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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
PADEREwsKI IN LONDON

From Klein's Thirty Years of Musical
 Life"
 London cares little, as rule, for what Paris thinks of new artists, and 1t dis played anything but burning impa- tience to hear Leschetizky's latest pupil. This fact was sufficiently demonstrated hv the meager audiences which gathered at St. James Hall on May for the first of the four recitals announced by the composer of "Paderewski's Minuet.' A more coldly critical assemblage per haps it would have been impossible to find. Not a suspicion of magnetic cur rent was in the atmosphere-not even the quickened pulse arising from the an ticipation of sensational effects
 When M. Paderewski appeared upor the platform there was a mild round o1 applause, accompanied by an undercur' rent of whispering and suppressed mur' murs that had evident reference to nis unwonted picturesqueness of aspect.
 Exactly how he played that day. mean. as compared with the Paderewsk whose every mood was by and by to be- come familiar-it is rather hard for ms to say. That he strove to be sensatona I do not believe now, though at the tim' it was difficult to think otherwise. Fol surely his contrasts were startling 1T their violence and the instrument fairly thundered under his execution of fort' massage. At times there seemed to be nc restraint whatever. If you loved sensa tionalism in pianist, here unquestion ably was virtuoso capable or providing an unlimited quantity of 1t. And such wa the prevailing impression in the minds of the aforesaid critics and dilettant when they left St. James Hall tha afternoon.
 The press notices were marked by coolness and extreme caution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
DICK IN A CROWD
From Success Magazine.

From Success Magazine.
 When certain mildmannered Repre- sentative from a middle western state went to Congress, he left behind a body of constituents who fancied that great personal benefits would come to them through their powerful statesman A farmer with political designs followed the great man to Washington.
 -''Well, Tom," a friend asked him on his return, "did you see Washington and Dick Blank, and did you get what you went after?"
 ''Yes, I seen Washington, and I seen Dick Blank" he replied, "but Dick couldn't do nuthn' for me. He was havin' a hard time to keep from gittln' tromped on hisself."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 H URKES "Peerage,' although re- TX garded as a standard official work 0 of reference, is sometimes guilty of strange omissions. Thus, although 1t describes the first Marquis Of Exeter as having been married to Emma Vernon Of Hanbury, before becoming the husband Of Sallie Hoggins of Bolas, in Shropshire, and furnishing thereby the theme of 'rennyson's poem entitled, "The Lord Of Burleigh," 1t affords no clew to what. be- came of Emma Vernon after her divorce from Henry Cecil, who died as the Mar quis of Exeter
 Yet she was a great heiress and mem Der of a very ancient house Indeed, 1t was because she possessed great wealth and Henry Cecil was destined to become Lord Exeter that their respective parents forced them into marriage, which, on her side at any rate, was loveless.
 All those who have read Tennyson' s poem will be interested to learn what be- came of her. If Henry Cecil divorced her it was because she. after suffering much eloped with young clergy man to whom she had been deeply at tached as a young girl but who had been driven from the house by her father, who regarded him by reason of his lack of name, social position and wealth as an altogether ineligible suitor. The couple fled to Lisbon, where they were married as soon as Henry Cecil had divorced his wife. The clergyman. who was man of delicate health, succumbed to consump- tion at Lisbon, and then his wife, whose father had meanwhile died, returned home to take possession of her property.
 Finding herself boycotted by county society in Worcestershire, where her estates were situated, she was impelled by loneliness to wed the manager of her property, which served to still further alienate her fathers friends and rela- tives from her. Nor was this union a happy one. For the man was totally de- ficient in breeding, drank heavily, and,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
Interest In Music Festival

'It Is most gratifying to the music fes- tival management to find so much inter- est throughout the state in the three days festival to be held in Birmingham in May" said J. H. Holcombe. president of the Music Festival association.
 While there has always been a large music-loving contingent in Alabama. and especially in Birmingham, the apprecia- ton of high-class artists and high-class programmes Is manifestly much stronger now than ever. The seat sale for the forthcoming festival will begin shortly. In the meantime inquiries are coming thick and fast from out-of-town music lovers.
 'There will be three night performances, May 22, 2S and "A, and two afternoon per- formanees. Schumann-H -Heink will be on two of the programmes, and we hope to be able to have Gadsld for at least one night. Several other great vocal artists come with the Victor Herbert orchestra, so that altogether the music to be heard on this occasion will be the most at tractive ever offered in this part of the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

see us. Let's get by before she does.''
 Did you ever know her?" asked the other.
 T certainly did," replied the first. "She used to be one of the prettiest chorus girls on Broadway"
 Seems to like flowers, doesn't she?"
 "She just loves them. I used to send her American Beauties. They used to cost me as high as $25 a dozen'' What's she buying now?" "Violets-a 15-cent bunch, I guess," re- .. piled the one who used to know Maggie. And she's paying for them herself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.

UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. Bettina's writing verses now She uses fancy ink; Each manuscripts tied with bow And every page is pink. Her thoughts take many weird forms Her rhymes go much amiss, But, sooth, she has a smile that charms Her mouth was made to kiss. And when she trips into the "den' Of some fierce editor And asks the most unloved of men What he will give her for A sonnet on the gentle spring, Instead of yelling "Scat' He mutters low, "A peach, by jing f She almost knocked me flat" Then takes her dainty manuscript As if he really thought The poor contents by him so gript For gold could not be bought, And huns and haws and says, Just so, ' Pretending to be wise; Intoxicated by the glow Of sweet Bettina's eyes.
 A CELEBRITY. Any news today worth talking about !' T should say sol Honus Wagner has had his corns trimmed
 REST. Oh, where shall rest be found Rest for the weary soul, erburdened with the eeaseless round Of putting up for coal?
 Chicago Tribune. Oh, where shall we find rest Rest and a peaceful snooZe From this terrible daily pest Of putting down the booze?
 -Wilkesbarre Times-Leader. Oh, where shall rest be found Tell us, please and hurry Some quiet spot where tax col Leetors do not worry?
 Allentown Democrat. Savl Where DOES rest hang out? Please tell us Where, oh, where? We've searched in hotel beds for it. And many an easy chair.
 Houston Post. "Oh, where can rest be found?' Cheer up, poor blokes; be merry. There's rest for all and slumber sound Out in the cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
LONDON BRIDGE

By Frederic Edward Weatherly Proud and 1owly, beggar and lord,
 Over tine bridge they go; Rags and velvet, letter and sword, Poverty, pomp and woe. Laughing, weeping, hurrying ever,
 Hour by hour they crowd along, While, below, the mighty river,
 Sings them all 8 mocking song.
 Hurry along,
 Sorrow and song,
 All is vanity heath the sum-
 Velvet and rags,
 So the world Wags, Until the river no more shall run. Dainty, painted, powdered and gay,
 Rolleth my lady by; Rags and tatters, over the way, Carries heart as high, Flowers and dreams from country mead bws, Dust and din through city skies, Old men creeping with their shadows, Children with their sunny eyes Hurry along, Sorrow and song,
 All is vanity meath the sun; Velvet and rags So the world wags, Until the river no more shall run, Storm and sunshine, peace and strife, Over the bridge they go Floating on in the tide of life, Whither no man shall know. Who will miss them there tomorrow, Waifs that drift to the shade or sun? Gone away with their songs and sorrow; Only the river still flows on. Hurry along, Sorrow and song, All is vanity meath the sun;
 Velvet and rags,
 So the world wags,
 Until the river no more shall run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
SuIcH IS LIFE

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
 Two men about town were walking up Broadway. near Long Acre Square, when one of them called the attention of the other to woman buying a bunch of violets from flower vendor. She wasn't very well dressed.
 That's Maggie" he said. "She doesn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Cranks have the greatest contempt fer other peoples crankiness.
 A man will spend more time selecting cigar to smoke than house to live in
 After you school yourself to trust a n an the real work comes in schooling him to trust you. If woman got an invitation from the leader of society to jump off ten-story roof she'd want to accept it. A woman likes to have a charge ac count in shop so she can buy lots O. things to return because she changes hel mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
The Wilson Campaign

sThe campaign which the astute polit- teal and personal friends of Governor Will son have now been conducting for more than a year. which has had for Its su- creme object the nomination of Governor Wilson for President, has been managed so far with great political skill.' says Holland. the wide observer, who contrib utes daily to the Wall Steet Journal.
 "The programme was outlined in this column about year ago. The forecast then published has been so far fully Justi- fled. Last summer President Wilson's friends-he then being president of Prince
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
Prohibition and Blind Tigers

'I was in an Atlantic coast state a few years ago when a campaign of education along prohibition lines was being conducted by the Anti-Saloon league, and short-sighted politicians were falling over themselves to get in the prohibition ranks" said R. l.. Dem ming of Philadelphia, but it is very different in most southern states to- day. Statewide prohibtionists gain ed temporary victory, but the drastic movement Is no longer supported by any considerable body of practical men.
 Local option has prevailed again in Alabama and 1t will be restored in Georgia and North Carolina. The pro- hibition .cranks and professional agita- tors are, in their desperation. counting on a coalition with the blind tiger men. Such a coalition may succeed in some places for a little while, but in the long run, hyprocracy and fanaticism must give way to fair play and com mon sense morality. Wherever I have been within the past six months have found most of the level-headed men on the local option side of the liquor question"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
WIFE OF A TENNYSON HERO

1 in one word, belonged to a wholly differ ent class from herself.
 He died a couple of years afterward and thenceforth she lived alone and in considerable secluson for a number of years, obliterating by irreproachable con- duct, and above all by boundless charity, the mistake of her youth.
 In her last illness, when she was in- formed that she would have at the most only few months to live. she sent to Lisbon for an old woman who had been her servant there and whose appearance afforded her much comfort and satisfac- tion. She died in the arms of the old woman, who in fulillment of a solemn promise made to her mistress prepared the body for burial, and who at the obse- quies, when the solemn words "ashes to ashes and dust to dust were uttered, scattered upon the coffin some mold which she carried with her. It subsequently, transpired that the old woman had wrapped her former mistress In the sheet which had covered the clergyman when dead, and that the mold which she scattered on the coffin was from his l grave at Lisbon.
 l The body of this first wife of Lord Exeter was not entombed in the family vault, but, at her own request in grave in the village churchyard at Banbury. It was the Vernons who, after forcing her into a loveless marriage, had ostracised her for her subsequent two matrimonial alliances, and she did not desire to lie among them when dead.
 No mention is made in Burke's or in l any of the other "Peerages' of her sec- ond and third marriages, which, however. are matters of record. When she died. In l ISIS, her estates devolved upon her kins- man, Thomas Shrawley, and today they are in the possession of his grandson, Sir | Harry Foley Lambert Vernon, who was | created a baronet in 1885, and who owes his name of Foley to his possession of the Foley property in Pembrokeshire, and I his name of Lambert to his inheritance of the Enville property of the late Kitty. ] Countess of Stamford and Warrington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
Spring, spring, spring,
 My blood leaps through my veins. Spring, spring, spring,
 Arteries can barely retain.'
SAFER AND sURER

From Judge. , 1T want you for my. very own,' said the rich old gentleman, when he had succeeded in, getting the beautiful girl
 But how can I be your very own?'
 .Why-why, you can marry me, can't you?"
 1T suppose T could; but don't you think, if you really want me, it would be safer to adopt me?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

TOUGH LUCK. Said William Binks. My heart is sad: A dozen drinks Won't make me glad" But, sooth to say, He couldn't try them; No one that day
 Proposed to buy them. 
 TAKES THE ClstsE a "You/have heard about people who 'lidn't know George Washington was dead?' Yes" Well, I ran across chap yesterday who had an idea that Bob Fitzsimmons was the white mans hope'
 LAZY.
 I almost wish s
 'Twere showing.
 Spring fever has
 Me going. APPRECIATION PREFERRED. "so the chorus came out in hobbies in- stead of harem skirts?" "Yes" w Niidl diO lne cTOWu uO! Tt called for a division right away'
 SWAT THE FLY.
 You can do it,
 If you'll try.
 Else you'll rue It.
 By and by!
 ON HER WAY. 'Who is that stunning woman at the other end of the car, whom I Saw you chatting with just now?'' "A Mrs. Flubber. She's grist for the Reno divorce mill
 NEW AMBITION. A great many small boys in Birming- ham have changed their plans for the future since our fire chief equipped his automobile with devil" whistle
 PLAIN WORDS. What do you think of her fgure?" "It looks to me like a frame-up
 SENSITIVE. "Is Pilkins a lazy man?" Not very lazy but he always shud- ders when anybody speaks of perpetual notion"
 SAY WE. Iris hard to trill
 Day after day,
 Assuming still
 manner gay.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

A French aviator flew POS miles in 132 miles in 132 minutes. When one can fly at more than 90 miles an hour, and carry 12 persons safely, the possibilities of hu- man flight in heayier-than-ai air machines become simply unlimited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Uncle Jim Hill would be optimistic if he could deprive the women of telephones with which to do their marketing. He says such telephones lead to higher cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

A Wisconsin farmer uses a phonograph to call his cows from the fields. Thus science and agriculture are going along hand in hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

The Albany capitol was A. years in building, and even then was not complete, and people are wondering how much time it's restoration will consume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Spring will really not be in our midst until we hear from Oshkosh or some other town that cat has adopted brood of chickens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Oscar Hammerstein thinks there Is money in grand opera. He sold losing venture for s1,20o,ooo, and that is some money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

The referendum Is all right. but 1t Is not good enough to lift the tory peers out of the hole they are in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Sandow, the strong man, is trying to build King George up to his own stand ard as against coronation week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prosperity in the south


 Charles Stewart Clarke Of Chicago, q
 prominent representative of the Gable
 Piano company. is spending this week In Birmingham. He is well known and esteemed in this part of the country and he always meets with cordial
 welcome here
 T get over large sections of the
 united States and spend a considerable portion of my time In the south.9 said MT. Clarke. q have been moving around in states south of the Ohio ever since last December. On this trip nave visited the principal cities In Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. Prosperity is the rule in each of the states mentioned and l be- lieve that the south as a whole is more prosperous today than 1t ever was. Business throughout the country has been rather quiet for some months past, but Hull In trade is less noticeable In southern states than in the north and west.
 Florida is wonderfully prosperous state. Jacksonville and Tampa are both making strides. Jacksonville Is one of the most progressive cities Tn the country. It is growing at such rapid rate that it is easy to imagine it in the near future in the 10000 pop ulation class.
 "Birmin gham Is already a great city and it will never stop growing. No city with which I am familiar has such re- sources as Birmingham Outsiders have an idea that this is simply an iron and steel town. when the fact is, that IL has in addition to it's rich mineral re- sources great agricultural resources. It Is situated in an exceptionally fine ag- ricultura1 district. l have learned that a good deal of cotton is grown within radius of 20 miles of Birmingham. Something like 100000 bales of cotton are compressed in this market. A deal of truck and fruit are being raised near here and all in all Birmingham ought to have Q pretty good general trade even if 1t had only agriculture to depend upon.
 This is vast coal, iron and steel center, and in the course of a few years most of the hardware used in the south in addition to the larger forms of steel products will be manufactured in this district. With all it's advantages, there fore, Birmingham Is certain to have an immense population.
 "As to the piano business 1t is very satisfactory indeed. The piano is goo6 trade barometer. When the people are buying pianos 1t is a sure sign that the community is thriving. The automo- bile has hurt piano sales to some extent, but we are not complaining. Many peo- pie all over the country have been mortgaging their homes in order to buy auto cars. This is not a good sign, but when the piano, which is no longer considered a luxury merely but al- most a necessity in the well ordered home, is purchased in small towns as well as large cities-well. that is a good sign. The concern which I rep resent has noted a steady increase in the piano business within the past five years and the south has more than held it's own from our point of view"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Henry Lehr, social leader at Newport, is suffering from overwork and brain flag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

In the newest version may be found this piece of good advice: Lay not up your treasures in state capitols.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

The death of O. Henry has hardened the people to the plan of sending the magazines by freight train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

The folding bed and folding peram- bulator are to be followed by the folding bathtub, trunk and cook stove.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

An Ohio ex-newspaper man has taken hold of New Yor,x's New theatre, and it's success is now foretold by many press agents. >,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Even "Vox Populi'' is forced to admit that there are many unemployed persons in Milwaukee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Even footprints on the sands of time are valuable. Two dinosour footprints recently sold at $50 each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Summer like death and tax day always comes, and no one then feels like calling for more heat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Miss Mary Garden begins to fear Bos- ton would suppress her as we'll as "The Easiest Way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
TOO SCIENTIFIC.

TOO SCIENTIFIC.
 'I have just been looking up the word 'chromosome in the dictionary. 'We1l, did you find out what it 'means?" "No. The dictionary says it is One of the segments into which the chromoplas- mic filaments of cell=neucleus break up just before indirect division. See karyoki- nesis.' ]"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Buffalo Bill is willing. it seems, to get down from his wild west fame to stoop into the Senate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

The trouble with the harem skirt il will bag at the knees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

No writer at present is getting a dol- lar word. The golden age of literature has passed, never perhaps to return.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
Distinguished GeOIogist

l Charles Catlett of Staunton, Va, one of the most widely known geologists in the United States, after spending a few days in Birmingham, left for the east yesterday afternoon. MT. Catlett is not
 only an able geologist, but he is an lauthority on coke making, and knows a good deal about blast furnace prac- l tice
 | When the United States Steel cor- poration entered the Birmingham dis
 trict the executive committee employed
 MT. Catlett to make an inspection of the Tennessee companys mineral prop critics. He and another geologist work ed together for six months or more
 and made what was understood to have
 been quite an exhaustive report.
 MT. Catlett although very youthful in appearance, has reached middle life and has had long practical experience. He
 has been in great demand for the past 20 years. Ten or II years ago he passed
 on the properties now owned by the
 Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company which Baltimore interests had acquired He has made frequent ex- aminations of the Alabama Consoli- 
 dated's ore since the company was or ganized, and no one, perhaps, is so con- versant with the mineral values of this concern as he. When asked yesterday | if he was doing any work in connec- tion with the Alabama Consolidated Southern Iron and Steel merger propo- sition he simply replied that he was not In position to give out anything In the shape of an interview. It is gen. erally understood, however. that MT. Catlett has been in consultation recent fly with President Hoadly of the Ala bama Consolidated, Chairman Grenfell of the Southern Iron and Steel com pany, and certain bankers of New York. "The Birmingham district always in- terests me-" said MT Catlett. T come here so frequently that this city is like home to me. There have been wonder ful improvements in Birmingham and the Birmingham district within the past three of four years. Business all over
 the country has been quiet, not to say depressed, since last fall, but financiers are predicting revival of flush times in the near future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

Another Congress is actually occurring daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
About Perso.
THE POET OF NANTUCKET

L. B. Musgrove and J. R. Ryan lei for New York last night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
ON HER WAY.

Who is that stunning woman at the other end of the car, whom Saw you chatting with just now?
 "A Mrs. Flubber. She's grist for the Reno divorce mill.'