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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
COMMISSION GOVERNS BIRMINGHAM

From the Baltimore Sun.
 The commission form of government has been instituted in Birmingham, Governor O'Neal putting into effect the law passed by the Alabama legislature and ratified by large majority when the citizens were given the opportunity to vote on the prop osition. The governor has appointed as commissioners MT. James Weatherly and Judge A. o. Lane to serve with Mayor Culpepper Exum He refused to appoint Mir. Harry Jones. who had strong back ing. on the ground that he was identified with the old administration and that the demand for a change must be accept ed AZ an emphatic and deliberate protest against existing conditions"
 Extravaganza and mismanagement were the principal charges against the old ad- ,oinietration, and the government is put in the hands Of three leading citizens to secure economy and efficiency. The action of Birmingham, following so soon upon that of Memphis, puts two of the largest cities in the south under the. new sys- tenn, the workings of which wii be ob- served with interest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
Sunday Closing

q am very much pleased to receive the appreciation of the citizens of Bir- mingham on our Sunday closing policy" said J. 1T. Montgomery, postmaster, yes- terday.
 Two weeks ago we inaugurated the policy of closing all the postoffce sub stations, except where the most urgent personal mail was requested. This Sum day we begin the closing of the central postoffice and the South Highland sta- ton. This gives a day of rest to large number of employees. Heretofore they have been required to report at the of flee, work up their mail and stand one hour delivering it on Sunday. As this system virtually killed a complete day for the employees the question of a short service could not be considered in the light of any time off. We then decided to close the entire number of offices with out any work whatever. The citizens have commended the department for this and it makes me feel very glad indeed.
 "I hope that the employees who gain this rest will appreciate 1t to the extent of performing harder and more efficient work in the week days. This, I am sure will be the result
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
THE NIGHT

By William Watson. Tn the cold starlight, on the barren. beach, Where to the stones the rent sea tresses
 clave,
 I heard the long hiss of the backward
 wave. Down the steep shingle. and hollow
 speech Of murmurous cavern lips, nor other
 breach
 Of ancient silence. None was with me Thoughts that were neither glad, nor
 sweet, nor brave. But restless comrades. each the foe of
 each. And I beheld the waters in their might Writhe as dragon by some great spell
 curbed
 And foiled; and one lone sail; and over
 me The everlasting taciturnity; The august, inhospitable, inhuman night Gilttering magnifcently unperturbed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
American Ambassadors

"The changes in high places in the dip- Iomatic corps are full of interest to those who keep abreast of international af- fairs" said a former citizen of Wash ington, D. c. "Curtiss Guild, Jr., former governor of Massachusetts, who will suc- ceed w w. Rockhill as ambassador to St. Petersburg, is 51 years of age and is a graduate of Harvard and the Uni versity of Geneva. During the Spanish American war he served as lieutenant colonel in the Seventh army corps.
 Ambassador Rockhill, who goes to Constantinope. was assistant secretary of state in Mir Cleveland's second adminis- ttation. He has been in the diplomatic service ever since. having been appointed successively to Greece, China and Rus sia. I knew him personally well. He is a modest, urbane and altogether able gen. tlenan."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
EngineerinR Dean

"The dean of the machinery corps of Birmingham is Old Gene Tucker" said a prominent mining man. His office, up in the Woodward building, is sort of general headquarters for the mining ex- perts. the engineers and certain of the other machinery men here.
 Most of the boys call Major Tucker. Uncle Gene He's a walking encyclo- pedia when 1t comes to mining ma chinery, for he's been in the business ever since the early seventies and he has travelled over this country from Nova Scotia to the Rio Grande
 He has made a personal inspection of most of the famous mining concerns, and he's certainly a general favorite down here in Birmingham.
 You're always sure of good, hearty welcome-and a funny story-when you drop in to chat with old Gene Tucker. Hes had no end of experiences. Why, he marched through Georgia with Te cumseh Sherman. Yes, he served all through the Civil war. and later in the United States army out on the plains.
 He helped build forts away up there in the Bad Lands.
 "He chased the Sioux all round the Big Little Horn; had a hand to hand encounter once with Sitting Bull. but smoked the pipe of peace with him aft erwards-and also caught some of his vocabulary. He's got that pipe and that vocabulary 10 this day, by the way, along with lot of other junk in his of fee; Indian and cowboy fxings, and mementoes of the west
 He knows what scouting along the Republican meant, in the days when Buff Twelfth cavalry. Funny how he got switched from the soldiers life to that of the machinery man! He has made good in both lines, however.
 He Is a veteran of the Allis- Chalmers company. If he's not mistaken, it's the sole company he's ever been identified with, and out in the northwest today whenever you mention Allis-Chalmers' machinery. they say. That's E. w. Tuck CTS make
 "The majors only been located in Biz mngham a comparatively short time, hardly more than a year, but, as I say, he has taken the lead here.
 His associate in the office is Jessie Adkins, one of the most expert electrical and mechanical engineers in the south today. He's a young chap, considerably under 30; quick as chained lightning and a worker. All the boys like Jess.
 Birmingham scarcely knows how mu ,h is going on here in the machinery
 
 It's a world in itself. There are the wheels y know that make the mines go round. That's the business tha. never stops. Dull times or high times, you never find Jess and Old Gene Tucker off the job, or ever lack a good story"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

minds of those students familiar with
 ary style of 1t and the clear statement
 of principles are so scholarly as to
 make it charming to all cultured. read
 CTS. Many pages in this volume are
 devoted to music, and many pages, too, are used in the biography and ap- praisement of Napolean Bonaparte.
 "The last article in volume 10 is on John Hery Newman. It is by the Rev. pr. William Barry of bennington, Eng land. While I do not agree with some of the views that pr. Barry takes in accounting for characteristics of New man, the article, on the whole, is one of the best essays regarding the great English cardinal that I have yet come across. pr. Barry Is certainly right when he speaks of Newman as the most illustrious of English converts to the church. It Is suggested by Newman's biographer that his French pedigree, which by the way seems undoubted,. accounts for certain religious training, modified Calvinism, which he learned at his mothers knees. This, perhaps, 'Ny HOipNu toN ehio tiiN concision' or his phrase when dealing with abstruse subjects.
 Newman was brought up from a child to take great delight In reading the Bible, but he had no formed religious convic- tions until he was 15 He used to wish that the Arabian tales were true; his mind ran on unknown influences; he thought life was possibly a dream, himself an angel, and his fellow angels might be deceiving him with the semblance of material world. He was very supersti- tious and would cross himself on going into the dark At 15 he felt change and before he was 10 he was ranked as one of the greatest logieians of the nineteenth century. Certain it is that in that lucid concision' no English man of letters has surpassed him.
 Those who do not happen to possess a copy of this Catholic volume will do well to drop into the public library in the city hall and look it over. The article on Newman, covering several pages and being illustrated with a page etching by Rajon from Oule's painting, will certainly repay the time spent in visiting the li- brary."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Commander of National Qua,


 Gen. Louis V. Clarks appointment and confirmation to the commanding office of the Alabama National Guard gives emil nent satisfaction not only to the guards men of the state, but to those citizens who know and appreciate this prominent citizen-soldier. General Clark has made an admirable officer, and his continuance in the National Guard is something of which the state may be grateful. In con- nection with his appointment this extract from letter written by General Clark to Governor O'Neal before the latter was installed in office will be interesting, and not only interesting, but characteristic of the generals public spirit and unsel- fish nature:
 My first recognition at the hands of any governor says General Clark, twas in 1885, when your father presented me with sword in behalf of the state of Alabama as a token of my service as cadet captain of the team which won the prizes and honors at the great interstate encampments at Mobile and New Orleans since which time I have been promoted by my fellow officers to colonel and by Governor Johnston to brigadier general and reappointed by all the succeeding governors without solicitation on my part, and I do not now nor do I wish any of my friends to solicit for me the appoint ment at your hands, for the honor is purely cmplimentaly and I consider it a military position and not one that should be politically sought, and I wish to inl- press upon you that whatever action you take will be entirely acceptable to me. With personal regards and best wishes for your administration beg to remain, as ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
Campaign Funds Publicity

The democrats favored campaign fund publicity back in 1906, when the republicans added 10 the pending bill the irrelevant negro suffrage Crum- packer amendment The democrats also voted solidly in 1908 for the bill which became law, requiring publi- city Of funds after election. The new Ruciler bill. which was passed by the House on Friday, calls for publicity of funds by a campaign committee ten days previous to the election, and the filing of supplemental states ments every three days thereafter until election day.
 The senatorial standpatters will no doubt endeavor to amend it to the killing point. To man they believe in maintaining friendly, not to say, cordial relations with contributing trusts and monopolies. The alliance between the republican party and the trusts it has promoted is of long standing and the Penroses and Lodges ih the Senate will proceed no doubt to extract the fangs from the Fucker bill until it is rendered harmless and ineffective. They may even attempt to pigeonhole it altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
School At Leeds

"A site has been selected for a new school building that Is to be erected at once at Leeds,,' said J. B. Elliott, some times called 'The Duke of Leeds"
 '"rhe town council met this week and decided 10 locate the new building at the western terminus of Ninth and Tenth ave- nues, fronting an entire block on Sloss street The site seems to satisfy all in- terests and the building will be erected at once.
 Tt is intended to put something like s10OOO into the building and 1t will be modern in every particular Leeds is growing very rapidly, and is much in need of an adequate school building to take care of the largely increased school population"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The only thing needed to make children bright is for them to be your own.
 About the only thing that pays d small CT dividend than hope is a sure invest ment in stocks.
 When you do favors for people they can have a grievance against you for not doing more.
 The money woman puts on her back is called waste by the man who pours his down his throat.
 About the Dleanest thing that can ha-- pen to woman is to have chance 10 go to two funerals on the same day at 1de same hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
Amusement Business Prosperou,

Amusement business has been good during the season of 1910-11," said an advance agent.
 "In the season on the heels of the panic of 1907 the theatrical business was especially bad Even the popular com panies lost money, but it Is a poor com pany indeed that has not thriven recent ly Not only have the good comedy com panies played to big houses but all high class musical attractions have drawn we'll Every fine symphony orchestra has had better success this season than ever before in the history of symphony con- cert music.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

with shoes and bagging and ties and sewing machines and many other ar ticles of daily use.
 Chairman Underwood will begin his great campaign to cut down the cost of living tomorrow when he will call up the reciprocity bill. It will undoubtedly be sent to the Senate be- fore the week is ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
Outlook For Spring Business

Spring trade this season is about as
 good as it was last said F. M Ham ilton, representing a manufacturing con- cern of Buffalo, N. Y, but it has not been very satisfactory for the last two or three years.
 "The immediate future, however, prom ises very marked improvement I believe May will be one of the best spring months we have ever had; and if predic- tions of financiers and men of affairs generally amount to anything the last half of the year will witness genuine prosperity. Easter week, at any rats. promises to be brisk and buoyant, com- mercially speaking"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

AN EASTER CREEPING.
 (Contributed) May Easter joys and flowers Now banish thoughts of hours That you have spent in working, day by day. May muses fair attend you And God himself defend you, As you go blthely singing down ths wayi Natalie"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
CHESS WORK

From the Andalusa Star.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says the harem skirt bags at the knees" We'll have to take your word for it. Guess you know where the knees ought to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
SALARIES ON THE STAGE

From the New York Evening Telegram.
 '.Take in the wash! Lock up the sil- yer! Here comes the actors!
 Such was the cry in olden times when the actor was a strolling player and res earded as no better than a vagabond That was long ago, to be sure, and great change has come over the attitude Of the public toward the player, but there are many old actors today who contrast the meager salaries and simple life of their youth with the big salaries and luxurious life of the actor of today. When Mrs. Gilbert and her husband first came to this country their joint salaries were s16 a week, exactly the sum which Mrs. John Drew and her mother also received between them at the same period, nalr century ago. The Drews of today have town houses and country houses and make annual trips to Europe.
 Joseph Jefferson planned his Rip van Wrinkle in the old barn of a simple coun- try farm where he was spending frugal summer in his early days. Today his sons summer in the luxurious country house at Buzzard's Bay which their father built with the generous returns from the performances of that same play planned in A country barn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
FATALLY THICK

From the Jackson News.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says it is impossible to throw stone in Bir- mingham without hitting a poet or A nov elist How about the politicians, brother?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
NO WONDER.

NO WONDER. There is nothing in this book bit foot notes" "What's the title?" Every Man His Own Chiropodst.. THE FIRST STEP. Who would apply The Golden Rule Must ever try To keep quite cool.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. How can we. though, This rule apply When all umpires Have a bum eye?
 St. Louis Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

screaming in high, tragic voice, Cruelty him, cruelty himl' Upon investigation it was found that the conductor of a local choir was directing a rehearsal on thd
 Easter music"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

The aviator who flew from London TO Paris reports a very clear track in the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Few go that way at present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.

A CLEAR CONSCIENCE. Her manner still was light and airy, And wondrous winning was her smile; She tripped about like any fairy Whose heart is merry all the while rather think I know the reason She seemed so blithesome and so gay. Her gown and hat were both in season To praise the Lord on Easter day.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
ALMOST A TRAGEDY.

Says a Kansas editor: "Persons passing house on North Eleventh street the oth- CT evening were astonished and terror stricken at what they peheld within. A man occupied the center of the room, completely encircled by women, who were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

A colony of 34 Tennessee legislators is cordon of booteggers. They ran away to prevent the passage of a new election law over the governors veto. The last emigration legislative movement used Hopknsville, Ky, as a base of liquor supplies. It is Decatur this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

The revolutionary rumblings in Spain may cause Alfonso to join Manuel in England where they could play golf to. gether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

William S. Kenyon. Iowa's new sena- tor, is an insurgent of the milder type lie cannot as an insurgent hold candle .c the esteemed La Foette
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

"The big people, who put s10.0OO each of a man they were buying, and the masl himself knew what was going on He is no idOt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
UNHOLY JOY.

Contents me well to scarify
 The umpire for rank decision, And lifting up wolfish cry,
 To blight him with my fell derision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

A whale has been harpooned off tha Long Island shore ahead of the summer resort season. That whale practicable died unhonored and unsung
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

The Rev. Dr. Jowett was given a choice between an assistant and an au- tomobie, and he took the latter He proposes to call on 25OO parlshioners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

Congressman McDermott of Chicago says he did not vote against the direct election of senators. After he had duly apologized he was recorded as voting aye" This made the democratic vote in the House solid and unanimous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

Lumberman Hines has been advised to go back to the woods. He talked too much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

The tornado is overturntng haystacks in Oklahoma and Kansas. This means that spring is arriving in those states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

While the turnip gneens hold out no one will mind the fiarebacks that the spring season is indulging In.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
BAD ENOUGH.

BAD ENOUGH. Does your wife jump on you when you stay out late?' No She simply looks at me- 'I call that getting off light" You wouldn't if you could see the way she looks at me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

Some of the women are wearing harem skirts and sone of the men are wearing harenl shirts which are worse. 1q1n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

sealskin production in Berring Sea which once stood at 5000 pelts Is now but 4ooo a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

The opening day in the Southern league was. not exactly ideal. t might, how ever, have been worse. No snow fell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

The new members of a new Congress are sending out the same old kind of garden seeds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

Eggs have fallen in price. As they fall in price their use in dramatic criticism is increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

The interstate commerce commission has not as yet taken any steps to bring the manbirds within their supervision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

Wall street is utterly tired of waiting for supreme court decisions. It may con elude to cut the court out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

Be like the United States supreme court-don't hurry, don't worry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
BE DIPLOMATIC

BE DIPLOMATIC. Viewer call man liar, son." ''Yes, pa" Merely question his veracity."
 POOR WOMEN. Iris very sad Bout Mrs. Widge; She can't improve Her game of bridge.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Iris sadder still Bout Mrs. Ball: She thinks that she Has learned 1t all
 Chicago Record Herald. And still more sad Bout Mrs. Royle, Who never wins According t 'oyle.
 Louisville Post. But, oh, still worse Bout Mrs. Rolfe; Ne'er hits the ball, When playing golf.
 St. Louis Times. Far worse yet Bout Mrs. Black, Who fondly dreams She can come back.
 Schenectady Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
A POET WHO WAS CONTENTED
From the Christian Science Monitor.

From the Christian Science Monitor
 A WRITER of the eighteenth century "A was asked if among the intelec- 4 A tuals he had ever met really happy man. The only name that immedi ately came to him was that of William Blake. And. indeed. there is no more low able figure in the history of English liter ature than that of this entirely original poet painter, who so puzzled and domi- mated his contemporaries.
 Blake was born in 1757, the son of a well-to-do hosier in London, but he emerged from these conventioal surround ings a romantic child of nature. Of him self he wrote:
 The angel which presided at my birth Said, Little creature formed of joy and
 mirth
 Co., Love without the help of anything on
 earth,
 and with absolute simplicity of aim he pursued his path through life. It was said that all who had ever known or loved Blake retained throughout their lives something of the mystic poets kindly in fiuence.
 One of Blake's peculiarities was that he strongly objected to all education except that of imagination. There is no use in education" he wrote. T hold 1t wrong, it is the great sin, it is eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. That was the fault of Plato; he knew of nothing but the virtues and vices There is noth- ing in all that. Everything is good in Gods eyes," yet no one could have con- sidered Blake an ignorant man. He taught himself Greek, Latin and French, and on nearing TO mastered Italian in a few eeks in order to study Dante in the original when commissioned to design the Illustrations for Carys translation.
 The narrow paneled stairway leading to the rooms in which Blake lived was con- stantly mounted by all the great men of his day, for without effort he attracted to himself men of every type and profession. In one room he worked, ate and slept, in the other he received his frinds. "Blake's S enchanting rooms," as they were often described, were but scantily furnished,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

When the Daughters of the American Republic meets in Washington Congress best effort at insurgency will be out done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
WHEN THE KAISER TAKES COLD

WHEN THE KAISER TAKES COLD From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 When the Kaiser takes cold the court sneezes.
 The Kaiser to the waiting chamberlain: 'Wad is i'd you wad?"
 The Chamberlain: Your majesty, I hab sub papers for you to side"
 The Imperial Aid: De ped ad ing are here, your majestad."
 The Kaiser: ''Wad's de madder, boys? You bode got colds?" The First Lady in Waiting in the door way: Your hidess, de embress will waid apod you"
 The Kaiser: "Whad, anodder! Is de in- fluedza so brevaend?"
 The Chamberlaind, lowing low: "Imi- dashud is de sidserest faddery, your hidess."
 The Kaiser, much pleased: Dads very touching. I thag you i'd de nabe of Ger many"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16

The Easter bonnet crisis will arrive this morning.