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SHOWING CONTRAST UctwHrl
eminent has held over the entrance to
It's reclaimed lands.
And where men have worked the re-
suits often have been marvellous. Prof
its have varied much. But TIE reclama
ton service is ready To prove that net
profits have run 10 more than $40
acre-and this on fairly gooo-siZed farms
while II can point TO at least one eN-
ample Of srna 'l-sca e intensive. .arn!in ,
whore a little tract of one and Il quarter
acres brought lts owner one year $50 ali
acre gross. or nearly 500 net profit This
Was an apple orchard
The government, however, does not
claim that these high figures can be
reached by any settler anywhere. even
with the hardest work. If the average
farmer clears lr0tit of anywhere from
so to S1GG an acre he is doing we'll. With
farm Of forty OF eighty acres. the usual
units of size On the irrigated lands.
farmer is expected to make several
thousand dollars clear profit above all
his expenses.
From the Huntley project. Montana,
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nation as to Uncle Sans drummers. as
his travelling commercial agents might be
called, In addition to consuls at the
chief cities and ports the world over. the
bureau has its own special commercial
agents who sent abroad to nvesti-
gate the markets for special manufactures
and to report upon trade conditions. These
men are specialists along the line which
they Investigate. They know all about
the industries at home. and what is re-
duired for pushing them abroad. They are
expenses, and they devote their entire
time to going over the world looking up
openings for American trade. BY the
time this letter is published there will
be about a dozen of them on the road.
There are nine or ten at work now.
some in South Amera and Australia
Among those in Europe is Maj J. NJ
Carson, former chief of the bureau and
in China and Japan there Is trade
expert from Seattle who is devoting
himself especially to trade between
Pacific coast and the orient
The work done by special agents is
valuable. They send back fun informa-
ton as to how goods should be made
for the various markets. and how they
should be packed and shipped. W. \.
Graham Clark. for instance, has recent
ly returned from South America, whore
he has been investigating cotton goods,
and shows the enormous market which
the United States might have there if its
manufactures were properly pushed. He
reports that the European trade in
these goods is increasing. and THAT it
United States In 1910 shipped to
Latin America less than SS.000.0O0
worth OF cotton piece goods. while the
United Kingdom sold something like
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one of those days Il tot2l OF ABOUT S+A
million dollars. and in the year some
thing like eighteen hundred millions
Would not you want 10 increase it,
That is what Uncle Sam is doing as u
our foreign trade. His exports in 1898
sold for over one billion eight hundred
million dollars They were almost as
much last year and they will run Close
to the same amount this. We are among
the chief merchants in the great market
house o. the world. We are still led by
Great Britain and Germany, but our fer
eisn trade is rapidly growing, and the
dav viii come when We shall be the big
sest traders o: the whole world.
This letter will tell YOU some of tic
means by which Uncle Sam. patriarch. Is
increasing that trade There are two Dc
partmentS which are especially devoted
L. it, one is the agricultural branch OF
tile government. which has to do with out
crop exports. and the other IS the De
partmeni OF Commerce and Labor. which
deals with both manufactures and crops.
The crops have always had a large part
In the business The manufactures ar
If more recert growth. but they are mul-
,iplyius 50 rapidly that they promise n
time To- surpass all that which comes
from the soil.
Have YOU any idea how much our man
ufaCturing business amounts to- ! dlS-
like To use figures. They mean so little
when they get into the millions. | had an
interview MOI long ago with Mrs Hetty
Green. the richest woman on earth. dur
ing which she told me her mind refused
4" work ON anything over Sl.oDn.e0 NV
mind is stunned by hundred thousand
and the word billion means nothing but
''e<c.cdir:-lr large The only way %
realize such conceptions is by homely
cufnpa riSous.
Well. in figures the products we
make annually IL cur factories are
worth fifteen or sixteen billions Of
dollars, They are so many that if every
man. woman and child on this big round
earth could have an equal share of them
the amount held by each would be just
own hundred million population each of
US would have S1.h worth. and the share
Of each family would be $50 or more
Again, look at the money invested in
our manufacturing business. The CAPT
tel is about equal 10 the product, and the
cost of the materials annually used is
somewhere between nine and ten nitiion
dollars The industries here taken into
account are only those confined to the
factories. and the men ernploNcd in item
are five or six hundred thousand. The
census divides our great Industries into
fourteen groups, and of them five are
each making products of more than
81 uau 600 900 a year
Moreover. tie amounts are steadily in
crcasinC and We need more foreign trade
TO keep the hands busy. Our foreign
sales already foot up over SI6S.G0.'sm,
and had We the markets we could easily
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CATION problem IS one % the big ones. Il
not the biggest. with which he Will have
TO deal in its many phases. DECIDED -
see at first hand what already has been
done il, the wa Of making this country :
arid lands fertile.
x
Tie beneficial and luNuriant fruits o.
reclamation the result OF the seed plant
ed by Congress when il june. l5e, II
a~sed the reclamation act. are bein2,
reapea more and more fully by the peo-
fle Of the United States with every pass
ing year.
Although the government has he'd out
no false hopes in regard 10 what recla-
nation and irri"atiOn would accomplish,
the results in all cases have been good
and in manv cases far beyond the eX-
pectations OF those who were looking for
great things rom this work Where one
stan: Of corn o. Of wheat has been antIci-
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OPPOSE You had 4
ID IL $ ! II @ s s which
brought in four
thousand dollars
for every minute
Of every day and
every night for tae
three h IL II Il = e ii
oTking day 5 ot
the year. Would il
not pay IN take
care of it suppose
YOU sold on ever
tpToI Of "A bout SIX
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terial fo: Cairo. plowS for Siam. steel rails
for ireland. sugar for Tripoli. training YES
sells for the Chinese government. electric
lighting plants for the Barbados. Holsters
for Russia, peanuts for Germany. zinc
machinery for Tasmania. bridges for
Guatemala and cotton seed for the Meth
erlands. These are only few of several
pages of titles. They show the range of
the work.
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NUR Big Manufacturing
~ Business = And the
Money Invested In It-Uncle
Sans Export Bureau and It's
Foreign Drummers-A Con-
fidential Service for Business
Men-Late Information AS
to Packing-Experts Who
Will Lecture on Trade-The
New Government Directory
of Foreign Business Forms.
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Copyright. 1911. by Frank G. Carpenter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
MISS EVELYN EMOND
 WEEDS MIR. ARTHUR GLENN

Ali the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. William Berry Emond, yester- 6av afternoon occurred the marriage cere- mony of Miss Evelyn Lillian Emond ana MT. Arthur Leon Glenn of Little ROCK Ark An altar was erected in the ilVlhg room of the residence and it's ferns and flowers made tasteful part of a pretty decorative ensemble. Before this altar the VOWS were spoken> Rev. pr. l.. |. Branscomb pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating.
 Miss Agnes Watson, presiding al .he piano, played Mendelssohn's weddilg march for the entrance or the prluai rartv There were but two attendants a maid of honor and best man. Miss willie Scott Emond entered the room Tn advance of the bride, her sister, In a white serge tailored gown and large white nictlIre hat she made a charming maid of honor. Her flowers were pink roses.
 The bride was gowned for travelling wearing a champagne tinted cloth cos tume to which touches of light blue added a nicturesoue note. She wore smart hat. gloves and boots en suite, and her flowers were brides roses. MT. Glenn, ac- companied by William B. Strong or Moiit- gomerv as best man. met his bride at the altar where a beautiful service was reao hv pr. Branscomb. Almost Immediately afterward the young people left Tor their home in Little Rock, though It IS thelr nlan to visit for time while en route at the home of the groom's parents In Fay cite, Ala.
 Both Mir and Mrs. Glenn have many friends in Birmingham and other points in the state who will be interested In the news of their marriage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
THE AUTUMN MEETING OF BACHELOR GIRLS

| The opening meeting of the season by the Bachelor Girls was held yesterday afternoon at the home of MT. and Mrs.
 E. F. Enslen on Highland avenue, with Miss Gladys Enslen as the hostess. The club, which has always been one of the leading organizations of society, has en-
 tered upon its new season, under the happiest of auspices. Despite the gloom that prevailed throughout the day, the interior of the Enslen residence was gay and inviting, offering a pleasant contrast. As usual with these meetings of the
 Bachelor Girls club, informality was the keynote. Following an absorbing series of bridge game prizes were awarded.
 For the guest prize a box of handsome
 stationery was awarded and the club
 prize was a colffure ornament. The consolation trophy was two handkerchiefs, hand embroidered. A salad and an ice
 were served at the small tables.
 | The presence of several visitors aided to the interest and pleasure of the oc- casion. On the coterie were Miss Ann
 Farley of Anniston, Miss Jessie Clifford Of Texas, Miss Evelyn Reynolds and Miss Elizabeth Bowie. The members of the club at this first meeting were: Miss White Bean. Miss Mary Lou Cobb, Miss Alice Coughlin. Miss Gambaiel Dixon, Miss Maybehe Cosby Miss Ruth
 Evans, Miss Sallie Evans, Miss May Fox,
 Miss Elizabeth Going Miss Jamie Going,
 Miss Mary George Greene, Miss Serena Kirkpatrick, Miss Margaret Latady, Miss Lake Little, Miss Eleanor Matthews, Miss Ernee McCrossn. Miss Elizabeth
 Morris, Mrs. James Coleman. Mrs. Bryan WcCormack Misses Ellen Percy, Helen Ruth Smith, Kathleen Van Hoose, Vir- ginia White, Mrs. Harry Westall, Mrs Henry Hidden, Jr., Misses Sadie White,
 Mary Kinney. Fredrick Ferguson and Clara Lee Woodson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
MUSIC STUDY
 MEETS TOMORROW

The regular meeting of the MUSIC Stuuy club will be held as usual at Cable hall' Thursday, ~ober 12, 1911, at 1o:3O.
 Mrs. Flournoy Rivers, leader; Mrs Will fam M Jordan. hostess. The meeting will be one of unusual interest as It lh- troduces the years work being resume of the "Beginning of Music" Mrs. Rivers has made some delightful research during the summer and found much that IS H. illustrative of the programme
 With the assistance of MT. Khelbiel she was fortunate enough to visit the Pier pont Morgan library and secure some fragments of ancient folk songs and hymns. such as Miriams song as she isses from the Red Sea. Marriage and Shofar calls and others of ancient Jewish origin. Also the Mohammedan sunrise Call of Muezzin. Other fragments of Chinese, Japanese and Egyptian music were gotten from Columbia college library and New York public library and two hymns to Pharoah at the Building of the Pyramids were secured from the Cleveland library.
 Mrs. Rivers will be assisted in giving this music by Mrs. Bert Forney and Miss Annie Lou Wood. A short programme will follow. after which Mrs. A. Trax-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
SUPPLEMENTARY
 WEDDING OCCURS

A wedding of unusual solemnity and beauty though limited as to the num- Der witnessing il, was solemnized yester- day afternoon at o'clock, at the First Baptist church, when Miss Mary Ray be- came the bride of MT. William Marshall Sutherlin. The officiant in the marriage service was the Rev Dr. A. J. Dickin- son. Miss Belle Mccoy the church or ganist. played the wedding march Tor the entrance of the bridal couple wno entered unattended. The hour lent it's own poetry to the celebration Of the nuptials and the solemnity and sweet ness of the vows were emphasized by the close interest of the small circle or guests in attendance-only the very ifn- mediate friends and relatives of the two young people.
 The bride Is the daughter of Mir. and Mrs James A. Ray of Sunnyside. She is A pretty and very lovable young wom- an and as she stood in her smart blue tailored gown and modish blue chapeau, carrying an enormous bouquet of roses
 and lilies and repeated the words of the marriage service she made an exceptions ally charming picture.
 l MT. Sutherlin is a native of Suther- lin, Va, though for several years has made Birmingham his home. He Is the assistant circulation manager of The Age Herald and has been connected with the paper since coming to Birmingham. He is highly esteemed by many friends in both business and society. After the Wed- ding last evening Mrs. Grimes Taylor entertained a small party at dinner in compliment to MT and Mrs. Sutherlin. Temporarily they will be at home at 52o North Twenty-first street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
The "Mouth Organ" Industry

From the Scientific American.
 Trossingen, in the Black Forest of Ger many, is the center of the foreign har- monica industry, where most of the worlds "mouth-organs' of the cheaper grade are made. One factory alone is said to employ several thousand hands and the number of .harmonicas turned out by all the factories there is enormous, amounting to almost million annually
 Although the United States imports a large number of the. cheap German 'mouth-organs," the finer grades are made in this country, and these are held to be equal in every way to the more ex- pensive instruments made abroad. The Germans devote some attention. to the manufacture of the more costly mouth organs" but their principal output is the cheaper grade.
 Among the finer grades of harmonicas are the kind known as concert" which come in sets of from four to a dozen and sell for several dollars apiece. These are tuned in various keys. In one form they show six harmoncas of different keys grouped about a central stem. Many of tho elaborate and expensive harmonicas are handsomely decorated with designs of gold and silver upon mahogany. The wood used in the cheaper grades is pine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY
 COMNITTEE TO MEET

A meeting of the Jubilee anniversary committees will be held this alteriiooil q o'clock in the First Methodisi chursh. The following ladies are requested 10 pc present. ,, .,,o,.o,
 officers: Mrs. T. A. Hamilton, senerai chairman; J. Morgan smith, general wee wee chairman; Mrs. M. CoXe, correspoliaiils' secretary; Mrs A. R. Moore, treasureri Mrs. I. D. Steele, recording secretary ,,oe nresidents from different denomina- lions: Mesdames J. Bruce, Presbyterian; N. A. Barrett, Baptist; c. ". Toliiver' Methodist; Buell., Protestant Episcopal; s p Moore. Christian; w. M, Crawford Presbyterian, U. S. A; c. w. Johnson Methodist Episcopal; James AshWorth Congregational.
 Chairmen of committees:
 Publicity-Mrs. A. N. Ballard.
 Finance-Mrs. Cunningham Wilson.
 I.iterature-Mrs. Florence Buck.
 Place of Meeting-Mrs. T. O. Smith.
 Entertainment of Speakers and Guests Mrs. Fred M. Jackson.
 Music-Mrs. R. Fs Johnston.
 Tickets-Mrs. James Bowron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
The Secret Blotter
,m Uarper's Weelkly.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Every foreign office of Europe acts on the theory that an army of spies is con- stantly on the alert to steal it's secrets, and infinite precautions are taken to baffle their efforts. Very shortly after the first use of plotting paper 1t was dis covered that it was quite possible to cause a plotting pad to give up jealousy guarded secrets by simply holding it in front of mirror. Long after all the commercial world had forgotten the ex- istence of such thing, the British For eign office used a sand shaker to dry It's important written documents. Then specially manufactured black plotting paper was used, but this was not found to be absolutely spy proof, and return to the sand shaker was contemplated, when someone suggested the simple ex- pedient of a small absorbent roller. These rollers have since been used for drying diplomatic documents. When such a roller has been run up and down across a document once or twice, the cleverest spy in the world is at liberty to try his hand ut decphering the iml pressions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
SOCIETY HERE AND THERE

Miss Ann Farley of Anniston, who has been the guest of Mrs. Harry Jones for several days, will leave this morning for her home in Anniston.
 MT. and Mrs. John Oates le Dyester- day morning for Charlotte, N C.. where they were called because of the death of MT. Oates sister, Mrs Graham, who is remembered by many former North Carolinians as Miss Bonnie Oates.
 
 MT. and Mrs w. D. Smith left yes terday morning for their country home at st. Clair Springs, after spending sev- eral days in town. They will not re- turn permanently to their town house until n,id-December.
 MT. and Mrs. Harvey Ware of Florence are expected Friday morning to be guests of MT and Ms. Ned Richardson Me David.
 Miss Hurtaline Ramsey of Greensboro and Miss Jean Moody of Columbus Miss. are guests of Birmingham friends. Mrs. w. B. Flowers and her little sons are here from south Alabama to visit MT. and Mrs. c. F. Winlller.
 
 Mrs. Viola Roden-Redin, her little daughter, Miss Ellalee Redin, and Miss Hattie Bailey, returned Monday after a stay of several months abroad. Miss Dorothy Graves of Talladega, who has been the guest of Miss Grace Neigh an for some days, has returned home. Mr Emory Brooks has gone to Spring Hill college, near Mobile, where he will be a student this winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11

Ixeuren. Mrs. Dowell, Mrs. w. D. Berry, Misses Claud and Mary Robinson, Mrs. M. T. stradford. Mrs. Lula Hunt Beard Miss Bessie Merrill, Miss Merrill, Miss Ida Belle Morris, Miss Lucille Morrls' Mrs Luckie, Miss Edith Bain, Miss Pau line Wood, Miss Isabel Coughlan, Mrs Robert Hewlett, Mrs. Lige Loy, Mrs. Dudley McAdory. Mrs. Pierce Palmer Miss Irene Jones, Miss Marie Papot, Miss Willie Vandegrift, Miss Jennie Hewlett Miss Anna. Bell Hewlett, Mrs. W. NJ. Sul- livan. Miss Estelle Hustler, Mrs. M. L. Davidson, Miss Willie Montana, Mrs X. Best, Miss Amelia Motion, Miss Anna Lou Wood, Miss Gertrude Wood, Miss Jennie Darden. Miss Gray, Miss Mary Smith, Mrs Bruce Robertson. Miss Kate Rogers. Miss Lucille Massey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE

Coming out of Moving Picture Show a couple of days ago, were two working girls, and as they stopped on the corner to wait for a car. I chanced to be near them, and caught a scrap of their con- Yersation
 "Cinderalla had a cinch of it." said the first one ev0ently continuing the subject of the picture they had seen. Anybody could Ter married CT Prince, with a fairy God Mother."
 There ain't nd fairy god mothers these days" said the other, pessimistically. That part of the story is a fake"
 Guess you are right" said the first speaker" Reckon you and me would feel kinder queer like, if CT rat was to drive up to our door and take us to ball."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11

chimney corner, that she took her sweet ness and graclousness there with her, and when she went to the grand ball, she still possessed it, in spite of the un- kind treatment of her family.
 I wonder how many of us could conduct ourselves as Cinderella did, if the chance os prosperity, royalty, wealth and promi- nonce, knocked.
 l wonder if at our door some fairy God Mother came into your little fSanctum some bright morning and bade you go with her to the Marble Palace and meet the Prince, if you could go, by simply being your own natural self, with your every day manners, and enchant the royal household at Cinderella did?
 When Rink Cophetua led to the throne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
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It Is Positively Guaranteed to Remove
 Freckles

1t Is POsIuNely AtemOve
 Freckles
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 Dukes Island, Me-,
 September 10, 19l0 ssDear Dr. Wilson:
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11

I've been thinking about the conversa- tion eyer since-wondering if the days of fairy god mothers and princes partner less at ball and waiting for the Right Girl to come-are over and gone-forever.
 You know what conclusion I've come to?
 That the Cinderella story is not to be mentioned in the same breath, with the wonderful things that happen these days.
 If you review newspaper history for the past ten years you'll see that fairy god mothers have been working more wonderful miracles than that of Cinder- rella and the Kings Son who sued for her hand, and the satin.lined coach
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
A BOX PARTY FOR
 A VISITING MATRON

Mrs. J. F. Baldwin was one of the hos tesses yesterday afternoon at the Bl1ou when she entertained box party in com pliment to Mrs. w. J. Cover of lndlanap- olis A party of matrons composed the coterie witnessing the presentation CT "Fantasma" and later enjoyed the ch- max of refreshments served at down town ice cream parlor. Mrs Baldwin guests were Mrs. s. D. Harris, Mrs E. l.. Wilson, Mrs. Ralph Law Russell, Miss Elizabeth Smith, Miss Stella Grier Mrs. A. L. Hoyt, Mrs B. H. Cooper, Mrs. D. D' Brown. Mrs c. E. Bigsby, Mrs. James Hood. Mrs. J W. Bruce, and Mrs. c. E. Jennings