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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
GABY DEsLYs

1 From the Washington Post.
 Unless Gaby Deslys the dancer, proves
 10 be the artist she says she is, there | is no good reason why the same law that
 was invoked against the moving pictures i of Beulah Binford should not be invoked against her The dramatic critics of New
 York city will perform a public service if in their reviews of the Deslys woman $ 1 first appearance they make no reference
 to her relations with former King Maluel 1 The dancer herself has asked that the American people forget the former King
 when they think of her, and she should 1 be taken at her word. If her work is not in itself worthy Of attention, some | way should be found of dscouraging this practice of false pretenses
 Il was the attentions which King Man uel lavished on the dancer that are said to have acted as the last straw on the back of the people of Portugal. The peo- pie were paying the money which inc King threw away on the dancer. When the revolution was over. Manuel founl himself minus both his throne and hls dancer. On her arrival in New York, Gaby jeered at the former King whose name had brought her such profitable notoriety, and insisted that nasmucn as he is no longer monarch and no longer has princely income. she could 3on- sider him merely as a joke
 Gaby insists that she is welded 10 her art and that she wishes to be con | sidered solely as an artist II was not until her name became associated with 1 Manuels, however, that her art vas known to the world. Had il not been for the prestige obtained by that asspeia- | tion. no American manager would lave sought to induce her to come to h,s country at an exorbitant salary 1 The dancer is being paid for her mo- | toriety It may be that she has some abi.- l fly If her sole claim to recognition B ] her former relations with Manuel lhen
 the sooner her efforts are frowned upon 1 the better it will be for the public sens, of decency. So long as the public con | tiues to show it's abnormal curiosity about
 notorious persons. the name of art will be
 in poor repute in America. There will
 always be q premium on wrongdoing SO | long as the public pays to see the wrong
 doers making their immortality proftab ble
 to them.
 By disappearing of Beulah Binford the
 public showed it's disgust with the whole
 chapter of life with which she was con
 neeted. Unless the Deslys woman has
 some claim to recognition other than her
 relations with King, she too, should be | froWno1 unOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

from earning. fair interest on its in- vestment. and I take 1t from the state ment submitted by the auditor in the Southern Bell Telephone case that this corporation is losing money, instead of making money in Birmingham.
 Tt is a well known fact that our public service corporations pay taxes on a higher valuation than do indi- vlduals, and another great expense they have to stand is in defending all kinds of trivial damage suit cases.
 'I am anxious to see better feeling in this district with reference to our corporations, and l believe that if we encourage instead of hamper them, the rext five years will see greater growth in the Birmingham district than we have experienced in the past 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
MADlsIGAL

By Robert Louis Stevenson. Plain as the gilster planets shine
 When winds have cleaned the skies. Her love appeared, appealed for mine
 And wantoned in her eyes Clear as the shining tapers burned
 On Cythereas shrine, Those brimming, ustrous beauties turned, And called and conquered mine. The beacon lamp that Hero lit
 No fairer shone on sea, No plainIer summoned will and wit
 Than hers encouraged me. thrilled to feel her influence near,
 struck my flag at sight Her starry silence smote my ear
 Like sudden drums at night. Here, lady. To. that servant stands
 You picked from passing men, And should/you need nor heart nor hands He bows and roes again.
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st. Bernard College

"st Bernard, which opened September 12 for the fall term, seems more popu- lar than ever," said the Rev. Father Lawrence, O. s. B., of the teaching faculty. "The accommodations have been considerably enlarged. We can now take care of 1s0 boys comfortably; We start off this month with an en- rollment of 150, and the student body will doubtless reach the maximum ca pacity of the institution by October l. Among the important improvements at St. Bernard this year Is the modern steam heating plant, insta1led at cost of about 1000"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
About III-Behaved Men

Within the past few years l have read much about rowdyism on the streets and in the cars in the great city of New and reared in the south but who has spent no little time in travel,
 But l can hardly believe that there is more rowdyism in New York than in other large cities. I have seen good deal of 1t in recent years in the south The surprising thing is that many of the young men against whom complaint is mede belong to good fapilies If boys who are well born turn out to be coarse in their speech or uncouth in their man ners, there must be something radically wrcng in their bringing up.
 AS rule I do not believe in severe discipline for boys, but there should be erough discipline to make gentlemen or them. Neither do I believe in excessive politeness. Nothing is so boring to me as overdone urbanity on the part or youth or middle-aged man. I would rather see a man a little rough at times than to affect a. large degree of refinement But there is reasonable mean. A boy should be trained to good manners and above all he should be brought mp with the idea that 1t Is wrong Tor nm to smoke cigarettes until he is at least IS years of age. Another bad habit that boys should avoid and that parents should protest against is profanity. Many boy, north and south, swears like trooper before he is l6 It>is not so in Europe. in, JTao xrrba r1nn in good ciety use explosives quite freely, 1t is not often that one hears profane swearing With all the organized efforts for pro- noting religion and etMcs one might think that ill-bred behavior would be rare, but notwithstanding the large num- ber of boys that belong to Sunday schools, baIacas, the Christian Endeavor, Yonng Mer's Christian association, the St. An drew's- Brotherhood and the Holy Name societies, thousands upon thousands Tn large cities rever come under these good influences"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

A STAGE FAyORTTE. She wore a smile And little more; That's why she caused A great furore.
 Birmingham Age-Herali. We trust the smile, DoRt think we scoff Was of the style That wonx come off
 Youngstown Telegram. Tn case of doubt About that smile, She might put on A little guile.
 Oklahoma Olxlahoman. Or she could. if That gave offenser Put on an air Of innocence.
 Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
 THE PANAMA SPIRIT

Rex Beach brought back some first hand impressions of Panama and the canal from the trip which he made to gather material for his latest novel, "The Ne'er Do We'll" and he seems to fall naturally into the manner of the mmatic traveller. Some of his re- marks on Panap<1 conditions are:
 "Colon had been surprisingly clean, but it was an unnatural cleanliness, as if the municipality had been scrubbed against it's will Gatun was to the manner born.
 "Over at Apcon hospital there Is a quiet, hard working man who has made this thing possible. When. the tws oceans are joined together his will be the name most highly honored.
 ,"There's a sort of racial antpathy You don't like them, do you? We'll, they don't like you, either and the same feeling exists from Mexico to Pata- gonia.
 a''Suppose o the president of the Clock Winder's union wanted to place his half sisters husband with the P R. R Il he were refused he'd threaten to cal strike and stop every clock on the isthmus. He'd get the job all right.
 rClimate like this gets a white mans nerves; he needs physical dis comfort to make him contcnted. Tho weather is tod mice; the thermometei lacks originality. pr. Gorgas has made us so sanitary we can't even get sick. "Of course nobody can forecast the final result, but the Mexicans, the Hon durans, the Guatemalans and the rest have begun to feel if, and the anti American sentiment is continually growing. You don't road much about 1t in the papers, but just live here awhile, and you'll find out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
A MAINE EPITAPH

From the Kennebec JournaI York county comes to the front with an |cpitaph which refers to the unhappy lot
 of a son of that part of the state whose chosen vocation, it seems. had dspleascd bis people. Here is what they put upon his tombstone: "No bones lie here of Samuel c. At thirty-four he was lost at sea- But had lie died in the proper way, His dust would be within this clay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
Treatment of Corporations

This community is largely built up by outside capital said Robert F.. McDavid, the well known real estate man, and our future depends upon the success of our various plants which siye employment to capital and labor.
 ''I don't think it to our best inter est for anyone to try to keep any legitimate corporation in the district
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nErLEcTtoNs or pACHUIon

From the New York Press.
 What man thinks is his self-fespect is mostly sweled head.
 The reason a new baby can yell all the time is it's mother can say it never does. When q man knows better than 70 get married. girl is sure to make him do it.
 The dollars man spends on his wife would look to him like cents spent on himself.
 A man thinks he can train tho children by scolding his wife about the way they behave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
Demand for Farms

There is a brisk demand for farms, especially small farms within radius of 50 miles of Birmingham said L.. P. Hill, real estate agent. This @e- mand has been increasing materially during the past few weeks.
 An advertisement of farm lands to sell, inserted in The Sunday Age Herald, brings many answers Monday. Farm property is more active now than city real estate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
EXTRAoRnINARY

A certain mysterious Dane has an- nounced that he will attemnt to fly across the Atlantic ocean. His announcement Is perhaps the most remarkable one of it's kind ever made. He requests that his identity be kept secret
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
THEY'D ROCK A BOAT.

THEY'D ROCK A BOAT. Who more deserves Our censure than The fools who taunt A poor birdman
  With being 'fraid To make a flight; And so keep on. With jeer and slight, Until he takes Out his machine, In hopes to please The mob, you wecn, And mounts into The windy skies; Then falls and meath His motor lies.
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REWARDED.

asked St. Peter at the gate
 With bowed head the new arrival con- fessed to the error of his ways What have you to say for yourself?r asked the saint
 T have never parodied Omar Khay. yam"
 ''Nery good''
 'T have never parodied Maud Muller ["
 Better still"
 And I have never done violence .o that classic of childhood, 'Mary's Little Lamb.'"
 Enter" cried St. Peter shedding grateful tears. 'rhe best is none too good for you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
WELL. SUPPLIED.

"Wigsins tells me he is reading nore fiction now than ever before.
 Yes I understand he is thinking oi buying home in the suburbs and every real estate agent in town has sent him prospectus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
Dark Horses and the TwO-Thirds Rul.

''Too little stress,' says the Provi-
 dence Journal, 'has been laid upon the possibility of deadlock in the next democratic national convention. The party precedent requires a can- didate to obtain two-thirds vote; and as both Governor Harmon and Governor Wilson have many friends it is conceivable that on the first bal lot they might receive approximately equal support. If the division should be prolonged through several ballots,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
ALIvELY LANDSCAPE.

It must be true--all the poets say so- that we are now Close upon those mel ancholy days, the saddest of the year. but so long as countless bllboards aecentu- ate the lure of girl shows and circus posters blaze the way to wonderland, we can not feel that the world is altogether given over to s'ghs. PAUL COOK.
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sERIOrS

The man who has hay fever Is apt to be so cross,
 He wouldn't even ehortle at The jokes told by his boss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

MT. Taft is at least convinced that his administration does not deal in fnstian. He seems to consider it . success. He and the standpatters agree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

An inventory shows that 32 more paint ings have been stolen from the Louvre. That concern needs a real detective CT burglar alarm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
THE wAy TO HIS uEART

THE WAY TD HIS HEARI. man with $ wife may have a spat And give her such looll
 When she knows how to cook. But very seldom does he that The woman who's an artist in "A culinary way Can make her husband wear a grin, No matter whats to pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

MT. Taft takes the Canada election sor- rowfrily and deeply. He has done nothing after all to reduce the tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

The Olympic carried So millonaires when she was rammed by British crus- CT The millionaire is no longer re- spected,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

Morocco is to be annexed to France and Tripoli to Italy and the Mediterranean will then be a sea of rest and peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

The government should smash the kind ling wood trust into it's component parts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

Premier kokortseff is entitled to the good wishes of the worthwhile he lasts.
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MT. Taft is making bird hops from stump to stump instead of from tree to trees as the aviators sometimes do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

There arc all kinds of centers in this country and Cincinnati is content to be our soap center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

Picked horse meat from New Jersey is another product of our advanced and highly protected civilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

Reciprocity has gone back and sat down and the only real mourner is William Howard Taft
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Pat Grove, the one time kidnnpist, has degenerated into a mere flirter and has already scored one whipping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

winter may hold stock in woolen fac- tory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

The cross continent flyers are not dark ening the air to any perceptible extent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

The birdman flying from coast to coast could cover more ground afoot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

Secretary Wilson should head the need- ed resgnations in his department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24

The transcontnental aviatofs are win ming the hard luck record hands down.
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oarodied Maud Muller ,
w ELL FINED.

That man may laugh at earthly care
 And every form of rue s Who has enough thick underwear
 To last the winter through,
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When the frosts come brdmen just naturally migrate southWard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
SIMPLY COULDN'T.


 SIMPLY COULDN'T. "He leads a double life" Nonsense" What makes you so positive?" T know the salary he gets.'
 BOUND TO CROP OUT.
 The chap who wears
 hungry look.
 May or may not
 Have writ a book.
 Although. methinl1s,
 Were he a poet,
 He'd soon contriye
 To let us know 1t.
 OUT IN THE COLD. ''Ferdy Earle has a new wife" That's so.'' Flames and Gorgoza are happily spliced at last" 'I read about 1t in the papers," ''The colonel and Madeline are honey incoming now" "So they are.'' And Caruso is engaged. Don't you suppose poor old Nat Goodwin feels like an ornhan?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
THE LADY MIMIC

She's popular upon the stage,
 In fact, we hear, is quite the rage. Her "take-offs'' many people sing She takes off nearly everything.
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Canada breathes freer ROW that it knows it is not to be annexed.
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The time when screech-owIs cry and bsn-dogs howl. - King Henry IT
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Judge Grosscup and the sherman anti trust act do not speak as they pass by
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LESSON FOR KING ALFONSO

Canada is quicker in counting otesthar Maine is
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TELEPHONES

TELEPHONES Bell (prfvate exchange connecting all eepsrtments), No. 1900. Peoples-Editorial rooms, zs1, busi- aess office, 230.
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Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
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z. E. Morgan and T. S. MilIsap are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in It's circulation department.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
The Canadian Northwest.
By Young Steady.
By Young Steady.
Paper Read Before the Chautauqua Ctrcis:

PdDer Read Before the ChdutdiQua Circis:
During the past year great deal
has been written about Western
Canada and the fmany advantages
that country offers to the ambitious
tiller of the soil. While can hope
to add but little to what has already
become a matter Of general knowl-
edge. through the medium of current
publications, have chosen this sub
ject in the hope that / might be able
to bring to your attention some facts
concerning that country with which
you are not now familiar.
The worth of country and its
national Importance among nations
of the world are judged largely by it's
general prosperity. 1t was the pros
perity of Canada that during the
past few years attracted the attention
of the entire world. l say during
the past few years, because, previous
to that time, Canada made very lit
tie progress as nation. Not that
the country lacked in possibilities,
the hand of Nature never more gen.
erously endowed a nation, but simply
because these possibilities were SO
little recognized and appreciated.
Eastern Canada today is to large
extent the Eastern Canada cf fifty
years ago. Practically the only de !.
velopment the country has known
in recent years rightfully belongs to
Western Canada, consequently /
shall be content in addressing my re-
marks chiefly to that part of the
country.
That part of Canada commonly
known as the Canadian Northwest
comprises chiefly that section of the
country extending from the Interna-
tional boundary on the south to the
Goth parallel of latitude on the north;
and from the Province of Ontario
on the east to the Rocky Mountains
on the west. 1t includes Saskatch-
evan, Manitoba and Alberta, with
Assiniboia and 4Athabasca, making
in all an aggregate territory of $685.
S76 square miles-no small item for
consideration. It is this vast region,
so fertil and productive, so rich in
natural resources so renowned for
its wheat growing, that the Dominion
Government has for nearly half a
century funted in the face of the
world in an effort to attract the at
tention of homeseekers.
Thirty years ago the country west
of Winnipeg was barren waste. 1t
was about that time that the G. P. r..
was built. The country was then
looked upon as worthless. The pos
sibilities that recent years have de-
veloped were recognized by few.
For many years the railroad and
Government united in an effort to
induce settlers to take up the land
and develop the natural resources of
the country. 1t was only during
the past few years that the efforts
have met with any success. Ebert
Hubbard, in a recent issue of the
Fra, covers this phase of the ques-
tion so attractively that can do no
better than quote his words. He
says: Il first visited Winnipeg
twenty years ago. 1t was shortly
after the opening of the G. P. r. and
saw the marvel of three trains a
day being sent westward, loaded
with emigrants. How long, said 1,
can this keep up?' Last month /
saw exactly the same sight, only
with more emigrants and better train
service. We have kept it up ever
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02

the need of such products as Canada
is in position to produce in no dis
tant future.
Moreover, there is every reason
why Canada should court a closer
relation with the people of this coun-
try. There are no more progressive
or desirable people on earth than
the American people, and no coun-
try more in need of such men as
America produces tn an Canada.
Canada, and Canadian citizenship,
offer Americans the same privileges,
in the same full measure of freedom.
that they enjoy in this country.
There they find a government as free
as any republic; climate well suited
for all branches of agricultural pur-
suits and social condition second to
none in the world. Canadian citi-
zenship may be established by three
years residence and all who take up
land enjoy the rights of citizenship
from the date of occupancy.
Wherever this subject is intro
duced there is always cited as the
chief objection to the Canadian
Northwest, the severity of the win
ters in that section of the country.
Years ago, poet Kippling set the
world ringing with his famous ode
to The Lady of The Shows; today,
the belief is so generally accepted
that even the children have come to
regard the country with chilly
distrust. That the Canadian win
ters are long and severe no one in
the least familiar with the country
will deny; that they are sufficiently
SO to interfere with the progress of
the country is an illusion. Anyone
otherwise prepared to meet the con-
ditions of frontier life will encounter
no difficulty in this respect in his ef-
fort to establish home in the new
west.
And if the winters are long and
severe. Nature has full compensated
that country with summers SO favor
able to all manner of agricultural
pursuits as to make it the most pro-
ductive of nations.
Although suited for all branches
of farming, the chief crop of West
ern Canada is wheat. The yield of
this particular grain during the past
five years, with the possible excep-
tion of 1910. is shown to be remark
ably large. The excellencv of this
wheat is assured by the fact that it
commands the highest market price.
Most of the Canadian wheat finds a
foreign market. Millions of bushels
are exported to England every year,
by way Of Montreal and thence to
Liverpool. With the completion of
the new Hudson Bay railway, now in
course of construction, shorter and
more direct route will be established
between the field of production and
the markets of the old world. This
road, which will have it terminus at
Fort Churchill, on the Hudson, will
be owned and operated by the Do
minion Government, as will also the
elevators at Fort Churchill harbor.
This will open up practically the
entire portion of Western Canada,
including over 200,000,000 acres
north of the boundary of Alberta
and Saskatchewan, the real value of
which is unknown.
The mines Of Western Canada
have lately attracted the attention of
many enterprising Americans and
furnished profitable investment for
millions of dollars of American cap
ital. There are to be found in great
abundance gold, silver. nickel and
coal, while the iron deposits of that
country are said to be the richest in