with it. Mra. Jacobs is to be chairman of a commit. tee of five. She has been given carte blanche in introducing ideas for the ina provement. of the club itself and it's Inequalities.
 Mir. Badham's appointment of a wom- an in this position Is without precedent It was a clever idea and has grown out of the thoughtfulness. gracious and genial nature which make him one of the most popular men in society and will make his incumbency a brilliant success. fa
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D. c. convention, with Mrs. Weed of Cory made the address of welcome for the chapters of this city. The address was made in the capitol in the house of rep resentatives, amid thrilling and historic and senators and citizens pronounced it the finest thing they had ever heard from the lips of a woman. She has attended most of the general con- iventions of the U. D. c. from Whining ton to Houston, and has been conspicu- 5ous and important figure in these. .conven- tions. When Col. Hilary Herbert ap- peared before the Norfolk convention, U. D. C., asking that Arlington monument be made the work of the general body it was Mrs. Cory who led the forces in this memorable contest, and finally succeeded in passing her motion. which made this great work the especial effort of the gen. eral r. D. c. This monument is now in the hands of Sir Moses Ezekiel, the noted sculptor whose whole heart is cen tered in it's early completion that Colonel Herbert and his companions may soon celebrate it's unveiing. Mrs. Cory is also interested in the club and literary. life of Alabama, and the philanthropic his tory of the state and city are closely in- terwoven with her good services Mrs. Cory has given valuable contributions to the newspapers and home magazines, and her little book, "The Ladies' Memorial Association of Montgomery," is of rare literary and historic value
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ALUMNAE OF HUDSON COLLEGE E
 HEAR ABLE ADDRESS BY BIR-
 EINGHAM WOMAN-PERSON- !ALITIES-MRS. LUKE HAS MIN 1 IATURES ACCEPTED BY GIL | CAGO ARE INSTITUTE-MRS. I CORY PRESIDENT OF STATE DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFED- ERACY-MRS. SOLON JACOBS F APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF HOUSE COMMITTEE OF COUN- TRY CLUB-OTHER TOPICS OF
 SOCIAL INTEREST
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pressed in the box office receipts" this is why a member of the staff of a great metropolitan daily in his book on Making a Newspaper" very frankly and brutally says of newspapers. They. are in reality pure business ventures conducted for the purpose of making money;' this is why the chancellor of a great university, which had just been enriched by the gift of S1 ,000, 900 from trust president, was lead into vicious attack Son the President of the United States because in his message to Con gress the President had urged an in yestigation of the business methods of that trust; this is why the pastor of one of our most important churches, which numbered in ies congregation group of Standard oil magnates, ut l tered from his pulpit scathing rebuke to all who had dared to inveigh against predatory wealth. and tainted money" and this is why the lure of gold. which is thus insidously com mercializing our drama. our newspa- pers. our colleges, our churches, and all of our public opinion forming in- fluences has become one of the great est evils of our day and is a serious menace to our national life.
 And if we would not have the time come when we will cast into bronze, for admiring throngs to gaze upon, the features of pool presidents, trust mag mates, and captains of industry instead of our Franklins, our Washingtons, our Lincoln and our Lees we must change | our perspective and stop using the gold standard in taking the measure of man.
 For there is a growing tendency in America to divide the people of this country into classes not based upon titles of nobility not upon mental en- dowments and moral standing but upon | the possession of wealth on the one hand and the lack of it on the other The man who possesses large stores of | this worlds goods is placed in one class, the man of intellectual attain ments in another, and the man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow in still another; and sad to say in the estimation of many the man of money is placed above all others.
 The newspapers and magazines are | largely responsible for this elevation of money above man, wealth above worth, riches above right. and dollars l above deeds. They are constantly filled with details of the movements, the pos sessions, and the personal appearance of the rich the undeserving as well as the deserving the undeserving are given more space because their per | formances are more sensational and, l therefore, more attractive to morbid lovers of news of that character. And this continual exploitation and lauda-
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literary efforts. So timely is a discussion on this topic that Mrs. Haleys paper is reproduced with the certainty of inter esting The >Age-Herald readers here and elsewhere. Mrs. w. H. Lovelace, presi- dent of the Judson Alumnae association, in introducing Mrs. Haley, gave story Of her ancestry and personal achieve rnents, whose brevity but served to make each fact more prominent. She said:
 T do not know how best to introduce . to this audience the woman who was se- lected by our association to make our annual address this year Shall intro duce her as the granddaughter of our beloved townswoman. Mrs. Billingsley who was a member of the first class ever graduated from the Judson, and of Isaac Billingsley, generous benefactor of Judson and at one time president of her board of trustees? Shall I introduce her as the daughter of Elizabeth Bilingsley Byrd, also a graduate of Judson and a brilliant novelist, and of William Byrd, a descendant of the famous William Byrd, of Westover, in Virginia? Shall 1 intro duce her as Leila Byrd. former much Aofcu 4ndilOH Ebl, dlSO d BIduldtS OI Judson and /the leader of her class in school? Or shall introduce her as Mrs. l.. J. Haley of Birmingham. a distn- guished figure in club and social circles? I shall solve the difficulty by introducing her as all these, and it gives me pleas ure to tell you she will now speak to us on The Lure of Gold
 Mrs Haley spoke first of how the Hove of money has characterized humanity throughout the ages of how Diogenes put money first in his classification of the good things of life, money, friends, content" how Cato said, Help me to money and I will help myself to all else;" how Shakespeare said, When money goes before all ways do lie open;' and the Danes have g proyerb which reads, "A golden key opens every door save Heavens" And of how we all want money, and how the love of money is ! the master passion of the age in spite or
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Mrs, b. J. Haley. who is one of the
 brainest women in Alabama's club cir
 cles,fis prominent in the various branches
 of civic work and in the social life of
 Birmingham, has just returned from Ma ! rion, Ala. where she delivered one of the ablest papers that has ever been pre- scented before the alumnae of Judson col 1 iege. Each spring the alumnae of that institution assemble together and some member is appointed to deliver an ad- dress, choosing a subject. This appoint mentfcame to Mrs. Haley some time ago, and she chose as sher topic The Lure of Gold" Her address, given in the bright, breezy manner which has made her a favorite speaker among club women, is profound in its research, practical in its suggestions. and has the grace of original tty which is always characteristic of her
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on the sinking bodies of their fellow men.
 "On the other hand the annals of benevolence are brilliant with such names as Girard and Peabody and Cooper and Johns Hopkins--benefac- tors of education and science whose money has upon 1t no taint of restitu tion no suspicion of an epdeavor to bribe the future or to plead with irn- mortality for their names. For bet ter than to have given their money wisely, these men acquired 1t honestly they followed John Wesleys advice, Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.
 Mrs. Haley then showed how the power of money covers so vast field that man who possesses 1t is able almost to revolutionize the world: that he can make it better and leave
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CONTINUED ON PAGE sAp
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PALM READINGS A FEATURE
 OF ENTERTAINMENT

branch lof learning that will reveal to man something regarding his char acter or life, be it good or bad, becomes at once of intense interest to him..
 The ladies of the Free Kindergarten associa ton have realized that this pha SC of human nature might be used to ad- vantage for a good cause. One of it's members has discovered in Birmingham living the quiet life of student. a. woman of remarkable psychic powers "a palmist whose work is claiming the attention of intellectual minds.
 Doubts regarding psychic ph heno,nena
 
 CONTINUED ON PAGE sAy
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PERSONALITIES

The friends of Mrs. John Wallace Luke, who, have watched her career artistic with so much interest. will be gratified to know of recent compliment paid to her work. It was while pursuing her
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Causing Lots of Talk

Blue Ribbon Vanilla Extract has scored great hit with the housekeepers. One teasp3onful to the quart navors perfect iy. fure, strong. deicious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-21
MRS. HALEY'S ADDRESS
 ON THE LURE OF GOLD


 all the diatribes essayists and sermon izers picturing it as the root of all evil, D and an obstacle to entrance into the kingdom of Heaven-that the liturgy of today reads, Mans chief aim is to make money and as Bishop Potter says. 'the one eager, dominant hunger that salutes us from one end to another of our broad land is the passion, the greed of gain"
 'In this commercial age." said Mrs. Haley, "a person must be financially sue cessful if he would enjoy the esteem of a large portion of his fellowmen. Integrity, personal and moral worth, and high in- tellectual endowments will, of course, now, as always, count for something, but the reputation for these excellences alone will not penetrate far enough to satisfy even modest ambition for public recognition and social distinction. Unfortunately in this day
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l" Who has-is.
 Who has not-is not. And who is not-can not

This view has become almost univer- sal, and this is why an all-pervading rus from the real aims of existence this is why so many parents urge their children to waste. no time in preliminaries but to knuckle down as early as possible to the chief problem of the age, the endless piling up of treasure; this is why one of our greatest theatrical managers says, The life of play in America does not depend, as the sentimentalists would
 have us believe. on merit, but on the public approval of that play as ex-
The Lamar register., 1911-12-20
Secretary Wilson's Annual

The annual report of Secretary
James l.. Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture. just out. contains a
mass OF information of general in
terest on the subject of the great
American farm The year. he says.
was extremely hard on crops and
most of them dropped below recent
standards. but he points triumph
antly to the fact that their market
value held up to the highest rec
ords-all but animal producers. He
shows how this country still domi-
mates the world In corn and cotton.
how its surplus products OF asriicnl-
ture swell its exports and how the
outflow and inflow of staples of the
soil does much to keep its ports
and wharves busy.
The secretary tells how his de-
partment has been Investigating
cold storage. studying the weather.
from the uttermost parts of the
earth. coaching lesser agencies for
bringing useful plants and trees
the promotion of scientific agricul-
ture, inspecting meat and improving
The Lamar register., 1911-12-20

still have the convention system OF
naming delegates may still use that
system.
Senator Borah's minority report
compelling all states to select their
delegates by the primary method
was defeated.
1t would seem that each state
should have the opportunity of Sc
Letting its delegates In the man.
ner in which it sees fit To com
pei primaries in states which have
made no lawful provision for them
would lead to a chaotic condition
of affairs. and would put n consider.
able burden of expense upon the
party or upon individuals.
For ourselves. we are not conf
dent that this so-called primary law,
either for the selection of dele
gates or for senatorial candidates.
prove a panacea for all political
ills. The man who has money
enough to organize every precinct
in the state is likely to be. as
Stephenson was in Wisconsin. the
leader in the senatorial race. The
primary is quite likely to aid the
man of wealth. or the good fell
low" who can kiss all the babies In
the county-and II does not neces-
sarily follow that the best nominee
for the office is the man whom the
people choose.
We have In Colorado Springs
the primary method of selecting
our city commissioners and we have
not yet heard Of anybody pointing
with pride to the results of that
system.
But we are to try II In this state
next year and we shall all be bet
ter able to judge by Its actual re-
suits on a large scale than we are
Springs Telegraph.
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live stock. fighting for pure drugs
and food and warning upon pests
of trees, fruits and grains. against
enemies of many kinds has engaged
the attention of the department as
ardently as its constant struggle
to keep the country as nearly free
as possible from epidemics danger.
GUS to domestic animals.
Better crops. better roads. more
attractive conditions of cOuntry
life. the renting and management
of farms. the marketing of crops
all these subjects and their ram
ifications engage the enthusiastic
attention OF Secretary Wilson's re-
port. Much space Is given to for
est fires and their prevention. to
the cutting of timber and to re-
forestation. The study and sur
veying of soils In all parts OF the
country goes forward steadily and
with excellent results. Fertilizers.
birds. game and other animal life
are not forgotten. The range of
the report is extensive and its en-
tire tone and contents must stimu-
late the pride and patriotism Of
Americans who read it.-National
Farmer.
The Lamar register., 1911-12-20
Farce Comedy

After making a mud-siinginS per
the board OF county commissioners
for stating his position on the
convict labor question. the man
who thinks he Is editing the Daily
Crouch on last Saturday announe-
ed that personalities are not ar
gument and that his position on
the convict labor question is Ak
actiy the same as that Of the chair
man. II he had only headed his
confession why l Can't Tell the
Truth" 1t might have had some
merit. but published as II was
1t places him on the plane OF the
clown at the circus. who is bound
to strut around whether he does
anything or not.
At that he proved how impos-
sible II is for him to correctly re-
port even what he hears. as he
misrepresented all the speakers
OF the evening. He claimed that
aHty htdtfu tuat NHf Stdtt Hdu
equipment TO furnish the con-
victs. What was actually stated by
all the speakers was that the state
had two sets of equipments which
II would lend to counties doing
work on state highways whether
they used convict labor or not. AL
SO II wanted by a county applica-
ton must be made and the county
takes its turn which might be
long time coming. As the whole
object Of the good roads movement
at this time is all the speed pos
sibie consistent with good work
state equipment is out of the ques-
tion. Those at the meeting who
had visited the convict camp of
Pueblo county all agreed that Prov
ers county was moving more dirt at
less cost with home labor.
The Lamar register., 1911-12-20
Christmas Gift

Probably the most popular. as
we'll as the most beneficial inno-
walton ever made by any great cor
poration in this country is that
announced by the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph company.
wherein their thousands of miles OF
toll lines are thrown open. at half
rates. to the general public on
Christmas day. This company.
wLo.e lines traverse one-fifth of
th.. United States. and reach Into
the cities. towns. camps and
ranches of Colorado. Montana. Utah
Wyoming. Idaho and New Mexico.
is certainly doing its part toward
making 1t indeed a merry Christ
mas"
Since the merger of the var
ious telephone companies. bring
Ing into one great family all of
the midwest states. the manage
ment has been doing many things
that go to prove they have the best
interests OF their patrons at heart
and so. on Christmas day from s
o'clock In the morning until noon.
the public is invited to use the toll
lines freely in talking to the dear
ones at home" or whispering a
Merry Christmas" into the ear Of
some friend far away. And. next 20
the Joy to come fromsuch a unique
and unusual yuletide greeting. is
the fact that this company will stand
one-half the cost. bringing II with
in the easy reach of thousands of
people who perhaps. otherwise
would not take this means OF trans
mitting good cheer blessing.
II is certainly a departure from
the ordinary methods of public
utilities and the public will ap-
preciate this practical applications
of the Christmas spirit. While this
reduction for the half day will mean
a great deal of extra expense and
extra work for the telephone com
pany. IL will make many hearts glad
and in measure. dispel the gem
eral idea that "all corporations are
soulless."
In another part OF this paper is
the reproduction of a scene. as pic
tured by the artist-where son.
grandchiid and grandmoth are hav
ing a little talk over the long dis
tance. 1t will be interesting to
know how many thousands of calls
will be made on Christmas morning
because Of the reduction In charges
by the telephone company.