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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29

Skinner: Myths and Legends of Our New
 Possessions"
 Just off the southwest shore of Lanai (one of the Hawaiian islands, Is block of lava, 80 or 90 feet high, vertical or overhanging on every side, absolutely without foothold. Yet at its top one may see from the neighboring short grave with a low wall built about it. This is the resting place of Pupehe, wife of one to whom was given the name of Misty Eyes, because the woman's eyes so dag zled his own They chose to live apart from their people, roaming the woods, climbing the hills, surf-riding, fish ing, berrying as the whim took them. Lest some chief should look on her face and envy him. Misty Eyes hid his com panion in little hut among the trees, as secret and secure as birds nest, and sometimes they would go together to cave opening from the sea opposite Pupe- he's rock to catch and cook sea turtle.
 The season of storms was at hand, but as the day had broken fair, Pupehe went to the cave to prepare a meal, while her husband took the calabashes to fill at a spring up the valley. mist had come up from nowhere when he turned to go pack; the wind was rising to a gale, the sea was whitening. His heart went into his throat, for he recalled how the break CTS thundered in at the cave, and swept the strip of beach inside. Flinging down the calabashes he ran with all his speed. Immense waves were sweeping the cavern from end to end. Their thunder deafened him. Out on an acre of seething white a brown arm lifted, He leaped in. seized Pupehe. and succeeded in reaching the short, but to no avail. She was dead. After the storm had passed he padded to the lonely rock; was raised, with his bur- den, by a plying god. and on the summit, whero none might stand even beside the grave of her whom in life he had guarded SO jealously, he buyied the cold form. When the last stone had been placed on the wall, Misty Eyes sang drge for his wife and leaped into the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
OLIVER scHREINER, SCIENTIST

What would Olive Schreiner, the author of 'The Story of an African Farm" have been had she lived two generations later? The answer is interestingly suggested by Mrs. Schreiner herself, In her Woman and Labor" She says:
 'It is sometimes stated that as several women of genius have sought to find ex- pression for their creative powers in the art of fiction, there must be some inher- ent connection in the human brain be- tween the ovarian sex function and the art of fiction, The fact is that modern fiction, being merely description of hu- man life in any of Its phrases, and being the only art that can be exercised with out special appliances. and produced In the moments stolen from the multifar- ious brain-destroying occpations which fill the average woman's life, they have been driven to find this outlet for their powers as the only one presenting ftself
 What the world has lost by that com pulsory expression of genius, In form which may not have been in it's most nat ural form no one can ever know Even in the little third-rate novelist, whose WOrkS CumDeT tIc BlOuhu, Wo Sco oi'N" a pathetic figure when we recognize that beneath that failure in complex and difficult art, may lie buried sound legis- lator, and able architect, and original scientific investigator. or a good judge
 Mrs. Schreiner's own work is re- markable illustration of this theory. For though her Story of an African Farm" is no .'third-rate' story yet it is adjudged by many critics that this new book, .'Woman and Labor (published by Stokes, this spring), is greater, more in it Mrs. Schreiner appears not as a fic- sienificant and influential work. And tionist but as a combination of original sceintific investigator deep philosopher. and impassioned pleader for the reali- zation of the best in womankind. Per haps. had she lived later the lonely little girl of the African Farm would never have written a word of fiction. but have gone out, as girl like Gurley Flynn, into tho struggle for economic freedom.
 George sand-George Eliot-Jane Aus ten-what would they have done had they lived in a later age of freer women? It opens a fascinating field for specu- lation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
From the New York World.

ffoH the New York World
 R. DELANo FITZGERALD of Bal timore, who went to Egypt for
 his health last November, re- turned on La Touraine. For about four months he lived on the sands of the great desert. He comes back much improved.
 The Baltimoreans experiences were like those of J. Pierpont Morgan and his guests, De Witt Cuyler of. Philadelphia. and his family, and many others from En- rope and America with whom camping in the Sahara is becoming favorite pastime and method of recuperation.
 Although the doctor was alone with his valet, he had a. good time a good rest and also attended to a large practicA-for charity. While Mir. Morgan was going up the Nile Dr. Fitzgerald was coming down. lie was In camp part of the time near Assouan and again near the Pyramids. The camp consisted of round tops" square tops" and wall tents accord ing as they arc sleeping tents, dining tents and kitchen tents. etc. Beginning with his dragoman, Abdul salama Ell Gaber, the physician had quite a crew"
 Each donkey and each camel must have its own boy" said he. ''Then there is cook. with servants and utility men, and water carrier. The last does noth- Ing else but bring water on his head from the nearest cistern all day. He has to go until he finds a cistern. Near the Pyramids 1t was short haul. At the other camp he had to go a mile and a half under the Sahara sun"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
Atlanta's Wealth

"Every self-made man., observed an amateur sociologist, must appreciate the Accomplishments of that aggregate of people, incorporated and known as At lanta, Ga.
 without harbor or river; without min eral resources buried in the adjacent earth; without any natural resources other than that represented by her men and women, she set herself the task of crltivating this great wealth asset And so technical schools, colleges and libraries were early established with view of de- veloping her single asset. Some leader or set of leaders recognized the possibility and the logic of the situation and acted upon it. And yet some of us may won der why it is that writers, orators. intel lectual men in general congregate in such an atmosphere; why expositions and grand operas can be successfully man. aged; why manufacture and commerce flourish.
 What makes the phenomenon even more remarkable is that it has been pos sible of accomplishment in state where tyranny of prejudice is powerful, and where outbreaks of prlmeval passion pe- riodically occur. As in the case of the coterle of the greater writers and thinkers who graced New England during the mid-year of the nineteenth century, so in Atlanta 1t would furnish material for interesting sociological investigation, to trace back to the persona aties whose pen- ctration and influence stood at the foun- tain source of both effects.
 Some other cities that. like the sons of wealthy parents. trust to the inherited l wealth, might profitably learn the lesson Atlanta has taught-that the cultivation and exploitation of the human asset is tho greatest of all wsalth factors after all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
WILDE AT HARVARD

From Chronicle and Comment in the June
 Bookman.
 From New York Wilde went to Boston and there had an adventure which has been often retold in later years. On the right of his first lecture there the audi ence was large but not exactly a repre- sentative one. It was mainly composed of the curious who had been attracted by the announcement that a number of Harvard students. dressed up in burlesque of the '.aesthetic costume" intended to be pres eIt. The masqueraders waited until Oscar Wilde had stepped upon the platform, and then trooped in in single file. There were 60 youths in the procession, and all were dressed in swallowtailed coats, knee brooches, flowing wigs and green ties. They all wore large lilies in their button holes and every man carried huge sum- flower as he limped along, Sixty front seats had been reserved for the Harvard contingent, and it was amidst shouts of laughter that they filed into their places. The effect that they wished to produce was, however, spoiled to some extent by the fact that Oscar Wilde had for that oc- casion discarded his peculiar costume and appeared in ordinary evening dress, so that those of the audience to whom his usual appearance was not familiar en- trely missed the point that the harvard students wished to make. Tn addition, Mir Wilde completely turned the tables by proceeding with his lecture with quiet dignity. He crowned his triumph by off, fering the Harvard students statue of a Greek athlete to stand in their gym nasium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
A Place of Destiny

c. Phil Walters, a prominent real es- tate dealer of Little Rock, was in Bir- mingham yesterday the guest of Chap lin Hodges The visitor was carried over the Birmingham district, shown the various points of interest and left yesterday for his home vowing that Birmingham was the most marvellous place he had ever visited.
 was over in this section," he ex- plained. went to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville and elsewhere and was per- suaded to come to this city just for a look around. Well, I would not have missed the chance for a great deal. My eyes have been opened wide from what have seen and I am very much pleased to have been here. Birming- ham is certainly a wonderful place and I shall take great deal of in terest in talking favorably of this city wherever and whenever I can. Bir- mingham is to my mind a place of des . tiny and you cannot beat such com hination."
 MT. Walters iii speaking of his home city said they entertained the recent visiting Confederate veterans well and that reports otherwise acted to the det- riment of his city and were unques- iionably misleading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
Treatment of Convicts

One after another of the state pa- pers favors radical change in the methods of handling state and county convicts, and the administration of Governor O'Neal will, if it has its ear to the ground, get ready for some re- form in that direction. That is to say it will formulate the best possible legislation in answer to public senti- ment on this subject.
 "The experiments of other south ern states" says the Jackson South Alabamian, which have abolished the lease system and put the convicts on the road and state farms is so complete an answer to these reasons that it is superfluous to reply to them except by reference to the states of Mississippi and Georgia, which are so near to us and have such similar con- ditions that we are sure to get the same results by adopting their plans. As to the humane phase of the case, the Wilcox Progressive Era says: The press, with very few exceptions, in speaking of the recent mine horror in the Birmingham district, favor the removal of state and county convicts and placing them at work on our public roads. A mining bill has passed the legislature that may af- ford more protection, but the talk of state revenue and inexpediency is past, for the lives of the convicts must be protected by removing them from the mines.'"
 The public sentiment of the state is crystalizing in this direction, and nothing seems better assured thar the removal of all convicts to the pub lie roads, or at any rate to state farms, or to both. Alabama stands alone in putting state and county con- victs in mines, and she cannot much longer afford to maintain such an un- tenable policy. Convicts should not be treated inhumanely and the Were fact that they are forced into nines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Regarding Prcsldentlal CandIdates

"Six months ago l thought Governor Harmon's nomination by the democratic convention for the presidency was prac- tlcally assured. but Woodrow Wilson is gaining rapidly in popularity and it would not surprise me if he headed the ticket in 1912," said R. F. Mcconnell of Chicago, who spent part of Sunday in Birming- ham.
 Some years ago I took an active part | in politics, but during the past 12 years I have simply voted the democratic ticket when the time came. 1 always voted regular although I was not an ardent Bryan man.
 Governor Harmon, according to my way of thinking, would be an ideal can didate so far as his own personality goes, But the question arises, can he carry his own state against President Taft who will be the republican standard bearer? If the convention thinks he can believe he will be nominated.
 q spent several weeks in the northwest this spring, and found that Wilson was exceedingly popular. It looks to me as if the democrats had better chance or winning next year than at any time since 1892 The democratic parry rnquestionably has better presidential timber in sight than usual. Not since 1884, in fact, have there been as many good, available dem ocratic statesmen in sight. Harmon, Will son and Marshall of Indiana are excep- tionally well equipped for the high office of President, to say nothing of four or five other distinguished party leaders. The democratic party is as well off in presi- dential material just now as the repub- lican party is poorly off MT. Taft is about the only available man in the republican party today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
Direct Election of Senators

On June 12 the Senate has agreed to vote on the resolution that looks to the election of United States Sen ators by direct popular vote. A two thirds vote is necessary to put the proposition before the states for rati- fication.
 The resolution. reported favorably by the judiciary committee is the House resolution. It looks to the direct election of senators in each state without oversight from Con gress. Senator Borah hopes to mus ter all his insurgent friends for it and as it stands all the democrats will support it, leaving in the opposition only a few standpatters. MT. Root is standpatter, and so are Brande- gee of Connecticut and Dillingham; of Vermont. all three of whom are mem bers of the judiciary committee.
 An attempt will be made to lead up the proposition with the Sutherland amendment which would enable Con gress to direct how the states shall select senators by direct vote. This amendment may again postpone the proposition, but it cannot defeat 1t It will come up at every session un til it is adopted and sent to tht states.
 In view of the Lorimer and stephens6h corruption cases and the x ifsFad,Sk as in Colorado the people are to arrest from an unwil- ling Senate this reform Congress never has exercised control over cleo tions in the states and probably never will. The Sutherland amendment, and the Bristow amendment are sim ply devices for postponing the en- tire proposition. This may be accom- plished, but no one can see why it sould be done. No one can see why the matter should not be laid before the states for acceptance or rejection. The states are as competent to deal with the subject as the Senate itself, and they know what they want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
SANITORIUM IN THE FSERT

The number of IS growing This year Abdul salIh @ H saner let all his tents. 'The ,open me sands Is becoming popular tNlzA @o'fen' ai- though the doctor dqcsn't Z, Ses sxactly why. Only few drops of ialn feil but every two days or so there ls sand- storm, which fills the hair and srolH the clothes.
 Where water is so precious t1e=Ax4# use sand for cleansing purposes. m qX atmosphere is recommended for rbeHH7E tism. and also for lung trouble. Rk Fitzgerald considers 1t more advantageo3s for pulmonary affections, although It may benefit rheumatic patients, and Hell var, outside of Cairo. is reputed to be great rheumatic cure.
 There was an oasis about my camp ing,' said the physician. .I lived on the sands. The expense is about the same as living in a hotel. but as l was alone the cost was greater. By day the temper ature Is from 72 to 75 degrees, but at night It drops to 4s degrees. Then you have to be careful to don a sweater or some other extra. woolen clothing"
 IL became known in the town that the enief Of the caravan was physician, and paeiehts hoeked to camp at the rate of 40 on some days. The most of them had trouble with their eyes," said pr. Fitz- seraid. Tt is difficult to make them wash out their eyes, and most all have conJunctfvitis. The next most prevalent disease in the desert seems to be dropsy, and l don't know how to account for it, out their iivers are at the bottom of it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
THE WORLDS DREAMERS
From the Altoona Tribune.

From the Altoona Tribune
 "HERE is very little place for the
 dreamer in this day of practical
 A business progression. The poet seems to have been crowded quite to one side. We have only minor poets now and they are little read. Romance has fled the land. The men who catch the ear of the public are those who talk and write concerning practical subjects. This is what we are told by those who be- lieve they know
 make much of material things. The pres ent secretary of state, who halls from the Pennsylvania iron district, is a thor oughly practical man. He is endeavoring to transform our representatives from abroad into advance agents of American business enterprise. We are told that his estimate of an ambassadors worth will be guaged by the amount of business that ambassador secures for American cue from business.
 And yet 1t has always been the dream CT who brought things to pass. The poets and the followers of romance have been the worlds great achevers. What was Abraham, the father of the faithful, but dreamer? In the midst of the visions of youth he heard a voice which sent him out from the land of his nativity and from his fathers house into a strange coun- try. that he might become the founder of the most wonderful people the world ever saw. A practical man, one who wished to see the end from the beginning, would never have taken such hazardous jour ney. But we do not need to be reminded of its mighty results.
 If ever the world had a dreamer. Chris topher Columbus was that man. He spent years of his life in breeding over the vision of a new and better route to India, as well as of a new land beyond the western seas. He carried his dream about with him from land to land, vainly importunlng rulers and men of wealth for money enough to purchase and equip the ships necessary for the voyage. Dis appointments did not dim the vision, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
soutI,ern ProRress

There has been very decided im- provement in general trade within the past two weelSs,' said William Gels of Philadelphia.
 T have visited a number of south ern cities recently and with few ex- ceptions have found business fairly brisk. And from mail advices I know that the west Is prosperous. My first trip south was eight years. ago, and since then I have remarked great pro- gress in this section.
 Tt is only a question of time when the south will be the richest part of the country. The undermining of az ricultural methods accounts largely for the south's forward movement; but on all sides there has been an awaken : ing. Southern commerce has expanded and there has been wonderful devel- opment along industrial lines"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
GLIMPSE or CLUBLAND

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 The days of coffee and small talk, wnen the world had time for conversation, re- appear in London Clubs" by Ralph Nev- i'll, a well-bnown clubman. just issueo py Stokes. From the days of the Mermaio Tavern and tho old dramatists to tooay' the London clubs have been centers TOT social, military and artistic life; ana W''n their history is mingled the lives or Eng lands greatest men. Whether ne was pr. Johnson, in worn breeches' or Q Prince of wales. dropping in for demo- cratic chop. the clubman has been most knowable in clubland. MT. Nevill relates the history of the clubs past and present with a wealth of unecdotc; then gives an account of the customs. buildings, treas
 ures and atmospheres of the clubs of to- day. The Illustrations arc colorcd front ispiece and eight full page illustrations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
oNLy sl.so Fon nIP,s coAr
From the Baltimore Sun.

Cincinnati.-The shaby old coat worn for many theatrical seasonsIby Joseph Jeffer- son in Zip Van Winkle' was sold here the coat to his old friend and instructor in art, the late c. T. Weber, prominent artist of this city, who died recently at an advanced age. MT. Weber painted a series of pictures of scenes from Rip Van Winkle'' for which Mir. Jefferson posed in this coat, The coat was sold at the Cincinnati Art club rooms with the rest of the effects of Mr. Weber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29

natural. especially in view of the expecta-
 ton that there will be announced on
 Monday by the same tribunal another rul-
 ing by which the status of the Amer
 ican Tobacco company will probably be finally determined. There seems a more or less general sentiment in eminent le- gal circles, not excluding government cir cles, that the tobacco decision will not prove as drastic as in the instance of the oil company; and this idea has become so general that 1t is not improbable that a different result. would be the source Of some disappointment that might well be reflected by the general price level. If the decision is not announced on Mon day, the entire question will, perforce, lay over until the autumn at least, for the supreme court adjourns after its Monday decisions until It's regular octo- Der term It is. not my intention to att tempt to compare the methods by which the two companies particularly concerned in the decisions were formed. But there is one fundamental difference which has undoubtedly received the attention of the supreme court, namely. the fact that the product in one instance Is a necessity, and in the other instance 1t is a luxury.
 But, viewed in a broad sense, the question of trust litigation has been def initely decided and the stock market has little practical concern in future deci- sions since they will affect individual companies, and will merely mean that those of our industrial corporations-be they few or many--who are not conduct ing their affairs in a proper and legal manner, must immediately reform their ways. All public-spirited citizens will quite agree that such a condition will prove in the long run of great benefit to ,the business and industrial world at large, and that in so far as under the oil decision competition by combinations must be fair and reasonable, the con sumer will be protected against unjust and unnecessary exactions."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-29
DESIRE AND FEAR

Blaclmore: Lorna Doone."
 Herein differ facts from fancy, things as they befall us from things as we would have them, human ends from human hopes; that the first are moved by a thou sand, and the last in two wheels only which (being named) arc desire and fear. Hope, of course, is nothing more than desire with telescope magnifying distant matters, overlooking near ones; opening one eye on the objects, closing the other to all objections And if hope be the fu- ture tense of desire, the future of fear Is religion-at least with too many of us.